On the pill since John Major was Prime Minister! Any over 35s new to TTC #1?

[NoveltySlippers]

Hi all

I'm 37 (and a half) and of course wish I'd bloomin got a move on earlier.

I'm not yet eligible to join the Elderberry Pavlovas as I haven't been TTC for a year yet. I'm just on cycle one at the moment.

I don't know what my cycles are like yet as I've been on the pill since the year dot (see thread title ).

Any others in a similar situ?

Handholding at the mo would be great as am so new to this. Would be great to know if there are any others just starting out and TTC #1.

I think there was a thread for people in this situ, but the OP got her BFP and so thread disappeared!

Put my temp in ff app this morning and it recalculated ov as cd14. Makes a bit more sense.

I've never done any fitness DVD's. My local sports centre is pretty grim. Found a place that does Yoga so might think about trying it if I start getting stressed.

Yes novelty.

The clear blue thing tells you when to start testing and gives you a clear indication of high fertility And then of peak fertility.

I have found out we were DTD too late, as I was waiting for ovulation signs but my peak fertility is just before I notice anything.

Novelty - i have read that caffeine is bad for fertility, i love coffee and only drink it at weekends, but duh i went out and treated myself to a new coffee machine for christmas, which was not the best of ideas, but since I'm trying to keep it to a weekend treat then i thought that was justify able, i am also cutting out alcohol too, which i don't find much of a struggle which i thought i would!!!!

I was on one type of pill and i can't remember the name and it made me feel so depressed at one point i knew i had to change, just before coming off the pill i was on Yasmin and i was suffering from bad palpitations, since i came off the pill they disappeared, terrible what one pill can do to you!!

Morning all! How is everyone doing?

at new coffee machine rainy - you're being very disciplined, hope you enjoy it this weekend!

I was on Yasmin the year before last. I think it has quite a few side effects compared with other pills. For some reason I suddenly stopped being able to wear my contacts. It turned out it was the Yasmin drying my eyes out - there are while forums dedicated to the issues that come with it. I why back to Marvelon and book - problem solved.

Helen I'm think about going into town today have a gander at the Clear Blue fertility monitors. I'm only on my second cycle though and first one was bonkers, so not sure if it's too early for that.

Purple I might try yoga too. I need to get moving somehow. Feeling every one of my 37.5 years this January!!

Scottish might have a look at 30 Day Shred too. Keep hearing so much about it. Don't want to get too muscley, is the only thing!

Scuse typos, bloomin' iPhone! Meant to say there are whole forums dedicated to Yasmin - and boom not book went back to Marvelon and all okay!

Hey all, just noticed this thread, hope you don't mind if I join in?

I'm 35 & also trying for my first. I came off the pill in 2008 having been on it since 1996! Been careful since then so no accidents but I'm grateful now as I've had loads of time for my body to settle down. Also had a year on the implant but this really messed my body up....had acne which took years to get rid of after removal and was plagued with spotting the whole time I had it.

Interesting talk about changes to assist with conception, I'm also desperately trying to give up on caffeine but it's really hard when you work in an office where you get a cuppa plonked in front of you every 20 mins!! So far I'm trying to restrict myself to 2 cups of tea in the morning then switch to rooibus (caff free!) for the rest of the day. I'm also a bit of a costa addict so have to avoid the high street .

I'm also trying to cut down on refined sugar and white carbs - these supposedly mess with hormone balance. For some reason the last 3 AF's I've had a migraine or vomiting on last day of AF- should prob see gp to get checked out but I imagine it'll be some sort of imbalance so will see if small changes to my diet helps.

Has anyone else noticed changes in AF as you get older? Mine only really lasts a day then very light for 4 days now. Not sure if I should be worried about this....ie if it is body starting to wind down already, but I'm still getting all the signs that ov if still happening so fingers crossed there's no problems with ttc!

Anyway enough rambling, fx for bfp's for all us 35+ girls!

How's everyone getting on?
Had my blood test so now got to wait for the results. Waiting for AF to show up, so waiting to move on to the next cycle. There seems to be a lot of waiting required for TTC!
To pass the time I have been looking at holidays. Just got to persuade Dh that we need to do something relaxing :)