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

[Morgans19]

Thanks for the warm welcomes ladies. Yeah up the duff seemed like a very easy thing that could happen to us eh!!! ) good luck this month. I hate this TWW I imagine all sorts of symptoms.

 

[Reb S]

Evening all! Good grief, I'm offline for a WHOLE day and you lot write a flipping marathon! Anyway, finally got caught up.

LOVE THE BANNER! How do I get it? In words of one syllable please!

Miss C - Watch that smoking snatch - you could start a Fukushima-style alert!

Spoomie - I'm glad that you're feeling better. Good stuff

Samiam - have you already done acupuncture? Just my lady is very good at reading my chart.... just a thought x

Pip - All sounds great!! You know, I think early scans are over-rated. They put me through 2, and wanted to do a third but I refused and said let the baby work out if he's going to make it or not. I didn't see the point of it all. Just keep up your positive vibes and good luck with the morning sickness! Yippee for you and lots of love x

My amazing temperature rise at ovulation is not being sustained. I feel like a hot air balloon with a small leak. Praying for a 36.8 or 9!!! tomorrow. Night all! x
Euuugh - my colour scheme is enough to make Pip feel very nauseous!

 

[Nise]

Oooo gonna check out the Macca then

Blimey this thread moves at a rate of knots - I don't know who wrote what, but it was all good.

Nice to get a full report from you Pip. So pleased all is going well and you are remaining chilled with it all despite the symptoms. Gah my being pg over 40 book clearly states that a lack of symptoms are the one plus side of being more mature - so I guess that's a load of old bollocks then.

Loving the siggy, but mine won't let me add anymore - dunno why since I've seen loads of avvy's with way more info than mine. Maybe it's my technical skills at fault

Well, I had a letter from the UCL (Obstetricain & Gynae) today. It's a bit of a long story, but in a nut shell a friend of mine see's an obstetrician and she spoke to him about me (and my one illicit clomid cycle!!!! - she made it sound like some shady drug deal with someone I'd met on an internet site ) Anyway he told her to tell me to get a referral to see him as wandering around and self diagnosing in the wilderness was stressful - so I did. Today I got a letter in response which has clearly gone no where near him and basically says they won't see me because their department doesn't treat couples where the age of the woman is 43 ( or above because treatment is no more efficient than the spontaneous pg rate expected at that age! he was made fully aware of my age) They do suggests I go private! - Which was exactly what I was trying to do in the first place - I already know the rules. Anyway, personally I find the wilderness much less stressful. Oh and am I am doing illicit clomid cycle 2 (I only have enough for 2 50mg cycles anyway). So far no side effects - I didn't have any last time, but I took them at night then, this time I'm doing them in the morning.

Monica was fed her first stick this morning - CD7 - Low hopefully going for a later O again.

 

[Glowstar]

Sooooo 'fess up Nise....who is your Mule

Oh well wandering around in the wilderness sounds more chilled than some stuffy gynae writing you off without even seeing you!!! Fingers crossed the Clomid works for you

I have lost track now....who is keeping the Torch alight this weekend? Miss C seems to be grabbing the bull by the horns (so to speak) and who else?

Spoomie - I am catching you up

Reb - I wouldn't worry too much about your temps they are still above the coverline, here's hoping for a lovely dip or a huge rise

Samiam - I hope you get some answers soon, I also hope you seek some counselling

CD3....no torch holding for me as still in full flow still convinced 'something' (not sure what) happened last cycle as my temps are still above the coverline on CD3....though they are dropping down now.

 

[Glowstar]

Here is the code for the banner ladies

https://i.imgur.com/uEacW.gif

 

[Reb S]

Trying to get the banner before I go to werk... oh bum. Someone tell me what to do next!!! (Jumping up and down in frustration at my idiocy!)
Nise - I agree about the wilderness. I feel much more in control of my body, and therefore happier now I am making my own decisions instead of being production-lined by the NHS. I am also much more highly educated about it all, mostly thanks to you ladies!

Glowie thanks for thinking of me and my chart. I am visualising little fertilised eggy wandering round deciding where to settle down for the next nine months! TODAY TODAY! Find a comfy spot today! x

 

[Reb S]

Just testing... oh bloody hell!

 

[Glowstar]

Just testing... oh bloody hell!

It's maybe the way I've put it on......try this, I have put a space after the first 'h'...copy it now but when you put it in make sure you put it as an image and not a link and take the space out.

h ttp://i.imgur.com/uEacW.gif

 

[Shelley71]

The original banner worked great for me. When you are in edit signature, just click the insert image button and copy and past the address. That's all I did, and it worked great!

 

[samiam]

Reb: I haven't seen the acupuncturist yet. I have a busy day on Tuesday with that kind of thing. First the acupuncturist (who helped a 42 year old friend of mine who was TTCAL and got pregnant again after one cycle of acupuncture with this woman. She now has a lovely baby girl.), then the fertility doc. I'm hoping that she will work her magic on me too. Or at least tell me what the f is going on in there.

Nise: Yeah, who is your pusher?

Glowstar: Thanks hon. I am going to get help with the body and the mind too. And thanks for the lovely banner. It worked just fine for me.

