Threewilly's girl sway !! UPDATE!! Sway successful, it's a GIRL !!

Hi again! How's your pregnancy going? You may be showing your baby bump now and get asked the gender question by so many people, I suppose? I totally support your idea of not telling people because you don't want to deal with those expected comments right now. Enjoy your peaceful pregnancy!

Now, I have a few questions for you. I am considering TBM now since your sway is so inspiring to me  Also, I believe TBM will not rise pH after insertion as much as normal DTD. (correct me if I am wrong). However, when I tested DH's sperm with lime, the sperm were all dead (or not moving at least) under pH 5.5. The pH of sperm before dropping lime was 7.7 and it was 11 day abstinence. Do you think 5.5 is too high for TBM? Yours were high4's right? Also I would like to know how deep you inserted the syringe to yourself. You didn't plan to TBM when you actually got pregnant because you couldn't fall into pregnancy in the previous cycles doing TBM. DH also thinks it will make it difficult to get me pregnant once sperm is in air. Your thought? One last question (sorry I am asking too many questions!), when you used acijel afterwards, did you apply it just the entrance of V or all the way to the cervix? Thank you so much in advance. Hope monkeys won't show up this time.

Hey Cilantro !

My pregnancy is going pretty good, starting to feel a bit better now as I'm now 19 weeks..! Time goes so quick! My belly is getting pretty big, I feel massive actually!

cilantro2011:

your sway is so inspiring to me 

  Thank You!

When you added the lime, was it the douche mix, or straight lime ? Also did you heat it to body temperature before adding it to the sperm?

An 11 day abstinance should be ok, but I have read that some men simply cannot go too long without the sperm dying, but I think that is pretty unusual, and also 11 days isn't exceptionally long (I'm sure dh would disagree!). The ph of my dh was always around 7.2-7.5, so your dh's isn't too far from that..which is good. I know alot of ladies have alot of trouble lowering their dh under 8.5-9.

cilantro2011:

Do you think 5.5 is too high for TBM?

It says in the FAQ, that it needs to be a ph of 4-4.5. And if your ph rises over 5 once inserted, then lower it with a douche, so maybe 5.5 is a bit high? It's hard though if all dh's sperm are dead under 5.5. Also, how long after adding the lime are you inserting it?, because you shouldn't let it sit for too long..so your dh is probably pretty accurate with letting it sit out..

My sample was in the high fours, and I inserted it about 1/2 way in. Then layed with my hips propped.

With the avujel afterwards, I just put a dollop on the end of my finger and pushed it in a bit. Not all the way up to the cervox, maybe about 2-3 cm in?

Hope this helps Cilantro, if you want to know anything else, just ask !

Hey Cilantro !

My pregnancy is going pretty good, starting to feel a bit better now as I'm now 19 weeks..! Time goes so quick! My belly is getting pretty big, I feel massive actually!

cilantro2011:

your sway is so inspiring to me 

  Thank You!

When you added the lime, was it the douche mix, or straight lime ? Also did you heat it to body temperature before adding it to the sperm?

An 11 day abstinance should be ok, but I have read that some men simply cannot go too long without the sperm dying, but I think that is pretty unusual, and also 11 days isn't exceptionally long (I'm sure dh would disagree!). The ph of my dh was always around 7.2-7.5, so your dh's isn't too far from that..which is good. I know alot of ladies have alot of trouble lowering their dh under 8.5-9.

cilantro2011:

Do you think 5.5 is too high for TBM?

It says in the FAQ, that it needs to be a ph of 4-4.5. And if your ph rises over 5 once inserted, then lower it with a douche, so maybe 5.5 is a bit high? It's hard though if all dh's sperm are dead under 5.5. Also, how long after adding the lime are you inserting it?, because you shouldn't let it sit for too long..so your dh is probably pretty accurate with letting it sit out..

My sample was in the high fours, and I inserted it about 1/2 way in. Then layed with my hips propped.

With the avujel afterwards, I just put a dollop on the end of my finger and pushed it in a bit. Not all the way up to the cervox, maybe about 2-3 cm in?

Hope this helps Cilantro, if you want to know anything else, just ask !

threewillys:

It depends on what infection you have and what antibiotics will work for it.

