Emmie, the weather has been AMAZING! After the long dreary damp winter, the past week here has just been a dream!
DH and I spent the weekend in Amsterdam. It was a much needed getaway from the stress here. Yesterday we went to the Gaia Park near our home; sooo many baby animals everywhere!! A truly wonderful weekend, but now its back to the grind. I am teaching three classes at the end of the month, so have tons of prep to do.
Ladies, I am OK, truly. I have my days (sometimes my moments), and sometimes, I think I've just been at this far too long. You can only hear some things just so many times before you snap and the other day I finally snapped. I do hope that you'll forgive my harshness, though I do not recant the sentiment.
If prayer controlled pregnancy - there would be no need for birth control, nor would there be infertile women. Just my .02 worth.
AF has gone missing yet again - she should have been here Friday or yesterday. No clue what she's doing or why. Since I havent been temping or OPKing - I have no clue when/if I ovulated. Not too worried about it, as I'll do the Lupron shot next month to shut everything down in readiness for the IVF cycle. Physically I'm feeling OK, no sore bbs, nada. Though I wish that evil little voice whispering that I should go buy an hpt would just shut up!
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Hi ladies. I just turned 40 on Novemeber had my TR last September and am now 12 weeks pregnant. I thought 6 months as a long wait and suffered 1 m/c, but I see many of you have been on this journey much longer. Emmie: I read your post and just wanted to say I don't think your idea of conception is silly at all. I actually read online about a woman who had her first baby at 45, second at 47 and became pregnant with twins at 48. If your ready to close the book that's fine, just make sure it's because of how you feel not how you think others will feel about you.
Debs don't worry, no hard feelings from me, as I said I just felt a bit weird. It is hard to accept the feeling of 'I will have to stop now'. You are the same year as me but towards the end so you have a bit of mileage left. Hope you strike it lucky.
Chris it is a real shame we live so far away from each other as I said before. I always felt a real connection with you, we could have met up otherwise. As we can't I send you big hugs back.
Michele hope you feel ok about your decision. Like me and Chris you will probably feel right cut up about it all but logic tells you to move on. I wish you the best of luck with your decision and hope you will find happiness nevertheless.
Kay long time no see (your posts that is). Hope you are feeling as good as can be. At least the weather has been beautiful. I suppose you just have not felt like coming to your computer but enjoyed the weather instead and who can blame you.
As I said I am now with the after TTC club but will check in from time to time. There are so many new names on here and I have not had the time to get to know you all. I hope you have a short and fruitful journey. Old timers best of luck to you all.
Hope your doing ok,I wish I has a potion we could take to help us get threw this.I thought I was doing ok but it seems like I'm more emotional when I see pregnant women and babies! Thank God for my DH he is my anchor,my strength and doing so much better than me and I've got 3 grown kids and he none! I go threw alot of ups and downs but again he is always there. We gotta find peace with this somehow,I wish ya the best and sending big hugs to ya lady! Chris
I haven't seen Kay here in a few days. If your reading Kay I know how your feeling. I just wanted to let you know you can be a ray of sunshine on some of my bleakest days. I just want you to know you are so appreciated here and I am sure all the ladies will second that.
It is so funny that I haven't been on the board in the longest time and see all these new ladies here. I just want to welcome and wish you all tons of baby dust.
Chris thanks for the welcome to Texas. I am moving to Padre Island/Corpus Christ. One of the TR girls has been a wonderful source of help. I couldn't be doing it without her. I love this board because sometimes it is like we are all sisters.
Emmie, Carmencita, Debs and Michelle it's so nice to see some of the old timers here. I guess I'mm not the only still TTC. LOL.
Kay, I hope you come back soon. I hope AF is not being too hard on you!
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Katy, I don't know about the tubal preg. but, I do know that the older you get the risk of mc gets higher. That is wether you are 30 -35. But, older moms go on to have healthy preg. too. I had a mc at 32 and 33. I am now turning 40 this month. Best of wishes. Christie TR 3/13/06 NO bfp YET
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Chris, Kay, Emmie, Anita, Carmacita, Debs and all the "old gang", to the newbies sorry I haven't gotten an opportunity to know you.
I have already past my "official/unofficial" date in my mind. It has been a rough 8 months, but, I have done everything feasible that I can do, I trust in the Lord with all my heart, mind and being. I need to let go and move on. As hard as it is to accept the Lords will in my life in the area, I have not gotten one BFP.
The heart ache I feel I know is shared by many of you. Truth, I am 45 years old and I guess my body is just not going to produce. I have had many dreams and visions of the boys my heart longs for, but, perhaps it is just my own will and not the Lords.
I am saying so long and God bless each and everyone of you on this journey! I will still read and be here if any of you need encouragement, I am a great cheerleader!
Kay - you are a true source of a warrior! Your wisdom and understanding and you perservance are such qualities that I admire.
wake up: i drink 1 glass of filtered water right away ~It gets everything moving 1 cup Decaf coffee (I had to work my way down to decaf) Chia gel (1-2 oz) in a small glass of juice or veggie drink (Macro Greens powder mixed with juice) Morning: 1/2 cup cooked brown rice mixed with a packet of maple & brown sugar oatmeal. I throw some silvered almonds on top I drink water throughout the day Lunch: spinach leafy green salad/ maybe a turkey sandwich on sprouted wheat or rye Dinner: stir fry veggies with beans/rice or chicken or a whole wheat pasta. Another shot of chia I had to work my way out of a lot of bad eating habits. I try to eat a lot of Vegan type dishes at least 4 days a week. I use Agave Nectar in my coffee or tea instead of sugar. Chia gel can replace oil in many bake goods and believe it or not, I use an avocado instead of butter when I make cookies A few good books to read are: Integrative Nutrition The Encyclopedia of Healing foods The Magic of Chia Since I've read these books and a few others, I look at food in a whole different way. I eat all the time and lost 12 lbs over the past 2 months I have so much more energy now Re: Chia, here is a site that has some good info. http://www.chiaonly.com/ Google "Chia seed" and lots of sources will come up I've purchased my chia seed online and at my local health food store. I'm not sure if there is a big difference. I hope this helps you!! Good Luck, Kelly
This is very interesting. I am curious, what would be an average daily menu for you? Also, I have never heard of Chia (except the animal plant pots that they advertise at Christmas lol). What does it do for you and how do you prepare it?
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Hi Everyone I wanted to respond to Michelle and others who have problems with heavy periods and other related hormonal issues. I had terrible heavy bleeding, large clots, lots of pain and so on for years. My periods are now pretty normal,. no more heavy bleeding or big clots. My pain level is greatly reduced. I have more energy than I've had in years and I contribute it to changing my diet to whole foods consisting of whole grains, lots of veggies and fruit, legumes, lots of filtered water, nuts. I buy organic as much as possible and avoid processed foods, caffeine, soy products. I've been using Chia seed in my daily diet for 8 months now. Chia has major nutritional benefits. No more brain fog, or major fatigue. My mood is more in balance. Cycle is more in balance. I'm 41, so I understand what many of you are going through. I wanted to share with you my success. I use to eat a typical American diet and my conversion to whole foods came in stages. But I'm so happy I did it. I took about 3 months before I started to see a real difference in my cycle. Each month it gets better and better Blessings, Kelly
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