AFM: Hope you are having a lovely Saturday. It's nice weather here, so OH and I are going to go for a walk in the sunshine. He's leaving Weds. morning, so we are also planning a weekend shagathon. Cue the 70s porn music here.

 

[Glowstar]

Sam...I just had a vision of Barry White....oh yeah baby

 

[samiam]

Glowstar: That's it! We're at it like

In other news, based on the temp increase today, I POAS, an internet cheapie this morning. Then OH grabbed me and I pretty much forgot about it. Now I am looking at it and there's a faint line there.

My question is, since the instructions say results obtained after 10 min may be invalid, well, are they invalid? It's only 9dpo (or not, if you ask FF, Lucky thinks every single day is a HIGH fert day, so). . .

Thoughts?

 

[Nise]

Glowstar: That's it! We're at it like

In other news, based on the temp increase today, I POAS, an internet cheapie this morning. Then OH grabbed me and I pretty much forgot about it. Now I am looking at it and there's a faint line there.

My question is, since the instructions say results obtained after 10 min may be invalid, well, are they invalid? It's only 9dpo (or not, if you ask FF, Lucky thinks every single day is a HIGH fert day, so). . .

Thoughts?

Agghhhh wanna see your chart so I can have thoughts but I'm clicking on it and it's not working. Oooo hope you did get a 2nd line, got everything crossed.

 

[Reb S]

Enough with how the banner worked for everyone else! I'm just thick as s..t!!! Anyway, too tired to try it now but thanks for your help x
Glad all are well, good luck Samiam, glad you are still doing your bit for the torch at this end of the month hee hee!
x

 

[Glowstar]

Sam, looked at your chart and hard to say. Can you post a pic of the test?? have you tried changing detection settings in FF? and also take out the sleep deprived on those open circles and see what it says then.

I hope so though...but I have vowed never to look after the time limit now as it made me a giddy POAS addict

 

[Shelley71]

I hope you really got a line Sam!!

 

[samiam]

Agghhhh wanna see your chart so I can have thoughts but I'm clicking on it and it's not working. Oooo hope you did get a 2nd line, got everything crossed.

Nise: I don't know why it wasn't working, but I've changed it, so it should be working now!

Sam, looked at your chart and hard to say. Can you post a pic of the test?? have you tried changing detection settings in FF? and also take out the sleep deprived on those open circles and see what it says then.

I hope so though...but I have vowed never to look after the time limit now as it made me a giddy POAS addict

Glow: I will change those open circles and see what it says. Not sure what detection settings to try. Ideas? Can't post a pic because it's all merged together looking now (meaning, both lines look like one fat one) but I will try again tomorrow at 10dpo and this time, if I see anything at all, I will take a pic and post!

 

[Glowstar]

Mmmm that hasn't made any difference has it. Miss C is good at chart analysis but I think it's because you have more than 6 temps that are higher than your post Ov temps. The software likes 6 temps below...which is when it will draw the crosshairs in and draw a coverline.
Your cycles seem to be quite erratic after your M/C and I am wondering if progesterone would help you after Ov just a thought and something you can do yourself with natural progesterone cream. It really does seem to help some people with erratic temps/or spotting after Ov. I do believe that once you start taking it, you have to carry on once you get your BFP again but that's a small price to pay I think. Also Maca is supposed to help balance out hormones because (and again I am by no means an expert) your temps look like you have higher levels of estrogen. These are options that are non invasive that based on reading other peoples stories and looking at other charts really might help you. xx

I hope to hear some good news from you today.

I am seriously fooked off with OH today he wanted to watch boxing on my lappy last night and has installed something that has made all my desktop short cuts not work....agggghhhhhh

 

[Glowstar]

Just thought I would quote this post from a lady on the Soy thread I am on about Maca. She had twins by IVF a couple of years ago and was trying au naturelle before going the clomid route, she also had early spotting and used natural progesterone cream and got her BFP with using Soy, Maca and the cream.

I def 2nd the Maca. I took it in addition to Soy the month I got pg. I too am a late ovulater and I find that it def makes my ovulation earlier in the months that I have taken it!

I didn't know about it increasing sperm count but hey can't hurt!

 

[samiam]

Just thought I would quote this post from a lady on the Soy thread I am on about Maca. She had twins by IVF a couple of years ago and was trying au naturelle before going the clomid route, she also had early spotting and used natural progesterone cream and got her BFP with using Soy, Maca and the cream.

I def 2nd the Maca. I took it in addition to Soy the month I got pg. I too am a late ovulater and I find that it def makes my ovulation earlier in the months that I have taken it!

I didn't know about it increasing sperm count but hey can't hurt!

Thanks! I'm not even going to test today because the temps just look to me as if I was wrong and am anovulatory this cycle. I am seeing the acupuncturist and fert doc on Tuesday, so I guess I'll just let it all be until I hear what they say. I think you're probably right about the progesterone. I was given some progesterone two cycles ago to regulate my cycle after the MC and it worked a charm. Of course the last cycle, I had shoulder surgery in the middle of the cycle and so didn't O until quite late. I was thrilled that this cycle seemed to be going along nicely until it derailed. I don't know if my earlier high temps were fever temps (double ear infection) or a sign of my general decline in there, but it's not good.