Over 40 ttc - August baby dust for me!

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Ladies, here's our 2nd summer thread :)

Thanks @Orchid222 xx

I got very kindly reprimanded by the early pregnancy unit this morning. They told me to try and wait 2 weeks after my missed period before I test. Lovely thought but I don't think that's gonna happen.

What the midwife did say though was that half of her clients were over 40 if that's any reassurance for any of you.

Imagine waiting 2 weeks without testing, that's hilarious!!
And not going to happen ever. Who does that?!

Anyone 10dpo with no symptoms? Up until yesterday i was hopeful with mild ache on my left side, slightly headachy, peeing tiny amounts often. Today nothing!! Af is 4 days away...any ideas from your own experiences would lift my spirits xx

Oppinions ?

Just popping in - hello newbies. Need to have a big catch up on everything that’s been happening! Gutted to read Cookie and Eloisa updates . Chemical pregnancies are just so cruel- I’ve actually lost count of how many I’ve had. My miscarriage total is past 11 or 12 now
the majority of which were early losses but I had two mc at 14 weeks. Life just seems so cruel sometimes. I did read something today and I’ll try and photograph it and post. It certainly perked me up and hope it will you ladies

MEGAN - that looks like a positive to me!

Thought id had a chemical because i had a positive but then negitive this is my first positive in a few days

This is from a book called is your body baby friendly by Alan E Beer

MEGAN - did you use the same type of pregnancy test each time?

Nope i did but then i got neg tried a dig clear blue neg still got positive cheepo strips tried this got
A faint line x

Thanks for posting that @MATTSMAMMA, I know I'm gonna need to accept that this may not be the last CP I'll have so I need to expect the worst and hope for the best and try not to let this punch me in the face each month.

@megan18 that looks like a faint positive to me, i can see pink in it. I would wait a few days and try again though.

Sorry to hear Eloise andCookie.

Cleo I’m sick to death of testing and I now wait two weeks past late period lol.

Currently about 5 weeks late though so 🤷‍♀️

I dont wanna get my hopes up again though , how do you all get in confirmed ?

Anyone had evap lines from fred x

@megan18 FRERs can definitely give a little grey line that is a negative. To make it positive it needs to have pink in it. But the longer you wait to test the more obvious it will be.

MEGAN - I have used so many frer it’s actually bordering on the ridiculous and I can say I have NEVER EVER had an evap. In my experience First Response are the most reliable. The clear blue digital are ok but it is well known that they are nowhere near as sensitive as frer. All I can suggest is maybe test again tomorrow and see if the line gets darker? But I’d stick with First Response. Maybe wait a few days and then do another? It’s a killer waiting though and it’s pretty soul destroying if the line fades so maybe prepare yourself for that - keeping fingers crossed for you 😊

COOKIE - it’s so hard. I had another chemical last month . However I’m torn between the fact it could be age related or my immune system as I should take steroids too when pregnant - it’s a long complicated story but basically involves natural killer cells which is what Dr Beers book is about x

Just took this nothing ill take another first response tomorrow x

Good luck MEGAN x

@megan18 , I still hope there's BFP for you tomorrow. Everything crossed for you!!

ps. as far as I know those clear blue tests are not as sensitive as the frer I either. Fingers crossed for a BFP for you!

I hooe thats true because i had my positive or what i thought was , then it faded then i got positive before

MATTS I've just been a mess today, I took today off work, cried all morning and over the phone to mum and now I feel a bit stupid and guilty that I got myself so worked up and missed a day off work. I need to sort myself out! Maybe it'll get easier to deal with. One the one hand I know I should wait to test, on the other I like to know what's going on down there.

COOKIE - I know exactly what you mean. You need to know but part of you can’t and doesn’t want to face what the test might show. It’s a complete head fuck from the start is this whole ttc . I’m actually at the stage where I think I need some counselling from all of it and all the mc’s I’ve had

I hope you felled a bit better COOKIE and do you know a day off work must have been what you needed. Go easy on yourself and never feel guilty or stupid - you reacted how you did for a reason. At least you can sound off here - we all understand. Big hugs to you xx

Feel!!

Cookie and Eloisa I’m so sorry you’re getting bad news:-( I know how heartbroken you must be but take some heart from the fact that you can fall pregnant. I know you can both do it again and take a baby home. Lots of love.

Megan - it all looks very promising for you. Fingers tightly crossed.

Cleo - I finally got AF after 78 days!! It’s been so odd to go that long. I’m really wondering if I’ve had a miscarriage as on CD1 I was woken in the night twice by strong cramps (which I never get) and flooding on the pad. Not only that there were the (TMI alert) biggest clots Ive ever seen in my life. Like huge and long. It was very disconcerting. I felt so much better once I’d ‘passed’ them out and was instantly pain free.