35yrs + and trying ✨🫶🏼

Hey I'm just short of 35, 2months and I'll be reaching that age 😱

I have pcos ttc baby no6 eldest being nearly 14 and youngest being one in three weeks.

It took us 2+ years to conceive my youngest and I had the coil fitted at 6 week check up but decided to have it removed last month as oh is 41 and we think a play mate close to little ones age will be nice so here we are again. Just hope it doesn't take the 2+ years again 😫

Goodluck ladies i hope you all get your bfp sooner rather than later i know how hard it can be on the roller coaster of a journey when it feels like its never going to happen ❤️

@laidir yes day21 doesn't necessarily
Mean cd22, 7DPO is most important. You won't know exactly when you ovulated without bbt, opks don't confirm and can be confusing sometimes.
Progesterone is supposed to peak 7dpo, but I had 7 and 9dpo done this cycle, and 9dpo was a lot higher (but this just confirms I ovulated) not much else I believe.

Hey babyborn!! How's are you? I'm trying to conceive my 4th...my youngest is 9...all from previous relationship and there's nothing my partner and myself would like more than a baby of our own 😊

I wouldn't have thought it would matter hugely whether it's 7 or 8dpo, given that ov date is always a slight guess (as it's anywhere between12 and 24 hours after a positive OPK). Good luck! As I said, it was on an irregular cycle that I conceived last time, whereas for the past 3 years when they've been much more consistent- nothing!

Yep, "Day 21" tests should be on 7DPO to be at all meaningful. Thus, when I was TTC my second I think I had one on CD32 as I had a silly long cycle - which, yes, confirmed I had indeed ovulated and ironically it was the one where I got my BFP!

Welcome @Hailz1979 are you trying to conceive your first? Have you had any investigations? I am 40 next month and hoping this will be our year!

4/5 DP(hopefully)O here.

Trying not to symptom spot but boobs sore on and off and cramping, twinges low in abdomen. But I've had all these symptoms before and BFN so not sure it means anything.

@carolinep3 Do the 'Day 21' bloods have to be on 7DPO exactly then, to be most accurate?
For me my cycles are variable, but this month was my first using OPKs and I got an LH surge on Day 21, then the next morning was down a bit, then another / the same surge on the evening of Day 22. No other surges this month before or since. Not sure which was correct, but I'm counting ovulation as Day 22/23, so I have booked in for progesterone bloods on 7/8DPO - would the one day matter do you think?
I just hope I'm ovulating, cause I have PCOS and my cycles vary.
I can totally see why the timing of the so called 'day 21' test makes sense if you look at the cycle graphs, like this - I'm guessing we are trying to find that progesterone level at 'peak', where the red arrow is which for me this standard 28 day cycle would be far too early.

I'm learning lots of new things!

If they were taken on the correct day, you are looking for over 30 to confirm
Ovulation.

Ahh boo, from memory you'd want to be looking at levels of at least 40-50. But not sure what you'd expect them to look like at 12dpo rather than the usual 7DPO. Does progesterone nosedive again just before AF?

So nice to come across this thread!!! I'm 45 and ttc really need to hear some positivity success stories as looking on google makes me feel hopeless like it will never happen for me 🥺

We're here for you, if that happens and it marks the end of this phase of your life, we understand and you can talk to us.

Good luck with the bloods today (but be prepared for them to come back with questionable results, as I'm with Flo in when AF would be due!). I think some Apps might deliberately put testing day as a few days after you're due on, so that might be causing the discrepancy.

I'm CD10, the "thumb twiddling" part of my cycle, as I probably won't ovulate until CD16, so a few days yet until fertile period....I'm trying not to think too hard about the weeks after that as this really does have to be my final cycle. Next month marks the 3 year mark since finding out about my pregnancy, the MC under a week after that, and, if this cycle goes the way all previous ones go, finally giving the loft a sort out and getting rid of stuff. It will break me 😭😩

Well, if you really are 12dpo you may well be due on in the next couple of days, as the luteal phase lasts between around 10-14 days depending on the individual (although will be consistent to you)...

However, if your AF/BFP prediction of Valentines Day is correct you'll have most likely ovulated later than you thought (which might mean your Day21 test will be around the correct day after all).

Only time will tell.....

I do use kits for the fun of it but it's just because I'm a gimp not because I have to 😂😂 I feel my ovulation every month (bloody painful) but I just like peeing on sticks obviously 🥴😆😂.

Tough isn't it trying to DTD every other day until peak. Hopefully you've done enough, I'm sure you have. Way too early for you to be testing 😂 Fingers crossed for you! I got my last positive 10DPO but everyone is different 😀

Glad you've continued to get symptoms @SCK2024! I am CD 13 and I ovulate usually on day 13 or 16! Why not 14 or 15 I don't know?! 😂😂😂😂 so just DBing every other night at the mo 😮‍💨😂

10dpo
Started spotting 😭