35 and over and ltttc for baby #2 for over 2.5yrs!

[Wish4another1]

Eyemom - I just got off the phone - P of 2 - so I was correct no ovulation this month... Doctor wants me to double my clomid for next month... eek!!!
kinda bummed... but what can you do???

 

[eyemom]

Yeah it didn't look like ov. :-\ You have short cycles I recall but is it typical for you to not ovulate at all even unmedicated? Lots of ladies need 100 mg so fx it's a blessing in disguise to get that stronger dose...am I reaching? Still hoping for you!

 

[Wish4another1]

eyemom- this is the first time since starting this TTC journey that I know for sure I didn't ovulate - I mean I always got the temp jump - so I have no idea why this time it didn't happen...
I guess the will show like normal?? I have no idea what happens now... I am on CD 22 I doubt I will ovulate now...

 

[Braven05]

Sorry about the no ov wish fingers crossed for next month for you.

Lanet - will be thinking about you. Hope everything is okay with your lo!

 

[Srbjbex]

Its so nice to come on here and read all your stories, and to know there are people who understand the crazy emotions I am going through. I appreciate you telling your stories and great to hear the success story too! Looking forward to getting to know you all lots better!

 

[tommyg]

Lanet OMG I pray that both babies are ok. Something going wrong just isn't worth thinking about but at least think know about it and can monitor the situation. Fingers and toes crossed.

Wish I hope that the increased clomid does the trick. Would you and DH reconsider adding a trigger shot and IUI into the mix. Giving the swimmers a wee hand to hit the eggy?

New ladies - it is lovely to see you all. This thread has got a little quiet lately for various reasons - think we are all entering Santa mode.

Very quick summary of me. No issues with DH. I've always had irregular cycles anything from 4 to 12 weeks is normal.
DS was conceived after about 6 months with a bit of luck and prayer. Born Feb 2011
Chemical 1 Was conceived on a natural cycle after trying for 9mths
Chemical 2 was conceived on my 2nd round of letrozole / femara 12 months later.
I had another 4 rounds without any success.
My first round of IUI was unsuccessful and I'm in the 2WW of my 2nd IUI, currently knocking holes in the knees of my jeans praying that this round is successful.
No matter what happens in the next week I can't wallow in it over Christmas I still have DS to think about he deserves a magical Christmas.

 

[Mooshie]

Oh Lanet, i really hope your babies are ok. Lots of love to you xx

Thank you for sharing your stories ladies, TommyG i think i remember you from when I was TTC'ing my son. He's now 3 and half!! You'll probably remember the biggest troll outing ever from that time

Well, I am now on CD35 and still no AF! I tried my last 2 ICs this morning. the first one was a dye run and the second .... yep, another dye run!! I'm not going to buy anymore, i'm pretty sure i'm not pregnant, I just have no idea where AF is!

 

[chedge86]

Hi Ladies! Sorry I haven't responded in the past 2 days. DD got sick in the night on Monday and went to the doctor yesterday. She has the flu and has been so pitiful. I stayed home with her and we've been cuddling and spending some much needed time resting and watching Christmas movies. Hoping the medicine will kick in and help her get better quick!!

Lanet - I will be praying for you and those precious babies!! Please keep us updated (as time allows).

Prayers for all the other ladies that joined right after me. I have not lost a baby, but I can not even begin to imagine the pain of going through that. Prayers for all of you that this will you're cycle.

Wish - hopefully you won't have any side effects from a higher dose of Clomid. I didn't have any when I bumped up.

AFM - I am on CD 4 and will start 100mg of Clomid tonight.

If I forgot to respond to someone, I apologize in advance. DD is not feeling well at all, so I'm going to get off and spend some time with her. I will try to get back on later and read through all the posts since I was last on.

 

[lanet]

Quick update, thankfully we were sent to a wonderful hospital with leading specialists. Her heart rate stayed mostly normal through the night, a few spikes here and there. Then during the echocardiogram it went to 288 for 3 minutes. They've determined it's svt, and not frequent enough for medicine at this point. I have to be monitored 3 times a week and if it starts staying fast for longer I will be admitted to the far away hospital and put on heart medicine and have to deliver there. So glad we avoided that now, and they even said this could totally resolve before birth, or she could potentially need meds after, but it typically goes away by 1 year. Scary but thankful it's not worse and that they are being SO thorough. I had 5 ultrasounds in 48 hours!
I'll read through everyone's posts when I have more time, hope all is well!

 

[eyemom]

tommy how are you doing?

mooshie, that's so frustrating. I hope you get some clear answers soon.

LANET!! I have been so anxious to see your update! SO happy to see that. I googled before, and svt came up so I wondered about that, but of course I really had no idea. Glad she's okay and so thankful you're getting great care.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Eyemom - yes we have been on other threads together but I have been away from bnb for a few months and quiet for a few months before that so you wouldn't have seen me for a while. Thank you for your message and for telling your story again, we are really similar! I've been wondering if Clomid might help me but I don't think my gp would prescribe it so I plan to call the fertility clinic tomorrow and ask. I'm so happy that you've had your rainbow and the thought that you can't imagine not having the baby you have finally got is beautiful. I can't wait for that to happen for me.

