TTC #1 and over 30

[MD1223]

Crap crap crap. 2.3cm cyst on one side and a small one on the other. So no stims for me. I am going to Philly at the end of may so I'd have to miss 2 cycles which I don't want to do. New plan, us Monday to see if I'm growing a follicle despite the cysts then do an unmedicated cycle. If that doesn't work I'd have to skip a cycle anyway for ivf so... Now if I don't grow a follicle... And I have to skip this cycle entirely.. I'm pondering skipping the trip home. Tickets were pretty cheap and al though I know my parents would be sad, I think id just stress the whole time about how I should be cycling etc. I'm 39, I don't have time to step back and just take months off. it is all so frustrating

Drsquid - I'm sorry! Good luck with your decision about going home. Is this something you can talk through with your mom?

 

[jewelsbaby81]

OMG I just tested and got my I am beyond excited

to everyone!!

 

[MD1223]

OMG I just tested and got my I am beyond excited

to everyone!!

YAY!!!! Awesome news! So, when is your EDD? Figured it out yet?

 

[jewelsbaby81]

Its December 30, 2012. Almost a new years eve baby

 

[MD1223]

So exciting! Congrats!

 

[Joey1979]

Congrats!!!!! So pleased for you!! Hopefully this will be a lucky thread for everyone!!!

 

[onebumpplease]

Congratulations jewelsbaby. DELIGHTED for you. Can't imagine how excited you must be.

So what was different this month?

 

[Smimms]

Yay congrats! Our first bfp on this thread. So happy for you and here's to a happy healthy 9 months!

 

[jewelsbaby81]

Congratulations jewelsbaby. DELIGHTED for you. Can't imagine how excited you must be.

So what was different this month?

The first few months I used OPKs and was pretty crazy about everything. I had all my labs checked out at around our 3rd month of trying (I have a friend thats a WHNP so she did the lab work even though we hadnt been trying a year). Everything was totally normal. With that peace of mind the last 2 months we just tried to bed every other day. This month I finally noticed EWCM and we bd'd twice that day!! I think just relaxing is key. Dont let it control your life.

wishing everyone a soon!!!

 

[snowflakes120]

Its December 30, 2012. Almost a new years eve baby

Congrats girl!!! H&H 9 months to you!!

 

[preg_pilot]

Congratulations jewelsbaby

 

[liltiger]

MindUtopia - Can't wait to see your chart! 8 days of fertility?!?! Sounds like you'd get pregnant even when on BC! lol. But seriously it sounds like FF is still trying to work it out. They predicted extra days for me anytime I reported watery CM, but I was still figuring out the differences between my CM at the time. Then when the real WCM came I had to go back and change it. All in all they are nearly spot on. Predicted 4 fertile days and estimated I would ovulate a day before I did. When they finally determined my actual ovulation day based off my temps I knew they were right since I usually experience ovulation pain. If they continue to predict 8 days, don't break the goods. Just go every other day till you see fertile CM... then like !!!

 

[nicki79]

Hello Ladies,
For some reason my Mimmsy profile was deleted, but I would like to restart this thread. This is a great forum for us more mature TTCers. I promise I will maintain this thread.

Testing schedule

April 25
MrsChezek

April 29
liltiger

May 8
Breezy81

May 12
Preg_pilot


May 13
Smimms

May 20
MD1223

May 21
snowflakes120

CONGRATS to our first BFP Jewelsbaby81! Have a H&H 9 months!

GOOD LUCK LADIES!!

Will you please mark me down for the May 8th. Baby dust too all!

 

[liltiger]

Congratulations Jewels!!!!



So happy for you!!

 

[liltiger]

And welcome Snowflakes!

I just realized I am a little behind on the thread.

Liltiger - agree that it is better to wait. 8 dpo is super early. I've heard that 10 dpo is usually the earliest, but that that group is still very small. And, we all know how dissapointing BFNs can be even if we tell ourselves not to get our hopes up, etc. Also, agree about the chem preg but Im torn on that - i.e., whether I'd want to know or not . . .

