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

[Asryellah]

Dwirgi - was it postcoital test they did? Or is there somekind of other? I need to ask my gyn. You were close with Sweden , I live in Finland. And this morning it was -22c so all you are having warm weather compared to this soooooo cold

LilSluz- I'm doing reflexology for infertility, my reflexologist is so awesome. She says shes "father" to many babies I've been there now for 6 times and 2 to go. I totally love it, and after a session I always have these weird tingling feelings in my uterus+ovaries. She did give me sepia officinalis pills for my short lutheal phase and it was in my last cycle already 12days, as it used to be 9-10 days. So totally do recommend, just find someone with good rep.

HA, lots of to you hanging in there with all those eggies. Hopefully one of themi is your baby2b there waiting...

 

[Dwrgi]

Asry,

I don't know whether these will help you. In the UK, this test was once done as a standard procedure, but has fallen out of usage. My friend certainly believes that this is what caused her infertility as on her very first IUI, she conceived.

-22: OMG!! I should imagine that you would have about 50 million layers on to keep warm in that!

https://www.amazingpregnancy.com/pregnancy-articles/244.html

https://www.fertilityexpert.co.uk/ThePostCoitalTest.html

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[purplelou]

Manuiti - welcome back, Ive missed you! as for your numbers, I don't really know what they mean, but as lilsluz said (i think) wait and see what your FS says before you dismiss yourself

HA - loads of eggies!!! sounds good, Ill be thinking of you tomorrow and corssing all limbs, eyes and toes for you! keep us updated!!

How is everyone else doing today?? I was going to say it's soo cold but then I read about the minus 22 degree weather in finland and suddenly it's seems quite tropical lol!

 

[purplelou]

AFM - nothing new to report really, I think I Ov'd 2 days ago, just waiting for FF to catch up and confirm, and I think the CBFM missed it I have read on several threads on the forum generally that it can happen if luteal surge is very short (since you are only testing once a day), but if I am right, then we dtd on O day and the 2 days before so fingers crossed.
Been to the hospital this am with dad to meet the oncologist who will be doing some radiotherapy on his back and pelvis, for pain control and in the hopes it will shrink his tumors down a little bit, because the one in his back is quite close the spinal cord, so that was lots of fun (not!) there is an awful lot of waiting around in hospitals, but luckily my work is very understanding so are letting me take some time off when needed so into the TWW..... I will not test, I will not test....

I probably will test

 

[purplelou]

I just read over what Asry said up there /\ /\
how amazing to think that one of those eggies HA, could be your babies - just waiting to happen!!!! It's so completely amazing when you think of it !

 

[Butterfly67]

PennyB I have to admit I started testing at 9dpo most of the time but the month of my bfp I tested at 10dpo and it was neg so I thought I was out and did not test again until AF was due

Manuiti, welcome back I have also heard that FSH can vary from month to month so this may change if you get another test. Having said that I am sure there is at least one lady on this board who has got pg with a similar FSH

HA, good luck with the egg collection, bet you can't wait to get them out and get on with it now they are so big!

 

[LilSluz]

HA – Good luck today darlin!!! Prayers & finger x’d!!!!

Asry – whoa! -22!? Yikes, I think you & I might be the extremes on here (except maybe Southern Hem.). Suppd to be 80F & sunny (sorry – I’ll send you some sunshine so maybe it will “warm you up to a balmy -10”!) ;-). My mom-in-law is Swedish, so similar area of the world, I guess. She’s a lot of fun. Thanks for Reflexology tip – I love to try new things espec. of the alternative/holistic nature these days. Altho keeping all options on table

Dwrgi – Thanks so much for the hostile CM article! Clomid totally messed w/my CM so that’s why I stopped (for now). Went from healthy CM to none whatsoever. Maybe I’ll take Rob. anyway just in case?

Purple – doing well considering AF due anytime now, thank you. How are you holding up these days, darlin?

Hello to everyone else & lots of to you today!

 

[LilSluz]

Purple - I think you posted while I was typing - got your update

 

[missyt]

Hi ladies, I have several comments so I hope I don't miss anyone.

