Welcome to 'Trying To Conceive Over 35'

[AngelSerenity]

Coy, sounds like you're living beside some real crazies! Are these the same neighbours where it's the guy who creeps about in the garden with his top off?

We had really bad neighbours once and things got nasty. Thankfully we stood our ground and they ended up selling. We heard a couple of years later they had split up, both mad pieces of work as were both nasty people so stuff it up them

Hi ladies! Whata day today Lol! My dh stepped out to maintain the side of our fence, e.g., clearing away the survey marker so that it is visable, clearing weeds etc. Our CRAZY neighbors husband came out and yelled at him to "get the f#@!k back inside your fence indian! Go on back!" and they called the police chief, a police officer, and the chief city ordinance enforcer!! Wow, crazy. She started screaming (and I do mean literally screaming) at the chief of police to reach down and physically pull the survey marker up out of the cement. He informed her that was a federal offense and it would not be performed. So she screamed that she hated us and that the marker was there but that we "forfeited our property to her" because we built a fence.... WTF is that? Lol! The chief pulled my dh aside and informed him "this lady is nuts" lol! Anyway we got it resolved by pd telling her and her husband to go back in their house. To which she started screaming that she had other problems with us....she didn't like our pickup for starters and demanded that the ordinance enforcer tow our pickup away Then her dh started yelling that our yard was a disaster and that we needed to be cited for lack of weed control. The chief of police frowned and turned to look at my little patch of white daisies and my carefully manicured lawn and said "....what?!" lol!

Anybody wanna trade neighbors? This was all performed in a deluge of pouring rain btw

 

[claire75]

claire if the dip was implantation dont think a positive would show up yet think takes a few days after implant for levels get high enought to dtect hcg,fx'd hun

Tx Ali
I had one slight spot on 13dpo then dip at 14dpo...I`m thinking prob too late for implantation...but in the back of my mind still clinging on to vain hope lol

i`ll try to link my chart so you can see

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/claireffchart//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

 

[alicatt]

claire if the dip was implantation dont think a positive would show up yet think takes a few days after implant for levels get high enought to dtect hcg,fx'd hun

Tx Ali
I had one slight spot on 13dpo then dip at 14dpo...I`m thinking prob too late for implantation...but in the back of my mind still clinging on to vain hope lol

i`ll try to link my chart so you can see

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/claireffchart//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

Claire, you just never know. You are not out until AF shows, best of luck

 

[alicatt]

Phil - that was such a touching moment for you to share with us! I was adopted, so I will never get to have that kind of moment, but wow! So special I thank you for sharing, as it is such a wondrous thing! I'm also very happy for you to be getting the chance to be a mom again!

Coy - you have some crazy neighbors! Between the peeping Tom and these other nutty people, you pretty much take the cake. I have some crazy neighbors, but nothing like that! Mine just throw rocks at my house if the dogs bark, or once they threw an empty can of stain (well it was almost empty). They didn't have the greatest aim though, and hit my neighbors house Course they weren't happy and they called the cops. I didn't blame them, as their house was splattered with stain. UGH, neighbors! I do however try to keep the doggies quiet now, I don't care if they throw rocks at the house, I'm more worried that they will throw poison over the fence and kill my doggies. Oh and before I had a fence they sprayed me with the hose one morning while I was out with Zoe letting her go potty before I went to work. There I am in my work clothes sopping wet! I do get back at them though, whenever I find a toad in our backyard, I toss it over the fence and into their pool!!! Normally I wouldn't do this to the poor toad but the toads in FL are poisonous and they can make my doggies sick, and even kill them. So they have to go, and tossing them at my idiot neighbors gives me some satisfaction!

gncope and claire - best of luck to you both! I hope that Claire gets her and I hope that gncope's IVF goes well too


Jess- where are you????


