TTC 35+ Thread 7

Oh no, what rubbish timing @Noodella18!

I have minor panic attacks when I think about when a baby would be born. We’re nearly hitting 2022 births and I haven’t had a bfp ever since 2019, can’t think too much about when any potential baby would be born for my own sanity, as much as I’d love to. I definitely can’t afford fret about months @sickofthisyear. It crossed my mind when I thought I might be pregnant a few months ago because august but I had to just push it away. I’d love not to lose the next one or two months but ultimately getting my health back is going to help me, I’m sure.

TMI warning but my period seems more normal for me this month? It’s been super weird the last six months. From a few very light pink days until done, to being a mere 2 days last month which was, quite frankly, weird. It was like very, very intensely dark brown and didn’t look right. Since the acupuncture I’ve had the cd14 ovulation and now what looks like a more healthy flow. Not sure how long it’ll last yet but it definitely looks more normal for me.

DH went to do his next SA after work this morning. He said the clinic was now also a vaccine centre so it was absolutely bumping with people. They’d stuck a waiting room outside of the wank station lmao. I feel sorry for the guys who will get really anxious doing it, doesn’t sound like a relaxing experience.

@KG1145 be strong! Lol if you start poas I may be tempted as I'm the same spot as you 🙈 my boobs have slight tender twinges which I don't usually get 🤔 I'm thinking it might be everything getting back to how it should be now my iron levels are going up!

@Noodella18 oh no! Why do these things always choose the wrong time to happen to us?! Hope you feel better in time for dtd

December is full of birthdays for us my son is 22nd and my partners two are also December plus my sister and three others too! But if I finally get a bfp I really wouldn't care that I'm adding to the december clan lol

@Noodella18 ahh my maths is crap - yeah you're totally right - if it were possible to choose then everyone is in a party mood in early December and overstuffed, overboozed and tired in early Jan 😂

@Pamparam due date would be December 4th if it worked this month, next month the due date would be early January and speaking from experience January is a totally shit time to have a birthday! So I'd much rather early December than early January (she says, as though conception will be as easy as picking the month she wants to get preggo and it happening 😏)

Re OPKs, I tried the cheapy as a backup in case the CB one was faulty. But I got a flashing face this morning at last. Could be the vitamin c I’ve been taking interfering with my cycle... Doc Google MD is contradictory on this matter

@Noodella18 oh noooooo. Feel better soon! Similar happened when my partner had a Covid jab and felt too rough to do it 😂 if it doesn’t happen this month you may avoid a Christmas baby (not sure if this is a positive or negative, depends how much you love christmas I guess)

Disaster has struck! It's fertile week and both my partner and I have been laid low by a vomiting bug so haven't managed a single shag! I'm on CD10 and peak fertility days are marked as tomorrow and Friday so I'm really hoping we can get busy then!

@KG1145 so pleased it was positive seeing your friend. Hopefully now she knows own your worries she can be a really good source of support ❤

@thislittlebird great news about the specialist, she sounds ace! Hopefully you can really get a handle on your skin now 🤞

@Pamparam I'm finding the cheap opks quite hard to use because my wee is never concentrated enough during the day. I glug lots of water and feel crap if I don't, so the tests have been really faint so far and not showing progression. I found doing one straight after a run helped cause I had been sweating so wee was more concentrated.

How are you other TWW'ers getting on?

I've decided I'm not going to ruin my day off with getting a negative test and chances are it will be negative so early. I've put them away and will try not to think about them just laying in the draw wanting to be peed on

Ugh @KG1145 I hate the sore boobs fake symptom, when I started to track symptoms a while back I realised it was always the week before AF for me, must be something hormonal ☹️

@thislittlebird really glad you had a good appointment with your dermatologist. Fingers crossed it gets it all sorted for you!

I'm really fighting the urge to poas this morning! I'm 10 days after getting the CB smiley face on the digital tests. I trying to tell myself I probably ovulated a day or couple of days after so it's still too early.

Thought I had symptoms of sore boobs then checked my calendar and saw I had exactly the same this time last month...

@Twelvestars Thanks, and yeah I really hope in six weeks it will feel like a weight has lifted.

We’re you ovulating day 10/11 with the 22 and 24/25 day cycle? That would mean your luteal phase changing rather than the follicular phase, I guess.

@thislittlebird I’m so happy for you. There’s nothing like the feeling taking control of something that’s bothering us. I hope by six weeks from now this will be behind you ❤️

@thislittlebird @Kitekat81 yes I’ve been tracking my cycles since September. They were 24/25 days and the last 3 have been 22 days. I ovulate around day 10/11. What medications could possibly be given for that? And what could I do to help lengthen it? I take all sorts of supplements from CoQ10 to Inositol, Selenium, Zinc, Vit D, Vit C. I guess maybe if I start some yoga and try to control my stress levels.

Thanks @Kitekat81! Honestly so nice to finally speak to someone who knows what they’re doing and who wants to help.

I should add that the B6 dose may well have increased my progesterone this month based on my boobs being tender but it didn’t lengthen my luteal phase which I was concerned by, it was 12 days again. Have stopped now and will restart around ovulation (not that I’m ttc the next cycle)

Mine was 26 days this month (which might be the shortest cycle ever, but I ovulated earlier on day 14 after acupuncture), has been as long as 35 and is usually around 29.

Do you track your ovulation @Twelvestars? Would be useful to know how long each phase is.

Hi everyone, just catching up! @Magnum99 thanks for the vit D info, that's really interesting. I might try and get mine tested at some point.

@thislittlebird so pleased to hear your dermatology appointment went well! It's so reassuring isn't it when you finally get to speak to an expert who knows that they are talking about :)

@Twelvestars my cycles are 25-28 days. 22 days does sound a bit short. Have you started tracking ovulation yet? The main thing to check is whether you have a luteal phase of at least 10 days. If it's less than 10 days then that would be too short to sustain a pregnancy, but there are supplements you can take to lengthen it.

Good evening everyone. I was just wondering about your cycle length. I spoke this evening to my doctor over text messages whom I will be seeing on Monday and she remarked that my cycle was too short. It’s 22 days. It hadn’t occurred to me that 22 days is short. Well it used to be 28 days but over the last few months got shorter and shorter. I don’t know if it’s the stress of ttc and my sleeplessness...

Yeah I hope they do kick in fast @Pamparam

Maybe the stick is just a bit shite?

I think my body is broken? I’ve never had a stark white opk testing around presumed ovulation. it’s always had a hint of a line and I’m CD14 so should be either building or if I’ve just missed it, waning? Surely?

@Pamparam I do think I may have enough to last a fair while 😂