TTC 35+ Thread 7

Oh my @KG1145 sounds exciting! Try not to worry lovely. 🙂

OMG milking the magic stick 🤣🤣 That magic milk is what we need 😂😂

🤣🤣🤣 @02Carol we gotta laugh through all these shenanigans!! X

@KG1145

I'm no expert and never been in your position, which btw is super exciting, but I think the ladies are right and somehow wait it out a couple of days and 🤞 darker lines and maybe some symptoms? Really pleased for you.

@Geriatric1234

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Your post cracked me up, I'm so glad I joined this chat.

@KG1145 definitely do NOT cancel anything. Some of those will still be useful and you need to take a breath and let nature do her thing for at least a few days. The reality is there isn’t really anything you can do beyond what you are already doing (with vitamins etc) to make it stick. This is really exciting!! Don’t waste precious energy worrying if there isn’t a problem yet :-) xxxx

[quote Loladoodle]@KG1145 did you test again?[/quote]
I did, it's still faint but a bit darker!

I thought I had a CB digital test at home but I haven't. After I had a chemical pregnancy before I was told the non digital ones are better as I can then check to see if the lines are getting darker. Fingers crossed this one sticks!

I contacted the consultant I'd seen privately before about the progesterone and he said that once the pregnacy is confirmed (I don't know how?) to contact him to make an appointment to discuss progesterone. TBH I'm a bit peeved as he has already discussed the benefits of progesterone with me, I don't want to pay for another private consultation to go over it again....

I was due to go for some blood tests next week after I mentioned we'd been TTC for a year to my DR. They are:

• Full Blood Count

• U and ES
• FM Inf (Reg Cycl LFT D1-3)

I assume that I should cancel these tests.... I'm not sure what they're testing for tbh. I don't think any are progesterone... The earliest appointment I've managed to get with my doctor is on the morning of the blood tests so maybe I'll query then and cancel them depending on what he says.

I just want to do everything I can to help it stick but totally clueless really. I wish I'd had my progesterone tested before because the consultant told me the benefits of progesterone in early pregnancy and pointed me towards some studies but never mentioned testing my progesterone.

@Geriatric1234 thank you I've been telling him to shush about age 😆 and love the milking your magic stick comment 😂 I agree sometimes I wonder why I'm trying to breed with DH as he can be so lazy and I don't want to be left holding bubs along with everything else!

@KG1145 thank you ❤️

Hope everyone's Friday is short and (decaf) coffee is strong ✨

Welcome to this lovely group @mrsmacmc @closeyourmouthlynn @lexber @02carol

@noodella18 sorry to hear about your sister. Wishing her a speedy recovery x

@climbershell I was struggling getting anything in the opks I was using before. I switched to CB though which you can use with fmu and found it much easier.

@geriatric1234 'milking your magic stick' cracked me up! 🤣🤣🤣

@thislittlebird managed to get my results from the docs

progesterone is 60.5 and should be 13.1-46.3 in the luteal phase,
FSH 4.5 should be 1.7-7.7 in Lp
LH 8.6 should be 1.0-11.4 in Lp
Oestrogen 1127 should be 222-854 in Lp

So from what I can tell I have higher than normal progesterone and oestrogen but no idea what that means and fsh & Lh are normal 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Lexber glad you’re getting your vaccine on Wednesday! Do you know if it’s gonna be Pfizer or AstraZeneca? Or you’ll find out on the day?

I use the pink Clear Blue (the with 2 options: static or smiley). Anyways I sometimes would do the test twice or thrice a day nearing ovulation day in order to catch the LH peak and not miss it. As long as you limit fluid intake and hold your pee for a few hours then it works any time of the day. It’s given a smiley once in the evening!

Wow, this thread moves quickly! Thanks for the warm welcome, it's nice to chat to people going through the same, most of my friends have had their second (and more!) And my husband is sick of hearing about bbt and ovulation tests!

@Lexber, I had the cool removed last year, my cycles have gotten shorter but that could be anything. I do have a 'normal' cycle now so I'm sure you'll be fine.

I'm not sure who mentioned that they are giving pregnant women the choice to have the vaccine, that's interesting, what does everything think about it?

We've delayed trying for no #2, me unwillingly, but I didn't expect a pandemic to throw a spanner in the works!

@KG1145 did you test again?

