2023 TTC 35+ Part 6

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New thread as the other one ran out of space

@FiddleLeaf thank you - I ordered one earlier and it will be here tomorrow. Will try to wait until the weekend to do it and just try another internet cheap one tomorrow.

Hope you get good news too!

Same to you @JC084 ! My digital arrives tomorrow but OH is away so will wait for his return and keep my recent testing a secret 😬

Oh @FiddleLeaf and @RoseH36 I see your lines!! Amazing! Welcome @JC084 and congratulations!! X

@FiddleLeaf @JC084 I can see both of your lines too, keeping everything crossed.

@Bumblebee413 thank you. Hope you're doing well x

Congratulations to all those seeing lines, even if they are faint! Crossing everything for you that you have the stickiest of beans 🫘

I have an ovulation question. Basically, I get my strongest lines on OPKs with the first urine of the day (I use Clear Blues as well but that’s more to confirm positive tests) I realise I’m a bit of an anomaly with it as people say later in the day is when you should test but I do both and always find later in the day is lighter (I hold for four hours and limit liquid intake).

my question is, should we be DTD in the morning as that is when tests are strongest or am I just clutching at straws? We leave quite early for work so tend to DTD when we get home (6ish) or when we go to bed (10ish).

Any thoughts/opinions welcome!!

@RoseH36 i hope your next test lines are what you are hoping for xx I know it has been a hard journey and fingers crossed this bfp gets stronger and stronger

@FiddleLeaf that is amazing news! You just knew! What symptoms tipped you off and when?

@JC084 congratulations!!

@MrsBP15 i don’t think opk timing is clear cut - is it usually 12-36 hours before ov actually occurs, or something like that? You want swimmers to be in place beforehand so ideally to start dtd before you get the positive Opk and then day of and day after (at least) I think…. Time of day is probably more about your schedule and interest in dtd and time available!

4dpo here. Might stop temping as I can see ov is confirmed and I don’t think you can tell whether it’s an ovulatory or bfp cycle based on that so just unecessary torture. Need to distract myself… hope all the BFPs on this thread are a good sign for us all!!

@FiddleLeaf congratulations! 💥💥 Welcome @JC084 @MrsBP15 I would DTD in the morning just incase ovulation actually happened within 12 hours, rather than within 36 hours. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻

I think it’s DTD time for us too. Dark lines this morning and this evening, but both after five minutes as I got distracted…

We managed it last night, despite both being tired and grumpy. Any tips for getting in the mood when I’ve eaten my own body weight in food today, I’ve got minutes to write up and a presentation to prepare this evening and he’s knackered too?? Sexiest combination ever, right? 😝 Hopefully last night did the job… 🙊

@RoseH36 I remember you, welcome back!! Congratulations on your BFP, your anxieties are completely understandable but everything crossed for you lovely 🥰

@FiddleLeaf congratulations to you too!! Lovely news xxx

"I was too old by 3 months to have a round on the NHS 😫"

Sorry to hear that - whats the age limit or does it vary geographically?

Congrats :) ☆

Well..

Time to pull my brave big girl pants up so to speak

4 hospital appts in next 11 days

Had a consultant ring me yesterday

Tbh - if i get through the next 2 - 3 weeks without a life limiting or life changing diagnosis - they'll be a very big celebration

Very scared.

Not guna lie - was meant to get my will done 2 years ago when sold a flat.

Bkd appt to sort it next month

Thanks all 😚I’m certainly not counting my chickens yet especially after my loss but it’s exciting not to be out.

@worldwidetravel2017 It’s a postcode lottery. I moved last year and 37 is the cut off here. My last postcode it’s 40. Really frustrating but I’ve tried to focus on our luck that we can afford it, just. I’ve been thinking of you since reading this thread - you’re a strong character but sorry you’re having to be. It puts everything into perspective.

