Coming off the pill - how long did you wait?

Ha ha! 'Things you never thought you'd hear you husband say!'

That made me laugh out loud! My DH said to me recently "please stop talking to me about your cervical mucus" hahhaa!

DH is quite into the idea of baby making (and DTD lots!) So I thought he would be quite interested in the science behind it. I'm also a Biology teacher so like going on about it but I think its was a bit much for him the other day when I found EWCM and shouted from the bathroom 'Wahoo, I've got mucus!!' I was worried I wasn't ovulating so was a bit over excited haha. Still waiting for real AF to show up so we can actually get cracking though, reckon this will be a six week cycle, yawn. I feel a bit like I am leaving him out if I don't include him though but I think that may have been TMI !

Nervous I was the same, a bit reluctant to show oh how obsessed I had became with ttc! Obviously he knew we were but I never really told him at any point "right, I'm fertile now..lets go!"suppose he just thought he was having a good few months haha. Thats really why I ended up joining here, had so many questions and doubts and nobody else really knew we were ttc. So glad I did...even though I still thought I was crazy/obsessed, I could see hundreds of women were in the same situation as myself and it made it so much easier.

I'm so glad I read this thread as I'm in a really similar situation! took last pill 02/12, had a withdrawal bleed and nothing since. Started panicking a bit, but now feel reassured.

I had a niggling feeling last weekend that I was about to ov, did an opk and got a much darker test line, so got started over that weekend. Wanted to do temping too, but couldn't get my head around it and my temp always seemed to be lower than was suggested as normal?!? Had all the other indicators though including cramping on one side, ewcm etc. So hoping that I did actually ov and it isn't just my body being weird after over a decade on the pill!

Due to test next weekend, or early in the following week, so currently half way through my first tww! It's bloody hard not to start symptom spotting!

I have a bit of a quandry too. I'm in the middle of treatment for an issue with my jaw (totally outing myself!) which involves orthodontic treatment and major surgery. I was due the surgery early this year, but due to NHS waiting lists it's now not likely to be until another 12 months! Because of that, dh and I decided not to wait and to start ttc now. Starting to think that should I be lucky enough to conceive soon, having serious surgery and looking after a newborn may be a bit of a nightmare! Really don't want to put off starting our family for another year though :-( Aaaargh, sorry for the long post!

Good luck everyone, hope to start setting some bfps soon.

congratulations!

fingers crossed for all of us!

Congratulations boobeebeedoo that's wonderful news!!

I'm on cd32 and AF arrived today I'm kinda hoping that's a good sign and that it'll be regular well until I get a bfp now to wait until she's gone hope everyone else is doing ok xx

Oooh congrats boobeebeedoo how exciting :)

I'm still on CD33 waiting for AF, sigh...

Hi ladies...just popping in to say I got my BFP this morning!

Keeping my fingers crossed there's more bfp's to come on this thread!

Hi ,

Glad there are others going through this! Came off pill about 3 weeks ago, had usual withdrawal bleed. Then a few days later used an ovulation test just to see and got quite a bright second line but assumed it was negative as not as bright as control line. But have done a few since then and no hint of second line... Dare I hope I actually ovulated?!

Hey Ladies...I stopped taking the pill in July last year after 10yrs and AF came back right on time each month since then, give or take a few days. I'm due AF or to test this weekend so if its a bfn again next time will be my 6th cycle since stopping. I haven't tried the ov prediction kits or anything so I don't know for sure when I ovulate, just been taking it as the average, around cd14 so been trying before, on and after this time of my cycles. First few months I wasn't even really taking dates into consideration but have been since oct/nov.

Good luck to everyone!

I feel incredibly reassured after reading this thread as AF is currently missing in action here!! I took my last pill at the end of December and we decided to ttc as of then. I've been on the pill for twelve years but have had a few breaks during that - and have always, always reverted straight back to a 28 day cycle, so being on CD32 with no sign of AF is reeeeeally throwing me. Had bloody awful cramps on Friday (needed a hot water bottle for the first time in years) and AF was due Sunday so I figured that was that, but so far absolutely nothing...

Have POAS (repeatedly) just in case and BFN with no hint of a line - judging by dates I'm pretty certain I'm not pregnant. It's really frustrating, I just want to get AF out of the way now!!

the subject of holidays makes me really nervous! we're meant to be going to Barbados with the family in about 18 months, I'm hoping I can fall PG before we go, otherwise we'll have to put off trying which I don't want to do because it'll be the first time me and the OH will have been away together!
congratulations on your BFP

Thanks you? lol

Thanks you we weren't actually supposed to be trying as have a holiday booked which we will now have to cancel but got carried away in the excitement of Christmas day lol. Fingers crossed your cycle will sort itself out soon enough x

I came off the pill last January, think it took about 5 weeks for AF to come back and then I thought I was regular-ish until July when I had a 52 day cycle and every one after that was totally different to the kind of AF I'd had on the pill for 12 years and reminded me of when I was a teenager so I now think that was when I started ovulating again. We didn't try between July and November for a number of reasons. I started using OPKs in October and charting my BBT and got my BFP today!

So in summary: AF regular after 5 weeks, OVing after 7 months and BFP after 12 months

Hi Nervous. I came off the pill in January last year and it took 4 months for my period to come back, then I had a MC in August and it took 4 months again for them to come back so we've just started ttc now. So for me 4 months seems to be the norm for getting back on track. I had so many pregnancy symptoms this time last year when I first came off it, your body goes crazy. Good luck!

Hi nervous! Have you poas yet? I came off the pill after ye-ears, had a period (withdrawal bleed, but more a period IMO) and then was pregnant before my second (or first) period arrived. So you never know! :)

First time I came off the pill in December, periods returned in a regular cycle straight away ( I was surprised as had been on the pill for about 12 years) however we used condoms until we were ready to ttc. Started ttc in February and conceived in March!

Second time I stopped taking the pill mid July, had a withdrawal bleed immediately and then nothing until mid September, so about 9 weeks for first proper period. Conceived end Sept and miscarried beginning of October, then conceived again following cycle and currently 11 weeks with DC2.

Try to relax and be patient, although I know it's easier said than done! I found this time around particularly frustrating as my periods returned so quickly the first time round. Good luck!

I came off the pill about a month ago, no bleeding whatsoever as of yet! we're actively trying now but I'm not holding my breath until AF comes and returns to normal, so I can get all geeky with charts and ovulation calculations and such but there are some who get PG straight away, so it's just luck I guess!