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TTC after 35
leahrae75
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My TTC over 35 Intro
leahrae75
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in TTC after 35
Hi All!
My name is Leah age 39 w/ type 1 diabetes, my DH is 45 and we have been TTC #1 since Mayish 2014. Started ovulation test sticks in December, first run was a BFN as of yesterday. Hoping for success in the near future, the box did say it usually takes 3 or 4 months, but I wonder if my age bracket is included in that time frame. :-)
Not sure that we will try anything more "medical" than the sticks because of the diabetes, but we will cross that bridge if we need to when we need to.
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Re: My TTC over 35 Intro
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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
All welcome
TTC #1 with IUI and donor sperm
First IUI May, 2014, Clomid + Trigger = BFN
Second IUI July, 2014, Clomid + Trigger = BFN
Third IUI Dec, 2014, Femara + Follistim + Trigger = BFN
Fourth IUI Feb 2015, Femara + Follistim + Trigger = C/P
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
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I'm also on mobile so I have no link, sorry
I had gestational diabetes and had a very healthy boy delivered just barely full term (37 weeks). Once I was dx I just had a lot more appts and more u/s, stress tests,etc. I personally had a hard time with it but LO did great and that's all that matters. There are lots of women on the high risk board that either have diabetes or GD and are very helpful.
Good luck!!
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You might want to consider a fertility monitor instead of continuing to rely on the OPK sticks. When I was 35, I used the sticks for a few cycles without luck, and then went to the fertility monitor and we conceived my daughter after a few cycles with that. My understanding, from a book I read, is that OPK sticks often miss your window by a day. With the sticks, when you get a positive result, you may have already ovulated a few hours or several hours prior, and then you may miss your window, especially if you wait to have sex that night. Apparently your highest fertility is the day before you ovulate, and the advantage of the fertility monitor is that it tells you when that is -- the fertility monitor indicates when your levels are "high," the day or two before "peak." The sticks only tell you when you're at peak. So if you can identify the days before peak, and have sex then, you might be making the most of your opportunity every given month.
The monitor is pricey ($200ish, I think?) but in the grand scheme of what assisted reproductive technology treatments cost, or what raising a kid costs, that's not that much. Anyway, good luck to you!
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