Over 40 ttc - Autumn baby dust for me!

Thinking of you @Cleozeta, and keeping everything crossed that your line gets stronger 🤞

Oh no Cleo, it’s so hard not to test isn’t it. It’s such early days & still could be fine. As Evug says, try to wait a couple of days before testing again. I know it’s hard though. xxx

Thankyou evug. You are right. I'm just going to leave it alone for a few days and see what happens. I wish I had left it alone today.

Weirdly the cheap test that I got bfn from is supposed to be much more sensitive than the cbfm stick that I got the dark line on. Why can't I just leave these things alone?! I think I was just hoping to see it get darker

Be positive Cleo.... wait for 3 to 4 days before testing again...a positive is a positive however faint it may be....relax and let your body do the needful.....stress is not going to help in any way.
Everything crossed for you.... hoping for a sticky one for you

My line was fainter today. Why is this journey so difficult

I took 3 tests, a frer like yesterday - fainter. A cheapy internet one - bfn. And a pregnancy stick from my CBFM which cane out with a good line and said 'pregnant'.
3 completely different result from the same pot of wee.
So confused, but I'm thinking chemical. I've not had one before and I'm probably due one....

@Cleozeta and @Orchid222 keep bonking ladies whilst af still calls your still in the game 😘😘😘and congratulations @Cleozeta

Can't get the attachment button to work for ma annoyingly!! So can't attach my bfp. Have looked at it about 80 times today though, still in shock!
I think AMH and FSH and all that crap really mean nothing. As Orchid said, while you are still ovulating there is always a chance. Ignore all the pointless numbers and negative people and believe in yourself and your body

@Crittertamer, thanks so much for your advice, that does actually make sense, just gutted really. The pic of your BFP has made me really happy however, so lovely to hear the successes on this board! I will do further investigations and find out what next.

@Cleozeta and @petrarabbit thank you, just a crappy few days, but no point indwelling, I've procrastinated enough now time to move forward and fight for my potential little one to be!

quick question, what is TCM?

Letsdothis43.....I'm sorry you got such negativity about your results. I don't have any information to help you but just wanted to tell you not to give up and that there seems to have been some "miracles" in this group already.

Congratulations Cleo! That's really exciting. And so hopeful for all of us. Just great news!

I got AF this morning which was so so disappointing after what seemed to be a particularly good cycle. My cycle seems to be shortening. Does anyone know why? Doesn't stress tend to make cycles longer? I had a 23 day, then 28, then 26 and now 25. Before that it was usually consistently 28, occasionally 35. I had a Mmc /ERPC back in March/April. I used OPKs this cycle and got a positive around day 13 which should be ok I think on luteal phase, especially as older women (I'm just 43) are supposed to ovulate earlier than the OPK indicates.
I've been doing reflexology but moving on to accupuncture now. I'm interested in the chinese medicine too. It seems to work. It's so hard to know where to go and who to ask.....

@Cleozeta to post the pic is easy - under the box where you type your message is a button next to images that says ‘Choose file’. When you press that it gives you the option to take the photo there and then which automatically attaches to your post, or you can browse to a stored photo. Once the pic is uploaded you’ll see a little imag3 of it and you can type in the message box as normal.

Cleo - I think you just just click the ‘choose file’ button underneath the typing box. Or on my phone it might show as a ‘paper clip’ rather than ‘choose file’. Then go to photo library and select your photo. x

Thats a greap bfp pic critter! So pleased things are looking good for you.
How did you post the pic?
Evug - lol at the dhea comment get some in quick!!
I am determined not to stress about things this time. I'm going to enjoy every day that there is hope, and take things as they come. (Thats the plan anyway!!)

Loved your bfp pic critter.....
On a lighter note....DHEA seems to be THE lucky thing.... ladies are falling pregnant even before even starting to have it.
Even I am thinking of ordering it from amazon

Great news Critter!
I got 2-3 weeks yesterday, which was good, but today I’m straight back there convinced it’s going wrong.

Here's a BFP pic for those who like them- I've been too terrified to take one of these since Monday which was 2-3 weeks as I've had a terrible worry that it's all going wrong. Im over the moon to see that thi gs are progrrssing properly 😁

I’m so happy for you @Cleozeta! Please post your BFP pic when you can 😊

Thank you everyone, still so shocked!! Lets hope this one sticks...

@Cleozeta massive congratulations! Gives us all hope!
Still waiting for AF.

Cleo congrats!!!! We're doing so well this month :) upload that pic if you can, I love a good bfp pic 

I do the powder that's made into a 'yummy' tea to drink twice a day. It's expensive but clearly worth it.

I'm not sure about having it with soy. I've been having it with everything else and my accupuncture man has never told me not to mix it with anything else so should be ok.

I didn't really have any symptoms massively out if the ordinary, I had mega cramping at around 9/10dpo, but I often get that these days anyway. I got stark white bfn's at 11 & 12 dpo so thought I was out. The thing that was confusing me was my ava data, as it annalyses pulse rate etc, which is supposed to drop before af, but it kept rising. Also FF recognised a possible triphasic shift