Waiting to try, and cycle a mess from the pill

Miss Clarke day 33 is very good for just after the pill nice 1 ! Looks like your cycles are going to sort themselves out very quickly ! Congrats xx
Haha sunny I know it's funny about the congratulations for AF! X
I really like this thread too !
I recently joined July antenatal thread and its carnage ! Most ladies are on it constantly so hard to keep up X
Hope your all doing well hoping to see some BFP soon xxx

Yay for period miss Clark! It's a funny thing to congratulate someone on but I know how happy I was! 33 days is good 1st cycle off pill. Hopefully it all settled in to nice pattern now.

I like this thread too. The others are so busy I would have to log on every few hours to keep up... And that would fuel the crazy even more! Haha x

Well my period arrived today (cd33 after stopping the pill) but it is very weak. Still, I'm hoping it'll be a normal period so that I can get into my cycle.

Probably the only time I'll be excited about getting it!!

How is everyone else doing? I like this thread because I find it hard to keep up with some of the others!

Thanks cookie still in shock ! Xxx

CM not CF- iPad keeps autocorrecting

Wow- huge congratulations to you Gx. Must be such a great feeling to get your BFP. I hope you're our good luck charm & we all can follow in your direction!

Sunnydays, I also get very confusing CF at times & not sure how to log it. Last cycle I did get very obvious EWCM on one day in particular and it was v v stretchy. On most other days though it seemed to just be a mixture of both school glue & EWCM! So I just decided to log it as school glue xx

Sunny I'm not sure how u would log it in - I only had 2 days of EWCM this cycle and it was completely clear but then rapidly changed to thick creamy white , hard to say because everyone's body is different X
I think if u can stretch it pretty far without it breaking that's good enough as sperm can survive in it X hope that helps X
If ur getting faint lines on OPKs they will get darker if ur approaching 0 day , I had the cheapy ones from savers ( 1 pound for 5 ) and kept them to check the difference , took a week to get a dark line on it ! Hope u catch ovulation xxx

Thank u miss Clarke and sunny !
I know I really didn't expect it with OH working away and having late ovulation ! X
Probably would have totally missed it without OPKs and would have had another long cycle ! X
Really hope this starts a domino effect of BFP for u guys will b keeping an eye out to see if u any of u guys get your lovely surprise ! Xxxi

Wow GX!! Congratulations. That's a brilliant line for cheap dip test! If you pee on a FRER tomorrow/or more sensitive test you will get a lovely dark line! That was quick as well? 2nd cycle? That's the 1st on this thread, hopefully more to come!

And poin, fingers crossed for EWCM and OV! Sounds like promising news 1st cycle.

Sorry no sign off AF miss Clark. Hopefully not long.

I'm on cycle day 23... Was hoping this cycle would be shorted but day 23 now, no sign of OV. Had varying amounts of EWCM for a week now. Still no pos opk... I'm running out! Gross question coming up: I'm not sure how to log my CM some days... It's often a mix of creamy and egg white... Would you only log it as egg white if that's all you get one day? I have read somewhere about checking for EWCM several times a day as it changes through the day. Hmmm.

Weekend now! Yay. Xx

Wow that is definitely a BFP! Not faint at all! Congratulations

Well I caved today and POAS ! This Is what a got ! Faint line tho so having to wait and do one tomorrow if I can stop myself doing another aaaaaaahhhhhh
Woke up this morning early, bursting for a pee and boobs are feeling tingly
Hope it's a good sign of BFP lol xxx

Poin glad ovulation is here , certainly sounds like it ! I'm not sure if I ovulated first cycle off the pill but had crazy symptoms and generally felt rubbish ! Hope ur doing alright !
Ovulating first cycle off the pill
Is a good sign tho bcoz now u will have an indication of when AF is due xx

Morning girls. Think ovulation is hitting with me. EWCM all day yesterday and felt a bit rubbish. Woke up this morning, feel sick, bunged up nasally, bit of a tummy upset and generally out of sorts. Guessing the first "natural" one ofter the pill can be a bit like this?xx

Miss Clarke - hope ur not too frustrated , if it's any help I had cramps all the time and thought AF was coming last cycle , (and never did ) actually got it on a day with no idea it was coming went for a pee and wiped and ther it was, then was cramping like crazy for the rest of the week X
Hope it surprises u soon ( if ur not hoping to b pregnant that is )
And always b prepared with tampons ! Lol xx

Still no AF...or signs to even hint it's coming! Grrr.

