Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1 (thread 2)

[Bunnygirlie]

Ladies, Time for a new thread for us oldies (well not that old) TTC number 1 and our MN friends who have their BFP but are still coming along for the ride :-)

bunnygirlie, 32, TTC since June, AF due end Nov
Winkle, ttc 15 months, BFP due 19/11
Zombies, ttc 2 cycles, erratic cycle, PCOS. Next POAS not before 15 December.
Pipbin, ttc 15 cycles, BFP due 27/11
BraveLilBear TTC cycle 1 after early mc, BFP due 18/11

Aquarius, 32, ttc 8 mths, bfp due mid dec
Happylass TTC cycle 3 BFP due 8/12
Janey, 38, six weeks pg
Rach, 34, PG 7+5. Booking appointment on Wednesday.
Quod, 33, six weeks pg
HazleNutt 8 weeks pg

Sorry if I missed anyone :-)

Congrats bottlered!!
So.
Happened to be up till 4am last night (!) and got carried away in a moment of madness before I went to sleep and POASd. I wasn't sure so checked in the morning with DH. There appears to be a VERY faint line (so faint it cannot be photographed, so faint that I wouldn't have seen it unless I had been looking for it, it's barely there).
At the moment am taking this as a confirmation that metformin worked, that I did ovulate this month, and that the plumbing worked! it is a long shot indeed since I am still 3 days to AF .
Meanwhile AFy symptoms are still there- bit of tummy ache and back ache but no AF yet. We'll see how this goes but fx. At the moment I am not reacting to it and am fully expecting AF to kick in soon

Thanks everyone. Keeping everything crossed it sticks!

Zombie If it's any help I've used Clear Blue tests with conception indicator 13 days after ovulation a couple of times now and they've been accurate. Don't know what day you're up to but if you're close then it might give you a definite answer.

bottlered I'm only about 7-9 DPO by my calculation so I am going to try to test maybe alternate days and see if the line stays. I used a FRER this morning.

Congratulations Bottlered! Fantastic news to finish the weekends.

Bunny - sorry you are feeling low. Dtd meltdowns = been there done that. I can empathise with you. You will get there.

Another one here whose had a dtd meltdown! Crying whilst legs in the air. Poor hubby!

Zombies I almost missed that - wow that is exciting! So you will test again tmw or the next day?

Hi quod! Trying not to get excited because it's such long odds. Did have a glass of whole milk though today- apparently it helps implantation?
Will probably check day after tomorrow if I'm not naughty tomorrow morning

It's no more vivid a line than the line in the picture attached to the first post here and apparently this woman had AF the very next day! So assuming a chemical pregnancy in that case.

I totally understand your caution Zombies, BUT A LINE IS A LINE! Woohoo!!
I'm not sure my extreme noseyness anticipation will cope with you POAS every other day, I need to know every day if not twice a day!

Nosey away rache!

Ooh zombies exciting!!

My first BFP at 11dpo was very faint Zombies. I don't think you can equate a faint line with a probable CP. I understand your reservation until you get a more definite line - but to be honest it doesn't get much easier to believe with a strong line either!! I tested every day for a week

I'm still here! Miserable but here (soz had busy weekend).

Zombie not insensitive at all, i'll take all the advice I can get! If we are still TTC after a year I'm sure we'll try anything! Am hoping its just a blip and hubby just has my lurghy and will be up for it next month. He is also going to see his doctors this week and mention the heart palpatations and see if he can get his swimmers checked out too!

Congrats bottlered FX zombie

You can count me out of the festive flurry of BFPs then! DTD once this month and far too early to have been any good. Will be heading to the docs first thing in the new year, she thinks we've been TTC since Feb so said to see her in the new year if it hasn't happened.

30+ is definitely the right time to TTC #1! www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121212162558.htm

Nice one rache.
On a different note, I found this v interesting.

Zombies - my line was sooo pale when I first got my BFP that I think DP and I could only see it because we spent ages studying it! But it got slowly darker day by day. Yeah things could go wrong for either of us (I'm 11 weeks tomorrow and still petrified!) but a line is a line. So - congratulations!

Fingers crossed for you zombies!

AF is due tomorrow for me. Im not optimistic to be honest. I think we dtd too early. Not long to wait though.
I keep on coming up with reasons its better to get a bfn this month. Not sure I'm that convinced yet!

Thanks! The line is there this morning (yes rache I couldn't resist, so much for lofty goals of alternate day checking). It looks a little more visible. Am aware the odds are still v much stacked against it so DH and i are dealing with this with a lot of humour and jokes in case things go south.

Ooh zombie fingers crossed for you!

Zombie keeping everything crossed for you.

Zombies that's exciting news! Fingers crossed for you here too.

Bottlered how are you feeling today? Has it sunk in at all?

Well I had my booking in on Saturday, which was uneventful apart from the midwife (who said she didn't normally do the booking in form) being quite hilariously embarrassed when she had to ask if me and DP are related! What was weird was that I realised in the antenatal waiting room that everybody in the room knew I was pregnant. Might sound ridiculous but it made me realise that it's going to be quite a transition for me from it being our private news to public knowledge when we've told people after Xmas. I am a bit nervous about how people's view of me will change. Is that weird??

I think I'm going a bit mental but have managed to resist urge to check knickers between going to toilet for legitimate reasons. Think I should be due AF today but early OV has thrown dates out a bit.
I think its a cruel twist that symptoms of AF, early preg and mc are similar.....
I'm going to be a metal wreck of worry until I get to 6 weeks... and beyond but can't think about that one yet

Thinking about the months of wanting to get BFP so much so I guess I just need to suck it up and deal with it... Worrying about mc won't make it less likely to happen.

OK, episode over.... better do some work!

zombies - yay! great news!

I got carried away by everyone else's good news and POAS 3 days early - BFN - [sigh] Suppose I shouldn't be too disheartened just yet, but don't think this is going to be my month - roll on Jan!!

zombies go get a CB digital - I was driving myself crazy with the "hmmmm it kind of looks like a line if I look at it from a certain angle.."

congrats Bottle and sorry, 13+3 here and still checking and worrying, so yes, you're right about the beyond part.

Hi
Can I join?
Me and my partner are TTC our first! Eeeeek excited.
We started TTC in Sept, had a slight hiccup in Nov as my cycles were a bit irregular after coming off the pill and I mistook a light AF for implantation and got my hopes up....only to have numerous negative HPT dash them again and again.
Now we are back on track, I think I am ovulating today I have OV type cramps, and had some pale pink spotting yday and the EWCM, we have BD'd the last three days so fingers toes and everything crossed that a swimmer is sat waiting for my egg and this is the month. Shall BD again tonight to be safe ;-)