AFM I'm on CD 12 today, no LH surge, and my temp is still low. The nurse thinks I will surge on Saturday, I don't think it will happen until Tuesday. My dominant follicle was 16mm on Wednesday, and if it grows 2mm each day it will be about 20mm today, and last month my dominant follicle was 28mm and I still hadn't ovulated. So I think Tuesday is more accurate. We'll see though, she might be right! I am in a lot of pain from the HSG yesterday, I feel so bloated, and crampy. I'm still happy though, unblocking that tube is so awesome!!! Now to call the Clinic and make sure they got the results of my tests yesterday, and make sure everything is OK! I'm also going to ask about the cramping and bloating, make sure that this is normal, and that I don't have an infection. That is all I need!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Coy, sounds like you're living beside some real crazies! Are these the same neighbours where it's the guy who creeps about in the garden with his top off?
We had really bad neighbours once and things got nasty. Thankfully we stood our ground and they ended up selling. We heard a couple of years later they had split up, both mad pieces of work as were both nasty people so stuff it up them

Hi ladies! Whata day today Lol! My dh stepped out to maintain the side of our fence, e.g., clearing away the survey marker so that it is visable, clearing weeds etc. Our CRAZY neighbors husband came out and yelled at him to "get the f#@!k back inside your fence indian! Go on back!" and they called the police chief, a police officer, and the chief city ordinance enforcer!! Wow, crazy. She started screaming (and I do mean literally screaming) at the chief of police to reach down and physically pull the survey marker up out of the cement. He informed her that was a federal offense and it would not be performed. So she screamed that she hated us and that the marker was there but that we "forfeited our property to her" because we built a fence.... WTF is that? Lol! The chief pulled my dh aside and informed him "this lady is nuts" lol! Anyway we got it resolved by pd telling her and her husband to go back in their house. To which she started screaming that she had other problems with us....she didn't like our pickup for starters and demanded that the ordinance enforcer tow our pickup away Then her dh started yelling that our yard was a disaster and that we needed to be cited for lack of weed control. The chief of police frowned and turned to look at my little patch of white daisies and my carefully manicured lawn and said "....what?!" lol!

Anybody wanna trade neighbors? This was all performed in a deluge of pouring rain btw

Nope, unfortunately we got one on either side Lucky me, huh? The way you wrote "with his top off" reminded me...my dh used to work in the back yard in either a mans tank or shirtless and the old neighbor lady (she passed away a couple years ago) used to come out and "tend the grass" while staring over the fence Once ina while she'd stop and holler me over and say "That husband of yours- Oh my..." LOL! Unfortunately her son (guy that lives there now) is a total jerk, but what can ya do about neighbors?

 

[Grey Eyes]

Phil - that was such a touching moment for you to share with us! I was adopted, so I will never get to have that kind of moment, but wow! So special I thank you for sharing, as it is such a wondrous thing! I'm also very happy for you to be getting the chance to be a mom again!

Coy - you have some crazy neighbors! Between the peeping Tom and these other nutty people, you pretty much take the cake. I have some crazy neighbors, but nothing like that! Mine just throw rocks at my house if the dogs bark, or once they threw an empty can of stain (well it was almost empty). They didn't have the greatest aim though, and hit my neighbors house Course they weren't happy and they called the cops. I didn't blame them, as their house was splattered with stain. UGH, neighbors! I do however try to keep the doggies quiet now, I don't care if they throw rocks at the house, I'm more worried that they will throw poison over the fence and kill my doggies. Oh and before I had a fence they sprayed me with the hose one morning while I was out with Zoe letting her go potty before I went to work. There I am in my work clothes sopping wet! I do get back at them though, whenever I find a toad in our backyard, I toss it over the fence and into their pool!!! Normally I wouldn't do this to the poor toad but the toads in FL are poisonous and they can make my doggies sick, and even kill them. So they have to go, and tossing them at my idiot neighbors gives me some satisfaction!

gncope and claire - best of luck to you both! I hope that Claire gets her and I hope that gncope's IVF goes well too


Jess- where are you????


AFM I'm on CD 12 today, no LH surge, and my temp is still low. The nurse thinks I will surge on Saturday, I don't think it will happen until Tuesday. My dominant follicle was 16mm on Wednesday, and if it grows 2mm each day it will be about 20mm today, and last month my dominant follicle was 28mm and I still hadn't ovulated. So I think Tuesday is more accurate. We'll see though, she might be right! I am in a lot of pain from the HSG yesterday, I feel so bloated, and crampy. I'm still happy though, unblocking that tube is so awesome!!! Now to call the Clinic and make sure they got the results of my tests yesterday, and make sure everything is OK! I'm also going to ask about the cramping and bloating, make sure that this is normal, and that I don't have an infection. That is all I need!

