Continuing conceptions and follicling ahead of Feisty, Fabulous Forty somethings

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Hello world!

Wow, where did you dig all that up from. I've been on here a while and there are some on there that i've never heard of. So sorry to hear that you had to take your mind of stuff rainbow -what is the latest with you.

OK, so i have a confession to make. We went to Homebase for what seemed like hours of DIY shopping and are both knackered. DH says can we do morning instead?

I've said yes, the troops from the Wed night should still be hanging about so hopefully we wont miss the crucial window. Just read on another thread that the lads swim better in the mornings (who researches these things?)

So I wont be doing it tonight but will be tomorrow -first thing - ok.

The rest of you, go go go - Hippy waves pompoms and generally encourages everyone.

jolly good to have you back - I missed you .

Alfiemac Age 43 - TTC#3 DS's (3.8) - ICSI
Curlylox
Dechen age 45 TTC#3, DS 12 AID with Clomid), DD 9 (AID without Clomid)
Diege 39.11mI'm 40 on the 27th May, ttc baby no.5 second month trying
doubleshotlatte
Florencerusty 41 and trying for no5 (maybe no7 if you count sc) Day 14 of 2nd clomid cycle
Frosticle Age 45 - TTC#2 DD (4)currently investigating going to a fertility clinic
Ghenghismaam 46
gonepearshaped 42 TTC#2 DS 6
Gumblossom 43, ttc baby no.6, DS(18)DS(16) DD(12)DD(9)DS(1)
Hairytriangle - amI/aren'tI
Haystack
hippychick66 Age- 43 -TTC #3?
holeymoley 44, twin boys (4 years at the end May)via ICSI. Hoping for miracle conception.
Hopeful45 Age-45 - TTC#4 -DD(10);DD(6);DS(4)
Jollster 42 (DS 2 this month), 2 MMCs (Aug09/Mar10), currently waiting to TTC#2 on acupuncturist advice.
Laurasmiles 41 - TTC#3 DS(5) DD(3) (natural)
liahgen66
MrsFinklebum 47 and trying to conceive no. 4
Pinkpanettone nearly 45
Pollyanna -I'm 40 on 29th of May ttc no 6
Praggy Age 45 - TTC#1 after 3 m/c (natural conceptions)
Rainbowdays 42 (ds1-6,dd-5,ds2-2) 7m/c's, currently waiting to confirm a chemical pregnancy.
RowingBoat Age 43 (nearly wrote 53) TTC#2 going for FET March?
SilverStuddedBlue 45 - TTC#2 DD (5)
SummerSky
Tetleytea Age 42 - TTC#2 DD (3.5)
Triggles
wemakebeautifulbabies
Woodelf still 46 TTC#2 DS(3) - natural conc.

Congrats to:
Alba, 41 PG #2
ElusiveMoose,
KiwiKat Age 44 - DS (3.7) IVF - Mar-10 pg#2
ILoveGregoryHouse Age 40 - TTC#4 DSx3
TheFatLadyScreams (TFLS) Age 41 - PG #1

Ok just updated myself, hope I did it right, anyway rainbow sorry you're having such a strange time, thinking of you.

Count me in for tonight, probably...

This thread has turned in to one great big shag-athon!!!!! There had better be some BFP's in a couple of weeks .

The Mentalist is on in 4 minutes so i will be MIA for a while. I love him!!!! Wouldn't mind TTCing with him! Sorry DH - don't mean it really .

Just a quickie as I see most of you are BUSY tonight in the best monty python way [wink wink] nudge nudge say n'more. Ghengis I sent an email to you, hope you got it, sorry the appeal didn't go well.
Don't know if this helps or hurts Rainbow and Hairy but I remember a documentary about older Mums, much older than any of us on here, so far and she had had IVF and then had a really heavy bleed which they thought must be a MC and 4/5 mths later found out it had been twins and the other one went on to full gestation. Sorry if that doesn't help at all, strange things happen with bodies and babies my dear Mother didn't realise she was pg with me until 7 mths gone - she'd already had 3.

Hope you are feeling better and your Dad too Rowing my LO has been off school all week with something and joy of joys has just passed it on to me - I do so hate being ill - yet another excuse not to unpack any boxes
I'm off to watch telly no SWI for me tonight - even if I did know what it meant. Oh I am so out of the loop.

