Welcome to 'Trying To Conceive Over 35'

[alicatt]

Nothing to report here really.

Got all my herbs and supplements, now to figure out the proper doses!

I'm still feeling pretty miserable, still no voice, and the crud coming out of my lungs is something for a horror movie. So I'm at home once again (working, but not infecting my co-workers).

The cough syrup was wonderful, but I can't take it during the day or I'll end up sleeping all day long. It is great when its time to go to bed! For now, I'm going to have a cup of tea to soothe my throat, and hope that the z-pac does its thing and kills the bacteria.

 

[Grey Eyes]

Nothing to report here really.

Got all my herbs and supplements, now to figure out the proper doses!

I'm still feeling pretty miserable, still no voice, and the crud coming out of my lungs is something for a horror movie. So I'm at home once again (working, but not infecting my co-workers).

The cough syrup was wonderful, but I can't take it during the day or I'll end up sleeping all day long. It is great when its time to go to bed! For now, I'm going to have a cup of tea to soothe my throat, and hope that the z-pac does its thing and kills the bacteria.

Ali- Z-Pack should do wonders in clearing your lungs Like everything it takes time, right

And what do you mean nothing to report? Your body is a baby making machine perking away! That's an awesome report! Everything happening in your body right now is gearing toward bfp Mine? ...well......I feel like I am gearing up for an 11 month pregnancy

 

[alicatt]

Nothing to report here really.

Got all my herbs and supplements, now to figure out the proper doses!

I'm still feeling pretty miserable, still no voice, and the crud coming out of my lungs is something for a horror movie. So I'm at home once again (working, but not infecting my co-workers).

The cough syrup was wonderful, but I can't take it during the day or I'll end up sleeping all day long. It is great when its time to go to bed! For now, I'm going to have a cup of tea to soothe my throat, and hope that the z-pac does its thing and kills the bacteria.

Ali- Z-Pack should do wonders in clearing your lungs Like everything it takes time, right

And what do you mean nothing to report? Your body is a baby making machine perking away! That's an awesome report! Everything happening in your body right now is gearing toward bfp Mine? ...well......I feel like I am gearing up for an 11 month pregnancy

HEHE.. no 11 month pregnancies allowed! You are not a giraffe (or whatever animal has 11 month pregnancies).

I was doing some reading, and I called my Dr's office to question the protocol. They said that it was fine to go right from BCP to stimming. The lupron is needed for some patients that are not good responders. I responded just fine, this protocol they are using will help to get about the same number of eggs (15) but with less follicles. Last time I had 30 follicles, and only 1/2 of them had eggs. Plus only 11 of the 15 were mature. So this protocol is aiming for 15 MATURE eggs. They feel that with a few minor tweaks to the dosages of the stimulation meds, and changing the donor sperm I should be in excellent shape. YAY! Now I have one less thing to stress about.

Now if only my tummy would stop being annoying. I think its the post nasal drip that is causing my tummy to be upset. But man did the tea feel wondrous on my throat!!! YUM I literally LOVE TEA!!!

Did I mention that I bought chocolate last night? OMG did I ever buy chocolate. I got Halloween candy.. but now its tempting me. LOL! KitKat, Twix and Reeces Peanut Butter cups. So sinful. Need to be good, only have 1 a day. Save it for Halloween!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Oooo Chocolate! I forgot to mention I bought a Watchamacallit the other day and ate it over a 2 day period...I made it stretch Wow, well, I am glad that you talked to your doctor about the BCP! Sounds like (s)he knows what's going on and how to "tweak" your system. Like a good mechanic When do you start stimming?

Dingbat called and left a message this morning He is demanding dh or I call him back to give him status on the girls blessing and the arrival or "failure" thereof of our baby! Aaargh! Sometimes I just don't like people Can I tell him off or do I have to be nice? He's justa crabby, nosy, self'rightous old guy.

 

[Grey Eyes]

AFM- wow, Kat slept ALL NIGHT LONG and didn't wake up even once And wouldn't you know it I had to wake up and go check them at least 3 times Then I had very vivid nightmares all night which kept waking me up. I did have some sharp contraction-like pains though which got me all hopeful!.......Then they went away

.........................lol! Here I was apprehensive about labor pain- now by delaying it I am all wanting it to happen!

