Anyone else fresh off the pill!?

Ladies, I came off the pill in January, had a 74 cycle then a 54 day cycle (happened to be chance to test using OPK which showed a positive on day 43) and today is day 22 and not a sniff of any second line on the OPK so I reckon another 50 plus cycle again...
I'm gutted. Tried myo-inositol for the last three months to help regulate but who knows. I'm 33 and no children. If it's 55 days or longer I'm going to the doctors. I'd have hoped it'll gradually reduce but doesn't look likely for me

@PumpkinsMum18 I am in a similar situation to you- and finding it frustrating! I stopped the pill in March. 1st cycle was 57 days, I knew I ovulated eventually as I had ewcm. Now on 2nd cycle, cd40 and not sure if I've ovulated. I've thought about using opks next cycle but if it's another mega-long one not sure if there's much point! Do you think we just need to wait it out and things will settle down eventually? Wish I had a shorter, regular cycle- many more chances to ttc! I need some patience I think.
I hear you about when to test... I'm thinking the chances of me being pregnancy are probably not high. I think I might test before my next night out (in about a week). Otherwise I'd rather just wait for AF. I find that less demoralizing than bfn.

Oh I also don’t track ovulation so no idea when/if that happens!

Hello all! Hope you are all well in your journeys! It’s been an age since I last posted but I thought I would check back in. Nothing much to report so far but I seem to have really long cycles!

I came off the pill on 1st January, had withdrawal bleed, and then it was about 30 days until my first ‘real’ period. After that my cycles have been 34 and 57 days long. I am now on day 46 of my current cycle and not sure whether to test now or wait longer? Like 60 days? My boobs have been really sore and feeling full the last couple weeks but no sickness or anything. I have also just come back from a busy holiday abroad so that might have thrown things out of sync. A confusing time!

@DaniX91 it's one of those things you wouldnt bring up at work or at the pub but here we're all going through the same things 😂

Me too it's like there are suddenly so many more 🙈

@whatsthecraic91 that sounds like the perfect thing to take your mind off it!

@whatsthecraic91 haha yep that's what we want!
It'll be nice for u to take your mind off it, it does easily take over.
I seem to be seeing babies and pregnant women absolutely everywhere atm! They've probably always been there but I'm noticing them now cos it's what I want.

@DaniX91 I don’t think there’s any such thing as tmi on here yea well if you skipped a day then I would say that’s defo ewcm you had! I’m just taking folic acid and my DP is on perfect 7 not sure what brand they are. Hahaha brilliant as gross as it is that’s what you want we will dtd the next couple of nights there then we are off to Glastonbury Wednesday morning, I just can’t wait for a break from it all as TTC is all I think about at the minute. Sun, cider and dancing come at me

@Abi58 haha it's such a disgusting subject isn't it!

@DaniX91 @whatsthecraic91 yay they are both positive! You are cycle buddies and need to get busy 😁🙈🤞🏻

Haha the semen and Cm is a dilemma. I read though that semen should be dried up in a few hours so can wait and check. Also semen shouldn't be stretchy so you should still be able to confirm ewcm 😁🤞🏻

@whatsthecraic91 I've wanted to say that so many times about not noticing cm because of semen but I didn't dare 😂 glad u have haha.
I think that could be why because we didn't dtd Friday night and it was yesterday morning that I noticed the ewcm! I made a thread about it and there is no denying it when u look at the pictures.
Yea I might do another one later.
I'm taking seven seas trying for a baby and my boyfriend is taking the wellman conception tablets and without tmi (again) they definitely seem to increase the amount of semen!

@DaniX91 I don’t ever really notice the ewcm but this is probably tmi but we have been dtd so much I don’t know if it’s cm or semen residue I do stay in bed for 10/15 mins but I do get up for a pee as I am very prone to UTIs. Your test line is darker than the control line and that’s the main thing! Try another later to see if it’s any darker. I done another last night about 8.30pm and it was far lighter than the one yesterday afternoon, I wasn’t even going to do one today but I’m glad I did!

@whatsthecraic91 yours seems lots darker than mine though.

@whatsthecraic91 wow how exciting!! Over the moon for u 😊. Have u had any egg white cm?
We dtd about midnight last night and will do it again tonight.
This might be tmi 😂 but do u stay in bed afterwards, don't go to the toilet?

@DaniX91 I was just on to say the same!! Yep that’s defo a positive you have there! Mine is defo positive today too! More baby dancing tonight for us then!

@whatsthecraic91 so I ignored my own advice and have just done an opk after holding my wee for 4 hours (have drank quite a bit though). Got this result, this is positive right?

@whatsthecraic91 I did one at about 6ish last night and that was lighter than my earlier one too.
It is very complicated isn't it!
Dunno if I'm just stressing myself out more using the opks (didn't seem to get stressed with the clear blue ones) so I might ditch using them and just continue dtd

@DaniX91 yea I’m just taking folic acid! I just did my other OPK and it was lighter than my one earlier and I had only a small drink and hadn’t had a pee since I’m unsure of what this means as my one earlier wasn’t positive. Why is everything so complicated! I’ll maybe hold again and do another about 8/8.30pm

@whatsthecraic91 hopefully bfp buddies in a couple of weeks😊.
Aww well it definitely looks like you're ovulating!
Are u taking any vitamins?
I'm guna go and do another opk now, managed to hold my wee and haven't really drank anything x

Yay! Hopefully BFP buddies too!! I’m 28, took my last pill on Christmas Eve, cycle 6, TTC 1st baby, CD 15, this is my first cycle using OPKs to check if I’m ovulating before a trip to the doctors!

@whatsthecraic91 exciting times! We're guna end up being cycle buddies ha.
What's your stats?
I'm 27, this is my first proper cycle since coming off the pill on 10th May (I did ovulate after my last pill but this is my first cycle since having a period)

@DaniX91 I know literally every single one up until now has been blank!! I actually forgot about it for a few minutes and then remembered to go look at it expecting nothing

@whatsthecraic91 yaaay! Look how dark yours is! Yep I'm guna do one later too x

@DaniX91 I think it’s our time finally I’ve just done one there now and it’s the first time I’ve got a line too! Going to do another about 6pm to see if it’s darker!

Thanks @Abi58 will do!

You might be getting ready to I get ewcm for about a week before ov so test again in about 4/5 hours and see if it's at darker. I'd say you're in your fertile window though so I'd get busy 😁