TTC 35+ Thread 6 Cougar and Silver Fox Club

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Hey ladies, setting up a new thread! 😃 Hope it works! 🤪

Thanks @Kitekat81, I’ll check it out!

I found this thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3874552-Low-progesterone-and-conception and these people seem to have been ok? It’s so hard to know what’s going on. Have ordered my b6 just in case it helps.

I’m having my first session of acupuncture for fertility on Sunday. Happens to be my predicted ovulation day 😝

We’ll have to compare notes @Misty84, I’m going tonight!

Well, at 6dpo I'm already fed up. I completely forgot how loooooonnnnngggg the TWW can be. No real symptoms here. After falling down the Mumsnet rabbit hole, I'm now drinking a portion of pomegranate juice everyday and keeping my feet warm. Even as I type that, I totally understand how crazy that sounds but...every little helps. With male factor issues, I need to make sure, if any swim the right way instead of refusing to move or swimming backwards, that the "environment is receptive. 🤦‍♀️

Also, I'm taking Pregnacare conception and DH has been on Wellman for months. How do we add ubiquinol to our supplement intake? Is it a daily supplement for use both or do I just take it pre ovulation?

@sickofthisyear
Hi and sorry to hear that. Can't imagine how awful that must have been fot you. I had mc in Aug at 14 weeks and then another before xmas at 5 weeks. I am currently late Af. Did a test BFN on day I was due on and now 4 days late. Xx

@WrongendoftheSTIX I take one ubiquinol 200mgs tablet in the morning and try to take it with a fatty food. Me and @Loladoodle found it's great for energy but not for insomnia, so morning it is!

@WrongendoftheSTIX I took keep my feet warm 🤣 socks in bed and all!

@thislittlebird Definitely! Let me know what to expect!!

Hinted at OH that I would never normally be having acupuncture and it’s just another expense for me in the endless effort to conceive. Hoped he would offer to pay half but no such luck. I spend so much money on all the tips and tricks to get pregnant, as if it’s solely my responsibility because he’s only 30 and his sperm test was fine 🙄😔 #frustrating

Mind: you could be, your skin is different, you've not had your usual spotting this month...

Mind: don't believe it, don't get excited...

Mind: as above

Mind: as above

Mind: Do you know what, things ARE different this month... 🤔

Literally five minutes later...

Body: Haha here's some spotting 🖕🏻

I give up 🙄😭

@thislittlebird @Misty84 I think I've managed to find someone who will take me on for acupuncture next month! 🙌 Very interested to know how you ladies get on!x

@selina37 arghhhh Bodies are so annoying!!! Stay away spotting!!!!!

So I had the acupuncture. It was good to offload to someone, because that’s what we spent half an hour plus doing initially, since it was the first session.

The overall experience was good, just different. I’m a very tense person so I physically struggle to relax and that was still the case here. However, I felt at ease and it wasn’t painful. I feel pretty chilled afterwards and I’m hoping it’ll help me if I keep it up every other week. I’m the most relaxed I have been in days which is something.

I said something about being able to feel the needles most in my lower back and she said about it being linked to the nervous system, which would make some sense for me.

I couldn’t help but think “what is this doing???” while I was laying there but I’m hoping my brain will shut up after I get used to it when I go again.

I posted before I saw your message @Kitekat81, that’s great! Me, you and @Misty84 are forming the acupuncture club.

Ps Ubiquinol insomnia is still happening even though i take it mornings, I didn’t take it today I need sleep! 💤

What dose are you taking? @Loladoodle I haven’t had any insomnia issues yet, but I do take a low dose and in the mornings.

@thislittlebird Thanks for letting us know about it, haha your last comment is exactly how I’m gonna feel I just know it!! 🤦‍♀️
@Kitekat81 You’ll get another review after me!😂 We are def the Acupuncture club😎

@thislittlebird I was taking 200mg and reduced to 100mg, still not sleeping well. What type and dose do you take? I didn’t get any insomnia on coq10 but from I changed to kaneka Ubiquinol (following research) it definitely impacts my sleep, but the plus is I have amazing energy during the day. Can’t win!

I’ve been taking this one @Loladoodle
www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquinol-Healthspan-Capsules-absorbable-co-Enzyme/dp/B0761YB4M3?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Got it for my husband too so needed a veggie one. It’s been fine so far, just 100mg per day and we’ve not experienced any insomnia.

@Misty84 ikr? Hard to switch our brains off from questions and just go with the flow lol

Thanks @thislittlebird

@Misty84 @thislittlebird @Kitekat81 I'll be joining the acupuncture club on Monday too. Got my first appointment at 1 o'clock :)

Has anyone found ubiquinol changed their cycle at all? I took it for a few months and then started bleeding a week early and had a two week period. I've heard a few people mention similar but not many so it could just be coincidence. I wasn't sure whether to perserve with it. I stopped in the end but not sure, maybe I should start again

I'm intrigued with the pomegranate juice and keeping feet warm. They sound quite nice things to try, wouldn't mind them at all

I read it on a couple of threads. I think that pomegranate juice is a great antioxidant which can aid implantation. I believe that the feet thing is an old wives take about your feet being linked to your uterus. Warm feet/warm hospitable uterus so I am wearing my fluffy socks everyday instead of walking around barefoot

interesting, it actually doesn't sound as far fetched as I thought it might! Sounds quite logical tbh

The agony of my boobs 😱 ouccchhh (not symptom spotting... honest 🙄)