No more Pill!! This is it!! Starting a JULY-AUG 2012 bus...

I've got everything crossed for tomorrow Bosco!

(except my legs )

Hi there,

Can i join this thread please? I am relatively new to mumsnet so please bare with me. Not too sure what all these acronyms mean yet.
Last night i took my last contraceptive pill and am now waiting for my final "fake period" to come and go so that we can get down to business. So i really am a newbie! I am super excited about TTC our first child (i bought a heap of ovulation test 2 months ago because i couldn't wait... don't tell my husband) but also really nervous because i have been on the pill for 12 years and know that it can take a while for your body to get back to normal.
Thought it would be really nice to join this thread so that i can share my journey with others who are in the same situation. That way i won't have to let on to my friends or family how utterly obsessed i am with getting pregnant.
Anyhow, that's my story for now. Who knows what the future holds?!

Good luck to everyone else out there. xx

Cauldron, that really made me lol! These men can be so inconsiderate ;) My DH is desperate for a break, bless him. He's only used to maybe once a week, twice if he was lucky! I haven't dare tell him yet that he's booked in for tonight aswell ;0 Hee hee.

Bosco, Good luck for tomorrow! Really hope it's a bfp for you :) I hope you manage to get through today without giving in!
Xx

Still no AF here, Im going to leave it till Tues though to POAS. I dont know how I will do that but I will sit tight till them!! And I dont know why I picked that day...I really dont!

Haha that made me chuckle

We're all in it together Vino...

DP realised that I was a lot more obsessed than I had been admitting when I greeted him at 4am with "you BASTARD! I'm OVULATING!!".

He was

Ah think I am in the same boat as some of you only came off pill at the very end of June had af end of august and now nothing so just sitting around waiting, tested yesterday although we didn't try last month due to work and was sure I wasn't and got bfn so no idea when to swi or anything but just gonna do it everyday/every other day til af or bfp and see what happens. No opks for me yet possibly a month or two of trying and I might just to check I'm oving as with last pg had ov pain but since coming off the pill nothing....! Have some royal jelly on order tho 2 months supply so shall see if that works

Great link Sarah :) According to that, I was very fertile yesterday and ovulating today. However, according to the clearblue opk it says I should be ovulating in the next 24-48hrs. Im hoping I haven't missed it as we had swi on thursday and nothing since! Best give it a go tonight just incase :)

Im getting more and more obsessed! It's so nice to see im not the only one though :) Xx

That's strange Kirrin - your body must send you messages somehow...

If no AF appears on the 8th to the 10th (very "ish") I would possibly poas around the 12th/13th but I'm convinced I'm not going to be pg this month.

I will be blaming DP entirely for getting drunk until 4am on what I had (randomly) calculated to be Prime Trying Day

I think I could probably poas on the 15th - so a little way to go yet. I always say I'll wait til I'm a good few days late, but then I start symptom spotting, convince myself that I really really must be this time, and then do a test which is, of course, negative.
Actually, when I got my bfp last time, I had no symptoms at all but I just knew it would be positive. It was about 3 days early as well.

Haha Cauldron I completely sympathize with your anxiety and wanting to get all 'professional' - I have heaps of it here too. That's why I charted my cycle for 5 months before actually TTC this month - BUT AF decided to go all haywire on me and be weird for the last 3 of them. [hangry]

Hm...I don't know when I'll be able to POAS either. I guess maybe 11-14 DPO? A clearblue digital came with my OPK's, I'm sure I'll be gagging to use it as soon as I can.

Not until I work out my cycle length Sarah... I'm not planning to poas until I'm late by more than a couple of days or get definite "signs" iyswim.

Do you poas regardless, each month? Apologies if I have misunderstood.

God I want to fast forward a couple of months so I can get all "professional" about my cycle

On Friday it will be the first day I can POAS to see if we have been successful this month.
Anyone else know the day they can test?

I'm with you fishpants. The only test I'd be likely to get a positive on tonight would be a breathalyzer....

Hehehehehe @ all the OPK OCD. I did another today, it's CD 14 and still no dark line. They've all been quite faint the last few days. I started testing CD 10, even though it's been running 32-35 days the last 3 months. I was on 30-day cycle like clockwork, almost down to the hour. Ho-hum. I guess I shouldn't expect a positive OPK until probably next Wedensday or even later, but still.

I feel like I can never get a positive line on ANY kind of test

ooh good luck peeriebear!

Warning - this thread seems to induce mild opk ocd!!

I'd like to have a seat too if I may :) Came off the Pill about six months ago but in that time I've had a Fenton's procedure, DD2 has had minor surgery, I've been ill/anaemic at fertile times... things have definitely taken a back seat!
This week has been my fertile week so we shall see.

Probably worth it horsey, even just to put your mind at rest...

I presume you ride? A good friend of mine was hunting at 4 months pg, which I thought was daft brave... she also hunted on the morning of her wedding which I thought was very cool

No I spoke to the GP about 18 months ago as I was having troubles, but everything settled down.They were (are?) concerned as my periods only last two days since I came off the pill and were every 5 - 6 weeks. Now they are around 30 days, but still only last about 2 days.....I'll make an appointment tomorrow even though I don't wan to :(

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!

I don't even know how long my cycle is at the moment, but that hasn't stopped me hazarding a guess and then getting all stressed about it

According to Sarah's link (thanks Sarah) if I'm on a 28 day cycle my most fertile days are Wednesday/Thursday, which is absolutely useless as I never see DP on those days

I was planning on being all relaxed about it this time to but it seems it very quickly becomes an obsession.

I've got my opks ready and waiting but I'm pretty sure it'll be sometime next weekend when I am away without DP - typical!

Ah thanks guys, we'll keep trying!

Sending fertile thoughts to all!

Bosco- so sorry for your negative result, keep trying, keeping my fingers crossed for you x

God I'm not relaxed at all. Enjoying all the practicing! But the thought of making a baby seems to keep popping into my head during the SWI. Things like is this the best position!

Been obsessing about ovulation too. Was not like this with my first two ( first unplanned and second happened first time and I was very relaxed about the whole process)

www.babyhopes.com/ovulation-calendar.html

Check out this website I've found

I think we're cut from the same cloth, Vino.

I have just ordered some opk's from Amazon. They won't get here in time this month but next month I'll be armed and dangerous!!

cherry I only see DP weekends so I'm kind of in the same boat - its all or nothing Friday night to Sunday morning!

I was going for the relaxed approach also and have failed miserably!