TTC 35+ Thread 2 Cougar And Silver Fox Club

[Loladoodle]

New thread for you ladies. Let’s bring on the Bfps!!

@lucieloos thanks 🥳 temps would be too much for me! I’ll just go with guessing 😅

Sooo... id planned to eat pineapple core from 1-8dpo... kept it in the freezer. Made myself a nice mango smoothie with lots of greens added yesterday and my smoothie maker was really struggling.. thought it was faulty. Turns out I have put all the core in the smoothie yest thinking it was mango and I have drank a whole pineapple core 🤦‍♀️ Just looked like chopped mango but I’ve checked and the mango is still in the freezer ... whoops 😬

@claireb707 yes decaf is on my shopping list for Sat.😋 Any suggestions on g&t or prosecco substitute??😂

@Happyhappy37 thank you so much. 😊 Feel free to symptom spot all you like, it's what we ladies do best. 😂 9dpo so when is Af due?

@Loladoodle that's the only downside to our toyboys, us cougars (pumas) can't keep up with their stamina. 😜😂 I'm enjoying dtd and not stressing about swimmers escaping though. 🙈😂 That half hour after dtd and needing the loo but not being able to get up to keep them all in there is the worse. 🙈🙈😂😂 x

@mrsttobe. Someone gave me a mini bottle of seedlip which is non alcoholic and meant to taste like gin. It wasn’t awful 😂 if I had to, I could drink it

Haven't got any suggestions for gin / prosecco replacements sadly. How about something like appetiser or the bottle green drinks. The elderflower one is nice and you could pretend it's elderflower tonic?

@MrsTtobe I don't really know know when AF is due. One app says 27th and the other said 25th 😂.

@MrsTtobe sure is 😅 I remember last pregnancy drinking an M&S non alcoholic fiz it was quite nice 👍

Does everyone stay Lay down for half an hour after bd? I haven’t been maybe just for 10 mins max. Wonder if it makes a lot of difference

@Loladoodle I was reading up on that last night! Apparently it can make a difference lying down although you don't need your legs in the air. 10-15 mins is also enough doesn't need to be half hour. Many of the active sperm can be in the Fallopian tubes within minutes.

Thanks for all the suggestions...
Ooh yes I like elderflower, takes me back to sitting on Amalfi coast last year with a hugo spritz (prosecco and elderflower) 😍😋

@Happyhappy37 so AF due some time next week then lovely? Will soon come round.

@Loladoodle ooh yes anything from M&S is a winner. Since I hit 30 I appreciate a garden centre visit and a rummage in M&S!! 😂😂

What's bd stand for?? I thought the going rate was at least half an hour? I hate it just lying there in 'mess' but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. I read somewhere half an hour to give them a fighting chance. 😬 x

@Loladoodle I do try and lay down after bit that's why I bought a mooncup... to keep the swimmers in and swimming the right way!

@lucieloos I can def manage lying down for 10-15 mins I’ll stick with that.

@MrsTtobe jealous! Aul corona ruined my amalfi plans 😭 and yes M&S is a must my absolute fave 👍

Bd= baby dance (ie shag 🤣)

Ohhh @Loladoodle 😂thank you I've been trying to work out that one for a while. Yes 10 mins and I start to get really restless just lying there, I like to wee and clean up down there but ive been laying there as still as possible while oh snores away next to me 😬🙈
Like @lucieloos said though they get swimming straight away anyway I think it's just nice to help them all in the right direction. 🙈😂

Oh and if you haven't already been you HAVE to visit Amalfi. It's breathtakingly beautiful. We were child free too so 3 days of full nights sleep, posh restaurants without chicken nuggets and adult conversation. Was heaven.😍 x

@mrsttobe we haven’t been but had trip cancelled due to this virus! (Was a child free trip too) gutted 😭 but will keep it on the agenda for future plans. A bit annoying though as we were sort of having a last hurrah in case we do get preggo, if we do then it’s unlikely we will get that opportunity for a very long time 😅hey ho! It will always be there whilst the opportunity to have a baby won’t be so have to prioritise 👶🏼 🍼

@lucieloos please could you put me as cycle 1 now, let's be optimistic!

@Loladoodle yes I do opks, you know how much I love testing!!!

I'm not cutting back on caffeine unless I actually get pregnant, life is too short. I went off coffee when I was pregnant before so it was much easier doing it then

Dp staying in for round 2 is probably a good idea then as keeps me laid down longer 🤣

Here was the article I read it's interesting and compares science vs urban legend. Also mentions mooncups https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.kindara.com/blog/what-really-works-during-and-after-sex-to-get-pregnant-science-vs.-urban-legend%3fhs_amp=true

Thanks @lucieloos that was an interesting read. I’ll def stay laid down for 15 👍

I lay down for at least 15 mins and will try and keep my legs up. The legs up thing probably doesn’t make a difference but I feel like I need to try what I can! I also worry about weeing after but I still do and have read that shouldn’t make a difference

Gosh it’s hard to believe the things we have to do! My first born was conceived from one shag! 😅 oh to be young and have fresh eggs again 🥚🤣

@Sleeeeeepy yes no problem! Exciting to be getting started!

@Muda yes the article I posted says legs up and weeing doesn't make a difference

@lucieloos oh, I wasted my £22 then 🤣

@selina37 I know plenty that use them and I've even tried them myself many years ago so it's up to you really.

I think we all try and invest in as much as we can to stay in some sort of control of this- when actually it is out of our hands 😅 just do whatever you feel helps and makes you feel better about it. I’m just trying to keep it as close to natural as possible - but the crazy keeps creeping in! Said last month I wasn’t doing opks 🤣 and here I am doing opks!

To be honest I bought a mooncup because I'd read an article which said they can possibly help. I'm not worrying about infections or anything as I keep it super clean.
Maybe success depends on the 'spurt' rate of the ejaculate 🤣🙈
Ffs we overthink this... 🤯