First time TTC - thread 2

Any more symptoms of AF or otherwise today? I'm really hoping it comes for you this month!

I've just invested in a sleep bra to help with the evilness which is my "tender breasts" as ovia so politely puts it. Not bloody cheap! I can't decide whether to not bother with OPKs for the rest of this month

Boo to the opks busy - once you get the digi ones you can just do it with FMU and not worry about missing the surge!

I'm a very confusing mixture of excited and absolutely freaking terrified!

Looks good that it's going up instead of down for your AF! Keeping fingers crossed for you. At least with your opks you still have a line I don't lol mine are completely blank! Not even a hint of a line.

Temp chart is below - Am totally clueless!

Ha ha busy - resigned along with daily POAS, love it. But you should def keep testing, who knows when it could strike!

I'm still using opks - what kind of madness is that?! Someone please slap me All negative of course but with clearly visible line.

difficult sounds like you are having a bad time of it but I'm the same as pie I had all that for well over a month before AF came back. You can see it on this thread lol I was driving everyone nuts and did a million tests. Try not to worry too much because that just makes it worse (although not easy). It could be that your a bit run down anyway and it's making all the symptoms worse this time?

What's your temp at pj? Glad you had a nice night and feeling a bit calmer!

eva sucks about the weather but glad you had a few glasses of wine and enjoyed yourself.

I'm still doing opks but had absolutely zero. Zilch. Nada. Resigned myself to just waiting for AF now and when I find out when it is an my cycle length then I'll order a digi OPK for next month. (And by resigned I mean still doing opks every day lol)

Thank you piehunter it's not the first time I've come off the pill, just weird it's so different this time.

I don't think I'd be noting them down if it wasn't coming on so strong
Maybe it's just different this time around. Although all symptoms are exactly the same as when I was pregnant last time, which I unfortunate miscarried , so it's certainly throwing me off a bit

difficult I felt horrible for weeks after coming off the pill, properly ill, took about 5 pregnancy tests, ha! I think we underestimate how a big change in hormones can affect you, the smell/taste thing was crazy, I threw good chicken out TWICE because it smelt weird to me but no one else and i could smell my house constantly... It settled down after my period and I feel fine now, just still very aware of how different I feel with just my very own hormones! Hope you start to feel better soon

Last time I came off the pill I had none of this feeling ill business and got straight on with things

My symptoms the past few days are still strong-

Headaches
Nausea
Heartburn / reflux
Waking up needing to wee and going lots through the day (I'm actually cutting down on drinking so I don't get caught out)
Strong sense of smell
Weird taste to everything (couldn't finish my favourite dinner / drink last night and my tea today taste yuck)

Dp has even commented on how ill I am so maybe I am just ill.

Weird though.

I had 3 days of pink spotting but no more.

Ad due in 10 days

Morning ladies! Felt much more chilled out after a couple of glasses of wine last night Still no AF today, the suspense is killing me! I'm getting mild occasional sharp pains in left side which could mean anything. Temp is up again today - so confusing.

Busy - how are the opks going?

Shame about the weather on your holiday Eva - glad you've managed to relax though! How many days dpo are you?

I was thinking that too pyjamas
Unfortunately not blissful, we decided to do a staycation in the UK and it's rained the whole time, typical!! Have enjoyed relaxing and a few glasses of wine though

Hello Eva! Somewhere sunny I hope! I didn't read many pages of this thread before I joined it, there's over 500 posts! And I get confused easily haha.

I counted my ov day as the day after static smiley Eva. Who knows whether that's actually right or not ha ha

No sign of AF yet! Slight temp dip this morning, but still above average - this is torture! Still not in a foul mood, just generally tired (probably through thinking about it so damn much)!

Going to have a glass or two of wine tonight at dinner with friends - need to chill out!

Oh and my stats, 29yo, ttc#1, cycle 4

Welcome difficult, blissful and london. I'm on holiday atm so had a lot of catching up to do! pyjamas did AF stay away? And a temp rise? It's sounding good!!
So if I got my static smiley on Sunday morning, would I take it that I ov on Sunday or Monday? I didn't have any ov pain this cycle like I did last cycle so I really don't know? FF isn't pinpointing ov yet, I think it waits until you've had 3 raised temperatures?

Hope things settle for you soon difficult

Haha you ladies do make me laugh! Have fun on Friday pj! My bestie found out she was preggers on the mother of all hangovers. Her little pudding is the cutest so I wouldn't worry.

As for boobs I have pancakes so nothing to moan about apart from the lack of haha!

They were like this last month but I don't remember what it was like before the implant I think I blocked all that out lol.

Ah fair enough pj ignorance is definitely bliss!

difficult that sucks I hope you feel better soon. Have you thought about what kind of things you might want to or not want to do to track it all? It's about finding what you feel comfortable with

Ha ha busy - I'm secretly pleased test day isn't until Saturday as I have a work do on Friday night and want to enjoy a couple (not crazy amount) of drinks in blissful ignorance! AF will probs be here by then anyway!

That is some strange boob behaviour! Did that used to happen around AF time or is this totally new?

Based on my last pill this would be about right timing for ovulation and the twinges are reminiscent of that old feeling I used to get.

I'm as horny as anything but feeling so rough so don't think I will be making the most of it this month!!

You are being very patient pj!

difficult I know it doesn't make it sound any easier but I had those symptoms for about 6 weeks after coming off the implant. I thought I was going insane. I even did a couple of pregnancy tests just to make sure! Hang in there

I swear my boobs have grown. Seriously uncomfortable and all of my bras feel like torture devices. And I've got another mad day of running around. I was in ikea yesterday absolutely pooped on the third hour of following my mum around and this 7 month pregnant woman came and sat next to me and we got chatting. I swear to god she must be superwoman. It was hot and cold in there to varying extremes. A long bloody walk and really busy. How she was managing it I've no idea.

Ha ha - I definitely don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to TTC! I'm usually in a foul mood in the run up to AF which hasn't happened apart from feeling a bit 'meh' and run down yesterday, but I think it was because work issues were getting on my nerves! I don't really get strong physical symptoms. updated Ovia with no AF today to see when test day would be (I can always change it later) - test day would still be Saturday. Stressful week! Have dinner with friends tonight, so at least will be distracted!

My symptoms are getting weirder by the day.

Boobs ached last night
Lower back aches
Light pink spotting again for the 3rd day
Unstable emotions - I cried when DP showed me a photo last night and when I forgot to order crumpets on the shop
Im so gassy

I thought I was over the symptoms of adjusting to being off the pill a few weeks ago, and have been fine up until these past 3 days.

I am wondering if its just a cold and all my symptoms are down to that hanging on.

Do you get AF symptoms? I hands down when I'm going to be graced with AF about 2 days before. Although I've never had a pregnancy either so I don't really know what I'm talking about?! Shutting up.