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Mmmm, anyone fancy a nice glass of grapefruit juice??

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Twiglettini · 08/02/2009 13:28

I have read on a few threads that gfj can increase ewcm and had a few questions about it.

  1. Is there any evidence for this, or is it mainly anecdotal? And if it is proven to work, how??!
  1. Are you meant to drink it all through your cycle, or only in first two weeks?
  1. How much is recommended to have an effect?

Anyway, thank you in advance.

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Twiglettini · 13/02/2009 13:48

How weird, this thread has had such little response and I thought clever people on here would have all the answers about grapefruit juice.

How to have started such a dud thread!

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HeadFairy · 10/02/2009 08:46

Hi sunnydale... I'm doing really well thanks. Surprisingly well actually. I think I've just got my head round the fact that not every egg is a good'un and I'm fairly philosphical about it all. I'm a bit frustrated because I want to be pg NOW!!! This is really dumb but timing is very very important, if I get pg now I'll be on mat leave in December and then I won't have to work Christmas. I hate working Christmas, ds will be such a nice age for it, and sod's law I'd get the Christmas 8am-8pm shift and that would kill me! Selfish? Moi?

I'm making it my new year's resolution (a bit late) to not count days, I have no idea when af is due, I roughly worked out my mid cycle and had lots of sex and that's all I'm doing. Now't else! My plan is all laid out on this thread feel free to join us in ignoring our cycle. You too Twiglettini, the more the merrier I say. Together we can rebel against the tyranny of ttc. Up the revolution

I think I've gone a bit mad today, I've been up since 6 as we've got a team of estate agents coming to photograph and map our house to put it on the market, so I've been busy hiding things in cupboards!

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 22:15

By the way Headfairy can I come and join you and Sunnydale and Issy on your new thread, it seems more fun than this boring grapefruit juice thread?

I only joined mn last month and I really really really want to ignore my cycle and not get obsessed with symptom spotting - I poas too often last cycle and then it ended in my 3rd mc (second in a row), so I want to do it differently this time.

(Will understand if it is an exclusive thread for old chums only - just let me know)

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 21:59

Hello Sunnydale, as I said before, no worries about the hijack - it keeps it current.

I'm beginning to think that there is no real evidence for gfj increasing ewcm, it is just anecdotal - but, as you said, what's the harm in giving it a go.

Very good luck on the 2ww - are you madly symptom spotting, or managing to remain calm and composed? When is AF due?

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Sunnydale · 09/02/2009 21:47

Not meaning to hijack your thread, but just wanted to say hello to Headfairy and so, so sorry to hear about your MC - it seems like yesterday that I was typing "congrats" to you on the September thread. Really sorry to hear this Headfairy, and hope you are okay. I haven't been on MN for a month or so coz I felt I was becoming too obsessed with it, so I've given myself a break. But I think of you all often. I'm currently on the 2ww but trying to be laid back, what will be will be etc. Hello to Issey as well, hope all is good with you. FIngers crossed we all graduate again soon. Not much of an opinion on grapefruit juice - I have some when I remember - but it sounds like lots of MNers swear by it so what's the harm? Also Robitussen cough syrup is supposed to be good if you're struggling in the mucus dept. Good luck to all xx

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 20:17

Of course, that's what you said I hope the next few weeks fly by

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 20:16

Ah that's good, I bet you can't wait to have him with you

WorzselMummage · 09/02/2009 17:43

He's doing really well thanks, hopefully be home in 4 or 5 weeks i can't wait !

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 15:42

That's good news worzel. I've just bought another couple of cartons. I've never liked the concentrated stuff, too sharp for me, so I've always been drinking the proper freshly squeezed variety. I'll keep it up then and see what happens next month.

How's your ds by the way? I followed the drama of his arrival, never posted, but was so glad it had a happy ending.

WorzselMummage · 09/02/2009 14:25

I worked for me 2nd month with a noticible increase in CM, it also reduced my apetite

We'd been ttc for 2 and a half year, was poas crazy, had had all the tests and been poked and prodded by drs, taken the herbs etc etc and grapefruit just did it for me. I'd really recommend it.

It has to be the 100% stuff though, none of that concerntrated crap and i used to have a big glass a day. I hated it at first but i actually got to quite like it. I uite fancy a glass but if DF say it in the fridge i think he'd probably go in to hiding ( Ds is 6 weeks )
good luck.

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 13:55

Sorry to hear that, Headfairy. Two mc in a row is mis, isn't it. I'm the same, had one in Sept (at 11 weeks, so really sad). Then the recent one on 23 Jan. I'm not temping either, just using ewcm as a guide to ov.

