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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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

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Beattiebow · 11/09/2010 21:02

I've started a new thread!

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Italiangreyhound · 23/09/2010 01:10

Sassy just been looking at your blog again and reading people's comments. It is obvious you really speak to people's hearts with your writing. As Gum says, it is really well-written. Just wanted to say I am thinking of you and your lovely Catherine.

SassySusan · 23/09/2010 09:23

Thanks to you both xx

Italian - well I will pray for you that the May treatment is sucessful. I think we all deserve a little luck too!

I have to say, and I hate to disappoint you all - but I don't feel pg Sad I was shattered when I was pg before, and now I'm burning the midnight oil.... oh well.... we shall see I suppose..

LunaticFringe · 23/09/2010 13:27

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Diege · 23/09/2010 13:46

Hello! I am on borrowed time as we're (supposed to be) changing internet providers today and will be cut off at some point...

Sassy I also read your blog and was very humbled. Catherine is very lucky to have you as her mummy xx.I also echo what others have said about your writing - do your write professionally as all? On the not feeling pregnant, as Lunatic says I too felt extremely drained when pregnant early on with dd1, but never had that feeling back for any of my subsequent pregnancies.I read somewhere that certain symptoms are more common with no.1 as after that your body just gets on with it Hmm. I'm putting money on you for first bfp anyway Grin.

Italian you are an inspiration with your weight-loss! Yes, you have a long way to go if you keep to that target,but are doing it the way it should be done (ie, so it stays off). I am 2 pounds off the stone I want to be in, if that makes sense, but just can't seem to tip over into itHmm. Exercise is def the answer I'm sure.
Big hello to everyone else,and thanks for the list Galwaygirl Smile.Shall we try and update it every 3 or 4 days or so?

Italiangreyhound · 23/09/2010 14:02

Just FYI, this may interest those of you in the south of England. possibly not, but here it is...

40someMum · 23/09/2010 19:42

Gum cd3
jolls cd
italiangreyhound cd
Diege 4dpo
40someMum age42 cd 6
Hippy swi ? 7dpo guessing
GG 9dpo
Sassy 10dpo
muchlove 14dpo
BB
curlylox

10000ff
lottie

40someMum · 23/09/2010 19:55

My AMH was 18.49 (iirc) do I sound as though I am obsessed with AMH? Maybe I am! It's all I have to cling to...i remember being obsessed with my fsh years ago but that proved to be a red herring ...

the trials

Finding pregnant women difficult but what's new ( selfish emotion)

Got to get a grip

Keep smiling 'snugglers' Grin

Beattiebow · 23/09/2010 20:47

hello all!

Gum cd3
jolls cd
italiangreyhound cd
Diege 4dpo
40someMum age42 cd 6
Hippy swi ? 7dpo guessing
GG 9dpo
Sassy 10dpo
muchlove 14dpo
BB CD1 (?) age 40
curlylox

10000ff
lottie

I'm possibly cd1 but I don't know Progesterone is playing havoc with my period which doesn't know whether it's coming or going. Very frustrating as I want to get on with next month. On the other hand I had a good LP this month. GG when do you stop taking progesterone? My acupuncturist told me to stop after 10 days. i wasn't sure whether to or not. But did this morning when my temp dropped below coverline. have had cramping for days thoughs o not sure about taking it next month.

sassy i agree with what others have said. You write so beautifully and movingly. I am so sorry for your loss [words aren't enough emoticon]. I am sorry your church have been crap. I hope you graduate from this thread pretty soon.

40somemum I am also finding other pg people hard. I found out that a school mum who I am fairly friendly with had a mc just after I did. We spoke about it and it was nice to share. Anyway, I am pretty positive she is pg again and quite far along. I am taking it very badly tbh. can't face seeing her. She hasn't announced yet, but I can't help feeling that if it was me in that position, I might have mentioned it to her before I started to show. [selfish person I nkow]

gum and muchlove sorry rtd appeared.

Who is in the 2ww now - Diege and Sassy and GG? anyone else?

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Curlylox · 23/09/2010 21:27

Evening all, took the liberty and updated myself on list. Usually have a 28 day cycle but as mentioned before the nerve root injections I had for my back condition 2 weeks ago have altered my cycle....just what I need. Erm and not sure what dpo stands for Blush

Gum cd3
jolls cd
italiangreyhound cd
Diege 4dpo
40someMum age42 cd 6
Hippy swi ? 7dpo guessing
GG 9dpo
Sassy 10dpo
muchlove 14dpo
BB CD1 (?) age 40
Curlylox age 43 CD38??

