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

[purplelou]

DrS - good luck with this cycle hun! Ill keep my fingers crossed for you xxx

good morning to everyone else!
and....

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!


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especially UK ladies - who may be having a nice long weekend

Big loves xx

 

[tigerlily1975]

DrS - good luck with this cycle hun! Ill keep my fingers crossed for you xxx

good morning to everyone else!
and....

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!


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especially UK ladies - who may be having a nice long weekend

Big loves xx

It's so nice of the UK government to give the nation two days off for my 37th Birthday!

Have a good one, lovelies!

C xx

 

[purplelou]

Aww - Happy Birthday C
I mean ...

Happy Birthday!!


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and we should be thanking you for sharing your special day with us, the nation

 

[Honeybee73]

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[Asryellah]

Happy Birthday Tigerlily !!!!!
I'd love to take off few days also cos of your B-day

DrS, sorry to hear all the mess with creditcard and bleeds etc. I really hope this one pays off now and works its magic for you

Dashka, so glad to read you got your spirits up This thread is so great and supportive. So many smart women here! Maybe there is a great business idea there to open up a 999- "HotLine" for ppl ttc:ing

Spoiler

I got my doppler yesterday and DID find a heartbeat!!!! First I found one which was slower and quite low, my own.. OH already got tired of it and went to watch tv and then I found it!! This quite high fiufiufiufiu sound which was fast amazing..

HTJ- beautiful horse

Happy weekend ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[purplelou]

Bumblebee - I would say theres always a small chance you are fertile.
how long since you stopped the contraceptive pill??
It took a couple of months before my cycle settled down after I stopped.
keep an eye on the cm though - because if you see watery or egg white cm there's a good chance you are fertile then

Good luck hun

I've been off about a month and have had 2 bleeds in this time, the second one was just after my due ovulation day! Now the chart restarted as if I had AF where as just before I had loads of ewcm. Trouble is now I have had another 6 days of a kind of AF I don't know what's happening and I guess I am clutching at straws.

How is it some people can get pregnant on the pill with an accident and then when you look into it they say there is only 3 or 4 days a month you can get pregnant

I know - pure damn lucky I 'd say!
anyway - don't panic at all. it took about 2 months for me to have a regular cycle, and reading a lot of threads (there is actually a cerazette thread on this forum- but the ladies were a lot younger than me) and that seems about average. keep charting and I bet youll see a much more regular cycle soon, although I know you're probably impatient -I know I was

Big

 

[purplelou]

Asry - I love your spoiler chick

 

[Dwrgi]

Honey-I know this is extremely exhausting, but the people in the know say that we should be BDing every two days anyway to catch that eggy! If you're not sure, have a go! You'll get super fit too and be super bonded to DH!!! P.S. Really hope that the bleeding calms down soon, Axx P.P.S., am going to take Purps' lead and call you Bumble from now on!!!!

Dashka-glad that you seem a bit more relaxed about everything, it is quite overwhelming if you over-analyze anything, and when it comes to TTC, well, permanent high blood pressure, I'd say, as it's frought with anxiety! Can understand your reasons and your reasoning re. IUI vs IVF. If we had the money, I think we'd all just keep on IVFing till we get our own bbs, as in Celine Dion example! (Cow). Hope you have a lovely relaxing weekend, and big hugs to you! xx

Tiger-Happy Birthday Hun!! Have a great day!



Dr S-good luck with the IVF! Glad the credit card company was onto that transaction straight away!

Asry-your spoiler is amazing, so pleased for you. I would have been crying!

Hello everybody! Have a great weekend, and Brit girls, enjoy the super long Bank Holiday!!!!

AFM-big temp drop today, feeling very tired and emotional so am sure hag bag AF is around the corner. Of course she is.

 

[Honeybee73]

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[HitTheJackpot]

It's Friday... finally. However, it isn't starting off so well...

Traffic sucked donkey toes. It’s POURING and I got SOAKED when I stopped for a bagel this morning. My office is an icebox, so now I’m wet AND cold. My shoulder feels like it is on fire from an injury I suffered a few days ago, so make that WET, COLD, and IN PAIN. Add SLEEP DEPRIVED, HORMONAL, and BLOATED to that list. *WAHHHHH* I wanna go hooooommmmmmmmeeeeeee and crawl back under the covers with DP and the pups!

