Need a buddy - 37 & TTC #1

[booger76]

Congrats to you Ahnshi!! So exciting!

And sorry to all the others who got hit by AF............hopefully you'll have better luck in December (which I guess is now!).

 

[makeupmama2b]

Im in same boat! Here to support!

::dumps whole bucket full of baby dust over everyone::

 

[Fezzle]

Hi all- can I join you? I am 37 too (also born in 1976).

I'm just starting now because I just met my OH this past Feb- before him, having children was a very abstract thought, but now I really want us to have a family with children. Most of my friends have had children in their mid-30s though so I don't feel that far behind!

I got off the pill in July so we've been trying since then, but my cycles have been irregular, and I'm not sure if I've been ovulating.

I've had blood tests that have come back "normal" and my GP has said to give it 6 months and then we can do more tests/try other things. I'm hoping my cycles have become more regular now, and that I ovulated a couple days ago based on the symptoms I've had.

I've been charting, testing and taking supplements from the first cycle, but have cut out a lot of the supplements now in case they've been making me more irregular and added reflexology. I also use the CBFM now but it's still just showing me as 'high' for most of my cycle.

Congrats to those of you with BFPs!

 

[oldermom1975]

Hi all- can I join you? I am 37 too (also born in 1976).

I'm just starting now because I just met my OH this past Feb- before him, having children was a very abstract thought, but now I really want us to have a family with children. Most of my friends have had children in their mid-30s though so I don't feel that far behind!

I got off the pill in July so we've been trying since then, but my cycles have been irregular, and I'm not sure if I've been ovulating.

I've had blood tests that have come back "normal" and my GP has said to give it 6 months and then we can do more tests/try other things. I'm hoping my cycles have become more regular now, and that I ovulated a couple days ago based on the symptoms I've had.

I've been charting, testing and taking supplements from the first cycle, but have cut out a lot of the supplements now in case they've been making me more irregular and added reflexology. I also use the CBFM now but it's still just showing me as 'high' for most of my cycle.

Congrats to those of you with BFPs!

You are welcome to join this thread! There is another thread that is a little more active (the December thread), if you would like more chattiness. Good luck!

 

[Fezzle]

Less chattiness is probably good for me- I am oversubscribed to various threads and journals and sometimes can't get through them all! But it's nice to find a thread with others who are about my age.

 

[Ahnshi]

Welcome Fezzle and good luck to you.

 

[Ahnshi]

Im in same boat! Here to support!

::dumps whole bucket full of baby dust over everyone::

Welcome and good luck!

 

[Zeri]

Hi girls,
Also hoping to join in? I'm also born in 1976 (37 and a half). Have a 4 yr old daughter and have been NTNP/trying for #2 for 2 1/2 years, since my m/c in 2011. DH was on the fence about a #2 until recently, which is why we NTNP for while (well he NTNP, me ttc). I feel like we wasted a lot of time, though, by not aggressively trying for a while. Anyway, I'm hoping we can get more aggressive these next 3 months. I'm trying maca (got lots of ewcm on it before) this month, and my last Clomid pills next month. After that, will consider moving to IUI.

I hope we all get bfps for Christmas!!

 

[oldermom1975]

Hi girls,
Also hoping to join in? I'm also born in 1976 (37 and a half). Have a 4 yr old daughter and have been NTNP/trying for #2 for 2 1/2 years, since my m/c in 2011. DH was on the fence about a #2 until recently, which is why we NTNP for while (well he NTNP, me ttc). I feel like we wasted a lot of time, though, by not aggressively trying for a while. Anyway, I'm hoping we can get more aggressive these next 3 months. I'm trying maca (got lots of ewcm on it before) this month, and my last Clomid pills next month. After that, will consider moving to IUI.

I hope we all get bfps for Christmas!!

Welcome and good luck!

