TTC 1st child 35+ (Please spoiler any PG news/announcements).

[missyt]

Oops, maybe I'm getting the wine mixed up with the twins. Anyway, I want twins too!

 

[Tititimes2]

Just wanted to say thanks to all my friends here on TTC 1st 35+ and the
Graduates thread for your kind words and prayers. Just trying to work through it all hour by hour, day by day.

But I am still here hoping and praying for all your BFPs and the arrivals of those beautiful bouncing babies on the Graduates thread.

Much love to you all

 

[Neversaynever]

Titi...huge hun.

I am really so very sorry. Be kind to yourself and your OH

XxX

 

[HappyAuntie]

Titi, my heart is just breaking for you. I'm happy to see you posting and yet so sad you're back over here.... Like Never said, take good care of yourself.... Much much love and hugs to you.

 

[missyt]

Just wanted to say thanks to all my friends here on TTC 1st 35+ and the
Graduates thread for your kind words and prayers. Just trying to work through it all hour by hour, day by day.

But I am still here hoping and praying for all your BFPs and the arrivals of those beautiful bouncing babies on the Graduates thread.

Much love to you all

Titi, remember we are always here for you if you have anything you need to talk about. You are in my prayers. Big hugs.

 

[Baby4MJ]

Good morning ladies, still no af for me, weird, i am normally a 25 day cycle, she should have been here wed, now its friday and nothing, i feel like it will be here, but not even a spot yet. I tested on sunday, it was BFN, i am afraid to waste a test now, i know as soon as i take it she will show up lol.

You and I are just about floating in the same boat. I am normally a 25-day cycle so the should've landed today (CD26)...aside from a bit of low-grade crampiness and lower abdominal gurgling on and off all week, no sign of her yet. I haven't tested, and don't want to get my hopes up because the progesterone I'm on always delays AF, so I think I'll just wait until Sunday or Monday morning to test. I only have 2 tests left from the last round of BFN tests, so like you I don't want to waste them because dimes to doughnuts AF will show her ugly mug soon as I POS. The ovulation calendar I use at babymed.com indicates that, if pregnant, 95% of tests will show positive by May 16, so may as well wait. Pretty used to waiting by now anyway!

I will keep my fighers crossed for you!!!! I am not on progesterone, and i have had it where she was a day late, but never two days late. I have a bit of campiness, and my lower back is hurting today, the one werid thing for me is i am so warm, i am constantly sweating these past few days, its driving me nuts, normally i get that a day before af, and then it goes away, this time i am still like a blast furnace. The reason i am not getting excited is i checked my cervix and to me it seems firm and open, i dont know though maybe i am wrong, normally i will check it and i can tell the firmness but never if its open lol. I will wait until tonight, if nothing then i will test, i dont really think i am pg, but just in case i would not want to mess something up. It would be funny that the one time i was like it wont happen, would be when it does lol. Sending you tons of

Re: the sweating...me too!! I've been waking up in the middle of the night all week, boiling hot, but when I look over at DH, he's all snuggled into the covers, sleeping and comfortable as can be. Just yesterday I was complaining to my acupuncturist about it. For me, though, it could be the progesterone suppositories...or the Chinese herb protocol he has me on. Now he wants me to keep a "hot flash" journal so he can figure out what's going on. HappyHappyJoyJoy. For you though.....hmmmmm ...it could just be (I won't say it so as not to jinx anything! ). Just know that I have every crossable body part crossed for you (eyes included, which is making it difficult to read what I'm typing ).

I have no idea how to tell what my cervix is doing, despite being "up there" all the time with those blasted progesterone suppositories.

I'll be on pins and needles waiting to hear your test results! Keep us all posted! Dust, Dust and more DUST to you for a !!

 

[FutureMommie]

Tititi- Sending Hugs your way!!!!!!

Missyt- Love the your pic!

 

[Baby4MJ]

Just wanted to say thanks to all my friends here on TTC 1st 35+ and the
Graduates thread for your kind words and prayers. Just trying to work through it all hour by hour, day by day.

But I am still here hoping and praying for all your BFPs and the arrivals of those beautiful bouncing babies on the Graduates thread.

