Over 40 ttc - Autumn baby dust for me!

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Here's our new thread, let's hope it's a lucky one!

@Russkispy when did you last take a test? Sounds promising.. 🤞
@Cleozeta my girlfriends are doing the same but they are having irregular periods etc.. I however am not phew.. when you still get auntie flo you're still good to go.. 👍👍👍

@Cleozeta , thanks!
@Chatbash72 , I'm only 7 days past IUI! My clinic told me to do blood test on Tuesday and Thursday providing Tuesday is positive

Critter just wondering how you're doing? :)

Oh @Russkispy that sounds promising!! Fingers and toes crossed!

Still awaiting AF here...now cycle day 35 and no sign. No preggo symptoms at all. Meh!

@karryk thank you! Just been sick. Haven't eaten all day today! And trying rice cakes but tummy is so heavy and still feeling sick. I really hope it's something to do with pregnancy symptoms and not the silly food poisoning

Hi ladies

Hope you’re all doing well - congrats @Funkypuzzle and fingers crossed for you @Russkispy 🤞

Haven’t been on much for a while as been really poorly since a couple of days after my embryo transfer - had some really awful pain and bloating, together with nausea and shortness of breath and just generally felt shit. Anyway just back from the clinic who wanted to check it out and had late onset moderate OHSS confirmed (which is spparentl6 very unusual for our age group) with ovaries swollen o er 8cm and lots of abdominal fluid leakage which explains the pain and swelling (honestly I look 5 months pregnant). Sent home to bed rest with yet more daily injections to do - blood thinners, just when I thought i was done with all the needles for a while 😒

Had about a pint of blood taken for various tests including beta HCG, and the plus side is that the doctor and nurses couldn’t stop grinning and told me there’s really only one reason that this happens and to expect a positive result from the beta HCG test tomorrow 😁 of course I’m not going to sleep a wink tonight now.....!

Oh wow fingers crossed for you critter! Unfortunate you had to go through all the pain and discomfort but lets hope it leads to good things!

Thanks Cleo- I’m so terrified that they will call tomorrow and say they made a mistake. I’m also terrified that they will. All and say they didn’t! Apparently the ohss means there’s a decent chance of twins!

To be honest I’m really happy at this point that i don’t have to POAS for the result - I can’t tell you how much I was dreading doing that this weekend!

Its sounding very positive Critter! Sorry for what you are going through, but hopefully it will be worth it. x

Sorry you're feeling rough critter, but what potentially great news!!
Looking forward to the update :)

@CritterTamer , everything crossed for you and sorry you're going through discomfort at the moment.
I've been sick twice so far and feeling drained.

Iusedtobecarmen..Sorry that AF came. Mine keep coming earlier..I haven't been preg for 5 years .. the same as you. This cycle is weird as I've only just finished AF and omg did she knock me about again this month!! It gets towards the end then goes away then returns for another bash! now she's gone about 2-3 days ago and I have loads of what feels like ewcm. Sorry tmi! surely I can't be ovulating so soon?? I'll have to get opk quick sharp! I have all the symptoms of ovulation but this happens a lot...fertile feeling mucus that lasts for weeks. I'm sure it's pero-menopause

Critter. I was just wondering how you and your embies are doing! Sorry you've had a rough time feeling ill ..Hope all goes well...omg imagine twins!! x

Critter- so so exciting! Hoping for good news!!

Rose and Cleo- thanks for the positive thoughts. I know 43 isn't necessarily hopeless but it starts to feel that way!

Just for fun ladies, google 'ava unlock the clock' and take the test! It supposedly predicts how long it will take you to conceive, based on your data (things that determine fertility like, age, weight, drinking habbits etc)
Mine came back as 4 months!! So..... where's my sodding bfp then?!

Cleozeta, mine was 9 months - well I'm month 7 of 9 so I'll cling onto any hope

@Cleozeta within 6 months for me..

8 months..... hmmmm my bfp doesn't seem to be aware of this, nor has it checked out that website!! 

@Critter sounds like very positive new and congrats @russikispy!

@Booseymom how are you doing?

All results now sent off to IVF Clinic and waiting on what next, decided with a Clinic Abroad as options around me didn't fill me with confidence,

I got my Hormonal results from two years ago from my GP as I requested a copy so I could compare with now, my GP also printed off letters received from the Consultant at the hospital (the one who was very abrupt and nonchalant) saying she had discused Clomiphene with me and IVF, I can categorically say she didn't discuss Clomiphene at all (I don't even really know what this is) and when I asked about IVF she went got me a leaflet and told me at under 2% chance I would be better off not!

I am not sure if there is any point discussing this with my GP now as the course I am taking is independent of the NHS but just feel so let down by all the mistakes that have been made over the course of the past few years! so so frustrating that this happens!

Critter how exciting! Keeping everything crossed for you!
Russkispy sounds promising, keep us posted!
Lets well done for going ahead with the clinic abroad and forget the past and the NHS, as we've all discovered many doctors have no sympathy for us oldies. Concentrate on the task at hand and good luck!
5 months to conceive for me according to ava....what a load of bs! 🙄
I too have been looking into fertility clinics and was going to go for it in Nov but I've probably run out of time for the next cycle since ov is around the corner...I'll keep you posted.

OMG I have a faint bfp!

Hi - I have done prolly a dozen tests. I have an irregular cycle but normally AF shows up within 40 days, its day 45 now. No sex since last 26 days (since my fertility window as per clearblue). Last time this happened, I tested positive on Day 60, miscarried a month later but at that time I was sexually active so might have even ovulated and conceived later. Even my GP isnt 100% sure about the answer. What should I do? Could I be pregnant at all ? Maybe a blood test? Argh this is annoying ...

@Rose68 tentative congratulations! What dpo are you now?!
As for me, went to bed at 8pm, totally drained! Slept till 2am and just woke up. Diarrhea stopped yesterday lunch and I had solid stool in the evening. Sick tummy stopped some time around 4am. Think I'm back to normal?! What was that all about then?!

@Russkispy are you on luteal progesterone support? If so don’t read too much into any symptoms - weird symptoms come and go all the time with it! Disappearing symptoms isn’t necessarily a bad thing 😊 When is your test date?

@Rose68 congrats! Fingers crossed it’s a sticky one for you 🤞

@CritterTamer , I've been taking progesterone tablets since IUI day. And with all my IUIs but never had any reaction to it. I'm not a symptom spotter and yesterday just felt out of ordinary. Blood test to do on Tuesday and Thursday providing Tuesday is positive.