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36 TTC #1 and it's taking a while - anyone else care to share?

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JRsandCoffee · 10/11/2010 17:46

Ah I have a feeling this is a thread that replicates many that have gone before, but what the hell, I was hoping to hop on a suitable bus but one hasn't come along so I thought I'd start another :-)

I'm 36 and have been TTC for about a year, our timing was initially fairly lousy and now that I think I've got that nailed the DH is working away during the week.....until August, by which time i'll be 37 (just) tickety tock, Oh the JOY! I've had one go at Clomid and am hoping to do another cycle of it next month (that'll be a lovely one if the timing's out - darling, meet me at that travellodge just off the M25 and prepare for action!) and maybe squeeze in another over Christmas.

I spend far to much time trying not to think about the fact that we haven't concieved yet. The doctors are pretty up beat and keep saying we'll get there but not really doing much more than just giving me the Clomid, I'm certainly not getting these scans I keep reading about and haven't a clue about the blood tests - other than that my day 2 was normal, my day 21 was low and the one for PCOS showed no signs of whatever it was they were looking for....

Plainly I worry that I'm geriatric, my eggs are not just dead, they weren't there to start with, the tadpoles all have two heads and one tail per squillion and that we're all doomed....... ;-)

So, anyone else care to share the madness?

I've just re-read that eeek - I'm honestly not a miserable cow, tis just the uncheery facts!!!

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stinkypants · 10/11/2010 20:17

no, 32 it must've been!

stinkypants · 10/11/2010 20:16

it took me 18 months to conceive (including one miscarriage), and i know it seems an eternity - but now i have 2 lovely boys, so hang in there. i started trying when i was 33 i think, and am now nearly 36.
the absolute best thing was the ovulation sticks you pee on - worked for both my boys.it seems a long time ago now - but it is horrible each month when nothing occurs, i can remember it well. try not to force your partner into bed all the time, mine began to resent it and lose his drive! which is now better than ever, but the pressure was too much i think.
the o9ther advice i can offer is to spend lots of time cuddling friends' / family's babies - i'm sure it awakens the mummy in you.
good luck (: