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

[BabyBean14]

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[emily405]

Butterfly - I read a few days' worth in your journal. I have my fingers crossed for you. There are so many interesting stories of how you are all here.

Maddy40 - I may be new at this but I have a pretty good idea how you all might feel when others get pregnant so easily. My sister was under 30 when she had her only child, but she went through 1.5 years of infertility first and she had to watch many friends and colleagues simply stop taking the pill one month and guess what! pregnant next month. Or not even trying, just simply have unplanned pregnancies. She found herself unable to attend baby showers or hold babies for a while. Even better, she worked in a profession dominated by women in their twenties and thirties so she was surrounded by pregnant women and women who were on maternity leave just stopping by the workplace to show off their newborns and it was really hard on her. So while I am sure you are happy for those who have been trying a while, it's probably hard when someone pops in to say "Oh, I'm 10 DPO and I'm going to take a test in two days! Oh, guess what, it's positive!" So while I am of course hoping to have a short stay in ttc-land, I won't forget who is hearing my disappointment right now that AF has come to visit. It's not anyone in real life. I just shook it off today and said my week was fine. And overall it was. But for a large part because I did have somewhere to share that I'm feeling a little down about it.

So yes, this is the beginning of AF. Not even any additional spotting yet, but I start very slowly. I do get bloating and cramps the day or two before, though, and those are here. So I bought soft cheese since it's not recommended for pregnancy. I have wine for later if I want it though I don't know if I'll bother. I also bought some CoQ10, the gummies. Might as well try to improve egg quality. It can't hurt.

 

[Samsfan]

Pebble- I get the OPKs over the internet... The simple strands are cheap and effective. I test 2x a day morning and pm. You can order a ton for a cheap price. They are very accurate, except for the part about helping me get pregnant. I've now combined taking my temps and using OPK's Im interested to see when I ovulate if my temps surge. When I have a surge I get a dark line for 3 days and they disappear. It is very interesting. Good luck!

 

[RdKMommy]

So, 22 dpo (8 days late) today, no af, no bfp! Just wondering what the heck is going on? Like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I've ALWAYS been a regular 28-day cycle, so going through this is making me crazy! What I believed to be implantation spotting with 2 days light pink spotting (9 dpo) 5 days prior to expected af, and then one wipe brown blood on day of af, I'm starting to get worried now. Loads of little cramps (nothing major), lower back pain, moody as hell, occasional shooting pains and itching in both breasts, extreme hunger (and I mean really!!! Have to unbutton my jean when sitting down, from all the eating), urinating like every 20-30 minutes, just to name a few symptoms. Oh yes, had some spotting after BD'ing on Friday evening. Should I still wait for af or bfp, or should I see a doctor asap? I just can't believe that, should there be something wrong with my hormones or anything else, that it can bugger up my cycle to this extend so suddenly?

Any input on this?

 

[nessaw]

Rdk all of those are good symptoms but urinating that often cd be a uti. When I was pg I did go a lot more but not that often. Maybe coupled with the bfn it cd be an idea to get it checked out just in case. Hope it's not tho and just late implantation. Good luck.

 

[nessaw]

Pebble cd u post the link to the CoQ10 gummies again? I had a look back thro but can't find it for love nor money!!

 

[nessaw]

Also ladies how much shd I take? I just looked online and saw some at 200 mg ( or whatever the unit was!).

 

[Lady H]

Ness mine were from Costco I think 150mg. There is a COQ10 thread https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/trying-conceive-over-35/1063061-coq10-statistics.html lots of info there. Some ladies take a lot in two batches, just be aware that big doses can give side effects. When Upped mine my cycle got longer and I spotted after ovulation. Also as you are local do you what me to send you my CBFM sticks? Nobody has asked for the yet, happy to send free and I will pay post.

PAD

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HAPPY V DAY

Seems the has been active this weekend getting a lot of you. So sorry .

Hi to you all, I read here a lot but don't post so much as I feel a bit weird still lurking here!

 

[Butterfly67]

Emily

Rdk that is a bit weird. Like ness said it may be worth seeing doc

Lady H I think it is good to have pg ladies on here to show success stories and anyway we would miss you

Pad

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Omg, v day

 

[nessaw]

Lady h that wd be fab. I'll pm my address. Thank u and pls don't leave us.

