TTC 35+ Thread 8

Thanks @Loladoodle Did you have to get the higher dose on prescription?

@TTCat39 take 50mg of b6 daily - it is life changing re anxiety/pms/short cycles/spotting. I’ve took this for a very long time daily and have noticed all these benefits 👍

@Noodella18 nah according to adjusted period app after positive OPK its due on Sunday CD33 (usually 28/29 days with an occasional rogue 32er)

Sorry you’re so low @Lexber. I can’t get on with the strips. CB takes the guesswork out for me. It’s just a shame it’s so expensive. I hate the rollercoaster so much and feel slightly anxious every time I think about it all... which is about every 12 minutes. I hope you feel brighter soon x

@pamparam, so is your period late now??

I'm 7dpo and fighting the urge to test, although I know it's ridiculously early.

I had a few insistent stabbing pains in the uterus yesterday, like somebody was poking me with a needle every few seconds, lasted a minute or so and then went away. Fingers crossed it was something burrowing in!

@Lexber I'm so sorry you're feeling low. TTC is such a heavy burden to carry. I struggle with not feeling in control generally, so I know how you feel when you say you're just frustrated because you don't know what's going on. I seem to be getting on with CB OPKs and it's shown me pretty consistent results for the three months I've been using them. It's BBT that has been stressing me out. I was desperate to see what's going on so I've had an alarm set for 5.30 every morning as I rarely woke up before then so figured it might be the most accurate reading. But I don't actually need to get up at that time so I've been finding it hard to go back to sleep afterwards.
I think I've cracked C.M. charting so the next challenge for me is getting to grips with my cervix position. To me, it always seems high, so I am not finding it useful to chart that.

I suppose what I'm saying is that I'm also desperate to take control, so I'm looking for whatever methods I can to feel like I'm doing that. But in the process probably making myself more neurotic and stressed!

for you and hope that you feel better soon. x

Good morning and welcome newbies.

AF still not here, very slight, quite pale spotting over the last two days. My RHR has dropped another point though so it’s dropped one every day for the last 4. It’s still 3ish higher than this point last month (adjusting for longer cycle) but I’m not going to get my hopes up.

Will test Saturday with my out of date test if no AF by then 😂

@Farfaraway1 yay that should be you in your fw now! I got a flashing smiley today so I'm in bd mode haha

@thislittlebird great that your skin is starting to get better even if it is slowly, still progress!

@Lexber sorry you're feeling low, it's so hard when you just don't know what's going on, I have points every month where I'm confused at what my body is up to! Hope you're feeling better soon

Thanks @Geriatric1234 I think I'm just fed up if feeling confused and just generally feel meh - see last post xx

@thislittlebird I hope it helps it too! Keep us posted on it. I'm thinking once we start ivf I'll take up the counselling they offer.
We've been trying for no1 similar timings as you. Finished pill sept19 but didn't time dtd so it's was basically from oct19, with no breaks. I have short cycles too so FW starts as soon as AF ends and I can't wait to stop timing sex 🥱 is that May appointment your first fertility one?
@Pamparam good job with holding off! You may as well wait until it's a concrete answer instead of squinting at lines 😂 I won't test until I'm late now. I hate getting bfns so i stopped with early testing.
@Kitekat81 how long have you been ttc for then? We're 18 months now so it's ivf for us next! It's funny as it was all on Dh first cos if his low numbers but now he's fine, they've realised I might not be 🤦🏾‍♀️

With the opk's I don't use the cheapy ones but have heard PM is better for them. If you're using CB digital then FMU and you tend to ovulate the day after peak.

Still low and used FMU @climbershell

I'm so emotional and feeling shit today which makes me wonder if AF is coming? I know my body is all over so don't know what to expect at the minute.
I sat and cried over nothing because I just feel so tired and shit, feeling like I've put so much weight on (which I haven't maybe 7lbs in a month?) and generally really crap... which fits with AF or Ov symptoms for me?! Lol

Do you ladies still get low readings before af??

Eurgh! I guess the unknown is the worst part for me right now, sorry I just needed to rant as I know you guys will understand! Xx

@Lexber I find those sticks impossible!! I switched to CB which I know are more pricey but do feel worth it. What I can do this month is I'll take a pic of the used reader with CB, so we can compare the line darkness with CB reading, as I think it's surprisingly light. I know last month I was comparing how dark the lines were on CB when it says you're ovulating, and it's a lot lighter than you'd think. @climbershell has posted about this a fair bit - was it this thread or old one? I found her pictures v useful. But for sure you have had a surge CD12/13. As @M4v3r1cksaid, I find CB better because it's first morning pee. Any other time and I'm doomed to forget/f**k up and drink a pint of water in a panic then wonder why it's not reading anything! lolol

[quote climbershell]@Feanorous highs can last several days past peak, that's fine. Peak is the important thing and ov date generally 24-36 hours after that[/quote]
Ooh thank you. Good to know! x

Thank you @twelvestars

I got a flashing smiley face this morning on my Clear Blue ovulation test - woohoo!