Ok, now that that's out of the way, we can continue with our regular programing:

Morning Girls!!!

So last night was miserable... I woke up at 2am because my right nipple (???) was so sore that just brushing against my sheets (yes, I sleep nude )was painful. Painful enough to wake me from a deep sleep. Of course, that got my little brain going re: tww and I had myself awake until 5:30 am (my alarm went off at 5:55 am, of course). So, at 2, I got up and went to the bathroom, had a few gulps of water and laid back down. Twenty minutes later, I realized that it wasn't likely that I was going back to sleep, and thinking that it had been long enough since my water, I went ahead and took my temp. It was 97.6 (which is low for the trend I have been on with my temps) ... so I laid in bed and stared at the ceiling until 5:30 with no water and no getting out of bed, at all. Very little tossing and turning. I took my temp again and it was 98.1 ... so which one should I use?

Wow... this post was all about me... sorry about that

 

[grkprn]

It's Friday... finally. However, it isn't starting off so well...

Traffic sucked donkey toes. It’s POURING and I got SOAKED when I stopped for a bagel this morning. My office is an icebox, so now I’m wet AND cold. My shoulder feels like it is on fire from an injury I suffered a few days ago, so make that WET, COLD, and IN PAIN. Add SLEEP DEPRIVED, HORMONAL, and BLOATED to that list. *WAHHHHH* I wanna go hooooommmmmmmmeeeeeee and crawl back under the covers with DP and the pups!

Ok, now that that's out of the way, we can continue with our regular programing:

Morning Girls!!!

So last night was miserable... I woke up at 2am because my right nipple (???) was so sore that just brushing against my sheets (yes, I sleep nude )was painful. Painful enough to wake me from a deep sleep. Of course, that got my little brain going re: tww and I had myself awake until 5:30 am (my alarm went off at 5:55 am, of course). So, at 2, I got up and went to the bathroom, had a few gulps of water and laid back down. Twenty minutes later, I realized that it wasn't likely that I was going back to sleep, and thinking that it had been long enough since my water, I went ahead and took my temp. It was 97.6 (which is low for the trend I have been on with my temps) ... so I laid in bed and stared at the ceiling until 5:30 with no water and no getting out of bed, at all. Very little tossing and turning. I took my temp again and it was 98.1 ... so which one should I use?

Wow... this post was all about me... sorry about that

Holy smokes!! Sounds like my night...and day! I woke up at 3:30 am, took my temp and it was 97.7, went to the bathroom and then went back to sleep and took my temp again at 6:30 am and it was 98.34. I'm using the second one, because I usually take my temp around 7:00 am anyhow. My nipples are sore too! And the traffic?? Crazy, wild traffic driving to work this morning...60 degrees and rainy! I'm missing the warm sunny weather from last weekend!

I'd use the last one, especially since you weren't tossing and turning. Are you still planning on testing this weekend?? Sending lots of

 

[LilSluz]

Hi ladies! I shall; crawl out of my hole for a little longer today & attempt to post more. Using the 3-page method so anyone who didn’t post gets a general shout-out as I am suffering from CRS right now!

Purps – Wonky eye, wow! Have you been picking & eating funny mushrooms by any chance? We may have to call you Crazy Eyes! (Mr Deeds) Lucky you guys for getting off 2 days for jubilee! When our govt ever calls for a day off (only when a Prez dies), private biz’s could give a rats a$$ & they all make their employees work anyway. That’s very nice that private biz’s observe govt/bank holidays.

HTJ – beautiful horse & bless your soul for saving his lil life! You also crack me up – love your humor. Btw, I am sure that if you went up on that roof & told the roofers what you were trying to do, you’d get several offers & it would be FREE! But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. Honestly, you should use the temp where you got the most sleep & then adjust it by .2F per hour so I would prob start w/the 97.6. P.S. – No wonder they are sore, stop playing with your boobs! Found it – this is BBT Adjuster calculator Purps gave to us: https://www.whenmybaby.com/basalbodytemperature.php

Dwrgi – I really hope that effing pimply hairy stays away!!! That makes me also wonder if something was trying but couldn’t implant? Remind me which Immunes you did bc I remember you saying they only did some? Btw, when we meet up in Bath, you may have to lay down on the ground, forearms forward & tongue hanging out of your mouth for me to recognize you! My entire mental picture of you all of this time resembles a husky for some reason???

