TTC 35+ Thread 5 Cougar and Silver Fox Club

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@M4v3r1ck
I know what you meant 🤣 I will do, been in quite good spirits this week suprisingly as I have been occupied with xmas stuff! Its good to have another focus xxx

Yep, I’m 36 and been trying since april. I know it’s early days so trying not to get carried away but I’m so happy and so scared at the same time! It’s going to take a while to sink in I think

@Overlyanxious
How are you doing? X

@Scotti84 that's wonderful news! Congratulations!!xx

Congratulations @Scotti84

@MgW1 I’m ok - I have my gynae appointment at the beginning of January which will be good. I’m trying not to think about it all so much though and stop assuming it will all happen.

Hi @Scotti84 🙋🏼‍♀️ yay congratulations! 🎉

@Scotti84
Congratulations!!! Is this your 1st? 😊xxx

Thanks guys, yep my first. Maybe it is true that when you stop worrying and counting every little sign it works? I didn’t read into anything this month, thinking I’d be starting hormones in the new year.
Now I just have to work out how I’m gonna cut caffeine! Didn’t realize it’s in chocolate too 😫

Congratulations @Scotti84 great news!

Hope everyone has enjoyed Christmas and are making the most of the remainder of the festive break. I've been eating and drinking 🐷 relaxing and having a lovely time!

Hey ladies, hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day! Unfortunately, it was rather shite for me! I ended up in A&E at midnight with excessive pain and bleeding! Got home yesterday at noon after a stint in Gynae - it was essentially a natural miscarriage with a vengeance, and it needed a little help (like a coil removal) to complete! Even though I knew it was coming, it was still a shock. However, it's hopefully the best outcome for me. Going for a scan in a few days to confirm everything is gone! Then 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 my cycle can get back to normal soon and I'll be TTC again!

@Loladoodle I'm with you! Asides from the above, I've been the same! I've eaten a Cadbury's factory worth of chocolate!!!

@Scotti84 when I spoke with the midwife, she was very lenient on the caffeine! I went from four cups of tea down to two (with the other two as decaf), and she said that was more than fine! As long as you're not constantly drinking strong coffees and fizzy juice, you can enjoy that morning coffee and some chocolate! I found the nhs guidelines a useful guide! 😃

@M4v3r1ck sounds like you've had a tough time, but you sound so positive, that's good 😊

I too have massively pigged out! Cake, cream, truffles, gin... I'm genuinely worried about having to wear anything but leggings! 🙈

In the latter part of the TWW here. Usually spotting which I think is down to cervical erosion. Trying to tell myself I shouldn't count myself as out until actual AF.

How's everyone else doing?

@selina37 thank you, yes, just trying to focus on the positives here! 😘 Definitely don't count yourself out until AF here! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for you!

I'm convinced I'm no longer human and am now 50% chocolate/50% pig in blanket! 🤣 Forcing myself to go for a walk - definitely only leggings for me! 😂

Hello ladies, glad to hear you've had a good Christmas! @M4v3r1ck oh no I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope you are feeling a bit better now and that it passes as quickly as possible for you 💐 I've had a lovely relaxing few days, cooked my first ever Christmas dinner in 39 years and it wasn't a disaster 🙌 and been spending lots of quality time with my oh, going for walks, playing board games, watching movies etc 😊 I was due to ovulate between Boxing Day and tomorrow (usually cycle day 13-16), still haven't had a positive OPK yet but trying not to worry, hopefully it's just a little bit late but still on its way 🤞

@M4v3r1ck so sorry to hear that! I hope you are resting up with lots of tlc! Your attitude is very admirable ❤️

@Kitekat81good work on the dinner 👏 sounds like you are having a lovely time. Hopefully lots of dtd in there too on the lead up to ov!

@selina37 how you doing twinny? What dpo are you? 8dpo here.... the relaxed approach did not last 🤣 fa la la la la la la la la! Although I’ve been a tad (VERY) excessive on the festive drinkies 😬🥂😮

@Loladoodle I think I'm 10dpo? 🤔 I haven't picked up the OPKs again but I regularly get the kind of stretching back pain on day 11 now, so I guess I ovulate on day 12...? Spotting and cramping though 🙄 so I figure I'm out yet again 🙄 Due on on Monday, so that will make the day to go back to work even better! 😒
I too have had a few too many drinkies and definitely way, way too much food! 😱

@selina37 9dpo here and prodding my boobs waiting for the usual pre af soreness!!! On and off crampiness also 😩 I’ve also had too much food, scared to try and get anything on that has a zip! 😅 running bottoms have been my friend (without the running) over Christmas while I’ve over indulged 🐷 hate this part of the 2ww it’s excruciating! 🙏 af stays away for us both 🙏

@Loladoodle thanks, yeh it's been a lovely relaxing Christmas. Unfortunately ttc hasn't been going so well. We've dtd a lot but I'm now on cycle day 17 and still not showing any signs that I'm going to ovulate. Really worried now that I'm going to have another anovulatory cycle (last one was in August). Pretty gutted to lose a chance to ttc this month, and worried about what it means for my fertility in general 😔

@Kitekat81i wouldn’t worry too much just keep dtd! I know some people who never get pos opks but have had children it’s all a bit of a mystery

Thanks @Loladoodle I keep trying to tell myself that there's something wrong with the opks, but also haven't had a temp rise or seen any ewcm this month 😕 You're right though, should keep dtd just in case 🙂

@Kitekat81 that's why I stay away from opks, they stress me out! Just go with your body and keep DTD!

@Loladoodle we are so the same with our cycles! I've just gone to eat yet more cake/truffles but decided on tomatoes instead. It really is ridiculous how much I keep eating 😭

@Kitekat81 I never temp it would send me round the bend! No harm continuing dtd! I’m sure your dh ain’t complaining 😅

@selina37 wow I’m impressed with the tomatoes! I have no intention of being healthy until after New Years!

I don’t know why I torture myself, I’m letting the lack of sore boobs get to my head 🤔🙄

Same, my sleep isn't reliable enough to temp! Though it has improved over Christmas, I seem to be less stressed!

I get a part of soreness on one boob prior to AF and last two cycles I've not had it! That's driving me crazy in thinking it's something different than usual 🙄 We shouldn't read into everything so much 😒

@Loladoodle @selina37 good luck getting through the next few days, the last days of the tww are torture aren't they, it's impossible to think of anything else! Are you planning to test or wait and see if af shows up?

I've had some good news at least - got a call from the fertility clinic yesterday to say we made it to the top of the waiting list so will have our first consultation appointment in a couple of weeks from now 🙌 Feels like a positive step, looking forward to getting some expert advice and finding out what our options are.

@M4v3r1ck how are you feeling? Hope you're feeling a bit better x

@Kitekat81 I never test, they drive me crazy! Unlike @Loladoodle 👀 I'm spotting and crampy again though so stuff it, going to enjoy a few drinks tonight!

Wow great news on the clinic! That will be a weight off your mind to yet a focus of hope!! 💞

@Kitekat81 that’s great news! Something to focus on and a step closer in this journey!

@selina37 haha you know me so well! Have been poas like a bat shit crazy lady! 🦇 nothing but bfns and a horrid Evap well aff as the time limit this morning on an IC. Still no sore boobs 10dpo, just feel a bit fuller. Trying not to read in to it 🤥