TWW at 40 yrs old

[poppymango]

A few days into my two week wait now, period due around 2nd of March.

Trying not to get too excited as I'll soon be 40 and I know my chances are lower - nevertheless, I found myself downloading a pregnancy tracking app this morning and looking at all the visuals of what the baby would look like at various stages 🙃

Anyone else out there want to wait with me? Crossing fingers and toes for my November baby!!

@Iris2024 I’m so so sorry to hear your news. Sending you lots of love. I hope you have support around you xx

Looks like the "sad day" that I didn't have in the run up to my period has hit me twice as hard today. AF has arrived with merciless force and I'm in terrible pain and can't stop crying. Fun times.

Congratulations @EmberR

@Iris2024sorry to hear about your chemical. I had one last month and I was so emotional about it. It hit me a lot harder than I thought. I hope you manage to have a good birthday ❤️

Congratulations @EmberR everything crossed for you.

@Iris2024I’m sorry to hear your news. It’s awful when you get your hopes up and they’re dashed so quickly. Happy Birthday and I hope this new year brings good news for you.

@poppymangohave a good cry if you find it helps. I’m one of those people who shutting myself away to have a cry helps sometimes. Look after yourself. A nice bath and a glass of wine or some chocolate is what I usually go for when I need a bit of self care.

I’m mega confused this month…nothing new there! So last month I ovulated on day 20 and period came on day 29. This cycle I’m currently on day 24 and no sign of ovulation. I use the strips and they’ve all been negative (highest rating 0.4), no EWCM which is usually a big giveaway for me. I wonder if I’m just not ovulating this cycle. Which is very annoying!

Can I ask a silly question. When does it go from a chemical pregnancy to a miscarriage?

Sorry for the daft question I just googled the answer!

@Alwaysroomforanotherdogwhat are the 2 lines on the graph? I don’t have a chart. I just use the strips and scan them onto Premom which tells me if it’s a high LH reading or a low one and track ovulation that way

@EmberR I was told anything before 6 weeks is a chemical

Someone on another post told me about using ChatGPT to analyse their cycle. I use Premom too… so I screen shot my graph and put it into ChatGPT and it literally worked out when I ovulated etc! Worth a try!

@Fullofconfusionthe second line is bbt 🤗

Thank you

Mega confused now. CD27. Waiting for my period to arrive but didn’t manage to catch ovulation so thinking it’s a cycle where I just didn’t ovulate. Stomach is bloated and crampy and I have back pain since yesterday. But today lots of EWCM. Like I’d expect when ovulating 🙈

will do an ovulation test when I’m home tonight after work but very odd cycle

I had a positive ovulation test so looks like I ovulated on CD28 which is very late even for me. I did used to have 31-33 day cycles so often ovulated late but never this late (at least not while I’ve been tracking). So I guess I’m in the 2ww now! And it’s going to be a long one

@Fullofconfusionoh wow! Fingers crossed for you!

I’ve just started to bleed. One week after my positive test… not good

@EmberR so sorry to hear that. Is it just spotting or do you have cramping and heavier bleeding?

@Fullofconfusion thanks for your kind words. It’s cramping and red blood. Definitely all over

@EmberRI’m so sorry, be kind to yourself

I hope everyone is OK. I am feeling so sad today. I know it was only very early but seeing a pregnancy only for it to fade away so quickly is devastating. My heart goes out to everyone who is trying. I just don’t know when to just give up x

@EmberR it hurts so much to have a loss at any stage. You get your hopes up when you see the line. I had a chemical earlier this year and found it really difficult. I’d not even told my partner before I started to bleed as I wanted to make sure it was really happening so I felt very along dealing with it. I hope you have some good support and are looking after yourself.

I think we’ve all had those moments when you wonder whether to give up. How long have you been trying?

@Fullofconfusion thank you for sharing your experience and being so honest. We’ve been trying for 1 year and now had two losses. I am 43 so this is really the end of the road for me

@EmberRoh bless you. It’s definitely not an easy journey.

I’m 40 and we’ve been trying for nearly 2 years. I had a miscarriage earlier this year plus a chemical before than. Last year we fell pregnant with a little boy and found out at the 20 weeks scan that he had heart problems and we made the heartbreaking decision to have a TFMR at 22 weeks. We were devastated and nearly gave up then and there but it’s something that we both want so much. I’m not quite ready to stop yet.

sending you lots of love and luck

@Fullofconfusion I’m so sorry to hear your journey has been so painful. I wish the best for you and really hope you get your dream. We all deserve it xx

11 dpo today and thought I’d do a test about 9:30pm and left it in the draw, I went into the bathroom just and looked at it and thought I’d left it too long, so I did another and after 3 minutes I have a faint line? Does this look like positive? Should it be darker at 11dpo? 😳

i was literally like this beginning of the year. I was told at the private clinic that my chances of natural conception are 2%, the only way would be with donor eggs. But I have started acupuncture and drinking Chinese tea, cut back on coffee, etc. and literally month later I was pregnant. I have lost that one in 6 weeks unfortunately, but in an unexpected twist I got pregnant again in the first cycle after miscarriage.
Still long way to go, but I am now much more hopeful - 13 weeks in, first scan was ok. I turned 44 3 weeks ago.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and everyone in this chat.