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

Well, I got a BFP! I'm still in shock. After 5 years of trying for number 3, here I am. I figure I'm almost 7 weeks (if you go by last period). I didn't do anything special this cycle, except for coming more at peace with secondary infertility. I don't know what else to say because I know you ladies are trying so hard for another little one. God bless you all on your journey.
 
In case you are wondering about symptoms...the only one I've had is painful breasts for the past week or so. But I have painful boobs with PMS, so I didn't think too much about it. I haven't had a period since January 23rd, so I bought a FRER. Crazy!
 
Whoa! Congrats mwb!

Sorry for the quick post and run but I'm so glad to see this news.

Still cheering for everyone. Sorry I've been MIA. :hugs:
 
Wow what a lovely surprise to wake up to this morning! Gives us all hope that it can happen!! Congratulations to you :) :)
 
Congratulations mwb! Gives me hope when someone trying for so long gets their bfp. xxx
 
Quick download of our appointment last night when we went to the Priory (local private hospital) to their opening evening in the fertility department. it was great. We got to chat one on one with the consultant gynaecologist and also the embryologist gave us a tour of the department. They answered loads of questions we had and really put us at ease. Its up to us now - they basically said if we want to go ahead then we can just call and book the initial consultation - then things can move as fast or slow as we liked. If we wanted to start next cycle then in theory we could! That's such an alien concept to us only ever having had NHS care (which is just as good) but where you always have to wait for aaaages! We both feel really positive about it - and are just discussing when we should book the consulation in for. OH wants to do next week (!) but I said we should wait until my AF arrives (in 2 weeks) just in case we end up with a surprise BFP.

we are also considering egg sharing. it reduces the cost of IVF significantly but (an this is what I hadn't anticipated) delays treatment by about 3 months while they get you and the recipient all lined up. Lots to think about and consider but happy all in that something is going to happen soon!
 
Sounds all good Bex, I know some clinics give free ivf if you donate eggs. I'm too old.

AFM - well got my rubella results and I do not have sufficient immunity, so I have to have another jab, can't have it for 2 weeks cos they have a lack of staff due to long term illness, not that it matters as even if I had it tomorrow it would be too late for my next cycle, so whenever I get it we have to miss next cycle. Was really hoping we'd be able to get started again so I'm totally gutted. At almost 36 I feel like those 2 months of not trying are 2 months that I can't afford. Not that the 20 months of trying before that actually did anything. I'll just focus on relaxing and hope that once we start again I'll have a miracle conception!!!
 
Congratulations MWB

Bex good things are moving.
While I'm too old to egg share. If I'm being really honest I don't think I could do it, lovely for the mum to have a baby, but I'm not sure how I'd feel about a bio child chapping my door in 20 years time wanting info or looking more like me than the children I've raised.

Cookie it won't be long before you can start treatment. One thing about this journey it can be a complete maze with obstacles to delay when you least expect it.

Orchard how are you?

Wish and you?

AFM having fun on holiday. DH is also feeling it for DS that he has no siblings to play with.
 
Oh my goodness - CONGRATULATIONS momwithbabies!!! I am so happy for you :) Wishing you a very H&H 9 months. :hugs:

Hello to everyone else! :hi:

Bex - I'm so glad it went so well and you were given so much info etc.... It's make things so much easier when you are really walked through everything. I so hope you get your BFP on your first cycle :hugs:

Cookie - Urgh how frustrating that you have to have the 2nd immunisation.... I know how you feel about "wasted" months... it really sucks but here's hoping the break will be a good thing then your first month back, BAM! you'll get that BFP!

Wish - so happy your softball friend has gone and things can get moving again. I found the Lap ok but was super unlucky as I got the flu after so can't give you an accurate time frame but I agree with the other girls you'll be fine by 2 weeks... I was 2 weeks and that was with the flu. Sending big hugs! :hugs:

Tommy - so glad you are having such a great holiday! It must be so lovely but it is hard when you see other kids all playing and it hits home about DS being an only child. I am constantly surrounded by it everywhere I go and everything we do. In some ways its good though that DH is really starting to get it and notice it. Big hugs and hoping you can start your IUI again really soon :hugs:

Hello to everyone else - sorry for anyone I have missed!