It rained all night so I lit the fireplace this morning. Then I made coffee, made breakfast, let the dog out, lysoled the kitchen and laundry room, bathed the girls and washed their hair, now I am wondering what to do with myself ...

 

[alicatt]

AFM- wow, Kat slept ALL NIGHT LONG and didn't wake up even once And wouldn't you know it I had to wake up and go check them at least 3 times Then I had very vivid nightmares all night which kept waking me up. I did have some sharp contraction-like pains though which got me all hopeful!.......Then they went away

.........................lol! Here I was apprehensive about labor pain- now by delaying it I am all wanting it to happen!

It rained all night so I lit the fireplace this morning. Then I made coffee, made breakfast, let the dog out, lysoled the kitchen and laundry room, bathed the girls and washed their hair, now I am wondering what to do with myself ...

Wanna come clean my house?? LOL. It is a bit of a mess. I am going to have to work on it tonight. Maybe doing more work will shake babes loose?

I think I will start stimming around 11/24, so another 5 weeks?

 

[Grey Eyes]

AFM- wow, Kat slept ALL NIGHT LONG and didn't wake up even once And wouldn't you know it I had to wake up and go check them at least 3 times Then I had very vivid nightmares all night which kept waking me up. I did have some sharp contraction-like pains though which got me all hopeful!.......Then they went away

.........................lol! Here I was apprehensive about labor pain- now by delaying it I am all wanting it to happen!

It rained all night so I lit the fireplace this morning. Then I made coffee, made breakfast, let the dog out, lysoled the kitchen and laundry room, bathed the girls and washed their hair, now I am wondering what to do with myself ...

Wanna come clean my house?? LOL. It is a bit of a mess. I am going to have to work on it tonight. Maybe doing more work will shake babes loose?

I think I will start stimming around 11/24, so another 5 weeks?

O my gosh only another 5 weeks?! Time flies, huh! What is your first regiment with the stimming? I hope you can get this crazy flu out of your system in the next day or so and get rested up properly. COme clean oyur house? Obviously you haven't seen MY house I didn't say I cleaned only that I Lysoled Oh, but I guess I did clean the tub and sink and toilet....and yes I swept...but no deep cleaning for me lol! I would love to have that all done

Maybe today I can do some of that since it is rainy out. I have to help T build a bunch of crap for her science projects YUK lol! I am not feeling very creative today. Anybody wanna do science??Plus I have Kat who is severely jealous of T's school so every time I sit down to teach T Kat throws a big fit and demands my attention Makes me want to give in and throw some candy and a movie at them and go take a nap But that would be being a bad mom lol!

 

[alicatt]

AFM- wow, Kat slept ALL NIGHT LONG and didn't wake up even once And wouldn't you know it I had to wake up and go check them at least 3 times Then I had very vivid nightmares all night which kept waking me up. I did have some sharp contraction-like pains though which got me all hopeful!.......Then they went away

.........................lol! Here I was apprehensive about labor pain- now by delaying it I am all wanting it to happen!

It rained all night so I lit the fireplace this morning. Then I made coffee, made breakfast, let the dog out, lysoled the kitchen and laundry room, bathed the girls and washed their hair, now I am wondering what to do with myself ...

Wanna come clean my house?? LOL. It is a bit of a mess. I am going to have to work on it tonight. Maybe doing more work will shake babes loose?

I think I will start stimming around 11/24, so another 5 weeks?

O my gosh only another 5 weeks?! Time flies, huh! What is your first regiment with the stimming? I hope you can get this crazy flu out of your system in the next day or so and get rested up properly. COme clean oyur house? Obviously you haven't seen MY house I didn't say I cleaned only that I Lysoled Oh, but I guess I did clean the tub and sink and toilet....and yes I swept...but no deep cleaning for me lol! I would love to have that all done

Maybe today I can do some of that since it is rainy out. I have to help T build a bunch of crap for her science projects YUK lol! I am not feeling very creative today. Anybody wanna do science??Plus I have Kat who is severely jealous of T's school so every time I sit down to teach T Kat throws a big fit and demands my attention Makes me want to give in and throw some candy and a movie at them and go take a nap But that would be being a bad mom lol!

