What is the time between LH surge and Ovulation for a 39-40 year old?!

[Nemosdaughter]

Yes, apologies for the very specific question but I need to know ;-)
Apparently the period between LH surge and egg popping out of follicle lessens with age, and I had LH surge showing for the first time along with cramping which could have been the egg popping. Could they be simultaneous at this age (39, nearly 40)?
Any fertility experts out there?

Hi Nemosdaughter. I'm 38 (very nearly 39) and I temped alongside the clearblue advanced monitor last month and ovulated two days after the LH surge. I believe some people ovulate one day after the surge. Not sure that's age related or just different timings for different people.

Thanks Monkeysocks, I appreciate you replying. It's almost like there's too much information and variables out there! Are you pregnant? Good luck.

In my experience, Nemo, yes, sometimes it can happen within 12 hours of the LH surge. Sometimes I fail to catch the surge at all, but know I've ovulated because of O pain and because I chart. I've charted for about 7 years and had 5 pregnancies and one baby in that time (4 losses). It varies for me month to month - sometimes I ovulate on the day of the surge, sometimes two days later and this last cycle was a complete WTF - I had a surge, O pain and didn't ovulate for another 5 days - but I am 48 so no surprise really

Good luck!

Gumblossom, very sorry about your losses but glad you have one child! I guess at 48 things are much more unpredictable. I wonder what you find the best method of determining ovulation - are you using ferning or temperature charting etc.? I guess I want to do this properly if I'm just giving myself one more year to try. There's so much (contradictory) info on the web, it can be disheartening.

Nemo I'm also late 30s and currently ttc #2. I only starting temping three cycles ago and don't know if I'm even ovulating even though I have clear LH surges. My lp is only five days long atm :( BUT yes advice is contradictory and confusing but it's because unless you've sone the temping you probably just have to consider yourself to be the "average woman" which means you are looking at anything between 12 hours and 48 hours, most likely between 18-36 hours if you want to narrow it down more. My advice, unless you also temp to try find a pattern for pre-ov/post-ov, would be to presume you are either icing 12 hrs post surge or 24 hours post surge or 36 hours post surge or 48 hours post surge. In other words DTD from the moment you see the surge for two days just to cover your bases. I also find doing an opk twice a day (at around 11am-12pm and again around 7pm) very reassuring as I have know now from experience I would have missed the surge if I didn't check twice a day! Good luck!

Nemo, I have been tcc for so long now, that I have tried almost everything apart from IVF and other ART. I actually had all my miscarriages after my son was born - I had him when I was 41. I also have other children, so I am very lucky, I just would have liked another baby to keep him company (my other children are much older).

I did have a Clearable fertility monitor at one stage, and I found it to be very good it determining high fertile days and peak fertile days. At one point I decided enough was enough and sold it on eBay, a bit sorry I did now, as I don't want to pay the $ (I am an Aussie) to buy a new one. Just this cycle I have splurged on the smiley face opks, as I missed my ovulation so badly last month, that I wanted to have another go with more precision

As I say, I have been doing this for a long time, and the charting with temperatures has really helped me understand what is going on with my body. Despite what every piece of literature and doctor says, the luteal phase is not always exactly the same and mine has ranged from 12 days through to 16 (though I suspect a chemical pregnancy that time). Mostly it is 13 or 14 days.

During this time ttc I have had blood tests to see how things are and the 21 day test (or 7 days post ovulation would be more accurate) has shown that I have ovulated (I have had it done three times). One month my Dr called with day 3 test results (LH, FSH, Oestrogen) and told me my oestrogen was too low to ovulate that month, but then I had the 21 day test and I had in fact ovulated. So, it isn't always an exact science.

I have experimente with opk's too, and I have had a few cycles where I have had blaring positives in the morning (hen you aren't supposed to test) only to find another op late in the day was negative, so there may be times when the surge is missed.

Nemo if you are interested, I am on the 40+TTC thread where you will find loads of interesting advice from the ladies.

Thanks Gumblossom I may head over to that thread too! Nearly 40 ;-) Good luck, I don't have the excuse of wanting a sibling to keep DC company as I already have 2 close in age - but I'm very broody and feel the family would be complete with 3.