Asry, you are special to me too! You're so sweet! (please see my comment to dwrgi below)

Dwrgi, I read a book on pH balance in the body which has to do with acidity and alkalinity in food. pH levels that are off can cause hostile CM. If you'd like I could post some of the information I found out on here or in my journal. Off the top of my head, meats are very acidic however, plant foods are the opposite. The key is to balance them. There are also pH tests you can buy in the drugstore and probably online to check you pH levels. Lemons are also very alkaline so when I know I'm eating meat, not only do I eat some veggies but I'll drink water with fresh lemon juice. That way I know I'm balancing. If you are intersted, a good book to read on this is Alkalize or Die by Theodore Baroody and also The pH Miracle by Rober Young. Basically what I took out of both books was to add more greens and less meat. So I make two smoothies a day with lots of greens and some fruit to sweeten naturally and make it taste good.

Lady H, I just ordered a ferning scope ovulation kit from amazon. My acupuncturist suggested it. I read up on it and they are supposedly more accurate than urine test OPK. You basically spit on a slide and look under the provided microscope and if your saliva has a ferning pattern it means you are about to ovulate. I figure its worth shot and also another level of accuracy if you are also using urine test OPKs, temp charting or other fertility monitors. It was inexpensive too.

Dashka, so happy to have you here too and I really appreciate all your knowledge!

Manuiti, high FSH doens't mean its the end. There is a really good book by Julia Indichova that I suggest you read called Inconceiveable. She was trying to get pregnant at age 42 with and FSH of 42. 7 specialists told her there was no way she'd be able to conceive on her own. She went on a personal quest to see what she could do to make herself healthier and lower her FSH. She ended up conceiving naturally 8 months later at age 43 and gave birth to her daughter at 44. She has 2 books out now and does workshops. I read her book after my failed IVF and I'm so glad I did because it pulled me out of my funk and gave me hope again.

Purple, I hope your dad is doing okay. You are such a good daughter.

 

[LilSluz]

Purple - does your dad need surgery, or can they even do it so close to the spinal cord? Metatastic? (sp?) That's scary!

I had 6 back surg's in 2010 & suffered 4 dural sac tears. That was scary enough (I was awake during all of them - some 4hr surg's too). But a tumor - yikes

Good luck & keep us posted?

 

[purplelou]

Purple - does your dad need surgery, or can they even do it so close to the spinal cord? Metatastic? (sp?) That's scary!

I had 6 back surg's in 2010 & suffered 4 dural sac tears. That was scary enough (I was awake during all of them - some 4hr surg's too). But a tumor - yikes

Good luck & keep us posted?

Hi Lilsluz, ouch - your back surgeries sound scary!! have you completely recovered now??

basically my dad has cancer which has spread all over, he's having palliative treatment now, so chemo (starting in 2 weekss) and radio to try and shrink the tumours and relieve pain and symptoms, the doctors are not really sure where the primary/original tumour is, but think it may have started in his pancreas or lung. thank you for asking
and ladies - thank you, I hope I don't go on about all this too much, I don't mean to make anyone sad

and missy - thank you hun, you did the same for your parents, so I know you understand.

 

[twinkle1975]

Purple - we're here for all the ups & downs - we don't TTC in a bubble - life still goes on around us & if we can support you with love & virtual cuddles we will xxxxx

 

[Asryellah]

Purple - you are such strong woman and a great daughter and you can go about your dad as much as you want. Or anything about yourself, you always consider everyone here first, you are such a sweetheart

Thanks Dwirgi for the info that is one thing I've wondered about my cm is it hostile killing all ..And about PH. I need to check out some literature about that thanks for the tip also Missy hugs I eat lots of sweets, wonder what that does to ph

Lilsluz thanks for the sunshine it's working already, it should only be like -5 on weekend. Yay!!!

 

[HappyAuntie]

Purple, because we love you, we care about what you're going through with your dad... taking care of each other on here means taking care of each other through think AND thin, and we are here to support you no matter what your needs are on any given day.

