38 and TTC first baby, anyone else?

[lola33]

great news for both of you !

 

[skweek35]

Hi ladies,

hope you've had a great week.

Booger - strangely no show on AF front here. Really not sure what is going on! I did a HPT on Sunday which was neg. Will wait till Sunday to test again. How long is your OH away for?

gonimi - woohoo to the good FSH result there! Are you due to have more blood tests done?

AFM - I'm glad its the end of my working week. Had a really busy week but not much time to relax this weekend either! DD starts her ballet classes in the morning, Saturday late afternoon we are taking DD to see In The Night Garden Live - Its a road show from a toddler tv show. DD loves watching it!
Sunday is fathers day and Monday is OH's birthday! So not much time for resting!
On the house front - struggling to find houses we like on the internet! No new houses on the internet this week! Really strange!
Hope you all have a great start to the weekend.

 

[lola33]

skweek I hope it's your bfp and not your body messing with you !! Gomini, glad your husband is more into it, it takes time for them sometimes !
well CD10 here, nothing much to say...

 

[gonimi]

Hi ladies!
Skweek any news? Keeping fingers crossed.

I am on CD 12 and no sign of ovulation on OPK. I am hopeful that my cycle is returning to regular after four months of short cycles which I am attributing to low vitamin D.

BDing here... Happy BDing lola we are on similar cycles.

 

[Hattie75]

Hey I am 38, 39 in November. My hubby is a year younger. We started trying 8 months ago. All my friends have already gone through all of this already and my sister has four kids. So missing having people around who are going through it at the same time.

I am 8 dpo and ive had bleeding/spotting. It started around day 13. It has been bright red, watery with a swirl of blood and a dark brown colour. My concern is i still have it. I thought you were only meant to have it for a few days? Now i am concerned it is my period coming which is due 26/27 june..

I know I will know in 1o days but its doing my head in. I thought I would never say that, I am the laid back relaxed one.. Has anyone and experienced the same emotions or bleeding??

 

[lola33]

Gomni yay ! cycle buddies! bo sign of O on opk as well so far ...
Hattie, welcome ! I can't help you with the spotting, never had any..could be IB? fingers crossed !

 

[terripeachy]

Hi ladies...just popping in because I saw Hattie's thread on the TWW, but saw that she also posted over here, and I prefer to post over here

I don't know what is going on with your body, and I don't mean to scare you, but I would recommend going to a fertility specialist and getting everything checked out for you and hubs. You can go if you've been trying for >6 months if you're over 35. I feel it can't hurt, and if something is preventing you from getting prego, it's better to know sooner rather than later, so you can get it fixed and move on. Hope it all works out this month for you, but seriously think about going to see someone.

 

[skweek35]

Hi ladies
Lola and Gonimi - Yay to cycle buddies. FXed you both O really soon!!

Tui - how you doing hun? Have you booked your first scan yet?

Welcome Hattie! Unfortunately I can't relate to what you are going through. I agree with terri - seeing that you have been ttcing for 6+ months go see a doc. Get investigations underway.

AFM - YIPPEE YAY YAY!!! Finally CD2!!! Yup AF finally arrived yesterday!! I've never been so happy to see some blood!
Other than that I'm fighting the effects of hay fever! Got a nasty cough that is leaving me rather hoarse! But nothing I haven't had before so nothing I can't handle.

 

[Tui]

Hi hattie, welcome.

Can't help with spotting sorry, never had any. Terri is right though, you should be able to get some help if you have been trying over 6 months at our age. Be good to get a check up too, put your mind at rest.

Hi everyone else. Hope you are all good. Sorry I've been absent lately. I have been reading but not contributing as my life is quite boring right now, lol.

Skweek, how's the house search going? I know how frustrating it can be. Just as we were about to give up we found our dream home, so hang in there. This darn house even had the power to change my mind about wanting kids. Amazing how the right house can change your life!

 

[skweek35]

Hi Tui! House search is slow at the mo. Just as a decent house comes on line and its gone before we can even see it! 2 houses this week we were interested in seeing have sold before we get to see them! But that's all fine now as we haven't sold our house.

I see its not long till your scan! yay! So much change going on with your baby now! I will try find my first and 2nd scan pics this weekend so show you. From 8 till 12 weeks so much development happens! So excited for you!!

 

[Tui]

Thanks honey. Yes I can't wait till the scan. Still doesn't seem real.

I know what you mean about houses being snapped up. Our house was listed Friday morning, we went to the open day that afternoon and made an offer that night! They had another open day on the Saturday and by the evening they had 13 offers. Thankfully they liked us, and chose us on the Monday. Had to wait 3 months to get in but I was so worth it. Never thought we would get a house with a pool. Only posh people have those, lol.

