Over 40 ttc - summer baby dust for me!

Welcome EmmaBx and mellongoose
shinyblackdog we need a list update
Sorry for your loss EmmaBx xx

Thanks Orchid!

Am so sorry to hear you’re going through a mc at the moment, it’s such a tough time :( But hopefully you’ll start to feel better once you come out the other side. I know I felt much better once the hormones abated. My HcG levels never rose sufficiently when I was pregnant and we spent the last few weeks of the pregnancy tracking the levels with blood tests every few days which was very stressful. It’s such a rollercoaster! Hope your cycle come back to normal soon x

Nice to meet you Mellongoose! And thank you for your kind comment x

Ps sorry for your loss, Emma.

Can I join with Emma as a fellow newbie?

I'm 42 (just!!), DD is 3 and a half. We were adamant we were only having one, but when she turned 1 my ovaries took over my mind and we've been semi trying ever since, so about 2 years. However DH was not completely on board so it was more stopping being too careful. Now he is, which is ace!

DD is my only pregnancy to my knowledge and it only took about 3 months of the above half arsed effort. Foolishly I assumed it would be that easy again. It's really not!! AF started yesterday so I'm on CD2 but have no idea when I ovulate other than guess work.

I've been reading your posts for a while now and your bravery and kindness for each other is really amazing.

Hi Girls,

I'd love to join the group . I am 41 and TTC #1. I got pregnant naturally on cycle 3 in March this year but unfortunately had a mc at 7 weeks in May :( I had a period at the start of June so delighted that my cycle is back to normal now and we can start to try again.

Hi to you all x

Fabbo news CritterTamer

Exciting critter!!

Ooohhh exciting critter 🤞

Thinking of you Karigan - hope all is well.

Just back from EC - they got 6 beautiful eggs from my 8 giant follies so the clinic were very happy. Long wait til tomorrow morning to find out If any fertilise 🤞

I am completely spaced out from the morphine and Valium so off to sleep for a bit now! Hope you’re all having a lovely Friday xxx

Thinking of you critter!

You too karigan x

Good luck critter.

Still spotting this morning. Just really waiting to see what happens. Hopefully it’ll stop.

Sorry posted to early
You could try foods like edemame beansand tofu which are high in oestrogen. You could even try a soy isolfavones cycle to help balance things out. How is your progesterone? If things are slightly out of balance it will show up in that too (shoter LP)

Karigan - how is your spotting today? Fingers crossed its nothing. To be honest, from spending a lot of time reading the pregnancy board a few months ago, it's very common and can go either way. It's just as likely to be absolutely nothing, so try not to stress (easier said that done) in my case it was the end, but in so many it isn't (jojo had bleeding and was absolutely fine)

Good luck critter!

Chat - interesting about the chemical thing. I don't wear nailvarnish (can't be arsed) but what other things do you think could be a problem? It's not something I'd really thought about before.
Faith - let us know how you get on with the ovusense monitor, I have been considering one of those as normal temping is such a faff and often inaccuarate if done even slightly wrong and its not always easy getting the perfect conditions.
Mimosa - I had a few episodes like that last year. I think our hormones fluctuate when we get older. I always knew if I was going to have an iffy cycle as I felt quite off from the beggining, grumpy and tired and other weird sypmtoms, then I would feel normal again as soon as af had happened. On those cycles ov would often be delayed up to about cd20 or so. Then other months after would be fine again. It is stressful though esp when each cycle really counts. Hopefully ov will happen soon for you and you'll be back to normal.
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Thanks all for the good luck messages 😊 I’ll let you know how it goes later!

Karigan - hope you’re doing ok this morning and are able to have a nice easy day today t9 look after yourself - like Orchid said, spotting isn’t necessarily a bad sign.

Littlemimosa - sorry you’re feeling down. Weirdly oestrogen seems to be the one thing they don’t test for as standard - I’ve had so many tests But not that either. May be worth asking your doctor for it if you’re worried?

Critter - good luck this morning. Thinking of you.

Karigan - how is the spotting now?

Atrocity- have you tested?

Good luck today, Critter!

Karigan, how are you doing today?

sparkly, congratulations! You must be elated.

I'm CD31 and with very definite signs of AF arriving soon. Boo

CritterTamer good luck today.. littlemimosa are there foods you can eat to increase oestrogen?
Karigan198 can you rest up today, some people do having spotting in early pregnancy.. Take it slow and don't lift anything heavy.. 💕💕

Can you go back and get it checked so you can find out one way or the other?

Feeling a bit anxious here. 6 weeks today and spotting a bit. Let’s hope it’s not a sign of non viability 😕. Internet says just monitor unless it gets heavier

Oh and in I’ve looked back at my fertility bloods and typically oestrogen is the only one they didn’t test for!

Good luck Critter for tomorrow. I’m sending good vibes to those great big eggs of yours:-)

So I’m still here in limbo land with nothing happening at all. I’m CD17 and feel odd. No sign at all of ovulation and some very worrying symptoms which if I think about it I’ve had 2-3 times before in the past 6 months (definitely 2 times since my HSG). I feel ehem dry down ‘there’, I’m getting warm at night, not exactly hot flashes but just feeling warm in bed, I feel tired and a bit grumpy. I THINK I’m low on oestrogen. I fit all the symptoms nearly and it’s in this stage of the cycle that normally oestrogen rises. I’m scared this is the start of the end:(

There are only two reasons why women get low on oestrogen, one is in the run up to menopause and the other is if they are underweight and exercising a lot. Now I am quite thin (but not what you’d call underweight I don’t think) but I don’t exercise excessively. I do rush around a lot though and don’t put weight on no mattter what I eat so am thinking to try to eat more? Has anyone got any thoughts on this or experience??

Good that the appointment is nice and early Critter.

Thanks Booseys, I'm finding the list to be a very useful reference tool!

Chat, I've been using natural/organic products (cosmetic and household) as far as possible for years, ever since I saw a TV programme where they analysed two women's breastmilk and found over 50 synthetic chemicals in the samples. Not particularly scientific but it did the trick for me and I really like the products I use. Only one successful pregnancy out of three since then though.