Aged 38, ttc number 3. Last baby was born when I was 34 and my cycles seem a bit different but generally regular. Had unprotected sex on the day I got a positive opk, ovulation pains and ewcm exactly a week ago today. Am completely convinced I am pregnant and am trying to manage my own expectations to avoid any disappointment!
This is our first cycle trying to conceive since we last tried in 2016. We tried for our first child in 2014 for about a year, but I was conscious of the fact that I had no ovulation symptoms in all the time. The one month I did have the symptoms, I got pregnant. With our second, I fell first time too as I was very 'ovulatey' after my first.
Felt very 'ovulatey' 7 days ago too. It's not just the opk, the pain, the ewcm, nor the increased libido, but I get a strange fizzy sensation in my head on the same day when all of those other symptoms are in place. It always makes me think that a big egg is oncoming! So now it's just a waiting game.
It's funny, even though I'm just a few years older than when I had my most recent child, I can see that my face has changed. Not in a bad way at all, aging is a beautiful privilege, but I have more crows feet and a few more worn out areas that I didn't have last time. My roots werent quite as grey. Today i was imaging how I would look being pregnant the age I am now.
Early menopause runs in my family so I feel that time is ticking. My mum started the menopause in her 30s so I am aware that might happen to me.
Sorry for the ramble. Interesting to read everyone's story and hopefully we will all get a happy outcome.