35yrs + and trying ✨🫶🏼

Right, I understand now. Well obviously let's hope it was just too early to tell! 🤞 xx

I had a bleed and GP sent me for a scan, only gestational sac was visible so I was heartbroken when they said ectopic (now ruled out by blood tests), blighted ovum, or just too early. Then when I looked more closely at my dates, I’ve realised I probably ovulated closer to CD17 or 18 so at the scan I’d have been 5 weeks and 3 or 4 days rather than the 6 weeks they were looking for. It made me feel much more hopeful that it was just too early. I’ve had some spotting since so I’m readying myself for bad news.
Strange feeling to still have that “I just want to be pregnant” feeling even after my bfp 😢

Forgot to ask, what makes you think it could be a blighted ovum? @FenellaFurchester x

@FenellaFurchester I know exactly what you mean, I've been there a few times too 😢 Hope its a positive outcome for you as not all pregnancies end in miscarriage with bleeding xx

I'm 35 worrying I can't get pregnant again, sons 7 years old and my partner's said he would like to try for another child. Been using ovulation tests and using procieve vitamins. Ive got the flo app and the clearblue app. Can anyone give anymore advice on what else I could do?

Thank you. It’s been a dreadful week of waiting, symptom spotting, crying, and suddenly become very superstitious.
At least I’ll know early if it’s a blighted ovum and we’ll be able to try again.

I’ll update on Thursday xx

Aawwww @FenellaFurchester I hope everything will be ok! Good luck and let us know when you've had your scan on Thursday. 🍀🍀 xx

Hi 👋
Just popping back on - I’m having some bleeding (should be around 6 - 7 weeks now) I’m not feeling hopeful, although sickness has ramped up considerably so maybe that’s a good sign.

I have a scan on Thursday so depending what we see, I might be rejoining you all in ttc soon.

Hope things are going well for everyone.

xx

Hey @ByJollyZebra Welcome! Do you currently have any children? That's great your GP has agreed to blood tests. I had my little girl at 37, got pregnant at 36. I am now trying again, I will be 40 in March x

How is everyone doing? We've been to the see the GP today to get the ball rolling with some investigations into our fertility as we're on cycle 11 now and I'm 36 this year. Feels like a big scary step but I literally felt a weight lift off me when he said that we could get the ball rolling with some tests, starting with my blood test on Friday x

Great news @laidir! Always a relief to get those figures. And yes, a good idea to track BBT if you can, as it's reassuring if it can confirm the OPK.

@BabyBorn Yeah I'm happy that I have at least ovulated on my own, even with PCOS. I am going to start tracking BBT next cycle though because the test was expensive privately and my GP will only do one progesterone test and one day 2-5 test.
Thanks that's great about the broth, I have holland and barrett nearby so will try it. I sometimes make my own chicken broth with wings and veg (not sure if bone broth specifically) but like you say, it's really time consuming and doesn't make a lot at a time.

@laidir that's brilliant news!! Must be a small relief for you.

I buy mine from Freja. Holland and Barrett have just started selling it, or you can get it from a the Freja website. I used to make my own but no time for it these days and I go through quite a lot of the stuff so I can't keep up with the demand making it myself.

@carolinep3 My progesterone level came back 45.2 nmol/L. It was CD30 for me though, 7/8 days after I think I ovulated (24-48 hours after peak on OPK). So I think that is some good news anyway and I'm happy!

@BabyBorn Where do you get the bone broth please? Do you make it?

@carolinep3 interesting. I am also taking 2 different probiotics a day so hopefully it's the same kinda thing as yours! Ones from Natures Best and the other from Advanced Nutrition. I don't drink caffeinated drinks anyway and I'm gluten free too. Literally only eating whole foods and bone broth so it's not so dry!

I started taken the iron tablet because I had my ferritin levels checked and they were quite low - they haven't made me feel any different (been taken for a month) but my fertility mentor told me to for optimum fertility health, apparently a low ferritin store can affect egg quality eventually.