Pad-congrats.xx

 

[drhouse]

Pad –

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happy viability day.. it was just last week when you got the positive… I am so pleased for you. How are you going with the pregnancy. Did you ever manage to crack the pickled onion cravings? My cravings are for toasted sandwiches and frosty fruity ice blocks. Weird hey. I love the sensation of crunching on the ice. Never ate icey poles before in my life.

Butterfly.. good luck for the donor egg IVF, I am so excited for you that you have been to Spain for the first step in your journey, crossing everything for you.

RDK, I’m with the others.. Best not to symptom spot, see a doctor and get checked out from top to toe. You can drive yourself nuts. The only month I had no symptoms of pregnancy was the month when you guessed it, we got pregnant!

Lady H –

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cant believe how far you are now! Woo hoo! Can you believe it! Now its getting time to get organised with stuff for your little princess. I hear that Kate Middletons parents have a whole range of party accessories made for little princesses! Can you believe it – they are very very naughty!

Ness – I reckon if you can get to 300mg and give the same to DH – they reckon sperm need the mitochondrial energy of the Coenzyme Q10 too. Your BF cracks me up… Tampontastic!

Kismet, I haven’t used the Clear Blue digi before, I hope you find it helps you catch that eggy. How are you going with your job search? Is it that you need the same employer for twelve months to get maternity leave?

Emily sorry you got AF.. I know you would have had to have been disappointed…

Pebble, good luck with decoding the OPK strips, Im sure you will get better at it. Hope you puppy is good.

Chicken great SA results. Now for the wine, chocolate and mood lighting!!!!!!!!! Woo hooo!!!! Wink wink wink!

Maddy how many more sleeps to IVF? Tis soon I suspect!!! Am getting excited for you. Are you going to have an IVF holiday in Thailand, or maybe a baby moon in Thailand soon!! Good luck.

Moon good to hear about the magic back tablets. I am so pleased that you are back with us and back on the horse of TTC so to speak! Good luck this month.

Dash hoping that the basement is healing.. Thinking of you!!!!!!

LILS

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LILS so excited for you… The eight week scan hump is sorted!! So sorry to hear that the family weren’t as wonderful as they should have been with news this good… No words really except hugs hugs hugs… Eight weeks!! Woo hoo!!!!!! The meds are all worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did the high risk obs man appointment go?

Dwrgi!!!! West wales hey…. Wonderful… too close for comfort to the inlaws is definitely a reason to move.

Purps – so pleased to hear that Lanas angles are almost sorted 58 degrees wow!! And she has clean feet. Life is really good hey!!!!

AFM

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15 weeks this week, beginning to look really podgy… I know it’s a bump but I can see others do a double take then conclude its fat.. really its not!!! Need to tell the big boss this week about my health problem. Told one guy at work I had a health problem and he thought cancer or an operation was more likely than pregnancy as he almost choked on his coffee when I told him! Wedding date moved and sorted!!

Green, pleased to hear your hubby is on the mend.

To any one I have forgotten, apologies....

Baby dust peeps................

 

[pbl_ge]

Also ladies how much shd I take? I just looked online and saw some at 200 mg ( or whatever the unit was!).

Here you go
https://www.amazon.com/Vitafusion-C...&qid=1358083939&sr=1-1&keywords=coq10+gummies

I just got my supplemental D3 in gummies too. Nomnomnom.

 

[dashka]

Pebble - re: Omega 3’s you’re taking – if it's 400mg EPA in them I would at least take 3 of those – so sorry about AF and glad to hear that your doggy is feeling better... good luck with the OPKs (I pretty much do the same as BF except once I see the faint line – I do twice/day usually at 11am and 6-7pm (you are supposed to do between 10am and 8pm I think the instructions say... oh yeah and don’t urinate for 3 hrs prior if you can hold it)

Chicken – go catch that eggy!!! Good luck on getting an earlier appointment than expected with FS!

Kismet – get better soon!

Emily – sorry about AF arriving..... that damn witch..

Rdk – sorry you can’t figure out what’s going on.... but I have read other women having that happen....sometimes you just a weird cycle or skip one.... I would still go get it checked out to be sure....you can always get a blood test to rule out pregnancy (and also maybe get checked for UTI). Good luck!

Nessaw - my RE has me taking 600 mg CoQ10 – and most ladies on here so the same. He told me to take in the morning as taken at night can affect your sleep .... So I do half in morning and half at lunch.