10000ff
lottie

muchlove · 23/09/2010 21:30

hEY bb i THINK I've read before that you should take the PROG after OV and if you test at 12DPO and it's negative then stop the Prog but I guess that really depends on how quick a BFP may showup some find out early and others it can take right up until period due ???? So that one is a bit tricky but then you could end up in a situation like you are now where AF is taking forever to show up bcoz you have only just stopped the PROG ....... oh god it's a bloody minefield isn't it !!!...
My AF still has'nt shown up for real yet either ...grrrhhh... still got the horrible spotting and dragging pain which is such a bugger bcoz I'm out tomoz with some girlfriends and if AF starts then I can't where my skinny jeans coz I will feel all uncomfortable and bloaty ..... oh huff and puff.....

Love to all x

muchlove · 23/09/2010 21:32

CURLYLOX DPO = Days Past Ovulation

x

Beattiebow · 23/09/2010 21:35

muchlove I started taking it around 3dpo [curly that's 3 days past ovulation]and took for last time on 13dpo - yesterday. Presumably some people carry on taking it until they are 12weeks pg though don't they, aren't don't stop at 13dpo? I am in that horrible spotting/cramping/bloating stage too. so my solution is to mainline chocolate atm.

curly any chance you are pg at cd38?

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Curlylox · 23/09/2010 23:39

Beattie no chance being pg as hospital did a routine pg test before they carried out proceedure on my back and the result was.......negative, which I knew it would be. So will get on with my daily life until AF turns up, soon I hope.

muchlove · 24/09/2010 10:12

Hey BB yes that's right PROG is taken until 12wks but that's if your PG but if you test (for instance I would test at say day 10 or 11DPO and if it was NEG I would stop the PROG) so that AF can come or otherwise you can end up extending your Luteal Stage by a couple of days. And if like me once youv'e done a test and no your not PG you want AF to arrive as soon as possible so you can start a fresh month

SAS how are you today, how are you feeling?

Well AF finally showed AT LAST and this month I'm not charting - temping - or OPKing [shocked] I have put my FF account on hold just for this month and see how it feels..... I am away on Monday for a week so want to give my self a nice rest.... I shall still be here though checking in on you all

So CD 1 for me today

xx

Beattiebow · 24/09/2010 13:06

wow muchlove I didn't realise you could put your account on hold - I might do the same. (we are going to do the smep I think, but I am going to go on cm alone not opks or temping.)

so still no af here- i'm cd35 I think too. My last dose of prog was Weds morning - should it all be out of my system now? I still have cramping etc on and off, but temp had shot up again this morning to 37 degrees. It's never been that high before! Did an internet test though and it was negative I think. So not sure what is happening now... I might go and buy a test from boots or somewhere, but I honestly don't think I'm pg. Just want to get on with the next month.

any signs sassy gg??

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Diege · 24/09/2010 13:08

Hello Smile Nice new wireless connection and a new laptop (courtesy of work) too.
Interesting all this talk of progesterone - don't think it's for me, but great that we get to hear other's 'trials' of various fertlity gismos on here. The snug is a veritable fertilty lab! Grin
40some I am loving 'snugglers' Grin
Beattie the prog does sound a bit of an ordeal from what you report. Do you think you'll try it next month? (if not pregnant of course!)
muchlove sorry about af Sad Very Envy of your night out though. At least you can enjoy yourself Grin
curly hoping your af turns up soon x

I'm thinking I'm going to stop charting from today. Temp up again this morning (5 days PO)as it would be pregnant or not, but now that it's confirmed ovualtion I think taking it may do more (mental) harm than good. If I'm not pregnant I'm not pregnant, and tbh I'd rather not know until the definitive af!. I must remember to put the thermometer way out of reach! Hmm

Beattiebow · 24/09/2010 15:57

I don't know if I'll do progesterone again. I have had an extended LP (15 days today!), but have had cramping and spotting for days. Also it is quite unpleasant to use!

I have asked dh to bring a test home with him so I can double check that I am not pg, but then it is just waiting for rtd to turn up.

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SassySusan · 24/09/2010 17:46

Hugs Diege for wondering if she is a professional writer. No, I'm not, but I'm really flattered by the question Grin

Oh well girls, that's me out - have cramping, period type pain that suggest AF is on her way Sad

All down to you down GG

(Hands over the baton relunctantly)

galwaygal · 24/09/2010 18:03

BB - yep I agree progesterone is not pleasant to use. This is only the third month I have used it, the first two I was pregnant with it and it just lengthened my time to m/c. I am using it again this month and having doubts about the wiseness of it. I am not sure when I will stop taking it if no positive test as my mum and sister have both had pregnancies with no positive tests. I am surprised your af hasn't arrived today, stopping progesterone should have started af quite quickly I thought.

