2024 TTC 35+ Part 2

[VixFromThe6ix]

Hi my darlings,

Time for a new thread!

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New TTC-ers are always welcome!!!

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Sore nipples = often preg

Youll probably be preg - pos test by 17 dpo

My the app says im 14dpo but I think I ovulated later around 17th/18th with how many body was so sat here wondering did I ovulate later or are my cycles just all over as im approaching 40 so times not on my side:-( i go away in May so if AF comes im having a chilled may and not tracking and switching off so i dont become obsessed when away haha.

see i have been pregnant before and i always knew because sore nipples, but it slways showed on a test at that time… also its like they are burning and tingly🤦🏻‍♀️

Was it easy for you to get a referral? I'm sorry to hear that, did you have pcos symptoms before being tested? Thanks for your help!

Thanks,I really appreciate the information, can't help but feel like I'm sinking at the moment.

I'm glad you got the help you needed from your GP, seems like they can be very reluctant and dismissive most of the time.

I hear that, I wish someone had given me a much needed heads up about what age fertility starts to decline, I'm starting to have much regret about wasted time.

I'm sorry for your loss too, thanks for your words. No, I haven't had any tests apart from FSH (which I'm sure my GP had me take at the incorrect time in my cycle) so I'm concerned they have incorrect results.
Thanks, I will look into that now!

Thanks for this information! I had full blood count, including vitamin D and FSH blood tests, so I will definitely be taking this information and asking my doctor to run these tests as well, I can only hope they are forthcoming.
I will be looking into these now, thanks so much 🙏

I have my lip and chin waxed often

But that can be hirusum . However its spelt

There are many different types of pcos

U only need 2 from a long list to get diagnosed..

My cycles used to be 28 days regular - they arent anymore

Some ppl with pcos do have pcos diagnosed and have regular periods

I have low shbg - mines currently 15
My free androgen is high

Low shbg
And high free androgen
Both support pcos diagnosis

I used hertility health
Private hormone and fertility testing
Last summer
Very high amh
= pcos

On my latest transvaginal scan - polycystic ovaries
They were not polycystic on scan last summer tho..

You need to ask gp for blood tests 4
Testosterone
Shbg
Free androgen

Some ppl with pcos have testosterone
My testosterone keeps coming bk normal
But i still have pcos
As only need 2 things from list

Gynae referal was fast - maybe as i have a history with them
Im also quite direct and assertive and do chase the secretaries in the departments

Your gynae appt should be within 6 -8
Weeks
Given age and history

Gp can do many bloods
Do change gp if unhappy

Hertility health 150 gbp
I highly recommend
Get results and get them onto ur NHS record after

Sometimes ppls positive isnt til later
Maybe later implantation
Or lower hcg 4 a bit

I think ur preg

Additionally i paid 40 gbp 4 a consultation with hertility health
With a hormone expert

I also got my thyroid tested on nhs.and privately with super drug

Hertility health are amazing

Randox health also do a female profile for 30 gbp
Ive done that too

Hh dont do progsterone.
Randox health do
I recommend u do both. And get both on NHS rec

Do push gp for hormone bloods.
Fsh
LH
SHBG
Free androgen
Prolactin
Testosterone

Very welcome

Ive also has 2 x transvaginal scans..

Try saying you want to check 4 fibroids
And structural

They should offer you a transvaginal scan

I had a ca125 blood test.due to bloating and some irregular cycles
That test result can get u transvaginal scan faster

I hope so 🤞🏼 you would think after 4 pregnancies it would be easier haha

Thanks so much for all that information, you've helped me considerably more than my GP has and you sound more informed too! I'm going to take all this with me when I go to my appointment, thanks for recommending hertility too, I think that will be a big help for me 🙏

I had a transvaginal scan eight weeks ago, just after my miscarriage. Is this the same type of scan? They said everything looked okay, just had a cyst from the pregnancy, but it had just resolved itself. Thanks for your help!

Thank you
It helps me to help others

Yes - a transvaginal scan would generally show any fibroids etc

Sorry to hear re miscarriage
We know that pain

Has your thyroid been tested since miscarriage?

Do order the HH kit

@RememberZen - have u had feretin , b12 and vit d checked

^ none of those 3 are included in full blood count..

Before we started trying to concieve - i had feretin , vit d and b12 checked

I was actually deficent in all 3

( some of which likely linked to having had ebv / glandular fever in 2022)

We fixed feretin , b12 and vit d before we started trying

B12 - regular potato
And 3 eggs a week
( eggs are gd 4 fertility)

.. i like the ' it starts with an egg book

Some females dont / cant concieve til they have gd feretin levels

B12 can also be important

As can vit d.

If you want / need any further miscarriage support - i found the miscarriage association
& Tommy's baby charity to both be very gd @RememberZen

How are you today ?

@VixFromThe6ix how are you ?

Iv not tested today as dont want to be seeing snothwr BFN😫 still no AF yet either.

Boobs still stingley ? Dya have nausea ?

When dya plan to test ? 5 days time?

Hi ladies, need some advice if I may...I haven't had a period for the last 4 months but I felt I was ovulating over the weekend. I checked on Sunday and this morning and it came up as positive. Whether it's a false positive I'm not sure. But is it possible to get pregnant with no period but to still ovulate? I'm going to call the gp for a day 21 progrestone test to see if I ovulated. Any advice?

@Xxfifixx89 fingers crossed for you - I'm living vicariously through everyone this month having skipped it (although don't miss the emotional roller coaster that is TWW and testing)
Hoping for a BFP for you

Thank you. No, I haven't had any blood work done since the miscarriage, thyroid was good beforehand and was good. I've had terrible acne all over my body whilst being pregnant and afterwards, it's only started to clear up now, I don't usually get it, so I don't know if it's just my hormones settling down or some kind of imbalance. I'm hoping bloods will confirm that.

I have had B12 deficiency in the past, so before trying I was tested for that and feretin, and it came back good, so at least that's one thing they checked.

I was taking and am still taking prior, during and currently, folic acid, vitamin D and B12 daily supplements. And just started taking 50mg coq10, after reading up about it, maybe I need a higher dose, I asked my GP about it and he said don't bother, so I'm unsure if it will make a difference.

I'm just overthinking at the moment and panicking myself. My ovulation came four days early, which is unusual for me, I'm feeling hot now and again. It could just be my hormones setting after the loss, but I went down a rabbit hole of thinking the miscarriage kick started perimenopause. I don't know how likely this is.

I got pregnant so easy after two months of trying. Now I'm feeling it just won't happen again. Tried twice since the miscarriage. And now dull pain during ovulation these last two months, I've never experienced that before either.

I feel so let down by my GP, I can't wait to get the ball rolling for a referral (if he'll let me) I feel like I'm stick in this horrible limbo at the moment, losing valuable time.

Have you ordered the Hh set ?

You can ask gp for crp blood test - checks for inflammation in the body
( i mention this as u mentioned aches etc)

Have u ever taken zinc ? Zinc daily is good for fertility