TTC #1 at 35+

[zero7]

Sam!!!!!! Chuffed for you hon. H&H 9 months to you but please hang around. The vivid dream thing is nearly always a good sign that you are preggers!!! xxxxxxxxxx



Hi Truely blessed!

Debs- great news about the SA.

Cute picture Maz!

Hope everyone is having a nice w/end. Me and hubby have just been to Waitrose and bought lots of yummy things to eat tonight and a bottle of wine. The fires already lit so we are cosying up for the rest of the day/eve.

Love and hugs

Lou Lou xxxxx

Lou Lou I just did the same Marks &Spencers do a meal deal for £20 starter, main course, desert and a bottle of cava

OH sent me 2 red roses to work yesterday and bought me a cover for my iphone so I am cooking tonight well actually turing the oven on M&S did the cooking lol

Have a lovely evening huni xx

You too honey.

 

[marie73]

Hi all - have been thinking of buying a Clearblue fertility monitor as my cycles have lengthened. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what you thought? Mixed reviews on Amazon!

 

[Lisa1]

Hi all - have been thinking of buying a Clearblue fertility monitor as my cycles have lengthened. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what you thought? Mixed reviews on Amazon!

I was also thinking about getting one so am intersted in this also

 

[Beanhopes]

Sam!!!!



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

You'll be due in Oct w/ me!!!!

I feel like our good news is somehow karmically connected.

I would jump up and down for you if I could jump!!!!

I cannot even tell you how happy I am for you... Beyond thrilled. (Still doesn't feel real even after a scan, but then again I have no symptoms and certainly don't set a good example! Try to relax, and STAY AWAY from 1st Tri. Too scary! Girls post more when things are worrisome, so you get a distorted picture. Trust me, don't go there. I get freaked out!)

See? Told you we'd be going through it together! We all will be!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Hugs,
Ella

Oh thank you so much it's crazy hey?? Little Halloween babies.
I'm not going anywhere near the first trimester, this is home to me and I love the virtual friends I made.

I have a tender tummy which feels occasionally crampy and i'm not comfortable with the waist band around my waist, but that's about it. I am having to rest a lot more and I've been for a nap this afternoon

I'm off out for dinner with my DH I'll have a water to celebrate. xx

Yeah we need more 's and then we can be a group of +35 mums-to-be.

Happy Valentines Day too

 

[Beanhopes]

Omg sam huni yeah congrats huni what a lovely valentines present!

I am so pleased for you, this thread rocks xxme next mr storky or I'm de-winging you lol

Thanks Lisa. I wouldn't have believed it was possible without your attitude helping me along the way.

Mr Stork is getting his friends together and they will be visiting you all very soon.
xx

 

[Beanhopes]

Wow that's fantastic news for you Sam! Lots of congratulations and good luck wishes. Gives hope to the rest of us! Well still no sign of af but just don't think I'm pregnant. Have thyroid problems which caused very sporadic periods before diagnosed so think I need to see GP. Anyway had nice day - work tomorrow! On Valentine's day too!

Thank you Marie

Definately PMA is the way to go. I was on my 7th cycle ttc, I'm 37 and DH is 35. I had no idea this would be our month and as I was ill around the fertile week we only actually bd 3 times around the right time.

You are not out until AF visits you and I really hope she missed her bus!

xx

 

[zero7]

I've got one. (CBFM). On the plus side, they are really good for giving you confidence that your body is working and showing you that you are about to ovulate - when you get a peak. They are more precise than opk's. They are easy to use but you must test within a certain window/timeframe i.e. if you set it at 9am you must test three hours either side of 9am everyday for as long as it asks you to. (Per cycle)

On the down side, it can cause more anxiety if you dont get the correct sequence - lows, highs, 2 peaks. Sometimes you just get loads of highs and no peak. This happened to me quite a bit even tho I do ovulate. But it makes you feel a bit down. The sticks are pricey at £19.99 for twenty. You need at least ten per cycle. The monitors aren't recommended for long cycles.

