TTC 30s/40s Club

[polaris]

Hi there girl's
I am officially in the 30's ttc!

I am 33 and trying for our 1st. I came off the pill (after 16 years on it!!) in December.
My AF's went back into quite a good pattern. First one was a 30 dayer then my second was a 28 dayer.
So I'm now taking my bbt and gonna use OPK's this month to try and pin point my O.
And also have some Preseed to use when we BD.

I'm trying my best to be patient but, like everyone on here ttc, I'm desperate to get PG.

To make things a tad more difficult, my OH works away a fair bit so we cant always BD alllll the time.

Let's hope we all get our 's soon.

Good Luck girls xx

Hi Vicki,
just wanted to say welcome. I am in a very similar situation to you, I am also 33 and was on the pill for 15 years apart from two short breaks of maybe 4-6 months. My OH does nights sometimes which means that it can be hard to get the timing right. And he's not always in the mood for BD either. So I can really understand your frustration.
I am having a stressful day but looking forward to chatting more in the (hopefully short) wait till we get our BFPs.

 

[bluetattoo]

Hi everyone, I've only just found out there was a 30s thread but am happy that there is as was starting to think I was on my own having left things so late lol

I am 37, 38 this year. OH is 28 and has a 2 and a half year old (conceived when he had a normal office job) I had a MMC back in 2001 with my then husband and haven't tried again since until now. I have a cystic ovary and fibroids and OHs job means he works in extreme heat constantly so I'm rather worried that our combined issues may set us back big time but am trying to remain positive as we've only just started to actively try. I have been throwing suppliments down my neck since november and am currently taking Pregnacare plus, EPO, Agnus Castus, Royal Jelly, red clover blossom, aspirin, mega B-50, calcium, raspberry leaf tea. I use OPKs and we pretty much every other day. I hate waiting for anything and am very aware of my loudly ticking clock so am trying anything and everything to make this a speedy process so any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Much for a quick for everyone

 

[auntcarrie]

Hello!

Happy to find this forum. I've read a lot of the recent posts and feel glad to not be going through this alone... You all seem to be there with me.

I'm 37 as well, 38 in July. We were just married in October and are on month 3 of TTC. I am hopeful but already have an appointment with a fertility specialist for 2 weeks. I'm due for AF next week... Also starting accupuncture for both backaches and fertility. Two birds with one needle (har har).

Anyway, glad to be here. I wish you all luck, and me too!

Carrie

 

[rjoshua]

Hi All,

I'm 35..DH is 33. We've been together for 17 years (married 10) We've been ttc for 10+yrs. I recently had a laparoscopy and apparently we fall into the "unexplained" category. Husband's sperm is nice, so we will start injectibles once I start AF, and possible ivf.

 

[seasaw]

Hi all,

I am 32 and BF is 22 (23 next month) we have been together 5 years in May ( does that make me the craddle snatcher queen lol)

I was on the pill from 16 and came off it almost 3 years ago but not TTC.

June 08 I had a M/C at 9 weeks on my birthday in hospital but my HCG kept rising and falling so they gave me an injection to abort anything that was left over and I was advised not to TTC for 6 months due to the injection stripping me of folic acid.

Jan 09 I decided to start tracking things and I signed up to BnB. My BF does not realise the extent of my planning etc but has been happy to with out protection at a moments notice. When I had the M/C he was aware that I will be wanting to try when I can as I now know I want a baby. I felt empty after M/C and something changed in my mind about it all.

So its now Feb 09 and I am on cycle 2 and waiting to OV ( WOV ) I am finding it worse than the 2WW!

to every one and hope that 09 is our year!

 

[Daisys_mummy]

Hi, I'm 32 and BF is also 32, we already have a little girl of 3 and are TTC again, Currently on cycle no. 8, my AF was due yesterday (18/02) So I'm keeping my fingers well and truely crossed.

Baby dust to all xXx

 

[nessie01]

hi everyone

im 37 turn 38 in june..........seems to be couple around my age on here as well!!! anyway we are TTC as well, my hubby is 40 this month so i guess age is creeping up on us and it does worry me quite a bit as this would be our first....Im excited but also scared as I not sure if i can handle the pressure of getting every month it would make me .. how does everyone cope with the dissappointment?

anyway hello and good luck everyone!!!!


ness

 

[Climbing Girl]

Hi everyone,
I'm 38 in April as is my husband (married 15 years, together 20!). I came off the POP at the end of Jan and am now in my 2nd cycle TTC (CD6). Last month was horrible with the worst PMS since I can remember (been on the POP for last 8years and combined prior to that so pretty much BCP for the last 20years!). Convinced myself I was pregnant as had every symptom known to man but now know it was 'just my hormones'. Never had any real PMS on the POP, cycle 26days pretty much to the hour and only 3-days long. Last month my period came 3-days early so will have to wait a while to see how my cycle is settling down post-pill. Am not charting temp or anything yet but will start that next month if we're not lucky this month.