On the SA chat, I swear to god my DH is broken. His first Q was “are you allowed come in and help me?” When I explained “no dear, this is not a porn fantasy where the nurse and I assist you in milking your magic stick”, his next comment was “well, I can’t wait to get in there and show these young upstarts how fast an old pro can get this done!”

Why - WHY - am I even thinking about breeding with this one....???

I’m kinda in 2ww. Not really sure as working 14 hour days, 6 days a week and teaching on my one day off. But I got the flashing smiley on CB last Friday, then static smiley on Saturday. We only dtd on Sat and Sunday because I’m working in London in the week and he was with his kids from a previous (does week on week off with kids so we have two houses 2 hours apart). I think there’s a chance but I’m so rundown from work I’m not sure my eggs will have the energy to get jiggy with a tadpole! Who knows?! I am now 4/5 dpo (still don’t know when ovulation actually happens vs when cb says peak) and feel nothing at all. NUTHIN! 🤣

Anyway, big love and luck to you all! Xxx

I had be questioning what to go about the vaccine as I was hopeful that by the time it came around to me (deemed fit and healthy) I'd be pregnant. I received my invited yesterday* and have mine booked for Wednesday so def not as not even started ttc yet due to post coil out bleed.
I have my 2nd booked for early June, which again being optimistic I'm hopeful we may have been lucky by then, and it's left me still unsure what to do as I will be fortunate enough to have had the initial one. Thankfully I have time to wait and see/think/decide.

Side question, when is pest to pee on the ovulation stick? I've seen below some say not first morning pee, May I ask why?

*daughter is autistic, and deemed clinically vulnerable (which as high functioning I didn't expect but it's all under 1 umbrella now) as her carer I've been offered a vaccine which I didn't realise would be the case xx

Pffft @mrsmacmc - I’m 42 and my DH is 49. Tell your OH to shhhh about age! 🤣

@KG1145 I totally see it!!!!

@merrynelly hello! The nhs advice on the Covid jab changed last week to “pregnant women can make the decision themselves”. They’ve been vaccinating pregnant front line workers since the start because it’s such an inoffensive vaccine. My sister is 6 weeks pg, had the first jab in Feb (she was classed as immunicompromised following chemotherapy last year) and she will be having second jab in April. This far, there have been no documented negative issues with the vaccine and pregnancy. Worth noting though, there’s also no clear, current evidence that Covid increases chances of still birth or MC (obvs depending on how badly you get it). I am planning to have it when offered, for what it’s worth! Xxx

@climbershell believe me I so relate!

@Twelvestars I had to have a minor finger op in November. Nil by mouth from 2am, til I had the op at nearly 5pm. I was still peeing every couple hours just before surgery! I think part of it is my anxiety, but a fair bit of liquid was still coming out even tho I felt sick from dehydration!

@thislittlebird I have come across contradictory sources and studies where AFC is recommended at the start of the cycle and then others say it’s okay anytime during the cycle. A bit confusing. I’m going to see a consultant next week but I’ll be CD8 so I really hope an AFC will be done just to get an idea. It’s gonna be around O day too for CL. Feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement.

@climbershell omg me too! I literally spend so much of my time just peeing 🤣👌🏻 But in all fairness I average 4 to 6 litres of water per day!

@thislittlebird I know it's like someone taking a personal jab at him about his swimmers not being perfect 😂 haha I may just do that though he might get some very weird looks when he comes out if he thinks they are! A time limit too that'll help with the stage fright 🤦🏼‍♀️

His swimmers may well be fine but men do make me laugh with their weirdness over the old SA @Marvellouslymadmum

Sadly I suspect they are not in fact sound proof, maybe lie and tell him they are lmao. DH said the nurse told him he had 25 minutes. He had no plans on being in there that long.

@thislittlebird hopefully we will find one though at the moment he's still insisting that his swimmers must be fine as we've got pg
I haven't been able to explain that yes but that's four times in four years and all ended with mc or cp so we need to check there's no issues! I wonder in the shame rooms are sound proof? 🤔😂

@Marvellouslymadmum if you find a clinic nearby he can do it at home and take it in to the chamber of shame.

My husband still isn't over the woman sitting right outside in the waiting room.

@Kitekat81 ahh that's a shame! I'm pretty sure he's be much more comfortable with one of those tests, I'm thinking he'll probably want to rename the wank station the room of shame 😂 plus I think he may get that nervous that he gets stage fright in there 😂 I'm thinking there is a clinic near here that gives a free consultation maybe I'll look into them