TTC #1 and over 30

[Veganlily]

to Nikki, kmae, and chezek!

Hopefully we will all get bfp's together! I always thought feb/march the ideal time to have a baby since spring will soon arrive for longer days and sunny walks with new baby and no full pregnancy during hot summer months. It's one way to look at things!

 

[luna_19]

MrsChezek my af is generally 2 days of bleeding followed by one day of spotting/light bleeding and one day of very, very light spotting. I wouldn't even consider any of the days "heavy", I use a diva cup so I can see how much my flow is and it wouldn't even fill the entire cup throughout the 4 days. From what I understand if your cycle is regular and your flow is always the same and lasts for at least 3 days that is ok. I actually had the exact same length and pattern of af when I was on bc so I think that's just what my body does...

I'm due for my yearly pap in July so if I'm not preggers by then I will be bringing up ttc with my Dr and will definitely ask if my short af is an issue.

I can't scroll back far enough to see who it was that can't find their cervix but this is a great article https://infertility.about.com/od/tryingtoconceive101/ht/cervixovulation.htm

Oh you may consider it kind of gross but I think it's easiest to find during af, it's low and squishy and once you find it it's super easy to find it again!

 

[luna_19]

to everyone that's onto a new cycle

being in your 30s definitely isn't old! I don't know about the stats in other countries but here in Canada more than half of all first born babies are born to people over the age of 30

I know plenty of people in their 30s who have had babies, an online friend of mine just had a beautiful baby girl, she was 31 when she conceived and 32 when she gave birth.

 

[MrsChezek]

Aaaaaand the spotting has began. I'm mostly packed and exhausted. Off to bed. Hope to write some more before I hit the airport tomorrow afternoon - will at least let you all know if AF is here full force but I think it's pretty much a 99.9% chance I will wake up with her in my face Why can't she just take a hint??? I want a break from her for a good year

Thanks for ALL of your input ladies...I love this thread. Seriously! xoxo

 

[piya]

and for me too spotting has started.. AF will be here in few hours.. very excited for next cycle and babydust to all

 

[piya]

yeah full flow af started.. new cycle beguns.. hope this is my month..

 

[piglet24]

to Nikki, kmae, and chezek!

Hopefully we will all get bfp's together! I always thought feb/march the ideal time to have a baby since spring will soon arrive for longer days and sunny walks with new baby and no full pregnancy during hot summer months. It's one way to look at things!

can i join? i'm in my second cycle for clomid. still hopeful that june will be the month for all of us.

 

[piglet24]

Aaaaaand the spotting has began. I'm mostly packed and exhausted. Off to bed. Hope to write some more before I hit the airport tomorrow afternoon - will at least let you all know if AF is here full force but I think it's pretty much a 99.9% chance I will wake up with her in my face Why can't she just take a hint??? I want a break from her for a good year

Thanks for ALL of your input ladies...I love this thread. Seriously! xoxo

hugs hugs. we will have our BFP's. Law of Attraction. hehehe

 

[rmsh1]

Sorry to everyone that is on other threads that I post in, but this will be the same info repeated over.

I managed to get a doctor appointment today due to my thyroid playing up. I have had pain from a cyst for 4 days now. I saw a lovely doctor! I wasn’t going to mention TTC unless I felt it was appropriate, as really the thyroid issue was the most pressing issue right now. He has referred me to a specialist and I have to wait for a letter and I will get a thyroid ultrasound to check my cysts.

I then told him I was wondering if my thyroid hormones were imbalanced as my cycles had become very long. He asked me about them so I ended up telling him the whole TTC story. I said I stopped bc May last year and had 6 super regular cycles, all 33 days long. Then I had a 34 day cycle and since then, they have been 44 and 43 days long, with this current cycle heading into the 40s too. His first reaction was “oh, you aren’t ovulating”. So, I pulled out my charts! And guess what, he was so happy to see them! I said I was also using OPKs and had detected LH surges. So now he is sure I am ovulating, but that for some reason it is really delayed. He said normally he gets day 21 bloods but that that obviously wont work for me. So I have all the paperwork now to get my bloods taken 7 days after I ovulate, going purely by my charting, and he gave me a form to get day 3 bloods taken too. So it was a very productive visit and I am very happy to get the ball rolling with both my thyroid and fertility tests. Now just to wait til I ovulate!

 

[nikkih1288]

Ok which June thread are all my friends heading too? I'd like to be with you all again. Your support was invaluable. I have joined this one https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/trying-conceive-1/1012881-june-testing-thread.html I hope to see you there!

MrsChezek have a wonderful vacation.

Piya-

piglet- Absolutely nice to have more buddies

I cannot believe how bad the got us all so close together. Join forces Positive Thinking we will get our next month. Time for the to go elsewhere for awhile

 

[bakingbabe]

Huge temp rise this morning so me thinks I'm starting the tww now. Luckily it'll be busier than usual with dh's birthday next week. How are my other cycle buddies doing? Veganlily, Smims, MD?

I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day (in the US), I'm headed out to a BBQ by the pool this afternoon.

 

[bakingbabe]

Sorry that the got you ladies, piya, piglet.

 

[MrsChezek]

I'm staying here!!! I love this thread Hope you stay too Nikkih!

So woke up to the in my face as predicted. AUGH. Alas, onto a new cycle...while traveling across 4 different time zones. ACK. Well, it will be interesting at least I'm not sure how much wifi I will have but if I have access I'll be popping in to say hi! I'm back in the US on June 12th...

Good luck to all my ladies here!!! I look forward to coming across some BFPs in the next group (it does seem we're nicely split into two groups that cycle together). I'll be lurking on my phone as much as I can!

 

[MrsChezek]

PS Kmae, Joey, Nikkih - are we still cycle buddies? Or was I too much of a bad luck charm???!!!

 

[nikkih1288]

MrsChezek We are still cycle buddies.I am staying here and posting on June as well

 

[Smimms]

Huge temp rise this morning so me thinks I'm starting the tww now. Luckily it'll be busier than usual with dh's birthday next week. How are my other cycle buddies doing? Veganlily, Smims, MD?

I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day (in the US), I'm headed out to a BBQ by the pool this afternoon.

My hubby is actually being good about bd this month. He's scared of the Conceive Plus but I think I convinced him. I actually didn't get to use it in time last night so being goofy I put some in after hoping it would push the swimmers up, why not.. The funny thing is nothing leaked out after I did that. Probably counter intuitive but usually more will leak... Interesting. I'm not temping or using opks this month. Spent too much time and money driving myself crazy last month. Hopefully something will happen

 

[rmsh1]

Good luck smimms, I am still a good ten days away from ovulating LOL Not much of a buddy am I? But we are BDing every other day in preparation!

 

[Smimms]

Good luck smimms, I am still a good ten days away from ovulating LOL Not much of a buddy am I? But we are BDing every other day in preparation!

That's ok rmsh1 have my fx for you!

 

[ZeeZ]

I'm staying here but if you guys go please take me with you!

MrsChezek - have a great trip. Sorry about AF.

Good luck bakingbabe and simms. Simms glad DH is on board this cycle. I'm sure that he will get used to the concieve plus soon enough.

rmsh1 - I think we're in the same boat. I'm about a week away from O if my cycles decide to stay regular but started bding just in case

 

[rmsh1]

Yay Zeez, we can be almost cycle buddies too LOL Finding other people with 45 day cycles is very difficult!