If you need anymore info- just ask!! xxx

 

[Leilani]

Wow Sam - Congrats - that is just the best news - and goes to show you don't need to be at it like Lisa's rabbits!! Fantabulous

 

[Beanhopes]

I don't want to confuse anything but just thought I would let you know that I used a Persona fertility monitor. You can buy it in most Boots stores. I'd had it as I'd used it as a form of conraception.

It tells you when you have red and green days based on FMU tests using approx 10 test sticks per month. It just helps you get in tune with your body and tells you when you are ovulating. If you spend money on OPK's every month then one cancels out the other.

I think it is about £49.99 to buy the monitor. I don't have any experience with the Clearblue fertility monitor but anything that causes anxiety, like Zero said, isn't for everyone.

Sam xx

 

[Leilani]

Hi all - have been thinking of buying a Clearblue fertility monitor as my cycles have lengthened. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what you thought? Mixed reviews on Amazon!

I was also thinking about getting one so am intersted in this also

I've also got one, and love it. But like Lou Lou says, it can bring along a whole new set of TTC stress. As I OV quite early, I only use about 6 sticks per cycle - so I've been getting good mileage out the of 3 boxes I stocked up on initially.

All said and done, it is so easy to use, there is no guesswork with reading the lines - though I am a bit obsessed, and label and keep my sticks, to compare one cycle to the next! I've never used an OPK, but frpom what I've seen on here, they would do my head in! I don't sleep too well, especially when trying to keep the soup in the bowl, so temping just wouldn't work.

I bought mine off a lady on eBay, and got my sticks from an eBay seller too.

 

[Beanhopes]

Deb

Sorry in my stunned state yesterday i completely forgot to congratulate you on the fantastic news about your OH SA results.

 

[spacegirl]

Gosh lots has happened since I first joined this group!!!

Ella I'm so happy for you it really is a miracle I felt so sad when I heard your initial news I hope you can now relax and enjoy your pregnancy!!

I haven't posted for a while but have been lurking a bit

Beanhopes, Congratulations!!! I've been reading your posts alot you seem like a really nice person and I was so pleased and happy for you when I read abt your news!!!! How exciting!!! I hope everything works out and that you can share your tips with the rest of us!!!

We haven't been trying properly for long really. Started measuring BBT which has been all over place due to illness and a hangover (after tia maria of all things! never again!). But I'm hoping I can figure out when I ov. I get a pain on one side on CD10 of 25 cycle so I'm hoping it's then. Can't seem to notice any EWCM but I was pleased to read from another poster that sometimes you have to go right up in there and find it...I think i'll pass and assume it's there!!!

Might start using pre-seed as sometimes I seem a bit dry Keep seeing posts about softcups too but not so keen on that idea (yet!).

to the rest of us!

cxx

Hi spacgirl, I had the same, not alot of visable cm few weeks ago, but loads would appear suddenly at a certain time if you see what I mean so it was up there hiding I think! Good luck!

I have deleted my ticker cos I don't know what the heck is going on now, trying to stop self testing again too soon, waiting for af first a bit longer. Couldn't look at another bfn right now!

Hey Mazcal!

I'm quite dry for early part of cycle then at times as you mentioned loads will suddenly appear. My BBT seems to be biphasic 36.3--> 36.5. At first I was worried that wasn't a big enough difference but some sites say a 0.2 C difference is fine. Sometimes I think we all stress so much about having right temps and CM but we are all different. My friend who has 3 kids said to be careful and to not spend too much time thinking about it and just use it as a guide. How long have you been trying?

We are still at early stages trying to work out my ovulation pattern. I do feel a bit pressured because I have 2 SiLs who I know are trying also and they are younger than me. I know the day will come when they will announce I will be pleased for them but I also know I'll be envious and a little sad...

Anyway, PMA all the way!!! Just waiting for valentines breakfast...

 

[mazcal]

Hi spacegirl, I have only been trying two cycles since coming off pill, waiting for my 2nd af right now. I didn't start temp charting yet, but might next cycle if I am not preg now.

I am confused because I thought I had ov 19 days ago, but got bfn 15dpo. Sometimes people come off pill and have wacky cycles for a bit, so maybe I wasn't ov when I thought. If af doesn't come by wed I will test again, then wait, then test, then go to docs to ask 'where the heck has my period gone!'

