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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Waiting to try, and cycle a mess from the pill

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AlexandraOrlov · 19/08/2015 09:20

Just wondering if there are any other lurkers in the same boat as me, planning to TTC in December/January?

I came off the pill three months ago and have only had one pathetic AF in that time, so very glad I came off early but also pretty anxious at how messed up things are, 1st cycle was 39 days, this one is 40 and courting.

So who's with me? I can't be the only person on here who is actually hoping for AF!

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Emzlou15 · 27/08/2015 06:37

Hi hope you don't mind me jumping in here.
I'm 22 and married 3 months but we've just started TTC. I came off the pill on the 23rd July and had a Withdrawl bleed. I'm now 29 days since that and waiting for AF. Haven't seen any signs of ovulation taken OPK's at different times throughout the month and all negative. I'm desperately wanting AF to just have that reassurance my bodies working!!

Wellthen · 26/08/2015 22:19

Hi all, how are we?
I'm 27 too, how weird that we should all be the same age!
I hadn't heard of angus cactus before but sounds interesting, keep us posted.

I'm on the seven seas ttc vitamins as well (there was an offer on I think, only reason I chose those over any others) - I did a quick google after reading this thread and as with most things it seems to get mixed reviews! For some it really helped, for others it messed up cycles. There probably isn't any correlation to be honest!

Still waiting for af here but it has only been three weeks. Hoping it'll turn up at the end of next week as that would make it a 'proper' cycle length since I last took the pill.

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AlexandraOrlov · 23/08/2015 12:56

Snap sunny, I'm also 27 and coming up for 1 year anniversary, which seems to be the point at which people start asking when you're going to get on with it Hmm - it's so inappropriate, as I'm not ttc I don't mind too much but what if we were desperately trying or just had a miscarriage or something. So rude!

AF has graced me with her presence today on day 42, if they don't get shorter I may try the Agnus castus - let me know how you get on with it. I'm taking the seven seas trying for a baby vitamins which allegedly hp to regulate your cycle but there doesn't seem to be anything special in them that you wouldn't get in a multivitamin. Oh well, at least I feel like I'm doing something, and the folic acid is there!

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Sunnydays1788 · 20/08/2015 18:07

Wellthen: I'm 27 and got married this year so want to give it a year to enjoy married life before babies come along.

Alex: thing sometime next year. I stopped the pill in July so If last time I stopped the pill is anything to go by I won't start getting periods until April and even then they might be really irregular. Yeah I downloaded ovia too but there isn't much to track at the moment... I just keep putting "nothing" in everyday and watching my cycle days rack up!! Haha. Glad I'm not TTC otherwise I would go bonkers waiting for AF. I have started taking Angus castus as Iv heard it can regulate cycles.. We'll see!

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AlexandraOrlov · 20/08/2015 00:40

Hello both!

wellthen fingers crossed for normality for you asap, hopefully the mini rather than combined pill maybe is a little less messed up (she says with no medical knowledge whatsoever!)

I'm waiting til end of the year because of a few things, DH is best man and me bridesmaid at our very best friends wedding in July and I wouldn't mind being pregnant but a newborn would be less than ideal, plus want to avoid an August baby as so many August b'days in our families, also just work stuff, tediously practical reasons.

sunny it sounds like we've both done the right thing by stopping taking the damn thing now, I can only imagine how distressing this cycle chaos would be if we were desperately TTC already. Do you have a plan of when you may start?

One thing I have done is start logging data in the Ovia app, it's strangely addictive and I'm hoping will make it clear if I am ovulating despite the super long cycles. We shall see!

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Wellthen · 19/08/2015 22:23

Argh Sunny I hope you're right! I had very regular cycles as a teen and no unsettled symptoms while taking mini pill so I'm hoping that bodes well. How old are you Sunny?

Alexandra if you dont mind my asking, how come you're waiting until next year?

Sunnydays1788 · 19/08/2015 21:21

Hi, I'm new around here too. Not TTC yet but Might start thinking about it next year. I came off the combined pill About 5 weeks ago because I know I'm in for a long wait for normal cycles! Iv been on the pill for about 13 years. Had one break about 7 years ago and it took 10 months to have a period... And then I went straight back on pill so who knows what my normal cycle is like! It also took my sister 10 months to have a period when she stopped the pill. so I thought I would come off the pill to give my body a chance to get back to normal before TTC. Having said that don't worry, most people's cycles settle much quicker after stopping pill. Good luck to those who are TTC xx

Wellthen · 19/08/2015 20:51

Yes! Only been off the mini pill for two weeks so fingers crossed for a normalish cycle this time but am v worried! Keep reading horror stories of women who's cycles took ages to get back to normal! Was on the combined pill before so, times when I've come off before for some reason always had a period straight away then just carried on as normal.

But, it doesn't mean you're not ovulating, apparently. Just wish it would bloody arrive so I can feel like we're actually ttc for real!