Alfiemac Age 43 - TTC#3 DS's (3.8) - ICSI
Curlylox age 42 (turn 43 25th May)1 MC Feb 2010 - TTC#3 DS(20) DD(5)
Dechen age 45 TTC#3, DS 12 AID with Clomid), DD 9 (AID without Clomid)
Diege 39.11mI'm 40 on the 27th May, ttc baby no.5 second month trying
doubleshotlatte
Florencerusty 41 and trying for no5 (maybe no7 if you count sc) Day 14 of 2nd clomid cycle
Frosticle Age 45 - TTC#2 DD (4)currently investigating going to a fertility clinic
Ghenghismaam 46
gonepearshaped 42 TTC#2 DS 6
Gumblossom 43, ttc baby no.6, DS(18)DS(16) DD(12)DD(9)DS(1)
Hairytriangle - amI/aren'tI
Haystack
hippychick66 Age- 43 -TTC #3?
holeymoley 44, twin boys (4 years at the end May)via ICSI. Hoping for miracle conception.
Hopeful45 Age-45 - TTC#4 -DD(10);DD(6);DS(4)
Jollster 42 (DS 2 this month), 2 MMCs (Aug09/Mar10), currently waiting to TTC#2 on acupuncturist advice.
Laurasmiles 41 - TTC#3 DS(5) DD(3) (natural)
liahgen66
MrsFinklebum 47 and trying to conceive no. 4
Pinkpanettone nearly 45
Pollyanna -I'm 40 on 29th of May ttc no 6
Praggy Age 45 - TTC#1 after 3 m/c (natural conceptions)
Rainbowdays 42 (ds1-6,dd-5,ds2-2) 7m/c's, currently waiting to confirm a chemical pregnancy.
RowingBoat Age 43 (nearly wrote 53) TTC#2 going for FET March?
SilverStuddedBlue 45 - TTC#2 DD (5)
SummerSky
Tetleytea Age 42 - TTC#2 DD (3.5)
Triggles
wemakebeautifulbabies
Woodelf still 46 TTC#2 DS(3) - natural conc.

Congrats to:
Alba, 41 PG #2
ElusiveMoose,
KiwiKat Age 44 - DS (3.7) IVF - Mar-10 pg#2
ILoveGregoryHouse Age 40 - TTC#4 DSx3
TheFatLadyScreams (TFLS) Age 41 - PG #1

Ok just updated myself, hope I did it right, anyway

sorry to hear about your possible rtd rainbow - this happened to me a couple of months ago. Horrendous period followed.

Well done on the list though!

Yes, hideous that my mum read my posts - I don't think she would look on here though, she did tell me I was wallowing on day 3 after my mc (when I was hospitalised). (hello mum) Can't think of another name though for the moment.

Does anyone have a clearblue fertility monitor thingie? i am thinking of getting one for next month. Will have to hide it from dh though - I am pretending to be being laid back and relaxed about the whole ttc thing.

summersky yes that kinda helps, but if that were the case, I'm guessing my hCG would be higher and rising higher, and that they could have seen something on the scan? it's all so confusing!

Update - more blood today, Tues reading of HCG up to 118 (not 100 as I was told), more blood on Weds next week, review with doc on Friday, then another scan the following Tues.

Feels like they are finally acknowledging that I need to know wtf is going on.

Today's blood result will be back tomorrow I'm hoping it's either shot right down (as i seem to be having ovulation signs? bizarre!) or gone hugely up!

We done on the list Rainbow. What a huge group of over 40's we have.And after the latest shag fest, that list of congrats should keep growing.

I'm pretty sure I ovulated - so excited- have been waiting a while. I have had quite sore nipples while breastfeeding and have heard that's often the case when ovulating. I had an obvious + opk yesterday morning, but then later in the day it wasn't as dark. My DH didn't get home from his school camp til in the evening, so I am hoping we didn't miss the window of opportunity.I also had ovulation pain most of the day, so that could mean we were right on time. I don't know and time will tell. I guess I'll know in a couple of weeks if I did indeed ovulate, but would be very surprised if I didn't.

It is nice to think that I'm at least back in the game!

Rowing, sorry to hear your dad isn't well.I hope he's much better today.

Rainbow, sorry about the bleeding. Have you been checked out for that antiphospho - what'sitsname thingo that Alba had talked about? Surely having several miscarriages warrants an investigation?

Hairy, I hope you have answers soon.