Lady H – yes please stick around!

Pad –

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Happy V –day!!!!

Moon- you gave me a craving for chocolate cake! Hope you are well....

Dr. H –

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wow 15 weeks this week already? Good luck telling your work!

Lils, Dwrgi, BF, Purps, Maddy, Mirium, Owl, Greenleaf, Samsfan and everyone I missed

 

[purplelou]

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Happy V day Hun! I am so very happy for you xxxx

 

[purplelou]

Hi Ladies Thank you all for you well wishes, got my positive OPK today so off to pounce on DH in a mo but thought I should just quickly check in s I don't get so far behind again.

AFM I had a nice surprise today - I got my appointment through for the FS I wasn't expecting it for a good few weeks but it is for the end of January, unfortunately we can't go on that day because of DH work but we will rearrange on Monday for ASAP.

Hopefully you catch that eggy! Sods law says that now you have the FS appointment..you'll get preggers now!

Have got the cbfm. Switched it on today for the first time. Feel a lot happier with fmu and a machine telling when its gd to go. Fingers crossed it does the trick.

It's definitely easier than trying to remember to drink or not drink , and then squinting at strips to see are lines darker or not?!

AFM: Still sick and have been spending most of my time drinking juice and watching X-Files reruns.

Get well soon chick!

Butterfly - I read a few days' worth in your journal. I have my fingers crossed for you. There are so many interesting stories of how you are all here.

Maddy40 - I may be new at this but I have a pretty good idea how you all might feel when others get pregnant so easily. My sister was under 30 when she had her only child, but she went through 1.5 years of infertility first and she had to watch many friends and colleagues simply stop taking the pill one month and guess what! pregnant next month. Or not even trying, just simply have unplanned pregnancies. She found herself unable to attend baby showers or hold babies for a while. Even better, she worked in a profession dominated by women in their twenties and thirties so she was surrounded by pregnant women and women who were on maternity leave just stopping by the workplace to show off their newborns and it was really hard on her. So while I am sure you are happy for those who have been trying a while, it's probably hard when someone pops in to say "Oh, I'm 10 DPO and I'm going to take a test in two days! Oh, guess what, it's positive!" So while I am of course hoping to have a short stay in ttc-land, I won't forget who is hearing my disappointment right now that AF has come to visit. It's not anyone in real life. I just shook it off today and said my week was fine. And overall it was. But for a large part because I did have somewhere to share that I'm feeling a little down about it.

So yes, this is the beginning of AF. Not even any additional spotting yet, but I start very slowly. I do get bloating and cramps the day or two before, though, and those are here. So I bought soft cheese since it's not recommended for pregnancy. I have wine for later if I want it though I don't know if I'll bother. I also bought some CoQ10, the gummies. Might as well try to improve egg quality. It can't hurt.

Af is the pits! Sorry to hear about your sister, but how lovely that she got her LO in the end!

So, 22 dpo (8 days late) today, no af, no bfp! Just wondering what the heck is going on? Like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I've ALWAYS been a regular 28-day cycle, so going through this is making me crazy! What I believed to be implantation spotting with 2 days light pink spotting (9 dpo) 5 days prior to expected af, and then one wipe brown blood on day of af, I'm starting to get worried now. Loads of little cramps (nothing major), lower back pain, moody as hell, occasional shooting pains and itching in both breasts, extreme hunger (and I mean really!!! Have to unbutton my jean when sitting down, from all the eating), urinating like every 20-30 minutes, just to name a few symptoms. Oh yes, had some spotting after BD'ing on Friday evening. Should I still wait for af or bfp, or should I see a doctor asap? I just can't believe that, should there be something wrong with my hormones or anything else, that it can bugger up my cycle to this extend so suddenly?

Any input on this?

I think definitely see a doctor! If the cramps get worse and you get actual pain, see someone soon! Hope it's all sorted soon!

Purple – so pleased to hear that Lanas angles are almost sorted 58 degrees wow!! And she has clean feet. Life is really good hey!!!!

AFM

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15 weeks this week, beginning to look really podgy… I know it’s a bump but I can see others do a double take then conclude its fat.. really its not!!! Need to tell the big boss this week about my health problem. Told one guy at work I had a health problem and he thought cancer or an operation was more likely than pregnancy as he almost choked on his coffee when I told him! Wedding date moved and sorted!!

thank you, and yes....cheesy feet are a thing of the past
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Wow 15 weeks already! When are you going to spill the beans at work? Good luck with it! And fab to have the wedding date sorted...when wil it be?

