TTC 35+ Thread 7

I must be the only cougar here with a 30 year old OH 😂

@climbershell Sounds like standard procedure now, and yeah you just keep trying in the meantime and wait patiently for all the tests to be done! 🙃

Thanks @TTCat39 although I don’t feel like a warrior, maybe a battered down one!, just can’t give up on my dream of being a Mum one day 🙏

Just had my GP phone appointment.

My results show I'm ovulating and nothing obvious jumps out, but she has referred me for my ultrasound and other tests to check tubes blocked, cysts on ovaries etc etc pre covid usually 16ish week wait, could be longer atm. But obviously keep trying in the mean time & hopefully conceived by the time appointment comes.. 🤞 I'm still not out this month yet. I'll know in 4 or so days

My partner is 42, she told him to chase results too. He's so busy at work but I'll make him ok Mon, which is his day off.

Mine is 40 this year @TTCat39 and his was so so. I would get your OH tested if I were you because they definitely have a body clock, but it seems very variable (as with us, I suppose).

Did you watch the Rhod Gilbert doc? He’s about your OH’s age, not sure if that would be something he’d want to view.

I’m about 8dpo and there’s nothing going on over here whatsoever, but that might be positive because my hormones have been a mess the last few months and I’ve had weird PMS and light periods. It may also be a bad thing and I didn’t ovulate . I will get to find out in a few days.

Welcome to the thread @Sparrowfeeder

@TTCat39 mine has just turned 40 so not that mature but has had sperm issues in the past, from what I've read mens fertility can decline slightly with age but nowhere near as much as women's

Does anyone have a particularly mature OH? Mine is 51. I know fertility declines with age but I'm hoping it's not so dramatic for men.

Hi @Sparrowfeeder ! Welcome to the group!

@Geriatric1234 this is the first month I've used the clearblue opk and I got a high from cd6 to 12 then a peak on cd13 but I've seen some people that only get a couple of days peak and some get 10 days so I think it's very individual

@Sparrowfeeder welcome, you're certainly not the oldest here, I'll be 42 at the end of this month! Have you had any investigations with the docs yet?

Can I join? I am 38 and DP is 39 and ttc #1, cycle 11 I think now. I have had a few CPs and an early MC so something is happening but it never gets very far. Hoping we haven’t left it too late...

Currently around about ovulation cd14 but haven’t had a clear peak opk yet (I am a rapid surge type).

@Noodella18 No, it wasn't me, but glad you got it translated! I have all my fingers crossed that this is your month and your body surprises you! x

@Misty84 You are an absolute warrior. Thank you for your support and sharing all the knowledge you've gained along the way. x

Well, at least I can look forward to a month consistently using a working thermometer. Look at this nosedive! Can you tell when I switched from duff cheapie to the proper BBT thermometer?!

@TTCat39 yes thank you! Sorry, was it you who offered to send me pics? Thank you, I lost track between the threads though! I actually found some on the internet so I'm all set. The app says I should start POAS today.

I've had the heaviest period ever this month, which is kind of reassuring because they had been really light for a few months. I yanked my coil out on Saturday so I guess I'm getting rid of lots of build up?! I'm half hoping that I will get a kind of 'bounce' in fertility, like my womb will go OOOOH, spring clean, let's welcome a little embryo! Wishful thinking I'm sure I would be shocked shitless if I was lucky enough to be successful on the first go.

Thanks @Noodella18 Did you get your Google Translate on with those instructions? As if you needed any more deciphering to deal with with OPKs! x

@TTCat39 I can quite empathise with the wobbly lip. CD1 for me too, Cycle 20 TTC #1! 😢

@M4v3r1ck I hope that temp drop will mean AF is finally arriving for you! I can’t imagine how worrying it must be waiting for your body to get back to normal. Fingers crossed that is happening now!

@TTCat39 oh so sorry to hear that :( Bad luck, sending lots of positivity your way. Onwards and upwards in cycle 6 xx

Hey ladies, sorry been awol this week! Hurrah for new thread - thanks for setting up! 😃

I'm so so so sorry re: the rough news and BFNs! 😔😔😔

Sadly it seems like it's a crappy week/day today all round! Having a shit time atm with family drama, plus CD32 here and keep panicking that my body is broken - I've had a BBT drop, so hopefully that means AF is now coming and my body is working normally. However, I need to remember that I'm still healing post-MC! I'm just so damned impatient, but I hate these negative feelings that crop up! 😭😭😭

Urgh sorry for thought dumping, piling that onto the group! I just needed that off my chest!

Gonna get some tea, biscuits, and get stuck into some work! I'll be back soon to respond to everyone properly! 😘😘😘

Here I am, CD1 again
This will be our 5th cycle TTC #1. Very difficult to reign in the wobbly lip this morning.

I get a high reading (I’m using the CB fertility monitor with the machine but not sure if it’s the same) from day 8 to the day of the LH peak @Geriatric1234. What is an O? Lh peak? On mine it’s just low, peak, high (Lh surge days).

This month I got a high reading for 5 days, days, then Peak for two days, then high again. Last month it was high for days 8-14 and so on.

No spotting this morning, so guess still in with a slim chance that yesterday was ovulation.

No cramps atm, tho boobs still aching.

I'll be anxiously going to the toilet every time from now and going to bed on Monday!

@Misty84 it was 6 in January when I had had the first scan. Then in February when I went for the hycosy they could see 7. Which is better than 6 but still not great.

@Kitekat81 What was your follicle count? I mistakenly told you yesterday that my AMH is 2.4, but I woke up remembering that it’s 2.3 🤦‍♀️🤪

CD10 and this would normally be my fertile window (ovulation should be around Sunday / Monday) but still bleeding with no signs of it coming to an end.
Would you still DTD as normal? I'm not opposed to DTD during AF but not sure if it would be totally pointless.
Am I likely to even ovulate whilst bleeding? (I suspect very early CP last cycle).

@Geriatric1234 When I used CB it would give me one or two days of high before peak. So it definitely felt like immediate notice rather than a long run up!

P.S - don’t think I’m up early stressing over ovulation kits! I have to leave for work early and actually woke up before alarm.

I SWEAR I AM TOTALLY CHILL!! 🤣🤣