Well, the household is certainly in the wars lately! Apart from my sore toe (which incidentally may have just been a dislocation because it is feeling a lot better), DS's 7 stitches, DS3 decided to kiss the slow combustion stove! What!!!? Why would he do that????So now he looks like he's had collagen treatment gone wrong.Silly little boy! Luckily it isn't so hot that it'll give a really bad burn, but it's a burn all the same. What was he thinking? We have a fire guard but the little Houdini managed to get around it. I was talking to my sister and he decided to take the opportunity to get a burn!

So I suppose I'll stay off the wine for the next little while? I guess it'll be a good idea. Maybe get out the progesterone cream? Does anyone else use the cream? Do you start using it right after ovulation or later?

Polly I had a fertility monitor last time I was ttc and I really liked it, but found the sticks very expensive (they don't sell them in Australia and I had to buy them from the US) so I sold it after DS was born.In some ways it isn't very different from using opks, but it is good in that it gives you a reading first thing in the morning and will pick up when you start to get fertile through to the peak time.

Enjoy your day/evening!

Alfiemac Age 43 - TTC#3 DS's (3.8) - ICSI
Curlylox age 42 (turn 43 25th May)1 MC Feb 2010 - TTC#3 DS(20) DD(5)
Dechen age 45 TTC#3, DS 12 AID with Clomid), DD 9 (AID without Clomid)
Diege 39.11mI'm 40 on the 27th May, ttc baby no.5 second month trying
doubleshotlatte
Florencerusty 41 and trying for no5 (maybe no7 if you count sc) Day 14 of 2nd clomid cycle
Frosticle Age 45 - TTC#2 DD (4)currently investigating going to a fertility clinic
Ghenghismaam 46
gonepearshaped 42 TTC#2 DS 6
Gumblossom 43, ttc #6, DS(19)DS(17) DD(13)DD(10)DS(20 months)
Hairytriangle - amI/aren'tI
Haystack
hippychick66 Age- 43 -TTC #3?
holeymoley 44, twin boys (4 years at the end May)via ICSI. Hoping for miracle conception.
Hopeful45 Age-45 - TTC#4 -DD(10);DD(6);DS(4)
Jollster 42 (DS 2 this month), 2 MMCs (Aug09/Mar10), currently waiting to TTC#2 on acupuncturist advice.
Laurasmiles 41 - TTC#3 DS(5) DD(3) (natural)
liahgen66
MrsFinklebum 47 and trying to conceive no. 4
Pinkpanettone nearly 45
Pollyanna -I'm 40 on 29th of May ttc no 6
Praggy Age 45 - TTC#1 after 3 m/c (natural conceptions)
Rainbowdays 42 (ds1-6,dd-5,ds2-2) 7m/c's, currently waiting to confirm a chemical pregnancy.
RowingBoat Age 43 (nearly wrote 53) TTC#2 going for FET March?
SilverStuddedBlue 45 - TTC#2 DD (5)
SummerSky
Tetleytea Age 42 - TTC#2 DD (3.5)
Triggles
wemakebeautifulbabies
Woodelf still 46 TTC#2 DS(3) - natural conc.

Congrats to:
Alba, 41 PG #2
ElusiveMoose,
KiwiKat Age 44 - DS (3.7) IVF - Mar-10 pg#2
ILoveGregoryHouse Age 40 - TTC#4 DSx3
TheFatLadyScreams (TFLS) Age 41 - PG #1

Morning!Great to see a list up Rainbow,many thanks . How are things going?
Gum lol at shag-fest . It will be an exciting 2 weeks for a few of us.Great news about ovulation too.
Hippy presume this morning went ok?? Dh has been put to pasture now for a few days at least.
Hairy hope you get some answers from your tests - do you hear back today?
Well,I have a rare day out, sans children today. Have decided the best present dh could give me (other than the obvious ) is hard cash . Meeting up with a friend in Liverpool and we're hitting the shops. I'm leaving in an hour, back 5ish. Very excited . Just being nosey, but where abouts are people in the UK/outside UK? Don't worry, I won't be stalking you, just curious if there's anyone in N.West England??

diege I'm a southern softie - currently in hertforshire but hoping to be a real real southerner and move to the IOW.

hairy and rainbow thinking of you both and send lots of love.

Troops in place ths morning. HAve been having pains for days now so must be about to ov or have ov'd. Sit back and wait time soon. (more like sit back and worry about length of luteal phase time!)

gum exciting news. glad you are back in the game.

rowing can't be long til your little ice pops are popped in.

polly like the idea of you pretending to be laid back (like we could ever really not know what day we were on etc). Still we let them think we're all relaxed and laid back - don't we!

