Over 40 ttc - winter baby dust for me!

Happy new year. Here’s to a lot of BFPs in 2019. Dodging the bubbly at the moment in the countdown :)

Happy New Years everyone
Here’s hoping for a good dose of baby dust for us all alongside health and happiness
I’m off to bed... too tiered and sniffly to stay up tonight. Think the Xmas germs has finally caught up with me xx

Happy New Year Girls! Still sat here drinking my earl grey 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Happy New year to you all! 🥂

Happy new year all. May this board be empty in 2019! (as we'll all be on the pregnancy board instead )

Happy New Year to everyone and baby dust to all!

@KateyA are you using cb digital tests? I am and I have found them to be accurate. I have always had a smiley face and then ovulation pains on the same day. I do try to dtd the evening before the smiley face too.

Happy new year everyone! xxx

Thanks guys. I keep forgetting to temp but I’ll take your advice. Xx

I would trust opk and ewcm over apps. My ovulation days can vary from time to time, even when I have the same length cycle, so without opk's & ewcm (and temping) I wouldn't have a clue.

@KateyA it is such a precise window. A lot of people who I spoke to said that sometime you can miss it in a 12 hour window. My first month I got no smiley and this month was not till day 18 even though my other app said week before for ovulation. I thought I had ewcm the week my app said but I’m not very good at knowing the difference. When the opk picked it up it definitely was right and ewcm.

Sorry for the typos!

Hellooo quick question..

Are the clear blue ovulation tests accurate in your experience? This afternoon I have ew cm and my app says days since my last period I’m due to ovulate today. However test this morning said no ovulation. Was I maybe too early testing and it’s happened since I testing too early? Or am I understanding it all wrong?

Help!

I’m back running, off to do double parkrun tomorrow it is what it is. Decided not to put life in hold as I have been. Ivf in Jan so need to lose the Xmas weight 🤣🤣🤣

@BooseysMom 6 years younger ! Your now making me feel old 🤣🤣🤣 I was 16 nearly 17 years younger ! DS is 17 on Valentine’s Day! God we spend our whole lives trying not to get pregnant then when we want to it doesn’t happen 🙄 still holding out for AF no sign yet and some sharp pains in womb maybe I’m imagining it all but still have some hope! Sat here with my earl grey tea on New years Eve 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Same here @Realitysucks ! I was def at my fittest while pregnant which seems crazy now but I was 6 years younger and worked out regularly. Then when I had DS I kept the weight off as I was ebf and also walking every day up hills with the pram. Now DS is 5 I'm struggling with fitness. My New Year resolution is to start Zumba and Pilates again.
Happy New Year everyone xx

@BooseysMom probably was the fittest I ever was then. Had to find an alternative to running as I don’t tend to be able to run very well when pregnant.

@Realitysucks...50 lengths...that is amazing!! Totally puts me to shame. But then I'm a rubbish swimmer! Instead when expecting DS i went for lots of walks and I swore by Caroline Santry's pre and post natal Pilates. I felt fit and strong throughout my pregnancy and incredibly only gained half a stone which had to be down to our scales not working properly!! In contrast now I feel horrible..overweight and unfit and it's been incredibly difficult to get back into any sort of exercise plan.

I know New Year's Eve like Christmas is a mixed blessing because you mourn what hasn't happened this year.. but sending all you beautiful ladies big big baby dust wishes for this next year coming... I'm not sure I could have got though the ups and downs of monthly unproductive cycles without you all 💕💕💕💫💫💫💫💫

@CritterTamer such an exciting time, hopefully you can really start to settle in and enjoy the pregnancy. Swimming is great especially towards the end. I was up to about 50 lengths three times a week by the time I was due with my DS. Just make sure you have pleanty of drinking water as you can get quite dehydrated. Sure the lifeguards all thought I was mental as I was huge at the end but loved the weightlessness of it!

Hi @Realitysucks - thank you for asking. I'm feeling OK - still tired and nauseous a fair bit but beginning to feel more human and sleeping a lot less. Also finding the energy to get out walking most days which is nice as I've missed exercising. Next goal is to try to get in some swimming too. Now I just wish this dratted acne would go away - fed up of looking like a spotty teenager!

Bump has now well and truly appeared which is making everything feel a lot more real and exciting 😊

Hang in there @Realitysucks. No AF means there is still hope 👍

@CritterTamer just seen your post. So exciting shopping! How are you feeling? Can’t belive it’s 15 weeks already!

So 11dpo another negative result this morning but AF still not here 🤷‍♀️

Just Google ‘the Fertility Hour’ website and then just listen on your device. Phone/laptop/iPad whatever will all work.
Cleo - a podcast is an audio episode of people talking to listen to.