Well it's the start of round 2 for me today.... Had my baseline ultra sound which was all good and I start with Femara again tonight. Take it for 5 days and on Saturday start with the injectables.... they have me on Puregon so hopefully that's all ok. I'm definitely nervous about injecting myself but know once I have done it I will be fine - just mind over matter! Not loving the cost of it either but hopefully it works!!

Anyway just wanted to say hi and hugs to all! x
 
Orchard good luck with the injectables. I was really nervous doing mine but it does get easier.

Hello to everyone else.
 
Orchid im so glad you're already getting started again and Tommy I hope you get started soon too! Really wanting to see bfps for all of you girls!
 
Orchid - Oh I hope that this round is successful. xxx

Well we had abit of a tearful morning, I lost my mum a year before my son was born, I had to get married, give birth and become a mum without my mum being there, its been tough. I hate that she never got to be a grandmother and that Addison will never know her. Yesterday we took flowers to her grave and he was asking alot of questions, I suspected it would open a can of worms. This morning he just started crying saying he wanted to meet my mummy and why couldn't he see her, I tried to explain that she is in heaven and she didnt want to leave. Really tough, I find it hard enough as it is but now he's getting upset it makes it worse. We talked about all the things that make us happy and told him about all the people that love him and he was ok. I think that goes with anything in life, you need to look at the positives, the things that make you happy...need to take my own advice.

Got my reflexology appointment this afternoon, hopefully it will help or at least just get me into a much more positive place.

My period should arrive today, so once it does I can finally say that we can start trying next cycle!!

xx
 
Cookie sorry you had a hard time with questions yesterday. My BIL died just 2 weeks after DS turned 2, so his 2nd anniversary was earlier this month, DS certainly asked lots more questions than he has at any point in the last 2 years.
It's as if he has suddenly grasped what death really means. At Christmas he asked does "Uncle have a telly?" He was given the reply "yes he can see telly from heaven". This month I was asked a lot more indepth questions, Why did Uncle die?, Why doesn't he visit?, I didn't want him to die!!! but he has gone quiet on them again.

AFM just back from a fab holiday. Lost my blinking phone at the airport on the way home duh! Mid cycle and I need to check with the fertility clinic to make sure they are happy to go with my next round of treatment.
 
Cookie - sorry you had a rough time yesterday :( my FIL passed away in September last year completely unexpectedly and him and my MIL are the only grandparents actively involved in DDs life...so every now and then she gets upset and asks about Grandad and when he's coming back and she's inconsolable every time Nanny leaves because she's scared Nanny wont come back like Grandad did

AFM - I'm on CD 15 of a cycle we've basically written off. next month we will have been trying for 2 years, and I'll be speaking to my GP about going on the pill/being referred to others and next cycle I'll be doing the clearblue clinical trial. the funny thing is...we've already DTD almost every day since CD9...just because! usually we only DTD like 7 times a cycle. and only around O. so seems like relaxing a bit is working well for us :)
 
Aw cookie. That all sounds very emotional but sounds like you're handling it well really. Hugs to you x

Tommy - glad you had a hood hol. Bet you are raring to go now! Hope you get your phone sorted soon!

Orchid - good luck with this IUI cycle!!!!

Destiny - who knows, could be your lucky cycle even though you'd written it off!

AFM - I ov'd much earlier than expected this month (cd14 rather than the usual 16 or 17) so only got a couple of BD in. So not feeling hopeful at all this month but tbh its nice to have a month we haven't been 'forced' into bding every day. A bit of a rest cycle really I suppose! This time next week AF will be due.
 
Cookie - I am so sorry for your morning....I can't imagine how tough that must have been. Sending big hugs :hugs: How did your reflexology appt go?

