First time TTC - Coming off the pill. Anyone with me?!

@gegi CM has been really strange. When I first came off my pill I had lots of watery CM. Then during what was supposed to be my fertile window it was pretty much non existent so I ended up getting sore so stopped for a couple days! (sorry if tmi 😂) The last couple of weeks it has been up and down but I certainly have lots of it it’s just watery though not stretchy so I have no idea if I even ovulated this month as it was never stretchy! What about yours? Oh my god me too. My OH is getting annoyed with the amount I’m spending on tests and keeps asking why it’s not happened first time, they don’t understand 😂 I mentioned my fertile window the other day and he just went ‘ what on earth is that, are you not fertile all month’ 😂 bless!! Helps having an outlet though

Ooh just slightly behind be then! Feels like such a long wait haha! But it’s nice that someone else is in the same boat as me and is still waiting for their first real AF. Honestly so do I, I have so much respect for the NHS but when it gets personal it’s like cmon just help me speed the process up 😂😂

@gegi yeah it is so hard to not symptom spot as you never know what you are imagining and what is actually there! Yeah the butterflies feeling is strange and could be a sign! I would wait to see if AF arrives and take it from there. When did you say you were due on?? I think I’m going to book a doctors appt next week as I am SO bloated, you know just like before AF arrives but being 15 days late now it’s not going and just feel uncomfortable! Did another test this morning again came up with a weird shadow line in the time frame but no big changes still. Thing that’s annoying me is my doctors know that my periods are weird and I was investigated before I started the pill 4/5 years ago and they said that when I want to TTC to come back and they would support me with hormone pills. Went last week, same doctor, and she was like let’s just see if it happens naturally!! Wasting my time! Why is TTC and seeing doctors so challenging 🤷🏼‍♀️🤯

@gegi I'm SO broody!!! Have been ever since I can remember 👶🏻 do you get any other symptoms of Ov? Little twinges? EWCM? Don't worry if you don't because it's completely normal not too! But some do, and some check internally for cm to see whether they've ovulated as often aps can place you earlier / later than it really is!! Sperm can survive a while, so you might be fine 🙊 fingers crossed for you!! Xxx

@Izzie94 awh thank you lovely, I hope baby luck is with you too! As for the google history, long gone are the clothes websites, now it's 'early pregnancy symptoms' 'raised bumps on nipples?' 'Is thrush linked to pregnancy?' 😂😂 xx

@gegi hahhaha it takes over your mind doesn't it!? I swear I sit at work thinking allll day about babies, about prams I like, clothes I like, names I like 😂😂😂 ahhhh amazing, I always wanted children at around 23 but it just never happened, 25 isn't so bad though I guess 🤪😂 haha dtd is def the best bit, luckily me and dp have always been on the same level with dtd so it works well 🙈

Heartburn and flutters can be all pregnancy symptoms, Ive had them in the TWW before and so gotten my hopes up, buttttt were all different and it could just well be 🙊

@SavannahKT I wouldn't worried yet hun, can take a while for your body to kick back into shape. I was on my pill 10 years, it took me 6 weeks to get my period 😊 just keep dtd lots and lots!! You may not even get a period and fall!! (this is what I've always wanted, no dramas haha!)

@kylieeee Hiiii lovely!! Eeee so exciting!! Hope you've done everything this month and it's your month 💜 haha we all symptom spot like crazy, my Google history is probably worrying 😂😂 keep us posted and sending loads of baby dust!

Xx

@gegi thank you lovely! So according to Flo, I ovulated on the 9th which I think was round about right?! I let curiosity get the better of me last night and tested🤦🏽‍♀️ it was negative but I know it's too early so I'm trying to hold out until I'm due on next week and I'll test if AF doesn't show herself! (Although I do have another test in the draw that I swear is calling my name)😂 I've had a lot of nausea over the last few days, feeling ratty and tired - also probably tmi but I have mild thrush which I've never had before, I read that can be a sign but??? X

Hi girls! Can I join the party?

I'm 24, been with fiancé for 6 years and we decided it's time to add a third musketeer into the team! I came off my pill around the end of August, had my first real period on the 25th September. I also use Flo, although not sure how accurate just yet! Me and OH have been at it every other day, except we squeezed in once a day during my 5 day fertile window

I'm now 6 days away from AF being due and hoping soooo much we've worked our magic this time around. I've been feeling ALL the broodiness for years now so I'm standard symptom spotting and testing early despite knowing its far too early for a positive

Sending you all baby dust zzz

I came off the pill on the 10/10 after about 10 years (lots of number 10 here hahaha), many of which with no period, but no bleeding oor simptom since then...should I be worried?

@gegi oh an heartburn! Never had it in my life until now

@gegi yeah I know that’s what I have heard as well so I am just so stumped! Symptoms have increased today too, increased CM, headaches, bloating, cramping but I don’t know how much I am imagining as want it so much! Being 14 days late I would of seen something proper by now I’m sure

Yeah really easy its good that u get so many for cheap as i was testing a few times a day up until actual ovulation day but its good cos you see the line getting darker up until your day, so we tried from getting a faint line several times until the line disappeared, and it clearly worked 😂 so I can't recommend them enough. Fingers crossed for you x

@firstbabyloading I kind of always tried by the app and I think that's where I was going wrong!! 😬 Did you find the OPKs easy to use? I was worried id become too consumed by it if I did 😅 but would definitely help pinpoint Ov!! Do love reading people's success stories, gives me hope 😁X

I’m with you as well! Came off pill on 3rd September and had withdrawal 6-10 sept. Currently 14 days past expected period but no AF and no idea of dates so don’t know whether to worry or not! Had so many symptoms but the biggest being tiredness and extreme hunger 😂 no idea what is going on keep getting very very faint lines on all of my tests for at least 2 weeks now, very faint but there is defiantly something there but concerned it’s been faint for 2+ weeks now. Also don’t even know if I ovulated or just having post pill ammenorrhea! Stressed

Hi OP
Haven't read through whole thread but just wanted to add my advice hoping it might help.

I came off the pill after about 10 years back in October last year and gave my body a few months to get back to 'normal' and waited for my periods to become regular again.

They eventually got into a pattern and we started to use the flo app for a couple of months however it was quite off as I bought alot of cheap ovulation strips from Amazon I actually ovulated nearly a week after the app estimated I would.

So the first month we used an ovulation test I actually conceived and now have 2 weeks til we meet our baby 😊

I understand it may not happen this easily for everyone but I would say don't pin everything on the app as it used to get me stressed, good luck 😊

@gegi You're welcome hun 😊

I'd say wait it out over the weekend (if you can 🙊) then test again!! I swear our body plays cruel tricks with us as soon as it knows we're ttc! 😅 Every time I went to test shed show 😂😂 it's so cliche but being stress free must definitely help!! But easier said than done ey!!

Yeah I have as of today, we're going to start Jan /Feb by which time I hope you're not on this thread 🙊 I feel more clued up now so will spend those first few months dtd every damn day if I have to hahaha!!! Omg I know, so many of my friends have happy accidents and I'm like HOWWWW!! TELL ME HOW!!! 😂

How old are you? I'm 25, so feeling quite lucky that time is on my side, but also expected it to happen so much sooner 🙄 xx