TTC 35+ Thread 4 Cougar and Silver Fox Club

Morning all, @Sleeeeeepy glad you had cake and. I hope, cocktails! Hope you had a lovely Birthday!

How are you feeling @claireb707?

@LT103 it’s so hard to not try and hurry the days along wherever you are in the cycle I think. Hopefully AF will bugger off soon.

I had planned to test today as I’d had what I thought were a few symptoms over the last few days and today is 13DPO (or at least 13 days post static smiley) .

I’ve decided to wait and see until Saturday though. The symptoms have died down and to be honest I could do with not being distracted by either a BFP or the disappointment of a BFN during the next couple of days at work...

Hope everyone has a good day ☀️

@M4v3r1ck thanks for the well wishes, so kind of you. Fingers crossed for your 2ww! How many DPO are you now? I’ve been really busy with work the past couple of days so has taken my mind off the venting and pain a bit! Still having trouble sleeping though. Had the first of my doctors appts today, so we’ll see. I feel no hope for this cycle at all as it’s been a weird One so won’t bother to test obsessively like I usually do. Having said that my temp went shooting up today, not sure what that means - probably nothing!

Cd3 here and bored. I hate this part. Waiting for af to pass and fw to hurry up is a nightmare i feel like I’m just wishing away days of my life! Work is crazy here and I haven’t been on much but hope everyone is doing ok. Had a little catch up of the thread there!

@Sleeeeeepy large slice of cake for you! And I agree with @Keepeas have a cocktail!

[quote Keepeas]@claireb707 its so disappointing when temp drops isn't it 😕
🤞its not over. What day are you on? With my toddler I had a dip around 9dpo.[/quote]
I'm 10dpo

Had cramps all morning and have just gone really hot and dizzy (took temp and it wasn't that high - 36.57, so not the dreaded 'rona lol)

Am really hoping it goes back up tomorrow and it is implantation dip

@Sleeeeeepy 😭 have a cocktail?

@claireb707 its so disappointing when temp drops isn't it 😕
🤞its not over. What day are you on? With my toddler I had a dip around 9dpo.

@M4v3r1ck
wow big changes incoming for you! Good luck with it all! You're so zen and calm, so I know everything will go smoothly! 😍
Happyhappy37

Thank you. Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏾 good luck 🙂

@SnowWhite1985 gosh you and your family have been through so much! Sending much love! 😘 I think most of us are similar in that we haven't shared our TTC journey with many family members/friends, so it's so nice to feel connected and have people to talk and vent to! 😃

@Happyhappy37 wow big changes incoming for you! Good luck with it all! You're so zen and calm, so I know everything will go smoothly! 😍

@selina37 hope everything goes ok with tube test, and it doesn't hurt too much! Make sure you give yourself extra TLC this month! 😘

Boooo to the AFs, and 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for the remaining testers! Hoping AF does not appear for me in the next week or so!

Morning all. Does everyone ovulate the same day each month?
I've been getting high opks on day 10 or 11 only on cycle 3 . I'm now on day 10 and not even had a flashing smiley. I normally get flashing smiley day 8 and 9 xx

Ah OK I see @selina37 hope it goes well and does the job. Is it something you have to go to private clinic for? I had some blood tests done at beginning of year through NHS (came back normal) they said they won't investigate further until dp has sa. Then the pandemic hit so feel like we may have to start again and need to talk to him about getting checked! Will take a few months to do anything knowing him!

Potentially yes 😢

What does it mean when the temp drops ? Does that mean Aunt flow is coming ?

My temp has dropped this morning 😢 am not hopeful

Good luck with the test @Loll35, hope it goes well xx

Hi @Loll35 it's to check there are no blockages in the tubes.
They put a dye into the tubes and check it's travelling through ok.
I'm quite looking forward to it, though it will hurt; it isn't meant to improve fertility or anything but some have said it clears the tubes somewhat, or 'damages' them so that they heal themselves and hopefully work better.

Hi @selina37 what's the tube dye test for? What do you have to do for it? Good luck xx

Thanks @Rumi1 for the reply. Good luck with your progesterone tests. I’m getting those soon too. Thanks for sharing your experiences re the pain. I usually have bad pain on first day of AF, but have never had pain mid-cycle before, so presume it might be a cyst or something.
I won’t be testing this month as it’s been such a weird cycle. Although the fertility friend app does think I now ovulated on the second LH peak I had - but who knows!
@mouldygrapes my LH lines are really variable too - sometimes super dark and other times it seems like it might be going towards positive but then never does
@Muda good luck with the weight loss!

Well AF arrived with a vengeance for me this morning, like nothing I’ve had before. I never suffer from cramps but was doubled over at one point. So on we go to next month....

[quote Muda]@claireb707 how are you boobs feeling now, has the pain eased up?

So I weighed myself today and my weight has seriously got out of control- I think it could be a main factor of why we haven’t conceived yet- since Christmas I have piled on 3 stone! I could have cried on the scale but it’s spurred me on to sort my shit out. Enough is enough, I’m not comfortable or healthy. My OH talked about proposing and I said I wouldn’t feel comfortable having a ring on my big sausage finger as it wouldn’t look nice (and I really want to get married!) So there are a good few reasons to get this weight off me.[/quote]
Still a bit sore and feeling heavy but nowhere near what they were the other day

Thanks for asking ☺️

@mouldygrapes I must say I don't always get a peak either

Some cycles I do some I don't ....

So just checked with one of my friends (the only person I’ve told about TTC other than you guys!) and she said she never got a peak on OPKs. She’s had 3 kids and 4 pregnancies. Said it stressed her out majorly and it took her a while to reassure herself