Alkalyza's TTC boy sway which resulted in BFP

Name

alkalyza

Gender Resulted

unknown

tbm

Swaying Attempt - Natural, EGS (TBM, SU, GDC, MSU), High Tech (IUI, IUI/MS), details?

Minerals

Calcium

Avoided all much as possible

Magnesium

Avoided all as much as possible

Potassium

MUCH from diet (potatoes, tomatoes, bananas), COT 2 x dayfrom AF to O, and 2 -99 mg capsules per day

Sodium

As much as possible, added sea salt to everything, drank a lot of V8, ate a lot of canned soups

Name

alkalyza

Gender Resulted

unknown

Swaying Attempt - Natural, EGS (TBM, SU, GDC, MSU), High Tech (IUI, IUI/MS), details?

TBM

pH

CM pH

9.6 before BSF

DH pH

9

Baking soda douche

no

Baking soda on finger on attempt or week before

Yes, from last day of period to ovulation- 3 x day- one hour prior to bd and twice the day after bd

How did you use Pre-seed, and what was its PH?

none

Egg whites used/type/pH

yes, organic, cage-free, ph of 10. inserted 5ml 20 min before bd, and placed 3-5 mls WARMED ew in IC on top of semen, egg whites immediately sank to bottom, but I inserted IC right away. Inserted another 5 ml after bd

Big O

Yes-. 10 min before bd and 20 min after IC was inserted

Minerals

Calcium

Avoided all much as possible

Magnesium

Avoided all as much as possible

Potassium

MUCH from diet (potatoes, tomatoes, bananas), COT 2 x dayfrom AF to O, and 2 -99 mg capsules per day

Sodium

As much as possible, added sea salt to everything, drank a lot of V8, ate a lot of canned soups

DH minerals

He's a huge potato-eater and usually eats a lot of sodium, he did COT drink one hour before bd

Diet

Dietary Changes

-Besides tons of potassium & sodium, completely cut out all dairy (so hard), tried to eat a lot of red meat 8 weeks prior to attempt, but had gall bladder pains & was bloated from all the meat, so I decided to give up ALL MEAT for remaining 6 weeks and did the alkaliine diet by avoiding anything acidic instead, giving up meat worked best & my ph shot up 2 points & stayed up & I lost 10 lbs in 6 weeks!

Drank tons of lemon water & grapefruit juice

Did you continue diet after attempt/ how long?

Until I received bfp- but I still don't eat meat!

DH caffeine consumption before BD day

He eats some chocolate every day, but besides that, none.

DH caffeine 1/2 hour or an hour before BD

1.5 cups of strong coffee 1 hr before attempt

Drinks

Gelatine 2 x day, BSD/COT 3 x day most days (sometimes I felt too sick from it to do it three times) from 6 weeks prior to bd

Supplements

Super B complex with folic acid 1 x day

Evening Primrose Oil (EPO)

1000 mg 3x/day

Robitussin/Guafanesin tablets

Diabetic tussin (sugar & alchohol free robitussin, so less acidic) 3 x day from AF to O

Alka Seltzer Gold

no

Green Tea

Occasionally

Fertile-CM

Yes- from af to o

False Unicorn

No

E

400 IU capsule per day

Fish Oil

no

Folic Acid

Yes- what's in prenatal vitamin and additional 400 mcg

Flaxseed Oil

yes

Alfalfa

no

Drinks

BSD/COT 3 x day most days (sometimes I felt too sick from it to do it three times) from 6 weeks prior to bd

Drank tons of lemon water & grapefruit juice

Others

Iron pill every day to make up for no meat

DH supps

Wouldn't take, but eats tons of fruits & veggies. He did do BS/COT/ & gelatine drink one and a half hrs before bd to my surprise & delight!

Length of DH abstinance

3 .3 weeks (I know, I know)

BD on O

yes

How close to O

Within 24 hours- my timing was screwy because I received LH surge on 10/2 , then again on 10/3 and didn't bd till afternoon of 10/4

BD how often

once

Charting O with Temp

no- basal thermomoter batteries ran out , found out it wasn't the batteries & had to order another one- charting got messed up!

Charting O with OPK

Yes, cheapies & mid-stream to back up

Fertility monitor used/type

Did use Fertile focus, but didn't see too much ferning, looked more transitional to me.

suspected O date

CD 23, 10/3/09- my cycles always run late, which is why I think egg was still there on 10/4

Oed in what moon phase

First day of full moon

Changed ions in other ways?

I guess I didn't need too? But, unfortunately had to sleep next to a humidifier as DD was sick, but I tried to offset this by using a heating pad 5 days prior to bd and 5 days after bd, also used blender to make dd food, vaccuum cleaner, hair dryer, laptop.

How many kids do you have?

2

What gender(s)?

girls

# of months TTC

First attempt

Your Age

36

BD position

TBM

EWCM present/how much?

Yes, tons

DH undies type

boxers

Did you use instead cups/how long?

yes, left in for 6 hours

DH cold bath/ shower or ice

Wouldn't ice jewels, but took FREEZING cold shower for 20 min. right before bd

OWT - anything under bed?

forgot, we had to hurry up because dd was napping:)

Comments?

DH dtd in IC, I was worried because we lost a little on bed (TMI), then inserted warmed EW, Left hips propped after insertion of IC for 20 mins after, then had big O and laid on back & rt side for an hour after insertion & tried to picture xy sperm meeting the egg, while heating pad was on. . Ph after I took out IC was a 9, though there was still some EWCM in it, though most was gone. Tried to keep up ph as much as possible until BFP 17 days later. Praying for healthy baby! Also, we were going through a cold snap, so the spare room we used was FREEZING cold!