 

[skweek35]

Haha posh people have pools? In Cape Town every other house has a pool. Kind of needed there. Some days I really miss our pool. Used to get home from school/work and go for a dip before thinking of anything else!

I so know what you mean - doesn't seem real. Did sink in till I saw it on the screen (and then I still didn't rest. ) But that's just worry pot me! Think it finally hit home when I felt the first kicks. Can't wait for that again!
All this talk is making me really broody now.

 

[Tui]

Won't be long. Maybe I need to spread some more

 

[Hattie75]

Thanks guys, we have had the first lot of test. Hubby happy he got great swimmers etc. And i came back ok. We will be heading to the doctor if get my AF next week.

Just praying like mad as I dont want to head down that track as it will mess with my head..

Normally I wouldnt worry but having the little biological clock ticking in your ear is hard!!

 

[gonimi]

Good luck Hattie. Great news though!

I have gone from thinking that perhaps my cycle is returning to being longer (because of Vitamin D super supplement that doctor prescribed) to worrying that I am not going to ovulate this cycle. CD 14 and still no sign...! I ovulated CD12 or 11 last two cycles.

 

[skweek35]

Hattie - I so know what you mean about the biological clock ticking(Screaming) in our ears! Hang on in there hun! All is not lost yet. Keeping FXed that you get your BFP soon!

Tui - YES please spread loads more dust!

Gonimi - Are you temping? Any indication you are about to O?

AFM - just so glad its the end of my working week! Thankfully our weekend it looking really quiet. Need it after such a busy weekend and week!
Onto CD3! All looking good on this side. Decided I will just do OPK's this month. Hoping to ride this cycle out to see what my body wants to do. Might attempt to temp from next cycle.

Other news - my older sister and her bf arrived (announced) to tell us that they are 4 weeks pregnant. I've mixed emotions about this as she has mental health issues but also know this is something she has wanted for a long time. I just hope that this is the wake up call to make her realise that she needs to 'grow up'. My other concern is that neither of them have a job. He hasn't has a job for at least the last 3 years. My sister hasn't been able to keep a job longer than 2 months. The last time she had a long term job was 10 years ago!
Sorry for the long post. Needed to get this off my chest.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

 

[Tui]

Try not to worry skweek, it's hard I know but you can't live her life for her. Hopefully she (they) will sort themselves out before baby is born. I used to worry about everyone and everything. Bit of a control freak here :wave: but it just wore me out and made me sad. Now I just concentrate on those closest, like my little doggies.

Hopefully you will have your own little surprise to share soon

 

[lola33]

Hi girls! sorry I was gone all week !
I see you're all good around here, waiting to O and all?
I saw my doctor, he said I was fine, since it takes up to a year, and told me to go do an ultra sound on the 5th day of my cycle, to see our my O was getting ready to happen, and check my ovaries ( since I had a cyst there when I was young)..
I think I O'd yesterday, I hope I won't see next cycle !

 

[booger76]

Hi everybody!

I didn't realize I had been away so long. Work has been crazy busy and then I have actually been busy after work as well.

Glad to see everyone is doing well.

Welcome, Hattie. I hope you get some answers to your spotting question here soon!

Tui - Glad to see you are doing well. I can't believe you are already 10 weeks along. Seems like it has flown by - at least from my perspective. Can't wait to hear how the ultrasound goes. I hope you are still feeling well!

Skweek - glad that ol' AF finally showed for you. Now you can join all the rest of us in the obsessive cycle monitoring.

Lola - Hopefully this was your cycle to catch the egg! Good luck. Have my fingers crossed for you. Would be lovely to see some more BFPs around here.

Gonimi - Any sign of ovulation yet? Mine was early this cycle for some reason. Not sure if I stressed myself out too much over my bloodwork or if it's just my ovaries shriveling up - hee hee. I'm trying to stay relaxed but it's hard.

Terripeachy - How are you doing? Good to see you pop in over here every now and then. Fingers crossed for you!

As for me, well, AF showed today. Making last cycle my shortest since I started tracking length over a year and half ago. Just another thing to stress me out and wonder if I really am dealing with a possible diminished ovarian reserve issue. My appointment with the OB/GYN can't get here soon enough! It's scheduled for July 17th. Ugh. On a good note, DH gets back on Monday. I have missed him and can't wait to see him! Now we can get back to trying.......only issue is that during this cycle's predicted fertile window we are going to have FIVE houseguests. Guess we'll have to be stealthy.

I hope everyone is doing well! Anyone following the World Cup? Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I have a wedding to go to this afternoon. Can't wait.

 

[lola33]

Boogers, sorry AF got you..Can't wait to know about your appointment !