TTC for the Over 40s

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The first thread I've ever started.

Me age 41 and TTC since mmc in June. Anyone else out there.

Ah but there is always plenty to find online to spend my money on !.

Well you never know X. I don't remember having any early symptoms with my pgs. Sounds like a good plan. I think clomid messes up the ov signs. I'm finding it very hard to tell from temps, CM or sticks ! For all I know, I'm not ov since they are not doing day 21 tests each month.

Gem! Are you on Clomid as well?

Yes, this is my third cycle of 50mg. If nothing happens this cycle then I get another scan and day 21 test on the fourth cycle and then thats it until I finish the course on the sixth cycle. Consultant seemed to think that if it was going to work then it would work within the first three cycles....

Well, I'm still having a big THINK about my 2nd round of clomid. I'll decide on sunday what I'm going to do.

Heron are you ok babes?

Well, I'm off to ready my Toni W book and see if she mentions saw palmetto. xxx

hi juicy, sorry for the confusion ,i do have 2 names, when i am at work it is ohjoy, at home, it is heron. the thing is, i have forgotten my password for heron username.. so i just created a new one for use at work.

welcome hopefor3!

hi gem, thanks my DS has just turned 4, so the age gap will be quite big!
hope your DD gets better soon. must be quite hard for your DD as the weather is quite humid and hot.

i hope my BFP luck rubs off on all of you

fingers crossed for you X! keep us all informed!

Hi Ladies!

Decided to have a break for a few weeks as I felt I was becoming obsessed. DH had semen test and told 5% normal sperm. Felt depressed but fertility clinic said 5% of 585 million is still quite alot - especially as we only need the one!

On the 2ww (not sure how my cycle may be affected this month because of early mc last month). Off to Spain on Sunday for a weeks rest - kids are off to Florida with their dad so DH and I can spend some "quality time" together .

Feel remarkably relaxed and quite positive (don't know why). Have sent mine and dh hair off to be analysed to see if we are deficient in certain minerals. If you are interested look at the Foresight website. Friends of mine conceived after following their programme after a fair few mc and both over 40. In for a penny in for a pound - now going to try conventional and alternative therapies!

Fingers crossed for all those with BFPs and kisses and hugs for all of us still hoping for them. xx

hi minmooch, enjoy your holiday in spain. i am most jealous!

about alternative therapies, have you considered acupuncture? i started having it this month and i got BFP! now i am not sure if i would have got BFP anyway...

Heron - no I haven't tried it yet! I think I will when I get back from holiday. Might as well do everything.

Will catch up with you all in a week when hopefully there will be a few more bfps on here.

Happy hols Minmooch and hair thing sounds interesting. Keep us updated.

Heron, so apart from acupuncture what else did you do this month do you think?

hi gem, nothing at all! i was more relaxed that's for sure!

now that i have my BFP, i started reading about pregnancies in older women...and read that women over 40 have 50% chance of miscarriage! i know i should stop reading these kind of articles on the web!!!!!!!

Just a quick hello and bye. I am also away next week. Nothing as exotic as Spain. Rain forecast for Cornwall but fingers crossed it will brighten up mid week

Dont worry Heron, I was fine with DD at 42 and 50% sounds way too high to me.

Cornwall is lovely cece, have fun

hi gem, i am not going to read those articles anymore!

you're a great example of success at 42!

Thats right Heron. The power of positive thought

That'll teach me to pay attention

As for the mc rates. I agree. Sounds too high and STOP READING THAT STUFF!!!

You can't stop it from happening, so best to concentrate on eating well and getting lots of rest in preparation for the rest of the pg.

coming your way. x

Hey Juicy!!!!

How are you??

Coggy, me old luv, I'm fine and dandy. Sleep deprived and TTC again, but other than that not too bad. How are you??

hi juicy, coggy, this weather is just crap!!!
how is the weather where you are?

thanks for the positive vibes!

I am 43 (and will be 44 in November)I had DS at age 31yrs,DD1 at 39yrs nearly 40,and DD2 at 42 yrs.I had a MC in between DD1 &DD2. It then took me 7 months to conceive again,as periods and hormones "up the creek".Keep trying,as like you say our egg quantity has reduced,and quality etc. but law of averages you will eventually "hit the jackpot" in time.When I used to go on the Bounty site,the Mums TTC had lots of tips,such as Cough Mixture has an ingredient which helps Fertility etc.Good Luck.

Hello from me, too. I conceived DD when 38, after trying for a year. She's now 14 months old, I'm 40 and we've just started trying again. My periods came back when she was 9 months old, but I'm (reluctantly) weaning in order to get all my ducks in a row.

Anyone else feel as if it's too early to start with #2 but they have no choice? (probably lots of people, if I read back through the thread).
It still feels too early to be diverting attention away from DD (and love, because that's what it feels as if it would be, although I know it would really be a doubling of the love, not a halving).

hi vesela, you're right, you will be doubling the love! and fact is, time is of the essence... so good luck and go for it!

BTW the 50% m/c rate is after 45, not 40

I had 2 m/c and a baby all at the age of 43 (busy year)

Thanks, heron - go for it is what I need to hear.

your welcome vesela

my DS has just turned 4 and am just newly pregnant. i still worry that DS will lose out by having to share me...however, he has told me in no uncertain terms that he wants a baby brother !

What is it with Bank Holidays and crap weather?!

Well nothing else for it, but to mn all day then

Day 26 for me and no sign of AF, but then again this cycle could be 29 / 30 / 33... who knows

Welcome vesala. The more over 40's we have, the more BFP's. Well that's my thinking