HEHE.. but it is a really nice day down here!! Temps are getting a little lower (mid-80s) and the humidity is not as high either. I just have to catch up on my house so I can do yard work this weekend. I have a bunch of things to do before I start with my next cycle. Once I start on the cycle, I probably won't have the time or energy to focus on anything but work and the cycle (stims make you tired and queasy and bloated and miserable). So yes! I need to get better so I can get a bunch of stuff done BEFORE Thanksgiving. AHHHHH!

I love science! I'd do the science project. Must be hard trying to get both your dd's working on school projects with everything else going on. Have you tried getting her working on something that she needs to do? Or making something up for her to do? Pretend school? She could practice her writing (tracing letters) or doing word/picture type puzzles? I think you said Kat was 4? Then she could sit at the table with you and T and do her own 'special' project!!

 

[FirstTry]

Nothing to report here really.

Got all my herbs and supplements, now to figure out the proper doses!

I'm still feeling pretty miserable, still no voice, and the crud coming out of my lungs is something for a horror movie. So I'm at home once again (working, but not infecting my co-workers).

The cough syrup was wonderful, but I can't take it during the day or I'll end up sleeping all day long. It is great when its time to go to bed! For now, I'm going to have a cup of tea to soothe my throat, and hope that the z-pac does its thing and kills the bacteria.

Ali- Z-Pack should do wonders in clearing your lungs Like everything it takes time, right

And what do you mean nothing to report? Your body is a baby making machine perking away! That's an awesome report! Everything happening in your body right now is gearing toward bfp Mine? ...well......I feel like I am gearing up for an 11 month pregnancy

HEHE.. no 11 month pregnancies allowed! You are not a giraffe (or whatever animal has 11 month pregnancies).

I was doing some reading, and I called my Dr's office to question the protocol. They said that it was fine to go right from BCP to stimming. The lupron is needed for some patients that are not good responders. I responded just fine, this protocol they are using will help to get about the same number of eggs (15) but with less follicles. Last time I had 30 follicles, and only 1/2 of them had eggs. Plus only 11 of the 15 were mature. So this protocol is aiming for 15 MATURE eggs. They feel that with a few minor tweaks to the dosages of the stimulation meds, and changing the donor sperm I should be in excellent shape. YAY! Now I have one less thing to stress about.

Now if only my tummy would stop being annoying. I think its the post nasal drip that is causing my tummy to be upset. But man did the tea feel wondrous on my throat!!! YUM I literally LOVE TEA!!!

Did I mention that I bought chocolate last night? OMG did I ever buy chocolate. I got Halloween candy.. but now its tempting me. LOL! KitKat, Twix and Reeces Peanut Butter cups. So sinful. Need to be good, only have 1 a day. Save it for Halloween!

New donor? Exciting! Care to share any stats on him?

AFM: I'm 9dpiui and have given up on this month. I know it's early, but I'd rather have low hopes to be dashed than high ones.

 

[TerriLou]

Evening Ladies (well, it is here anyway). Again, its a flying visit, just read through the last days posts, but I'm off swimming in about 20 minutes, so haven't got much time.

Ali, it sounds like you're on the mend, hopefully its all out of your system soon, flu really gets you down. Lots of people around me have been really poorly over the last couple of weeks, its spreading through schools at the moment.

alenasuna, welcome and congrats on the BFP, hopefully your luck will rub off on these deserving ladies on here. Please send some my way.

Yep, my temp definitely jumped up this morning, hopefully it will again tomorrow. I never used to get sore boobs, but they got really painful when I got pregnant, then every cycle since then, a day or so after AF, they are killing, that then lasts all the way up to the next AF. One thing is that once I finally Ov, my LP is pretty normal, so I still get the TWW like everyone else, its just the bit before Ov that I'm not sure about.

Well, my Fertili Tea arrived yesterday, any suggestions on when I should start taking it? I opened the packet and you can really smell the mint. It seems to be cut up quite small, so I hope it won't come out of the infuser.

Coy, Your belly must be so comfy, I really thought it sounded like you would have had buba way before now, I can't believe she's holding on so long. When is your next doc visit?

I got the date through for my ultrasound, its the 27th, so plenty of time to know if this was a successful cycle before going. I have the blood test on Monday, I'll ask them then if they know what its checking for. I don't think they will though as they just take the blood, label them up and send them off. I think I was just so happy that my doc was going to do something that I didn't think to ask him what they would be testing for. :doh:

Everyone else, Hope you are all doing well.

