CD10 today - woohoo !
Finally getting closer to being back in the TWW (which i detest by the way)
Have started to sort out the boys from the girls IYKWIM
I think i am due to O on Thursday - so i think i will have Monday as my cut off (or maybe really early Tuesday morning)
I dont do charting at all so when i have looked up my OV date i get a variation between Thursday and Friday. Even though CD14 is Wednesday - which is when i thought it would say i was due to O. So i dont know.
Not wanting to abstain too far from O or nothing will happen - again.
Dont really know how much timing has to do with all of this - keep reading different oppinions. Thinking i have to just hope that my PH levels get me over the line - but at the same time still wanting to steer clear of the big O.
Once again this is already doing my head in - why do i do this to myself ?
Hows everyone else going ?
Tanya - you must be building up to O soon too ? Diet driving you crazy still ?
Hope you all have a great weekend !
xo
CD 9 for me Diet is ok. Drinking carrot juice (home squeezed) and baking soda/cream of tartar 3x per day, green tea 2x per day... On alfalfa and false unicorn root 3x per day, folic acid and spirulina 1 x per day. pears, kiwi fruit, tomatoes and banana's are high on the menu, not too much cause I don't want to dry up my CM.
pH is up and down like a yo-yo!! Full moon coming up so I hope i can make the most of it and O on time. I am not sure yet what I am going to expect O. I O'd on CD 14 last cycle but I am not sure about this cycle! I am hoping, cause the lead up to O is very stressfull, trying to get the pH right and everything else lining up for the best attempt!
CB have you thought about an o+12 attempt as well as a cut off? Doing a cut off can help you avoid fertile CM with is usually higher in pH. But if you use sudafed it may help dry you up if you are unsure when O is. Also o+12 may help increase your chances of pregnancy.
Well I've finally O'd First O since Sept 2007! My CM stayed at pH 4.5 the entire time. I had some EWCM (not a huge amount) and it was pretty thick (sorry TMI) so I'm thinking I'm naturally more girl favourable. I just know things change with my CM big time when I'm on Clomid which I'm very likely to be in Oct.
I've got a question about lube. I've just checked the pH of a couple of lubes that I've got here. Once of them is quite acidic - pH 4.5. Does this mean that if I use this lube when I'm TTC it will sway for a girl? When we conceived DS I didn't use lube cos I was worried that the lube may inhibit DH's swimmers.
HI everyone.
Well we are still not ttc yet, but we are not trying not to
I have ordered some ph strips and waiting for them to arrive. I also brought some cranberry 10000mg (but have not started taking them yet), and have been taking some calcium and mag sups (not sure of strength but have been taking high dosage of vitD3 to help with calcium asorption).
Im not sure when we will want to ttc or if Im even fertile currently (still BF).
Im interested to see what these ph strips will say though...
Hi Principessa and Salsa - Good luck with the TTC !
I have found the Gender Swaying to be a stressful journey. All stress that i put on myself though !
Hi Tanya,
I had a look in a couple of chemists and they only sell Sudafed in tablet form. It all seems to be Sudafed P.E - Which i think i read was the one to not get. So i guess that is out.
I have thought about the O+12 option but cause i dont chart my cycles this would be hard. If i dont fall pg this cycle i may have to look into charting. I dont really want to though - its just another stress to add to an already stressful time. I have a pretty regular cycle so at this stage i am just hoping that i do O around CD14. Will have a think about it some more.
Well i am now in the TWW - an extended one cause i am not due to O for a few days yet but my cut off for DTD is today so with that being done now i wait !
Hopefully some little girl spermies can hang around long enough to catch the eggie. Now my other problem is keeping my PH levels down.....
well thought this might be intrusting read, love to know how you all go and if it works at all... we have been TTC our 4th for 8mths now, both BHL and I would love to have a boy, but are fast getting to the stage that anything will do as its taking so long...
So would love to know what you are doing to make boys is there any trick to it at all... I think with us though it will have to be what will be, but thought that if there is things I should be taking or not having to sway the little boy to swim faster and stronger...
well best of luck for everyone hope you all get what you are wishing for...
Thanks for that chickybabe, all I can say thank God I am TTC a Boy I wonder how I ever managed to have 2 girls at all looking at that diet... luck for me I eat almost all the boy food already, the only thing I do which I shouldnt is have milk in my coffee, but I am trying to give up the coffee anyway, down to only one cup a day now so almost there...
As for DTD when I Ov that much I knew, but with BHL working away for 6 days at a time and home for 6 we just DTD when ever he is home and hope for the best , I have very long 41 day cycles and next to no EWCM so all of this doesnt help me much to tell when we are Ov or not... I chart but FF cant really work me out either... apart from that I guess there isnt too much more I can do...
whats with the PH test strips is that something I should be doing ? but once again I guess its more help to people who actully have their DH's home each night...
In the TTC thread I am on someone posted a great site which tells you when to dtd to get the sex you want depending on your cycle lenght, I will go look for it and paste it in, but it will only work if your cycle is 35 day or less and you would have to have regular cycles too, so no good for me...
Last edited by Tanya; August 4th, 2009 at 10:13 PM.
