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Congrats to all the BFPs!!! Well done ladies!

Not holding my breath this month, apart from having the flu, we just found out that the restaurant I work at is shutting down (2 days after I ovulated) so we might have had to drink the bar dry... Oops. I've had a hangover for almost 3 days so if this month is the month that poor little fetous is probably still drunk on Moët...

Just wanted to pop back to the TTC thread and say congrats to all of you who've got your BFPs - Raspberry, you started off a good one
We'd love to see you over on the grads thread, and there's a lot of support from FTFs (like highheels) who have been there, done that and have a little baby wearing the t-shirt

Hi Raspberry, Thank you. My symptoms are very much as you described with some heart burt sore back & today so spotting which scared the s**t out of me!!!

be over soon Highheels

Sorry cavemum .

I POAS yesterday, and got a BFN, but still no AF, and all my pre AF symptoms and PMS irritation have disappeared, so confused now!

Suppose will have to wait a few days and just see what happens.

raspberry yep was back on the pole when LO was 12 weeks old! Instructor was a bit sceptical at first but I'm now managing most of the inverts I used to do again, it's just a lot more effort than it used to be! Cannot do inverted V at all anymore, we think my centre of gravity has shifted and I just can't seem to pivot over anymore. Glad you're still going with it, you must be really good by now. It seems like just yesterday when we were chatting on those old threads, can't believe it was 2010!!!! Hope all's going well with the house, and good luck for the operation.

fairy and the others with recent BFPs the graduates thread is here so pop on over when you feel ready, it can be a bit quiet at times but with lot of brand new BFPs it's certain to pick up soon!!

Prickly, I take the WellWoman pre-conception vitamins. They contain folic acid, plus lots of helpful extras.

It's not cheap (about £10 for 30 tablets), but Boots and Tesco often have them on 3 for the price of 2 offer.

In reality, as long as you are eating and drinking healthily you don't NEED more than the folic acid, but I take the view that it can't hurt!

Sorry to hear that cave, but try to think positive, this is the start of a shiny new cycle.

I have a question; are there any other vitamins or supplements that I should take whilst TTC apart from folic acid?

AF is here in full flow, pardon the pun, this morning

Back to the Clomid tomorrow.

Hope everyone else has a better day!

Massive congratulations Fairy! brilliant news!

waves to all newbies

Good Luck with the IVF Josie, I'm smiling at the thought of your DH giving you the injection one handed :o!

Sorry you got your af Evil

Sorry you got a BFN too pippi

nothing to report here. to our newbies ive been off the pill since august and my periods still havent settled down, they are 4-6 weeks apart and the last one lasted 11 days! Rubbish periods! Still doing the ovulation sticks not had a positive one yet which is a bit depressing, trying not to freak out!

Aww thank you highheels

Fairy huge congratulations to you :o :o :o :)

Waves and hugs for cave (fingers crossed for you), raspberry (hope you're not still too stressed), josie (good luck starting the IVF) and anyone else here that remembers me.

Sorry to hear AF had got you Evil.

Here's the thing for me, the spotting stopped after a couple of hours and there's been nothing since. This is not normal for me! Little voice in my head is saying "implantation bleed?", but why the negative test? If AF doesn't show up properly by Monday I'll ask the clinic what I should do next, though I suspect they'll say give it another few days and test again.

Day one for me too, Cave :( Completely not a surprise for me, and we've been somewhat lax this month anyway.

Still, my temperatures look way more textbook in terms of peaking at ovulation, staying high, then dropping for AF, so perhaps the HSG has given me a spring clean inside! Next month we'll be on the case a bit more assiduously - no clinic appointments or anything to stress us out either so hopefully it'll be a bit of an easier ride. As it were.

Pickle - wishing you all the best with the beginning of TTC! I wouldn't worry too much about losing spontaneity - worrying about it will make you lose it more easily than anything else! We've been TTC for over two years now and our sex life is if anything better than it was before - I think the pill had been suppressing my sex drive for years.

There is no evidence to suggest that the length of time you are on the pill will influence how long it takes to get back to normal. Don't forget you can, in theory, get pregnant as soon as you stop, so in reality it only takes a few weeks at most for the artifical hormones to leave yuor system.
What takes the time is yur natural hormones getting back into sync again.

As far as temping goes, you need an accurate thermometer - it must be sensitive to 0.1C. Don't forget temping only confirms ovulation after the fact, it can't tell you that you are abuot to ovulate.

I've started spotting, so it looks as though I was right about Sod's Law kicking in . Another pee stick wasted

pickle - really don't know if recovery time is linked to how long you've taken pill, I haven't heard that before. I think it completely varies from person to person and I don't think there's much you can do to speed up the process.

I haven't had any side effects that I'm aware of, though come to think of it my last period was a lot shorter than when I was on the pill.

Regarding the thermometer, I just picked up a cheap one in Boots and have tried to take my temperature first thing in the morning whilst hiding under the duvet from DH but it seems a bit sporadic so have given up on that lately.

Feel so impatient! Have been working at home last few days and it's just too tempting to keep looking at baby stuff on the net - can see it getting a bit addictive.

Sorry to her that Pippi

How long have you been trying for?

Morning Ladies, POAS this am and got BFN. AF signs too, so seems not this month.

Hey Lady

It sounds like we're in exactly the same situation. Its strange after spending most of your '20s doing everything you can to avoid getting pregnant, that now the reality is here it might not be that easy.

Its really hard to get a straight answer as to how long it takes your body to recover from taking the pill. I was on it for 10 years - is the recovery time linked to the length of time you took it for? For some people it seems to take months and months to settle down. I'm desperately hoping that this won't be me.

I'm not going to chart my temps yet, but I remember being able to feel when I ovulated before, so I'll try looking out for that. Have you bought yourself a special thermometer for that yet? They need to be really accurate don't they?

Have you had any side effects of coming off yet? A couple of days ago I had a bad back and what felt like quite bad period pains, although this would be about 10 days early, no AF as yet. Not sure if this was ovulation or something else. If I'm honest in my heart of hearts I'm hoping its implantation pains - although I think that's wildly optimistic.

Hi pricklypickle,

I'm completely new too - still seems surreal after all these years of trying not to get pregnant.

I have only just come off the pill as well, some people say it takes months for your cycles to regulate/conceive while others have said they got pregnant the first month. I figure after 15 years of taking it, my body will take a while to sort itself out.

My husband thinks I'm mad to be even thinking about charting temps etc so I'm just going to be a bit sneaky about that!

Thanks Pickle

BTW congratulations fairy!

Hello ladies [waves hesitantly],

May I join your happy gang? I've been lurking here for a little while.

I'm a newbie to all this TTC lark. This is my first cycle off the pill so I'm waiting for my body to get used to life without all those hormones. At this stage my DP and I have agreed not to actively try to conceive, but just to stop trying not to that's what he thinks anyway. I think we are both a little concerned about losing the spontaneity from our sex life if we start using schedules, thermometers and OPKs.

In my head I'm thinking I'll give it 6 months then I'll unleash the crazy hormonal cowbag that lurks beneath!

thats what they told me but didn't mention my BMI was too high (still is really) so I asked for Metformin to help with weight loss. I lost 4 kgs over a year and the cysts went too! I was due to go back to Consultant in June & was gonna major crash diet to get my BMI down till BFP yesterday! IVF was for us next!

Clomid only. Metaformin has never been mentioned. I've got 6 cycles on Clomid and if that doesn't work I'm being referred on for IVF.