Fabulous 40++TTC. New Year and New Hopes - Page 18

[purplefish]

I've been lurking here for a while but just got my BFP. I'm 5 weeks

Bit nervous but going to just ignore all the statistics. It took us 4 cycles. But one of those was a wacky 14 day cycle.

 I had a very strange and worrying dream a few nights later about 7 year old triplet boys. I'm really hoping its not triplets. But I'm 41 and breastfeeding so I suppose I'm high risk

Quite convinced I was going to get pregnant right after BDing which is very strange

Anyhow just thought I would post my good news as I enjoy reading all your news.

Edited by purplefish - 3/9/11 at 4:59pm

[saoirse2007]

Vry cool purplefish

Afm lost all pg symptoms...have painful sinus infection....ultrasound next Friday the 11th
I think I might cancel midwife appt on tue 8th... Wait for the ultrasound results

[Annie Mac]

Congratulations, Purplefish! I love hearing stories of older women conceiving while nursing, it makes me hopeful. When I was pregnant, I had a dream that I delivered twins by myself in the bathtub! Luckily, none of those scenarios came to pass. 

Saoirse: good luck with the u/s :)

[purplefish]

Originally Posted by Annie Mac 

Congratulations, Purplefish! I love hearing stories of older women conceiving while nursing, it makes me hopeful. When I was pregnant, I had a dream that I delivered twins by myself in the bathtub! Luckily, none of those scenarios came to pass. 

Saoirse: good luck with the u/s :)

Nice to hear that the dreams don't always come true.

[Karalina]

oh saoirse----- I hope you're just fine----- maybe your infection has overridden your pg symptoms-   please keep us posted and know that we are thinking of you----

[saoirse2007]

Anniemac you will be happy to know that dd is nursing like mad...

[Buzzer Beater]

Originally Posted by saoirse2007 

Vry cool purplefish

Afm lost all pg symptoms...have painful sinus infection....ultrasound next Friday the 11th
I think I might cancel midwife appt on tue 8th... Wait for the ultrasound results

saoirse2007, sweetie when is your ultrasound? I'm thinking of you.

AFM Dh was out of town for 4 days and I am pretty much a wreck, coming off of a visit from the inlaws, my mother, and DD1 is here for spring break. You'd think she'd be a help, but it doesn't always work that way. I also just read that taking domperidone pretty much ensures no periods. I'm not ready to give up this nursing relationship! Drat.

Sorry no personals I haven't had much time to read the last few days.

[moona]

Hi mamas.. I've only posted on here once or so, but read pretty regularly, so I follow your stories like characters in a book. I wanted to share some happy news, and some baby dust.. After 22 months of trying, I am now officially pregnant!! I am 41 now, and will be 42 when baby is born in November. I'm holding you all in the light, and spreading buckets of baby dust on this thread most especially...

[Annie Mac]

Originally Posted by moona 

Hi mamas.. I've only posted on here once or so, but read pretty regularly, so I follow your stories like characters in a book. I wanted to share some happy news, and some baby dust.. After 22 months of trying, I am now officially pregnant!! I am 41 now, and will be 42 when baby is born in November. I'm holding you all in the light, and spreading buckets of baby dust on this thread most especially...

Woohoo! Congratulations!

[LitMama]

Saorsie, how are you doing? Have you been able to get your ultrasound?

Beachlover, how are you doing? Thinking of you...

WaturMama, any more symptoms?

Purplefish and Moona, welcome and congrats! Purplefish, how wonderful that you conceived so quickly (and while BF), and Moona, what a well deserved BFP after 22 months! Do either of you have any advice for those of us still on this side of the journey? What do you think worked for you?

AFM, I'm hoping for advice... last night I felt some very strong and specific twinges that could have been implantation (the kind I felt with DD). I'm 12dpo and my post-O temps have been pretty high, 98 and above, until this morning when they came crashing down to 97.3, well below coverline. It would be very unusual for this to be the beginning of AF, since she usually comes 15ddpo for me and my temp doesn't usually plummet until after AF has unpacked her bags.

Is it possible for implantation to happen as late as 12dpo, and could this be an implantation dip? If so, is there any hope for a late-implanting babe? I have been taking a low dose of natural progesterone cream (about 1/2 teaspoon or 50mg per day). Should I up my dosage to try to lengthen my LP and give any possible conception a fighting chance? I'm also battling a recurrence of the UTI I developed at O-time... I've been prescribed another round of pg-safe antibiotics but am on the fence about whether to take them... I don't know what's worse for a new life, drugs or bacteria/infection? FWIW, DH thinks I should stay natural and skip both the extra progesterone (staying at 50mg) and the antibiotics. Thank you for any wisdom and hugs to all you wonderful women! ((( hugs )))

Edited by LitMama - 3/7/11 at 1:03pm

[WaturMama]

Hi everyone,

I was laying low a bit trying to minimize my obsessing. I am 12 dpo also. I noticed we were cycle buddies earlier, LitMama. I'm very drug conservative, but I'd lean towards taking the antibiotics, because infection means heat and heat isn't good, I'm thinking, but no expert. What does your intuition say? I don't know about late implantation, but I hope it is happening in a super healthy way in you. Is it possible you have your O date a bit early?

Congratulations and welcome back Purplefish and Moona. I love that you had a triplets dream, Purplefish!!! Sending lots of good wishes for sticky babies. Moona, I'm also curious if you attribute this to anything other than time.

Beachlover, I'm thinking about you and wishing you well. I agree that you can't compare different brands of HPTs. I also avoid comparing tests closer than 2 days apart.

