Continuing conceptions and follicling ahead of Feisty, Fabulous Forty somethings

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Hello world!

Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time with your families gum & jollster. I'm only from a small family (just 1 sib) and I can't imagine my parents having a preference.

I really hope you are both feeling a bit better soon.

gum good news that you seem to be ov'ing again. Don't let that little-un back on the boob too much just incase things go backwards.

jolly how exciting that you're trying again. Did you get to the beach during the hot weather? (was that summer?)

Day 25 for me (no spotting yet - which is good for me). Am trying to be realistic and optimistic at the same time .

I think if the witch hasn't turned up by the week-end then I will test and let you all know.

Are sensitive teeth a sign that you're preg? or maybe it's just a sign that Hippy likes her chocolate too much

rowing Thinking of you. Must be hard to keep calm.

Curiously Hippy, they are.... something to do with hormone surge affecting your gums... I'm getting very excited for you!

Gum, families are a minefield aren't they, have also had fair share of sibling rivalry/parent inequity (whilst they always said everything was always equal, when it clearly wasn't) and really feel for you. I think you're right to hold back now and stop making such an effort, you absolutely have to put yourself first but it can be difficult -- old habits die hard and all that. And family patterns are hard to break. Good luck.

Rowing I'm thinking of you, I'm sure time is dragging for you now, hope you have some good distractions or relaxation techniques to get you through.

Jollster, fab news that you're back to TTC again! Hoping it happens really soon for you.

I'm in major anxiety mode now, scan is 12.45 tomorrow, and I'm reliving last time. I need to employ some of my own relaxation techniques!

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HIP HIP HIP HURRAY!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAYHAAAAAAAY!!!

HCG is DOWN TO 100!!!!!!!!!!

I am so, so, so overjoyed, have another test next Wednesday by which time it should be down below 20 and hopefuly I will be discharged!

THRILLED!!! I can maybe get back to TTC in the next couple of weeks

WOOOOP!

Sorry for the over-excitement, and thank you all SO MUCH for your support!

x

great news hairy

cheers Alba We are running around dancing and cheering

Hi everyone,

hippy sounds promising

jollster nice to have you back, i'm still here

so another 24 day month, am seriously worried now, got fsh tomorrow on day 4 and cons appt on 10th June so hopefully will find out if the short months are a sign of impendng perimenopause.

I am scared that i'm done and i can't even contemplate that yet. I don't know what to do with myself, I have noone in Rl who would even begin to understand as they have all chosen to stop having children. Can't talk to dh as he wants to put a time limit on trying anyway and I'm not ready. I am stuck in this black hole that i can't see a way out of.

On an up note, my dd did so well at her talent comp at the weekend, I was so proud of her I could have burst, she got up and sang her first ever solo in front of a theatre full of judges and strangers and competed against college students much more advanced than her.

Hope everyone is having a better week than me, everything makes me cry, good stuff, sad stuff, there's no hope is there?

Hairy, glad to hear things are going the right way for you!

Liahgen sorry to hear about AF. Do you know when you ovulate? What is your luteal phase length? I think that's the thing to worry about with short cycles and i think that may have something to do with Progesterone, which can be corrected. I'm going to start taking B6 and magnesium to help with LP length and I'll use the prog cream too.I'll be really interested in what the consultant has to say about it. Lovely to hear you so proud of your daughter.

I totally sympathise with you - we just can't help the feeling we should have a baby.Some of us are just wired that way!

Alba, looking forward to hearing about your scan, I'm sure all will be well.

Rowing, did you have that run? How are you feeling?

Hippy, how on earth have you had the will to stay away from the tests? You are so STRONG!!!

Hairy - yeh! great news, at least that gets the hospital off your back too!

liagen - when I was in my teens and twenties my cycle was 24days.... it did not affect my fertility then and was definitely not menopause for me then. My cycle changed to 30 days after dc2 and now is back to 26 days. But my luteal phase has remained unchanged through that time at 13 days. With my cycle at 26 days, I can easily get pregnant (just not so good about holding onto the pregnancies - but that is just me). So it could just be that your cycle is shorter and nothing to worry about. I hope that this encourages you.

