TTC 35+ Thread 7

[sickofthisyear]

New thread- apologies for the unimaginative title!

@Marvellouslymadmum AF was only a few days late, a couple of days before it started I got the faintest line on FRER but wasn't sure if it was an evap line.
AF is usually around 5 days but this month it was 7 days and then came to an end and now started bleeding like a new AF, although it's not as dark as normal AF. So I'm currently on day 9 of bleeding but no sign of it going away, this is totally not normal for me.

Sorry about your news @Kitekat81 but at least you know how many follicles you had on the scan.

Welcome to the thread @pinkpirlie

And also good that they gave you plenty of info @Kitekat81, hopefully you’ll find it useful

@Kitekat81 You’re having this all done privately? Is that to speed things along?

@Magnum99 I'd say that definitely sounds like a cp to me, when I had my first mc I kept getting a bit of bleeding then would stop then start again so I was all over the place! Good that your doc is checking you out though

@Misty84 yes I'll have to do ivf privately. We already had the initial nhs fertility appointment and were told that we would need to have been trying unsuccessfully for 2 years before we would be diagnosed with unexplained infertility, and they don't put you on the nhs waiting list for ivf until that point. 2 years of trying would take us to april 2022, and then the waiting list is 10 months so that would be January 2023 before we would qualify for ivf on the nhs. I can't wait until January 2023.

@Kitekat81*@Misty84 please don’t be down about those AMH results. Until that number is 0, you’re still in the game. My sister had a low-ish AMH before her first, but then got breast cancer when my niece was 6 months old (the baby saved her as it was due to breastfeeding she found the lump). She’s now 38 and chemotherapy dropped her AMH to 2.3. She was pretty down about that result, but two weeks later and she’s just found out she’s pregnant again!! It’s one piece in a fertility puzzle and there are lots of elements to tweak - which you’re both doing brilliantly. Just don’t fee to Sht about that one figure. Xxxx

@Kitekat81 Ah ok, thanks for explaining. It’s a hell of a long wait between tests on the NHS so you’re doing the right thing, you don’t want to waste time.
I’m in the middle of a 2 month wait for a consultation to discuss my transvaginal scan. Only after that can I be booked in for a HyCoSy (and that’ll be a good few months more waiting). I’ve always thought I’ve had a bit of time on my side but I was 34 when I started TTC and I’m 37 in a few months with absolutely nothing achieved, so time does slip away if you don’t make things happen...😔 If ivf is the route then fine, but like you I’m very worried about my low AMH and what impact that will have.

Ahh thank you @Geriatric1234 ❤️❤️❤️🙏

@Geriatric1234 that's brilliant news for your sister! (and for you as auntie 😊) And reassuring for me and @Misty84!

@Misty84 that's mad to have a 2-month wait to discuss the scan. What exactly are they waiting to tell you?? In mine they talked me through it while they were doing the scan, there wasn't much to discuss afterwards.

Lovely story @Geriatric1234!

@Misty84 that’s so long, they really mess around sometimes. Telling us results should be the easy part

@Kitekat81 @thislittlebird I know, so frustratingly long. But they won’t book me in for the HyCoSy until Ive had the consultation. I think it’s an overall discussion in addition to talking about the scan I’ve just had 🙄 I’m certainly going to be pushing for answers/future steps as god knows when the next opportunity will be to speak to someone!!

Thanks for the new thread. Just placemarking and will join in convo properly soon x

All this talk of docs etc reminds me my GP is calling me sometime tomorrow afternoon to discuss my blood test results

I'll be out working so hopefully I don't miss the call!

Need to get my partner to chase his results as it's been exactly 2 weeks now

Just marking my spot, thanks for the new thread

Quick OPK Q: I invested in the Clear Blue ones following all the advice on last thread (thank you guys!). Because I’m so hopeless I didn’t read instructions until the day I was supposed to start testing, so I missed the morning pee. My cycle is 27/28 days every month and I took baseline test on the eve of day 8 (probably should have started morning of day 7).

Today is day 11 and I’m seeing a O. I’m expecting ovulation day 14, purely based on my free period tracker app! (Though, to be fair, it did get me pregnant before Xmas, albeit not a sticker!)

How many days before peak have any of you seen a high? Curious if it is 5 days (per my free tracker) or if it’s a shorter more accurate window.

Or have I effed up the testing already

Xxx

@climbershell good luck today with results!

@sickofthisyear thanks for setting up thread!

@Kitekat81 Thank you!

@Misty84 That’s so long, but at least you have the appointment. Does feel slightly nuts they won’t give you an indication of what they saw though, at least to put your mind at rest that whatever is there is treatable! You’re so much more patient than I am.

@thislittlebird Yeah, she’s been through a lot so it’s awesome she got such a fast BFP! X

P.S - don’t think I’m up early stressing over ovulation kits! I have to leave for work early and actually woke up before alarm.

I SWEAR I AM TOTALLY CHILL!! 🤣🤣

@Geriatric1234 When I used CB it would give me one or two days of high before peak. So it definitely felt like immediate notice rather than a long run up!

CD10 and this would normally be my fertile window (ovulation should be around Sunday / Monday) but still bleeding with no signs of it coming to an end.
Would you still DTD as normal? I'm not opposed to DTD during AF but not sure if it would be totally pointless.
Am I likely to even ovulate whilst bleeding? (I suspect very early CP last cycle).

@Kitekat81 What was your follicle count? I mistakenly told you yesterday that my AMH is 2.4, but I woke up remembering that it’s 2.3 🤦‍♀️🤪

@Misty84 it was 6 in January when I had had the first scan. Then in February when I went for the hycosy they could see 7. Which is better than 6 but still not great.

No spotting this morning, so guess still in with a slim chance that yesterday was ovulation.

No cramps atm, tho boobs still aching.

I'll be anxiously going to the toilet every time from now and going to bed on Monday!

I get a high reading (I’m using the CB fertility monitor with the machine but not sure if it’s the same) from day 8 to the day of the LH peak @Geriatric1234. What is an O? Lh peak? On mine it’s just low, peak, high (Lh surge days).

This month I got a high reading for 5 days, days, then Peak for two days, then high again. Last month it was high for days 8-14 and so on.

Here I am, CD1 again
This will be our 5th cycle TTC #1. Very difficult to reign in the wobbly lip this morning.

Hey ladies, sorry been awol this week! Hurrah for new thread - thanks for setting up! 😃

I'm so so so sorry re: the rough news and BFNs! 😔😔😔

Sadly it seems like it's a crappy week/day today all round! Having a shit time atm with family drama, plus CD32 here and keep panicking that my body is broken - I've had a BBT drop, so hopefully that means AF is now coming and my body is working normally. However, I need to remember that I'm still healing post-MC! I'm just so damned impatient, but I hate these negative feelings that crop up! 😭😭😭

Urgh sorry for thought dumping, piling that onto the group! I just needed that off my chest!

Gonna get some tea, biscuits, and get stuck into some work! I'll be back soon to respond to everyone properly! 😘😘😘