Sooooo, the full story is in my journal, but the short version is WE GOT EIGHT EGGS!!!!!!!! I am so so excited!! That's just a very basic number - no verdict on their quality of whether or not they're mature (I highly doubt all 8 of them are), but the fact that 8 were retrieved is GREAT news!! My dr was very very pleased!! Tomorrow morning they'll call with our fertilization report (that's also when they'll be able to tell us how many of the eggs were mature, and whether or not they ended up having to do ICSI), and we'll be doing a Day 5 transfer unless 3 or fewer fertilize.

I'm going to Bedfordshire (I love Bridget Jones!) to sleep off some of this post-anesthesia dizziness, but I'll be back online later to chat. Thank you all so much for your well-wishes and prayers and happy thoughts!!

xoxoxoxo

 

[purplelou]

you ladies are the greatest! Ever!! I just love you all !!!!

thank you xxxx

 

[purplelou]

HA - I am so pleased for you, 8 sounds like a great number, I am willing them to become beautiful juicy fat embies for you xxxx

 

[Dwrgi]

Purple, because we love you, we care about what you're going through with your dad... taking care of each other on here means taking care of each other through think AND thin, and we are here to support you no matter what your needs are on any given day.

Sooooo, the full story is in my journal, but the short version is WE GOT EIGHT EGGS!!!!!!!! I am so so excited!! That's just a very basic number - no verdict on their quality of whether or not they're mature (I highly doubt all 8 of them are), but the fact that 8 were retrieved is GREAT news!! My dr was very very pleased!! Tomorrow morning they'll call with our fertilization report (that's also when they'll be able to tell us how many of the eggs were mature, and whether or not they ended up having to do ICSI), and we'll be doing a Day 5 transfer unless 3 or fewer fertilize.

I'm going to Bedfordshire (I love Bridget Jones!) to sleep off some of this post-anesthesia dizziness, but I'll be back online later to chat. Thank you all so much for your well-wishes and prayers and happy thoughts!!

xoxoxoxo

Attagirl, Happy! Finger crossed now that they all fertilize and you get even better news tomorrow!!

Sleep well hunni,
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Another classic quote to cheer us all up even more! We got to keep laughing now, for HA's eggs!!!
Shazzer: Introduce people with thoughtful details. Such as: "Sheila, this is Daniel. Daniel, this is Sheila. Sheila enjoys horse-riding and comes from New Zealand. Daniel enjoys publishing and comes..."
Bridget: ...all over your face?

 

[Pennyb]

Hi lovely ladies.

Something weird has happened and I need your expert advice. I am 4-5DPO I have just been to the toilet and when I wiped there was a small amount of bright red blood. It's way to early for AF. I have read implantation bleed is brown, so is I am a bit stumped on this !

Any suggestions

 

[purplelou]

ohh penny - when I managed to get pregnant I had some pinkish/reddish spotting that happened around 5-7 DPO. I didn't know then but I think it ws probably implantation bleeding, so fingers crossed for you!!

 

[Dwrgi]

Purple-I hope your father is coping with everything. I think you sound like a BRILLIANT daughter! I have no idea what's going on with your CBFM and FF, I gave up on temping yonks ago as I always have OV cramps to tell me when I ovulate, and of course, the JT inspired EWCM. Sounds as if you DTD at the right time, so fingers crossed for catching that eggy! Big hugs to you hun, Axxxx

Missy-that's fascinating information, I had no idea. My OH LIVES on sweets and sugary drinks so his bits and pieces must be incredibly acidic, would you say?? I STILL blame his for our problems. Grrrrr. I realise this isn't EXACTLY a mature view! I may very well dig that book out and have a read. You are an inspiration!! Big hugs to you hun, Axxxxx

Does anybody watch 'Cougar Town'? They're showing Series 1 (and probably 2 is coming up) on Sky Living cos I assume they are about to launch Series 3. I loves loves LOVES it-really cracks me up!

And this is for Happy:

(Nearest thing I could find on here to do with disco balls and dancing!)

Lots of love to you all!