Thanks for the response threewillys!  well it's a skin infection. I actually got a tattoo and a small area of it has gotten infected, so right now I'm just using a topical (bacitracin) antibiotic ointment but if it hasn't cleared the infection by tomorrow, they want to give me a shot (rocephin) but I will have to look that one up... I'm not sure if its in the penicillin family... 

Rocephin is in the same family as kelfex, which is cephlasporins (sp?). You will just have to watch your ph and see how it affects you. I also rang a chemist and asked them how long until it's out of my system, and they worked it out from he half life of that antibiotic, so maybe you could try that ?Good luck, I know how stressed you must be !

huge congrats 3willys........... its bettyboo here.. not sure if u remember me but ur name stuck out n ive been trying to post a congrats for ages,.......... stupid pgs wont open.............. so hoping u get this...........im happy ur getting ur dd.....................

Thank you for your quick response!! I tested the sample while back so I don't remember well but I am sure that I heated the lime to the body temperature but it could have been straight lime juice (oops!). Also, I remember that we mixed the sample with a stick VERY well. I recently learned I am supposed to just "swish" in the cup? DH is 37 years old and three week abstinence may not work like yours but I want to try longer abstinence as I strongly believe that "diet" "long abstinence", "O+12" and "licorice root" are the keys to open a pink door! 

Hey Betty ! How are you going? How is life in Canberra , hope you are all settled now...

Thanks for the congrats, it's still sinking in though! I think I will believe it when she is here!

How is your swaying going, are you still sticking to the diet?

Hope everything is going well for you! xx

Hey Cilantro,

cilantro2011:

Thank you for your quick response!!

No worries!

I used the lime douche rather than the straight lime, just thought it wasn't as harsh! On our first attempt I used straight lime, and I just think it was too much for the poor little things! Yeah I didn't stir mine either, just "swished" it gently.

My dh is 37 too, so I think at least 2 weeks should be ok?

 

cilantro2011:

I strongly believe that "diet" "long abstinence", "O+12" and "licorice root" are the keys to open a pink door!

Me too! I strongly believe these factors influenced our success aswell..xx

hey 3willys.. canberra great........... just like home.............we r both working so wont be long till we can buy a house.............. oh gawd i stopped the diet ages ago..... just ttc have been on clomid since november im due for af any day now............... not feeling positive but u never know.................thanks for asking..........................

Hey Three Willys! Would you mind telling me what your PH was doing in the days leading up to O, O day, O+12 and after? Eg if you O'd on CD14 - what was your PH CD12, CD13, CD14, 0+12, CD15, CD16... If you can remember at all?! My PH seems quite erratic from day to day.. Thanks for your help!

Hey Maple, my ph after af had finished was around 5.5, because often my periods would drag on for a couple of days on and off, so I think any tiny bit of blood that would be visible still would really raise my ph. After they finished properly my ph would drop lower into the mid to high 4's. Around the time I would get my lh surge my ph would start to rise again, getting up to around mid 5's to maybe about 5.7. Then once I had ovulated I noticed it stArted dropping, and at around 0+12 it was around low to mid 4's. Usually 4.2-4.3-4.5. Hope this helps!

Hey Betty , I don't blame you for giving up the diet, especially when you had been on it for so long. So glad you are seetled and happy in canberra ! Did you have to take clomid with your boys at all? I have everything crossed for you that it happens soon. Good luck !

threewillys:

Hey Maple, my ph after af had finished was around 5.5, because often my periods would drag on for a couple of days on and off, so I think any tiny bit of blood that would be visible still would really raise my ph. After they finished properly my ph would drop lower into the mid to high 4's. Around the time I would get my lh surge my ph would start to rise again, getting up to around mid 5's to maybe about 5.7. Then once I had ovulated I noticed it stArted dropping, and at around 0+12 it was around low to mid 4's. Usually 4.2-4.3-4.5. Hope this helps!

Much appreciated! It does help! Thanks : )

Sorry to jump in, how do you heat the lime douche to body temp? I'm not gonna do the TBM but the Diva Cup method. Dumb question, how do the sperm get from the Diva Cup to my cervix? Where can you buy acijel?