Huge loves and And and especially to everyone who needs or wants some xxxx

 

[padbrat]

Purps

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thanks for the jig! Love it! Truly cannot believe I have made it to this point.... is mind blowing to me! Had a little listen on the doppler and his HB is still pounding away beautifully.... is the best sound I have ever heard!

So pleased to hear Lana is doing well!

And the rest of your gorgeous ladies thank you for your messages... you all don't know how much it makes me smile! x

DrH....

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yup I guess it is time you fessed up and told work! I had to tell mine really early at 7 wks as I had a big bleed at work and was scared witless... fortunatley, being HR I have been treated really well so far by my employer.

Lady H...

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Time seems to be whizzing by for you too... is V day your next hurdle?

Chicken... tis time to put the moves on your OH! Go girl!

RDK my cycles went completely screwy for a time too... I had one where I didn't OV and then the next one was ridiculously long (CD 42 before AF). Was convinced I was menopausal... and then the next cycle I got my BFP!

Nee your OH is hysterical! mwahahaa so the stereotypes of Yorkshire men are true!!

Emily anything you can do to help the process will be good. Personally my regime pre BFP was:

5mg Folic Acid (high dose)
Vit D
Omega 3
75mg Aspirin
Pregnacare Preconceive

Plus regular exercise.

Kis... me too... boo to bugs! Though I do have a weird crush on David Duchovny (sp?)... don't laugh!!!

Moon... Mmmmm cake....

Pbl... I am an absolute dufus at all that stuff.... urghhh... sorry.

Maddy... hope you are doing OK... IVF soon?

Dwrgi, Lils, Dash, BF and all my lovelies... Loves and pah to Monday!

 

[Beryl]

Pebble: I use the Clearblue digi that gives you a happy face. It specifically says to use FMU. I think it's the only one that does. I do mine first thing in the morning and haven't missed a surge yet. I read a great piece of advice, that you can use the cheap line strips to track the surge and then use one digi to confirm. It saves $ without sacrificing certainty.

CC: That's great news! I hope you can reschedule the appointment for a reasonable time.

AFM: Still sick and have been spending most of my time drinking juice and watching X-Files reruns.

Hi Kismet,

Sorry to interrupt, but could you please tell me if it's this Clearblue https://well.ca/products/clearblue-easy-digital-ovulation_11889.html

or this one: https://well.ca/products/clearblue-easy-fertility-monitor_7604.html

Using FMU would be so much better.

Thank you

ps hope you're feeling a wee bit better, and you're enjoying the January thaw- though, yes the up and down temperatures only help viruses thrive.
We had -14 here yesterday, but sunshine! sunshine a rare commodity in winter here.

 

[nessaw]

Thanks pebble have ordered them. Had a look at costco but only 150 rather than 200 and not sure what softgel capsules are. I'm rubbish at swallowing tablets. I let my vitamins dissolve in my mouth. Thats why i don't have a pg vit cos they're so big! Wimpoid!!

 

[BabyBean14]

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[Beryl]

Thank you Kismet.

Yes, expensive for sure. So hard not to buy everything that may even remotely help us conceive. *sigh.

Hub wisely talked me out of buying these today - because, as I had already told him a few weeks they don't let you know if you are actually ovulating, only if you are having a detectable LH surge, which apparently not all women have. - but I so wanted to buy them anyway - lol. I love the idea of the happy face - green light, I love my toys as much as the next person.

My cycle is regular, so using our ovulation date predictor method, being bd'ing 5 days before those day, and a few days after to make sure the sperm is in the right place and watching CM is what we'll stick to doing.

But thanks to this forum, I've added a good CoQ10 dose to my supplements -seems like a good bet to me.

Thank you everyone for such good information. Hoping we can avoid a visit to an FS, but from what I've read here, that seems a lot less scary than I previously believed, so if necessary we will seek medical help.

Congratulations to all the thread participants with a BFP, and thank you for sharing this news, it's so encouraging, feels so good to be happy for others - get's my head out of my self pitying bum.

I love this thread, but so full, not sure when to come in, not sure how far back I should read - trying to read a page or two each day to catch up.....but phew - you ladies are chatty Fantastic!