@Feanorous highs can last several days past peak, that's fine. Peak is the important thing and ov date generally 24-36 hours after that

Pics x

Morning ladies 😊

@Farfaraway1 wahoo bring on OV!

This was my first month testing with opks and glad I did as I started getting highs on CD9 which surprised me as I thought I was A regular 13/14 day ovulation. I've been getting highs since the peak too, is that right? Does it mean I have a long surge? I had OV pain on 9,10,11 and 12!

Only 2dpo 😭 I need to divert my attention to something else!
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That’s clear! @Farfaraway1

CD 17 and I’m still getting a HIGH on clear blue monitor 😔.

I’ve not been later than day 18 so far, so let’s see what tomorrow brings, I guess. Also glad I’ve got that acupuncture booked in early April, I suppose.

OMG today’s ovulation test is so much stronger! I know this isn’t quite a positive but it’s the darkest I’ve got yet! 🥳

@Twelvestars yes, just started week 3. It’s definitely better, but it’s slow going. Which I guess is not a shock for a condition that’s resistant to treatment. My feet and hands especially have a fair way to go. It started on my feet, and it has refused to leave my feet for 18 months, even when I managed to improve it pre-wedding in October. Was glad I had a long dress, I originally had an ankle length one . My face is better too. I had this stupid red patch on my right temple since it’s started, wouldn’t go away. Finally can see normal skin again 🙌. Now I just need it to stay that way.

Honestly don’t know how you deal when you can’t sleep properly, my health goes off the cliff when I can’t sleep well, I’m not good at it (but had some practice recently with the skin). Have you just adjusted over time? You’re right, it’s been quite the mix. I’ve definitely had new anxieties the last year or two that I never had before.

@Katiekattty I am still on one antibiotic but I’m on that for six weeks 🙃, didn’t want to wait that long to start but I gave it nearly a week before diving in to the next new medication.

Funny you mention appetite because the oral steroids make me hungry as hell, I’ve started couch to 5k again, am eating a lot of bananas, grapefruits, oranges for the potassium (apparently this helps) because I’m worried about gaining weight. The second week was bad, I could have eaten every single hour. Seems calmer this week, but still a little more hungry I think. Will see what the citalopram does to the appetite issue lol

Definitely aiming for the morning, I don’t want to be awake all night really. I think the steroids made me jittery and awake on Saturday night, actually, just remembered, but that seems to have calmed down since I started a bit of running. Need to run again tomorrow and try to keep it up!

Hi @Lalala1985 and @Sparrowfeeder @Redwineandcrisps
welcome to the chat!

@Kitekat81 no real signs of iron deficiency, I've always been low on iron ever since I was first tested as a teenager though so I'm probably quite used to the signs!

@M4v3r1ck I actually have no idea 😂 last month was a fairly good 'standard' month ov day 13 and was a 27 day cycle - actually did ovulate too! But so far I'm cd10 and still nothing on opk at all so I'm guessing it'll either be a late or no ovulation this month 🤷🏼‍♀️ but I guess that it pretty normal for me as my cycles aren't regular and I don't ov regularly anyway 🤦🏼‍♀️
Glad you're getting on better with the cb I'm the same and drink a lot so fmu is way easier!

@thislittlebird good plan to wait to citalopram until antibiotics depending on which ones. For the month I was on it, I had zero appetite and was thirsty all the time which seems to be a popular side effect when I googled around. Also I don’t know if they mentioned this but a lot people get insomnia the first few weeks so try taking it in the morning.

@Lexber that’s what my Premom app looks like if it helps I started testing CD10

@M4v3r1ck & @Twelvestars did you not try fmu with cheap sticks? Works well then especially if pee too diluted other times of the day

@Lexber looks like no positive there yet, keep testing and try fmu too

Hi @M4v3r1ck I'm just finishing what seems to be a normalish AF and LH rising so fingers crossed. I had a CP last month after just going by EWCM due to crazy hormones so I must be ovulating 🥳

I think I may have been on thread 1, old timers now eh! Hope this is a lucky month for you lovely xx

I Thought that @Twelvestars but it doesn't seem very high?!
I'm kind of writing off this month as a practice and chance to get my head around everything and learn about what's what and try and understand.

It's all alien to me, and we dtd cd11 and cd13, and I'm hopeful for tonight (nothing to do with TTC just cos well I want it haha)