All UK SMOG wannabies please come here October 2009

indigoviolet:

Hi ladies, hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm off to bed now (going to watch the xfactor results on itvplayer on my laptop lol!) anyone else as sad as me?!!

Catch up with you all tomorrow, sleep well

I am

Hey all,

d4d -  I smiled reading you saying your getting really into this swaying... snap thats exactly how i felt, I have spent a fortune tho lol!

no.5wantingasisforchloe - I was just doing opk once a day, but after reading what you said... that describes exactly whats happened 2 days of faint positives, can never decide if I think urine is too diluted etc, i have left it 2 hrs after drinking to test but held in pee till then... can be very pale...(soz gross I know) so have wondered if its too diluted a sample to read correct... anyway won't matter next cycle got cbfm and that tests 1st samle in morning.

vendela and indigoviolet... I have been x factoring it while on laptop too. :D Love Cheryl Cole, happy with Rachel being kicked out, I never liked her haircut lol, although wished before any others John and Edward had gone!! grrrr hate them!

Had bad news today... My dh has contracted Malaria while working in Africa, lots of tears, upset and worry but i am now reassured he is ok my question to you guys he has been treated with quinine and is on a glucose drip...would this impact him for a sway attempt?

Iwantalittleprincess:

Had bad news today... My dh has contracted Malaria while working in Africa, lots of tears, upset and worry but i am now reassured he is ok my question to you guys he has been treated with quinine and is on a glucose drip...would this impact him for a sway attempt?

 

Sorry to hear this! That is definately a question for Tamara.

no.5wantingasisforchloe - I just had a look at your sway attempt in the Gold forum and I feel totally lost.  This month needs to be my practice cycle as I want to TTC 0+12 in December.  I've not started my supps yet ... better get my butt in gear and spend more time on here learning.  Yikes!!  I've only been thinking about this since oh, November last year and been on here since July!!  Typical me doing it last minute!!  xx

desperate for a daughter:

no.5wantingasisforchloe - I just had a look at your sway attempt in the Gold forum and I feel totally lost.  This month needs to be my practice cycle as I want to TTC 0+12 in December.  I've not started my supps yet ... better get my butt in gear and spend more time on here learning.  Yikes!!  I've only been thinking about this since oh, November last year and been on here since July!!  Typical me doing it last minute!!  xx

Hi D4D

Do you think my sway sounds ok or are you lost in a bad way?

I'm Soooo nervous about O+12, infact I never expected to use that method. i'm only going to give it 1 month and then i'm going to do a cutoff of 2-3 days. It will be my luck that it will be the first month I O late. If I O early it's not so bad cos I will just probably end up with a BFN. But O'ing late will be a nitemare cos I'm kind of hoping to go for it pm of cd14 regardless (as long as opk's etc match up)

I almost don't want to start trying and then in another way I can't wait. I feel a lot of pressure cos 5DC is our limit and my little girl really would love a sister and I have become obsessed!!!

Hope your practice month goes smoothly and here's to us both celebrating BFP's before xmas. If I don't get a BFP before then i'm going to wait until Feb, cos there's no way I can eat this diet over the hols!

xx 

no.5wantingasisforchloe:

If I don't get a BFP before then i'm going to wait until Feb, cos there's no way I can eat this diet over the hols!

no.5wantingasisforchloe:

Do you think my sway sounds ok or are you lost in a bad way?

I expected to be doing the cut off too but I've never been very in tune with my cycle to really know when to cut off.  I'm usually 28 days but this month I was only 25 which kind of freaked me a little.  The lady I bought my CBFM said she posted it today and I ordered my strips but I've missed the start of this cyle which means my attempt in December will be the first time I've used it.  I fell on the day I was due to ovulate with ds#2 which was our first month of trying so I really don't want to mess it up but I want to do an attempt iykwim.

Pile of laundry calling which I cannot ignore yet again.  Spent the day doing a toy tidy before ds#1's b'day at the end of the month and of course Xmas!!!  I love Xmas xx

Hope everyone is doing well. xx

Quick question - if you are doing 0+12 attempt ... do you use a condom up to your attempt or do you abstain until your 0+12 attempt.  How long after 0+12 can you resume having sex?  Feel too stupid to ask these questions anywhere else at the moment so please be patient with me girls?! xx

desperate for a daughter:

Quick question - if you are doing 0+12 attempt ... do you use a condom up to your attempt or do you abstain until your 0+12 attempt.  How long after 0+12 can you resume having sex?  Feel too stupid to ask these questions anywhere else at the moment so please be patient with me girls?! xx

Well Tamara suggests that the true O+12 is complete abstain for 7+ days (better with more) and then bd at O+12. You should wait at least a few days after O to have sex again just to be truly safe.

I started the diet about 4 weeks ago so will have been on it for 6 weeks by the time I O. I hate it!!! I'm getting a bit more used to it now but it's so boring. I would start the diet asap as they say that's the main sway factor, alongside losing weight. i stick to the same 3 or 4 meals and just switch them round every day. It makes the diet easier to stick to. I also make the raspberry muffins (although I substitute the raspberries for craisins as they are so much nicer) and this at least makes me feel like I'm having a little bit of sweet. The hardest times for me are on approch to AF cos i crave chocolate and comfort food soooooo bad!

Have you started taking all the supps yet?

no.5wantingasisforchloe said

I started the diet about 4 weeks ago so will have been on it for 6 weeks by the time I O. I hate it!!! I'm getting a bit more used to it now but it's so boring. I would start the diet asap as they say that's the main sway factor, alongside losing weight. i stick to the same 3 or 4 meals and just switch them round every day. It makes the diet easier to stick to. I also make the raspberry muffins (although I substitute the raspberries for craisins as they are so much nicer) and this at least makes me feel like I'm having a little bit of sweet. The hardest times for me are on approch to AF cos i crave chocolate and comfort food soooooo bad!

