35+ TTC

Hi @Confusedddddddd

I have an 11 day LP too. It has been 12 days once a few months ago. 11 is classed as normal though so try and not to worry.

I have also had an ectopic in 2006 and had my tube removed. I have had 3 pregnancies since so it depends if you ovulate on the good side each month. Hopefully everything will be ok and won't show any blockages.

How are you @Meryemg?

And I also have a 11 day luteal phase.

I have a prolactinoma which can cause this, but afaik it's all well controlled with medication. Have made an appt in a couple of weeks to check though

Please can I also join?

@Wanderdust you sound very similar to me. Trying for #2 since an ectopic in July 23 so it's been 8 cycles. I'm 38.

Gynae said she doesn't want to do any testing until we've tried for 1 year but I've decided to go privately next month as I think the stress is not helping me. I just want to know if my remaining tube is blocked and know whether everything is OK hormonally. But gynae reckons because we've conceived twice relatively quickly, and the main issue (a large cyst on an ovary that was removed with the ectopic) has now gone, we should conceive again easily.

#1 took us 6 cycles to conceive at 35, and the ectopic was an accident at 37.

Hi @Wanderdust it just takes older women a little longer I suppose 😆 I don't think it's anything to worry about as you already have one child. Just a matter of time and luck 🍀

Yes I am breastfeeding still. My LO goes to nursery twice a week so I have long spells without feeding on those days. I also try to distract her and have started to say no a bit more when she just wants to latch on for the sake of it. She still feeds through the night but sometimes I tell her boobies are asleep, she does go a little wild some nights but if she's feeding too often it won't harm her if I say no. I think some women conceive with no problems at all and some struggle. We will see what happens but I don't plan to wean LO until she is two as they need milk until then and she won't drink any other milk.

Good luck for your 21 day blood test, I am sure it will be all good. Keep up posted! X

@BabyBorn interested to read you're still breastfeeding, I fed DC1 for 2 years and my doctor thinks that may have something to do with it taking so long! I stopped breastfeeding a year ago though... I got my periods back before the 2 years though. Very confused.

Can I join? 38 (although 39 soon!) TTC number 2. Annoyed at myself for waiting so long to try again... Similar to OP, it's been about 8 or 9 cycles (I say cycles rather than months as had a break at the end of last year as burned out).

Going for 21 day blood tests on Friday, feel anxious. GP was lovely and didn't seem concerned about my age as I'm healthy, which I was surprised at. Said they wouldn't do any more testing (and not on hubby) til it'd been a whole year... Maybe cos I already have a child?

I have a shortish luteal phase of 11 days so sometimes wonder if DC1 was just luck! Just started B6. I had no idea that a shortish luteal phase could be a problem the first time around (conceived DC1 after about 5 cycles). I laugh now when I think back that I used to think "oh lucky me, I don't have this TWW that everyone else talks about!" 😂

How long have you been trying for @Hzky3 and do you already have children?

On day 3 so it has been another disappointing month when period showed up. İm stressing i think without realising i am x

Hi @Meryemg. That's good. Relaxed approach is much better. Gets you when you least expect it!
My first was not planned! I was on antibiotics whilst on the pill and the pill failed. Child is now an adult and is 19 😆 My second took 5 months but I was 27 then, she is almost 12 now. My last was a huge surprise. I had been using the Clue app to avoid pregnancy after being off the pill for 2 years and boom, I got caught out! 😂😂 So we figured that a sister or a brother close in age for her wouldn't be such a bad idea!! 🫣 Youngest is 20 months and I am still breastfeeding. Got my cycles back when she was 10 months old and I am ovulating.

Sorry to hear about your loss 🤗 Hopefully with a laid back approach it will happen. Where are you in your cycle? X

We've been trying for around 6 months too. TTC our 4th. This is the first month I have been clean eating, no alcohol and I am doing the seed cycling too to try and improve my fertility. My youngest is 20 months old. I am 39 next month. Just hoping I am not pregnant for my 40th 😆😂 if I am lucky enough to have another that is! Are you doing anything in particular to improve your chances of conceiving?

I'm 35 and trying for the first time. Had my implant removed at the end of December and having never been pregnant this is a whole new world!

Didn’t want to read and run.

Im 37 I have 2 children already (youngest is 8) very luckily conceived straight away with my previous 2 but they were to my ex.

Me and my partner have been trying for 9 months now all the fertility tests have come back fine , I think/hope I got a vfl this morning but only time will tell.

It took my body a while to adapt after having mirena coil removed, I’d say only the last 4 cycles (I have shorter cycles) have actually been proper cycles.

I'm 39 ttc for my first. Been trying for 6 months now so just start fertility testing but hoping I get my BFP before my 40th in September!
I would say at 37 you still have a good few years so don't be disheartened, seeing lots of baby dust your way!