Glad yours has made an appearance cookie

Yeh sure am lol but it's not a disaster if it doesn't happen this month , might put it off for the Christmas month so I can enjoy some beverages ! ( il end up being the driver for everyone ! ) lol
Hope this month gives u a good insight as to what your body is doing - Iv never tried using BBT but Iv heard it's the best thing to use ! Along with OPKs of course
Good luck xxx

Welcome Scottishlady! Gx I'm doing good- feel a lot brighter this week now that AF has reared her head! Quite confused by my ovia app though as have been updating it with info and it still says I'm on a 28 day cycle (I wish!!). Bought a BBT and ov sticks so going to try and be more thorough in tracking ovulation this month (if I am even ovulating!). I love the fact that we're all going down the route of 'not preventing pregnancy' with our DHs and OHs. My DH much prefers this option than me saying we're 'trying for a baby'. Why do men freak out so much?? It's us that do all the hard bit Gx fingers crossed for you, would you be hoping for a BFP I take it? Xx

Glad ur going to get some time off ! 300 days the first time round ( nearly a year ) who could have thought the bcp could affect the body like that X I'm seriously thinking of not going bk to it
Altho I had the implant after DD and hated it bcoz I bleed every few days so not a lot of sex that year so went bk on the pill bcoz it's good for keeping bleed regular X
POAS every so often a good idea , u hear the stories of women who didn't know until they wer in labour ! Madness ! Lol xxx

GX, you never know.. Faint lines are a good sign, you have probably tested too early. In my 98 day wait I poas once a month just to make sure, (don't want to be one of those people who goes to the midwife at 3 months cod they didn't know they were pregnant!) and I knew it would be neg (we weren't trying) but it was still a bit disappointing.

Yeah 98 days was a long wait but I was expecting longer... When off pill 8 years ago 1st cycle was about 300 days!! I mentioned it to gp and they weren't fussed... Just said it's likely to do the same this time. I'm going to go back after Xmas when it's been 6 months. Hoping il have had another period by then.

2 more days at work! Then 3 day weekend because I worked last weekend.. Hate the 8 day stretches when Iv worked a weekend! Have a good day all! X

Welcome Scottishlady , hope ur first real AF arrives soon , it's a killer not knowing , but try not to stress about it did u have a specific time u wanted to conceive or are u just trying to get back on track ? Hope AF arrives soon for u ! X
Sunny - omg 98 days ! U poor soul that must have been tough , wer ur doctors any use ? Mine wer going to give me blood test if I wanted them , ( turned out AF arrived day after I called them ) I know a lot of women get sent away becoz they say a year is a normal time frame for conceiving ! X
Well I got up this morning and POAS lol too early and got bfn lol aware I saw the faintest of faint lines for a second so the obsession has begun ! Xx
Miss Clarke and cookie - how u guys feeling today ? Any sign of AF ? Xx

Hi Scottishlady.

Welcome. Fingers crossed your periods come back soon! Mines probably not a very positive tale: I came off dianette in July. Actually 4 months ago tomorrow. I won't go into it again but my story is in prev posts. Basically 1st cycle 98 days. Now on day 21 of 2nd cycle. But also came off dianette about 8 years ago and took 10 months to have a period so at least it's not that long this time! I think I was pretty regular before but been on various pills for last 13 years so it's hard to remember. My skin is pretty rubbish but I think it's starting to settle (I hope). I do know people who have come off pills (including dianette) and had regular cycles straight away so try not to worry and fingers crossed for you. Xx

Hi guys,
Can I join?
I'm 27, married in July. I was on the depo injection for a coupl of years before switching to dianette for contraception/acne about 18 months ago.

I came off the pill in mid October, had my withdrawal bleed and am now waiting... I was previously regular so fx things get back to normal soon!! Totally agree about spending your entire adult life trying not to get pg and now I'm obsessed with the opposite!!

Does anybody have any experience with coming off dianette? There are some horror stories out there...

Looking forward to having some pals to get through this with!!

Hey sunny , yeh going to test end of the week if i don't cave before then ( got Preg tests in my drawer ) lol X
Good shout on not telling DH about ovulation , mine says he couldn't do it on demand lol , was just so excited when I got positive OPK !
Plus he works away during the week so was just trying to dtd as much as we could wen he was home
Good luck to u all this cycle !!
Xx

Hi GX. Welcome... You are in the right place, I think most of us are trying now. We should change the name to "cycles a mess after the pill, Not preventing pregnancy"... Cod if we say the words "trying to have a baby" our other halves might freak out! Lol.

Good news on your opk GX. Fingers crossed for you. Will you test in 4 days if no AF?

Ha cookie, that's hilarious your DH comparing you to an old car! Although it's actually a pretty good analogy cos the pill does kinda switch your ovaries off and put them into a kind of hibernation! I want mine to wake up! Haha. Day 21 today. Had 4 days of EWCM this week but no pos opk and now CM is back to creamy and no hint of OV! Can I give my ovaries a little prod that it's time to wake up now please!

Also laughed at your DH feeling like a sperm donor. Because I don't think I'm OV I haven't got mad with the sperm requests... But my sex drive is definitely up now I'm off the pill which I think hubby is quite happy with. I don't think I'm going to tell him if I do OV.. Will just make it feel spur of the moment so he doesn't feel like a sperm donor. Xx

Lol yeh men don't seem to understand , I had to explain the whole malarkey to him last cycle ! X
It s hard waiting for first AF , when I relised i wasn't prego first cycle I was so glad when AF arrived was straight out to get some wine as I hadn't been drinking anything ! I found using OPKs this month very handy as now I can count down the days til AF its its coming , instead of waiting and waiting ..
It's such a great thing being able to talk to other women going thru the sm thing , my doctor didn't go through the effects of coming off the pill before they put me on it !! Xxx