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Has anyone tried these progesterone creams? Apparently, you can buy them without a prescription. I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on that...Today I'm about 9 dpo. I'm trying so hard not to obsess this month like I did last month, but I am starting to anyway!! I had some strange pains in my stomach last night, my bbs feel larger, etc...but I felt the exact same way last month & nothing. So, I guess I was just never paying close enough attention to my body/cycles until the last few months. I think I will start temping next cycle though. Of course, DH will be *&@$ing traveling again at that exact time!
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I have tried to progesterone cream for 2 months. But I used it incorrectly I believe. Its wacky if you do not ovulate regularly and the cream blocks ovulation. So research it carefully or talk to a naturopathic practicioner.
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Hi ladies,
Well, here I am again, cycle day one. The dostinex I have been taking seems to be making my cycles shorter. This month was only 25 days which means my luteal phase is getting shorter if I am ovulating at all. This is worrying me a little bit because I was taking the next couple of months off to let my prolactin levels come down but I think I am going to call the fertility clinic and do some ultrasounds next week and blood tests just to monitor this month. I am scared that I will get to my target month for my next IUI(sept) and discover that everything is going further out of whack!
Plus, even though some of the side effects of the drug are tapering off I find that depression is now rearing it's ugly head on me. All I want to do is cry all the time! Elise, is there much of a difference between flax seed and other EHA's like omega3-6-9 or evening primrose? I will have to do some research on that. I thought the vitex would help, but I read that it can interfere with the dostinex so I will bypass that one I think unless the dostinex doesn't work.
Citrine, I tried the progesterone cream, it didn't seem to do much for me, but I think that was because my prolactin was something like 129 at the time. My gy-ob at the time told me to take progesterone capsules for 14 days once every 3 months just to trigger a cycle because at the time I wasn't getting my period at all, but it didn't do anything for ovulation I don't think.
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Hey Ladies!
How is everyone doing!!!??? I hope well.
I was hopeful this month, but AF arrived yesterday!
Maria, I am not sure aboout the difference between flax and the other omega sources. Flax is better for me because I like that I am adding fiber and I like the specific benefits of flax.
Be good gals!
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Hi. I was reading this thread and hoping I can join you for moral support and advise. I am 41 and ttc. However, in my situation, I do have 2 daughters from a first marriage, so I hope I can still be accepted in the ttc #1 over 40. My situation has been difficult. I was tested, and everything seems to be fine, however, I noticed that my CM is not as abundant as it was before. I did buy the EPO and then the Flax Seed to take after ovulation. My problem was that my husband was deployed to Iraq for a whole year 10 months after we were married. A whole year just passed by and unfortunately, a whole year we couldn't ttc. He will be returning in August so I am hopefuly that it will happen sometime after then. I too suffer from anemia and have to take 2 iron pills a day. I just want to make mention that thru my first marriage, I went almost 9 years without a baby. The first 4 we didn't plan on having any..the next 4, we tried so hard to conceive. I never thought the day would come and the depression I went thru was immense. I am now blessed with 2 beautiful daughters. I am hopeful to be able to conceive just one more and I realize that as the time goes by, bc of my age, chances are slimmer, but for some reason I feel so hopeful. I have family members that have conceived in their late thirties and mid-40's. I want to encourage you all to hang in there, do you part, and I will keep you in my prayers that you will all experience the joy of motherhood. Baby dust to all!
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Hi Mialso,
Welcome to the thread! It's good that you feel hopeful. I do too even though I have virtually no logical reason to do so!! So don't give up hope.
My main prayer right now is for God to help DH. He is so depressed and frustrated which makes me sad. But I am taking it one day at a time. Good Luck to you and your DH! Wishing you lots of baby dust!!!!
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Hellooooooooooo anyone out there???? I see tumbleweeds and dust in here.LOL I hope you are all doing well....for being MIA you all better be knocked up tee. Today I fell in the lobby of my building. Flat on my face. I don't think I got hurt except for rug burn on my palm. Anywho, the rest of today will be better. Hugs to you all!!
