Old ovaries, new lines

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Group for people from the 35+ TTC group who've got recent BFPs.

@Homassy @lastditchattempt20 @Matilda19

Argh I really don't know! I'm so terrified of another MMC that I'm kinda putting my head in the sand re: scan! 😳 I'm going to discuss with DH this weekend and see what we think...

@ImpatientTTCer Omg same! I feel like such a liar! Been fobbing people off when asking about the vaccine! 🙈 So, the midwife advice and the advice online is very much "your preference" and what you're comfortable with. A lot of women are waiting until after 12 weeks anyway. I've read the Lancet paper results on pregnancy and the vaccine, and a large % opted for the first dose in their third trimester with good outcomes. At the moment (and all being well) that's my current thinking too!

@TTCat39 omg that made me laugh! 🤣 totally relate! I feel and look like a mess right now - not all lovely and glowing. Hopefully that comes soon! 😃🤞🏻

Are you still having to use a peg to cook?! I find myself suddenly craving something and immediately being averse to other things! My best friends are cereal and fruit right now - I know I should worry about sugar, but hopefully the vitamins will balance that out! 🙃

@M4v3r1ck @TTCat39

I know what you mean about being nervous - my period is due today and every time I go to the loo I panic I’m going to see blood. The lines do seem to be getting darker (very slowly) - but I haven’t been feeling sick at all today, it’s as though it suddenly stopped overnight. No nausea, no metallic taste....a bit of excess saliva but that’s it. Arggghhh! BBT dropped yesterday and went back up today, which it usually does just before my period, too....

I’m going to wait another few days before referring myself, I’m just so scared of having a chemical.

My scan is with ultrasound direct! Glad to hear they’re good! I doubt they’ll see anything as it’ll still be so early (if I end up going, it’s in another 2 weeks), but good to at least rule out an ectopic I guess.

Got all my 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for you @ImpatientTTCer and for us all! Here's to healthy sticky BFPs/babies! 😍

I'm still checking BBT and I think I need to stop! Worry about every slight decrease, but I'm peeing during the night and mouth breathing so that won't be helping!

Yes, @TTCat39 had a good experience with ultrasound direct, so I'd prob go with them too as we have one nearby! 😃

Hi ladies, I've been lurking for a while but too nervous to join in case I got too ahead of myself 😂 We were trying for 2.5 years for our third without a sniff of a bfp and finally it has happened and I can't quite believe it!! We have suffered a mmc at 13 week scan in the past (first pregnancy, before DS and DD) and it was just an awful thing to go through and has definitely made me super paranoid. So I booked myself an early scan (only £45!) for today as I was driving myself mad convinced that it's all going to get taken away from us and we saw one healthy little baby measuring 10+1 which is exactly where I thought I was 😅 I'm obviously aware that so much can still go wrong but for today I am celebrating as this is definitely our last chance with me being 39 😬 So I just wanted to say hello!

@M4v3r1ck I know I'm getting too much sugar too. And artificial sweeteners. I'm usually big on vegetables - I love(d) green veg like broccoli, all the brassicas, but at the moment the thought of hot vegetables makes me feel really queasy. I've had a go with crudités, but prefer fruit. I'm also using fruit to get more liquids into me - fruit smoothie at breakfast, juice ice lollies when I'm feeling delicate. I have been feeling a little more human these past couple of days so hopefully I can get back to better habits soon!

Yes, the peg occasionally comes out! My husband made a load of coffees and bacon sandwiches this morning for some workmen and I had to fling all the doors and windows open to air!

Hi everyone, got my BFP a couple of days ago ☺️ AF not due until Saturday/Sunday so still super early. Going to make a cup of tea and read through some of the thread. Hope everyone is ok.

I had my second Covid dose a couple of days after ovulation 😬 Can’t change anything now but hope it’s ok!

Hi all, I’m dying with indigestion and bloating. I’m miserable, I bought gavision advance today and it nearly made me gag. I think I might ask for that medication after my booking appointment which I still don’t have yet.
I’m having my covid jab next week, I was going to wait until my 2nd trimester but it seems the be thought in America that the earlier you have the jab the better the chance of passing on the antibodies.

Hi @burtle4 - congratulations, 10 weeks, how exciting!!! I think early scans are definitely the way to go....

Yay @GuessHowMuch, you’ll have a very similar due date to me! AF was due yesterday for me. I’m still peeing on about 6 sticks per day to make sure the lines are getting darker 🙄😩🤷🏻‍♀️ But they are, so I’m feeling a tiny bit happier. Still nervous, but glad the lines are getting darker day by day!

@Katiekattty that’s interesting about the jab, I keep hearing so many different things and most people say it’s perfectly safe to have in the first trimester and nothing will pass through the placenta, etc. I think I’m just being a scaredy cat 😩

@ImpatientTTCer I was going to wait too but I’m on a Facebook group with mainly US/Canada pregnant women and a lot have given birth after having the vaccine and sharing there experiences so I feel more confident now. I’m still a bit nervous though but I have high BMI and I’m starting worry about the Indian variant.

@ImpatientTTCer 🥰 Due date calculators tell me I’m 5th of Feb but my first child was born at 37weeks and my second was 34 weeks so who knows what will happen this time if I’ve got a sticky one!
I spoke to my GP this morning and they’re booking me in early and hopefully arranging an early scan (other medical conditions). I’m with you on the POAS habit still - I’ve been keeping to cheapies and my line hasn’t really got any darker. I’m going to do my first digital with weeks tomorrow and see how that goes.
@Katiekattty It’s horrible having to make jab decisions when pregnant. Is it your first or second dose? I felt a bit rough after my first dose of AZ but ok after my second.

