JanetPlanet
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I'm 43. I have never tried to get pregnant before, and I haven't had a great experience with it. I used to get pregnant if a man so much as sneezed in my direction. I know that this is an over 35 board....ahhhhh the good ole days, you guys don't know how lucky you have it! When I was your age.....
It's interesting that I have never in my life had normal periods, but got pregnant like a bunny. And now I can't, but have periods like a calendar.
I found it delightful when the RE politely told me I was just too old to get pregnant. I was just a spry 41 then! Ummmm...thank you Dr. Headupyourbutt. If I knew then, all the stuff I know now, I would have went for IVF immediately with another doctor and not looked back. It's not his fault, but he sure did influence me.
Here's another fun tidbit, my husband and I are sick of BDing "at the right time". Blech. Before this TTC thing, my husband was constantly at me to give it up. Now he seems to only want me to give it back. WTF? Well I guess the gallons of PreSeed or specific positioning, Can you feel my cervix?, or me calling him at work and making him come home NOW, HURRY!! isn't so sexy. We woman are lucky, we don't have to "perform", we just have to perform the miracle of life.
I'm constantly waiting for something. I'm waiting for my Ov-Watch to tell me it's time to get busy (awesome product, BTW). Or Im waiting for my CBFM to give me a green light. Or I'm waiting for any signs of pregnancy, or I'm waiting eagerly for AF so I can try my next experiment. Or I'm waiting until my BBT's go up - or go down - or hokey pokey and turn themselves around. Hurry up and wait.
PLUS I have to keep everything on the down-low. My son is 22 and I don't want to include another innocent in the madness, so I have to hide all my baby making gear, thermometers, supplements, timers, sticks, watches, monitors, lubricants, books, Instead Soft Cups, vials, containers, pornography etc. I mean, I think he would catch on if he found a copy of "What to Eat When for Your Best Fertility" in the bathroom.
I recently realized that we've been doing it too late. At first (about two years ago), I would get a positive OPK and we would casually get around to doing it the next day...or two. Well, turns out that's too late. Now my Ov-Watch counts me down 4-6 days ahead of time and that's when we do it....a lot. We LIVE and DIE by that thing. Hey, is it just me or should I be concerned that I'm already exhausted from just doing it, and that having a baby is a lot MORE exhausting?
I LOVE it when my husband says all this stresses him out. Ummm...ok, when's the last time YOU took your BBT at 6am, charted your CM, took outlandish supplements, avoided anything fun like booze, hot tubs, Tylenol, cookies, third cup of coffee, fluoride? All he has to do is reduce his caffeine intake, ejaculate in some form or fashion every three days and not go in the hot tub. Lol and he whines about not being able to go in the hot tub!
Actually my husband is very very patient with me, and I'm a handful. He blindly does whatever I tell him to do baby makingwise. He doesn't even roll his eyes when I come up with a new strategy...anymore. And he tolerates and adores me, nuff said.
Ahhh.... what fun it is to be older than advanced maternal age.
It's interesting that I have never in my life had normal periods, but got pregnant like a bunny. And now I can't, but have periods like a calendar.
I found it delightful when the RE politely told me I was just too old to get pregnant. I was just a spry 41 then! Ummmm...thank you Dr. Headupyourbutt. If I knew then, all the stuff I know now, I would have went for IVF immediately with another doctor and not looked back. It's not his fault, but he sure did influence me.
Here's another fun tidbit, my husband and I are sick of BDing "at the right time". Blech. Before this TTC thing, my husband was constantly at me to give it up. Now he seems to only want me to give it back. WTF? Well I guess the gallons of PreSeed or specific positioning, Can you feel my cervix?, or me calling him at work and making him come home NOW, HURRY!! isn't so sexy. We woman are lucky, we don't have to "perform", we just have to perform the miracle of life.
I'm constantly waiting for something. I'm waiting for my Ov-Watch to tell me it's time to get busy (awesome product, BTW). Or Im waiting for my CBFM to give me a green light. Or I'm waiting for any signs of pregnancy, or I'm waiting eagerly for AF so I can try my next experiment. Or I'm waiting until my BBT's go up - or go down - or hokey pokey and turn themselves around. Hurry up and wait.
PLUS I have to keep everything on the down-low. My son is 22 and I don't want to include another innocent in the madness, so I have to hide all my baby making gear, thermometers, supplements, timers, sticks, watches, monitors, lubricants, books, Instead Soft Cups, vials, containers, pornography etc. I mean, I think he would catch on if he found a copy of "What to Eat When for Your Best Fertility" in the bathroom.
I recently realized that we've been doing it too late. At first (about two years ago), I would get a positive OPK and we would casually get around to doing it the next day...or two. Well, turns out that's too late. Now my Ov-Watch counts me down 4-6 days ahead of time and that's when we do it....a lot. We LIVE and DIE by that thing. Hey, is it just me or should I be concerned that I'm already exhausted from just doing it, and that having a baby is a lot MORE exhausting?
I LOVE it when my husband says all this stresses him out. Ummm...ok, when's the last time YOU took your BBT at 6am, charted your CM, took outlandish supplements, avoided anything fun like booze, hot tubs, Tylenol, cookies, third cup of coffee, fluoride? All he has to do is reduce his caffeine intake, ejaculate in some form or fashion every three days and not go in the hot tub. Lol and he whines about not being able to go in the hot tub!
Actually my husband is very very patient with me, and I'm a handful. He blindly does whatever I tell him to do baby makingwise. He doesn't even roll his eyes when I come up with a new strategy...anymore. And he tolerates and adores me, nuff said.
Ahhh.... what fun it is to be older than advanced maternal age.
Am also 43 and have used every lotion and potion and have tortured my poor hubby in an attempt for a new little bundle and sadly it just hasn't happened
Love the sound of the watch thou that's something I haven't tried ,that would maybe be a fab 44th birthday present for me,o I am going to google it now ,good luck Janet and thank you for your rant,