Wishing, sorry to hear you didn't ov this month, fingers crossed the stronger dose of Clomid will work for you!

Tommy - fingers and toes crossed that your iui worked!! When will you find out? I know what you mean about your lo enjoying Christmas, I was kinda glad af arrived this week and not next week so that I am over that monthly pain enough. She's 2.5 and its the first year she sort of gets the magic of Christmas!!

Mooshie the limbo must be so frustrating! Could have ovulated later?

Chedge good luck with the Clomid! Hope your dd feels better soon. Me, hubby and dd have all been ill this week so it's been a tough week! Hopefully you and we all will be well next week for Xmas.

Lanet that's really great news! Being monitored so closely must hopefully help, you and your babies are in the best hands. I really hope this resolves itself ASAP before the need for any medication.

As for me... I ordered some progesterone cream for this cycle so will be trying that. I've also decided to call my fertility clinic and ask for iui. I think that will be a medicated cycle so Clomid, I just want to talk to them about my luteal phase and how they plan to stop af arriving on 11dpo if I pay them £1000 for the iui!!! I hope we can do that the cycle after this one but will see what they say.

In some lovely news, my sister in law had a baby boy on Tuesday. She conceived on her 5th and final try at ivf at 42. He was due on New Year's Eve and their little miracle arrived a few weeks early for them. Miracles do happen ladies and they can for us all too.

Night night xx

 

[tommyg]

Oh Lanet, i really hope your babies are ok. Lots of love to you xx

Thank you for sharing your stories ladies, TommyG i think i remember you from when I was TTC'ing my son. He's now 3 and half!! You'll probably remember the biggest troll outing ever from that time

Well, I am now on CD35 and still no AF! I tried my last 2 ICs this morning. the first one was a dye run and the second .... yep, another dye run!! I'm not going to buy anymore, i'm pretty sure i'm not pregnant, I just have no idea where AF is!

I don't recall you but I'm hopeless with names I tend to remember avatars before names. But yes I recall the troll and the whole meningitis story!!!

 

[Srbjbex]

Mrs W - I remember you from the TTC#2 and struggling thread a few months back - nice to see you on here :wave: Are you going through private fertility clinic rather than NHS - can you call a private clinic at any time or do you have to wait for some kind of referral? We have a referral to the fertility clinic at our hospital from our GP but we are still waiting for that appointment to come through but I wonder whether it's worth looking into private as well at the same time.

Hi Everyone else - hope everyone is looking forward to Christmas. Lanet - great that you got that good news before Christmas today is my first day of Christmas holiday (although a bit of work to do from home but near enough!) then I'm going into full Christmas organisation mode (read wrapping and baking!)

 

[tommyg]

Lanet good to hear that they are going to keep a close eye on you. Hope the situation resolves itself without too many issues. We are all rooting for you and babies.

Chedge hope your daughter is better soon and in time for Santa.

MrsW I think I would be tempted to get your GP to refer you and find out what help your area will give you.
I was sure clomid would be all I'd need but I was getting fustrated with the protocols and waits on the NHS. I knew if I went private I'd lose my NHS funding so tired to self refer to a private clinic for clomid and to see what he'd say. He told me I'd need refered and he wouldn't do anything for 6 mths (cheers for wasting £125) however I'm glad I've waited on the NHS.
They insist on all the tests before anything. Nothing more fustrating than reading about ladies who've wasted 6 mths on clomid only to find a tube problem or something else causing issues. They also closely monitor the first cycle so they know it's working on that doesage. I ended up with letrozole rather than clomid but they clinic treats them the same.
One of the clinics I called also did monitoring at £100 a scan. I wouldn't like to count the number of scans I've had on NHS. They start scanning on CD10 and go every other day to you ovulate. On my 2 monitored cycles one was CD18 the other CD25.

Wish have you started your next cycle? Fingers crossed the increased dosage works for you.

AFM Not feeling too hopeful but scared to test as I don't want to lose the glimmer of hope I have. Does that make sense?

 

[Srbjbex]

tommyg- makes perfect sense to me! I HATE seeing BFNs as it seems to final, would rather just wait for AF to arrive! My boobs normally give me a clue a couple of days before AF that it is its way (they soften right up) so I very rarely test.

 

[chedge86]

Mrs W - Thanks! She started feeling a little better last night and her fever finally broke under 100. I think she will be okay by Christmas. Congratulations on your nephew!!!

tommyg - Thank you for the well wishes with DD. She is starting to feel better. Yes, I totally understand being scared to test. I'm the same way. I'm always scared to test for O as well. I either don't get a positive or I get that positive and Hubby isn't home. I guess that's why I didn't test for so long and we just had sex as often as possible when he was home hoping I did O.

