More ongoing and continuing conceptions and follicling ahead of Feisty, Fabulous Forty somethings

[Beattiebow]

I've started a new thread!

ps. The fat lady might be screaming soon.... but it will all be worth it. Plus she might be less fat soon

Bloody hell - it is still blinking negative... I'm not sure I beleive it....

love the thought of the fat-lady-screaming soon! Sure it will go really well with no screaming, but great to hear things are so far on! Wishing you a wonderful labour TFLS.

Sassy - I never got on with opk's, rarely managed to catch the positive, and even when I did, it was less than 12 hours before my temp rise showing ov. So I would have been late in using them to judge when to swi. But you will have to suffer the pain of even more swi a bit longer if you want to stick with the smeplan. I now use cm to predict ov and temps to confirm when ov occured.

Alba - great to see you here too, hope you are doing ok too.

hippy - hope you come back from the IOW with an extra child on board....!

Hey Gals
MUCHLOVE enters snug and throws herself on sofa all dramatically... I was lost there for a while in cyberspace then I found my tribe again (For GODSSAKE don't you know I've got abandonment issues!!).... BEATTIE is it not goodluck for whomever starts the new thread ???? Hope you get lucky x
Well I've had another busy wkend (got a sons birthday 2moro he's 20) so been getting pressies and stuff....they cost a fortune at this age !!
SASSY My OPK took ages to turn + this month I had all the OV symptoms at least 4days before I actually got my surge.. It was really frustrating...and then when I actually OV DH was too tired he had a middle of the night flight so I am totally facucked off with him and will tell him Im tired when he wants SWOI hhmmppf.....
ITALIAN Thankyou for your lovely words they meant a lot x
DIEGE Please tell me it's the money-factor that you like Simon Cowell ???? I wonder why he can't seem to keep a girlfriend ???
Hey HIPPY woohoo to your IOW trip hope you have the best time and if you did concieve then maybe you could call your bubba Fi-IOW-na or Br-IOW-n ...ok yes that's silly

I have also booked myself a little break in a few weeks am going away from it all (unaccompanied) to hotter climates.... well I will be joining some family out there but will be travelling on my own... I think I need a bit of R & R and time alone to sort myself out .....
Oh and GUM I am 3DPO and have nothing in the way of symptoms to report - glad your'e busying your goodself in the garden such a beautiful time of year the Spring (oh lucky you)

Hello and wavings to everybody else x

hello all. Hi muchlove my dh is the same as yours - always bloody too tired! He put his back out last ov time too (not in doing the deed), but I still made him perfom [evil emoticon]

Anyway, a short indulgent post about my temps before I head off to Evil E the acupuncturist...

So last Tues,I had peak on my CBFM and EWCM (with blood). another peak on Tues Highly fertile I thought, and blithely ignored Evil E and dtd anyway. A little temp rise on Weds to 36.60. So I thought Tues was OV day. But temp back down to around 36.40 on Thursday and Friday. Temp rise on Sat, Sun and Mon means that FF thinks I oved on Friday. )Had some spotting on Friday too - thought af was on its way and got depressed and drank too much in the evening)

FF has drawn my coverline at around 36.70. Normally my coverline is 36.30 ish. So I am worried - how can it have taken 4 days to ov from peak/ewcm, and coverline is soo much higher than normal. Am dreading taking temp because even in my LP it can go down to 36.50 normally.

Am thinking anovulatory cycle actually. (if you remember my tmi posts of last week on weird cm)

sorry alot of waffle about my temps there!

am off to Evil E now, with my progesterone to see if she can tell me what to do with it...

(E, just in you have worked your magic this month, I don't really think you're evil, honest).

Hello everyone else - Gum any encouraging signs????

sorry that is unclear even to me I know what my temps have been doing!

Morning . Hmm Beattie does sound quite confusing re: your temps - possibly annolulatory, but your ov signs were very good, no? Good luck with E...will you fess up to the SWI?
Muchlove I agree that part of the Simon-thing is the money/power combo, but the most important is the sex appeal which I'm sure would still be there if he were a pauper. I think he's engaged now too so is seemingly commited??
Well waiting on ovulation here - I don't think last months day 12 ov is going to happen this month (cd 11) as no signs whatsover of ovulation occuring anytime soon. I had put dh on red alert too. Away with work Tues night, out tonight at cinema with friend (first time in 9 years), dh out weds, so maybe for the best!
I'll admit to being defeated with name checking - I have been reading and storing up replies and now I've come to post it's all a blur

no I didn't fess up at all! Too scary.

But she didn't seem to remember telling me to wait a month anyway. She thinks Ov did occur on Tuesday. so I can work from then so I know when to start obsessing.

Jolls can I ask, when you see E what do you do when you have the needles in? I don't know whether I should make conversation or lie there trying to relax instead!

beattie you are so funny. Too scared to admit you had sex - ha ha.

I have never had acu but I have had reflexology and I often wonder if I'm meant to be making pleasant conversation but usually just lie quietly enjoying the luxury and trying not to nod off and miss it all.

Sorry I can't work out your temp thing. But agree that you do seem to have had some strong signs of ovulation.

Love to all. xxx

I have reflexology booked for Wednesday (day 8) first time since my MC in June. Last time she did get me pregnant (with help from my DH ). But it wasn't a good egg. So hope she can do the trick again but get a decent egg out this time. It will be nice to have a treat anyway.

grrrr posted and computer crashed.... so edited version....

great to see we are all super-duper chillded out in the snug at the moment, must be all the reflexology, massage, acupuncture and holidays going on.

beattie - I love going to sleep with the acupuncture, make the most of relaxation time!

muchlove - enjoy your sons birthday, next year - 21, now that should be expensive for you!!!

