The 40+ club TTC

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Starting a new thread in the hope we can keep each other updated, positive vibes etc 🤪😊

Just turned 44. Have a 4 year old DD.
TTC for 5 months.
Using OPK's
Cycles regular, 24days.

Trying the very other day approach but happy to hear what others did differently...
Trying to stay calm but time ain't on my side !

@Rainbows121 thankyou that's reassuring . It's hard to stay calm. We've been trying since our 20s but didn't get the referral process going until 4 years ago and it's taken this length of time for nhs to get the ball rolling. I have pcos and I'm currently on ovulation induction medication. Ive done 3 cycles on it but no luck.i did have a chemical in december, by some miracle after a dye test, which was the first time weve ever had a postive pregnancy test but nothing since . I think egg quality is quite a problem for me given the pcos and age creeping up . If it hasn't happened in the next few months I think its onto ivf for us as he has morphology issues alongside my pcos. I'm currently 15dpo and AF is due tomorrow. I haven't bothered testing this month as bbt has dropped and pms symptoms have kicked in so I'm certain I'm out

@MoonlightDreamer I'm currently taking ubiquinol for egg quality so that might be worth trying. I'm also have fertility acupuncture. I unfortunately had 2 x MMC's before having DS and I believe acupuncture really helped.

Hi all long time no chat. Just wanted to not abandon the thread and spread some positivity. So up on the chat here, I had just found out I was pregnant and was treating it all like I was holding a tray of precious porcelain while wearing clown shoes! Just to say at 43 years YOUNG I gave birth to my son back in May. Absolutely healthy lovely babe at 8lb, born by c-section and he's doing great. almost 3 months old now. It's knackering and exhausting and like nothing else but I love him so so much. So here is the success story I was desperate to find when I was TTC. Sure it's a little harder as you get older but my advice is that we are all 'realists' at our core and we know this, but what we truly need in the TTC stage is hope, positivity, and a bunch of success stories that make us cry with joy. So this is mine. Read it and may it make your day better and your TTC journey feel a little easier. Love to all. Don't let our patriarchal, negative societal expectations get you down. As my midwife told me when I told her I was old, 'you're absolutely not the oldest woman I'm seeing by a long shot. And the oldest was 50'. x x x

I know this is an old thread but it's so reassuring to see the above post. I'm 39 almost 40, had my first at 37, not ttc without much luck and feeling like I left it too long, knowing I wanted two and having been with my DH for over a decade. We just weren't ready before due to living in a tiny flat and my doing a long postgraduate degree (now I wish I had prioritised baby making). I'm so in love with my son and incredibly grateful but worried I won't have another.

Hi,

I have been TTC for over a year now had a miscarriage a year ago fell so quickly.
had scan/bloods all ok
finding it so emotionally hard now. I’ve been taking Letrozole for 3 months one docs says don’t need it others says try for a further 3 months please any as she would be helpful!!!

Hi can you tell me if a GP can prescribe letrozole please or does it have to be done through a fertility specialist? Thank you x

39 but trying to conceive my fifth.

Hi

i got my prescribed by gynancologist that deals with fertility.