Over 40 ttc - Autumn baby dust for me!

@Booseysmom fingers crossed you will you will prove her wrong at some point!

@critter great news! and thanks for the heads up on your weight loss, thats fantastic! @Cleozeta, my results are

AMH 2.0 pmol/L
LH 4.4
Oestradiol 703
Prolactin 703
FSH 2.7

And I'm still waiting on TSH

So true BOOSEYS there is far too much negativity around mums in their forties when it used to happen often for my grandma’s generation. It’s so hard to stay positive though sometimes . Feeling particularly down today as all tests are negative so just waiting for the inevitable AF even though I keep hoping beyond hope I’ve calculated dates wrong and I’m testing too early . Good luck everyone Onwards and Upwards yet again!

Matts... Thanks for the supportive msg. I'll never learn to keep my mouth shut so I'm asking for the negative comments I suppose...but why can't people be positive?! What's wrong with that? I think with all the bad stuff in the news everyone is set on depressive mode when we need more uplifting stuff too.
Mellon... I see you've had the same from your DB! Mine let me get on with it although I did have the "ignore him" orders from both DM and M-in-L when DS was only 6 wks old and crying for milk. They didn't like the fact I was BF on demand...according to my family i should have got him off at at least 12 months.
Thinking of you and sending you good POSITIVE vibes Mellon

Title of the thread is positive pregnancy test at 49 x

PETRA. Sorry - but I’m rubbish and don’t know how to make a link but if you go into Mumsnet Talk and then subheading of Becoming a Parent and then go into Pregnancy it’s in there. Sorry - I know I probably come across as totally useless - only way I can explain it x

That’s amazing weight loss, @crittertamer; and you’ve done it in a safe and healthy way.

Did read an interesting article in the times re sperm motility and caffeine.. 2 cups of coffee a day supposed to be good for swimmers 👍

Sorry about all the unwelcome arrivals of AF.

Can anyone post a link to the recent pregnant at 49 thread. I cannot find it at all!!!??

JENTBOT 78 - sorry about af . I’ve had the same thoughts as you. The immense sadness and disappointment when af shows is just awful. I can hardly remember the days when it was just a monthly occurrence without such angst

AF for me too! Feeling rotten; tired and bloated. Also fed up. I was thinking today how nice it will be one day when all this is over and I get AF without even thinking about it! Is very hard to imagine at the moment...

CD3 for me will be in about 2 weeks as had +opk today.
Do you know if there is a good time to start dhea? CD1? Or does it not matter? Do you take it all through the cycle?

Critter - you still have to wait a bit then, sorry, my IVF knowledge is limited. But I am thinking about looking into it. Still keeping everything crossed for you.
Cleo - when is your CD3 test?
As for me and the dhea, I have 1 small spot, but that’s not unusual for me soon after ovulation, and today I haven’t been feeling great, nauseous and headachey, but hopefully that’s nothing to do with the dhea.

*how not Hoyt's!!

Sorry for the AFs ladies.

@CritterTamer loving your updates and keeping it all crossed.

I'm 8 weeks today. Booking in appointment is next week so I'm still flying solo. We haven't told many people as it's still a precarious time. My parents are stoked. DHs mum the same. DHs DB just gave him grief about how much work it was going to be etc. Cheers!!

I did some research a few years ago about getting your cycle in line with the moon. It was really interesting and seemed to have loads of health benefits associated with stress, eating habits sexual activity etc. There was a method to follow on Hoyt's get yourself in sync. I can't remember it completely but it involved eye masks and ear plugs at night to simulate a period of new moon then exposure to more noise and light around a full moon. Eventually your cycle catches on. Not sure I tried it seriously but I live rurally anyway so ...

Thanks @Rose68 it's always such a dilemma the timing of everything isn't it, with the whole do you dtd everyday of eod.. I seem to be off each month ... well if he comes home at a reasonable hour may have to get best moves on... x

CRITTER - that’s great news 😁. Keeping everything crossed for you!

Sorry everyone who AF has arrived for . I’m due to test any day and will probably be joining you all in that regard in the next day or so. I normally POAs like a woman possessed but somehow I just can’t face the disappointment I know I’m more than likely to face. Do keep telling myself you just never know though. The woman who has posted on the pregnancy board who has got pregnant at 49 has inspired me

BOOSEYS - your sis-in-law sounds like my sister very judgemental and she would def be very low down on the list of people I’d been telling if ever I’m lucky to get some good news 😬. It never ceases to amaze me how quick people can be to voice their opinions . They can shove their opinions right up their opinionated backsides. Whose life are we living anyway?! xx

Dinah - I think I would just go for it as much as possible, you don’t want to miss it. x

Another AF here....evil! Does anyone get palpitations with AF? Mine are awful around mid month and pre AF. Had tests done and apparently not peri-menopausal but still they come

Great news about embies Critter!

Thanks for those who said stuff what so-called friends say! Rose... I'll have to stop telling people like you say. The worse I had was when I confided in my sis-in-law and was told I was insane to be even thinking of another DC at 46! She then went on about all the disabilities he/she would have. So I told her loads of women have babies in their 40s which shut her up! I had DS at 41 so like that inspiring story Matts told, who knows I may have another at 49..wouldn't that be something sis! And she'd be the last to know!!

Hello ladies, looking for a bit of advice, I dtd fri, Mon & Tues +opk this afternoon, feel like I should give his swimmers a day to replenish, would you dtd tonight (he's out late on biz 😫) or would you give it a day to catch swimmers and peak, it's just if O occurs 12-36 hours after + then I may miss boat? Tough one. Any advice great xx

@littlemimosa I guess by the light of the full moon you could see which cave man you were doing the deed with.. 🤣🤣🤣

Interesting about the full moon thing, I'd never taken any notice! Will be looking at that next time out of interest.

Critter that sounds great, I have high hopes for you!

Lets - good luck with your results, let us know how you get on

Mimosa - are you back to trying this cycle? Sounds like your af is back on track which is fantastic. Did you ever get fsh test?

Great need on the frosties Critter:)

Jenbot so glad you liked The Fertility Hour podcast. Me too. I’ve since watched another all about how stress and the mind-body connection affected fertility. You’re right, I think they are aimed at our age group.

Sorry for those who got AF today.

Yes I’ve noticed my cycle relating to the moon. I know it’s a new moon today or yesterday and I’m on CD5 which isn’t quite right but I ovulate so early on some months it messes it up. Apparently in the days prior to electric lights all women ovulated on the full moon together!