Good luck this month

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 13:44

I can't temp as I do shifts and they're all over the place, so my temps would be all over the place too. To be honest, after 2 back to back mcs I'm taking things a bit more easily. Apart from the GFJ and lots of sex of course, I'm doing nothing else, not counting days, not paying too much attention to my cycle, just roughly working out which week I'm going to ov and then going for it with dh

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 13:42

Ooh, that sounds good, help get you pregnant and lose weight at the same time - a wonder product.

Bit odd to get more ewcm after ov, do you temp as well, can you see what your cycle is doing according to your temperature?

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 13:32

Well, I started off doing one glass a day but that didnt' do anything. But then I discovered that grapefruit can help weight loss and as I'm always looking for a lazy way to shift a few pounds I'm trying to have a glass before every meal.

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 13:24

how much do you drink every day?

I've just had a nice glass with lunch!

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 12:42

The wierd thing is I've started to get more ewcm, it's a bit late but because of my mc I may have a slightly odd cycle, I can never work out from cervical position if I'm ov'ing, so perhaps the grapefruit juice is working.

We can keep this thread alive by updating the effects of our grapefruit drinking!

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 11:11

No worries about a hijack, headfairy. Glad you did, actually, as it is keeping the thread alive - quick, quick CPR!

Just wanted to attract anyone else who had any info. Maybe it is all hearsay and rumour and no one has any real reason that it works.

Still like to know how much to quaff and when in cycle

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 10:13

twiglettini, sorry we kind of hijacked your thread... I'm still watching this one

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Twiglettini · 09/02/2009 09:38

Helloo, anyone out there have expert knowledge of grapefruit juice? Or even, inexpert knowledge. When in your cycle do you drink it and how much???

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HeadFairy · 08/02/2009 21:48

I've replied on the other thread Issy... see you there

Issy42 · 08/02/2009 20:40

Headfairy - I've started a new thread for us 'aiming for a ... baby' stalwarts to keep in touch. Hope you'll join.

I'm going for IVF in April as March was full and have to have a scan next day 2-5 before I can start the drugs.

HeadFairy · 08/02/2009 18:22

Aw thanks issy. I'm not doing too bad at all, I'm surprisingly circumspect about it all. Just raring to get pg again. How are you? How are the IVF plans going?

Issy42 · 08/02/2009 17:42

Hi Headfairy, so so sorry to hear you had another mc . Was just thinking about you and Sunnydale the other day and wondering how you were doing.

Sorry you had mc too Twiglettini.

Hope the grapefruit works for you all.

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Twiglettini · 08/02/2009 17:31

Sorry you mc too, headfairy. That sounds like a sad time at the EPU. I'm sorry I'm a bit ignorant about HCG levels, is 5 normal, what should they have been at 5 - 6 weeks preg?

Sounds like you are in with a chance this month, though as you suggest, it is not a bad thing to get a normal af after a mc, so that you know everything is alright. I've got no hope this month as DH has had really bad muscular pain and spasms in his back and has not been up to BD at all really. Did get him a bit drunk on cd 15, but I think I ov'd on cd 13, so am thinking it is very unlikely. (Though nice to have a teeny tiny bit of a chance)

Do you have children already or first time ttc?

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HeadFairy · 08/02/2009 14:38

about your mc twiglettini. Last time I had a mc I used an opk and detected an LH surge 14 days after the mc, this time I cocked it up slightly (kept forgetting to do it first thing in the morning, the only time I can do them, I never go more than 4 hours without a pee!) so I don't know when I ov'd although the signs are that I ov'd around cd 15 (assuming cd 1 was the day I mc'd).

I'm assuming the day I mc'd was cd 1 because I went to the EPU on Thursday 22nd Jan because I'd had a teeeny weeeeny bit of spotting and wanted to get it checked out and they couldn't see anything in my uterus at all. They did the first set of bloods and told me to come back in two days for the second set. However that afternoon I started bleeding heavily, so I called them back to say I was pretty sure I was miscarrying. The next day they called me to say my hCG levels were below 5 even before I'd started bleeding.

I'm working on the assumption that if my hCG levels were below 5 on the 22nd then they'd no longer be supressing my cycle. With my first mc, my hCG levels were below 5 two days after the mc and I ov'd 15 13 days after that.

Oh heck I don't know we only managed to bd on cd 12,13 and 15 this month, but I don't think I'll conceive this month. I've had very strong ov pains (as I did after the last mc) and I think my first ov and af after a mc is a trial run iyswim!

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