Ooooh, Shiny New Tag!

[ahavah]

I'd like to give a hearty huzzah and woot woot to my shiny new tag, TTC! For those who don't know, TTC stands for "Trying to Conceive".

I may be jumping the gun only slightly, but I'm super excited and so here is my first TTC post

Comments

[theafaye]

If you're tracking your cycle (temp, mucus and cervix), you should be able to time for a boy (abstain a couple of days before ovulation and do it on the day) and combine that with your diet to really skew the chances. The boy diet is a lot more balanced than the girl's although you'll have to google the details - other than meat, I can't remember what's on it, since we used it for a girl. No guarantees but it significantly stacks the odds in your favour. Of course, the wee one may have other ideas - there are two of you i the equation!

Home births are fab and beautiful. Fingers crossed it works out for you.

[ahavah]

I don't know the first thing about tracking, to be honest, which is why I'm eager for the book! I hadn't even thought you could influence it either way. I will definitely have to look into that! What should I google, exactly? Is there a name for the method or anything?

Thanks so very much! I'm really, really hoping it will all work out.

[theafaye]

No name (apart from people trying to sell you unnecessary stuff!) - just google natural fertility and/or boy diet. It's all quite straightforward - we used cycle tracking both to conceive and not to conceive and I didn't bother checking my cervix (it moves over the month), but I did keep an eye on mucus (it's like egg white when you're fertile) and charted my temp, although the latter is a faff because you have to do it first thing before you even get up and children often distracted me!

[ahavah]

Cool, thanks! I'll give it a shot. I always thought the dad was responsible for the sex. We'll both go on a diet! ha! I doubt I could check my cervix either. It seems to be at an odd angle, and even midwives/OBs have trouble finding it. I've never been able to check my IUD strings, which I'm supposed to be able to do. I figure I'll go with temp & discharge, though that's just from my basic knowledge. I look forward to learning more. I'm not sure if I should start before I get the IUD out, or wait to see what my cycle is like afterward.

[kuroihime]

I'm really excited that I'll get to read all this. You are one of the people in the world that should definitely breed!

I've got an IUD, but mine is hormonal and basically stopped my periods. at some point, I'd love to track my own cycle, but the no-periods and really good bc is what I'm after right now. Plus, I'm not sure I'm the childbearing type.

Good luck!

[ahavah]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you think so!

I definitely think I'll go with the hormonal next time. I really like an IUD, since I don't have to think about it, pay for more every month, and we haven't had any surprise babies! I didn't want the hormonal since I'd had trouble with weight gain when I was on both the pill and Norplant. I think the weight gain would be better to deal with than bionic periods though. I'd love to have no periods!

[maiabee8]

Yay! I am so excited for you two! I am also interested to read about your process - you are one of the people I know who is most conscientious of what's going on with themselves physically and spiritually and you express it so well with words. :)

Boybee and I have for the first time set a "date" for when we'll start not using BC. I'm not really interested in TTC specifically but not using BC and seeing where nature takes us sounds like a better fit for me. The date is really nebulous since it's once we get our kitchen finished which, since we're doing most of the work ourselves, could be some time off in the future. :)

Wishing you the best!

[ahavah]

Thank you so much! I'm honored to hear that you think so.

It's an exciting process, so I wish you guys the best of luck too! On both babies and kitchen work. That's cool that you're doing it all yourself though. :)

[adoptedwriter]

Best wishes flowing your way! AW

[ahavah]

Thank you!

[intrepidrayne]

That's great news! I'm looking forward to reading all of your experiences this time around. :)

[ahavah]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad to have so many friends who are interested and supportive. I've been eagerly waiting a very long time for this opportunity. :)