I am ov-ing at the moment I think, I am temping and will know soon. Now I am trying to decide whether to take the progesterone this month or not?

E told me to take progesterone this month - nothing to lose apparently? I am starting today (v excited!).

I don't find acupuncture (or similar) relaxing at all. Aside from worrying about whether I should be talking to her, I don't find it relaxing lying there in front of a stranger, and then I start worrying that I will fall asleep and start snoring/dribbling/farting etc.

Good luck with the reflexology Hippy - I have heard lots of good things about this. I did start to research local reflexologists, but couldn't find one I liked the look of. Perhaps I'll add that to my ever growing list of treatments next month.

Hello!
Is it OK if I occasionally join in? I've met Jolls on another thread but being as I'm TTC#1 and am the wrong side of 40 having had 1 preg ending in MMC last year feel that you are all probably in a similar (if not a lot more experience) boat to me.

Do you see the same acupuncturist?
I've a male friend who sees Gerad Kite for non fertility treatment and recommends him and the Kite Clinic. Have also read about him in the press but wondered if anyone on here has had any experience or stories?

Hi Lottie, Welcome to the thread! alot of us have had a mc on this thread and we're all on the wrong side of 40 too!

I see the same acupuncturist as Jollster as I live in the same city. Where is the Kite clinic? I haven't heard of it tbh, I was wondering about Zita West myself!

aargh my pc is playing up.

Just a quicky as need to get out to town to get DS new shoes etc... BB no, I can't say I find it partic relaxing either. I've heard others talk of getting zoned out and really calm/zen like, but I've never really felt anything other than "Is it nearly time to go yet". In term of talking, mostly it's all quiet when the needles have gone in, very occasionally we've continued chat for a few minutes. When she treated me whilst I was (briefly?!) pg, I laid on my tummy, and did take the opportunity for a close eyes=mini snooze...

Was she a bit more positive about your tongue this week ?

Wave to all - welcome Lottie, back later x

oh yes, my tongue was better, although still worryingly pale apparently. She saw more of an improvement than she would have expected though! (I have been eating alot of soup although this is because it fits on my diet rather than because she recommended it, but hot food is essential to boost blood supply apparently).

I did worry jolls that you were sitting in the waiting room while I was there! Perhaps we need a secret codeword if we identify/spot each other?!

Have this image of Beattiebow and jolls sitting in the waiting room at same time but not knowing it... ohhh it's like a novel.

Welcome lottie. I am getting further away from 40 all the bloody time - even turning 40 is becoming a dim and distant memory Sorry to hear about your MMC - they are so upsetting arn't they. Do jon us in the snug whenever you can.

GG do you have anything to lose by using the prog this month?? If not then I guess go for it.

beattie I worry that I might snore too (hadn't even thought about farting - but I will now ) But I just feel so relaxed that I can't always help nodding off. Maybe you and Jolls should try reflexology for a change.

muchlove you did make me laugh abut the abandonment issues. We're all here for you lovie. xxx

Hey Girls
BEATTIE The first month I started Accu I noticed really low temps wasn't sure why ?? She also use to look at my tongue and take my pulse then I would be taken into a darkened room and invariably fell asleep but I never liked the needles in the head have you had that yet? Infact I didnt really like the needles fullstop! It use to make me very emotional but I did doze off a few times..
GG If you do take the Prog just remember it can give you similar symptoms to PGncy, boobs tender/sore and high temps ??? I'm sure you prob know this already ....
HIPPY I Loooooooovveee reflexology but I did get friendly with my lady and never stopped chatting when I should have been resting its brill tho - I could prob do with going back to her again.....
Welcome aboard LOTTIE to the madness that is TTC IN YOUR 40's

Be back on later gotta go do the schoolrun now

xx

Welcome Lottie and welcome back muchlove Hate to think of you out in the desert...

So I got a pos opk on cd14 - am very chuffed as had to do it tonight anyway.. however according to emsp, that means tonight, tues and wed... I know you are all busy with your alternative therapries... but does anyone have any cheerleading experience..

give me an 's', give me an 'a', give me an 's' etc etc...... glad you go the pos. you must have saved up your wee

muchlove LOL I thought you had typed that she used to look at your tongue and take your PURSE!!!!!

Day 6 here. Starting OPK's tomorrow, time to test the old pelvic floor!!!

HIPPY Yeah in a way she did take my purse coz I was £500 down for a 6 week course !!!!
GO SAS go SAS see all good things to those who wait- you can do it girl - it's just 3 sessions ...

Anyone watching BBC3 'Cherry has a baby' ? It's quite good talking to all kinds of mums to be from 15 through to 40's I think it's a 3part series started at 9pm.....

muchlove that sounds like my kinda programme. Will try to watch on catch up tomorrow.

sassy remember when were young - the thought of sex 3 days in a row would have been a treat Good luck with the SME!!

Awwww the programme was really good, hope you all get to watch it xx
See again I'm overcome by the romance of it all - just wanna fling open my garden doors and scream
'I WANT A BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYY'

Big hugs to you muchlove ((((()))))

hello all - been lurking for ages now and gutted to be finally joining - due to total despair

feel like heading for rtd after year of trying now

had two miscarriages and a biochemical pg in that time

can have babies but thinking age is against me

so here goes I am jumping in and hoping we can help one another - you all seem so learned!

oh - almost 43!

welcome 40somemum. I too have had 2 mc's since starting to try for that elusive 'just one more' a year ago.

I'm not sure we're learned - but we are quite supportive.

Glad to have you along for the ride.