Is there anyone who is in there 40's ttc?

[Jax41]

Me! I had a great appointment with a gyne consultant who was very positive (after all the negativity from my own Dr and basically begging her to refer me ). I'm starting clomid next cycle. I know it's not a magic bullet but I've got someone in the know who wants to help me and my husband onside, at last I feel like I'm giving this my best shot

 

[dancareoi]

Me! I had a great appointment with a gyne consultant who was very positive (after all the negativity from my own Dr and basically begging her to refer me ). I'm starting clomid next cycle. I know it's not a magic bullet but I've got someone in the know who wants to help me and my husband onside, at last I feel like I'm giving this my best shot

JAX thst`s great news - this could be just what you need - sending lots of baby dust your way.

Well after my MMC in Sept, I had to wait to OV to have uNK test. I missed my first OV due to hormones all over place from MMC.

Anyway, caught the November one and had the uNK test done at a cost of £360.00 - this checks for Natural Killer Cells. Results came back end of Dec and all was fine.

i had to start inserting a progesterone pessary (vaginally) twice a day from 7 DPO.

Well I OV christmas day and it was our first cycle TTC after loss - am pleased to report i got my BFP on Sunday!! I now need to continue the progesterone for the next few weeks - I had a short LP so this is one thing that may help. My consultant also wants me to take a drug called Clexane. I had to google this because she sent this over in a letter, I think it helps thin blood and has to be injected into the stomach!!!!!

Pleased that I am PG again, although very very early days and a very long way to go with a humungeous amount of worry from now on. We have a scan booked for 1st Feb, thinking already I don`t want to go in case it`s not good!!

Anyway, trying to have positive thoughts. I will continue to see my acupuncturist, his job over the next few weeks is very important as he will concentrate on my blood and blood flow to uterus. I will be seeing him Wednesday.

Baby dust to everyone.

 

[Jax41]

Oh wow Dancareoi, that's lovely happy news Miracles, really do happen I am hoping, praying, wishing with everything I've got that this little is for keeps. Don't lose touch, let me know how everything goes okay?

 

[dancareoi]

Oh wow Dancareoi, that's lovely happy news Miracles, really do happen I am hoping, praying, wishing with everything I've got that this little is for keeps. Don't lose touch, let me know how everything goes okay?

thanks JAX. I need to try and make sure the worry doesn`t consume me. I know on the day of the scan i will be a nervous wreck.

Really hoping the clomid works for you - at least you now have someone helping you to get your rainbow.

i`ll keep you updated with how things progess, but it is such early days i am only 3 weeks and 6 days!

 

[Jax41]

Dancareoi I can only imagine how you must be feeling but I'm sure I would be exactly the same, these opportunities are just so precious aren't they? I'm hopeful now of my first one, I've never had a BFP before, I would so love one

 

[dancareoi]

Dancareoi I can only imagine how you must be feeling but I'm sure I would be exactly the same, these opportunities are just so precious aren't they? I'm hopeful now of my first one, I've never had a BFP before, I would so love one

This is the 7th time now i have had a BFP, with 3 children to show for it!

I really really hope you get your BFP as being pregnant and having a baby is the most wonderful thing in the world.

Think positive and hopefully those positive vibes will pay off.

I have actually changed my diet, very slightly, since seeing the acupuncturist!

I used to eat Flora pro-active spread he told me to stop eating this and have proper full fat butter from grass fed cows, well i didn`t need telling twice, i went out straight away and bought Kerry Gold as this is grass fed.

He has also advised to eat at least 2 eggs every day!! i used to think you could only have 2 a week, but he said they are so good for you and for your blood and 2 a day won`t hurt! He also said to eat spinach, brocolli and kale because they are super foods. Also to eat plenty of protein like fish and in particular a good piece of steak, not overcooked.

Well, most days for lunch I have a 3 egg omlette with plenty of spinach in. When i cook a roast i buy kale and brocolli and when we eat out, i always try and have a steak.

Really hoping all this protein will be doing the job!! although i may start clucking soon!!!

