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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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Recently stopped the pill - wanting TTC but no idea?!?!

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Dixiechick1991 · 22/08/2016 13:40

Hi,
I've recently got back from a holiday and we've decided that maybe we could TTC. I've been taking the pill for 10 years, stopped taking it on 16th August & got my withdrawal bleed on 20th August.
We've been to Florida so we're waiting for 8 weeks at least anyway because of all the Zika business. But just wanted to know, how do I count cycles? Do I count from the last day of my withdrawal bleed to the first day of my next AF as my first cycle and then wait another month to see how many days on average.
Sorry, I'm not down with the lingo of everything & not sure how to make notes of everything. I was thinking of just going with the flow, but that goes totally against my nature haha.

Anyone help with an idiots guide to trying?! And anyone have any experience of conceiving soon after coming off the pill.

Thanks

OP posts:
Diddlydokey · 22/08/2016 19:51

You count each cycle from the first day of your period. We just dtd every other day bit was easy to stay enthusiastic as got pregnant in the first cycle.

It was a very long cycle though, about 6 weeks before I ovulated unlike 2 in a 28 day cycle. It is normal for cycles to be irregular for quite a while

rhodes2015 · 22/08/2016 19:46

Hi op,
Me too, been on it 15years and I stopped taking it on the 8th August and had withdrawal bleed on the 12th August downloaded an app but I'm a bit all over the place as I've come back on this weekend?!? So not really sure what that's all about, if it's a true period or what so not gonna ttc until things have settled down.
I'd like to think we would just go with the flow too but not sure if that will happen.
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delilahbucket · 22/08/2016 19:23

Just fyi, the Zika virus guidelines state that any sign of the virus should show itself within two weeks, however there is current evidence to suggest the virus can stay alive in sperm for six months or possibly more. Just something to bear in mind.

LauraK1987 · 22/08/2016 15:23

I would count the first day of your withdrawal bleed to the first day of your next period as your first cycle. There are some helpful apps to help track cycles etc so you can see how regular you are and they also explain the different types of cervical mucus that you get throughout your cycle which coincide with ovulation, they also give you a guideline as to the time in your cycle when you will be most fertile (depending on how much you want to track ovulation) I use ovia and fertility friend (I use two because if the fertile weeks coincide then they're more or less correct give or take a couple of days) depending on how much you want to track your cycles you can input as much or as little data as you like, some women track there basal body temp as this tells you when you you're ovulating or you can use ovulation predictor kits. I prefer to take a slightly more relaxed approach so use them to track my cervical mucus and my periods which like I said gives me a rough guide of my fertile week. My cycles have been different lengths the last few months and the apps track all of this info. Sorry for rambling lol....hope this helps

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