anyone else just fucked off with this lark and want to moan?

[stillvicarinatutu]

come on then.
moan away.
ill start. i m just so fucking fucked off. lost one last year at 44....i thought its a miracle!! wasnt to be but filled me with what appears to be false hope.

been trying ever since. and no. every month the same. this month as well as AF ive another surprise - a cyst. where no one ever ever wants one.
so this month will be lost. along with all dignity as i beg the hospital to lance it.

moan away. go on. you know you want to.

Please can I join?! This is the one thread I keep coming back to to read which doesn't make me feel worse!

My stats:
35
Ttc #1
Cycle 12

I have one of those "tumbleweed" wombs that was mentioned a few pages before - not a hint of anything. DH has been through chemo and although we were told it wouldn't affect his fertility, I'm not convinced...

Basically of my friends have at least one kid, most have two. Been covering for a girl at work who has been suffering with terrible exhaustion in her first trimester and am stuck with huge sympathy and weird tinges of jealousy.

Oh, and I haven't tried yams yet!

Hello another Just.

Ewcm never been an issue here but interested in EP anyway. Why not! Already rattling when I walk.

Current supps:
200mg ubiquinol
50mg coq10 (only coz bought some before the ubiquinol arrived)
50mg B6
B complex
Folic acid. Was doing Pregnacare advanced but went back to the basic folic when it ran out.

Cycle 1 of B6 seemed to bring ov forward a few days from CD17. Ubiquinol I've no idea but this is now cycle 2 of taking and it can take a few months to build up it seems.

Can i join too please? I'm definitely interested to see the sups everyones taking.

My stats:
40
TTC#2 (first is 19 years old!)
Cycle 2
MMC in july

Supps:

Ubiquinol 200mg
Maca root 1000mg
Zinc 15mg (with copper for absorption)
High potency BComplex (including 50mg B6)
D3 2200 IU
Folic acid 800mg
Selenium 200 ug
Magnesium Citrate 400mg
Acidophilus plus
Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate) quarter teaspoon (1000mg)

Am thinking about EPO as well......why not!

Just about to embark on cycle 2 TTC after my mmc at 11 weeks in july. Will be seeing doctor about hormones in november and I'm going to ask to be prescribed the higher dose folic acid and I'm going to take aspirin this cycle too after AF has finished.

I'm taking
400ug folic acid
10ug vit d
80mg vit c
10mg zinc

I tried epo but I had a late period that cycle so I think it delayed ov. I also use to take a conception multi-vitamin but it made me spot badly during the lp.

I am trying on my next cycle to drink loads more water and no caffeine or alcohol during/after fw. At the moment I'm expecting af this coming week but I have been naughty and drunk caffeine and alcohol. I just need to get far more serious, clearly.

Oh and welcome @justmeonly and @dudemeister76! You will find us slightly crazy and vocal in our fucked-offness, but warm and welcoming to those who are struggling too!

Ooh supplements, let’s see... I take;

Vitamin B complex
Folic acid
Vitamin d
Multivitamin
Zinc
Iron
Omega 3-6-9
Calcium

Thinking of trying evening primrose oil next cycle as I don’t get ewcm and although I know it’s not vital, it would put my mind at ease to see it again lol

Hi everyone, I’m so behind on this thread now. My grandma died this week so everything has been a bit shit.

Congrats on graduating @juneybean !

I’m on my phone so I can remember who posted but that fucking mug how insensitive!

As are all those “Oh is this a line?” Posts complete with a photo of a fucking train track pair of lines.....
Welcome to the newcomers

I’m in fertile week but have only managed to dtd once with everything that’s been going on.
And was so asleep this morning I forgot to use fmu on my opk. The last 2 days have been flashing smilies so with my luck today was the peak and I’ll miss it....

And just to rub salt in the wounds I got a full on grilling from my mum and siblings the other day about having a baby. Despite deftly changing the subject several times they kept returning to the topic with such thoughtful insights as “you realise you’re nearly 38 right? You need to get a move on”
And
“If you leave it much longer any babies you have will likely have some sort of defect”

So I snapped and told them they were rude to be asking about my contraception and sex life and it was non of their fucking business.

Asshats.