The vaginal microbiome test should tell
Me if I have an inflamed lining or any Infection, I should say I don't have any symptoms of this at all, but the fertility expert I see asked me 505050000 questions and this was her verdict. It is due to spotting from cd22 onwards and I've had two 'small babies' plus my membranes went early with the second. This could apparently show I've always had an infection 🤷🏻‍♀️ seems crazy, but I have to test and see. Will be interesting to get the results.

More research is showing so
Much is tied to our microbiome! So much is also linked to the gut apparently!

They are specific probiotics for women's health and vaginal healthy bacteria etc, I've attached photos.
I don't take vitamin apart from what is in my inessa prenatal vitamins.
My diet is pretty clean too, I cut out gluten and caffeine about 5 weeks ago.

Oh really. Yes I've heard of short cycles meaning peri or Ashermans syndrome. Hopefully neither apply to you and you get pregnant soon!

@carolinep3 I got the blood test via superdrug nurse clinic, because my GP is so slow at everything, wait and see, come back etc, and I'm 37.5. In Scotland and we don't have that app, although I they really should roll it out I've read about it before and it sounds great.
So the microbiome test will tell you about the lining then? It's really interesting how everything is connected to the microbiome. I've had urine and vaginal microbiome testing before for chronic UTIs, but not endometrial. One probiotic I'd recommend is Optibac Intimate women one, because the exact strains in it actually showed up on my vaginal microbiome test weeks after I took some, so it must have actually got where it needs to go. Same with one Canesten used to do vaginal pessary form, but they discontinued that one. I'm sure I read we also want Lactobacilli in the uterus as well as vagina.
Do you find the iron helps then? GP said a while back that I am mildly deficient, but I struggle to tolerate any iron pills they upset my stomach and bladder.

@BabyBorn I'm 37.5 and I'm not totally sure how long my periods have been like that, at least a year maybe two years. I am concerned it means I could have bad lining or be in peri.

@carolinep3 what's the microbiome one? I take a probiotic skin biome that I've been taken for ages, is it the same kind of thing? How much vitamin d are you taking? I've upped mine to 5000 IU for a few months and taking 1000 mg of Vitamin C. My diet at the moment is crazy clean so that's why I've stopped my prenatal tablets. X

I take
Prenatal supplement
Two for microbiome women's Heath
B6 (for spotting)
Vit C
CoQ10 for egg quality
Iron tablet

@carolinep3 I usually hate taking tablets normally. What supplements are you taking? I take 6 tablets in the morning and 3 after lunch 🥴

@laidir how long have your cycles been like that and how old are you if you don't mind me asking?

If you are getting the bloods on the nhs your results should be on the app the same or the next day.

No don't need an ultrasound. I've just taken a vaginal Microbiome test, it is a test you send off with menstrual blood on cd1. It was expensive but I should get results in 3/5 weeks which tells me if there is any kind of issue.

@carolinep3 Thanks very much, now I know what levels to look for. My test is tomorrow morning and if OPK are correct it should be 7/8DPO.
I'm sorry about what you are saying about your lining. I'll be 38 this year also. My periods are quite light - only 2 days of 'proper' bleeding - 1st day heavy, 2nd day normal, then they just tail off into spotting. So I'm a bit worried about lining as well. Presumably we need an ultrasound on a particular day to assess that?

@laidir as someone has said over 30 confirms ovulation for that month. If taken at the right time and under 30 ovulation may not have happened.
Higher doesn't suggest inferile at all. At 9dpo this month by progesterone was 59, I saw my fertility expert and they said that was perfect and could have indicated pregnancy (the thought is my lining couldn't sustain this unfornately).

@BabyBorn I'm on so many vitamins now I feel like a rattle when I walk!!

I'm going to be 38 next month and I was hoping I would be pregnant before then, never mind 😩