Over 40 ttc - summer baby dust for me!

Thanks Leezo :)

@BooseysMom I'm a tracking app freak and have been glued to Fertility Friend so I know when my AF is kinda due. I'm currently 14 days since it predicted I ovulate and day 28 of my cycle (counting day 1 as first day of previous AF). Its shocking how much I've learned about what my body is up to.

Leezo...Thank you v.much for the good wishes. .the same to you! I forgot to say sorry for your losses too. But i think you won't be on here for too long as it happened for me at 40 after 3 years ttc. Yes let's both do a Sharon! ! Although you've got 6 years on her..you spring chicken you!!
Cookie...interesting about your cramps. That's exactly what i've been getting and it's been so uncomfortable i've taken to bed too and have missed out 3 days of valuable dtd time!! I'm rubbish at this sorry but do you count from the 1st day of your last af?! I just had a blue fit when i thought i had missed an af as i'd written down 2nd June as last af!! Then found out last af was 26th June! No wonder i didn't even realise i was preg all that time with ds!!

@Cookiewaffle I don't think a bit water bottle would do any harm or a warm bath - not hot obviously!! I had the most awful lower back cramps and lower abdominal cramps for a few weeks post implantation and was told it was completely normal and actually quite positive! Eekk good luck!! xxx

Thanks ladies, my god these cramps are not fun. My usual AF ones last a day and usually a paracetamol sorts them out. I feel like I need to grab a hot water bottle or something, would that be bad?

Keeping fingers crossed CookieWaffle but will get darker as hormones increase... good luck for the marathon weasledee.. my dh is in doghouse.. so we'll see if he can turn it around for dtd later.. aiming for every other day for next few days.. away next week just before app predicted ov.. 😬

Cookie mine was still faint up until about 16 or 17dpo so I wouldn't worry yet. Take each day as it comes and be positive

Weasle - well done for such a positive out look! Go for the marathon!!

I'm cd9 and no sign of anything yet, temps a bit haywire but trying not to read too much into that. Not going to dtd until we at least get a high on the monitor as I don't want dh running out of steam too early

Sorry to hear that weasledee :( but good plan you have there! I suggest crack open a bottle of something cold to help you plan :)

Morning ladies, AF has arrived! I'm actually kind of relived...
Onto the next month, I've decided on a sex marathon, from day 8 onwards......

Thanks Orchid :) Last month I was 27 days which would've been yesterday but I'm usually 28 days. I'm just being too impatient and don't want to lose this!

Morning ladies, thanks for the positivity

Leezo - I agree best place to get YogaYin is YouTube. She has a website too but I think YouTube is best because it tells you very clearly beside each one what it’s for eg there’s one for egg quality, one for balancing hormones, one for anxiety and so on. You can choose them by length too according to how much time you have. Re supplements I take Ubiquinol, pre-conception vits and my new one vitamin E. I have reduced this a lot. I was on a veritable concoction up until recently but just got fed up with it all.

@Leezo I have just ordered some from woods... 100mg £19.99 60 tablets I think

Woods suppliments are the cheap and good option as they often have offers on it. Unfortunately as a general rule ubiquinol is quite expensive so I'd avoid places like holland and barret for that particular suppliment as it always full price and your poor wallet won't make it out alive.
You can get the same brand a lot cheaper on ebay.
As for quantity I'm not really sure. I was taking 100mg before, but I had a mc so egg quality was obviously still crap, so upped it to 200

@Cleozeta thank you for the info. Where would I get a hold of Ubiquinol and what strength/how much is recommended to take? Sorry for all the questions, as I said I'm very new to this!x

Leezo, it's recommended that we have ubiquinol for egg quality, I think other than that it's suppliments that help your personal situation. For example I am taking EPO to help with ewcm, b complex to (supposedly) help with LP. Wheatgrass to help with high fsh, and seven seas pre conception. For a while I took soy isoflavones to help with ovulation.
To be honest if your cycles are regular and everything is normal, you probably only need folic acid (or pre conception) and ubiquinol

I would love to be able to post the link but that would require too much technological savviness for me... I just went into YouTube and put in yoga yin fertility yoga... there is a 17min session and then access to other sessions.. hope that helps @Leezo
I just take pre Natalie, omega 3.6,9 and just ordered some Ubiquinol ( which is supposed to be good for egg quality)
As for good stories 2 friends aged 44 have just had little ones, my sis had a m/c at 7 weeks and the within the year had a little girl.. she was 41 at the time x

@Booseysmum i am sorry for your losses. It is great to know that there was someone else where I am with good news. I wish you all the luck in the world for number 2 just do a Sharon!!. They say if you still have a period there's still a chance so keep going girl! I am so glad I joined this group I feel more positive already! Can someone help me out with this fertility yoga? Has anyone a link they can post? Have we any good news stories that people have attributed to it? I will try anything! I am only on folic acid, the doc has referred me on to gynae because of the mc's but didn't really elaborate on any other supplements that I should be taking. I'm a non smoker who enjoys a wee drink but not whilst during the tww! My BMI is probably higher than it should be but I eat well and exercise. Any other advice will be truly welcomed!xxx

Wow Cookie. .those are def faint bfp's! Great news. .we needed it on here.
Welcome Leezo. I'm 46 and had my ds at 40..just 3 months shy of 41..and the saying "life begins at 40" was completely true for us! We'd had 2 mc's previous to this and had given up ttc as i just was resigned to thinking it was too late for us. Then after 12 weeks of not realising we found out we were expecting ds!! Gobsmacked we were! Been trying for no.2 for about 3 years but it looks like it's just the one for us..unless i do a Sharon Marshall!
Good luck xx

Cookie - that looks so promising. I don’t think they’re particularly feint for 12/13dpo. Get your feet up and think positive thoughts.

I’m now CD45! And not a hint of anything. I’m doing my yogayin, eating well, meditating and trying to generally de-stress but still nothing. Weasel - I’m with you on the menopause worries!!

Haven't tested today but had a negative frer 2 days ago and a negative internet cheapie yesterday......

Looks good cookie!

Still no period here! Now 3 days late, this has never happened before. Obviously worried about the big M but also googling people who got pregnant and never had a positive test 🙄

@Cookiewaffle they definitely seem to be getting darker - it's a positively horrific wait but I like to leave 2 clear days in between testing and test with first morning wee only. You see a more dramatic visual difference between tests and saves the 'is it darker isn't it' scenario. From what I see it looks good though!