TTC a girl in Summer or Fall 2012

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Hi ladies.....I need some advice. I've been getting cold feet lately to sway and frustrated because I'm on cd 31 with still no positive opk.....was ready to give up hope until I got a positive opkthis morning. After the pos I'm ready to just go for it even though I was planning on tryingnextmonth. I've been on the diet and sips for awhile and ph was usually around a 5. At 6pm tonight I was at a 5.4 so I tried a fingertip of refresh and tested a few hrs later and was at 5.8. So I tried another finger of refresh and tested right away and was at a 6.8. I also have rep lens, but hadn't tried it before and bought the summers eve vinegar douche tonight at walmart. We r going to do o+12 with condensed freq. Release (thanks for the idea ponytails). Moon is in waning phase which I think also favors girl for the next few days. Have been doing neg ion stuff too, but really worried about the ph. We will dtd tomorrow night or sat am.........please help if you have any advice on ph. Thanks!!!!!!!

LTB, looks like we might be in the 2ww together this month! What are you doing for your sway? I am kind of nervous about doing O+12 cause if I am too late I lose my chance which may be what happened last month. I almosr want to try cut off but not sure if my cycles are regular yet. I am just so impatient, I really want a Spring baby, as one of my boys is a Spring bday and the other 2 are Fall. xx3, I am glad to hear that your dh drank lots of caffeine and you still had girls, my dh drinks a good amount of coffee and pop and he won't change his eating/drinking habits at all! So I am trying to be strict with the diet but all the milk and yogurt is not great for my stomach (I think I am mildly lactose intolerant with large amounts of dairy), what else is there to eat besides dairy, noodles, rice and bread? I am really missing my sweets too, can I just add sugar substitute to my food? The diet is not fun, now I know why I was avoiding doing it completely the first couple months!

Ponytails - I like your plan for condensed frequent release.  It seems to be right in line with what I have read about the best way to ttc a girl.  I hope this is your month!!!  I wanted to ask you about what you have read about older moms and O+12, is 36 too old to do O+12?  I was really wanting to try that.  My cycles aren't regular enough to do a good cut off attempt.

FreeWill - I would maybe use 1/2 a tube of Rephresh.  I'm not sure why the FAQ says to use only a small amount.  Does anyone else know why you can't use it just like the box suggests, one applicator every 3 days from AF to O?  It's supposed to keep pH right at 4.5, which is ideal for ttc a girl.  So why not use 1/2 or the whole applicator?  If no one else knows I'll post a question for Tamara about it.

Eat sweets, cakes, pies, ice cream.....any kind of bread, pastas, ckn.....i never ate much red meat or potatoes and such on boy diet......also if your stomach is starting to bother you try apple juice and increase magnesium n calcium supps.....i drink alot of apple juice and its even on boy diet.....not sure why but when dairy had me a bit yucky id drink 32oz of apple juice and be going in a few hours! Hth!

Ok ladies, I am going to try and post this link. It is for a Rephresh Tampon, for the sole purpose of lowering ph to in that 3.5-4.5 range..think this would work for that 4 hour window after dtd?

http://www.drugstore.com/rephresh-brilliant-ph-tampons-super-18-ea/qxp264130?catid=184084

Maybe if you cant click it, just copy and paste, let me know what you make of it, because to me, Im thinking if I try them before our attempt, they might just be what I need?

Luvcole - I have those tampons.  They will lower pH during AF and keep it lower for a bit.  Were you thinking of using one the day of your attmpt?  Because they have to be wet to lower pH.  You could soak it in the lime douche and try it for a lime tampon.  I tried that and it didn't do much to my pH but maybe you would have better luck.

Luvcole- ii wouldnt use it after dtd....sole reason is xx are attracted to acid....they might be more attracted to tampon then cervix....u can use rephresh 1 tube every 2-3 days as the box states then shortly before dtd...then shortly after....both time's mb a quarter of a tube every 4 hours....since im ttc boy i do baking soda fingers every time i pee from af to O then after O 3x a day for 2 days......ao far my ph is from natural 4.5 to 9z!!!!! The info about rephresh came from a friend.....she successfully had a princess

MV- did u try vinegar water w the tampon? Make a little douche and use the rephresh tampon with the vinegar???? That would be more acidic then lime....dont advise doing it after but def mb 2hrs before insert then remove n do rephresh gel every couple hours

Ok, thanks Ladies, MV they are only available online, and I was going to buy rephresh this weekend, but found those, think I should still just buy rephresh instead of those? What about soaking them in distilled water first so they are wet? My ph seems to be in the 6s during af, but I wanted to use one after dtd,maybe about 30 min. after so I can go to bed, and keep the ph low? I worry about a spike during the night even with the rephresh, since I didnt have much luck with replens this cycle, and that has a way lower ph! Thanks for the info XX3!

Hope you get a liitle boy, I know mine drive me crazy sometimes but I love my boys, now I just need to add some pink in this house! Everytime I look at the tv, there are fast cars,trains,builder shows etc. I told my dh last night, I really want to look up one day and see My Little Pony, or strawberry shortcake!lol

Thanks for the response MV. I think I will give that a try and see what happens. I'm also so irregular so I have to do o+12 and since dh had an orgasm two days ago, we can't abstain, which is what I was hoping to do.....I'm glad ponytails suggested the Cfr. I'm just so bummed about my ph spike!

Hello, I'm planning on joining your thread :-) I have 3x DS and I am planning on swaying for a DD in October. Starting to do a bit of research now, so much reading to do. I'm sure I'll be back and forth asking questions! I'm looking forward to getting to know you as we try and sway pink.

Welcome DMTO!

XX3, I may try that vinegar idea!

Wow can I really have all those sweets and still be on the diet? I will be in heaven lol! I didn't think to try apple juice, maybe just a little though if it's on the boy diet. I may change up my diet a little and increase the calcium supps and just stay away from red meat, potatoes and sodium for sure. Thanks xx3! Just wanted to add my input on Rephresh tampons, I used them during AF to keep my ph down but MV is right they have to be wet cause they are just dry like normal tampons. You could try ahead of time with both distilled water and vinegar and see what works for you. If I had more tampons I would try it mysel :) When I used the Rephresh I probably used about 1/3 tube and it worked good but didn't he faq say that it could raise ph in some people? So if Rephresh doesn't work to lower ph maybe the vinegar or lime would be best? MV I hope you don't find out that O+12 won't work for a 36 yr old cause that is also my age and I don't have a regular cycle to do cutoff either. I am going to attempt a little earlier this time maybe O+8 and see if that works.

Hey Kats- Well, as far as timing goes I still cannot decide! I have a feeling if I try 0+12 this month I will not get preggers...but cut off will be really hard for me to pinpoint if my cycle is all over the place. I think I'd like to do cut off because my husbands sister (the only girl in his generation) was concieved with shettles. Not sure if they abstained. I'm just not sure what to do! If I do 0+12 I was thinking TBM with a diva cup, but now I'm thinking natural with a jump and dump 15 mins later and then insert diva cup to keep who ever is left in there where they need to be. I really need to keep the sperm count down and that's one of the things I will be concentrating on. I will be trying to stay away from the computer and be outside in our pool (small one lol) as much as possible. It seems that my PH is staying at 5 no matter what I do! I can't get it lower, but it's not getting higher either. I guess I might just have to be happy with that! Let me know what timing method you chose. Your attempt will likely end up being a week before mine if this AF doesnt show up soon!