I cant really do the diet i have just been tryin to mostly eat stuff from girl diet,

today had peppermint tea with aspartemene, milk, cranberries,ate chicken soup for lunch with bread, but inlaws were providing eening meal so no control over that and it was arrrrgh Mince and Tatties and veg with butterscotch mousse for dessert. However I have been doing supps religiously, replens every other day and today I got digital ph tester so decided to test couple of hours after meal and after all that bad non girl diet items my ph was sitting at 4.85. So i am thinking supps etc are doing a good job on their own as I expected a lot worse. I hope to up my game closer to attempt,  I think AF should be arriving 12th/13th and by then I plan to be dead strict through attempt.

That's good that your ph is low. Are you drinking/going to drink CL?  Did you know that the peppermint tea is supposed to raise your temp significantly and that if it doesn't you shouldn't take it. I'm getting some clarification from Tamara. She said;

"if peppermint tea raises your temp significantly then it means it is working to only raise progesterone.  if it only slightly raises temps then it does not work for you.  if it doesn't raise your temps or only slightly raises then it will lessen your sway because it is raising your estrogen."

I had no idea so thought I'd let you know. I'm trying to find out if the temp she's talking about is bbt or directly after drinking the tea. Will let you know when I find out.

So your attempt should be around the beg of Dec if your AF is due 12/13th Nov...do you have a 28 day cycle. As your AF is due I am O'ing and will be nervous as hell that i'm going to screw up!!!

Right .... I've boughtmy CBFM and strips, digital ph tester, rose quartz and hematite bracelet, USB purifier ioniser and room purifier ioniser, i've got opk's.  (no.5wantingasisforchloe I kind of used your sway as a guide for what to buy!! Thanks xx)  Anything else that I need???

Argh!!!  This is so exciting and scary and I'm still extremely hopelessly confused.

Some questions for you girls in the know.  My sway is 5 weeks away and I am desperate for an attempt before Xmas cause then it'll be February before I can get geared up again. 

• I need to decide on supplements for me and dh - I read in gold that these are dependent on your own body - can someone tell me why please?? 
• How do I find out about the moon at a particular date? 
• Has anyone got the rock salt crystal lamp?  think this was for Ions. 
• CL - is that Crystal Light?  If so where do I get?
• Douche - can someone describe, how you make it, where you buy the lime (is it just lime cordial?), what you insert it with/where you get it from? 
• Replens?  Do you insert with the item supplied with in the box/ or is it actually a 'finger' of replens??
• Hormones - what are the options for this?
• 0+12 I assume that once I get my cbfm this should seem less scary??  How do you tell you've O'd and do you do more than one test that day to get the O+12 right?

Sorry, I know I should have spent longer reading up and learning.  I was in hospital for a week when I was due to start studying and it all kind of fell into the background. 

I really appreciate your help girls.  xx

I wouldn't say I was in the know but i will try and help.

desperate for a daughter:

I need to decide on supplements for me and dh - I read in gold that these are dependent on your own body - can someone tell me why please??

certain supps can effect you by either lowering or raising ph. for eg Acidilophis others are to lengthen cycle but can have the oppsite effect etc. The supps that shouldn't be dependent on your body are calcium, magnesium, cranberry, and Vit C (although too much of this can cause gas and diarrhea)

desperate for a daughter:

How do I find out about the moon at a particular date?

There are a few sites;

http://www.moonsigncalendar.net/moonangle.asp?Tagzahl=14&Monat=12&Jahr=2009&zeitzone=0

http://www.dacre.net/moon/moonframe.html

desperate for a daughter:

Has anyone got the rock salt crystal lamp?  think this was for Ions.

I haven't but I know a lot of ladies on here that did. I had just spent so much money and decided not to spend anymore but I love them! and they are for ions.

desperate for a daughter:

CL - is that Crystal Light?  If so where do I get?

Yeah CL is Crystal light. I drink loads of the stuff. You can get it on ebay or a co. called americansweets.co.uk where I got mine from.

desperate for a daughter:

Douche - can someone describe, how you make it, where you buy the lime (is it just lime cordial?), what you insert it with/where you get it from?

The lime is just the bottled stuff like lemon juice. it must be a 50/50 with distilled water. I bought some medical syringes from ebay to insert it.

desperate for a daughter:

Replens?  Do you insert with the item supplied with in the box/ or is it actually a 'finger' of replens??

You can use the applicator but with only a small amount but I just used a finger. Make sure it definitely does lower your ph (it's one of those that effects everyone differently)

desperate for a daughter:

Hormones - what are the options for this?

Hormones-  This is only controlled through supplements, diet and drinks.  Studies show that  hormones play a huge role is swaying. Losing weight is the best way I think.

desperate for a daughter:

0+12 I assume that once I get my cbfm this should seem less scary??  How do you tell you've O'd and do you do more than one test that day to get the O+12 right?

I have an ovacue and it didn't really help me much with O+12, but I hope your cbfm helps. Do you temp? It is the only definite way to know you O. once you get a +opk you know you will O within the next 36hrs but obviuously that doesn't pinpoint O enough for O+12. Only real way is to watch cm shift and cervix.

HTH xx

Thank you, thank you!!  Will be back on when I get my 2 settled for the night. xx

Fab advice above, really helpful to read for us pre attempt uk girls :D

My question to you guys is do you feel like the inside of your nose is dry... I kinda feel like the supps and diet foods are making my mose and mouth feel dry. Or that usual or am I just weird?

xx

There's a new thread started for November, see you there!! x