TTC 35+ Thread 7

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New thread- apologies for the unimaginative title!

Hi ladies, I did do a separate thread about this but received no replies so hope you don't mind me asking on here. I just wondered if with TTC you're ultimately accepting that should you get pregnant now you won't have your coronavirus jab until after the baby is born? I'm unsure if I should hold off on TTC until I've had my jab? Sorry if my question sounds a bit weird but my biological clock is ticking and every month counts!

@merrynelly

Hi ladies, I did do a separate thread about this but received no replies so hope you don't mind me asking on here. I just wondered if with TTC you're ultimately accepting that should you get pregnant now you won't have your coronavirus jab until after the baby is born? I'm unsure if I should hold off on TTC until I've had my jab? Sorry if my question sounds a bit weird but my biological clock is ticking and every month counts!

Argh you know what, I hadn't really thought about it. 😬 I've heard it's fine when breastfeeding but don't think it's routinely recommended during pregnancy.

Personally if I was fortunate to fall pregnant I would not have the jab until after. Obviously if the advice changes I'd reconsider. I'd just keep on with the cautious approach with social distancing. Ive been working from home though. Maybe id feel differently if I was in a higher risk profession.

I feel like I've put my ttc journey on hold too much already as a result of coronavirus. I personally wouldn't want to wait longer for a vaccine that I didn't know when I might get it in the future 🤷‍♀️

Do most of your OH have to use a 'wank station'? Mine did it at home then drove in to drop off at his allotted time

My CoQ10 arrived today, do I take it every day of the cycle? My first set of opk arrived too

I'm maybe different to everyone else, because of my business quiet and busy periods, a Nov-Feb birth would be best! If successful this cycle it'll be a 6 Dec due date. Admittedly next cycle 1st/2nd Jan wouldn't be great for a bday but not going to pause TTC!

@merrynelly I'm not planning on having the vaccine til after I've given birth tbh

I would have the vaccine if offered it now, and while pregnant too. There’s nothing about it that worries me at all. What I would not like is to have Covid while pregnant. I had the flu jab last time too, because falling ill with a high temperature would be bad news all round.

@merrynelly have you been offered the vaccine or are you asking hypothetically? I'm carrying on with ttc (nothing's going to stop me doing that!) then when it's my turn for a vaccine I will tell them I'm ttc and find out what their advice is, whether to take the vaccine or wait. They are gaining new information all the time about the safety of the vaccine when ttc and in pregnancy. I'm more worried about the possibility of vaccine passports for travel, and not being able to get one of those if advised not to get the vaccine! Also a little bit nervous of what I'll do when everyone our age is getting their vaccine, no doubt it's all everyone will be talking about! Would I lie and say I've had it, so I wouldn't have to tell people I'm ttc? 🤔

I’ve had my first dose already @merrynelly because getting covid isn’t something I think my body will deal well with. But I probably wouldn’t have a my second dose if I got pregnant in the meantime. This is very unlikely to happen before my second dose.

Leaflet they gave me with it says avoid ttc for two months after the second dose and I’m about to go to sleep and forget the reason why, but there was one.

@merrynelly I've actually just had my Covid vaccine this month. It was at the beginning of my fw therefore I couldn't actually be pregnant yet and spoke to each person at the testing centre as I went on my little round of people (pharmacist, nurse and doctor) and they each said they would only advise against it if you were actually pregnant and even then that's only because they don't know enough about it during pregnancy but some women have had it and have had no bad effects on them or the baby. I'm due my second jab on 22nd may I think and if I happened to be lucky enough to get my bfp by then (almost 3 years ttc) I would consider postponing the second until after I'd had the baby.

@Marvellouslymadmum yeah I can imagine, my husband said it’s not a nice room and really awkward. On the Rhod Gilbert doc he had to put his sample in a little hole in the wall with a door. My husband has to take his for a journey around the hospital and surrounding area

@Pamparam acupuncture is Saturday, but I don’t know whether to go with my skin like this right now. Might message her and tell her in advance.

@climbershell we live too far from the hospital he has to go to to take it in

@Marvellouslymadmum I’m thinking I’ll have to postpone my second dose in April because I’ll be on prednisolone. I don’t think vaccines close to taking it are recommended.

