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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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38 and going try for number 3 - any advice?

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orangeistheonlyfruit · 23/08/2016 14:50

Hello,

We have 2 already and with a 8 year gap to the youngest we've decided we'd love a third.

so really do I need to get the ovulation sticks? Take temperatures?! All new to this feel like there are lots of new acronyms and I've no idea what they mean lol.

Sorry if my post is a bit vague I guess we have been waiting for the right time and now we're here, and I'm like ok! Aside from the lots of shagging what else do I need to know?

:)

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orangeistheonlyfruit · 23/08/2016 23:08

Hi emma it's strange isn't it being older and not realising it's not the same as being in the 20s. Did you know we have been purposely not trying because we want a summer baby? But reading all the other stuff makes me reload we would have been really stupid.

What app is it? I don't want to get all bogged down with it all but maybe I need to be smarter you know? We shag all the time but never even thought of its the right time. I'm still on the pill as it feels strange to say ok I have stopped taking it.

How are you finding it? I don't feel like an older women do you? :)

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EmmaWoo1605 · 23/08/2016 22:05

Hi! I am also 38, trying for number 3, and new to all this! I have 2 boys age 12 and 10 from my previous marriage. Remarried last year and would love nothing more than to have a baby with my new husband. We've been trying for around 8 months now, but just been tracking roughly when I'm ovulating using an app. I've now gone down the route of buying a load of cheap ovulation tests on eBay. I'm slowly becoming more and more obsessed, hence the reason I'm on forums now!

I've never really tried for a baby before...the boys just happened (but I was a lot younger then I guess!). I'm amazed by how much this stuff can take over your life! Maybe we should keep each other company given that were in such similar situations!

In the meantime, the lots of shagging theory seems the way forward! Grin

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