Dashka – I am so glad that you are feeling better, honey I think you will be happily surprised that things will eventually work out & the stars will align in your favor. Hopefully the Jan referral can get you started on testing & such (but jeezy-preezy it’s been almost 6 months for that one!)

Agent Butterfly – PERFECT timing there lil lady!!! Absolutely perfect! (take a bow) When we meet in Bath, we shall discuss our charting consulting biz! However, we will be generous & give it to these fine ladies for free, I guess . I guess we will have to swap pics or just whoever gets to Springs café first, reserve a table for a small group of girls & make it under The BNB Group???

LadyH – Are you coming? I think I know what happened – I sent a PM out to you bc I know you don’t get on here often, but I sent it to LadyH instead of Lady H So, we may have a LadyH stranger meeting us there, too! Although she never got back to me… Hope you are enjoying reprieve from BNB.

Fro – wow, chickie – running AND yoga training? Holy Smokes! Hey Happy Hurricane Season (1st day today). I’m sick of all of this rain. I haven’t been able to exercise in weeks bc I have to do it in the morning or won’t fit it in. I hope you are feeling weel these days, but it sounds like you are – big

Asry – Awwwwww!!!! LOVE the spoiler! I can’t believe you found it already – wow!!! That’s so awesome honey. I hope you are feeling well

Pad – I PM’d you about Florida. Expecting 32-35C daily, so be careful. It is way hotter upo there then it is down here (& we are 3.5 hrs south) because Orlando is in the middle of the state so it doesn’t get coastal breezes. But the upside to the heat is that you don’t even need a suitcase – just grab some string & a few pieces of material & your whole wardrobe could fit into your purse! Na, do bring a couple long sleeves bc they freeze you out w/the A/C here. Thinkin Pink!!! I hope FL works its magic on you! (You can always grab tinkerbell at the Magic Kingdom & beat the fair dust out of her! Just sayin…)

Bee – (now I'm confused btw honey & bumble but I know it was a bee!) you have been thru hell, honey. But so glad you turned it all into a positive & now counsel others! I think that is so great Just be patient with those cycles, it will even out soon. But my question is if you don’t see DH but every 10 days, how are you going to catch those 3-4 fertile days each cycle? How far away is he? I’d go for it with bc you never know & you know you’ll never get pregs without , so… GL

DrS – Jeez, those thieves are idiots if they immed went for a $5000 item? Not very experienced, thank God. Funny you are arguing w/Dr over what you guys see on u/s. I can totally see that! I have no medical background whatsoever & was telling dr what to do before the hystero. He said thanks for telling me how to do my job & asked where I got my doctorate & I said Google U. He cracked up It always amazes me how u/s techs & Rad’s can see 12 dark spots on u/s & pick out one & say it’s a cyst How the heck do you tell the diff? Guess that’s why you guys get the big bucks! Good luck with those meds! Keeping everything crossed!

Nessaw – GL with Day21 bloods! Yeah, a lot of us are staying at our jobs for the benefits & just making the most of it… I know it can suck but the alternative is worse

Agape – so glad you ovulate now yes, symptom spotting is cruel for most of us. It can be fun for some who can take the let-down, but for others, we have to protect ourselves & not get hopes up. I even know my exact symptoms as I get them immediately (& have been pregs 4x now), but still I try not to get hopes up… Hope this next cycle is much nicer on you!

Chicken – hope your TWW goes by REAL fast! It helps to keep busy, plan fun things, get a hobby, etc. Oh, and now I know you were the one who said things happen for a reason

GreekPorn – my Dr & some other research said anything above 10 is fine even after pregs, but I also wonder about it. I wonder if maybe it is “ok” but that 20+ would be more optimal for pregs/implant? Dunno those answers (yet) so i typically supp 2WW w/prog cream just in case. Oh, just saw your post & I’d give same temping advice as I gave HTP.

