TTC 35+ Thread 7

[sickofthisyear]

New thread- apologies for the unimaginative title!

@selina37 forgot to give you a wee mention cycle buddy, how you feeling?

[quote sickofthisyear]@KG1145 sorry, don't want to worry you- if it helps this was 10DPO on my last pregnancy- not that dissimilar! [/quote]
Thank you 😘

I've come to conclusion that I am a worrier regardless.

BTW when I was googling about progesterone I read that stress can have a big impact on it. I've booked into see the acupuncturist next Saturday as I really feel that made a big difference for this this month in terms of anxiety and stress levels.

I can't remember who the other acupuncture ladies were. Are you still going?

@Misty84 we are jab twins lol

@Twelvestars the results for the fsh and Lh are equivalent to what they should be in the luteal phase though they're supposed to be equal rather than one much higher than the other from what I've read. Progesterone & oestrogen are a good bit higher than the maximum and all the doctor said was 'all your results are fine, nothing to worry about, you ovulated this month so that's it we won't do any more tests' which was very unhelpful. I've booked a chat with a different doctor on Monday to try and make more sense of it a bit better and find out what I can do now because I know they're not supposed to just say that's it off you go!

@KG1145 if you've got a darker line today I doubt it'll be an indent 🤞🏻 for you

🤞🏻 for you too @sickofthisyear

@Twelvestars I think I find out in the day. I don't mind either tbh xx

I'm now questioning even more if my period has come early due to the removal as I've started bleeding fresh red today and feeling all the old feelings I used to get when I actual had one... which sucks now but means I could be in the race even earlier than I thought as I was initially due next week?!

I feel so confused and out of my depth it's unreal haha I'm reading all the posts and abbreviations and trying to guess what they all are

@lexber it's totally possible that it's come early, could start testing for ovulation anyway to give you get a better idea of your cycle? For what it's worth, I had Mirena removed early May, chemical preg June and BFP end July, so it can happen quickly! Good luck!!

[quote Kitekat81]@Geriatric1234 my oh said that after abstaining for three days in advance he was going to shatter his cup with the strength of his offload 🤣🤣🤣[/quote]
CHOKING on my decaf! 🤣

@Loladoodle hey! Ok over here, my mood seems to have improved at this point of the TWW for the last couple of months' cycles. How are you doing?

And just read what @KG1145 said about stress having an impact on progesterone, so maybe I'm less stressed in general (house move out of the way and feel generally more settled etc) or maybe it's the B6? 🤔 But I've only started that this month really.

Either way, I find I'm able to tolerate my boss more these days so maybe I'm just less stroppy in general 🤣🤣

@sickofthisyear sorry to sound stupid but what is a chemical pregnancy?

I have strips in the post, and have been taking vitamins since jan including FA just to make me feel better in myself and today a BIG one for me - I had a decaf costa haha

@Lexber

Oh I'm glad it's not just me, I spent a week before joining in trying to understand the abbreviations! Who knew TTC was so complicated in more ways than 1 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s a very early miscarriage @Lexber. I never knew either until I hung out on mumsnet. You’ll see people talking about their bfp lines vanishing not long after they got them etc after a while.

Speaking of which, I read a fairly interesting book over Christmas about conception talking of how women are reporting them more than ever because of the increasingly sensitive pregnancy tests. In the past they might have assumed late period and so on.

[quote Lexber]@sickofthisyear sorry to sound stupid but what is a chemical pregnancy?

I have strips in the post, and have been taking vitamins since jan including FA just to make me feel better in myself and today a BIG one for me - I had a decaf costa haha [/quote]
No such thing as a stupid question! See link below. Some people disagree with the term and prefer to say miscarriage. Basically they're very common and really we only know of them because tests are so sensitive now. If I hadn't tested before period came I would never have known. Got positive on 4 different types of tests. But some people prefer to know as it means you're at least ovulating and conceiving even it doesn't stick. Personal choice.

www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/chemical-pregnancy/

I am aware of the stress and progesterone issues @KG1145 and I suspect that is what’s happening to me.

Don’t know about acupuncture helping progesterone because I haven’t had a test to confirm but I could feel the b6 increasing it. When I took the b6 pill in the afternoon this cycle I would get sore boobs by bedtime, but they’d be less sore again by the morning, then I’d take the next tablet and off we go again. I had boobs like a rollercoaster this month. Hence why I was fairly sure I wasn’t pregnant when the dermatologist offered me a test and I said no because they didn’t stay sore, just fluctuated daily.

I’m a bit worried tbh. I was scheduled for acupuncture this Saturday and I rescheduled today because I wasn’t sure about sticking anything in my skin right now while I’m on the steroids and while my skin is still flared up. I don’t know what to do. I’ve asked to reschedule for April, but I worry my periods will go all wonky donkey again in the meantime and they’ve been so good this month 😭. Back to normal, no crazy symptoms etc. I feel really conflicted over it but it’s too late now, it’s rescheduled. I guess it’ll be a test to see what my ovulation does this month without a session. I won’t be going again until my next cycle has just started but now I’m regretting panicking and rescheduling.

@selina37 I think the B6 has made a massive difference to my PMS mood. 👍

[quote 02Carol]@Lexber

Oh I'm glad it's not just me, I spent a week before joining in trying to understand the abbreviations! Who knew TTC was so complicated in more ways than 1 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[/quote]
I was conscious when I was typing earloer there are so many abbreviations.

@lexber if it helps of the top of my head...

OPK - ovulation tests (not sure what that actually stands for tbh)
CB - clear blue tests
FW - fertile week
CD1 - cycle day 1 (from first day of period)
2DPO - two days post ovulation
CP - chemical pregnancy
MC - miscarriage
MMC - missed miscarriage
Poas - pee on a stick... I kept reading this as polysistic ovary at first and got very confused!
2ww - two week wait
SA - semen analysis
Frer - first reponse pregnancy tests, most sensitive but as you may have seen some have an indent line which can be annoying
IC - not sure what this one is tbh
WS - Wank Station... Newly added following earlier comments on this thread 😂

Ah the formatting was knocked out on my abbreviations list. Hope it's readable! I had no idea there were so many!

Thanks guys that actually makes so much sense now - I had a good read.
I'm still questioning a few @02Carol lol we will get there.. Fingers crossed this is my AF and I can start tracking ovulation and jump on my fella haha

[quote Lexber]@sickofthisyear sorry to sound stupid but what is a chemical pregnancy?

I have strips in the post, and have been taking vitamins since jan including FA just to make me feel better in myself and today a BIG one for me - I had a decaf costa haha [/quote]
It's an early miscarriage. So you would have got a positive test and missed a period but I believe its one before 3 weeks but not sure on that

Yeah the b6 was great for my pms symptoms and my mood @selina37 @sickofthisyear

@KG1145

Thank you for this, loving the new addition WS 🤣💦

Omg WS made the abbreviations list lmao

IC is internet cheapie tmk @KG1145

@KG1145 WS made me laugh. Would never have dreamt that I'd be discussing WS whilst TTC.

Wish it was as easy as my mum threatened it was! She honestly had me terrified as a teenager. My DH was first 'proper' boyfriend and I can't believe the years we spent wasting ££ and/or mind space on contraception 🤦‍♀️

Oh god don’t get me started on that @WrongendoftheSTIX. I chucked a bunch over out of date condoms the other day when cleaning out a drawer. Dunno why we bothered to use protection for as long as we did now. Ugh.