Alba - thinking about you today with your scan, hope that you get seen quickly and are not left waiting anxiously in a waiting room too long. Try to think positive and relaxing thoughts if you can.

Hippy - am getting excited, sounds like you could be heading the right way!

I think I have finally ov'd, so I think I am back in the 2ww again.

Hi all,
sorry have been busy, not running at all, just walking.
Hairy woohoo indeed! Very good news for you, you cheerful person.

Can't stay for long, trying to do an online shop, but had horrible night being all cross because I don't really feel any symptoms at all and really doubted whether this has worked.
I feel better today and I did caution myself that I knew it might not work and not to get too excited, but just got very cross about how crap this situation is.
On the other hand I'm quite happy really, just cross in a 'background' kind of way.
Poor DS (DS ducks)

Rowing big big hug to u. If it's any consolation a good friend is of after ivf and she felt just the same during two week wait. I can't imagine how it feels but I am sending good vibes and positivity through the ether to you! X

rowing when can you test?? Hope you get some symptoms soon.

alba massive hugs to you. i am guessing your scan has happened by now. Please please come on here soon and tell us all is fine. I am really thinking of you.

Liaghen I have short cycles too and I agree that it's a worry but also agree that you may be ov'ing early. The last 2 months i ov'd about day 11/12 and had a 23 day cycle and a 21 day cycle (that one worried me a lot). I am now on day 26 and the reason i am not getting too excited is cos i ov'd later this month (day 14), so the longer cycle that i am experiencing could be just cos i ov'd late.

I totally understand what you're talking about - it is so crap to do everything you can to try to fertilize the poor little egg and then have your period arrive too soon. Definitely see what the doc says. Having said that though, like me, you got preg recently and I think i'm right that yours was a MMC too and probably more to do with the embryo not being right than your lining breaking down IYSWIM. Thinking of you and lovely to have you back on this thread.

As for me - The good thing is that my boobs still feel like they are in the way all the time and I have still had no spotting. Will update you on saturday.

gum it is hard not to test. i have to rush to the loo and do my first pee of the day really quickly, i then spend the day wishing i'd kept the wee in a pot so i could test. I know there's no point testing with anything but first morning urine - so the best thing is to get rid of that as quick as possible.

I want to be sure when i test and I don't want any ambiguity (ooh big word Hippy). Also, i am neverous of this whole chemical pregnancy thing - which i know nothing of but know others who have been caught out with a very early faint line (our mate alba for one.)

Anyway, i really am not that strong usually. Also, i am not sleeping at all, just lying awake wondering if i could be pregnant - i am now, of course - KNACKERED .

Forgot to say - whoop whoop for you hairy. You have been incredible throughout this and the fact that you're ready to get right back on that horse says an awful lot for your dedication.

i wish you all good things .

and breathe.........

all good. Measuring 8+3, wriggling about for us, heartbeat there. Dates consistent with our last day trying. Which means this is a tough little bean, conceived the day I cracked my rib!! EDD 3.1.11, DH is telling me I need to be 2 days early or 8 days late (for the cool birth dates 1.1.11 or 11.1.11) -- I just want to get as far as a 12 week scan and then think about that.... And my BFP must have been 13dpo, so test soon Hippy!

Next scan in 2 weeks time, really lovely private clinic, they take bloods for nuchal at 10 weeks, and do a quick reassurance scan at the same time, then nuchal scan with blood results already known at 12 weeks. I've made the 10 weeks appointment only, taking it one scan at a time. Feel utterly exhausted now, the nervousness wiped me out.

Liahgen, I have cycles of 24-26 days, even shorter when I was younger, doesn't seem to make a difference, just more chances to try. So sorry you're feeling so down, really hoping you get your little bean very soon.

And Rowing, can't imagine the stress levels you're under just now, thinking of you and hoping for the very best.

Waves to Diege, GPS, Hairy, Gum and everyone else I may have forgotten (brain definitely not thinking straight this afternoon, washed away by overwhelming relief) xxx

Sorry rowing was meant to say good friend is pg not of!