Much love to you all

My heart is broken for you and my prayers are with you. You are strong, but God will carry you through (and so will we!) when you feel you can't stand on your own.

 

[skye2010]

Titi, I am so sorry I just found out about your heartbreaking news. I am really sad that you had this happening to you. Can't give you enough hugs. Thank you for being so kind and wishing me well when you are going through such a difficult time. Sweetie I hope God be with you and give you all the strength and patience you and your husband needs to go through it. I will be praying for you and your little babies soul.

Girls, I missed you all and will write a nice long message tomorow.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Hi Ladies! I know some wanted updates to todays appointment.

Came back from our scan and Dr. appointment. Good news is baby is doing well! The head measurements were good, and all the other organs and such were on target. We're scheduled for an echocardiogram for the baby which is a common thing to do with babies of Diabetic mommies but as far as she could tell the baby's heart was doing fine. They just couldn't see all of it because of the way the baby was positioned.

My cervical length went down YET again to 32 with slight funneling this time which ISN'T a good sign. I almost landed in the hospital today to keep an eye on it, but the Dr. said "A normal closed cervical length is a good indicator of a normal positive outcome." Meaning it's at 32 right now and it won't be ABNORMAL until it gets to 25 before they'll actually follow through with a cerclage stitch. The fact that it's funneling doesn't matter to them because the cervix is still closed (which IS good, but this is a typical sign of IC)

So I'm going in WEEKLY now for internal scans of the cervical length to watch but I'm NOT HAPPY! In fact, if I lose this baby because of them, I'm out for blood! I already lost one under their practice and the Dr. I actually like is under her peers who are the ones that dictate the time of cerclaging and they refuse to do preventative unless they see an actual problem.

I DID find out the gender though. This is all so bitter-sweet for me. I want to shout it to the world what we're having and yet...I'm afriad of losing this one now too. It's just a waiting game and while I have more intervention than I had with our son Jackson jeffrey, The Dr.'s in this state take a conservative approach to stitching the cervix because they're aren't sure what causes what...if Incompetant cervix causes Preterm Labor or vise versa. They'd rather take the more conservative and less invasive approach.

So on with the gender: For those not interested I hid it with a spoiler for sensitivity reasons. I'm also taking the sonogram pic of the facial features out and will add this whole post to my journal if anyone wants to see the actual sonogram pic.

Spoiler

It's a Her name will be Amelia Carolynn. If you please, will you all keep us in your thoughts and prayers that Amelia will be born healthy at her due date either the last week of Sept. or 1st week of October?! We can use all the prayer we can get.

 

[gingerbread]

Titi your on my mind and in my heart hun. Praying for you.

Missy love the new pic! Its always great to get to see who I've been talking with for all these months & you both are adorable(although I will miss seeing those cute puggies everyday) Enjoy your wine as I will be doing the same!

Dwrgi I know what you mean about the $$ and salon! Being a brunette it is so easy to just do it myself(not to mention Im 95% gray and would break the bank keeping up with that) I didnt think that ladies hair looked so bad in the pics I saw I'm sure you look WAY better than her.(LOVE my redheads)

Redwine welcome..you found a great bunch here. FXd for your BFP!

HA thank you for all the advice. Have a great night tonight..maybe let your hair down & get a little wild!!

Skye still for your news!!!

Never,Padbrat,Lava,Jocr,FM,Lynnb,Luvy,Twinks(stay away from those scary threads),Nikki,Onmymind,Baby4Mj and the girls I will be kicking myself for forgetting HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!

 

[gingerbread]

MA just saw your post come through & I will be praying very hard for you & your baby. Such exciting news about the sex & LOVE the name you chose. Have a great weekend & will put in an extra prayer for you in church sunday!

 

[lavalux]

Skye,
Still smiling about your news!

Missyt,
I love your profile pic! I'm sorry about AF, but glad you have your day 3 appt set and will do another cycle. It's in part a timing game, right? Eventually we will have our little ones! In the meantime, red wine sounds like a good plan!

Baby4MJ & onmymind,
Good luck waiting to test! You are very patient. I really hope you both are late with your periods b/c you have a baby on board! I'm praying y'all get BFPs this cycle.