 

[tadpole1]

Thanks for sharing your success story! Wishing you a happy and health 9 months!!!

 

[Maddy40]

Jax good luck!

Danceroi, fantastic news Finger and toes crossed for a H&H pregnancy.

 

[marymac]

Hi does anyone have several different issues going on at once ? I'm 41 in March and have been ttc for a couple of years now. I have PCOS and i also struggle with my weight. It was discovered that i had one blocked tube but since being referred to another specialist he thinks my tube may have been in spasm during test so blocked is not definate and only another test will tell.
I'm currently trying to bring my bmi down so i need to lose about a stone and a half to be allowed Ovary stimulants. He was talking about clomid but then said he would have my ovaries scanned to see how populated they are and maybe letrozole. This is because my partner and i both have loads of twins in the family.
I've never had a bfp but i'm hoping that at last we will finally be here

M xXx

 

[Maddy40]

MaryMac welcome...I don't have PCOS but I know my FS was very careful with the medication he started me on. He said at 41yo he just couldn't be sure how I would react - some women start producing multiple eggs on low doses even at our age. Lucky for me that I got 1 good & 1 immature follicle even on the lowest dose of injectibles. Good luck with the BMI battle.

 

[Jax41]

Dancareoi, thats good advice on the diet thank you I think I need to go back and see my acunpuncturist once I start the clomid. I gave it a rest a while ago but maybe it'd be good to back now... How you feeling today?

Maddy, thank you so hard trying not to be too hopeful and excited atm, feel like I'm preg already idiot!

Marymac, nice to meet you Sorry you're struggling. I've no experience of PCOS but I did have a weight issue and lost 2 and a half stone before I really started to TTC. It's not got me my BFP yet but I feel a hell of a lot better for shedding the pounds and you will too esp as you have something to aim for . I've not had a BFP yet either, can't quite believe I've got to 43 without one but there you go, doesn't mean to say we can't get one now though don't give up!

 

[dancareoi]

Hi all,

Marymac - welcome to the group. I have not had PCOS. Have your tried acupuncure? I believe, but i might be wrong, that acupuncture can help this.

Feeling good at the moment, very early days, only 4 weeks today! Although this time feels different. i feel really tired, but that might be because i am waking in night to have a wee, which i don`t usually have to do. Also I have had a few spots appear on my face, which didn`t happen last time and yesterday i had quite a bit of EWCM!!! i have had this in a previous pregnancy but not in the one i lost last time.

i am hoping these are all good signs.

Been to see my doc this morning and got green notes! she will start ball rolling with hospital and diabetic clinic (gestational)

Regarding the weight issue - i am overweight. I lost 1 stone after my loss last year, but still overweight.

When I had my uNK test done in November, that had to weigh me to calculate BMI which puts me borderline overweight/obese. I said the the consultant who did it that i knew i was overweight and I knew this couldn`t help, he replied that although weight can be a factor it was not one that he put at the top of the list and wasn`t actually too concerned by it!!!

I am really trying to watch my sugar intake now and cut down on lovely chocolate. I will probably be seen at teh diabetic clinic sometime in the next couple of weeks and will have to start checking my blood sugar levels 4 times a day!!!

Depending how everything goes, I have to continue my vaginal pessaries for progesterone for a while and if all ok at my scan in 3 weeks, will have to start injecting myself with Clexane.

I really don`t care what i have to stick in me and up me as long as it does the job!!!!

 

[alin3boys]

Danceroi congrats on your bfp and hope and pray its a sticky one for you

marymac never had pcos but my friend does she found out about 6 months ago they have been trying 4 yrs for a 2nd child so i told her to see dr and try and get clomid they were sent for tests and she was diagnosed with pcos but her dr as refused to give her clomid as she has an 8 yr old daughter

jax i hope you get a bfp before 2103 lol ( your ticker)

afm im 43 in july and been trying 2 years for baby no 5 (12 months ntnp and 12 months trying)this is the longest it has took me to get pregnant,i used to have a 28-30 day cycle then 12 months ago it changed to 25 days,last 2 months have been 22 day cycles and today i am on cd 26,11 dpo no sign of af yet but bfn this morning,we only bd day of and day after ov but i know it only takes once as i conceived my 4th ds on the only day i had intercourse that month which was a peak day.