Tommy - so glad you had a great holiday but so sorry about your phone.... that totally sucks. Here's hoping you have a short cycle this month so you can get onto that next cycle of IUI. What meds will you be taking next cycle?

Destiny - good luck with this cycle. Who knows.....sometimes just chilling out can make such a huge difference. FX for you this cycle!!

Bex - same for you... FX for you too this cycle even though you perhaps didn't get to DTD as much as you wanted to...Sometimes you just never know! FX.

A big hello to everyone else..... I hope everyone is doing well.

Not a lot to report on this side.... managed my 2nd injection tonight but it's definitely not fun. Thankfully it's over and done with really quickly. I also just took my last Femara so thankfully done with those... I have been having night sweats every night since taking them which are horrible but I'm almost used to them in a way. I'm back at the clinic on Thur to see how things are going so FX for good news.

Hugs to you all :hugs:
 
Hey ladies

tommy - its hard answering questions, especially when they don't fully understand and talking about death can open up fears for them, so its hard to know what to say. Glad your hol was fab, and fingers crossed you are good to go with your next round. xx

Destiny - Oh the poor little thing, its so hard because you want to be honest but you want to shield at the same time and when they are young its hard to make them understand. How come you've written this cycle off? I'm coming up to the 2 year mark aswell, its flippin hard isn't it. xx

Bex - only takes once so you have just as much chance as other cycles....when I conceived my son we literally did it once in a month cos I'd been poorly, just happened that that once was at the right time. So fingers crossed for you. xx

Orchid - keeping my fingers crossed for you! xx

AFM - Well my period arrived this morning, so actually means I was just 4 dpo when I had my progesterone blood test, and should have been 7 dpo. Luckily it still came back as normal, but I looked at what levels should be and thought it was supposed to be over 10, but thats in america, apparently in UK, its over 30 and mine was 31.3. Not sure how much higher it would have risen but definitely would have been higher if I'd had it done on time. One good thing about not trying at the moment, my period arriving doesn't make me emotionally eat, which is a good thing as really need my weight to start moving again.

Reflexology was alright, she seems to think I have a twisted pelvis, which makes sense as I was in alot of pain when I was pregnant with my son and have experienced pain from time to time since. She seems to think she can sort it but I wonder if I'd be better off seeing an osteopath. She did a foot reading, I wouldn't say she was very accurate, but sometimes I wonder if I know myself...might sound weird but if someone says oh your really kind hearted etc etc, I'd say no not really. Like I'm totally in denial about who I am. Doesn't really make sense I know. I'll stick with it for a while. Oh she wants me to start drinking 2 litres of water a day, eat brocolli every day (good for PCOS) and cut out caffeine. She said a lack of water can affect fertility, as can caffeine and actually funnily enough when I fell pregnant with my son I was drinking 2 litres of water a day and I'd cut out caffeine so maybe she has a point. Definitely need to drink more water, I've been aware of that for a while.

xx
 
Hello ladies, I had another of those moments yesterday with a half written reply when the iPads battery went.

Destiny I'm confused why you would ask your GP for the pill? I gave mine the option of refer me to a gyni to find out why my cycles are irregular or to the fertility unit! What up you've written the cycle off so early?

Bex hope the 2ww goes quickly good luck.

Orchard I've every thing crossed for you this cycle. Good luck

Cookie. Just when I though DS has settled with understanding death he mentioned it again yesterday. I always attempt to answer honestly but not always easy. I know exactly what you mean about not wanting to frighten them.
Re progesteron at 7 dpo I've always been told that they look for 20 is considered as showing ovulation. So you have clearly ovulated. I ditched caffine last year but it slowly slipped back into my life this time I've swapped it for tea - mint tea - which is suppost to help cycles.

AFM I'm ok, I'm CD18 and sorry for TMI I've got more EWCM than I've had in ages. Swapping coffee for tea must be doing something for me.
 

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