Ooooh wish I had some o'those toads!! How far a=can you throw Ali? Toss me some....

 

[alicatt]

Ooooh wish I had some o'those toads!! How far a=can you throw Ali? Toss me some....

not as far as SD that is for sure! What would you do with them? I wonder what my neighbors think when they see the toads in the pool? Do you think that they know I'm tossing them over the fence? So far I do not think they have actually been IN the pool when I've tossed them. Maybe next time I will have to yell.. INCOMING!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Lol, nah, why give them a warning??

My neighbors are currently and very furiously ripping stuff up next to the fence...they decided to put these long poles on the ground (I guess a marker dilineating their space? ) and a bunch of drift wood...

How are you feeling today? Did you get hold of your S-Bank to get the sperm sent over? When do you start testing for Ov??

AFM- I am feeling quite good... a couple nice cool morngings with sprinkling rain and a couple very nice nights resting and I feel almost top shape!

 

[alicatt]

Lol, nah, why give them a warning??

My neighbors are currently and very furiously ripping stuff up next to the fence...they decided to put these long poles on the ground (I guess a marker dilineating their space? ) and a bunch of drift wood...

How are you feeling today? Did you get hold of your S-Bank to get the sperm sent over? When do you start testing for Ov??

AFM- I am feeling quite good... a couple nice cool morngings with sprinkling rain and a couple very nice nights resting and I feel almost top shape!

Sounds like they have totally lost their minds! Hopefully they aren't building anything that will cause you guys issues.

Yes, my donor sperm arrived at the Clinic today, so it is ready for me! I got the results of the testing done yesterday, and now they think I have PCOS again? I'm so confused, my RE and OBGYN both said that I DID NOT have PCOS just 2 months ago. I'm wondering if the clomid caused my ovaries to have more follicles than normal and now they look poly-cystic? Who knows. The RN at the clinic said that as long as I ovulate it really doesn't matter. She wants me to call her as soon as I start to surge, and come in for a US and blood work. Depending on what my LH is, she may decide to trigger me so that we know I will ovulate, and then do the IUI the following day. She still seems to think I will start surging tomorrow or Sunday. We'll see!

As for the Doctors, I wish there was some consensus as to whether I do have PCOS or not! ARGH!

Glad the weather is cooler for you, it is not over here! I just checked and it is 89 degrees in the shade, and even hotter in the cottage. No A/C up here. It will cool off in the evening, but it is only 4pm so I have a ways to wait!

 

[Laurisa2008]

We had just completed round 1 of home insemination about 30 minutes ago. We have a donor we found and now are trying to concieve. My partner is 37 we are a bit nervous but are totally hopeful. She should be ovulating within the next few days so we will go for round two on Sunday. I am looking forward to being a mom and I know my fiancee is too. She is going to make a extraordinary mom plus she has me!

 

[alin3boys]

Laurisa that is wonderful hun wish you both loads and fx for a bfp

 

[alicatt]

We had just completed round 1 of home insemination about 30 minutes ago. We have a donor we found and now are trying to concieve. My partner is 37 we are a bit nervous but are totally hopeful. She should be ovulating within the next few days so we will go for round two on Sunday. I am looking forward to being a mom and I know my fiancee is too. She is going to make a extraordinary mom plus she has me!

Congrats and welcome! Are you using an OPK to predict ovulation? If not, I would suggest giving that a try, they are relatively inexpensive, but will help you pinpoint your O and then you can be more accurate on when to inseminiate.

Best of luck Laurisa!!!

 

[Philomena]

Welcome Laurissa! Good luck!

 

[GeorgiaBelle]

Finally had the ultrasound. Now I'm waiting to hear the bad news.

Stopped by our RE's office around 12:30 and saw him for a few minutes. He was looking through my chart and suddenly asked me if I had my x-ray yet. He started to explain to me about injecting the dye to check my tubes. I told him that I hadn't had one, but I had read about the procedure. He told me that if I didn't get pregnant this month, we would schedule the x-ray next month.

My hubby did go back with me and watched while the trans-vaginal ultrasound was done. Afterwards all he could say was he couldn't make heads or tails out of what he was seeing.

Am I being silly? I feel so self conscious when DH is with me when I see a doctor, especially if I have to take off any clothes. I don't have a good opinion of my looks or body anyway.

