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

[chickenchaser]

HitTheJackpot - Hi hun I'm here but just finding it all a little over whelming at the moment and you ladies write so fast I just get to the point where I think I have a hold on what is going on with everyone, then you start talking charting and that totally throws me off Stay with me I will get there eventually
"frozen pop!" Make sure to defrost it properly, you dont want to get a chill I hope you are feeling better soon.

LilSluz - Thank you

froliky2011 - Yes it was the contraceptive implant, 2, 1 after each other, hence the 6 years. It is common for it to stop AF and I agree with you it isn't very natural but it was the best option for me at the time. We would have loved to TTC earlier but it just would have been right, it's a very long story, but we are here and fully ready. Thanks for your kind words

You ladies have all been so lovely to me, Thank you

 

[LilSluz]

Am now panicking massively...

Still have EWCM days 17-20..... but have never have OV pains... this has thrown all my plans for June into turmoil....

Pad goes and has a massive panic flap.....

No panicking allowed there, Mrs. Pad! Its your 1st month & you have a lot of "open circles" so are you temping way diff than normal times or sleep deprived? (it will give you open circles & sometimes may change the line to skip those days). Try to record your EWCM in your chart (unless its just that we can't see it) & see what happens bc FF uses that as a "Primary Ov Indicator" - even more important than OPKs

Worse comes to worst, if it doesn't appear that you ov'd, we all apparently get those cycles - I get 1/yr (hence being put on Clomid last yr - after only 1 annov cycle...). It doesn't mean you are perimenopausal, it is entirely natural. Only if you had addl cycles showing the same would you even worry, but since you are getting EWCM... I would not worry at all at this point! (also I ov'd CD28 last Nov - no lie, had 43-day cycle) This is your dry-run anyway...

You're the one that's a Rockstar!

 

[LilSluz]

Oh just to clarify - your chart shows C CM vs EWCM...?

 

[dashka]

Lils- thanks hun.... you are too funny... I hope the cramping stops! Wow your DH's business sounds interesting... GL in NYC... Just remember if YOU are his PR person - he will totally SUCCEED!!!
wow so many Duran Duran fans on here! yes the place is really called "CasinoRama" -it's out in the boonies too... I've never been -but it's huge if you gamble.

Chicken - you'll get the hang of things soon enough!

Pad - no panic! Breathe Breathe.... (that goes for you too Lils!)You are getting charting 101 from Lils... she has taught me a lot!

xoxo

 

[padbrat]

Awww Dash and Lils... I think I would go crazy if you hadn't posted... have just breathed a sigh of relief...

Thanks guys!

Lils I looked for EWCM on the cervical section and could only find creamy version... so assumed that must be it... I guess I was wrong... so where do I find this my FF guru?? LOL

 

[nessaw]

hi my ov days have varied btwn cd10 & 14 but more towards 11/12 than 13/14. but only been doing it 6/7months.

I also had period pain like cramps every month for the yr after coming off the injection and my af starting again which I def didnt have last time I came off it.this has got me worried there might be something along the cyst line wrong.

am a bit worried af might show before thurs blood tests-typical!!

love to all x

 

[LilSluz]

Awww Dash and Lils... I think I would go crazy if you hadn't posted... have just breathed a sigh of relief...

Thanks guys!

Lils I looked for EWCM on the cervical section and could only find creamy version... so assumed that must be it... I guess I was wrong... so where do I find this my FF guru?? LOL

Click into each day you need to change it & there should be on the very 1st (temp) screen a drop-down menu for Cervical Fluid & it should have watery, Creamy, Egg White, dry, Sticky on there (not in that order, but does yours have it?) & then save, of course. Yeah, only W & EWCM are considered fertile CM so FF won't consider that as a primary sign if it says Creamy. Its the same place you would find Creamy, so that's weird if its not showing!?

Will check back later on you, (well, tomorrow, I guess as you are probably ) No worries, dahling!

