Over 40 ttc - summer baby dust for me!

So sorry @Karigan198. Sending you energy. Please be gentle with yourself.

@CritterTamer fingers crossed during your wait.

Ohhhh Karigan198 I'm so sorry... take care of yourself 💕

@Mellongoose - welcome! To answer your question, all 6 did fertilise. Now we wait and see how they develop - most don’t generally make it past the 3 day stage, even for younger women so it’s really a lottery. If one or two make it to the five day blastocyst stage they have a decent chance of being viable and will be transferred. If there happen to be any spare good quality embryos they get frozen. Once transferred it’s a waiting game to see if they implant or not.

I’m so sorry @Karigan198. Take care of yourself xxx

Definitely out. It’s very heavy now.

That’s excellent news Critter. Hoping it keeps going so well

Mimosa, I’ve probably asked you this before, but do you feel your follicular phase has changed over the last few years? Or were you always an early ov’er? Has it changed recently, becoming later?

Thanks for the welcomes, everybody.

@Karigan198 I have my fingers crossed for for you. I don't want to give you false hope, but I often see posts on MN about bleeding in early pregnancy. It usually turns out ok unless the bleeding just gets heavier and heavier. Hoping it all turns out ok for you.

@CritterTamer very excited about your 6 super eggs. What happens if they all fertilise??

Am currently waiting for af to end so I can begin again. Am taking vitamin B complex and a magnesium & zinc. I have no idea if this is effective but it helped me out of my PND funk and back to normal. Running 3 times a week. Diet is ok (home cooked) but could be better, I guess. A couple of glasses of red a week.

Hmmm writing all that down has made me think 4/10 for effort. Could do better!!

@Littlemimosa I know 100% was totally unexpected - really pleased. I know it’s not likely that many/any will make it to 5 day blastocyst stage but it’s a good start! I know one lady much younger who had EC yesterday too - got 10 eggs but only 3 fertilised so it definitely gives me hope that the age factor isn’t the be all and end all.

It’s going to be a long 4 days!

Great news critter!!

Shiny that must be so frustrating for you. I’ve no advice I’m afraid.

Karigan thinking of you. Praying it turns out ok for you.

Cookie so sorry about AF. My doctor was great about getting tests done. I’ve had bloods, scan, sperm analysis and a HSG. All were fine, which is great but still not pregnant.

Critter! What a great fertilisation rate!! 6 out of 6:) Prayers are going into them developing until Wed now.

Blimey so much happens in 2 days i don't get on here!
Good luck Critter... It all sounds extremely promising x
Karigan ... I had bleeding in early pregnancy. I didn't realise i was preg for 3 months as the bleeding was almost but not quite like a proper AF. I was convinced it was the peri men getting me! Thinking of you and sending lots of baby dust your way .. you too Critter! Xx
Welcome new ladies. ..want to write more but am time constricted again!
Have a good weekend all x

Cleo, it's vitex. I took it for three months one of the times - nada. B6 also but been taking that since April. Nothing.

Critter - all six? Brilliant!

Karigan - hopefully they'll be able to get you in for a scan on Monday.

Morning all

@Karigan - oh no I hope you’re ok - remember that lots of women bleed in early pregnancy so it doesn’t necessarily mean the worst outcome - fingers crossed for you xxx

@Cookiewaffle - sorry that AF got you 😔 my dr was happy to do tests immediately once i told him I was 40 so hopefully yours will too.

@Shinyblackdog - that sounds awful - so strange that there’s no apparent reason for it. I hope things get back to normal for you soon!

As for me all 6 eggs fertilised overnight so feeling very happy (and very sore!) this morning. I have a long wait now until transfer day on Wednesday to see if any make it! 🤞

Well it’s more than just spotting this morning so it’s looking fairly conclusive however it’s not been enough to say for certain. Inbetween the two. Phoned for advice again and still wait and see 🙄.

shinyblackdog are there vitamins you can take? I'm sure on here I've read about some that can help period regulation but can't for the life of e remember.. or can diet help?
Oh CookieWaffle.. so sorry hope you get some good advice and a receptive dr on Tuesday.. x

Sorry to hear that Cookie. Little, it always take ages for AF to come back after an "event" for me. Took 18 months after I came off the pill, 18 months after I had dd. I waited 4 months after my tfmr and then decided I couldn't wait any longer and went on provera (synthetic progesterone) to induce a withdrawal bleed before going on clomid to induce ovulation. That all worked well and I got pregnant in 5 cycles. I miscarried 2 months ago and, surprise surprise, no AF. Difference this time is, though, that the provera didn't work, so I can't start the clomid. I took it much earlier this time so maybe my lining hasn't built up enough. To date they can't come up with a reason why it takes me to get back to normal. It's not PCOS and all bloods normal, so not early onset menopause (at least not to date). Hopefully find out next steps on Wednesday.

