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Ttc after stopping the pill thread 3. Join us for: Super long cycles, living in limbo, obscene amounts of poas and trying anything and everything to get that bun in the oven!

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BoBo90 · 20/04/2016 13:51

Welcome to the 3rd thread for anyone ttc after coming off the pill Smile

We're a lovely group of ladies here to support one another through the wonderful pain in the bum experience that is trying to have a baby Grin

If your new to the thread please join us and if you are a lurker from our previous thread then don't be shy say hi!

Here's the link to the previuos thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2559429-The-craziness-that-is-TTC-after-stopping-the-pill-On-this-thread-we-have-100-day-cycles-do-weeks-of-opks-and-send-ovia-into-a-fit-with-our-ever-changing-fertile-windows-Welcome

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ClaireSunflower · 05/05/2016 18:27

Sorry to hear about the bfns cookie and johno. I am currently cd11 and waiting for ovulation. I really hope it happens soon. Last month it happened really late and only got an 8 day luteal phase so I'm hoping now ovulation will come at a normal time and will have a proper 2ww! I am taking Angus castus this month and vitamin b complex which apparently helps with short luteal phases so fingers crossed! I have a faint line on opks for the last couple of days so hopefully they should start getting darker.

Loulabelle1990 · 05/05/2016 17:36

Sorry to hear AF showed up cookie. How long have you been trying for Hun? I know it's hard but you just need to be positive as the negativity may affect you conceiving if that makes sense! All about PMA!

My cycles have been 72 days, 42 days and last one was 32 days so I am hoping it stays that way! AF left yesterday which is good, DH has been away and I realised he's working a late shift when should be my fertile week! Not good!

How long have you been trying for shankate? It's so horrible when the witch shows up after you practically convince yourself u could be preggo!

I am glad you are good chapman - it's funny how all you can eat is junk food lol!! Hopefully you can start eating a bit more normally in your next trimester. xxx

Cookie22 · 05/05/2016 15:56

AF is here now. I feel absolutely crap. Feel like I can't keep going through this every month Sad xx

shankate182 · 05/05/2016 15:07

Af is on her way getting the nausea/af cramps I always get ah well :( I'm starting to think now I can't have kids r sumn

cnchapmanxx · 05/05/2016 14:18

Afternoon girls :) sorry im like absent most of the time i literally am the worst haha!

The constant nausea has started for me girls. feeling sick all day but not being sick. all i can eat is jam on toast, jaffa cakes, salt and vinegar discos and drink juice! i absolutely love diet coke and literally cant touch it now it makes me vom xx

I have loadsss to catch up on!!

sunny - im feeling a lot better now i jsut feel when i go onto the december thread on the antenatel section another poor lady is out and i get proper paranoid and start to worry, DH has banned me from this site haha so i only go on it when hes not around! im 7 weeks now hun going on holiday in 11 days so that might make me feel better haha!

cookie - how are you lovely>? really hope that blood you had was implantation bleeding.. so sorry about your bfn,,might be too early babe what dpo are you?? no im not on hol babe til 16th may cant come quick enough tbh hoping by then you and others can be resident preggos :) xxx

bobo- have u finally ovu yet hun?? i was in your same predicament last month didnt get a positive unti literally the day before the egg popped, really hope you get it before saturday! fx lovely xx

loula - im ok thanks babe thanks for asking. been in a bit of hole recently but im ok now getting better how is it with you? has AF dissapeared?? i started SS the day after my period ended on the monday but supposedly you can take it at any point! xx

may - im good thanks lovely i understand your pain waiitng to OV its the worst wait ever especially if you have an app that tells you your ov and its pissing wrong! i only got 2 positive opks then they went negative its such a short window hope you catch it :) xx

johno - sorry about your bfn babe, i literally did not feel any different when i got my bfp, i tried to temp that didnt work cause i kept taking my temp at the wrong time and only got 2 positive opks on the sat and sun morn then it went negative on the mon, hope its just to early to pick up keep the faith hun xxx

