Over 40 ttc - August baby dust for me!

Great read, thanks Mellon :)

Thank you MELLONGOOSE - just what I needed to see too x

@mellongoose thank you needed this, af is rolling on to due date...

Trying again!!
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/pregnancy-parenting/celebrity-mothers-who-had-children-after-40/ss-BBMNXUT?ocid=spartanntp#image=1

Hopefully this link will work. Gave me some hope this evening 🙏
40s having babies in celebrity land www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/pregnancy-parenting/celebrity-mothers-who-had-children-after-40/ss-BBMNXUT?ocid=spartanntp#image=1

Good luck Marty!

I am at my most stressful part of the cycle now. Cd10 where hopefully ov might start to show its face, or maybe it won't. I hate this bit. It's different everytime and always does at least one thing to stress me out.
So this time, so far, ava bracelet is telling me I am in my fertile window, but opk's are totally blank (not even a hint of a line - which is unusual for cd10, normally something is starting to show by now) and yesterday I had a dollop of stretchy dark red cm. No idea what that was. I've had similar in the past and its usually been the start of ewcm but not this time. I had a VERY stressful time during af this cycle so I wonder if that may delay things or even stop things. Last month ov was a week late.
Hoping the TCM will help.
Urgh. Can't wait to ov so I can just relax.

Thanks for the info @mattsmamma. Going to see what they say at my local NHS hospital tomorrow and then take it from there.

Fingers crossed @martydog.

@chatbash I hate that time too. It's quite horrible....

After a complete breakdown on Friday I feel much more level-headed this weekend thank goodness.

Ooh MARTY - keeping everything crossed for you!

Fingers crossed Martydog!
I had nexplanon implant removed on Wednesday, the doctor said you can ovulate straight away?! I've started to track my temperatures and Cm, but struggling with the latter... sorry tmi but it all seems same to me, just wet, no real discharge to speak of.. so far no changes since the removal.

Does anyone here have experience in how quickly the ovulation might occur after implant removal? Ive had it for years between previous babies because it suits me and I don't get any bleeding. I can't remember how long it took us to have baby #3 after I came of it last time- I think it was quite quick but then I was 8 years younger then!
My cycle has always been irregular so I have absolutely no idea where I am with it...
I think I may have to wait for the AF to occur before I can even properly chart... but had a couple of cheeky encounters with DH last few days, just hoping that a miracle might occur

Fingers crossed Marty!!!

Ooh @Martydog 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Af is due over the next few days and trying very hard NOT to symptom watch 😞 I hate this time

Welcome to the new posters. Sorry for the bfns.
I am 12 dpo and I think I got a very faint bfp this morning. It is so faint I don’t think the line will even show up on a photo. I am going to test again tomorrow and hopefully it will go darker. I burst into tears when I saw it. 🤞🤞

BTW I meant a positive harmony test not just "positive harmony" 🙃🙃🙃
the baby was much wanted..

Thought Id drop by.
Welcome new members!
I am approaching 42 and TTC #3..
I have 2 boys age 8 and 5.
2 years ago I terminated at 13/40 due to positive harmony. I decided then that I did not want TTC again and my family was complete.
But I experienced a renewed urge ttc over the summer. #lastchancesaloon.
I had mirena removed 20/8/18 and haf a light period 25/8.
I am now 4dpo..
I am taking 5mg folic acid, 600mg Coenzyme 10, Vit B1 and Vit D 100.

My EWCM has dried up, my nipples are tender and I have dull back ache.

Also nowadays cleft palate is something which can easily be rectified

TAXGIRL - I was very fortunate and conceived on the first cycle of Mr Shehata’s plan at age 42. I felt great on the steroids and had no issues at all apart from the moon face which is common with steroids and this was only after being on them for 12’weeks. I appreciate some people may have issues with steroids but I certainly didn’t. I had just been 1 month previously to see an nhs consultant at our nhs recurrent Miscarriage dept and they kept putting the emphasis on age being the problem but this was not the case and I conceived straight away. I am also like you - never catch colds and I also have hypothyroidism (hashimitos) with antibodies so this was an extra factor. Also Killer cells can fluctuate so there may be times when they are high and other times when they can be be nearer normal but as I understand it each pregnancy can cause the killer cells to increase. The only issue that can arise with regard to the baby is a cleft palate but they say it’s not that common and to take folic acid which is a given when ttc anyway .

Hi all,

Just a quick message as I’m away but catching up with the posts. For those asking about Inositol, this was one of the ingredients in the Ova-Max tablets my IVF Dr recommended I take. I’ve attached a photo of the ingredients list here as it may be of interest to others. I’ve bought a few things on the list (as I couldn’t get hold of tablets), esp the Chasteberry as it’s meant to help regulate cycles.

That sounds like something I might be interested in. I used to find temping easy but since dd1, I can never predict exactly when she might get up so it's a bit hit and miss

Karryk it’s a bracelet you wear while you sleep and monitors heart rate & takes lowest temp from your skin, so is supposedly more accurate than remembering to take your temperature the traditional way before moving when you wake up. Anyone who has one has incentive vouchers to pass on for discount.

What's Ava?

Floof - I am using ava and fertility friend. Only my first month with ava though and only cd8 so not been through fw yet. Have given up temping and am instead imputting ava's temp readings into ff. I will still use opk's too.

Karigan - glad to hear limbo is over. That was a long one!

So cd6 now and 20 opks purchased so here's to cycle 3. Looking at at the school gates at pick up for ds1&2 and for the first time in a long while I see really how old I will be if this works and I start it all again

@MATTSMAMMA thanks for the info. Was the NK treatment successful for you? How long was it after your initial appointment with Dr Shehata were you able to ttc? I'm curious. Going to do some more reading. I feel as though my immune system goes into overdrive when I'm pregnant - I seem impervious to all bugs. Can the steroids cause issues for the baby?

@karryk thanks for sharing your story.

@floofsquidge I only use one - natural cycles.

Hi everyone. I haven’t checked in for several weeks as been gallivanting to various countries. Back to work Monday though :(

I haven’t been able to catch up yet so I’ll just wish everyone well.

Was reminded to check in as limbo finally ended today! AF looks like it’s here. Only took 11.5 weeks!

Random question, is anyone using more than one fertility app to track ovulation? I’m using natural cycles and the Ava bracelet. Both use differing forms of temping, with Ava also tracking heart rate, sleep etc but no input for OPK tests, whereas NC will include OPK test results in the calculation. Ava seems more consistent with the temping (easier to see rises etc), but NC seems more accurate because of the OPK input. Case in point this month: NC I had positive OPK on CD 13 and the app calculated OV on CD14 after temp rise. Ava on the other hand has changed its mind twice when ovulation happened, originally confirming CD15, and now shifted to CD16, which seems unlikely given the surge was morning of CD13. Annoyed we may have timed DTD too early if Ava is accurate. Wondered if anyone else is either using Ava and what their experience is, or whether you’re using more than one app?