MA,
Thanks for your update. I'm glad that you are being well monitored and hope it gives you some measure of peace. What a perfect name!

Hi to FM, HA, Twinkle, Never, Padbrat, Ginger, and everyone else I forgot!

 

[luvmydoggies]

Hi Girls- Padbrat, labrat44,Baby4mj,Jennifer, Onmymind17,Twinkle,Mommys Angel,FutureMommie, Lynnb, Jocr, Dwrgi, Ginger, Skye,Lava

Welcome! to all the new ladies! You have come to the right place!

HappyAuntie- I would love to have twins or Irish Twins I will be 38 in June. Whatever God grants me, I will be blessed. Have fun tonight and enjoy the wine.

Missy- You and your dh are gorgeous! Love the new pic. I think you said you were going to try another IUI. I will be praying you get your bfp.

Tititimes- My heart is still breaking for you. I'm so sorry.

I am in the Kiwanis Club, here in my City. It is a volunteer organization which raises money for the children in our community. We do different fundraisers through the year to raise money. All this talk about wine, is why I'm bringing it up. We have a Wine&Moonlight fundraiser on Sunday. This is our biggest event for the year. Wineries,Food and live music at a beautiful restaurant that has a huge garden in the back. I will be working the event the whole day. So here is a toast to all of you! Praying that we all get our bfp's really soon!!! Have a great weekend-girls!

 

[missyt]

MA, praying for you and a healthy pregnancy and delivery.

Skye, still so happy for you! I knew it was going to happen for you this time.

Ginger, I finally felt comfortable to put a picture of us up. I know what you mean about seeing what "us girls" look like.

Lava, thanks for the encouragement. I do believe its all timing for all us. I'm staying positive this cycle since this is my 4th and one of my dear friends growing up got pg on her 4th IUI this past year.

Luvvie, that sounds like a wonderful time. I think its great when people take the time to volunteer for a benefit. I also believe in kharma; when you do good things for others, good things happen to you.

Hello to everyone else and enjoy your weekends!

 

[padbrat]

Tittimus.... so happy to hear from you. Day by day is all you can do hun and please know how sad all of us on here were to hear of your news... please be gentle on yourself xxxx

Missy so nice to see you!!

HA how was the wine chick? Gotta confess had more than 1 glass myself lol

MIL funeral on Monday so will be offline for a few days from tomorrow

 

[HappyAuntie]

Tittimus.... so happy to hear from you. Day by day is all you can do hun and please know how sad all of us on here were to hear of your news... please be gentle on yourself xxxx

Missy so nice to see you!!

HA how was the wine chick? Gotta confess had more than 1 glass myself lol

MIL funeral on Monday so will be offline for a few days from tomorrow

Ooh, it was so good!! Had a couple glasses of a nice Malbec - I love my reds!

Like you said to Titi, you be gentle on yourself, too - you two have certainly been through more than your fair share of grief....

 

[padbrat]

I have never tied a Malbec..... I wonder if I can get it in the UK?....hmmmm will look out for it!

 

[HappyAuntie]

ooh, it's my new favorite red! I had been on a merlot kick for a while before discovering malbec... it's very merlot-y... and very yumm-y!

 

[skye2010]

Hey giiirls,
Finally I can sit down for a good catch up Thank you so much for all the dancing jumping smileys. They made me soo happy. I hope I could do the same for each and everyone of you very very soon. Loads of sticky baby dust for all. I have been trying for so long without any joy that I had periods of complete darkness and thought I would never concieve. But I have I believe with all my heart that all of you will too. We will all hold our little most deserved babies one day in our arms. I wish us all that it is soon.

Titi I am still so sad for your little one and for yourself. I wish you all the strength you need.

Padbrat I am soo happy to see you back so soon. I admire how brave and strong you are. I almost cried when I read your post about your little son. I'm sure he is in heaven blowing little kisses to you. He will always be in your heart but I'm sure you will also have a little girl that you can hold one day. Hope you enjoyed the red wine. I dunno why but I've been wanting to have some for a couple of days now.