Because of my age TTC seems really stressful rather than exciting as I hoped it would be as I feel like I am on borrowed time - anyone else feel like this? I guess the most stressful thing is that I don't know if we're 'normal' and able to conceive.

CG

 

[leelee]

on a Boots test. I am 16DPO on CD 27 so I guess I am out

 

[missisH]

leelee, it aint over til the says its over
might still be too early
x

 

[leelee]

leelee, it aint over til the says its over
might still be too early
x

Thanks. Am hoping that might be the case. Will test again on Monday if no sign of anything.

 

[nessie01]

im also overdue as of yesterday but i have done two tests both
what do you mean by you not being out until the arrives? arnt the tests accurate my box says that its accurate from earlier than your first missed day its measures at 25 something.............
either way i now wish my would turn up so i no where im in my cycle unless i am by some miracle preggie but then the test would be positive...........
im confused now

ness

 

[polaris]

im also overdue as of yesterday but i have done two tests both
what do you mean by you not being out until the arrives? arnt the tests accurate my box says that its accurate from earlier than your first missed day its measures at 25 something.............
either way i now wish my would turn up so i no where im in my cycle unless i am by some miracle preggie but then the test would be positive...........
im confused now

ness

Hi nessie,
a lot of tests claim to be 99% accurate from 1st day of missed period and others claim that you can test up to 4 days before. They measure different levels of HCG, e.g. 25 or 10 or whatever. But false negative results are actually quite common and a proportion of women don't get BFP until a week or more after AF is due. This can happen for a number of reasons: 1. maybe you O'd later than you thought so therefore conceived later. 2. pregnancy hormone HCG is not produced until implantation, so if implantation is late it won't show up on a test until later. 3. Some women just have lower levels of HCG naturally so the tests won't pick it up till later. 4. Some women produce a slightly different type of HCG that isn't detected by the tests (in some cases women can go through a whole pregnancy that is not detected by POAS tests).

Doctors will tell you that a positive pregnancy test is extremely accurate. You are very unlikely to get a false positive. So if you get a BFP within the time limit stated on the test instructions, you can be pretty confident that you are in fact pregnant. Negative results are much less reliable and in general the advice is to test again in a few days if AF doesn't show up. After a few days, the level of pregnancy hormone will be higher so it may show up on a pregnancy test.

So that is why people say that you are not out of the running until AF shows.

Hope my ramblings are of some help!!

Polaris

 

[nessie01]

thanks heaps for the great explaination............o it can take longer to show!!
well i will remember that for next month as has arrived later this morning.............happy that my cycle is still working but sad that i didnt get a

its so stressful!!!! as you all know!!
heres hoping march is my month for

thanks to all and to all
ness

 

[polaris]

thanks heaps for the great explaination............o it can take longer to show!!
well i will remember that for next month as has arrived later this morning.............happy that my cycle is still working but sad that i didnt get a

its so stressful!!!! as you all know!!
heres hoping march is my month for

thanks to all and to all
ness

Sorry to hear that got you this month. I'm pretty sure that she will be heading my way next week. Feeling very hopeful for March though. FX for all of us.

 

[quail]

hi ladies well im on cd17 only having 20-24 day cycles so did a test today bfn as expected but keeping my fingers crossed .x

 

[ellie]

hey all, sorry to hear about the bfn's but fx'd for lots of lovely bfp's soon .... wonder if we should have a special 30s-40s BFP thread of some sort!?
feeling crappy as af showed up this week for me too and feeling like it'll never happen ........ sigh.

 

[leelee]

Hi all,

Well the got me this afternoon.Am okay about it cos it is my first cycle. On the plus side I had a 28 day cycle this month so at least I will know what day I am due next month. This month it could have been over a period of 5 days because of my short cycle last month.

Hope everyone else that is still waiting gets a

 

[kass244]

hi my name is kasandra and im 30 years old and my dh steven is 31.we have been maried for 3.5 years and we have a son hame thomas who is 9 months.we are ttc #2 as it took us 7 years to get our son cos i have pcos and tht makes it harded to concieve.im on 10dpo atm so im hoping for a bfp

 

[Caroline]

Good luck girls, heres wishing you all a speedy .

Not been around this week as in laws visiting.

This is our 1st cycle of ttc no 4.

I'm hoping it won't take too long, but trying to be philosophical in that I want be too disappointed if AF shows this month. Am prepared for it to take a few months of trying & a few months having fun trying.

We currently have 2 ppl pg @ the place I work so hoping I'll be no 3.