All others - hippy hugs to you too.

Good to hear so many of you are having fun with your swi-nging together.

Thank you for all your support, so many of you have been so kind in your sympathy and encouragement. I have an answer not, as the faint tests have finally got fainter, to nearly invisable, so it confirms that it was an early period.... I have to say that, I can't add yet another one to my numbers of m/c's. If I hadn't tested early I would not have know about it (apart from the symptoms that is). I spent the last two days trying to convince myself that it was just a huge implantation bleed, but I know it was not, I am just baffled over why it caused me to have a shorter cycle! Oh well, in a week or so, I will be feeling happier and getting back into action.

I have been investigated for recurrent miscarriage, I had all normal blood tests, but despite this they put me on asprin to see if it would help, but after yet another 3 m/c I stopped taking it after the last one. There is a possiblity that my progesterone levels are a little low, but there is so much debate on this. I took the progesterone for the last m/c and it lasted longer but did not actually stop it. So I am still debating on whether to try taking the progesterone again. I have another appointment at the recurrent miscarriage clinic at the end of this month, so waiting to see what they say then.

Hairy - I am hoping your blood test has gone up to the 200's for you?

Gum - take the progesterone cream from about 3 days after ov, when you are sure you have ov'd, as ov signs can often come before actual ov. So maybe start using it from monday!

hi to everyone else !

Rowing
Have DD2 at home she's 21 and has moved out 3 times but I never get to the locksmith quick enough and she keeps coming home

We have SS 18 every other weekend, DD1 at least once a week for a meal and we dont talk about SD!

Well done on the list lets hope we have lots of 40+ BFP's soon.

Morning Ladies (at least it is here in Oz).

Had an interesting day yesterday, a bit .

I was out having coffee with my sister (she's 39) and she said her period was late, but she'd been on the pill.Then with further discussion I found out she's been on anti-biotics and had diarreah, so I say, the pill may not have worked. We went and got a test, she poas in the public toilets, and sure enough it's +. Which would be lovely, but the baby is her lover's, not her husband's!!!! It's an awful situation for her.But I'm a bit amazed that she didn't know about the pill. She wouldn't be the first.

And of course I feel as she really doesn't want a baby right now, and I couldn't help but wish that the + was mine. Not very sympathetic is it, but I guess this is her journey and she'll have to sort it all out. Who knows what she'll do...

Hopefully we'll all get our + test and sticky babies really soon.

Hi all,
I'm just off to bed, but I had to say. GUM I that's a big shock. It's not her husbands! Are they still together because that is so harsh on her husband.
What a shock that must have been.
How many sisters do you have incidentally? Are you from a big family?
Do you know what she is going to do?
I do understand how you feel about the pregnancy, but I do really feel for her and her husband.
I think your positive OPK and the nicely timed sex sounds very promising, the most promising since I can remember you posting. Fingers crossed for you.

so sorry Rainbow, that's tough.

oh blimey gum what a situation!

I'm also about to start progesterone cream; was sort of convinced by the apparent lack of downsides, and its enthusiastic use in AC clinics; who knows more about early pregnancy than that lot? Understand that you start 3daysPOv, and guess you take until you bleed again... and if you don't bleed you're pregnant and you take until 12 weeks...? Is that it in a nutshell?

This is the last month of not TTC, as my acupuncturist wanted another cycle of treating me knowing I was definitely not pregnant; although didn't want to miss out on the Friday night team SWI/SWOI, but think as was on CD15 I'm probably ok... mmm, just counting on fingers maybe I did cut it a bit fine....

Anyway special wave to Hairy - hope you are doing ok.

I'm in Brighton btw. Blue skies this morning, but due rain later; shame as have a birthday party in the park later.

Jollster, I actually only have one sister, but she's a gemini, so you could count that as 2!!

Yes, it is a crap situation, and she got herself into it. She's been separated from hubby for about 5 months, spends half the week in another city then home for a few days as she has 4 kids here. She was just coming round to the idea of moving back here,getting her own house,so she could be with her kids cos the lover still hasn't told the wife. Looks like he'll have to do something now,but he also has three kids to consider.

A bad situation all round.I sincerely doubt there will be a chance for a reconciliation with hubby now.

I think I'll start the prog cream on Monday, as I am pretty sure it was Ov on Fri. I might even start taking my temp again to see what is going on.