I just checked out that site and it said the best two days for us to TTC a girl were yesterday and today - which is exactly what we thought - taken care of that
Thanks for that - at least i was heading in the right direction. Makes me feel a bit better.
The PH strips are for testing your levels - from what i have read most people are more alkaline - which i am. So for eg. i need to get my levels to a more acidic level cause girl sperm love a more acidic environment. Boy sperm love a more alkaline environment. So the idea being that you try to change your CM to being alkaline. I have been testing my urine but apparently you need to test your CM so a couple of days ago i tried testing my CM and it didnt do a thing. I went back to testing my urine cause i can tell from that when my diet has caused or is going to cause something to change.
Sorry - what a ramble !
You can get PH test strips off ebay.
Anyway, Tanya is madly doing the boy diet so i am sure she will be able to help you heaps ! She is a wealth of information and i guess she will pop in shortly.
I think there are things you can take to give you more CM. I have heard people talking about Vitex - but dont quote me on that.
I wondered why I wasn't getting any emails about new posts... because its a new thread!! Haven't read up on past posts... just wanted to stick my head in and say hi to everyone trying for bubs...!! I find out if I get my pink bundle or not in about 3 weeks ... I am so convinced its a boy, I wish I could find out now!! Apparentley there are these tests you can get called Intelligender but I they sound like a bit of a scam!!
Glad you could pop in Leeloo - i have been wondering how you were going. 3 weeks to go til your scan, thats so exciting - crossing all my bits for you !
Tanya - how are you going ?
Hope everyone is well
CD13 for me today. Hope we didnt DTD to early this cycle. Just read in another thread that someone was told that no matter how long your cycle you always 'O' 12 days before you get AF. Now if thats the case i wouldnt be due to 'O' til Sunday. Which in turn means that our cut off should have been Thursday - not Monday.
Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh - why do i read these things ? Anyway if thats correct - we will miss the egg by a long shot. Mmmmmm.....maybe i should use OPK's if i dont have any luck this time round ! Freaking out again !
Hi CB... you need to get yourself some OPK's!! Get 'em off ebay, they are heaps cheaper. What is your cm doing? I O 12 days before AF... but not everyone does. It depends on how long your luteal phase is. It ranges from about 10-16 days.
Tali, for more ewcm, green tea, flax seed oil, evening primrose oil... but vitex is a girl sup I have also recently learned that too much vit C can dry you up. However you need a fair bit of fruit and juice on the boy diet, so it's trying to get the balance correct. Also make sure you drink plenty of water I have recently been squeezing and drinking my own carrot juice (with a little bit of tomato and celery) excellent for ttc a boy and great for fertility
Leeloo, I did intelligender with DD#4, it said she was a boy!! TWICE! Did you get the NT scan done? If you did maybe I could have a peek and see if there are any gender clues
Last edited by Tanya; August 4th, 2009 at 10:08 PM.
Tanya - cm is egg whitish, slippery, stretchy - so that makes me think 'O' is imminent - so thats a good thing !
Also in the last hour i have a period type crampy feeling and back pain. I remember this happened at the same time in my cycle last month. Wondering if it is a sign of 'O' or something else ?
As for the OPK's - i have been thinking i will get some if i dont get a BFP this cycle. Not something that i have ever had to worry about before. With my 3 boys we just DTD mid cycle and got BFP's no probs. Anyway - will see what happens.....
You must think i am a real crack pot ! All i seem to do is worry - which i think is cause this bub is going to be my last bub and my last chance to try for a girl !
I feel like there is alot more pressure this time - alot more riding on it.....
xxoo
I normally Ov 13 day before AF as I have 41 day cycle that makes it about CD28
BUT I swear that I had the smallest amount of EWCM yesterday! ( CD13) I also have AF type back pain and sore (.Y.) so here's hoping that I might be Ov early this month we BD last night will again tonight just incase I am so those little boy have a fighting chance , and will do it all again on CD 28ish incase I am Ov then.... God its such a pain in the butt having a weird cycles... Keep having to remind myself what will be will be...
Tanya - How's it going ? Am i right in thinking that you are in the TWW now ?
Hope you catch the Egg
AFM - Today i am 6dpo. I have a headache, feel queasy and have alot of reflux. I hope i am not getting a bug or something...it's going around though. Have spent the whole day doing nothing !
Not much else to report. I am finding that once again each day is dragging. Still thinking i will test on Saturday even though i probably should leave it til Sunday. Just getting REALLY impatient now !
Diet is ok. Drinking carrot juice (home squeezed) and baking soda/cream of tartar 3x per day, green tea 2x per day... On alfalfa and false unicorn root 3x per day, folic acid and spirulina 1 x per day. pears, kiwi fruit, tomatoes and banana's are high on the menu, not too much cause I don't want to dry up my CM.
First O since Sept 2007! My CM stayed at pH 4.5 the entire time. I had some EWCM (not a huge amount) and it was pretty thick (sorry TMI) so I'm thinking I'm naturally more girl favourable. I just know things change with my CM big time when I'm on Clomid which I'm very likely to be in Oct.
yet, but we are not trying not to 
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