I actually had a chemical last month and now think I am going to wait a little longer than usual to test this month. First ever bfp at 15 pdo - waited until I was a day late to test and it was very light but definitely there. Went to the doctors for confirmation on 17 dpo and had a negative pt there, but positive blood test with very low levels. Started AF 18 dpo - 4 days late. It was defy emotionally draining but I am taking it as a good sign we can get preggo. I feel blessed also that it happened so early - it was hard enough even at 4wks 4days even with being skeptical b/c the bfp was so light. Now, though, Im not sure if I would rather test later and not know if it happens again or if I should test regularly so that if it does happen again I can let my doctor know in case there are issues that need to be addressed.

Preg_Pilot - good for you! My sex drive has been better too, but want it to kick up even more! Haha. What all are you taking? Just prenatals?

Everyone - What about everyone else? What vitamins are you currently taking? What about cutting back on other things like caffeine and alcohol? Anything else?

I am currently taking prenatal, prentatal dha, vit D, and vit B-complex. I have cut back on caffeine a lot, but I wasn't a big coffee drinker before. I did like my occasional specialty starbies drinks, though. Cut way back on those. Alcohol - I have also cut back on, but having more trouble there. I like my glass of wine or beer in the eve and have cut back to a couple drinks on the weekend nights. My doc said no more than two drinks per sitting until have missed AF. That was hard at first, but there now. But then I read an article that even more than 5 or 6 drinks per week could lower fertility. Thoughts? Should we (I) be cutting back more?

I am doing OPks, but that's it. I order the super cheap ones off of Amazon. Not charting b/c I know I would get to obsessed and haven't used fertilityfriend, either - assuming that's a charting site?

Also, sorry if I missed anyone else's recent post. Trying to do a quick stop in here while Im at work . . .

I'm currently taking prenatals, DHA, 400mg folic acid (in addition to prenatal), baby aspirin, honey and cinnamon, and a full fat milk serving. OH is just taking folic acid. I'm the opposite of you with coffee and alcohol. But let me be clear in that I like both a lot. But with the alcohol, I've just been drinking witch through O and then I stopped completely. Now coffee on the other hand, I normally drink about 4-5 cups a day and I am now down to 2. I'm still struggling to get it down to one but considering that I quit smoking before TTC, I think I'm doing pretty well.

I'm sorry to hear about your chemical. But on the bright side, they are so common, that I think it's still a good sign that things are working as they should as you said. If I were you I think I'd stick to testing at 15 days, though I could see not wanting to go through that again. I'm gonna send you some for the next round.

 

[MrsChezek]

POAS this AM with FMU and got a
It's ok. I didn't really expect to be anything else but it still stung a little.
The good news I guess is that no AF and no PMS so you never know!

Good luck to any late April testers!

Still no AF for me and same as you - no symptoms at all!!! I usually get some period pain and feel pressure in my abdomen but nothing! But no preg symptoms either - weird!!!

Hi ladies, I just wanted to let you know that the month I got my I had NO SYMPTOMS whatsoever. This could very well be a good sign for you both. Fx'd!

I realized today one symptom I've been experiencing - I've been really hot! When most ppl are cold cause the temps have dropped recently, I've been ok in a tank top. That's very unusual for me as I'm always cold!!!! Something to think about

Still no AF...

 

[MrsChezek]

OMG I just tested and got my I am beyond excited

to everyone!!

Congrats!!! Hope it's a sticky one!!!

 

[liltiger]

MindUtopia- My reason for waiting was that I was in a very rocky (technically an understatement) relationship for 17 years. Although I have always wanted children, I knew it was not a good idea to bring them into the world while things were so bad. Eventually I got my act together and left. About a year later I met my OH who is absolutely wonderful. We've been together for about 2 1/2 years now. We bought a house last year and now I just feel ready. He wanted to get married first before TTC, but the incessant ticking sound I kept hearing drove me to talk him out of it. Truth is I would marry him tomorrow, but I couldn't bare the idea of delaying a baby so long that it might hurt our chances. I am all fine with a courthouse or backyard wedding, but he wants it to be traditional and I knew that the cost and planning of the wedding would set us back longer than I could emotionally handle. I'm only 34 but I want more than one... so wedding on the back burner, baby on the front! BTW I can't believe how many of us here are robbing the cradle! My OH is 32.

