did the Shettles method work for you??

claireb1y:

Did 3 day cutoff, jump and dump, and lime douch, and still got DS2.

.... :( hopefully ur 3rd attempt will give u a pink but I bet your 2 blues are adorable!! :) ... Did ur DH alter his diet too?

 Shettles did give me 2 DDs... frequent bd (2 times a day :)) 1 day cut off.

PS: my diet was very girl friendly...... almost strict girl diet (i didn t know about IG back then)

That's brill it worked for you :) I have no idea wen I O so going to really try and work out my CM?? I just always thought O was day 14!! How naive!! :-/ (creamy during O is that right? Lol) I've defo got info overload!!!

Suttonday, you usually have ewcm (egg white cm) around ovulation, but the diet/supps etc is meant to lower the amount of it as the boy sperm love it!!  Thats why people use douche etc to get rid of the ewcm before their attempt.  Another great site to check out is fertilityfriend.com, its great to keep track of your cycle, and it explains all your fertile signs, cm etc.  You should temp every morning at the same time so you know when you have ovulated.

I know this question has been asked a million times but I've read so much I've forgotten half of it!  When CM shifts from EWCM to creamy, is that the moment for O+12 or do you count 12 hours after that point? 

Thanks!

 All of my kids were conceived on O day.

ermjlh:

I know this question has been asked a million times but I've read so much I've forgotten half of it!  When CM shifts from EWCM to creamy, is that the moment for O+12 or do you count 12 hours after that point? 

Thanks!

Your cm should shift from ewcm to creamy 12 hours after O, so when you see the change that should be O+12.  They say that you will O about the same time you get AF too, so that might be something else to look at...

Thanks!  I noticed you have 3 boys and TTC girl, too.  What is your "plan" looking like?  I go back and forth trying to decide what I think might be best for us to try. 

ermjlh:

Thanks!  I noticed you have 3 boys and TTC girl, too.  What is your "plan" looking like?  I go back and forth trying to decide what I think might be best for us to try. 

Well, I am doing strict ig diet, supps (cal, mag, cran, folic, saw palmetto), got the neg ions thing going on, my ph is down to around 4.2 so thats good and I am planning to do frequent with a 2/3 day cut off and maybe add a O+12 if i think i can get it right, i'm using acijel and have sylk too.  Thats the plan anyway, but will see, my body may have other ideas, lol.  How about you?

Sounds good!  I'm working on the diet.  =)  Having a hard time getting serious about it.  DH is being a good sport and doing all the supps (cal, mag, cran, vit c) with me.  I'm also doing saw palmetto and folic acid.  We've both cut potatoes, red meat out and almost have tomatoes gone from diet.  It's hard with 3 boys and the favorite meals around here being pizza, spaghetti, etc!  =)  We're definitely restricting our salt and potassium, though, and drinking lots of milk!

I'm leaning toward the O + 12 as keeping my pH down makes me nervous.  it has been low, 4.5ish, but my Hanna ph meter just came in so I haven't checked it during O yet to see if it jumps.  The pH strips wouldn't work for me, so had to spend more $ to get the meter!  I bought some replens but haven't used it yet.  I also have lime but not sure if I want to try it first. 

 See, I said I wasn't sure how to work all this out!  =)  There's a lot of info.  I just told my hubby that TTC a girl is definitely harder than TTC boy!  Good luck!!

The diet is super hard!!  Especially if your like me (which it sounds like you might be) and have a very boy diet normally!  I was totally shocked when i started tracking sodium etc in the food I was eating, i was around 3-4 times the recommended daily intake, which was more like 5-6 times the IG recommended!!  We eat heaps of salt, tomato based pasta's, steak, potato, cereal, too many take a way foods and a huge range of fruit and veg as well, no wonder I have 3 boys!!!  I think i'm doing really well at it, although I did have a piece of cake at my ds's birthday and hated myself for it!!  But apart from that im not eating til 12, and then not eating much!!!  I've lost over 6 kilos in less than 5 weeks, which brings me down to just under 58kilos now, I dont think ive ever been this skinny! lol.  My DH is not on the diet at all tho, which really sucks but he takes all the supps.  So i hope that will be enough...

When is your attempt?  I'm sure it will all come together in the end!!  Goodluck

What exactly is jump and dump? Did you take supps and diet?

Dream4pink!!!:

ermjlh:

I know this question has been asked a million times but I've read so much I've forgotten half of it!  When CM shifts from EWCM to creamy, is that the moment for O+12 or do you count 12 hours after that point? 

Thanks!

Your cm should shift from ewcm to creamy 12 hours after O, so when you see the change that should be 4+12.  They say that you will O about the same time you get AF too, so that might be something else to look at...

............... thank you DREAM4PINK.. you have been sooo helpful, I am so thankful... My CM is rather alot :-/ I used to complain about it!! lol but now I cant wait to see it!!! haha! I dont have any at the moment, due AF tomo..is that normal? so... I am doing the diet but its not at great effort as I am not great with food as it is... Im a basic cook etc and a bit brain dead when it comes to doing a strict GI... and only started it yest so its not really enuff time... my temp in the morning... do I just use a normal thermometer??? or is there a special one??... I also saw vaginal PH testers - do I get those??xxxx

its Doing the deed then flushing them away straight after or DTD on his own so to lower sperm count for you to BD straight after??? am i right??

Muffin606:

What exactly is jump and dump? Did you take supps and diet?

.......its Doing the deed then flushing them away straight after or DTD on his own so to lower sperm count for you to BD straight after??? am i right??