Over 40 ttc - Autumn baby dust for me!

Just an update from me - I’ve also had a scan today at 7 weeks 1 day. Just got to hear two amazing loud heartbeats for the first time as well as seeing them - I think for the first time it actually feels real now and I can hardly believe I have two tiny lives inside me! Both babies measuring over date as well - one is at 7+2 and the other at 7+5! The clinic are very happy, and even better - they’ve finally said the OHSS has improved enough that I can stop the bloody painful blood thinner injections 😊 one more scan at the clinic in two weeks time then they’ll discharge me off to the midwife if all is still well.

Oh Rose....how stressful! Try to stay hopeful. It won't be easy but I've read lots of cases of uncertain pregnancies at this stage catching up with dates. If this thread has taught us anything, it's that none of this is an exact science. I feel for you!

Dinah - thank you, yes DH is here now. He landed just after the scan, the EPU here only scans between 8 and 9:15 am. He tried to change his flight last night but that would have cost £4K.
Orchid - would you mind if I asked how many weeks were you at your first scan and if you make it to the second 2 weeks later? Being in limbo for 2 weeks sounds like something of a nightmare.

@Rose68 sending big hugs, so sorry it wasn't the news you were hoping for very hard to deal with, but like others said there is still hope, it's just awful having to wait another 2 weeks. You said you went to scan alone, have you anyone with you now? Much love xx

@Rose68 I’m so sorry that things are looking so uncertain. I really hope that the next two weeks passes quickly for you and that things catch up so that you get better news at the next scan xxx

Yes clutching at straws Mellon. I just want this to be over with now. Why have I done this to myself!

@Rose68 I'm so sorry. Hugs for you during the next couple of weeks. Could your dates be mixed up at all or am I clutching at straws?

Sorry to hear it wasn't the best result rose, but as orchid says, there is still hope, it's not over yet. Fingers crossed for you

Hi Ladies, my scan did not go so well. It is measuring small for where I should be date wise, with uncertain cardiac activity. I have a follow up scan in 2 weeks time.
The report says I have a pregnancy of uncertain viability.

Weasle - I've had this too, although it tends to be with hormonal fluctuations. I had it during my annovulatory cycle and also when I was pregnant.

Good luck Rose - may the force be with you.
Littlemimosa - I'm well, thanks. It's been a hard year but there is so much to learn in this process.
Weasledee - I've had this too and got worried about it. It was nothing to worry about though - there is breast tissue under the armpit which changes with hormonal changes. I had an ultrasound and all was fine.

lots of love to all.xx

Questions ladies, I've noticed the past few weeks my chest is getting gradually more tender. It's got to the point now where I'd describe it a painful starting at my armpit on one side but the other side is still tender. There's no lumps but obvs still worried. But also wondering if its menopause as also noticed I'm feeling sick quite often.... anyone else felt like this? I'm going to give it a week and then go the docs if not settled.....

Good luck today @Rose68 xxx

Good luck rose, fingers crossed for you x

Good luck Rose x

Good luck @Rose68 xx

@Rose68 good luck for your scan today - I’m thinking of you 🤞

@Cleozeta yep will give that a go then. Good idea re preseed. I'm getting a fertility blood screen done by medichecks just to check everything ok as I used to get peak on opk but no longer, so it's either later like you or it's not happening. Nhs won't do all the bloods so thought I'd give this a go, does LH, FSH, prog, estradiol, and other bits. I'm on thyroxine now and heard that can affect ovulation, hoping not. Right got to get frisky, time to get out of manky old baggy jumper and leggings. If I can do it you can @Ameliel x

Evening everyone. Still lurking, and trying to reduce my obsessiveness over this ttc lark. I'm feeling surprisingly positive this cycle even though I should know better than to be too hopeful. Two friends who had losses in the months before me are both pregnant at different stages. Its reminded me that it can happen and I'm hoping I'll make it 3 for 3 soon. However I felt my age today at a training event. A young dad of 2 who I was seated near was promoting having kids early so that parents 'can get their lives back in their 40s'...🙄

Thanks for all the messages ladies! I haven’t been feeling too good today, so maybe there is still hope. The spotting continues though.
I am going to the scan on my own tomorrow as DH is away on business. 😢

Sorry message posted too soon # clumsy fingers! @Dinah99 I know exactly what you mean!

@Dinah99

The ava bracelet has been brilliant, I love seeing the data every day, and I suspected things were different last cycle as all the data kept rising. Would have been hard to tell that early with just temps alone