Tiger - Happy Birthday!!!

All the other BNB ladies out there! TGIF & Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! And UK ladies, enjoy that 4-day wknd - awesome!

Aw jeez, this is much longer than I intended Will put short update on myself in next post...

 

[LilSluz]

Ok, so AFM, I am ok. I have been working a lot (as penalty for daring to take a 10-day vacation), dealing w/DH's biz's & "trying" to get my stuff together for UK trip. Beyond that, was in quite a funk that I am hoping is lifting, albeit slowly. I did go to reiki so that helped with some healing the other night & I brought you all with me. btw, anyone else want to go on the reiki list? It's a form of energy healing that can be done long distance. I am bringing you all with me to stonehenge too, so maybe the ancient gods will heal us all!

So, I am STILL waiting for Level 2's when lab called me & said there was a "lab error" like it was something scientific. Bullsh**, they lost my frkn sample! (for one of the tests only) So I get to go back in on Monday, take off work again & retake that one Dr should be calling me soon, re: the other 2. On a better note, I have an appt w/IVF Florida on 6/20 when I get back. They do deal with RMC's & MTHFR/clotting disorders, so we'll see what they say

I've been cheating on you guys a little with the RMC thread (I'll admit even before lovely Butterfly & Dwrgi recommended) Pad is there so I have a friendly face. But I am learning even more about Immunes as many of them have those issues. This one poor beautiful soul has Immunes issues & she has had 12 mc's & two stillborns OMG, my heart just sinks & my soul just cries for her! And there are plenty of others with large amounts mc's & I just have no words to make it better... On the one hand, it is great to be there for them, always great to meet new people, see how others get on & find out lots of stuff (God, these poor girls!) but on the other hand it scares the sh** out of me bc I am not strong enough to handle something like that... They are so strong! I think if I had one more I'd be done & DH definitely wouldn't have with me ever again .

What I have gathered however is that if you have any of these Immunity issues, you may never get preg on your own or RMC over & over, but that there is treatment for just about every single one of them & some are very, very successful. So, if anyone who is LTTC or RMC & gets pushback from Dr, demand them or find another one. At our age, we really don't have the luxury of taking our time...


'Lils

 

[HitTheJackpot]

Thanks for the kind words re: Mojito everyone. He really is a joy and I think he saved me as much as I saved him!

Ohhh Lils! I love that calculator! THANKS!! It gave me my adjusted temp at 98.28 so that 5:30am temp of 98.10 was pretty close as I normally temp at 5:55am. Right on! I was concerned when I first charted the 97.6 and it showed a definite downward trend ... but the adjusted one is much better Oh, and count me in on that reiki list! energy work and healing! I get reiki massages on a regular basis!

And you made me spew my water all over my desk with your "You can always grab tinkerbell at the Magic Kingdom & beat the fair dust out of her! Just sayin…" comment... I needed a squeegie just to be able to see my monitor after that one! The mental image I got from that one was just tooo much! You should have seen the looks my co-workers gave me when I LOLed!

Dwrgi - No, that's not me in the pic. That's DP, actually... and she's only 4' 11", so don't think that my horse is a giant or anything

Asry - How amazing!! I can't wait until each and everyone of us gets to hear that sound of our very own! I am so dang happy for you I can't stand it!

Greek porn - OMG! We could have been living the same life this morning! Here in Ohio, we're singin' in the today. We REALLY need it though... my beautiful green lawn was starting to turn brown. Yes, testing this weekend. Sunday if I can hold out that long What about you?

 

[LilSluz]

And you made me spew my water all over my desk with your "You can always grab tinkerbell at the Magic Kingdom & beat the fair dust out of her! Just sayin…" comment... I needed a squeegie just to be able to see my monitor after that one! The mental image I got from that one was just tooo much! You should have seen the looks my co-workers gave me when I LOLed!

I totally got a visual on your visual! Pad would probably do it too, so look out for "Crazy British Woman beats the Sh** out of Tinkerbell for Pink Fairy Dust to, Quote 'Get Her Pregnant with a Girl' - News at 11"

(reiki - Ok, you are officially added!)