 

[Jax41]

Morning

AF got me yesterday, a day early, but I'm okay, rather that than she mess me around for weeks on end so starting clomid tonight

Ali, what an idiot I hope I do too otherwise that surely will be a miracle

Dancareoi, you okay today?

 

[wannabubba#4]

I am currently wtt, not totally waiting lol more of a 'wanting' to try lol - not even sure if DH would be on board for another.
Really should not be in here I know there isn't a place for us oldies waiting (Or in my case, deciding whether to be ttc again )

So about us -age 39 ,will be 40 this July; DH 38 DD 18 DS's 15 10 and 2 and a half.

I have been a bit broody since having a late AF last summer, when I was convinced I was pg for a week (terrified excited then totally gutted with every BFN and then again when the witch flew in lol) I have an IUD insitu -so wasn't much of a chance I WAS actually pregnant but statistically it does happen. This month it happened too (maybe perimenopausal?) and I was 5 days late with every pregnancy symptom under the sun lol and got wishful again and am now back to thinking ....just maybe one more!!

Hope you dont mind me popping in; just love to have some reassurance that I am not insane wanting another and that I am not too old (as both things were suggested when pg with number 4 -even was told by many that i would not be having any more now, SURELY?? and questioned on whether he was planned or not- and he was; but surely no-one else's business)

xxx xxx

p.s DH was excited last summer when he thought we might be pg xx

 

[alin3boys]

wannabubba ~ definatly not to old i had my 5th at 40 am 43 in july and trying for baby no 6,we might be insane though lol.

 

[wannabubba#4]

alin3boys - thanks - stories like yours really cheer me up lol

I spend day in / day out with 20yo olds who look at me like i am ancient lol or 40yo who themselves act and think they are ancient lol- I am a 20yo at heart lol
And probably AM a bit nuts but then always did love nuts heehee

xxx

 

[dancareoi]

Wannabubba - 39 is a spring chicken - I am 41 abd very cautiously PG with number 4 after 2 losses in 2012, so if you want it, go for it.

Jax - sorry AF got you, but now you are taking the clomid this could now be your time. I am doing good, 4 weeks and 3 days now.
Feeling really tired, but don`t know if that is down to the fact i have a bit of a cold or the fact i am now waking every night to have a wee, or whether the PG does have something to do with it!
Still such early days.
Did another OPK yesterday just to see what it did, the line came up really really dark almost straight away, so I think you can use an OPK to help see if PG!!!

My angelversary tomorrow, 1 year since our little one was born sleeping - 12.1.12 - we won`t be doing anything for it, although i will be thinking about it. DH nd I visited the Garden of Rememberance just before christmas, so we won`t be going tomorrow.

Sending lots of baby dust to everyone.

 

[alin3boys]

I am a young 42 even if i do say so myself but others do comment that i only look like in my late 20's always have looked young.

Not sure whats going on with me this cycle usually have 25 day cycles but last 2 months been 22 days and have a 12 day lp,i am today on cd 27 and have sore boobs,metalic taste in mouth sometimes,having weird dreams and today i fell asleep on sofa with my 2 yr old and woke up at 3.20 i supposed to pick kids up from school at 3.10 and i have never done that before,but still geting bfn and am either 12 or 13 dpo,no sign of af.

 

[dancareoi]

I am a young 42 even if i do say so myself but others do comment that i only look like in my late 20's always have looked young.

Not sure whats going on with me this cycle usually have 25 day cycles but last 2 months been 22 days and have a 12 day lp,i am today on cd 27 and have sore boobs,metalic taste in mouth sometimes,having weird dreams and today i fell asleep on sofa with my 2 yr old and woke up at 3.20 i supposed to pick kids up from school at 3.10 and i have never done that before,but still geting bfn and am either 12 or 13 dpo,no sign of af.

Any news, it's been a few days now?