Waiting to try, and cycle a mess from the pill

Hi, I'm going to start TTC in Dec...2016 :(

Where's the waiting to TTC thread gone?? We need it back.

Hi. No news here. 2 weeks after CM and no Af! So don't think it was ovulation, just random CM. I read on another post that most people taking Angus castus are on 2000mg/day... Mine from Holland and Barrett were 4mg! Lol. So they obv weren't doing anything! If bought some higher dose from Amazon which are 400mg (higher dose were sold out) and taking 2x a day so still not a full dose but better. I've had Cm again last 3 days so il just have to wait and see! Currently day 66!

How is everyone else? Did you get AF biffle? What about Alex and Sophie? Regular AF yet? How did you get on with okps? I'd love to use them but would probably was 100's before getting a positive! Haha

Yes - my last cycle was 45 days! Came off Cerazette and it is a nightmare. Want regular AF so can look at best time in month to conceive but no clue at the mo!

Please can I jump on? I came off Microgynon at beginning of July and started ttc straight away. Got cold feet when af arrived beginning Aug and went back on pill for 6 days before DH talked me round. My cycle the first time I came off was 28 days. This time I am on day 33 and still no sign of af. I am nauseous, back pain, increased cm, tired and emotional but bfn. With DD#1 and DD#2 I didn't get bfp until 8 week pg, with DS#1 I was 3 weeks pg. Could I be pg with another girl? Are symptoms normal for coming off pill? I feel like I am going crazy at the moment with symptom spotting and trying to work out whether I am pg or not.

Hi ladies. Any news from anyone? AF? I'm on day 52 now and nothing happening over here! Still taking the Angus castus in blind hope it will do something! :) did have a few days with a little bit of EWCM this week put I used to get this randomly on pill too so I'm sure it doesn't mean anything.. and ongoing period type pains but think it's just body settling after pill. X

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It would be interesting to know if the vitamins do regulate cycles, I hadn't even heard of that!? I've been taking seven seas pregnancy vitamins with ginger since coming off the pill as they had all the same vitamins in as the boots own brand conception ones but for half the price! I think these cost £4 something for 28 tablets. Cheapest I could find, all the pregncare ones seem really expensive.

I feel so relieved reading some of these messages.. I apologise I don't know a lot of the abbreviations I'm new to all this.

My first cycle length after coming off the pill was 47 days, I then came off my last period on the 8th June and no sign of my next one. Starting to feel really concerned and fed up about it, for the past week I've had an awful stomach ache at odd times so thought it was happening but nothings happened. Grr!

I've also just started taking Angus castus and hoping that will help regularise my cycles!

I came off the microgynon30 at new year after approx ten years on it with no break.

I had the usual bleed and then didn't have a proper period for 42 days but since then my periods have been pretty regular around every 32days.

Since I came off the pill I've taken pregnacare conception tablets everyday.

My sister on the other hand came off the pill not for ttc but has had one day of bleeding in three months. Guess it affects us all differently.

I would recommend tracking cycles in an app. Good luck everyone x

Alexandra no not tracking yet. I'm not intending to at the moment as we're tryin to have a fairly relaxed approach and also because previous to pill (a long time ago) my cycles were always pretty regular. I will admit to succumbing to 'monitoring' cervical mucous! Who knew it would be so interesting! However my dh is working elsewhere in the uk at the moment so if we're not pregnant after a few months we might take a more scientific approach to increase our chances of conceiving when he's here.

Ally if you've had a clear std test before you met your partner then I'm sure you're fine - you certainly mustn't blame yourself whatever happens! And yes, a bit of wine is a great idea! You'd really have to drink a lot to cause a problem - a couple of glasses when you need it is nothing to word about when you don't even know if you're pregnant.

Hollie would WTT be waiting to try? God what a horrible acronym lol! I've hated waiting so I really feel for those of you wanting to try and having cycle difficulties.

Another diver here too! We dived (dove?) on our honeymoon and deliberately didn't try until after so we could have a 'final' adult holiday. So glad we did as its something we can come back to in a couple of years.

Hi alld, sorry you are having such a rubbish time. I don't know if you read my earlier post but last time I came off pill it took 10 months to have a period.. But it did come back. And I know of 3 other people who took exactly the same amount of time and two of them had babies no trouble (the other has never tried).. My gp just said it was normal for some people. I wasn't trying then so it didn't stress me out.. And I'm sure I will be a bit more on edge of it does the same this time (il give it 6 months then go to go) but try not to worry and just wait for you blood results.. And eat as much choc and wine as you like!!

Hollienivy.. Yeah last time we were in Bali we snorkelled on the gillis and that was great but I didn't dive at the time. Learnt to dive in Thailand. And the Philippines was amazing! Where you off to? X

it's so nice to have others in the same boat Of WTT and Yep deffo getting the ovia app obsession! Im seeing the consultant about the PCOS next week lets see what they say eh? it's difficult to know that we might encounter problems next year but I guess we won't know until we try hey?

that's so cool there's a some divers here :-) totally feeling one last holiday of boozing and diving and seafood and lots of Dtd Bali is a great place to dive we did our qualification there, I'm so jel! I'd recommend the Gili Islands in particular.
ally, hope you get the results you want and GP gets to the bottom of your problem, nah it's weekend totally treat yourself xx

