Hi all,

I am on ALL the supps (including cranberry 10,000mg) and a very STRICT girl diet..have been for 6 weeks.. 

DH is on calcium and magnesium....we will be attempting NEXT month

1.  When should HE start on the cranberry....is 10,000mg enough?

2.  When should dh and myself start on the crystal lite....JUST a few days leading up to our attempt and after ov?

3.  How much crystal lite per day?

Thanks for your help

Bronte (mum to an awesome foursome of boys)

Anybody want to add something????

Well, my DH has been on cranberry and drinking Crystal Lite for a few months now. We started about two months before we TTC.

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I am on ALL the supps (including cranberry 10,000mg) and a very STRICT girl diet..have been for 6 weeks.. 

DH is on calcium and magnesium....we will be attempting NEXT month

1.  When should HE start on the cranberry....is 10,000mg enough?

have him start the month you actually ttc.  what is enough?  the amount it takes to get his pH to 7-7.5. 

2.  When should dh and myself start on the crystal lite....JUST a few days leading up to our attempt and after ov?

you can start now

3.  How much crystal lite per day?

66 oz - 100 oz a day ( sorry i don't know how much that is in litters)

Thanks for your help

WOW that is a LOT of Crystal Lite..that is about 1.9 litres per day!!!!

...at LOT to order too when it's not available here!!  I know they come in sachets but I have worked out it DH and myself had 2 litres a day EACH up until I try next month is would cost close to $200 !!!!!!!! FOR CORDIAL LOL LOL!!!!!

I might post the ingredients of Tang Lite (which has aspartame in it) but a lot of sugar as well to see if that could be used instead...it would be soooooooo much cheaper and I could pick it up from the supermarket!

Thanks again

Bronte 

oh dear! that sounds like a lot! Maybe we could drink tang from O to TWW and then switch to Crystal Lite between AF to O....

How funny i just this minute sent you a PM...I thought of doing the switch too..that might be a good option..had you investigated the crystal lite costs yet...I rang then this morning!

What are you going to do?

Bronte

nicrav:

oh dear! that sounds like a lot! Maybe we could drink tang from O to TWW and then switch to Crystal Lite between AF to O....

this is a good plan.  In fact just drink cl the week of o to save money

Yes thanks Redcin..I am we are going to do.....start drinking crystal lite on cd1 till well after ov.

ok i did somr research for all you in au.  In au you can buy Equal...

The Australian market for sweeteners was worth approximately $27.3 million a year by the end of 1998. The category had grown 2.2% in the 12 months to December 1998, reversing the 9.8% decline of 1997. Growth is accelerating; in the last quarter of 1998 the category increased by 5%. The sugar substitute category is divided into four major segments: Tablets, Granular, Sachets and Liquid. Tablets are the most popular form of sweetener, representing just under 65% of the category. The market for the Granular form has grown from 18.5% in 1994 to 24% of the category in 1998, while Sachets’ share has dropped 3% in the four years, and Liquid use has also declined to only 2% of the category. The major brands of sweeteners on the Australian market are Equal, Sugarine, Splenda, Hermesetas and NutraSweet. The main difference between them is their sweetener ingredient; Equal uses NutraSweet and therefore Aspartame as its base ingredient, Sugarine has Saccharin, Splenda has Sucralose, Hermesetas uses a blend of Ace K and Aspartame, while NutraSweet itself of course has Aspartame. 

i hope this makes it cheaper

Thanks for that Redcini...so what exactly are you saying....to just add equal to water and drink it...how much??

The only reason we are drinking crystal lite it because of the aspartame..not the flavours etc.....right?

So I could add the equal to my evian water...I am having 1.5 litres a day of it!..Don't tell the French LOL LOL!!

Thanks again for you research, how is dear little Logan BTW??

Bronte

sorry for all my poor typing, im typing one handed lol

yes you can just ad equal to water

Thanks Redcin,

I will buy some equal over the weekend and see how much there is per tablet/liquid  and come up with a dosage per glass..sounds like it will be delicious 

i bet you can add it to cranberry juice and wont even taste it