@CurlyWurly1991 I’ve been pregnant 3 times (a termination years ago, my MMC and this one if the tests are right), all 3 times I’ve had heartburn 3 or 4 days after ovulation or for the MMC, the embryo transfer. From there I’ve had vivid dreams, tired from half 4, quite clumsy and generally being a bit daft - I poured hot water on myself this morning. I’ve also been having these hiccups/mini burps fairly frequently and a little breathless, another common symptom for me!

Thank you
My strong character started at birth - was 9 weeks early
Very lucky to be - born okay - kinda thing

@FiddleLeaf amazing and beautiful that you know your body so well. Hope this is the beginning of a healthy pregnancy and you have your baby in your arms in 9 months time!!

Another test this morning and still very faint - dpo13.
So nervous after our early miscarriage in the summer ... but there's definitely a line isn't there

Hello, thought I'd check in here. Congratulations to all the BFPs!

Just for an update I am now around 9 weeks pregnant, I can't quite decide if time is flying or going slowly.

Hope everyone is ok

@JC084 there's definitely a line. I'm about 16DPO. I've run out of FRER so have more arriving today. Used a Babyplan one I've got left and I know people have said they come up incredibly faint, they aren't joking. I'm taking it as a good thing a line has come up and hope a FRER tomorrow will be darker than yesterday's 🤞

@Catson I'm so pleased to hear everything is going well so far for you.

@CurlyWurly1991 @H0pefull thank you both. It's certainly a nice surprise, I was honestly thinking it would never happen. All my tests came back clear from the hospital so we thought about testing DH sperm after Christmas, clearly that's still working alright. Now to hope the lines get darker and the pegesterone helps.

TW miscarriage

Hi,

I'm 37. I've been struggling to get pregnant for 13 years before surprisingly falling pregnant last year. Sadly that pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 14 weeks. I managed to get pregnant again 4 months later but miscarried again at 15.5 weeks. Since my last miscarriage 7 months ago my cycles have been everywhere.

I've been spotting between periods and my cycle has become really long where it's been regular before despite having endometriosis. In July/August for instance I was bleeding for 37 days and constantly bleeding between periods. My doctor did blood tests and confirmed no ovulation and low progesterone but won't refer me to Gynae or prescribe clomid to help with ovulation.

I'm scared I'll run out of time and go into menopause (women in my family go into menopause in their late 30s) The last 2 months I was on medroxyprogesterone to regulate my cycles and my last cycle was 37 days long. I got myself the ovusense BBT monitor to see what's going on but we're on day 20 with no ovulation.

But I'm new to this and maybe I'm about to ovulate? It said it did detect ovulation on CD 25 last month but that seems very late. Does this chart look normal and like ovulation is about to happen?

@Val1607 so sorry to hear of everything you've been through. Have you only spoken to one doctor about this? I'd be going for a second opinion with someone else. Have you mentioned your family history? If not that needs to be mentioned.

No advice on the charts as I've never used anything like that.

@RoseH36 congrats! And thank you. Just waiting for a darker line to hopefully appear in the next few days.

@Val1607 really sorry to read of what you've gone through. I had a mn early miscarriage in the summer and it was really tough. Can only imagine
how you feel. I'd agree that a second opinion would be good from another doctor. I would have thought you'd be able to get some help / support.
I can't help on the chart either sorry as don't use them, I just rely on clear blue advanced digitals which seem to work for me

@Val1607 Hi, sorry things have been so tough. I use fertility friend and manually temp with a thermometer. Are those your bbt readings? Temp should show a sustained rise after ovulation and then fall just before period. I’m afraid from those it doesn’t look like ovulation occurred. Does the Ovusense need a number of cycles to calibrate or anything? I use a Fitbit as well that monitors resting heart rate as that aligns with temp for me and means I don’t always have to take my temperature every morning.

@JC084 it's so hard waiting isn't it? I'm just assuming I ovulated later than I thought with mine. I tested last Friday and Sunday, both negative. Tuesday night I had a line that was so faint I barely saw it, that was the day before AF was due.