 

[froliky2011]

thanks Fro..... I feel better about ovulating early .... You didn't have any meds with your IUI did you? I am seeing my doctor in 2 weeks to get a referral for a clinic... may try IUI in a few months once I get the app't... we'll see

YIPPEEE!!!! I got Duran Duran tickets!!! we go on Sept.1st .... I know it's far away but I'm so excited as I've never seen them in concert and this summer I'll be seeing my favourite current band (ColdPlay) and my favourite band from my teenage years - Duran Duran.... Whoo HOO!!! Pretty sad that DDuran is playing at CasinoRama (at at Casino)... that's where all the 80's bands end up!

I did not take any meds. I was on progesterone after o but taken off it as it did not sit well with my body (thank goodness..ugh, can't stand that stuff). Been free of meds ever since. You have only been trying naturally this whole time? Has DH had a SA?

Enjoy the concert!! Ahh, the 80's. I listen to my satellite radio and flip between 70s on 7, 80s on 8 and 90s on 9 and it never fails for those stations to put a smile on my face and even make me laugh and of course jam out in the car.

 

[agape love]

Alright ladies....so no testing for me except the scan I had today.
CD18 and for the first time I have ovulated. So excited and hopeful. I will try not to stress but I can't lie I probably will drive you all crazy. Right now I am just happy to have the chance to get pregnant. It has been a long road and DH is such a love ( he has 3 kids ). I just want this so bad as I know we all do.

Wishing you all baby dust and sticky vibes. First ovulation now let's get a BFP.

Ticker is wrong...ovulated Sunday cd16 and 2dpo

 

[LilSluz]

Agape - Welcome to the 2WW

 

[drsquid]

found this interesting https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...adult-daughters-freeze-eggs-babies-later.html

 

[LilSluz]

found this interesting https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...adult-daughters-freeze-eggs-babies-later.html

My parents couldn't even afford to pay for my contact lenses (forget college!), so they definitely wouldn't have been these grandparents! (would be nice...)

I looked into it "a little" when I was trying to con my lil sister out of an egg one day , as I made the point that she can freeze a bunch & give a couple to me. She said she would be happy to do it because she doubts she'll start a family until her late 30's, but its so expensive & so new w/o any real history of success? Not that I could find/read anyway - did you find much in the way of success stories???

Were you thinking about freezing? I would think that the key would be a really, really highly reputable company...

 

[drsquid]

heh no im 39.. just saw it today. would make more sense to freeze them at like 24

 

[froliky2011]

Hey, I just watched this on PBS.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec11/madeinindia_08-04.html

Going to Sweet dreams...

 

[purplelou]

good morning hope everyone is well. the sun is shining here!! (I know wow - we has SNOW yesterday!!) and it's quite warm.
my colleague is holiday the rest of the week so Im all on my lonesome, so Im cheekily reading all the posts in between actual work.

big to all!!

 

[Dwrgi]

Lil - Really? Dang, if I had known that, I would have gotten sick on purpose! heheh

Grkprn - Clomid is going fine. I had the worst moodiness yet though this round on days 2&3 of the clomid (cd6&7). I had poor DP stymied because I kept crying over everything! Otherwise, all is fine. My ovaries should start hurting any day now Thanks for the well-wishes re: being sick. It does seem like sooo many people have it right now. Even my boss stayed home today with the same thing. Apparently it is good to be the boss You try to keep healthy... this is miserable!

My follicle check is scheduled for Saturday morning, and if that goes as planned, then IUI will be on Monday the 21st. How about you? Do you have any of your appts scheduled yet?

My follicle check is scheduled for next Monday the 21st -- woo hoo! An exciting day for both of us! Wishing you the best on Saturday!

Is this for IUI? Good luck to you!

Incidentally, does grkprn mean anything? It's really hard to remember-I need another word to connect it to you in my brain!

 

[Dwrgi]

Dwrgi - so funny LOL!! - I'm sure it will be amazing the seats are pretty good - It will bring back 'my youth' I'm sure and probably some EWCM too!!! hee heee

So are your references to JA - John Taylor?

