TTC 40 plus!! Lets share the ups and downs!

[pdmcd17]

Garfie good luck!

I have no desire to do any testing, I figure if it's meant to happen my miracle will.

Misty I just bd every day to second day I don't care what the studies say if he's game I'm game granted I have a higher drive and the last month with him getting over surgery has been hard - next cycle he better watch out lol

Barn I'm due for af next sun so a few days after you
I'm keeping my fx'd crossed for us still waiting

It's nice again here weather wise praying for an Indian summer as I don't like snow & cold
I think when I retire I want to be a snow bird just not sure where I will migrate to each winter.

Hope everyone is well

 

[ciarhwyfar]

Hey ladies.

I have been following pretty much every day because peeing on a stick isn't the only thing you get addicted too. I had been really hoping to see more positive posts lately since I have reached another milestone here.

The last little one just turned one today and I think it is time to let this board/thread go. It is hard since I have been on here for two years now and have seen many triumphs and no few sad times and you have all been here for me. I have been happy for you and cried with you.

I am still keeping positive thoughts for you all to get what you are looking for and I will check back through Sunday and then time to delete my bookmarks. Bless you all.

 

[Pippi_elk]

Sorry to hear ciarhwyfar that you are leaving us, I guess it makes it easier to accept your decision if you sign off from this TTC/baby forums. Hope that you can move on with your life and best of luck in the future.

Misty...i don't know if you have ovulated yet, your chart looks a bit like last month but a few days shifted. I'd say you could ovulate tomorrow...

sorry to hear AF arrived Garfie.

PDMCD17...as Garfie said all it takes is once....when we got a bfp in dec thats all we managed to do...although I have n't had the courage to only do it only once in my fertile window since the mc.

DH and me are off on hols to Spain for a week tomorrow so this is just a quick post as need to finish packing and get some sleep.
I expect to be ovulating on Sunday....pity it was n't delayed a few days into the holiday as now we have to try BD and prepare for going on hols.
Maybe we should try the mile high club

Went to the GP and got referral to infertility clinic for some tests, they going to do the cd3 and cd21 tests while waiting on referal.
there was a locum in place of my GP....I told her we stopped BD more or less when my temps peaked when I knew ovulation had taken place...she said 'no' you have to keep doing it then...you can catch the egg while its travelling down the tube. I did n't bother arguing with her about the egg only surviving for 6-12 hours after ovulation.
Supposes it's no harm to keep bd for a while after ovulation in case you ovulate twice but she needs to go back to class....but she was so so sure of herself which is a bit worrying, how many other small facts does she get wrong.

hopefully I'll be able to log on here while I'm on holidays in case anyone has some good news.

 

[Miss_C]

ciarhwyfar - see I spelled it right in recognition of a sad farewell - I just wanted to say Thank you for your support over our time together here, only you can say what is right for you and I hope you have a wonderful future. Hugs darling.

Baby dust and truck loads of it to you all I still read regularly and say a little prayer for you

 

[garfie]

Pippi - Hope you have a fab time in Spain - which part are you going too, the weather is still nice and hot hope you've packed your sun cream! My doc is also allowing me to have CD3 and 7DPO test and get this I told her I wasn't sure if I was Ovulating due to my temp charts and she said of course you are you was pregnant not so long ago - er that was 5 cycles lady oh and another thing she said was taking your temp is a waste of time oh dear maybe I should do her job and she can become the Avon lady

Ciar - Good luck hun in your future

Misty - Hope you're still in bd land

AFM - CD3 Doc has finally agreed to carry out some blood test starting Monday - so hope I get some good news



X

 

[maryanne67]

Cair oh bugger dunno how to spell it hun but sorry your leaving us you will be missed but hope that little one of yours is fullfiling every dream you had good luck hun x
Garfie sounds like the doc needs to get some catch up training but good luck with the tests fxd for ov and bfp x
Missc is that ziggy in ur avatar if so hes gorgeous and getting big x
Pdmcd hope the witch stays away hun x
Pippi good luck catching the egg hope your getting some bd in and hope you enjoy ur hols next week shame ov wasnt during your holiday for a relaxed holiday baby n good luck with the tests sounds like your doc needs some retraining too but good luck this cycle fxd x
afm i got peak today on cbfm today so am on a promise for bedtime n bd last nite too wil hope to bd tomoro nite aswell then back to every 2 days hope oh will oblige my bd plans lol good luck every1 n x

