Fantastic 40+ thread - part 7

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Shiny new thread - over here everyone

Hello! Sorry for going awol - have been reading but not able to keep up as hardly getting the chance to MN much these days. Things will settle down when the students are back (next week) and teaching starts again.
Have been keeping up with everyone's stories though.
Gum I'd personally keep going, even with a holiday looming. As you say, you'd figure something out and it does make life interesting
golden I have very early egg whites (around day 8), and often again later in my cycle. That's if I get it at all these days. How did you find the pre-seed?
Cheese, fingers crossed for you - how many weeks are you now?
somewhere, excellent result. I remember my consultant being impressed with my 1.6mm, so yours is super good . I think like gum I also got my 'risk' figure together (they took bloods a few days before then were able to give me a figure straight after the scan). Do you mean the triple test (15 wks or so) by 'combined' test? I know my hosp warned me against having the nuchal and the combined as they are very different tests and can sometimes contradict (= worry) but I have a feeling you're talking about something different?
Cali your holiday does indeed sound very lovely and I am very very . I'm not quite sure about Syria though golden though a week in a travel lodge absolutely anywhere would suit me fine (one of my fantasies; Gum's too I think).
Mam echo everyone's sentiments about your relies - that must be very hard to cope with xxx
Right, Saturday bistro tonight! I will honour the earlier meals ordered, and add to it crispy tofu in blackbean sauce, noodles, prawn crackers, followed by a homemade lemon meringue pie with extra cream.

diege combined test where i live is just nuchal translucency plus bloods, and it's between 11-14 weeks. i think they may throw in other scannable markers if they can see them, but i don't think they got any other markers for me cause it was so early (11+1 - 10+5 if i factor in that i ovulate on cd17 not cd 14). luckily enough the fetus was big enough to measure. for its length, 1mm is great but it will prob get to 1.3 or 1.4 over the next 3 weeks.

not sure about triple test - there was a quadruple test mentioned on the form i had to fill in at the clinic. i don't know who has that -people who dont get into the system soon enough to have the combined test?

i am getting annoying conflicting advice from the nhs - midwife said you'll get a letter within 3 days but the clinic said 2 weeks - by which time it would be too late to do CVS for most women... so that sounds really wrong.

but i have a private scan next thurs which will deliver results on the day so if i cant wring anything out of the nhs going to go ahead with that.

gum really good to way of looking at it - all clear is great but negative should be treated with caution. i am sorry you had to go through that but pleased it turned out well.

I really can't complain. apart from about throwing up.

yes my sister has a park mum aquaintance who had twins at 49 naturally. i'm hearing more and more of these stories.

golden you should be a writer not an editor. you should write a novel or a blog or something. Benicio del torro - fuck yeah!

xxxx

ps calibee your life sounds v glam! great news that biology and naughty weekend are coinciding! xxx

Diege, I, personally, am looking forward to you MN-ing more frequently. Ignore the rest of your life. You are needed here. I would like nothing from the bistro as I'm on a diet but Benicio has just growled that he would like a cigar from behind the bar You will not believe that, on Thursday night, in my hurry to use the Pre-Seed I panicked (I'm irrational around syringes) and squirted the stuff down the channel in the actual plunger. I am ashamed at my stupidity. I eventually managed to get it into my fanjo, unlike last night when I was sprung from behind by a Neanderthal-esque DP who rendered me unable even to remove my knickers in time

Somewhere, darling, I haven't the foggiest what all your test-talk is about but I assure you I am drinking in all your news and wishing you the very best for Thursday. And thank you for correcting my faux pas regarding Benicio's surname. That could be embarrassing during orgasm with the screen hunk...screeching for Torres like some crazed Chelsea fan

What do we all think of the woman who's given birth on the front line in Afghanistan? How did she not know she was pregnant when Hopeful knows when she is about to fecking ovulate?!?

Ooooooh! And what about Robbie Williams' new baby girl? Theodora: love it. So now we've got Lolfactor's Teddy (boy), Robbie's Teddy (girl) and my Little Ted (aka Teddy) (cat)

Love the name Theodora. Wonder if she'll be a Dora, Teddy, or Theo(a?). Must go off anf do a bit of sleb googling. I must say I do like to sit down with OK mag, whispa gold, large maltesers and a large cup of tea. MUCH better than sex, but then I'm not on a mission!

