Over 40 ttc - winter baby dust for me!

Presh just wanted to reassure you... I was 40 when I had my last round of IVF. Poorish response, very low AMH. Only had one good follicle so they focussed on just that one... everything worked beautifully and DS is now six and perfect in every way. Relax, go with the flow, tell yourself this follicle has a good chance of being a little corker. Best of luck.

Good luck to all those doing IVF & IUI, so excited for you all and I have everything crossed it works and we get several bfp's this month!

Minime - my ava bracelet tracks rhr and it typically rises for a few days before ovulation and remains high, dropping about 5 days before af (or remaining high if pregnant)

@Orchid222 , flew out this morning and already been to the clinic to collect Ovitrelle (trigger) which will be on Sunday night with EC on Tuesday midday. Finished Gonal this morning. And only injecting Orgalutran tonight and tomorrow from premature follies bursting. Rest from all meds and injections on Monday.
@Presh12345 , glad to hear your Greek God is back and found hidden follies! There are different types of IVFs and not the same for everyone. I'm on stimulated and started stims on cd5 of my period and the whole process takes around 12 days with EC then ET on day 5. Others start at the end of their cycle and on the longer protocol. I believe @Orchid222 is on that.

I’m not sure about the ice cream Presh, I thought sugar was bad x

@orchid it said dairy and protein intake. A lady had gone from 12 . something to 17. something in 2 days. Im also using a heated pad thing like a hot water bottle across my tummy as this Is seen to work too. Have just been and bought 2 large tubs of ice cream so will start on those tonight. Will have to deal with the weight gain!! My friend who is attending same clinic as me, same iui process with same doc just got her BFP today. So happy for her. She's 45.
Hope you are doing ok. I need to know more about the IVF process before I commit to it. It sounds so much harder. ((Hugs))

Just read somewhere that follicle size can be increased by eating dairy products. I don't like milk and drink only fruit teas, I don't eat cereal. I have some cheese but know it isn't good for cholestoral. Would a great big bowl of ice cream for the next 2 nights work???

@Helbelle75..sorry to hear AF srtuck this morn. Mine also arrived yesterday..3 days early.. like an express train!!. I have really bad cramp and even in the centre of my stomach as well as lower down. No kind of pain killers touch it. I'm in tears. It must surely be Peri. Mum had exactly the same each month towards the end. Dad remembers her being in bed every month with a hot water bottle. He said try brandy..just a small tot! This on top of a horrendous flu type bug and I'm feeling like I've been kicked in the stomach

@Cozy2018...thanks for sharing your story with us. Hope everything works out for you x

I have a lot to learn. We've just been dtd and hoping for the best. Fingers crossed that all is working for everyone.
It's been 4 months since the last miscarriage and month 2 of ttc, although DH was away over prime fertility time.
AF has arrived this morning, bang on time. Must try harder next month.

Just a quick check in. Mid cycle here. Much more relaxed. I have noticed a pattern on my fitbit for ovulation. I get a peak rhr for 2 days before it drops back. These day match the peaks on the CB opks Ive been using. So my non scientific research will hopefully save me peeing on £30 every month or 2 😁 just need to figure out timing dtd and stop bloody overthinking it all!

@orchid so I had my follow up appt this morning. 3 follicles on left and 2 on the right which the previous doc didn't see. (My doc was on hols and I had to have a scan with another doc on thursday). He said he knows my right ovary hides and he knows where to look for it whereas someone else wouldn't necessarily know.
Anyway, 2 on left are around 14 and 15 and 2 on left are around 10-12. He has kept me on the Gonal for another day to try and get them a bit bigger. One has gone from 9 to 14 since Thursday. He is looking at trigger potentially Monday and iui Wednesday morning.

Hmmm I can’t remember what my progesterone was, will check it out when I get home from Bonnie Scotland, unless I can find it on our previous thread x

For those asking about forms of CoQ10, a form that is water and fat-soluble absorbs better!
Congrats, and good luck!

Cozy - fingers crossed all ok. Please keep us updated!

@Cozy2018 I’m keeping everything crossed for you!

Hi ladies
Thanks for your responses. Had a dr apt today and was sent for scans due to some slight shooting pain on one side. The scan couldn’t find a gestation sack but some thing showing on my ovary where I have pain. Technician said it could be where the egg was released. But as my hcg is low for 6 weeks I’ve either ovulated much much later than I thought (I’m guessing that this would have been an over 30 day cycle), or the worst case is ectopic. I’m told I need regular blood tests to see how my hcg is going up. If normal then I ovulated late. If low then it could be ectopic.
Only time will tell at this stage.
But wishing everyone peace of mind & success in their attempts to concieve. Xx

And apologies for coming to wrong thread Orchid. I’m not very good with these things. I saw ‘over 40’ and skim read thought to share & learn. Xx

Snowy- sorry not to send my thoughts to you in my previous message. That must feel horrible having a chemical.

Cozy. You are the kind of story we all like to hear. Maybe get a scan at 7 weeks. They only cost around over £100. In honesty I had a missed miscarriage where the baby died at 9 weeks and a couple of days so it doesn't mean you're out of the woods but miscarriage is common around 6 or 7 weeks so if you see a heartbeat at 7 weeks you can feel at least reassured there is a promising babe in there. I have a really good feeling for you! Is this your first? Or if not, what kind of gap? What were you doing to conceive (apart from the obvious!) Congratulations! So far, so good! You are pregnant and we all want to be in your position! Try not to worry.

How is your lp? That's often a good gage on progesterone. Mine is 11 days

They say any above 30 is normal and ovulatory. Although mine came back at 28.4 and gp still classed it as 'normal', although from reading up on it I know its slightly low, but like you I didn't want to feel like a numpty asking more questions when they state it's 'normal'

Have you had your fsh/lh done too?

So I've just had my day 21 ( actually went on day 20 as 21 was Sunday) results which dr said was in normal range. They were 33.4. Don't know if that is low. I'm sure I've seen people on here with higher but I felt a bit stupid asking any more questions of the dr after she said it was normal. Can anyone cast any light? So I at least am ovulating but because periods are all over the place it's difficult to tell when!

Congrats cozy! As for chances of things progressing, it could go either way. The chances of things going wrong in our age group is much higher than those younger unfortunately, but as Orchid said, just try to relax and don't read the internet too much, what will be will be. Good luck