Yes, absolutely! JT adorned my bedroom walls as a teenager, and I still find him VERY sexy!!! Oooo la la!! Love looking at pics of him when they first started out-those eyes, those cheekbones, those tight trousers!!!!!!! And, like I said, I had one of the few times of EWCM (without medical assistance) after seeing them live, and standing there, drooling over him!!!! I am sure yo9u will have a great time! xxx

 

[Dwrgi]

Well I am pleased you are all as confused as me about my chart... sorry Dwrgi feel a little better that yours is a bloody rollercoaster too! LOL

I thought I would OV cd 19.... maybe I didn't....maybe I haven't Ov'd at all...OMG am I menopausal????? OMG NOOOO!!

Am now panicking massively...

Still have EWCM days 17-20..... but have never have OV pains... this has thrown all my plans for June into turmoil....

Hit hope you feel better soon hun! I suffer with sinusitis too .... it is horrible!

COME ON ZARA!!!!

Dash how are you chicken? And you Fro?

Lils you are an absolute star in all ways and I wish I could have come to Bath to see you... but Butterfly, Dwrgi and Purps will have to give you a big hug from me!

Am now worried.... even Butterfly doesn't know what is going on......

Pad goes and has a massive panic flap.....

I know exactly how you feel! This has thrown me too, as I'm thinking that I'm not ovulating each month, that I'm perimenopausal.... yada yada. But, realistically speaking, we need to have a few months of data to compare before we make absolute judgements, so hang in there hun!!! If you are still unsure, is it worth seeing your GP and asking for day 21 bloods to check that you have ovulated???? Might put your mind at rest...

Big

 

[Dwrgi]

Am now panicking massively...

Still have EWCM days 17-20..... but have never have OV pains... this has thrown all my plans for June into turmoil....

Pad goes and has a massive panic flap.....

No panicking allowed there, Mrs. Pad! Its your 1st month & you have a lot of "open circles" so are you temping way diff than normal times or sleep deprived? (it will give you open circles & sometimes may change the line to skip those days). Try to record your EWCM in your chart (unless its just that we can't see it) & see what happens bc FF uses that as a "Primary Ov Indicator" - even more important than OPKs

Worse comes to worst, if it doesn't appear that you ov'd, we all apparently get those cycles - I get 1/yr (hence being put on Clomid last yr - after only 1 annov cycle...). It doesn't mean you are perimenopausal, it is entirely natural. Only if you had addl cycles showing the same would you even worry, but since you are getting EWCM... I would not worry at all at this point! (also I ov'd CD28 last Nov - no lie, had 43-day cycle) This is your dry-run anyway...

You're the one that's a Rockstar!

What's an 'open circle'?????! Good advice to Pad (and me)-thanks for that!

 

[purplelou]

Am now panicking massively...

Still have EWCM days 17-20..... but have never have OV pains... this has thrown all my plans for June into turmoil....

Pad goes and has a massive panic flap.....

No panicking allowed there, Mrs. Pad! Its your 1st month & you have a lot of "open circles" so are you temping way diff than normal times or sleep deprived? (it will give you open circles & sometimes may change the line to skip those days). Try to record your EWCM in your chart (unless its just that we can't see it) & see what happens bc FF uses that as a "Primary Ov Indicator" - even more important than OPKs

Worse comes to worst, if it doesn't appear that you ov'd, we all apparently get those cycles - I get 1/yr (hence being put on Clomid last yr - after only 1 annov cycle...). It doesn't mean you are perimenopausal, it is entirely natural. Only if you had addl cycles showing the same would you even worry, but since you are getting EWCM... I would not worry at all at this point! (also I ov'd CD28 last Nov - no lie, had 43-day cycle) This is your dry-run anyway...

You're the one that's a Rockstar!

What's an 'open circle'?????! Good advice to Pad (and me)-thanks for that!

On Pad's chart - she has some dots (temps) which are white circles - FF marks them like that if you tell it your temp was taken at a different time to normal. - it might be that ifthey are taken at very different times, that could be making her chart look a bit odd