Diege, I think Theodora is beautiful and Robbie & Ayda (ooh! get me on first name terms) are calling her Teddy, which is adorable. O.K., Wispa Gold & large Maltesers? And a ? Could we be related? Next you'll be telling me you love After Eight mints....[orgasm emoticon]

Theodora is a sweet little name.

Thanks for the cheers from the sideline girls, it is lovely

Not feeling so negative these days, despite wonky cycles and low egg reserve after reading and hearing more and more stories about women over 45 accidentally falling pregnant. Why shouldn't it also be me?

Having said that, these days I don't feel the desperation of a year ago post miscarriage, and feel happy either way.If a little being comes into my life s/he will be most welcome, but if they don't I'll be okay.

I went out to a 50th party last night and was delighted that a few people I hadn't seen in a while didn't recognise me! They were asking my DH where I was.I'm delighted because they told me I looked heaps younger and slimmer. (It might also be because I had been to the hairdresser and had straight hair instead of curly)Also a couple of new people I met couldn't believe I had a 21 year old son because I looked too young. So...yeah...feeling young and spritely, so bring on a pregnancy I say!!Also feeling a bit bloody tired after staying out til midnight!

Having said that,I'd be really surprised if it was this month as I just don't feel like I am pregnant, and usually by 7DPO I have an inkling.

Golden - a trisomy means there are three chromosomes where there should be 2, so a trisomy 13, means there are three on chromosome number 13. Down Syndrome is trisomy 21. A triploidy is when there is three on every chromosome, and that is another reason for miscarriage - sometimes two sperm fertilize the egg.

MY first miscarriage was a trisomy 13, but they didn't pick up a trisomy with the next one, so I'll never know what caused it. But I really am at peace with it now. I still feel sad about it,and some things will set me off, but I'm no longer completely decimated by it,thank goodness. Despite the terrible heartache my miscarriages caused I would prefer that to having decide on a termination myself.

I shall have to google Robbie's new baby, hopefully there are pictures, I do love to ogle the Sleb babies...

There are lots of lovely pictures gum, a particular scrummy one of Robbie the baby on Robbie's chest . I bet you looked wonderful at the party; it really boosts the ego to get lovely comments like that from your friends. I'm sure if anyone can get pregnant in their mid 40s it can be you gum, taking into account your fertility record, plus the weight loss/super healthy lifestyle can't do any harm xx
Golden re: after-eights, yes pretty partial (if refridgerated), though having experienced the white choc ones I would say it would have to be the latter. I'll admit that I do have a real chocolate problem, would eat it unlimited if I could, never feel sick. Not sure it's as simple as a sugar addiction as can pass on sweets, cakes etc. Trying to limit myself to max of 2 bars a day at present. Only problem is that (tmi) it does tend to exacerbate the thrush which I seem to have constantly, but tis a small price to pay

Thanks for the explanation, Hopeful. You are absolutely right about your chances of falling pregnant (accidentally of course!) being the same as any one of these women in these amazing conception stories

This morning I awoke to a text from my sister: "I'm very sorry for the hurtful things I've said to you". Now, she hasn't said she didn't mean any of them, right? But oh! how an apology changes everything. I feel light and fluffy and everything seems right with the world. Love and hugs to all xxx

Yes, Hopeful, forgot to comment on your night out/compliments until I read Diege's posting which I somehow missed . It's lovely to be told you look younger at this age and weight loss is always remarkable - well done you.

Diege, I had no idea they did white chocolate After Eights!! For some reason they do not appeal to me. I do believe the cool mint necessitates a bitter, dark chocolate, no? we'll have to agree to disagree or we could have a fight on the front lawn. I adore chocolate and struggle monstrously with the stuff. I have begun to sniff haughtily at the 'normal' sized bags of Maltesers DP occasionally brings home which has been known to result in a sex embargo lasting 72 hours until I forgive him. I have analysed my Malteser infatuation and there is a definite hand-to-mouth pleasure going on which has less to do with taste and more to do with the repetetive ramming-of-small-spherical-balls-into-gob-for-extended-periods-of-time. There is a real decline in serotonin when the packet goes into the bin by the settee, too.

OPK line getting slightly stronger so DTD tonight and tomorrow but not on Tuesday which is ovulation day (DP, quite rightly, refuses to go to work Tuesday morning with his red and sweaty 'Viagra face' on)

Just popping in quickly to wave and say DS2 arrived 19/9, weighing 7lb8. Just like DS1 waters broke early, so my planned section of Oct 1st was brought forward rather hurriedly . His name is Jer0me, we'll call him Jem.