I am having really crazy not very nice vivid dreams for quite a few days now, I remember everything when I wake up. Supposed to go for valentine's drinks later, maybe I should do a test now to see if I can have a drink later....

Hey stupid question but what is PMA? Have a lovely valentine brekkie, where are you in your cycle? How long have you been trying? In my book it says if your temp is up 18days in a row past ov, you are almost certainly preg! This is why I will def do temp charting next cycle! I think as long as the cm is there when it matters, its ok for it not to be pouring out of you all day long heehee

Did you mean you have two sibs trying? I felt kind of bad when my sister was preg with her 1st and I had to wait another 3 years to even try! I love my little neice an nephew to bits of course, and its makes it better that I can try now for a bean of my own.

Have a lovely day. We are bean aunties in any case to Ella and Sam's, it gives us all hope that it will happen!

The most important thing is to try and chill out, or when you miss your af, and get a bfn, you will be totally like me!



Take care sweetie xxx

Maria xxx

 

[mazcal]

Oh hurray for me! A great big and am missing for
4 days now

At this point I would welcome her arrival, cos at least I would know what the heck is going on?
Has anyone else ever had this?


I may have ov later than I thought...oh dear...

Hey Lisa, how you getting on? And Hope, Leilani, all the girls?

 

[marie73]

Think this must be a lucky thread. Had a vivid dream last night where I dreamt I had really big boobs! Decided to test this morning as I had been looking at Clearblue fertility monitors on Ebay ending tonight. Guess what ... A bfp! Poor hubby not quite expecting that as he was making my breakfast! Hadn't said I was testing. Bought Clearblue digital just to confirm and there it is in writing 2 - 3 weeks pregnant. Feel slightly dazed and trying to remain calm as it's very early days. Good luck to all - it's obviously on a roll on this thread!

 

[mazcal]

Its a lucky thread for some. I am very happy for you, but am getting more depressed by the day, so I wish all you girls well, and many more bfp but I am going now.

Good luck

 

[marie73]

Mazcal hope my post didn't seem insensitive. I read that this was your 2nd cycle since stopping pill - I understand that it can take several months for your cycles to return to normal. They're so sensitive - before my thyroid problems were diagnosed I was going 60 plus days without a period so was thinking early menopause etc. Please try not to get disheartened - I'd been feeling like that this month and had tried to relax about it all. Lots of love and luck xx

 

[Lisa1]

Think this must be a lucky thread. Had a vivid dream last night where I dreamt I had really big boobs! Decided to test this morning as I had been looking at Clearblue fertility monitors on Ebay ending tonight. Guess what ... A bfp! Poor hubby not quite expecting that as he was making my breakfast! Hadn't said I was testing. Bought Clearblue digital just to confirm and there it is in writing 2 - 3 weeks pregnant. Feel slightly dazed and trying to remain calm as it's very early days. Good luck to all - it's obviously on a roll on this thread!

OMG Marie I am so happy for you congrats huni you must be on what a valentines pressie

I am about to come round to your house and grab the stork if he is still there and bring him round to mine!!!

Enjoy the best valentines day ever

 

[Lisa1]

Its a lucky thread for some. I am very happy for you, but am getting more depressed by the day, so I wish all you girls well, and many more bfp but I am going now.

Good luck

Mazcal huni

Please dont go cause we all need each other, I am 7months trying and gettingno where but our time will come, I promise

I need you here as well to keep me going and share in the times

 

[Lisa1]

Oh hurray for me! A great big and am missing for
4 days now

At this point I would welcome her arrival, cos at least I would know what the heck is going on?
Has anyone else ever had this?


I may have ov later than I thought...oh dear...

Hey Lisa, how you getting on? And Hope, Leilani, all the girls?

I am on cd20 8 days to go although I was in Munich with work when I O'd but we bd 2 days before 0 so I am hoping that OH spermies have hung around lol

Although I am sure I am out this month but never mind a month off is probably good I think I needed to relax a little. my job is very stressful and by the weekend I am readyto scream!!!! anyway hoping for a miracle