@GuessHowMuch it’s definitely not a position I ever expected to be in. It’s my first dose I’m hoping it’s the Pfizer and not moderna jab that I get offered.

Happy long weekend ladies! Hope symptoms aren't too bad and you've nice things planned! 😃

Welcome and congratulations @GuessHowMuch @burtle4 😍😍😍 Here's to healthy happy pregnancies for us all! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@TTCat39 omg yes, I loved broccoli etc but I legit retched even just reading/typing about it! 🤣 I think hot food in general can be iffy for us atm!

@Katiekattty booo to indigestion etc! Deffo feel
You on the bloating - I looked pregnant last night for sure! 🤣🙈 interesting re: vaccine - how far along are you?

Truly, from my research thus far, there is no known biological mechanism for the vaccine to negatively affect the baby. However, Given I've had an MMC previous and I'm (touch wood) lower risk for catching covid (work from home etc), we decided to wait until after 1st scan! 🤞🏻

Helloooooo

I got kicked out of the ttc thread so decided to come say hi here. 😂 Just kiddingggg. It's just so hard for me to say I'm not ttc just cause I got a positive, been through that road before so till baby is popping out if me I still feel like I'm ttc.

Nice to see some familiar faces!!

I am kind of worried about the lack of symptoms I'm having. Other than sore boobs, I can't say 100% that other things are a pregnancy symptom. I had some cramping and having troubles sleeping. Also, boobs are less sore than couple days ago. I'm smelling everything, hoping something makes me sick, but nope....

Trying not to overanalyze.... But it's not going too well. 😂😂

According to premom app I'm 4weeks and 3 days

Hi everyone, joining behind @VixFromThe6ix even though I'm stupidly early and finding it hard to relax after a previous miscarriage.

Hope everyone's having a brilliant weekend in the sun!

Does anyone know what I should do re: vitamins now? Have been following It Starts with an Egg, and have been in the intermediate plan. Most worried about stopping the ubiquinol and vit C for progesterone, but don't know if I should continue?

@A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 you’re only a few days behind me, I think I’m 4+3 according to ovulation date - but 5+2 according to my period! Are you continuing to test for line progression? Mine went up and down in darkness, it was awful. It’s now darker than the control on FRER, but still quite light on the cheapie sticks which worries me!

I’m so glad you asked about the vitamins, I was wondering the exact same thing! The book doesn’t exactly say, does it, it only really mentions IVF transfers. I think it says stop the coq10 when you get a BFP, so I did that (although I’ll start it up again immediately if I have a miscarriage) - I’ve pared it down to pregnacare, extra folic, and loads of extra vit D. I might have the odd C pill, or omega 369, just to mix it up a bit!

I even bought her second book, but I’ve found it a lot less helpful than her first. It takes her 3 chapters to say “vitamin D is very important”..... 🙄

How are you feeling?

How is everyone feeling? Anyone else just feeling lightly hungover or travel sick THE ENTIRE TIME?! 😩 And bloated. So bloated.

Morning @ImpatientTTCer. Hope you're well! Thank you I've stopped the vitamin E and NAC, and decided just to take the multi vit, vit D and vit C and iron.

I'm getting v nervous too. Had two frer, which showed progression. Only had a Clearblue cross one left, which is faint but has colour, at 10dpo today.

How's your progression, are you taking them all the same time?

@ImpatientTTCer ah I misread, darker than the control on frer is amazing! I'd say they'd be better that internet cheapies!

My lines are getting much fainter so preparing myself for the worst 😢 This whole process is so hard. Sorry to hear you’re feeling a bit sick @ImpatientTTCer although hopefully that’s a good sign!

@GuessHowMuch I really hope not lovely. But take care of yourself this weekend, and treat yourself kindly. It's horrible, this whole process

@GuessHowMuch I'm so sorry to hear this! 😔 Sending you so much love! Although Is there any chance it's due to the dilution levels of your urine? I know in the TTC chat some women have seen variation?

Welcome @A1b2c3d4e5f6g7 @VixFromThe6ix and 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for healthy happy pregnancies! 😘

Re: symptoms, I know they can vary so much between women and a good chunk don't have any at all! @ImpatientTTCer constant light hangover is spot on for me too!

So I was on folic acid, vit D and ubiquinol for TTC, and I dropped the ubiquinol when I got a BFP!

@GuessHowMuch how are you doing? Any luck with line progression?

Thanks for asking @ImpatientTTCer. Not going great here - BFN on the cheapies, although I only really got a squinter on those to begin with. Frer is still coming up with a lime but it hasn’t progressed at all and digital hasn’t gone above 1-2 weeks. I’m waiting for the inevitable 🤯 Annoyingly my body obviously thinks it’s pregnant because I’m still feeling a bit queasy and I’ve got really sore boobs.

Hope everything is going well with everyone else. Sorry for bringing the thread down a bit 😬 Loads of best wishes to everyone!

@GuessHowMuch fingers crossed for you! Xxx

Did you track ovulation during the month- could you maybe be a couple of days behind where you originally figured?

@GuessHowMuch you absolutely are not bringing the thread down! that's so awful and frustrating for you! Could you maybe phone GP or EPU to see about getting a blood test? Still got my 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 for you!

@GuessHowMuch I'm so sorry. Line progression is tough though, and doesn't always show too much. When I miscarried I had brown spotting and cramps a couple of weeks before it happened, and then the tests got lighter. So I'm hopeful for you. Maybe a hcg blood test. They do them near me for £45, if you can't be o there's battling with your GP. Good luck xx