 

[pdmcd17]

Ciar goodluck in the future, enjoy your lo! Thanks for all your support

Pip enjoy your trip!! And potentially the mile high club

Garfie that's good news about the testing

Marianne hope you catch the egg

I'm due for af in a week on mon so hoping she waits and doesn't come early, we're going to Ottawa for a 5 k army run on the weekend
( nothing like soldiers running in full gear and pack- too bad it wasn't my fertile window lol)
Have a great Sunday ladies

 

[maryanne67]

Pdmcd thanks enjoy the run and hope the witch stays away for the next 9 months x

 

[Mistyy]

Wow lots of posts!

Ciarhwyfar - it's a very individual thing, when to give something up. If you feel it's right for you now then it probably is. HOWEVER ... sorry to see you go, and never feel you can't come back and visit

Barnabi - hi hun :wave: fingers crossed that Friday remains AFless for you.

PDMCD - I would be more than happy to BD every day right through too Embarassed to say that my engine purrs pretty much all the time. My poor DH! Hes so lovely. A bunch of soldiers in full kit sounds dreamy btw (running by me, not in bed i mean ) Our weathers been pretty good here too. There's mutterings about a hard winter though. Tough for us financially as DH is a builder and work stops in very low temps as the wet cement cant take it!

Pippi - you'll be in Spain now ( ) i hope you're chilling and soaking up the rays. You were right! FF has given my ov as CD15. It's so mind boggling the amount of different advice and opinions out there about the mechanics of conception. What about women who fall preg during their AF??? I mean how does that happen for eg?? Personally i find the whole 'how long does the egg live/how long does the sperm live' too hit and miss to even try and work out, lol.

MissC - :wave: Beautiful picture, awwwww

Garfie - good luck with those tests My doc said something similar last summer when we'd been ttc for about 3 months (after MC) I went to him to ask a Q about ttc. "You've got 3 kids and were pregnant recently. Go away, relax, have sex, and it will happen" is the best he could come up with! sigh - he was wrong! (although to be fair i haven't really mastered the 'relax' bit!)

Maryanne - hope your BD plans went well

So AFM i removed my first positive OPK from my chart on CD14 as it was very borderline and iknow OPKs really throw FF off sometimes. The CD15 OPK was a stonking great strong one. The pos line appeared before i'd set the thing down! So i've gone with that anyway and it seems i've ov'd on CD15 as usual.

Nursing a twisted ankle at the mo as i fell over yesterday (on my ridiculously high wedges) IN TESCO CAR PARK for goodness sake!

DH said 'i'm so sorry i didn't manage to catch you as you went down darling'. Bless him. I'm so glad he didn't too or we would both have been sprawling on the tar-mac!

xxx

 

[Reb S]

Ciarfsdfsrarfarwrf - sorry you're leaving us. I only stalk occasionally but just wanted to post to say goodbye, thanks for all the moral support and lots of love x

 

[maryanne67]

Hi reb and misty got my way misty apart for sunday nite but oh obliged this morning instead so wud say am in the tww now. Hope the ankles better u paint an amusing picture had both u n oh both went down lol fxd for a good ov hope u caught the egg x
Hi ebery1 n heres sum for us all x

 

[Pippi_elk]

Hi all,

Quick hello from spain-we're in Marbella, lovely hotel and quaint old town, but bit expensive...eating out is n't much cheaper than at home.
Lovely and warm and sunny, don't want to go home!

Glad to hear you know you ovulated misty despite being it late. looks like I got my wish as I still have nt ovulated, delayed by 2 days now so fitting in some bd, so much easier and more relaxing when you're on hols.
travelling must have delayed it.

Exploring the first morning, you'd never guess what's right beside the hotel- a fertilisation clinic !!!
Just had to laugh at the irony.