AFM - I am on CD6. AF was pretty good to me this month. She only lasted 5 days and I had hardly any cramping!! Hubby will be home on Monday (22nd) for around 3 weeks. FX this is our cycle!!

 

[Wish4another1]

ladies!!

I hope all of you that have sickness at home get rid of it before Christmas! Nothing worse that having days off and family around and sickness there too!!

Tommy - I hope you get the best present of all - a

AFM: cd2 and I know that I complain about my DH alot (read back new ladies ) but I have to tell you ladies that last night we talked about the dr upping the clomid and how the dr will only give us three more months and how I feel like we are running out of time...and he held me and let me cry about it...we talked about how things seem unfair (other people getting pg so quickly) and he was so tender to me... I just love him
so for a day when appeared it was nice...
only working half day today (YAY!!) and then a busy weekend... Have a great day everyone

 

[Mrs W 11]

Srbjbex I recognise you from there too, sorry to hear you are still struggling I'm going privately. I had blood tests and a scan on the NHL and that was all I was entitled too in my area because I already have a living child. I wasn't even entitled to my hycosy on the NHs, I had to pay £350 for it which I find disgusting tbh but there you go! I've had all of the tests now and nothing is wrong, I'm under the category of unexplained infertility. I called my clinic today and they are going to get me in to see a dr in early feb to discuss next steps (I plan to ask for either a medicated cycle or iui depending on costs, number of scans/appointments I'd need and see how we go. So hopefully 2 natural cycles left to go!! Private isn't cheap and it's eating away at our savings but sadly for me there's no choice.

My progesterone cream came so will try that this cycle.

To tommyg, I totally get it too. I never test anymore, can't bear seeing a bfn. Both times I've been pregnant I've known before I got the bfp anyway because of how I felt so I'd probably just wait next time and test when I feel pregnant if af hasn't come! Yes if the NHs would offer me anything I'd wait but they definitely won't sadly.

Glad your lo is feeling better chedge and good luck this cycle!! I'm not far behind you, I'm not sure exactly but about cd5.

Wish4 your oh sounds like a real sweetheart! I know not much can help during the time of afs arrival, it's just an awful feeling but that must have been a real comfort to you. You guys will get through this together.

Xx

 

[eyemom]

Mrs W - good luck with the progesterone cream. Have you tried it before? Sorry you might have said but my memory is crap. Seems like an 11 day LP should be long enough?? Good luck as you proceed! Let us know what you find out when you talk to them! Congrats on your little miracle nephew...love encouraging stories like that.

Srbjbex - have fun with the Christmas prep! I'm terribly behind on that, but that's kind of my normal, ugh. I envy people who can keep up with everything! I can't blame baby as an excuse b/c I'm always doing things last-minute.

tommy - hugs. I know I'm a poas addict, but I do understand how you feel that way. I'm crossing everything I've got.

chedge, glad to hear she's feeling better. Especially so close to Christmas. Being sick over Christmas is the worst! Glad AF wasn't too brutal if there's a silver lining to be found.

Wish - glad you and your DH got to have a good talk and he let you cry it out. I bet that feels better. Sorry AF got you, but I guess if you had to have an anov cycle, it didn't drag on forever. This month you can drop some magical super eggs!

AFM - cleaning house (or trying) for FIL to come this weekend, then a funeral for my mom's cousin on Monday so I don't know if I'll have extra company with family in town for that. Most likely not since my parents' house is close and more suited for visitors...and people aren't usually super eager to stay overnight in a house with a new baby. I was around him pretty often, but I didn't feel super close to him. More than being sad for myself, my heart hurts for the people close to me who are going to miss him a LOT.

 

[eyemom]

Srbjbex I recognise you from there too, sorry to hear you are still struggling I'm going privately. I had blood tests and a scan on the NHL and that was all I was entitled too in my area because I already have a living child. I wasn't even entitled to my hycosy on the NHs, I had to pay £350 for it which I find disgusting tbh but there you go! I've had all of the tests now and nothing is wrong, I'm under the category of unexplained infertility. I called my clinic today and they are going to get me in to see a dr in early feb to discuss next steps (I plan to ask for either a medicated cycle or iui depending on costs, number of scans/appointments I'd need and see how we go. So hopefully 2 natural cycles left to go!! Private isn't cheap and it's eating away at our savings but sadly for me there's no choice.

My progesterone cream came so will try that this cycle.

To tommyg, I totally get it too. I never test anymore, can't bear seeing a bfn. Both times I've been pregnant I've known before I got the bfp anyway because of how I felt so I'd probably just wait next time and test when I feel pregnant if af hasn't come! Yes if the NHs would offer me anything I'd wait but they definitely won't sadly.

Glad your lo is feeling better chedge and good luck this cycle!! I'm not far behind you, I'm not sure exactly but about cd5.

Wish4 your oh sounds like a real sweetheart! I know not much can help during the time of afs arrival, it's just an awful feeling but that must have been a real comfort to you. You guys will get through this together.

Xx

Sorry Mrs W I missed this update as I was typing my last reply. Wishing you the best.