TTC 35+ Thread 5 Cougar and Silver Fox Club

Happy new year ladies.

I can feel my AF coming on as getting the cramps. I hate it! Due on in a few days. I was really hoping this month would be the month ☹️ Sorry just having a moment.

@M4v3r1ck I'm sure I read somewhere about high vit b in it causing an issue but I could of just made that up 😂
AF arrived in full force for me today after being 3 days late this cycle just what I wanted for new year 😩 xx

@M4v3r1ck I have two as well! 😻 They are my surrogate babies until the real thing comes along 😄

Phew, glad I checked, ladies! Thank you! 😘 I'll just stick with the regular folic acid and vitamin D then! It obviously worked! Just 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for a healthy and sticky BFP next time!

@Kitekat81 omg yes! DH loves the extra DTD during FW, but at the same time, he has confessed to feeling pressured too! Catch 22, eh?! 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♀️ How many cats do you have?! We have two!!! 😻 I swear they know when I'm ovulating and act like a pair of cockblockers!!! 😹😹😹

@M4v3r1ck glad to hear you're getting on ok! Hopefully it won't be too long until you're back on track.

I used Pregnacare for a few months but decided to stop as read a lot of reviews from people saying it messed with their cycles. It's actually quite a strong supplement if you look at it - lots of ingredients in quite high quantities. I think if your cycles are irregular then pregnacare might help regulate them, but if your cycles are regular I wouldn't risk messing with them. I switched to seven seas trying for a baby as it seems to have fewer ingredients in smaller quantities. No side effects so I'm pretty happy with it, although obviously can't say it's helped me conceive because it hasn't so far...

Note to self - never tell your partner you are ovulating! It's a total mood killer in the bedroom 🤦‍♀️ Luckily we've been able to joke about it today - I've had lots of 'is that because you are ovulating' / 'be careful of mummy she's ovulating' (directed at the cats) / 'can you ovulate on someone else please' jokes today 😂

@M4v3r1ck I took Pregnacare and it messed with my cycles I had loads of cycles where I bleed mid cycle 🤦🏼‍♀️ stopped it and cycles went back to normal. Now I just take folic acid and Vit D daily instead. OH was on male version but now on Impryl instead as recommended by our clinic x

Happy new year lovely ladies!!! 😘😘😘 Here's to lots of healthy and sticky BFPs, especially those of you currently in TWW!!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Thanks for asking - I'm getting there! Hoping AF kicks in soon for me, so we can TTC again! Also, my BBT is dropping, so it's definitely been accurate for me - if that helps for anyone considering doing BBT tracking! 😃

Feel the pain on the OPKs - they stress me out too, so I try and focus more on DTD when we want to, especially around the FW days! Don't worry that you're not ovulating, honestly! The main thing I noticed was being too hydrated shows up as a negative OPK - annoying since being hydrated is best for fertility/conception! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

@Kitekat81 excellent news re: clinic! Please keep us posted! 😃😃😃

Also, Anyone here use any of the pregnacare supplement - for you and/or partner? I take folic acid everyday and vitamin D when I remember, so wondering if it's worth getting pregnacare so it's all in one?! 🤔

Argh, was so relieved when I finally got the positive opk yesterday (after thinking I wasn't going to ovulate this cycle) that I made the mistake of telling my oh that I was ovulating. So then yesterday and this morning he's not been able to 'finish' as he feels under pressure. Wish I hadn't told him but I can't unsay it now. We'll try again later but worrying now that we won't have done enough this cycle 🤦‍♀️

@selina37
*its

@selina37
Stopped opks , dtd 3 times this week and itd enough, eaten too much choccy and dont feel sexy at all 🤪xx

@MgW1 yes I know that one... get one in before drinkies 🤣

Oh @Loladoodle 😞
Here's to 2021.........

Did a frer and a CB ... bfn ... looks like wine is happening tonight then!

Good luck @MgW1! I finally got a positive on an opk today so looks like I may still be in with a chance this cycle after all! 🥳

Happy new year everyone, here's hoping that 2021 will be our year 🤞🤞🤞

@selina37
Oh dear 🙈 well good luck to you too , 2021 is the year 🙏 im ovulating today so had to pin my husband down as he wants a few drinks later!!! What a bloody carry on this is! Xx

@MgW1 it's not me with an evap 🙈 it's @Loladoodle 🙂

Keep poas @Loladoodle ! You never know! Fingers crossed xxx

@selina37
Good luck 🙏 are you deffo sure its evap line? I got those first response from amazon because they were cheap but I think they have gone up in
Price now xx

🤞🏽Keeping my fingers crossed for you @Loladoodle

*well after the time limit (I really should proof read when I babble on)

@Kitekat81 that’s great news! Something to focus on and a step closer in this journey!

@selina37 haha you know me so well! Have been poas like a bat shit crazy lady! 🦇 nothing but bfns and a horrid Evap well aff as the time limit this morning on an IC. Still no sore boobs 10dpo, just feel a bit fuller. Trying not to read in to it 🤥

@Kitekat81 I never test, they drive me crazy! Unlike @Loladoodle 👀 I'm spotting and crampy again though so stuff it, going to enjoy a few drinks tonight!

Wow great news on the clinic! That will be a weight off your mind to yet a focus of hope!! 💞

@Loladoodle @selina37 good luck getting through the next few days, the last days of the tww are torture aren't they, it's impossible to think of anything else! Are you planning to test or wait and see if af shows up?

I've had some good news at least - got a call from the fertility clinic yesterday to say we made it to the top of the waiting list so will have our first consultation appointment in a couple of weeks from now 🙌 Feels like a positive step, looking forward to getting some expert advice and finding out what our options are.

@M4v3r1ck how are you feeling? Hope you're feeling a bit better x

Same, my sleep isn't reliable enough to temp! Though it has improved over Christmas, I seem to be less stressed!

I get a part of soreness on one boob prior to AF and last two cycles I've not had it! That's driving me crazy in thinking it's something different than usual 🙄 We shouldn't read into everything so much 😒

@Kitekat81 I never temp it would send me round the bend! No harm continuing dtd! I’m sure your dh ain’t complaining 😅

@selina37 wow I’m impressed with the tomatoes! I have no intention of being healthy until after New Years!

I don’t know why I torture myself, I’m letting the lack of sore boobs get to my head 🤔🙄

@Kitekat81 that's why I stay away from opks, they stress me out! Just go with your body and keep DTD!

@Loladoodle we are so the same with our cycles! I've just gone to eat yet more cake/truffles but decided on tomatoes instead. It really is ridiculous how much I keep eating 😭