 

[TerriLou]

FirstTry, I find this is best too, its better to think negatively and be really happy when things go well than to get excited and be disappointed. I'll still keep everything crossed for you.

 

[Grey Eyes]

Hi ladies!

Ali- ugh, you sound just like me "I have to work to get prepared so that I can do my other work and I don't feel well, so I have to get better so that I can plan on not feeling well again" Right now my instinct is telling "go finish organizing the last remneants of the garage so that you can park the car in there so that you can get it out of the yard so that you can get the yard ready for winter. Getting ready for winter means cutting wood, so get some wood cut, then decorate for Christmas so you won;t have to do that in the cold." and on and on...but I am feeling really out of it today for some reason my goal is to take a nap but the kids aren't letting me do that I tried to eat some hot tomato soup but Kat decided she wanted it so I snuck off to the office. Now I am wondring if I can get a nap in beofre they ask for something else. My energy just feels really low and my body gets al weak for some reason... I have no clue what's going on...

Next doctor appointment is tomorrow I was really hoping to have babes before then but

FirstTry- I understand so I will keep my fx'd for you!

Terry- I expect your temp will continue up, you must have annovulatory cycles that is why the second spike, So glad you caught it this month!

 

[babydust2me]

we this afternoon dh came home for lunch I used one of those cups afterward and I really think that they worked super well! Also used the preseed. DH was not really in the game for some odd reason lol. He said we need to figure out a way to spice things up. I gotta go get a brazilian...that always does the trick BUT it hurts like hell! but it is worth it...lol. Anyone else going to brazil??

 

[alin3boys]

can i ask a question if we bd but he doesn't ejaculate do i still put on ff chart as intercourse (we had spare 15 mins before i had to pick kids up lol)

 

[alicatt]

New donor? Exciting! Care to share any stats on him?

AFM: I'm 9dpiui and have given up on this month. I know it's early, but I'd rather have low hopes to be dashed than high ones.

Yes, the Dr said my last donor's sperm may have been suspect because the embryos didn't develop as they should have from day 3 to day 5. So I have to pick someone new. I haven't done so yet.

Once I pick a company, I was going to share my login to let you all help me! I just haven't picked the company yet. I have logins at several of them, but just basic logins. To get the pictures, and bios you need to spend $150 per site (so that is why I want to pick the company first).

FirstTry.. I know how it can be so difficult. Don't count yourself out, but don't get too excited either. If possible try to distract yourself with other things so you aren't constantly obsessing. Who am I kidding?? I go completely bonkers in my 2WW! But still.. trying to keep your mind off of it helps!

 

[alicatt]

can i ask a question if we bd but he doesn't ejaculate do i still put on ff chart as intercourse (we had spare 15 mins before i had to pick kids up lol)

HEHE.. good question! I'm not sure! I mean sometimes a few sneak out early? I mean, we've all heard about women getting pregnant when the man said.. but I pulled out! So I think it counts.. but I'd get more in.. You can never have enough bd'ing!

 

[alicatt]

we this afternoon dh came home for lunch I used one of those cups afterward and I really think that they worked super well! Also used the preseed. DH was not really in the game for some odd reason lol. He said we need to figure out a way to spice things up. I gotta go get a brazilian...that always does the trick BUT it hurts like hell! but it is worth it...lol. Anyone else going to brazil??

Ouchie! I've only gone to Brazil once (well maybe I went to Mexico) cause I didn't go all the way. I just can't handle the issues after it happens. My hair grows in all backwards, and ingrown and its just an ugly mess about a week later. Not worth it for me. You could go buy some lingerie? Or maybe take one of the more tame chapters from 50 shades?

 

[alin3boys]

he is on nights so difficult to bd we bd on cd 5 and cd 11 its cd 12 today and i had ewcm so grabbed him but he was tired bless him lol,i usually ov cd 13-14

 

[alicatt]

he is on nights so difficult to bd we bd on cd 5 and cd 11 its cd 12 today and i had ewcm so grabbed him but he was tired bless him lol,i usually ov cd 13-14

EEK.. that doesn't sound like fun! Well hopefully you can find some time later today or tomorrow, so you can catch your window!

 

[alin3boys]

i tend to grab him when mikey naps lol