Well that's me out this month. I had 4 days of weird brown/pink spotting but then temp dropped and AF started properly this morning. Going to get myself checked out on Tues, especially with my age and family history against me. Hopefully they'll let me get some tests done and not tell me to wait a few months!

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Shiny sporting you’re repeating yourself but how long have you had no periods for?

Welcome Emma. So sorry for your loss. I hope you find support and encouragement here.
Welcome Mellon too.

Critter great news! 6 lovely juicy eggs hurrah. Let’s pray they are fertilising somewhere in a lab right now as we all sleep.

Cleo thanks for the encouragement. It helps to know you have had similar and now things are normal again. So yes I’ve recently started eating more beans. I’ve been leaning towards a more paleo diet (low carb, no processed food) the last couple of years but I’m now making an effort to eat more good carbs and legumes. I’m also trying to eat more calories as I’ve read that oestrogen stores in fat cells.
My progesterone was good on my day 21 bloods. 52 I think. My LP is always 14-16 days so I’m assuming that is fine. Things always seem to go wrong in My follicular phase. Either I ovulate super early or lately super late. Sigh. Deep sigh.

Hello Emma and Mellon, welcome - you're in the right place! My story is pretty much a combo of both of yours, one dd pretty easily conceived followed by two unsuccessful pregnancies. Only difference between me and almost everyone else in the huddle (there was a lovely penguin analogy a while back) is that everyone else gets periods. I'm fed with this no-period-nonsense. Getting blood test results on Tuesday and a scan on Wednesday to see WTF is going on in there.

Critter - six out of eight sounds great, hope you've had a relaxing day.

Karigan - are you OK?

On it Cleo:

Alibaba: 42, dds 8 & 6, ttc 2 years
Apple: 42, mmc, tfmr, chemical, mc, ttc#1 three years
AtrocityNeedles: 44, ttc#1
Booseys: 46, ds, ttc 2.5-3 years
Chat: 45, 5dc, 3 mc, 1 chemical
Chendy: 40, poss thinking about ttc#3
Cleo: 41, dc 5 & 7, mmc May, ttc 15 months
Cookie: 40, ttc#1, 3 months
Critter: 40, ttc#1, doing IVF
Dicky: 40, ttc#3
Emma: 41, ttc#1, mc in May
Faith: 43, dd 3.5, 2 mc, ttc 2 years
Helbelle: 42, mmc at 40, dd 14 months, BFP!!!
Hmmm: 41, 1dc, ttc 1 month
Karigan: 40.5, ttc 7 months, waiting to see if viable
LittleMimosa: 42, dc 5 & 7, ttc 18 months
Matts: 48, dc 11 & 6, 4 chemicals
Mellongoose: 42, dd 3.5, ttc 2 years
Minime: 41, ttc #1 for 23 mths, 1 chemical and 1 mc in march
Orchid: 41, dc 2.5, ttc >1 year, having a crappy time right now
PollyIndia: 40?, ds, ttc 18 months
Presh: 39, ttc#1, mmc 2017, Graves disease
Shiny: 40, dd 3, tfmr 2017, mc April
Weasle: 42, dc 7 & 5, 2 mcs 2017, chemical in March

Welcome emma and mellongoose!
Sorry for your loss emma, I also had a mc in May at 10 weeks. It's gutting. Just in the middle of my first af now so ready to start a new cycle.

Mellongoose, I also thought it would be easy as my 1st 2 were when I was 33 and 35, but this last pregnancy took a year and resulted in mmc.

We are all for trying any solutions to help things along on here, supliments, chinese medine etc, we've tried the lot! Any questions you have we probably have answers or experience between us all.

Critter, great news on the eggs, fingers crossed for you!!

Karigan hope you are ok today

CRITTER - that’s brilliant! How exciting! KARIGAN - thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed for you!

ORCHID - hope you’re ok
Welcome newbies
At my end AF finished so back in the TTC bandwagon once again! Not a clue when ovulation takes place anymore sonstarting early and just going to try and dtd when can! You never know ! Have a good weekend everyone xx