shankate182 · 05/05/2016 13:23

Hey everyone :*
Cd 33 for me and I don't know what's going on or where I am in this cycle ? Don't know if iv ov or I did and just waiting on 2ww or if I'm late or cud be pregnant?
Symptoms are back pain every morning I wake up when I breathe in my back hurts?
A serious amount of CM keep getting trush? Boobs are sore sometimes but nothing unusual? Do kind of get nausea now and again? Keep getting like pressure pains when I wake up so I go to the toilet and it goes away?
Have like right side pain for the last 2 weeks on a off so I dno when I'm ov ?
I havnt dhd as much as last month but by my chart estimate ov tomorrow? That I'm in my fertile window this week I dno any ideas ladies?
Sorry about the BFN and that witch appearing for some of ye? X

thisisbloodyridiculous · 05/05/2016 09:46

Johno and Cookie so sorry for your bfns Cake hopefully it's just too early!

May07 · 05/05/2016 09:35

Morning all busy morning!

Sorry for the BFN cookie. Hopefully just too early. No symptoms and mild cramps could easily mean you are pregnant. I asked about LP as mine only around 9 days so not helping!

Really sorry about BFN Johno but hopefully just out on your dates.

Glad your feeling a bit calmer sunny. Must be so lovely hearing heartbeat.

Loula good luck starting with OPK - how long was your last cycle? Hopefully it reduces!

I am Cd16. Got first high reading on CB this morning. When I have used these before though I have had between 13-16 highs before peak so not getting too excited! Although I have been taking AC religiously so hopefully that's going to help.

Johno85 · 05/05/2016 08:32

Thanks ladies for all your positive vibes. I think the problem is the more you know the less you feel you know. If you know what I mean?! Wouldn't be certain about Ov if it wasn't for Ff but like you said 18dpo so maybe I did ov later. Although now worrying me and DH didn't dtd enough around ov date.

Did any of you ladies just not both charting anything and get your BFP?My sis says I'm too stressed out about it all but it's like I can't not chart anything now!!!

Glad to hear the Preggo ladies are doing well and keeping the faith alive Smile

Cookie22 · 05/05/2016 08:10

Johno not Bobo! We all have Bobo on the brain haha!! xx

Cookie22 · 05/05/2016 08:09

Sorry to hear about your bfn too Bobo! Hopefully it is just too early for us both. I'm 10dpo Sunny so still fairly early. Have started feeling a bit crampy this morning though which is worrying. Now with the neg test I have the combined feeling that witchyface will show! Glad all is well with you lovely. Must be so nice to hear the heartbeat & glad to hear you're feeling less anxious! The weeks are flying past for you! It doesn't seem that long ago that I remember you getting your bfp! Xx

Sunnydays321 · 05/05/2016 08:00

Oh johno sorry for bfn. Are you still temping? Ita unlikely that you are 18dpo, average is 14, it's possible for it to be longer but much less common I think that for it to be short. Or you are pregnant and it's not showing up yet. I did have the odd cycle where I thought I'd ovulated, and my temp said I had but then I really did ovulate later and got a much bigger temp rise. I know it's so so frustrating, I've been there, but just keep temping!

Cookie sorry for your bfn too, I can't go back a page now. How many dpo are you?

Bobo what cycle day are you on now?

I'm ok thank you. 9 weeks today. Was super sick on Monday but nothing since, I seem to be better at work when I've got something else to focus on, otherwise I just sit around and think about how sick I feel! I feel less anxious now, still get the odd panic moment, knicker checking etc but on the whole feeling more relaxed. Heart the heartbeat more clearly yesterday, it's nice to know it's still ok in there. Did my midwife bookings a week earlier than planned yesterday as we had a bit of time at work. So it feels a bit more real now, even though it was a bit of a tick box procedure.

Chapman, hope you are ok. It seen a few of your posts on the December thread, I was exactly the same as you, spent the last 5 weeks in absolute fear and panic but I'm starting to feel better now. How many weeks are you? Would an early scan make you feel better? Xx

Loulabelle1990 · 05/05/2016 07:47

Sorry for the BFN ladies. Maybe it is just too early to test! I've heard of people not feeling any different symptom wise and they get a BFP so your not out until the witch arrives!

Bobo - hope you get your surge soon! It's so frustrating isn't it! I think I'm gonna start opking in around a week or so, don't want to start too early! I'm just terrified my cycle decides to be longer rather than stay how it is, although I think it would've gone up by now if it was!

