Over 40 ttc - August baby dust for me!

Sorry about the BFNs ladies - this ttc thing is really shit but you kind of get used to the misery every month the longer it goes on I find - this month I didn’t even cry when AF arrived, was just sort of numb and didn’t cry til 24 hours later.

My body surprised me b6 doing something right this time though- I managed a 13 day luteal phase which is a record 😊 Maybe all thefertility yoga and acupuncture is helping with that.I hoped that might mean a better lining but nope AF still only 3 days long so i guess my lining is still crap. Started on raspberry leaf tea today in the hopes that might help (DH now officially thinks I’m crazy and descending into the realms of witchcraft what with all the packages of Maca and spirulina powder about the place, constant pill popping and now raspberry leaf tea LOL)

Anyway, treatment planning appointment for IVF2 is first thing tomorrow so I’m hoping that will boost my positivity - at least I know I can get a decent lining and LP on the IVF drugs even if my eggs are shit quality 😁 ironically my NHS fertility clinic appointment finally came through after 6 months of waiting and that’s tomorrow afternoon too. I’m not expecting much help after hearing some of you guys’ stories about NHS doctors and over 40 fertility but it can’t be worse than Dr Doom right? I’m hoping at least I might get a prescription for progesterone cream to help with the short LP but we’ll see - I’ll let you know how it goes.

Hope you are all doing ok and managing to stay more positive than me. I hope the Ava bracelet works out well Cleo!

I'm DPO9 and have tested today. It's basically BFN but I've been obsessively checking the test all day and have convinced myself there's a hint of a second line. Why do I do it to myself?! I know I'll test every day til AF arrives in 5 days
Commiserations on the BFN's and congratulations on the BFP's, ladies.

I'm hoping for a normal AF so I can start counting. I've honestly no clue where I am in the cycle.

PS the was pecharmant and glorious

Good luck chat!
I'm due af any day now. I'm guessing on Friday, but completely miss timed dtd this cycle so totally out. Hoping for a nice straightforward cycle in Sept to restart ttc properly

I'm still ov stage.... got the lovely tww 😬😬

Oh no! Not liking the bfn's
September will be our month. Positivity!

auntiegeek some for you too.

Holding out to cd26 with a £land cheapie and a faint line on an opk and crappy painful boobs for over a week was a torturous waste of time - bfn. It's not really going to happen at my age is it?

Ooh @AuntieGeek so sorry, enjoy that pastis and don't forget the pate and beautiful soft cheeses

Lesson of the day: pregnancy test in French is "teste de grossesse" which sounds horrific.

Malheureusement BFN. Hey Ho. That'll be a pastis for me then!

My ava has arrived! Hooray! Hurry up af so I can start using it!

@Funkypuzzle I don't do opk tests anymore.. and nope not preg.. just feel like a snail 🐌🤣🤣🤣🤣

Funkypuzzle is it really? I had loads today, boobs so painful after the bra came off today and I am now 9/10 dpo. I can't crack tomorrow morning as we're away & I only have one test! Although still have a couple of opks.....

Hey ladies, for anyone interested there are good deals on ubiquinol on amazon at the moment - 3 month supply of 300 or 500 mg for about £36. Last month the best price was £30 for 1 month of 300mg so seems like a good time to snap some up 😊

EWCM is also a sign of pregnancy if your AF is due. #justsaying 😉

Chatbash, are your OPK tests not showing anything?
I think the sticks are only positive at the point when there is an LH surge. So it could be that you just pre or post LH surge.
I would trust your body more than the sticks.
EWCM is a sure sign of ovulation or at least it tells you your body is primed for it to happen very soon.

Question... can you have ewcm with no ovulation?

Haha chat I was just about to ask what Ovid was!
So much for fertility spell then. Wonder if it was donor eggs too?

Welcome blessedagain! Sorry to hear of your losses, this is such an emotional and stressful journey, but hopefully it wiln be worth it.

Monday - good luck with your next test! I think the already done tests are probably invalid, so still in with a chance!

Ivf not Ovid ???

Grrrr Sharon ( this morning lady) in news says she had 7 cycles of Ovid and spend 70k on it... fertility spell my arse.... ohhh well sometimes honesty from celebs would be nice x

Hi ladies, I have been around for a while but finally decided to post this morning. I am 41 and ttc number 3. My other 2 children are early teens. I had a MMC in September 2017 and have been heartbroken ever since. Due date anniversaries and other milestones have come and gone and I am still impatiently waiting. Sometimes more hopeful than not. Since April this year I have had 3 cp in a row which have all been devastating. Hubbie and I have decided to full on go for it until Christmas this year and then we feel we have to move on with our lives. As everything has been in hold for the past 18 + months. I am taking Bud vitamins with Maca and Ubiquinol (300 mg). Lots of dtd during fw. I do opks and am confident that I know when I ovalute. I don’t temp as I found it a bit too much. Hopefully I can join you ladies!!!!! Currently 3dpo...

@FunkyPuzzle am in France for a fortnight so not sure if I could even find one! Will do so on my return. Currently have a random pain in my left side so could be ovulating or could be anything.

Fingers crossed for everyone else though!

Happy bank (bonk?) holiday weekend all. Am on full cycle 2 now and on the tww, 8 or 9 dpo & because I am a mug tested yesterday and today. Neither fmu as yesterday was mid afternoon and this morning was after a wakeful night where I'd been in the night anyway. Not surprisingly both bfn. I don't feel pmt stressy but omg my boobs are painful and markedly bigger according to him. Didn't notice any ewcm but then we've been at it quite a bit so maybe it wasn't so obvious. I am not going to test again til Wednesday when it'll be cd27 & 12/13 dpo. Husband is still defintely up for a few more cycles ttc#3 though even though ds1 &2 have been vile this week, roll on back to school!

Chatbash and Cleo,
I think you need to give yourself a break. Good luck with rest of cycle and next cycle.
Today I am 5 days post mirena removal.
Had been having mild cramps and brown spotting but today cramps a little worse and passed a little red blood.. So I guess I could count this as CD1. Not sure if flo will gather pace to become a proper AF as I remember them.
Im not charting yet as Im sure Ill he disappointed what with it being cycle 1 post mirena. Ill see what happens.

Aunty Geek. How are you? Are you going tp test at all?

I am the same this month chat, have written off this month and looking to next so have been eating crap and drinking too much. There has to be some benefit to these crap cycles right?!
Karry - I had no temp rise either, hence passing this month off!
Next month will be the one...
Critter - thats typical af! Always there when you dont want her, never there when you do.
Looking forward to hearing your story of round 2.
Welcome makeawish!