Home from hospital last night. All fine, he is feeding well so far and, of course, is totally scrumptious.

This thread, and the TTC after MC ones, helped me ENORMOUSLY on the road to today. The support and advice and listening ears all so very important.

Much love to you all and may you all get your happy ever afters. :)

Jolls - nuff said, my darlin' XXXXXXXXXXXX

HURRAY FOR JOLLSTER AND JEM!

jollster that's wonderful news! Congratulations on the birth of baby Jem - enjoy every minute

ooh lovely news, jollster thank you for sharing it with us!! I bet little Jem is simply adorable!!

Jolly HUGE congratulations. Hope all is well and enjoy your little one.

OOPPSE!!!

Beautiful as always Italian

Congratulations jollster ! So glad to hear baby Jerome arrived safely, lovely name too! xxx

Congratulations Jollster - what lovely,lovely news. So happy for youEnjoy your darling little Jem (LOVE his name).

Thanks for the positive comments girls,it really is nice.

It's Monday, my day off, but I have so much housework to do I wish I'd gone to work!Blah. I really, really wish I could afford a cleaning lady, but I think I'd prefer to spend that money elsewhere(like the mortgage!).

Silly woman that I am, I invited the English department (my colleagues at work) to mine on Friday night to celebrate the end of term. But I'm just hopeless about being relaxed about this sort of thing. I'm paranoid they'll see what a slovenly slattern I am.So I'm stupidly trying to do a spring clean over the next few days,as well as the usual madness. I have written up a list of all the cleaning jobs I need to do which brought on the desire for a cup of tea and a read of mumsnetI don't especially feel enticed to scrub the stove/sink/bath/toilet/fridge/microwave/cupboards......Especially as the sun is shining and I could be walking on the beach or in the garden.

What's your best tip for making it easier on myself?

BTW, it's 8dpo and I have tender boobs, but I'm not going to think there's even the slightest possibility that I'm pregnant until it's 14 dpo and no sign of AF. I can hardly believe that I've gotten bfp's at 9 dpo, it seems to soon, but that's probably because I ovulated early.

Apart from the boobs, I don't have anything else going on that would suggest that I am pregnant, though I have noticed an increase in my appetite and desire to eat sweet stuff, but that is probably related to progesterone. I read recently that the increase in progesterone increases the desire for carbohydrate rich foods to prepare your body for growing a baby. It makes complete sense. I am always ravenous in early pregnancy and the only thing that seems to calm my nausea is bread/crackers/chips. I don't know how I'll keep up the Paleo way of eating if I do get pregnant, no amount of protein will curb the carb munchies.

Right, I think that's probably enough procrastination and my cup of tea is empty, so I'll go scrub the sink, stove and microwave. Might leave the rest for another day and go get some vitamin D (essential for baby-making) out in the sun.

Are these people really gonna check out your stove, gum? Shame on them if they do. My advice - just do the essentials. Good luck with the boobs. X

brilliant news jollster congratulations! Jerome is a lovely name, Jem is a gorgeous abbreviation [chocolate - oh no they don't have that one..].

xxxxxxx

Morning all....I'm back from my dirty weekend.
Such lovely news this morning to hear of a new arrival...congratulations to jollster.
Well the weekend has been a good one. I still only have highs on the old monitor but much fun was had christening the hotel ...until I ate too much at Frankie and Benny's and was unable to move, followed by promptly falling asleep at 11pm...oops.
somewhere I wish my life was as glam as it sounds lol. In reality its probably the same as most...working, budgeting with the odd bit of fun thrown in for good measure.
So today marks the start of a "weight loss before clinic appointment drive"(end of October),,,no crisps, no chocolate and virtually no alcohol. Eeeek......

gum the idea of being able to hold a party, be slim and admired, eat paleo go to thailand - you are sort of an inspiration to me of what life can be like one day, after all this huge insult to my body of pregnancy and then (touch wood) huge insult to my autonomy of caring for a baby is over. you must be so strong to feel you can handle the TTC rollercoaster and having another - I just couldn't, I just want your life, no more babies! - but I hope you get it as you clearly have the strength!

calibee well life is what we make it! i love hearing about it. i am trying to lurk here but i do read a lot.

golden so great your sister apologised. I remember being on cloud 9 when me and my sister made up after a big one.

goth hope you're doing well - you are very graceful i think.

good luck to all you ladies at LH surge or ovulation or 2ww.

xxx