Time for a nice cup of tea!

Hi jkolster I'm in Brighton too hcg up to 155

So much to keep up with! I've been overwhelmingly tired so reading but not typing much...

So, team Friday night all on 2ww! Fingers crossed for you all... specially excited for Diege, Hippy, Jollster and Gum, hoping for lots of great news from all. And rowing, on a similar schedule too. I hope it's not getting too intense and you're holding on to enough serenity.

I feel like I'm in my own little 2ww too... Just getting to the point where itstarted going wrong last time and waiting for scan at a little beyond 8wks on the 27th... Despite all the symptoms I can't relax and really believe in this pregnancy until I get past that milestone. Have told my boss as work busy just now but I can't afford to overdo it. He's been great and really supportive. Slightly odd that apart from GP etc, only ones who know are DH and my boss.... Work's usually last to know... Though given my general laziness, no drinking and slight porkiness I'm sure some have guessed. But big difference between that and knowing for sure.

Hairy and rainbowdays sorry for what you're both going through. So frustrating. Hope you're both back to team SWI soon.

Sorry not to mention everyone, thinking of you all but brain a bit mush just now and the nerves make it worse.

Welcome to everyone new. You've found a lovely place to be

My temp went shooting up this morning so all good here. Now I need to fall in to a very deep sleep and wake up in about 10/11 days to poas and get a BFP. Unfortunately, that's not possible as too much stuff to do in that 2WW wait.

We have a pamper night at the school around about when my AF would be due so if i do get AF i at least have some nice treatments to look forward to.

Thought it was very funny that jollster joined in with the shag-athon even though she wasn't meant to - just didn't wannna be left out hey .

alba can't wait until you get to 12 weeks - I can only imagine how awful it is to be preg after a MC (although i am hoping to find out real soon!)

florence loved the joke about the locksmith!

gum WTF - you live in a soap opera. You would find my little hum drum existance very boring me thinks.

re: progesterone cream. i would be interested to hear how yuo all get on with it. You might remember that i used it for the first time last cycle and went a bit loopy at AF time. Still don't know if it was the cream or just me, but have decided to skip it this month.

italian linda TFLS ILGH - If you are out there lurking - big wave from me.

Hey jollster and hairy Brighton is my old stomping ground, DS was born there and we spent many happy hours in St Ann's Well gardens during the toddler days.

Good grief Gum that really does sound complicated, understand your feelings too, not easy when someone close ends up with an accidental BFP.

Alba wishing you a serene few weeks till the big milestones pass.

Waves to everyone else.

Hi all,

Alba it's good to hear that things are going smoothly and you have an 'addled' brain. All sounds like the kind of thing you would expect when pg. I can understand your nerves though, but you are doing everything you can to help little tamble along. Hope time passes quickly from here to next scan.

Gum I did wonder, because I remember a while back you mentioned that she was in another city, just wasn't sure it was the same sister.
I actually feel sorry for her four chidren, it has to be hard to hear that mummy has gone to live somewhere else and then is going to have another child. Your sister must be feeling awful, I really hope there is a way to resolve this that isn't too hard on her family.
I hope you enjoyed your cuppa.

GPS how's Devon, is the weather OK? (I think you said you were in Devon)

Florence that sounds like a complicated set-up you have there. Have to get that locksmith round quicker. Why does she come back - you're obviously being far too lovely.

OK there are so many posts I can't reply right now, but will try later....
I'm going to go for a run before it starts raining (and get the washing in)

Hello to all . Gum that is very shocking news about your sister and her bfp How is she coping with it all?
Alba glad to hear that things are progressing nicely- I'm sure your '2ww' will be fine x
CD 20 here and I feel distinctly 'unpregnant'..no symptoms at all to report! At least if I think the 'worst' as I'm doing, I won't have a crushing disappointmenbt come af's arrival. That's the theory anyway At work and boss at end of room, so better go!

Hi all. I've just been reading the begining of the thread i started about being preg over 40. There we all were, Curly, rainbow, lia and alba (in disguise).

Very emotional. It made me feel sad that we are all not on that thread together anymore but also it made me feel quite close to you all - the fact that we've been through so much together already.

Ahhhh Hippy - have you been on the progesterone cream again you sound a bit loopy ??? No - honest i'm not using it this month.

Good luck to all. xx

Sorry just popped in as at work (looking over shoulder cautiously) hippy I agree with you about it being emotional but our turn will come again. Hope you ladies are all ok?