sassy - I have been slowly reading your blog, it was so full of emotion and I felt so upset reading it. You have been let down by so many people not understanding your need to grieve and allow your feelings of loss of Catherine to be there. I hope you don't mind but I was wondering if you could help people like me, who despite experiencing loss on a small scale, can't possibly fully take on board the enormatiy of the pain you suffer. I would like to ask "how can I help?" and "how do I acknowledge your pain, without making it sound hollow, as I never actually knew your daughter?". If/when I come across someone in my life who has lost a child, I don't know how to be, I hope I would be someone who could support them, but feel that everyone grieves in their own way, so it makes it so hard to know what to say. Last year two familes in our small town lost babies at birth and just after, I met one of them out socially in the pub one night. I deperately wanted to acknowledge her loss and pain, but I was going through another miscarriage and knew the minute I spoke about babies I would burst into tears. I could not think of how to say what I wanted to say, without my emotions leading me to be a major embarrassment in our local pub. Just as I was about to go for it anyway, her husband jumped up and declared they needed to leave. I felt like I let her down, by not saying anything about her little boy, but I wish there was some way of knowing what to say. at the right time and the right words to use. Does that make sence?

deige - I stop temping now once ov is confirmed, it never helps me in the tww, just gives something else to think about.

muchlove - I put my ff account on hold a few times, but after I was preg a few months back I discovered I have the option of doing non-VIP account, but also still having the discussion circles available for a longer time. I don't need the VIP stuff most of the time, but enjoy the chats and test obsessioning!

40some - isn't that amh level a bit high? pcos type levels? or am I reading it completely wrong? If not, then that is a good levels isn't it, showing you have plenty of eggies left!

Gum cd4
jolls cd
Diege 5dpo
40someMum age42 cd 7
Hippy swi ? 8dpo guessing
GG age 42 cd23 10dpo
Sassy 11dpo
muchlove 15dpo
BB CD1 (?) age 40
Curlylox age 43 CD39??
10000ff
lottie
italiangreyhound - waiting for May

muchlove · 24/09/2010 18:32

SAS If you not testing yet You are not out until AF shows.....so can u keep hold of your baton for a bit longer.... please...

BB OOOooooooohhh a temp rise, blimey how strange..... What time is hubby due in with that test ?????? Will it be a FRER ????? At least there's no 2nd guessing with them......

GG I am now officially CD1 and I agree with you on the PROG it just lengthened my MC aswell and not very pleasant to use.....so any feelings - pinchings - tingly bbs when will you test ???

Right I'm off to do Make-up now and squeeze into my jeans ....

Muchlove to all

xxx

Beattiebow · 24/09/2010 19:51

ok have done a test.

and...

well...

inconclusive I would say is the best way of describing it. There is a very faint line. I can see it and dh can see it. I am going to do another test in the morning (could barely squeeze enough out to test tbh, but was too impatient).

But my question for those knowledgeable about such things is...should I re-start the progesterone just in case this is a positive? (still cramping away btw so am feeling quite negative about the whole thing).

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Diege · 24/09/2010 20:41

Ooh Beattie this is looking very, very good!!!. Will you take another test tomorrow first thing and come into the snug to tell us all??? Not sure about the prog - would think it would do no harm to take some perhaps? Hopefully someone more expert than me will be along soon, or maybe post a thread?
Sassy don't give up hope just yet xx

galwaygal · 24/09/2010 22:35

beattie - yes restart the progesterone! look forward to hearing what you get tomorrow.

galwaygal · 24/09/2010 22:47

I x-post with you earlier sassy thanks for the batton but I am not holding it yet, for a start af has not arrived for you yet, and as they say it ain't over til the fat lady sings. However if you don't want to hold it right now, then may I suggest it be given to BB as she is trying to beat you to it now!!!!! Grin (she can always give it back to you tomorrow if af fails to appear for you!).

muchlove Sad sorry to hear you are cd1 again. Will you be trying progesterone again, or just leaving it?

BB high temps, 15dpo..... probrable positive test,,,, I am getting excited for you!!! Grin

As for me, I can hardly believe it, but I think I am going to have no pregnancy this month Shock, I have sore boobs from the progesterone, but not really any other usual crampy uterus signs. With last month (all be it a short month) and this month that will be two months in a row not pregnant, hey could it be that my "hyperfertility" or "implantation" issues have stopped, well a girl can dream can't she!!! Grin

SassySusan · 24/09/2010 23:59

(hands thes baton to bb)

Go bb... GO BB

Sorry... you know I get carried away....

If AF doesn't arrive, I will grab it back like a woman demented, but I am pretty sure tbh...

GG here's hoping you are not pg! Hmm Grin Thank you for reading my blog. Re - your mates - the good thing is you don't have to say anything clever. you just listen. Start off with "I'm really sorry about baby xxx" and the other mum will do it all for you - all you need to do is listen.

Right - that's me - off to France... will pop in tomorrow to tell you I have my AF... boo hiss...

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