Going Clucking mental? Old birds gather round.....

[Gingerbreadlady1]

A thread for the older ttc'er. Join us in the chicken coop for support, advice or just somewhere to rant.

Here's the old thread for those wanting to do serious lurking:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1978730-Old-birds-wanna-join-the-coop?msgid=47008448#47008448

Me too annie I've kinda drifted away from alot of my friends too. Between work being manic, trying to fix up my fix-er upper house & ttc gloominess I'm great fun. Not.

Feel like my life's on hold too. Not good.

However, good news, nay! Great news! That's a fu*#ing awesome amh result! Go you! Are you progressing with ivf? Our apt is a week tomorrow. Can't wait. Sad bastard here too.

We can be sad boring old bastards together!! I have been totally putting my life on hold too and hiding away from most of my friends, just waiting until I get pregnant and then I'll get in touch with everyone again and be my happy self.. daft eh?

I have an appt with OB/GYN on Thurs, at the last appt we filled in the referral form for IVF and he was going to send it off when we got our test results back as long as everything is ok (Rubella, chlamydia, hep b, hep c, HIV). So not sure what he'll say next but I'm going to find out how long the waiting list will be.

Meanwhile I thought I'd had a recent smear test but turns out I haven't so getting a smear on Wednesday and can't start IVF privately until after the results are back so if we do decide just to go private it won't be until beginning of September. They want me on the pill (long protocol) and I'll have to go down for another scan and a catheter test a month before I start to check that they can get the catheter through my cervix ok first.

Sorry for all that boring information!

Meanwhile I'm shitting myself because I'm singing at a wedding this week and I've got a job interview on Friday.

Honestly, I'm so thankful I have you all to obesess with. People who get it as you're going through the same thing! I think I'm a ttc-aholic. So yes, we can be sad old birds together. My work got even shittier in a massive way today. Stayed there so long for the bloody mat leave! I should invoke the law of sod & leave to get up-duffed.

I could have write your first paragraph word for word!

Catheter test sounds particularly horrific.
I have time off in oct so will prob go private starting some time in sep too! Misery loves company & all that.

You're singing at a wedding? How amazing is that. Good luck for interview, full time? Change of career? As many details as you wish to divulge pls.

Catheter test gave me the heebie jeebies and cross my legs tighter. I had to say to myself 'you can do this Annie.. no pain no gain...childbirth will be worse'

Singing at the wedding sends me into a cold sweat. Plus it's on the beach so it's going to be Baltic.

Job interview is for similar position in healthcare but higher banding. Can't be bothered preparing the same old interview answers.. my dad said 'don't mention that you're going for IVF whatever you do' AS IF I would!!!!!! haha!

It has made it SO much easier having my MN buddies during this past year.. some of the posts make my day and I think about the old chicks and the clomid journey folk all the time.

September here we come - or a surprise pre-IVF waiting list BFP would be just lovely thank you very much.

We will get there!

Oooh girls after months of crap TTC sex I took the bull by the horns two days ago and told DP I wasn't happy. I had been putting it off incase it somehow impacted on his performance and made him less confident but bloody hell he is fucking excellent in the sack when he wants to be. I've just had two days of excellent sex and I'm grinning like a Cheshire Cat again lol. Didn't even care if he came, it was all about me. So at least I've managed to sort one thing out. Now I just have to get pregnant and we know how super easy that is!!!!

Hurrah! I think I need to do that too, except that in my case it's possibly me that's guilty of being lazy

Besides, I have a groundbreaking but utterly unproven theory that earth-shattering sex is what actually makes you conceive

Ooooh let's hope your theory is correct stubborn

It was watching Big Brothers yukky sex scene that forced by confession that I felt our sessions can got equally as unfulfilling and bloody hell did DP sit up and listen bless him. I'm a lucky girl!

Rubbish. Came on today 5 days early. Bleugh feel pants. :(

So sorry to those of you that AF has got.

I hoe you won't be too mad with me then for telling you all that I got a BFP today! It seems 36 isn't too much of an old bird after all!

I actually only took the test to rule it out as I was fed up with the bloated/crampy feeling - I was sure it was just my body sorting itself out after coming off cerazette recently, so fully expected a BFN. Still in shock here, really didn't think it was going to happen this month - I was convinced my slightly advancing years would mean that it would take months at least.

There's hope for us all, old birds, keep trying all!! Sprinkling loads of baby dust your way!

That's fab news keeper.

Wow! That was fast, congratulations!

Congratulations keeper!

Sorry about AF patch...

Congratulations xxxxx

Hi all. Yes I'm still lurking Ginger

Congratulations to keeper

sebsmummy long may the fab sex last

All went well with my 20 wk scan. Didn't find out what sex it is. Will try and put the pics on my profile if anyone is interested and wants to have a look?

Congratulations on BFP keeper!

Thanks ladies! It's been a bit of a shock as it was completely unexpected this month but obviously we're really chuffed.

Just spoken to the midwife (the same one I had with DS which is nice) and so I've booked in for my first appointment with her on 29th July.

If it's ok with everyone I'll still keep checking in on this thread to see how my fellow old 'uns are doing?

How's is everyone doing? I'm totally meant to be preparing for job interview tomorrow but would rather talk about this crap!!

My story continues and I'm so sorry to bore you with it but just writing it down helps me so feel free to skip the stuff below.

Just back from consultant who told us to 'keep trying' before I reminded him that he'd already filled in a referral form for IVF. So he's sent off the letter to the ACU recommending us for treatment...

I got them to print out all our test results and DH managed to bag us another month of Clomid (great teamwork!).

Meanwhile I've got to wait for smear test result (usually 3-6 weeks) before starting treatment privately in September. I have more or less decided this is the route to take as may get a knock back from NHS or it could take up to a year to treatment.

Quick post, good luck for tomorrow annie!

Hello, wonder if you have room for one more.
I am almost 35, TTC#2 for about 10 months.
DD is 21 months and was conceived after 13 months and 2 chemical pregnancies. I have to take heparin and progesterone when pregnant due to a clotting disorder that most likely lead to the MCs.
However, TTC this time around is proving more problematic and I have just had my FSH levels back at 10.8 which has freaked me out!
Awaiting AMH levels too and an appointment with the consultant to discuss.
I am doing all this secretly from Dh as he finds the whole TTC process very stressful and it almost broke us last time. Gah!

Congrats to keeper, looking forward to getting to know you all!

Hi & welcome farfall, always room for another old bird. Hope you're chatty!

How's everyone else doing? annie how'd the interview go?

Hi farfall and welcome to the old birds!

got the job thanks ginger!

Hi girls, sorry yet again went AWOL.

Welcome keeper and congrats! Also welcome to you farfall x

Third cycle AF due next week whilst we're Florida and we're good to start TTC again. This is some scary shit! Think I'm in denial at the moment that we are medical ok to start again. What if it doesn't happen with only one tube, what if it all goes wrong again. My head is spinning. X

About me I'm 38. My A.f arrived on 7th July. I am currently in my fertile period. Dtd. 11th 12th 15th 16th no action last night (sad face) but lots planned for tonight because next time will not be till Wed due to not living together and commitments.
Congratulations Keeper.
Good night all.
Off to sumon D.p to the bedroom.