 

[L.Ann.V]

Remaining hopeful. Onto month 4 of trying after AF leaves. Wasn't impressed with the Clearblue Advanced ovulation test I tried this past cycle. Might try pre-seed this next go round. Looking for a Christmas miracle

 

[oldermom1975]

Remaining hopeful. Onto month 4 of trying after AF leaves. Wasn't impressed with the Clearblue Advanced ovulation test I tried this past cycle. Might try pre-seed this next go round. Looking for a Christmas miracle

Good luck!

Pre-seed has worked for us....

 

[lamago]

Welcome Fezzle

 

[Fezzle]

Hi, lamago!

 

[Lynny77]

Hi ladies! I'd love to join you! I'm 36 and ttc #1. We had a loss last year. Just beginning cycle 5 of actively trying. With every cycle that goes by with nothing I get more worried that my time is running out. I know there's lot of years of good trying ahead but I still worry. We've been married almost ten years but the timing was never right. We weren't trying the first time and since that loss I'm just desperate for another chance. Cheers

 

[kmtkmt]

Hi - I'll make you 37 yr old ladies feel better right away, haha - I'm 39! TTC #1, 2nd month trying. I think I'm about 6dpo. I should know more accurately, as my cycles are very regular, but I was traveling overseas this month and couldn't use the cb fertility monitor. I didn't have my cheap regular opks with me and decided to spring for the clear blue digital opk and they were completely defective! I'm so annoyed because their defective product may have cost me a month, ugh. But anyway, maybe I got the days right anyway, fingers crossed... good to have buddies!

 

[YoungatHeart]

I'd like to join. 38, newly wed and TTC #1. This is my first month trying and just like a couple of other posters, my husband thinks it'll happen right away and I'm much more cautious.

So, of course, right off the bat I got a wonky cycle I ordered HPT's and OPK's from Amazon (Clinical Guard) and they are both negative...but check out all my symptoms. I posted them here. Basically, just spotting but no flow, ginormous boobs, nausea and exhaustion.

I'm using the OvuView app and if I put spotting (which it was), I don't get any predicted fertile days, but I'm also not getting a BFP

Anyway, I'm glad there is a thread like this. Send baby dust my way that I'm just one of those people who get a late BFP!

 

[Hopeful in OR]

Mind if I join? I'm 36.5 and we've just decided to ttc#1 after a surprise bfp (followed immediately by a mc) this last August. Reading your posts is so helpful and inspiring. I guess I figured if we conceived when we were trying NOT to, that it'd be a go on try #1. Not so...
We've only been trying since October, but I've already worn myself out with worry b/c I seem to have constant pg symptoms! Nausea, fatigue, breast tenderness, nipple changes, bloating and fuzzy feeling...but BFNs. I don't know what my body's doing!
Woke up to AF this morning...sad. But GRATEFUL to have found this forum and this thread in particular.
Good luck and baby dust to all of you!

 

[Lynny77]

Hopeful you sound just like me! We got lucky when we weren't trying then unlucky but now I'm desperate for it! And every month I seem to get the symptoms agains. How have I never realized my bb's get sore the week before af? Or how bloated and crampy? I guess it's just being more in tune with your body.

 

[lamago]

Its' our minds playing tricks on us. I have been pregnant like 4 times now according to symptons but in reality I have never seen a bfp!

 

[sarahmomof2]

Hi, I would love to join you all as well. I am 36 and TTC #3. I had lots of difficulties getting pregnant with #1 at age 31 and ended up seeing an RE and eventually getting pregnant with fertility treatments. I conceived #2 about a year after my first was born and was surprised as I didn't need any fertility treatments. I had a miscarriage on November 14th of this year, and I have been waiting to see what will happen since then. I still haven't had AF or another BFP. Anyone here that has had a prior miscarriage have any advice? I don't think I ovulated this cycle. I used OPK's sporadically, but I never got a dark line. I took an OPK today and while not positive, it was the darkest I have ever seen it. I used to always have around a 26-28 day cycle, so I am completely confused as to what my body may be doing. I have enjoyed reading all the other posts in this thread and it is nice to hear about others journeys. I wish the best of luck to all who are testing soon. I hope there are lots of BFP's in this group.