Onmymind and Baby4MJ you have similar bond with your dads. You are lucky they were at least proud at your wedding. Parents always get proud of seeing their little one's milestones. I'm sure they are still watching over your shoulders and will be proud when you have your baby. Onmymind I'm sure your daddy is holding hands with your little angels right now.

Dwrgi, I had a laugh over Gail as well hahaahaha!!! It will grow out before you know. What become of it in the end? Are you a flame head or still blonde? xx

Ginger Hahahhahahah! don't remember your first post but I bet I appreciated the advise. But I remember when I first saw your pict I thought, Ahaa! new sweet girl but how come the pict isn't ginger About the hair dye discussion my head is also % 80 white which no one can guess but need to dye every 2 weeks. Dunno what brand to use now. Will ask the graduate girls when I collect some courage to go there.

When are you testing? All my fx and toes crossed for you. AF like cramps can also mean embryo snuggling in so no worries unless they are really painful.

HA I always wondered what you do cause you are always so precise on all the info. I kind of guessed dr, nurse etc... So I wasn't far off

Lava, this week I had a lot happening to me. A good friend of mine came to visit (almost 39). She had started her IUI cycle just before my IVF and I never had a chance to catch up with her since 2 days ago. Basically she is not into researching and reading about what's going on so she just believes in herself and follows drs instructions which is really good in some ways. What I understand from the conversation is that her FSH levels were also high and she didn't have many follicles left. The stupid NHS specialist even tried to deny the treatment to her claiming she would decrease their results However she insisted and they went ahead with clomid. She produced one big egg and bam. BFP. First ever try with not very good hormone levels + some morphology issues with DH. The sad thing is she had a mc last sunday. After the tzx her progestrone levels or full blood count wasn't tested. They don't know the reason of the mc. It could be sthg as simple as she needed asprin who knows. Surprisingly she isn't that sad. She just believes that it will happen in the next cycle(I really hope so) But the point is it is possible to get pregnant with 1 juicy egg too. Where r u at with the tx now? xxxx

Hello Labrat and Jennifer, welcome to this thread. We really are like a family here so be sure you will be supported well. xxx

MA I am so happy for your news and a little worried about the cervix. At least you are being monitored quite closely. Are you resting up in the mean time. Please take it really really easy and just have little slow walks for exercise if necessary. Knowing what a busy bee you are I hope you don't keep doing things (cooking, sewing etc) which is all strain on your belly.

LynnB thank you for all your dancing bunnies. We will be bump buddies hopefully

FM , MrsJ, Twinkle, Desperado, Rowan Thank you so much.

Missy, wooow great pict. You and DH look so well suited. I'm really inspired with you updating on you own pict as well so this week I'll look for one of my own. I agree it's much nicer to chat when you know the face ) Good one for plucking Ginger from an all passers by thread Hahahahaaaa. You are the official HR of the thread now. Don't mind all the silly outside comments please. They don't know that in fact your DH has sperm issues. Also your DH is who you love and want a child with. Your pregnancy will be a joint work no matter who has the difficulty. You will have your own baby, hopefully very soon, than you will be a wonderful mum to both your stepson and your baby. Good luck on this IUI. I will pray that this should be the final one for you xxx

Luvy what a fun event. Chheeeers.

Girls all this talk about red wine is making me drool. HA I love a Malbec too. My favorite though is an Italian wine called Amarone. Only on very very special occasions cause it is really quite pricey (Xmass etc) but it tastes like berry juice and honey, not sweet. It's an amazing wine. Padbrat you can get Malbec in UK in almost every store. It is an Argentinian wine . But watch out there is a lot of different brands and sometimes the cheapy ones can be quite horrible so better get 8-9£ range in Malbec. In Argentina even the cheapest Malbec tastes like 25£ worth however the ones in UK for some reason can be quite awful. Maybe they just use the name and price it up or sthg. Not sure. Saying that I have had cheap and nice Malbec in UK too but it is pure luck.

I hope I managed to say Hi to all. If not will catch up soon. Girls if you don't mind I wanna stay on a bit untill I feel a bit more comfortable with this BFP, and perhaps lurk like MA even when I move cause I love you all and wanna see that you get your BFP's too.