Over 40 TTC - lots of baby dust for us...3!

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New thread for us 40+'s

@rubyroot keeping everything crossed for you xx

Just got repeat HCG results back, it increased to 587.2. Shaking like a leaf here and absolutely praying it works out this time around!

Excellent news @russkispy. One day at a time, I guess. Its such an anxious time isn't it?!

I've not told my boyf yet. I think he might wonder why I'm not drinking wine tonight. We will see!

@rubyroot thank you! And it is. And I've never had a natural pregnancy before and don't even know what to expect in early days. Suffice to say I have absolutely no symptoms whatsoever! That's why I was absolutely gobsmacked when FRER was positive on Monday morning! And still no symptoms!

@Russkispy this is amazing news :-D! I know it's super hard but try to enjoy it day by day! And there doesn't have to be symptoms, IV had 4 normal pregnancies and they were all totally different Hun! Aww I feel all warm and fuzzy, I love a bit of good news.
@rubyroot how have you kept this in lol?
This 2ww is kinda killing me today, I'm always upbeat and happy but today I feel super emotional, I cried at the UNICEF advert lol! 6dpo and i just wanna know lol! Xxx

Throwing all the sticky bean good vibes to you @Russkispy!!!

@KristieP2018 @Elles1980 thank you!! I'll try my absolute best to stay calm and positive! Booked my regular reflexology for tomorrow. Will tell her the news then as she's been treating me since my first MMC last June. Otherwise we've decided to keep it to ourselves this time around. Not even telling our families till at least 11 weeks so, after I'll get Harmony tests results which also includes a scan. I'm just praying we get to that milestone! Yet to start taking progesterone pills once I hear from my doc and will book a reassurance scan.

@Russkispy fantastic news, I had no symptoms till I hit 6 weeks... and then 🤢
Fab @rubyrootbut how have you kept it secret?
Have lost the thread a little this week, it's been a little shocking with the grown up kids and eldest is back permanently from uni, with cat in toe!!! Not impressed especially as it seems to be bloody everywhere. Caught it climbing across the dining room table 🤢
Number 2 crunched her car today and that was hard. She's fine but emotional rollercoaster..
ov due which hasn't helped emotions..
sending big hugs and baby dust to all and welcome to @NicLondon1 @Elles1980 @Catclock @KennyKenWait
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Hi, just found the tread again so checking in. I got my BFP the same time as @Hobbes39 I remember us posting the same day. But that pregnancy wasn't meant to be and ended a week later. Think my user name was onemorego at the time. Got myself I'm a bad place for a good while. Then bang! BFP due date 14/12. First 12 weeks were horrendous I felt so poorly and anxious. Scan day came and I discovered why....identical twins! I'm now nearly 18 weeks and have found out they are boys. It's my birth in a couple of weeks, I'll turn 41. Keep hoping ladies xxxxx

Hi @thetwinkles - I've been lurking on this thread for a bit as hoping for the best for everyone on here - so it's wonderful to see your news! How are you now? Goethe sickness has abated? I'm now 29w and HUGE and tbh not coping very well with these later stages - carrying 2 babies, 2 placentas and 2 sacs is HARD. My blood pressure has been low and I'm faint quite a lot, and I'm the same size I was with my DS when I had him!
I am obviously hugely grateful to be pregnant after all we have been through, but I just can't wait to have these babies in my arms now!
Anyway, not long now - hope you are doing ok. The worry hasn't gone away for me yet, but has improved since I can feel them wriggling all the time... but it's hard to feel relaxed after multiple miscarriages I think.
Fantastic news from you too @Russkispy - your numbers would great - I have everything crossed for this time being your time. 🤞
I haven't read through everyone else's posts, but I do think of you all x

I'm only just preggars so not hard to keep it a secret. I'm guessing if I miscarry soon then he doesn't need to know and it won't deter him from giving me his sperm. I think blokes are sometimes affected worse and can't deal with the repercussions. Still waiting for him to say something about me not drinking wine.

@Russkispy oh wow, that’s more than doubling in 48hr. Hoping so hard for you. No symptoms and not feeling pregnant are completely normal at this point, don’t worry.

