Elderberry Pavlovas And The Eternal Sausage of Wang (Part 4): a frightfully good thread for the over-30s TTC their first baby.

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Over here, sausage-wangers!

I take immuncare (i think thats what they're called) they're not specific pregnancy ones but they have all the same vits and extra D3. People on ivf are told to take D3 as it helps implantation so I thought Id try including it. This month Im also taking extra b6 for 2 reasons, to help regulate my hormones (which its doing, im calmer and less moody) and to hopefully stop post ov spotting (fx). Im also taking extra vit e, vit c and zinc to boost fertility. Heres hoping! It makes me feel like Im doing something, I felt a bit powerless as TTC is so emotionally draining and taking extra vits kind of gives me some control and piece of mind.....daft I know.

hey bunny - oh and I have been taking pregnacare for the last couple of months, but fat lot of good it has done us, so I'll probably just go back to just taking folic acid as fairy says when our supply runs out...

Bunny I take sainsburys cheapie conception support multi vits. I think it gives me the squits sometimes (sorry tmi) and I don't always remember to take it.

Talking of not remembering things I've ordered a bbt thermometer which arrived last week and I haven't started using it yet. Can I start part way through my cycle (cd12) or should I wait til next cycle?

Aquarius, start straight away, it takes a while to recognise the patterns for your cycle so the more temps you can get the better (ie next cycle you will be able to compare your temps from CD12 onwards to this cycle)
AF arrived this morning (much earlier than expected, v short cycle by my normal standards) so I'm out. Seems both FF and I were wrong about O (assuming LP length never changes). This cycle was very odd from beginning to end so onwards and upwards to hopefully a more normal cycle AND one where I get shagging properly!! Good luck to everyone in the 2WW

Thanks 2cats. Sorry about af and boo to having weird cycles - I've had my fair share of those too

Bunny I've probably taken everything on the market at some point! Plain folic acid, Sanatogen, Seven Seas. On the Pregnacare at the moment. Haven't noticed any ill effects other than my FMU turning illuminous! Have read some posts about it affecting cycles though and I think I may have OVd late so will wait and see if it affects AF.
Aquarius I would start temping straight away. When do you think you are due to OV? You may just squeeze enough readings in to recognise it shoot up.
2cats boo to AF. Sure she is on her way to me, the cramps and bloating have just started......

Thanks ladies, will just stick with plain folic acid me thinks.

2cats sorry evil witch got you!

I still have another 9ish days till AF due, it still seems so far away to be able to try again. I just dread another disappointing month of trying and not succeeding to even DTD more than twice in a month, it's so depressing!

Had friends round today with their 9 week old, had a big snuggle with him, hoping some baby vibes will rub off on me loo

Bunny - i think I've got about 9 days too so we can hold hands and stop each other from doing too much POAS or not x

Hey Soph yep AF due 26th I think, although had another disastrous month not DTD so I'm not holding my breath. I fully expect the witch to arrive in a week or so grrrrrr

Anybody else due to POAS anytime soon?

well we've shagged our asses off this month but given my track record, I aint holding out much hope either! Was it you who said you'd had a hsg this month? x

I'm due on next week too.
Note I don't say BFP, after 19 months I don't have much hope.
Off to the Fertility clinic next weds.

Twinkle - this is our 20th cycle, hence my pessimism. I this your first appointment?

What is an hsg?

I'm a natural pessimist so even after only 9 cycles I say due AF not BFwhatever

twinkle what's your appt for?

Appt is referral to fertility clinic. Have had bloods, didlocam, SA, etc

Hello everyone.

Mega evil period in full swing over here. Have thrown up twice today. Niiiiiiice. So, for me, it's CD1 and the start of my 19th cycle.

I've tried all kinds of vitamins and supplements; can't bring myself to list them all as not only will it be embarrassing, it will also take ages! At the moment, just sticking to my sanatogen multivit and a magnesium supplement that was recommended to improve PMS.

Unlikely to be able to try this month due to badly timed work commitments for DH. Will just continue to hope that my appointment comes through soon. Major limbo at the moment. FX for people still in with a chance this month.

Looks like there's a few of us on here that have been trying a looooooong time.

oh I'm getting you mixed up with someone else. I thought you'd not DTD due to having a hsg (when they inject dye into your fallopian tubes). x

2cats - sorry af got you

I wonder if I should start temping....loads of you seem to do it. Has anyone done it and then stopped because it was too much hassle/to stressful/didn't really achieve anything??

No worries :-)

Soph that was pipbin who's had that done this month.

thanks happy I don't tend to Ov til cd 16 ish so should be able to get some pre Ov readings hopefully.

boodle so sorry about af making you barf that totally sucks

navis i haven't even started temping yet and I already feel a bit hassled by it... but gonna give it a go anyway...

Twinkle, you're right - there does seem to be quite a few of us who have been trying for a long time.

I mean this in the nicest way possible (and please don't think I'm glad that other people are struggling like I am) but I'm relieved that I found this little thread to reside in, precisely because there are a few of us long-term TTCers! I know there are other dedicated 'long-term TTC' threads, but they all moved way too quickly for me, or already had so many of their own little 'in-jokes' that it was like trying to decipher a secret code!

Aquarius, thank you for the sympathy! I absolutely hate that it's like this every month - kick me when I'm down, why don't you, uterus?!

Come on 'temping teeterers'! It really isn't that much of a hassle. I've arsed around trying all kinds of things to help me conceive and I think temping is the only one I'm actually really, truly glad I've done.

Yes Aquarius I'd go for it. Your temp won't go up until after you've OVd which, in terms of DTD, means its pretty much game over but at least you'll know that everything is in working order!
Navis I've been temping for 3 cycles and was gonna jack it in at the end of this cycle as it was just confirming what the OPKs and OV pain was already telling me: OV on CD12. However something odd happened this month which has convinced me to continue. Temp shot up on cd12 as expected, then crashed back down on cd13 and shot back up again the following day and has remained sky high. No idea what this means but it did mean that I kept on DTD for a while long than I would have without temping iyswim?

Boodle - I also hang out in the BFP in 2013 thread. The girls there are lovely and I've been with most of them since last April when I started am April bus thread.