Swaying after 35

[Mochagirl]

I'm 36 (turning 37 in 2 months) and just finished my third month TTC. I've always gotten pregnant very easily in the past, so was very frustrated that it didn't happen right away this time, especially as I've been following the low everything diet pretty strictly and am desperate to eat again! Personally, I wouldn't bother with timing, but if you have the patience to try for several months and it will make you happier with your sway, go for it. Our last two attempts, we BD up until a day before O, but this month we BD through O. I also dropped the Sylk this month and used Rephresh only very sparingly. I think diet is the only thing that has scientific evidence to back it up, so I want to make sure I don't take too long to get pregnant, or I'll end up dropping the diet and my whole sway will fall apart.

[pinkdreams]

I fear I will find myself in that same position Mocha. My sons were both conceived first month of trying but I was younger then and hope that I don't have too hard of a time trying to make this girl. I really hope we all have success soon!!

[LolaInLove]

Mocha, you are exactly right....the longer it takes, the more likely you are to want to drop the diet. I am on the verge now since I've gained so much over the past 13 months on the boy diet.

[atomic sagebrush]

I was 36, almost 37 when I conceived DS 3 (I wasn't swaying, but I may as well have been swaying blue because I was eating straight off the boy diet and the only thing I did do was a cutoff, which didn't work) and then 38 when I conceived DS 4 and that was a pink sway with the cal-mag-Vit D-B6-vitex supps and a slightly modified diet, but I got pg the month I was taking a break and trying to gain back some weight, of course. Since it was an accident, I didn't take an antihistamine or do a J and D like I had been planning. I didn't do timing with him because I wanted fresh egg and fresh sperm.

Got pg second month of trying with DS 3 and it took 4 or 5 months with DS 4, but that was only because I was breastfeeding and not ovulating regularly. I got pg with him before I even got AF...I had Oed very early after I had DS 3 and then nothing for several months, then I caught the first eggo. My point is that you can still get pg easily even if you are over 35...I'm not trying to scare anyone OFF of trying to sway, just that I want everyone to pick their battles and my experience with the Mature Mamas on IG is that none of us ever got pg trying for an O+12.

[pinkdreams]

I really appreciate your advice and sharing your experiences. I didn't take it as trying to scare me off of swaying at all! My first 2 were conceived on the first try and it honestly hadn't occurred to me that it would be any different this time (in my mind i'm still in my twenties LOL honestly I have to ask my DH how old I am often because I think I block it out) I just feel like the cut off method seems less reliable than O+12, although try as I may I can not find any real statistics on this. Again I truly appreciate input!!

[atomic sagebrush]

The timing stats are SO all over the map that I think the only logical conclusion that can be made is that timing doesn't sway. Any variation in one study or another, is only due to sheer luck because there are other studies that say the exact opposite. I only keep timing in the mix because so many people have heard of it and it isn't ~that~ hard to keep it in (cut-off, anyway. O+12 IS really hard.)

[LolaInLove]

Well, and with regard to timing, I think the thing a lot of us face after a while of ttc with no luck, and at our ages, is that we will need to drop it and get the egg and sperm to meet as quickly as possible. No cut-offs for girls or one time shots for boys. So, it's nice to know that it probably isn't a big sway factor anyway!

[zanacal]

Well, and with regard to timing, I think the thing a lot of us face after a while of ttc with no luck, and at our ages, is that we will need to drop it and get the egg and sperm to meet as quickly as possible. No cut-offs for girls or one time shots for boys. So, it's nice to know that it probably isn't a big sway factor anyway!

I agree!

[Demeter]

The timing stats are SO all over the map that I think the only logical conclusion that can be made is that timing doesn't sway. Any variation in one study or another, is only due to sheer luck because there are other studies that say the exact opposite. I only keep timing in the mix because so many people have heard of it and it isn't ~that~ hard to keep it in (cut-off, anyway. O+12 IS really hard.)

I know dd#3 was conceived for me right on ovulation day. With my other two, I do not know.

[pinkdreams]

Thanks Demeter. I decided to just try to have all my other sway factors in place and not concern myself too much with timing. In the 2WW now, so hopefully it will work!