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Hi again,
I have been checking in but not much to report. Ihave been on the dostinex now for 6 weeks and am going for a blood test on wednesday. I hope that the prolactin levels have decreased! If not I will be very disappointed because if they do not go down I will be at the end of the line in terms of conceiving on my own. A strange thing happened last week however. I received an email from an adoption agency that I had written a while ago and their foreign adoption had opened up again. Although I would like a baby of my own, I wonder if this is God's way of telling me that maybe I should be a mom in another way? I don't know. All these decisions seemed so much easier when we were younger. I will let you know what the blood tests say.
Mialso, welcome. Elise, I hope your hand is OK. The rest of the girls, where are you at?
Maria
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Hi ladies,
I will turn 40 in a week (next Monday) and dh and i are ttc#1. neither one has kids yet. we married just 7 months ago and been trying since. i fell pg right away but unfortunately m/c at 7 1/2 weeks. :(
this month i am trying 100mg clomid for the first time on cd's 3-7 and i am on now on cd#4. no side effects yet. any one else trying clomid? best of luck and Baby Dust to all of you ladies 40 ttc #1!! we all deserve to become mothers. :)
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mmelo how weird is that about the adoption agency now eh? It might be a sign. Often I read people that start the adoption process end up taking so much stress off their bodies they then get pg naturally. wouldnt that be wonderful. COL - how do you like the infertility cure book? I keep reading and hearing about it everywhere but havent gone to look for it yet. I see above you have it and are reading it. Lucky sorry about your m/c. I was on clomid 2 months, 100mg and 50mg but both times it thinned my lining and i ended up needing estrogen to thicken my linings so we could do the iui's. He said after those 2 times no more b/c it thinned me. Its a very common side effect and with a thin lining you cant hold a pregnancy. Good luck with it. I am now 3dpo on a natural cycle.
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Thank you, Elise and mmelo for the warm welcome. My hubby will finally be home in about 11 days and I can't! Not only bc we can begin trying again..and he wants so much to try again, but also bc I've been tired of being "alone" for so long...I felt like a single Mom all over again. :( But just wanted to say you all to please hang in there. My best friend from high school, who is 42, just called me to tell me she is pregnant. I was so happy for her and yet a little sad for myself. She just decided she wanted to get pregnant after 15 years and Boom, it happened. And she is over 40, and my cousin, 44, just had a baby girl. I hope this can bring some source of hope for you all. It can still happen...no matter what they say. Baby dust and blessings to you all.
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Hi again ladies,
Well, today is not a good day for me. I went a did my blood test on thurs. Got the results back today. It was 72.1!! It hasn't gone down at all!! I am so upset. I spoke to the nurse at the clinic, she was going to talk to the doctor about increasing my dostinex and maybe doing another MRI to rule out a tumor. The last one I had was 3 years ago and nothing showed up, but I am wondering if there is one there now because the meds don't seem to be having too much of an affect. I am so angry at myself today for flittering away all those years when I could have been doing something about this instead of waiting until now and discovering that it isn't going to be that easy if at all. If this wasn't enough, AF showed up today and it is only CD24. Which means my luteal phase is also getting shorter, last month it was CD25 when she showed. I think the universe isn't fair at all. I just want to cry.
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(((((MARIA!!)))) Oh, big hugs to you girl. I know how you are feeling today. AF is such a cruel one - the times she picks to show up amazes me.
I am in the same boat with regard to AF arriving earlier and earlier. And I feel like you - when I was in my late 30s, single and making a lot of $$, I could have been investigating this stuff and getting healthy etc. Sigh!
The only thing that sees me through is my faith in God. If I lose that, I am so done for! So I have to hold on. It's hard for DH - he feels that I have not tried to investigate enough and he feels I should have had surgery aeons ago (He doesnt get it).
Anyway not trying to make this post about me just saying I know how you feel!!! Sending you warm hugs from NYC.
Elise
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Welcome, Lucky!!! Glad to have you with us!!
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Hi Elise,
Thx for the support. I was feeling really depressed. But now I am just angry so maybe this will help me to press onward. Until someone tells me to give up, there is always hope right?
Here's hoping for better news next cycle.
Maria
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I have a question. What is anyone here trying? Fertility Blend, Ovulex, EPO, folic acid? Is there any good advice of what you may have read that could be helpful once you reach 40. Just curious. And Maria, hang in there. I know it's hard. Don't lose the faith and don't ever lose hope.
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