 

[dashka]

Hello ladies!

Hope all is well… It seems it’s raining all over the planet today!! Raining so hard here today (and going to all day and weekend….) RATS! And the traffic has also been horrendous these last few weeks… Like they say – there are 2 seasons in Canada (when it comes to driving) –winter and construction season! I was also waking up a lot last few nights – hmmmm kind of weird we’re all having the same symptom… but for me happens a lot the week before AF (don’t sleep as well).

Lils – OMG girl – what is with these labs!!???? They did the same thing to me in January – called me to say that one out of 13 vials – didn’t go in the fridge (as that test needs to be refrigerated and someone didn’t do it) – so had to go back and get it done…. Do these people think we have all the time in the world for this crap?! Glad you have checked out the RMC thread –sounds like you are learning a lot there – I can’t believe how much courage those women have that you mentioned! Hope you don’t have to work too hard to make up for your vacation (I’m very similar –but more upon my return from vacation) – You are leaving next week Thursday right? Hope you have a FAB time and thanks for keeping us in your thoughts in reiki and when you’re in Stonehenge…

Dwrgi – thanks hun! Yes ‘anxiety’ is sometimes my middle name , but I’m getting better over the years…. 10 years of TTC has desensitized me a little and instead of crying for a few days when AF comes – it just more like a short couple of hours and I usually feel better the next day as long as I get it out. But I get my ‘worrying’ from my mom! She is a ‘worrier’ too. I really hope the old hag bag AF stays away hun – but if not do something really nice for yourself and hope you don’t have to work on reports too much….xoxo


Tigerlily – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Asry – LOVE the spoiler!!! So happy for you right now!

Dr. S – wow I hate that stupid credit card crap! Glad they caught it though… and good luck with all the meds – sounds like a lot… I don’t know if I could do 3 injections/day.. I’m thinking it would be hard to do one….I really hope this is the one for you! Good luck on your sonohysterogram Monday!

Honeybee – hope you can somehow manage to see OH more frequently or that the stars align and ovulation happens at the right time… Once your cycles start getting regular again and you can predict ovulation – would you be able to take a day off every month so you would be sure to see OH at the right time? I know what you mean re: timing though – it is so frustrating – I love it when fertile time occurs on the weekend cause MIL isn’t here on Friday/Sat.nights and makes it a lot easier!

HTJ and Grkprn – GL testing in a few days!!

Hello to everyone I missed! Hope all is well…

AFM – CD14 today – no sign of AF yet – but I know Mother Nature is playing a nasty trick on me…. No cramping yet either but since yesterday I feel more ‘wet’down there (TMI) and then go check and nothing…. No symptoms but bbs still a bit sore (usually gone by now)… But temp dropped this morning so she’ll be here soon I know it….
Oh I almost forgot - tonight MIL goes home and won't be back at our house until September!!! WHOO HOO!! She goes to her place in Europe for 3 months (starting next week I will drive AD to my parents' house before work) Then in September AD will go to nursery school 2 days/week so MIL will only stay with us for 3days/week... (Hopefully)

Now BD'ing will be a little easier!

Take care and have a lovely weekend everyone!

and a Happy long-weekend to the UK ladies!
xoxo

 

[LilSluz]

If we had the money, I think we'd all just keep on IVFing till we get our own bbs, as in Celine Dion example! (Cow).

I forgot about this one - CRACKED me up!!!

I've been a twp (intellectually challenged) so I also meant to give you big cwtchs (hugs)!

 

[Butterfly67]

You ladies make me laugh. Which is good.

 

[LilSluz]

Dashka - YAY for news on MIL leaving & then only PT when she comes back!!! Raining here too - still - after 2 weeks. Hope that pimple-face, hairy armpit, unibrow, stinky, scum-bag b stays away from my Dashka!!!!

Great memory, wow! Yes, I leave next Thurs night & get into London Fri morning at like 7am? Crap, if I don't get some work done I'll be working this wknd. Yeah, I'll pay for it upon my return as well. I swear you just put in the same amount of hours before & after vacation anyway, right?!

 

[dashka]

oops I just noticed I put "AFM - CD14".... I meant 14 DPO !!