Everyone- Is anyone else out there using fertilityfriend.com? This is my first cycle using it but I'm already a chart junkie. If you are using it and you're not shy post those charts ladies! We all have something to learn from each other!

I'm on 8 DPO and I have so many early symptoms that I could scream. I think I have already convinced myself that I am pregnant. It may just all be in my head or maybe I'm actually going to get my ! I am currently starring at my box of HPT. "Is it too early? Maybe it's not too early. No, I should wait. Well maybe it's ok... no, I'll wait until tomorrow." Ugh! I'm going crazy!

I just decided to join fertilityfriend.com and found a discount on their facebook page. If you 'like' them and then go to their promos tab, you can get a year's membership for $24.95 (normally $120).
https://www.facebook.com/FertilityFriend/

And I agree with smimms, you should wait to test! 8DPO is too early and you will get a false or worse, you might experience a chemical! GL!

If only I had known about the FF discount! That's a great deal! I did get a small discount by waiting till my trial period had almost run out before actually paying. But it was only for 3 months.

 

[MindUtopia]

Congrats, jewelsbaby81!! So exciting!! Happy and Healthy 9 Months!

MD1223, yep, I've definitely changed my diet and lifestyle a bit the past few months, though not all of it entirely intentionally. I take folic acid and DHA and I'm also taking probiotics for a few weeks at the moment (I had a bit of a GI infection a couple weeks ago, and I heard digestive health is really important for TTC, so just trying to get my health bacteria back to a good level). I was taking a prenatal multi, but the iron in it was too irritating for my stomach. I did find another prenatal that looks really good and has a really gentle form of iron, but it's expensive. So I'm saving off starting it until I'm actually pregnant. In the meantime, just eating really healthy, I'm primarily a lacto-ovo (milk & eggs eating) vegetarian, but I do eat fish about 2x a week as well, so I otherwise eat lots of fruits, veggies and whole grains, so hoping that is enough for now.

I've cut down on caffeine and alcohol, more because I was having all those stomach problems, which turned out to be caused by my prenatal. I used to drink 2 cups of coffee a day, but now I've mainly switched to green and black tea, with only the occasional coffee. I also cut out alcohol during the week, and really only drink on a Friday or Saturday night (we usually go out one night a weekend, so whichever it turns out to be). I started to cut down when my stomach was causing me problems, but it was actually kinda nice to be forced into changing my habits. It's all a lot easier now. We've been on holiday the past 2 weeks, so definitely was drinking a lot then (but not TTC), so now that I'm home I need to get back to the weekends-only routine.

I read in a fertility book (one of Zita West's books) that eating a more alkaline diet is good for fertility (I guess because the vagina needs to be alkaline to be safe for sperm so diet helps to make your whole body more alkaline than acidic). Anyone doing this? I eat lots of alkaline foods in general because I have acid reflux issues, but I'm thinking about trying to do it a bit more intentionally, especially around ovulation.

 

[preg_pilot]

POAS this AM with FMU and got a
It's ok. I didn't really expect to be anything else but it still stung a little.
The good news I guess is that no AF and no PMS so you never know!

Good luck to any late April testers!

Still no AF for me and same as you - no symptoms at all!!! I usually get some period pain and feel pressure in my abdomen but nothing! But no preg symptoms either - weird!!!

Hi ladies, I just wanted to let you know that the month I got my I had NO SYMPTOMS whatsoever. This could very well be a good sign for you both. Fx'd!

I realized today one symptom I've been experiencing - I've been really hot! When most ppl are cold cause the temps have dropped recently, I've been ok in a tank top. That's very unusual for me as I'm always cold!!!! Something to think about

Still no AF...

Gotta agree with you there. Felt really hot for 4 days... "finally" back to being cold again.
And I´m feeling some other symptoms. Being cautiously optimistic these days.