Brilliant alba

Just want to say WE CAN DO IT!!!!!! Just for all of us feeling a bit low!!!!! X

Yey alba Lets hope that little one is lovely and comfy in there and stays put.

hairy you are inspirational, I shall pinch a little from you.

hippy thanks for the ray of hope. I ov about day 10/11 so actually luteul is quite a good length really, yes was pg recently and mmc at just 11wks but that took a year to get and we only have till December, a year afyer last pos then dh wants to stop. Have told him if that's the case then 4 bloody shags a month is not gonna get the job done.

so mission preggers this month,

We can do this, we can do this.

Had a nice hair cut and my eyebrows waxewd Monday just to cheer myself up. It worked too, at least i look a bit better.

Hello all, just popped in while i should be doing something else entirely . Sorry you are having a rough time with your family gum, its horrible to feel so isolated. AF just got me so back to swi next month.

Hey rowing how it going with barry and foofoo, I'd put off that run a bit longer - you don't want to give them hiccups...

Hi all,
just popping in, but wanted to tell you that I did have a weird time at John Lewis, felt wave of nausea and quite faint for about an hour. Not very pleasant, but could it be a symptom?
Do you think? [pleading face]
Sad really isn't it!
Back soon....

Hello! Not had a chance to read back )other than Rowing's last post - v. hopeful that! Just a quickie as 40 today and dh has just got back with my takeaway... Wanted to apply for my full membership of the thread at the soonest opportunity now that I properly qualify

Happy birthday Diege, hope you're having a lovely day

happy birthday diego welcome to the world of oldies.

So many things to comment on - Hippy's brain explodes!!

alba fab news. You must have been over the flippin' moon. I am so pleased for you and hubbie. Hang on though - you conceived the day you broke your rib - tried a new position did you . jolly that one was for you - I know you like the smutty stuff .

diege I officially crown you OLD! Welcome to this thread - (Hippy hands Diege a sash). Enjoy the take away. Still hoping you were right about your feeling about me - bless ya.

hairy I know I commented on you earlier but wanted to give you a quick hug anyway. I wish you'd change your name though - every time I read your posts i visualize a triangle of pubic hair (sorry jolly can't stop myself!)

rowing lets see it as a good sign that you felt queasy. WHEN CAN YOU TEST?? I think I've already asked you this madame and you side stepped the question

GPS So sorry that bitch turned up, I know it feels crap now but the good thing about being old is that time flys by and you'll soon be on the SWI week .

Lia I think the short cycles could be a sign that we're getting older but only because we are at the stage when your body is having a really good go at banging out one more sprog and thus wants to ovulate as many times a year as possible. Last month my cycle was 21 days and I was so upset (I had used the prog cream which made me loopy - so that didn't help!)

Anyway, I was all negative and decided that i would only try until august (that's when I turn 44 how the feck did that happen?) And also when our little lost foetus would have been due. I even wrote down in my note book how I felt it was all pointless with these short cycles.

Now this cycle I am up to day 26 and hoping hoping hoping that I will not see AF. I feel quite positive (without allowing myself to fully believe).

My point (yes there is a point to all this typing) is that as long as there is no actual fertility probs (and there doesn't seem to be with you and your DH) then every new month is a new opportunity to try again and next month could be so different from the last. As long as your LP isn't under 10 days - YOU CAN GET PREG. So go for it girl (maybe more than 4 shags a month would be a good idea though ). And don't be such a stranger on this thread missy. You've gone to the trouble of buying the right uniform, so you might as well turn up more often.

Love to all, hi to italian and linda if you are popping in. And hi to TFLS and ILGH and kiwi our preggers ladies.

Hippy goes off to soak her fingers after soooo much typing.
xx

lia I had my eyebrows threaded last night. Argghh quite painful and awful clicking noise every time a hair comes out but I don't look like a nutty professor any more. Hair cut next tuesday - arn't we a couple of pretty girls .

Hippy thanks for the hug, and LOL about you finding my name amusing - I have a very blonde, very small hairy triangle on the small of my back, but couldn't resist using the name for it's obvious conotations!

Great that you're at day 26!

I got all down earlier - this bleeding is really starting to do my head in - 8 days and still no let up. But I'm excited that i will be TTC as soon as it goes