@thetwinkles - twins, how amazing! congratulations, and happy birthday in a couple of weeks...

@rubyroot I really hope things go well for you!

@rubyroot I cannot tell you how much that made me laugh... It won't deter him from giving me his sperm hahaha!! That's why I'm here to save my relationship and chances of making one last bubba! If he knew how much of a headcase I truly was over it all I'd probably be single lol! Aw super lovely to see more further gone pregnancies and twinnies too , your absolutley allowed to moan about pregnancy, we work hard to get pregnant and then it kicks our asses so it's only fair!
@Chatbash72 that's quite a week, my son 21 just popped in with his girlfriend raided the kitchen messed up the lounge and left and that was enough for me, oh he did ask me to babysit his hamster whilst he went to sically last month and has forgotten to take him back lol! It's hectic being a mummy but defo worth it. I'm glad your daughter is well and unhurt, sometimes the shock of it all is worse bless her xx

@Elles1980 I think once you have a loss you turn into a bit of a demented crazy woman. I guess it's natural isn't it to have a one track mind.

Congratulations to everyone with their good news stories. I'm sorry I'm just getting to know everyone's names! X

Got 2-3 on the CBD today, delighted!
Sober Friday, how novel. I’ve worked out, all going well, I’ll save over £500 in Prosecco over the next 8 months 😂

Gosh I feel absolutely dreadful today, almost like I'm due my period, but that's supposed to be 2 weeks away. I feel like I've got flu. Awful.
Does anyone else have fluctuations throughout their cycle?
I really hope I'm not hurtling into peri menopause... Is anyone experiencing this but still trying TTC?
I guess we can't expect everything to be clockwork at our creeeeky old ages
Xx

@catlock this could be a very early sign, stuffy noses cold like symptoms, I had exactly that in march when I was pregnant and though I was just I'll. Although saying that were all very different and I would hate to give false hope but it may very well be......I'll keep my fingers crossed for you xx

Sorry @Ec22 amazing news! Have the best day xx

Really @Elles1980 ?! I'm more inclined to think I'm just run down as it would be VERY early it's handy to know what to look out for just in case though.
Our bodies are so strange, we are sure we know ourselves but end up questioning everything xx

Yeah honestly, a stuffy nose was the first then I became all achey and sore and had mild cramps so thought I had a cold and was going to af early also, 2 weeks later bfp. I still never knew that was a symptom till recently. It was in may after my MC I started researching and lurking around chats and have all this new knowledge xx

So had very disturbed night last night. Felt crampy, so worried about another Chem pregnancy. I woke up at 6.30 and was not constipated anymore (never a good sign for me!) Boobs had stopped hurt g too. I tested last night and again this morn and the one this morn looked lighter.

Then I woke again, boobs seem to be hurting again, looked at the tests and they look the same now, to be fair they were only taken 8 hours apart. I know I shouldn't test, but just felt so crampy last night.

Gosh it's such an anxious time, nothing I can do though is there but wait.

@rubyroot bless you Hun, it's so hard but remember symptoms come and go and cramps and aches are inevitable especially first trimester and more so at the very beginning as so much is changing and growing! Easy to say relax bit I know I'll be exactly the same if/when my time comes too! Sending massive hugs and hopefully you can find something to occupy yourself xx

@Elles1980 have an 18 month to distract me, but it's not enough and can't even have a glass of wine.. Ffs!

Thank you @Hobbes39 so nice to hear your update. My twins are identical, they share the same placenta but have separate sacs. I have 2 weekly scans to check for TTTS which happens in some id twin pregnancies. I feel ok after the scan (all good news so far and even growth) but then in the run up to my next scan I feel anxious! Next one is Wednesday so I'm panicking a bit.

Know what you mean about size! I look a couple of months ahead. They plan to deliver the babies at 36 weeks so i suppose it's a month less near enough 😂

It's perfectly ok to moan, it doesn't mean you're not grateful for being pregnant but hell twin pregnancy is nothing like singleton pregnancy! I've got 3 others and wasn't quite prepared for this 😂