Thoughts as I head to PG after 35

NHnative

Hi Ladies,
While I will always feel a kinship and check in with this board, but I figure it is probably time to move on to the Pregnant after 35 Board now. I'm almost 14 weeks and am still so very thankful each day that things are progressing normally after a year of TTC and two M/C. While I didn't post much on this Board, I lurked a lot and learned a lot from you all--and appreciated the support when I did post. Please allow me to offer a few observations on what I learned and experienced:
1) If your OB is lame or unresponsive, go right onto the RE. No use fooling around at our ages. The RE ordered a stat HCG, followed me closely, and put me on Progesterone.
2) Advocate for yourself- bring your charts to appts, make sure the doctors know you chart, and ask for tests you think you might need. Be a nudge.
3) Anyone who says "just relax and it happen" is full of BS. The month we conceived, we were 2 weeks away from an HSG and fertility treatments. I could not have been more stressed.

As I always hoped for people to share their personal fertility and success tips, here are a couple from the month we conceived (sorry if TMI):
1) After reading TCOYF, I obsessed about my cervical fluids. But the month we conceived I had the least egg white.
2) We BD every other day (not every day as we had some months) and only 3 times the whole month. Also laid in bed for 1/2 hour after.
3)  I had tried many tactics to aid fertility (grapefruit juice, pomegranate, vitamin B6, etc.) The one thing we added the successful month was I did a frozen wheatgrass shot every night up to ovulation. It is supposed to help with egg quality. I am totally convinced this helped as I had no pre-AF spotting for the first time in over a year that month.   

Best wishes to you all, and I hope to see many of you on the pregnant after 35 Board very very soon!

 

MrsKario

Thank you for sharing all those success tips.  I am interested in trying the wheatgrass shot - I have been hearing a lot about it helping egg quality. 

Congrats on you preg and good luck with everything!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Lucky&Lola

I wish you the best and congrats on your pregnancy!!

I'll have to remember the wheatgrass shot if my IUI doesn't work!

baze2

this post makes me:

tearful, hopeful, sad, happy, joyous, curious, calm,inquisitive, confident, envious( a little), thankful, content, but most of all prayerful...

those prayers are for you and yours, mine (if it ever comes) and everyone on this board and theirs...

here's to a 14 week bfp!!!

good luck in you journey!

hav2run

MANY congrats on your pregnancy.  Thanks for sharing your story.  I hope everyone does that when they get their BFP.  It helps so much to know what others did, and it lends much hope.  H&H 9 months to you!

BirdieBrd

Oh thank you thank you for not saying 'just relax' or 'when you least expect it' or the like. 

 Congratulations on the pregnancy.  Happy and healthy 5.5 months left. 

hollymichael

Thanks for your post.  Best of luck to you!  Hope to meet up with you over on the other board soon!

panda246

First congrats on the healthy PG

Second, thanks for the words.  You are very kind.