The sonographer tried to keep talking about other things to make me feel comfortable during the ultrasound. The only thing she asked me pertaining to the procedure during the ultrasound was if I were taking anything to help with my follicles. I told her about the Clomid I took for the first time recently.

I knew it wouldn't do any good to ask her what she saw. She would tell me that my doctor would discuss the results with me. Our RE had instructed to have the results faxed immediately to him. I was hoping he would call me this evening, but I guess I'll have to wait to see if I hear from him on Monday. If I don't hear from him by the middle of Monday afternoon, I'm definitely calling his office.

The Clearblue digital OPK came today. Naturally, when I was trying to carefully remove the tester, it slipped and hit the tile bathroom floor. It took three strips to finally get a response. Naturally, it was negative. The regular ovulation strip still showed no second line either.

I don't mean to come on the board and sound so negative. You have to forgive me. Everything has been going wrong for us. Life has been pretty cruel. I have learned to expect the next bad thing to happen soon. I hope you all will understand.

I'll let you know the results as soon as I hear from our RE.

 

[FirstTry]

Ali: congrats on the tube clearing!

Question for all: I'm on cd14. I woke up at 5am and took my temp, got 97.2. I also did an OPK then and the test line was almost as dark as the control. Then, went back to sleep until 9am and my temp had risen to 98.1. My right ovary has also felt enlarged for the past 12-24 hours.

Does that mean that I ovulated exactly between 5am and 9am? We bd'd at 11pm and the previous 2 days, but I might have to jump DH again now!

Any insight would be helpful. Thank you!

 

[alin3boys]

When you get a positive opk you will ovulate 12-48 hours later,I usually get a positive on cd 12-13 and ov on cd 13-14 according to my chart,do another test as you are supposed to test in the pm with an opk not with fmu I think you will find it will be darker.

I got my peak this morning on cd 12 and got my positive opk this afternoon so I will ov cd 13 as usual.

 

[FirstTry]

When you get a positive opk you will ovulate 12-48 hours later,I usually get a positive on cd 12-13 and ov on cd 13-14 according to my chart,do another test as you are supposed to test in the pm with an opk not with fmu I think you will find it will be darker.

I got my peak this morning on cd 12 and got my positive opk this afternoon so I will ov cd 13 as usual.

Thank you. You are right about OPKs and fmu. I test with fmu because there are never 2-3 hours when I'm not drinking anything during the day. But I'll try to do so this afternoon.

It looks like we'll be TWW buddies . I think Ali and Angel are on almost the same schedule. So, we're bound to get at least one BFP, right?!

Does anyone know how quickly temps can rise after the egg is released? Does 4 hours make sense?

(Go go!!!)

 

[Grey Eyes]

Jess- where are you??

 

[AngelSerenity]

Hey FirstyTry, I'm on CD14 and got a faint OPK last night, and then a strong positive one this morning (not FMU) and also a peak reading on my CBFM. Made sure DH and I and had some fun this afternoon while DS was down for his nap . We are joining my parents in a caravan tomorrow so I don't know if we'll be able to sneak off for a quicky tomorrow night and DS is up too early in the mornings to think about then . My charts are all over the place TBH but if my body is behaving itself I expect to ovulate anytime now. I get bloated and slight abdmoinal pains which I now think must be the follicle enlarging just before releasing? Since my 4th and 5th MCs this year I have also had ovulation spotting so I'll let you know if anything occurs tomorrow.

I'm going to be positive and aspirational, we're all gong to get our BFPs this month

When you get a positive opk you will ovulate 12-48 hours later,I usually get a positive on cd 12-13 and ov on cd 13-14 according to my chart,do another test as you are supposed to test in the pm with an opk not with fmu I think you will find it will be darker.

I got my peak this morning on cd 12 and got my positive opk this afternoon so I will ov cd 13 as usual.

Thank you. You are right about OPKs and fmu. I test with fmu because there are never 2-3 hours when I'm not drinking anything during the day. But I'll try to do so this afternoon.

It looks like we'll be TWW buddies . I think Ali and Angel are on almost the same schedule. So, we're bound to get at least one BFP, right?!

Does anyone know how quickly temps can rise after the egg is released? Does 4 hours make sense?

(Go go!!!)

 

[AngelSerenity]

Hmmmmmm yes Jess, where are you?