@thislittlebird I have a vision of my oh walking around with his little pot of joy 😂

To be honest I don't think they even asked what medications I was on just made sure I wasn't feeling ill already

Morning all and welcome @merrynelly! 😃

@Kitekat81 basically said everything that I think - are you reading my mind, girl?! Especially re: travel and telling folk! 🤪🤣 But yeah, I'm just going to continue on TTC, then speak to the pharmacist etc when I'm offered the vaccine and take their advice from there! Although the vaccines are different, I know the flu vaccine is recommended for pregnant woman, so that's also reassuring! 😃

Hope everyone has a good day today! 😘

I've done a test and there is the faintest of faint lines. Having to squint and angle to see it.... 😬

Trying not to get my hopes up too much as I've heard with frer they can have an indenent line. Fingers crossed though!

I shouldnt have tested early because now I have the is it a line isn't it going around my head 🙈

@KG1145

I've done a test and there is the faintest of faint lines. Having to squint and angle to see it.... 😬

Trying not to get my hopes up too much as I've heard with frer they can have an indenent line. Fingers crossed though!

I shouldnt have tested early because now I have the is it a line isn't it going around my head 🙈

I just tried to share a picture but it hasn't worked

It's super light ans only visable at certain angles.

Ill test again tomorrow although would be tempted to try a clear blue one if I could squeeze some more wee out 😬

@thislittlebird you can deffo have the vaccine whilst taking prednisolone. Unfortunately my sister was recently diagnosed with leukaemia :( and was put straight on prednisalone whilst they were awaiting further test results to decide on treatment. Because she is clinically vulnerable she had the vaccine at that point too.

But I guess this is all academic anyway because who knows when they will be offering vaccines to our age group? I'm coming round to the idea of having the vaccine even if pregnant, provided there is some data around the effect on unborn babies from other pregnant women who have had it. I have read a few reports recently about pregnant mums who have ended up in ICU and not seen their newborns for 2 weeks because they had covid, and also about stillbirths in Ireland linked to covid during pregnancy. At least with the vaccine any data about any potential effects is recorded and studied (albeit not within a clinical trial) and I can make an informed decision, whereas this virus seems like a total wildcard and we know even less about what the effects might be on babies in the womb.

@KG1145 eeeeek! I can def see it!!!! 🙏 for a darker test tomorrow!

@KG1145 I definitely see it!!! YAYYYYY!!! Congratulations!!! Fingers crossed it gets nice and dark for you over the next few days! Super happy for you! xx

[quote Loladoodle]@KG1145 eeeeek! I can def see it!!!! 🙏 for a darker test tomorrow![/quote]
I'm so tempted to pee on a clear blue one but they're not as sensitive as a frer so it would probably be a waste. I'd like one with a yes or no and not lines.

Also wondering if its ridiculous to contact my consultant he mentioned me starting on progesterone or if I should wait for a darker line

AF is finally finished and I’ll be starting to use my OPKs on Sunday. My diet has been good so far this week and I need to pick up some more vitamins. I’m kind of sad I won’t be celebrating Mother’s Day as a mother to be but I’m being determinedly positive that next year I will be.

Yeah that’s the issue @Noodella18, it’s such a wildcard. I didn’t hesitate to have my first dose because I have immune issues and a very reactive body generally. I was just reading the prednisolone stuff online and it said if you’d recently had a vaccine but I assume this is because your immune system isn’t at full strength on oral steroids?

I definitely lean towards having the vaccine whilst pregnant (the pipe dream ) over not having it at all.

I hope so too for next year @Katiekattty. I don’t have a very good mother of my own either so it’s hard to think about it all. My AF is finally back to normal after so long, I could cry lmao so I won’t be too far behind you on the OPKs.

Definitely a line @KG1145, fingers crossed!

@KG1145 what dpo are you?

Sorry didn’t mean to post yet...@KG1145

Maybe do a digi in the morning give 24 hours to get hcg up? I know it’s hard to hold off but if it says not pregnant when you def have a line you will feel anxious until you can test again tomorrow.

Yeah I wood agree. Maybe just do more regular ones not digitalis, they’ll be more accurate if you’re early days.

*would, stupid phone