My pg symptoms have gotten less and less. I am expecting AF in a couple days now. I am sad about it. I got so optimistic. The night before dh and I bd what would have been conception, ds mentioned that he heard that a certain word could be a boy's name. I have long had fantasies of wanting a dd and have struggled to be truly open and receptive of a ds2. Somehow when ds said that name I could easily picture us having a ds2 by that name and him fitting beautifully into our family and being such a dear little soul. It was easy for me to make up the story that now that I finally welcomed a boy we would conceive and it could even be either gender--and I'd truly be thrilled. I have a long history of making up these nice "it's fate" stories and being disappointed. Somehow in all of it, my excitement about adoption really diminished. Somehow I'm guessing after AF comes and goes I'll have some new perspective. I hope I'll have some clarity that I like.

I noticed that one morning, I believe it was Friday, after ds did his brief morning nursing, I felt a lot less pg. I haven't nursed him for 3 days. I have distracted him in various ways, which is easier on the weekend. I'm finding myself wondering if, in my case, stopping the nursing would help. He is plenty old to stop--but child-led weaning has resonated for me. Not sure what to do with that, but just wanted to mention it.

[Kristin0105]

Just a drive by post I found this quote online and thought you ladies would appreciate it.

The highest rate of unintended pregnancy after teens is in women over 45!

[WaturMama]

I appreciate it very much, Kristin.

[purplefish]

The name thing is really interesting. I had a thought this month about a word that would make a great boys name. Not a name that in reality I would probably actually use  but it struck me just after bd that it would be a lovely name.  Whereas normally its girl names that float around my head. The whole destiny stuff is something that strikes a cord with me and can be so annoying particularly when it's the same every month.

In terms of nursing I'm very surprised that we got a bfp this month as the nursing was almost at new born level over the past month - when at home anyhow. But I suppose waking up at night to nurse was reducing I think we were down to one pre-wake up session at dawn.  

No symptoms here but thats normal for me per last pregnancy. Once BFP arrived all my symptoms seem to go.

Quite nervous as I have a trip to visit my sister shortly. The last visit was quite stressful and I'm not sure whether that caused my previous 14 day cycle. I booked the trip before bfp. Almost tempted to cancel. But going to just try and ignore any stressful confrontations.

Babydust to all.

[beachlover]

Just wanted to let you all know that after a day of bad cramping I woke up this morning bleeding like a period, so I guess it's all over:-(

Thanks for the good thoughts. Good Luck to everybody else.

[saoirse2007]

beachlover (((hugs))) awh, I am so sad for you.

[saoirse2007]

I have my first midwife appt today, but that will be very uneventful...besides the fact that my 2 kiddos will be tagging along.

I am dropping tired..but other than that no symptoms still :(

My ultrasound is Friday the 11th...dh will be back by Friday to watch the little ones while I go..It is at 3:45pm...so I may not get any satisfaction until the following week. I am pretty sure that the tech can not tell me anything...on the good side, I am having the u/s at the hospital so if there is anything wrong maybe they can call in a doctor.

[beachlover]

Originally Posted by saoirse2007 

I have my first midwife appt today, but that will be very uneventful...besides the fact that my 2 kiddos will be tagging along.

I am dropping tired..but other than that no symptoms still :(

My ultrasound is Friday the 11th...dh will be back by Friday to watch the little ones while I go..It is at 3:45pm...so I may not get any satisfaction until the following week. I am pretty sure that the tech can not tell me anything...on the good side, I am having the u/s at the hospital so if there is anything wrong maybe they can call in a doctor.

Thanks for the ((((HUGS))) I appreciate them.

What part of Canada are you in? I am originally from Ontario and they always told me if all was fine:-) The only time the tech couldn't tell me anything is if there was no h/b but in those cases they would go away and get a doctor to come in. I actually had one m/c while living in BC as well and that was what they did it there too.

I hope you get some reassurance and good news. I can't imagine them sending you away not knowing what's going on with your little bean. Being drop dead tired is an excellent symptom to me. It's the one way, I always know everything is fine:-)

Good Luck!!

[Annie Mac]

Beachlover, I so sorry to hear that :(  

Kristin: Awesome quote! I can totally believe it. How many stories do you hear about women who think it's menopause and then, nope! Not at all!

Saoirse: The ultrasounds techs I had were pretty good about telling me stuff. I'm in BC (I guess that's obvious!). They weren't as forthcoming as the American U/S techs, who were *fantastic* about giving details, but still, better than the clammed up approach I had expected.

[fuller2]

Did I mention my surgery went fine yet?  Can't remember : ).  Was fine - I did not get sick!!  Post-op meeting with my doc this week.

I wanted to pass along some info on uterine polyps (I had one removed along with the other stuff).  Turns out that these can really affect fertility (implantation, in particular) and they're not uncommon.  I just had one as far as I know, but what I'm reading says that even one can really affect the uterine environment.  Fertility rates went from 28% to 63% in one study after removal, and others report similar large increases.

Mine was found via transvaginal ultrasound.  They're removed through hysteroscopy (inserting a camera through your cervix into the uterus & scarping it out -- surgeon does everything via watching the video monitor).  It's a pretty easy fix (I went home the same day) and complication rates are very low.  I'm reading recent medical journal articles now that recommend anyone in a fertility clinic be checked for these even if all hormone levels are OK etc.

They are more common in women in their 40s and 50s...and I am wondering how fertility rates are affected by these.  I bet plenty of women have them and don't know.  (There can be no symptoms or you can have heavy periods, bleeding between periods.  Only possible symptom I had was some extra bleeding on ovulation.  Nothing else.)  The vast majority of the time they are not cancer.  I think it's something that might be worth checking out if you are not getting pregnant -- or not staying pregnant.