Ugh steaksauce some people have absolutely zero idea about the frustration and upset that comes with ttc and assume you’re just not having a baby to piss them off. Always about them! Glad you told them haha oh and the “is this positive?” Threads with blatantly obviously positive tests posted in them drive me insane. There was one yesterday where someone posted three different tests, all positive with an accompanying post beginning “this is my first cycle of ttc...” I didn’t reply because I would have flipped lol

@Bubblegum89 ffs! I’m happy for people who manage it first month, but there’s no need to come on here bragging in a “oh I’m not bragging honest” kind of way and make the rest of us feel like shit.
I’m not surprised you didn’t respond.

@Steaksauce - so sorry to hear of your grandma :( hope you're keeping okay. It only takes the once! Thank you for the congratulations.

Welcome @justmeonly and @dudemeister76!

xx Our Spreadsheet xx

What does ubiquinol do?

Sorry about your gran, Steak. And about the thoughtless family. My mum is a doll but keeps reminding me not to 'get my hopes up' at my advanced age which is a bit wound + salt.

I'm now wondering if I should add zinc, C and D to my bedside cornucopia. also vaguely wondering about sweet potatoes haha. I need the supps not coz I think they're doing much but because my brain will explode if I don't do anything. Can I ask Dude how long you've been on the ubiquinol? Do you think it helped?

Juney my understanding is it helps rejuvenate elderly eggs which have been damaged by free radicals. Lots of info online about it increasing egg quality. I'm not sure on exact dosing so have started on 200mg but a lot of oldies seem to be taking up to 600mg. Bloody pricey stuff though.

I know, they just know there’s ladies on here who have been trying for years. She could have posted that thread without stating anywhere that it was their first month trying!

Also I just re-read your post, I’m so sorry to hear about your grandma :( hope you’re doing okay x

@steaksauce, sorry to hear about your grandmother :( I can't believe family would be so insensitive. I'm not surprised you snapped. My mum has only mentioned it once and said not to leave it too long. At that point we'd been trying about 14 cycles but I didn't want to fill her in at that moment. I might do sometime.

@juneybean, thanks for being the keeper of the spreadsheet!

I'm thinking of getting DH done vitamins although it'll be a bugger trying to get him to take them every morning. He hates pills. But he is nearly 49 so I think he could do with it too! He's had IBS symptoms the last year, I'm hoping that's not influencing this ttc malarkey.

I'm so with you Steaksauce - why do people think it's their business?! A much older colleague at work who I don't know at all well thought it was perfectly normal to say "well, you're not trying yet are you?" That is so not a conversation I'm going to have with her!

It's so intrusive. I don't understand how people feel they can comment. My family is huge and they breed like rabbits. As soon as one gets married all the comments about having babies next start. Next summer there's a family holiday and I've booked me and DH to go for a few days. We got married this summer so if I'm not preggers by then I'm sure there'll be all kinds of comments. I think I must tell my mum before that holiday so she can deflect for me. We're not overly close but perhaps this will bring us closer. She didn't have my older brother until after about 6 years of marriage so maybe she struggled too.

Trying casually for over 2 years, seriously for about 6 months in the middle of that. Babies everywhere! FFS!

OH's family is huge and they all have at least 3 kids - most have 5 or 6!

Thanks everyone. I’m so sad to lose her but she was well into her 90s and had a bloody good innings and life.

I can’t believe how many people think it’s appropriate to ask these things - and blokes hardly ever get asked do they?

I’ve never heard of ubiquitous. I might look into that once AF turns up this month (it’s bound to)

I’ve cheered myself up this morning by having a baking session so I’m going to enjoy the fruits of my labour 😃

Oh and there’s a spreadsheet!

37
TTC #1
Cycle 5
Bfp due 1st Nov.
(Yes I know it’s not long given the amount of whinging I’m doing but age is not on my side)

@SoozC maybe tell your mum nearer to the holiday then? Maybe she’ll understand and as you say, help deflect the comments

Will join the sheet!

Age: 24
TTC: #2
Cycle: 12

Supplements :
Zinc
Vit C
EPO
Folic acid

I tried seven seas and it my cycle longer and delayed O so I stopped!

Oh, BFP ‘due’ 20th Oct...