 

[maryanne67]

Hope u have a lovely time pippi enjoy the relaxed bd n make sure u get plenty in fxd for holiday baby n lol at the fertility clinic x

 

[pdmcd17]

Misty I think for getting preg on af is for short cycle ladies like me ie I ov about 2-4 days after af ends so we TMI ALERT. Bd right at the end of my cycle

That is how I ended up with my son I told my ex we were good as my period was ending that one time gave me my ds - goodness the days of high fertility when we're young.
I guess it does only take one time as you all remind me

Misty sorry about the ankle feel better

Marianne fx'd you caught the egg, and glad you got your way

Pipi have a great trip and great you ov late maybe a vacation baby

 

[Glowstar]

Just dropping by to spread some OVULATION DUST!! and EGGCELLENT EGGS dust!! to all you ladies.

Being an over 40 Mummy (I'm almost 42) I have seriously met LOADS of over 40's Mummies recently! just this week a lady at my baby massage class....42 first baby and she's planning more......hold on to the dream

Hi Glowie!!!!

did she conceive naturally at 42? Good for her either way!!!!

Yes she did LL I've not asked her how long it took but I get the impression it wasn't a drastically long time as she seems quite laid back about trying for another one and doesn't seem at all put off by her age

 

[LLbean]

Dang! ask her to send some of her magic dust this way will ya? hehehe

 

[Barnabibear]

to everyone. There's been loads of posts since I was last on.

Reb and Ciarhwyfar sorry to see you go.

Good luck Maryanne and Mistyy. Fingers crossed.

Garfie, I hope you find some answers. Its really good when your GP takes you seriously and doesn't fob you off which so often happens.

Pippi hope you're having fun in Spain

PDMC, wow a 5k army run. I wish I was capable of doing something like that.

AFM, my chart is the best I've ever seen it. Its gone triphasic according to FF but I think that may be due to the fact I have a cold and have added the winter duvet to the bed (what a wimp, its not even real autumn weather yet). I don't know how to add my chart to here but I did a test (overexcitable) and there was a BFN. I guess its early, I'll dread taking my temp tomorrow in case it jumps off a cliff. Still 2 more days to go until AF should arrive.

Nice to "see" everybody again.

 

[Kat S]

Hi, I'm Kat. I'm 40 and ttc my first. See my recent round of tests below in my signature. Had a dream last night that I was pregnant, but then realized I couldn't be because I hadn't had my IUI yet. Woke up frustrated. Well, I AM frustrated! I want to be pregnant already! *sigh*

I am working with Fertility Specialists, and my husband's SA came back fine, but he has ...ahem..."timing" issues which is why we're going with IUI. I have the dreaded low AMH/high FSH combo, but it's certainly not the worst in the world. I don't have any fibroids or blocked tubes or other issues. I'm in great health. I'm really hoping that once we finally are able to get his goods to my goods through IUI, we'll be in business.

The long months of testing and waiting to do this has been frustrating. Last month's added delay due to the Clomid-induced cysts just made me cry. Since the Clomid causes cysts and awful hot flashes, I'm hoping they'll switch me to Femara instead.

Hoping we all get good news before 2012 comes to a close!! Best wishes to you all!

 

[maryanne67]

Hi Glowie hows life with your gorgeous little one x
hi Ll how r u 2day x
Hi Barnabibear oo wish u cud figure out how to get ur chart on here so we could all keep up to wheere you are at in your cycle fxd for you tho for a bfp x
hi Kat fxd for ur iui and aw shame ur dream wasnt for real. welcome to the thread we could do with a bfp round here or a good few would be better x
afm im currently on 4dpo i think i would normally expect af next tuesday but not sure if she turns up that it would be then coz i ov on cd19 instead of cd17 but fxdaf doesnt show at all i tried doing temps this cycle but keep forgetting to do it i joined ff aswell but got a memory like a seive so it wont work charting now. Well hi everyone else heres some lucky for us all

 

[Reb S]

Barnibibear - I was saying bye to Ciarafafsdrdsfahr, not the entire thread! I only pop in from time to time but I will never say goodbye forever! x