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TTC after 35
Teenie16
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Finally doing an Intro
Teenie16
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in TTC after 35
Hello all!
I've joined another group and have been checking this group out too since I also fit into the 35+ category. I apologize in advance for not knowing all the abbreviations, I'm trying to figure them out as I go.
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to find the love of my life, unfortunately we didn't find each other till 2 days before my 39th birthday. I had decided a few years earlier that if I was single at 40 I was going to have a child on my own. Being in a new relationship when my 40th birthday came along didn't fit with my original plan. HAHA! But when he told me on Thanksgiving that he was ready to have a baby with me I was elated. I have done my research and taken everyone's advice; tracking temperature and ovulation, Robitussin/Mucinex, Acupuncture, Ovulation kits, etc. and here we are 7 months later and nothing. Every month we are hopeful and every month has ended in tears.
I made the big mistake in the beginning, because I was so excited that we were ready to try, of telling all my close friends about our plans... now I keep getting the question " Are you pregnant yet?" Which doesn't help.
I have been looking into seeing an RE thanks to the advice of the ladies in the other group. I don't even know where to start to find one. I don't know anyone who has gone down that route. If there are any ladies in Los Angeles that have any reccomendations I would welcome them with open arms.
I have read some posts in this group and see all the support you ladies give each other and am hoping to tap into that a little. He is SO supportive but I feel like i need some from others going through the same thing. I am so sorry for the long winded introduction and am very impressed if you are still reading this.
Thank you in advance for you help and support.
****Loss Mentioned***
Me: 41 Him: 41
TTC since December 2013
HSG 9/18/14 = Tubes open but T shaped uterus
IUI #1... 1/6/2015 + 50mg Clomid = BFN
IUI #2... 1/29 & 30/2015 + 50mg Clomid +Tigger +Progesterone = BFN
3/14 BFFP! Natural w/acupuncture & herbs only
EDD = 11/22/15; No heartbeat = 7/21/15
Cooper Midnight Johnson born sleeping 7/25/2015
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Re: Finally doing an Intro
With that said, welcome.
If you don't have any friends who could recommend a good RE them ask your gyno. They should know a few. I would think LA would have a bunch to choose from.
Me:39, DH:40
DD born 8/96, DS born 8/04
TTC#3
NTNP since 2006, active trying 1/13
Natural M/C 3/13 at 7 weeks
CP 2/14
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Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
DH: 45
BFP #1 3/19/14 EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
BFP #2 12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
Saw heartbeat 12/29. Please be a rainbow.
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"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Married April 13, 2013
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@mcodea88, the idea is that it thins the cervical mucus and makes it friendlier to sperm.
Me: 41, DH: 45
DD, 6/15/2013
TTC #2 beginning January 2014
AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11
July 2014: IUI #1. Follistim + Pregnyl. 2 follicles--BFN
September 2014: IUI #2. Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone. 4(?) follicles--BFN
October 2014: IUI #3. More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone. 4 follicles--BFP! Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158. M/C 11/1/14
December 2014: IVF #1. Microdose Lupron protocol. 9R, 9M, 9F. 3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
August 2015: IVF #3. 14R, 13M, 11F. Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing. 3 normals. FET planned for 10/2015.
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"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Hi Teenie!
Welcome and thank you for sharing your story. I think TTC wise and agewise we are very similar! I'm 39 and turning 40 next month and TTC #1. I can relate to the excitement of TTC #1 then only to have it take longer then hoping. Out of the excitement I made the mistake of telling a few people as well and have gotten the dreaded follow up questions.
I don't talk about it at all now not even with my poor mom who likes to know everything! LOL! Love her! That's why I have turned here to these wonderful ladies!
Best wishes and tons of baby dust to you!
I think my favorite question is "how is the baby making going?" How do you answer that? Haha!
Best wishes, good luck and baby dust to you too!
Teenie16
Love that question! It's like..."Um yeah it's going" that's usually my response and I cringe when I hear that (possibly with a not so happy facial expression). Yikes I hope my expressions are not so bad. I know it's my fault since I should have never mentioned it to anyone. But it's hard to keep that excitement of TTC #1 inside.
Plus due to a medical condition my mom, dad and Fiancé were all at the doc's with us as we were asking if we were okay to TTC so the cat was out of the bag. I couldn't keep it from my parents even if I tried.
Problem now is I get tons of suggestions, advice and questions especially from my mom who wants a grandchild badly! Very badly LOL!
Oh well...we live and we learn! If we are lucky enough to be blessed with our own child and we are able to TTC for a second time I will not tell a soul!