Hi,

hope you don?t mind me joining, having a really rubbish day and need a rant :( Came off pill 10th April and after withdrawal no AF! now at 150 days +. Having crazy hormones, feel sad and anxious, put on 6lBs, covered in huge spots and really sweaty, urggh! and now have huge ithcy ugly rash under both armpits, hydrocortisone not working (and this can apparently effect hormones to so don?t know if I should be using it), feel really low and disgusting, not conducive to DTD.
Had blood tests on the 13th and normal accept apparently LH higher than FSH, although they said this could mean nothing as bloods where at random. Had more blood tests Monday for testosterone and STD's although I told Dr I had all clear on STD test 7 years ago prior to meeting partner, still can?t help worrying about results :( What if it?s something I did when I was young causing all these problems! Have also been sent for a pelvic exam but waits at the hospital are long.......
Also everyone I know, literally, is pregnant or just had a baby!
Know i shouldn?t be drinking but tonight just want to crawl into a vat of wine whilst eating chocolate cake. Do you think I?ll be terrible if do. Hard to be good when nothing I do makes any difference.
Sorry for the moan 

Hi all
wellthen not necessarily get married before the new year, just before any future baby is born. It's funny because neither of us are/were really bothered about marriage - we're not religious and have been together for 6 years and have a flat together and planning to spend the rest of our lives together etc etc. But since we started planning when to TTC I've suddenly felt like I want our future baby to have married parents. My bf doesn't think it's necessary, though part of that is because he doesn't want a big blow-out wedding. I think maybe if I got pregnant we might just go to the registry office or something.

alexandra I am obsessed with using ovia! I track everything, even though my cycles are regular and we're not going to try for ages. Guess it just makes me feel like I'm doing something positive towards it.

Also jealous of people's exotic holidays - such a good idea because I guess you won't get the chance for a while after having kids! I also wish I could have a happy accident though...maybe should just take the plunge a bit sooner!

Glad AF has turned up wellthen.. Hopefully it will all settle nicely into routine for you. X

Hi chill, Harriet and Hollie.

Yeah Harriet and emz, Some days I feel so super broody and wish my cycles would sort them selves out so we can try sooner. And then some times on my day off (when hubby is at work) I sneakily get into bed in the middle of the day and watch Netflix or have a big night out with my friend and think 'nah I'm not ready for babies'. Haha, any one else have those moments? I'm sure it's all hormonal!

Hollie the diving holiday sounds like a great idea to do before getting pregnant, we are off to Bali in October and hope to do some more diving. I do think about happy accidents too.. Would be quite nice to have an accident rather than stress about trying. We are using condoms now off pill But I think I might do a pregnancy test once a month til my periods do come back, just in case... Don't want to be one of those people who goes to the midwife and could be months pregnant without knowing.

Let us know how you get on with the pcos tests Hollie, I'm a bit worried cod iv read taking more than 6 months AF after pill canbe a sign.. Will prob go to go after 6 months.
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hi ladies can I jump onto this thread were waiting til the new year so we booked a nice diving holiday for them, figuring it'll be the last chance for many years, also got a bridesmaid dress to fit into exactly 9 months from now! I'm so broody it hurts though!! keep wishing we could have a happy early 'accident'! in the meantime I'm waiting to see a consultant about possibly having PCOS because if lots of irr bleeding x

I found it too hard to wait and that's why I came off and we started trying straight away. I do wish now that I had waited for at least one AF because I just dont know where I am at all in my cycle. I'm day 30 now but could I still ovulate in a week? I guess it's wanting to know your body is working how it's 'supposed to'. I don't know that I could cope with 10 months Sunnydays I'm just far too broody lol

Well, after posting hoping it would turn up next week, AF has turned up today. I think that's why it was on my mind as I was feeling a bit crampy. But that doesn't mean I'm 'back' of course as that's the withdrawal bleed, my next cycle could be weird. This 'cycle' would be 22 days if I counted from when I stopped the pill.

Harriet yes absolutely! Have wanted to try for a long time now and have been in the position to try for about two years so feel like I have been doing a lot of waiting around! I have to keep reminding myself that a couple of months will make no difference a few years down the line. Do you want to marry before the new year? Sorry may have read your post wrong.

Hi there, can I join?
I'm a lurker too, planning to start TTC in the new year. I would love to start now tbh but we're waiting for a few reasons - saving up, remortgaging in June and want to do that before baby, plus I'd like to get married before then and my bf needs a little encouragement!
I'm 28.

For those worried about the pill, I was on it for 8 years and when I came off it 18 months ago my cycles went back to normal after 2 months. I have the non-hormonal coil now which is great because I can just forget about it and it doesn't mess up my hormones.

Are you guys finding it hard to wait?? I am so broody!

I came off the pill 5 months ago and have had 3 cycles of 41 days, 54 days and 38 days...it definitely takes a while for things to sort themselves out. I wish I had come off sooner!

Good luck everyone!

Alex, glad AF has graced you with her presence, even if it is a bit late.

Wellthen, I'm not taking any TTC vitamins as not TTC yet but I will get on them about 3 months before we start thinking about it. Let me know if you think they make a difference to cycles.

Hi emz, welcome. I hope everything settles into normal cycles for you.

I'm currently on cycle day 43 and no signs of anything at all! No cx mucus, no AF etc. but I'm not surprised as I said before last time is stopped pill it was 10 months which is a 300 day cycle!! Looks even worse when written in days... Only 257 days to go! Lol