Sunny & chapman, hope you two upduffers are doing well! xxx

Johno85 · 05/05/2016 07:34

I meant cookie I feel your pain. Totally not with it!

Johno85 · 05/05/2016 07:32

Hi ladies. Have been keeping an eye on the thread but been quietly waiting to do another test. Did one this morning and bfn. So Bobo you're not alone Hun. Was really excited and now I'm just a teary mess! Just wish my cycles were a normal length. Now on day 39 and so say 18dpo. It's getting to the point now that I can't even comprehend seeing a BFP. Envy

Cookie22 · 05/05/2016 07:17

Ideal, not idea *

Cookie22 · 05/05/2016 07:17

Bfn girls, wah! 😭 Hoping it's just too early... Will test again on Saturday. I just feel different, I know I've said it before, but I do. My heart was pounding doing the test!

Sorry to hear you haven't ov'd yet Bobo. It would have been an idea way to spend your tww on holiday! Hoping it suddenly gets a surge! Where are you off to Mrs? Xx

BoBo90 · 04/05/2016 22:43

Cookie - I've been taking my AC like a good girl since cd1 so don't know why it's not working as well as the last two months! I'm extra frustrated as I was really hoping to ov before a big family holiday on sat but doesn't look like it's going to happen 😔 Life is 💩! (I've always wanted an excuse to use that emoji haha)
Good luck in the morning lovely x

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thisisbloodyridiculous · 04/05/2016 22:22

Cookie I have everything crossed for you hun Smile

Cookie22 · 04/05/2016 20:39

Hey girls, hope we're all doing good! Sorry to hear about the faint OPK Bobo Sad are you take Agnus or anything? I forgot to take mine this cycle and took it CD 20 - 2 days later I had my surge! Keeping everything tossed for you huni!

Ooh we're almost testing buddies thisis. You're so patient to be holding off! Here's hoping it's good news for both of us!

May, what Cd are you on hun? My luteal phase has never been longer than 12 days so I'm feeling pretty nervous tbh! AF could show any day now.

Loula, how's you Mrs? Has AF finished?

Sunny, Champman- hope you both aren't feeling too sicky! Are you on hol now Chapman??

I'm feeling less and less excited about testing tomorrow. Have nothing to report today after my strange symptoms on Mon night then bleeding yest morning, so I'm feeling less confident! I still don't think I'll sleep well tonight knowing I'm testing in the morning! Will let you ladies know the outcome! Xx

May07 · 04/05/2016 20:22

Sorry to hear its not any darker BoBo, my OPK had only the palest of lines. It's rubbish and frustrating!

Was also hoping my body would get back to normal and getting frustrated by longer cycles as it just means less chances to get pregnant. Should be starting the 2ww wait but could have another 2ww before ov'ing!

Sorry for moaning ... TTC officially makes me a grump!

Everything crossed for Thisis and cookie ... BFP's would be fab!

Feeling nauseous sounds positive Thisis. Only when ttc is celebrating someone feeling sick acceptable! Smile. Understand you trying to wait till weekend and at least if you are pregnant you will be a little further on already!

thisisbloodyridiculous · 04/05/2016 14:40

Aww Bobo try not to let it get to you Chocolate I always get upset by negative tests so leaving it til the weekend to poas

Ttc is such hard work ladies - keep your chins up! We can do this Smile

BoBo90 · 04/05/2016 13:38

May - you never know I don't seem to be any nearer to ov'ing! My Opk this afternoon is now fainter than yesterday!

Thisis - you could test at 11dpo! 😄 It's been a while since we had a test and we get two this week 😊 can't wait for your results! I have my fx for you and Cookie!

I have no idea what's going on with me now 😔 I thought I'd settles into a nice regular pattern and now it's all going wrong! I am feel pretty crap about it all now 😭

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thisisbloodyridiculous · 04/05/2016 13:23

May I think I ov'd on the 23rd so 11 dpo.. feeling terribly nauseous today Blush fingers crossed.

May07 · 04/05/2016 06:50

Would love to be a 2ww buddy BoBo but more likely I will ov as you are creeping towards end of 2ww. But we will see ... Must think positive!

Hope they work for you Loula!

Hope AF stays away thisis ... How many dpo are you? So hard trying to ignore symptoms!

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