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Depo injection experiences

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Danielle95lab · 02/12/2019 14:28

Hello ladies, just looking for anyone's experiences trying to conceive after the depo injection. I'm currently on my ninth month since my last injection. My periods return six months ago, but no BFP yet.

I seem to be experiencing spotting a fair bit mid-cycle as well. I take ovulation tests, but I don't seem to get a positive. Feeling a bit fed up!

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Danielle95lab · 13/12/2019 21:35

@ForeverHopeful67 how you getting on lovely?xxx

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Danielle95lab · 11/12/2019 14:17

@ForeverHopeful67 seriously you make me feel so much better about it! Yeah I think I like to prepare myself for the worst so I don't feel so let down that's why I'm not making a big deal out of anything. OPK was high, but not at a peak which it had been for three days. So I think ovulation is officially today and now the two week wait commences 😂!

Honestly I have so much hope for you because I've been in your shoes every single month but this one. You'll definitely get a positive soon. The temp thing just annoys me personally and I don't sleep great as it is so I don't trust it.

I can't believe your AF hasn't shown yet, just when you think your cycles are regulating 🤦🏻‍♀️ it pisses you off doesn't it. Keep me updated daily on your OPK! Xxxx

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ForeverHopeful67 · 11/12/2019 13:39

@Danielle95lab you're so welcome babe it's nice having someone to talk this through with Smile I know what you mean, there's no middle ground... a whole load of negatives or a whole load of positives 😂 I defo know which one I'd prefer though!! Have you done another test today?
I temp but I don't feel like it helps as mine is still all over the place! I know what you mean though, it's so hard to stay positive when nothing is straight forward, no positive OPKs, temp all over the place, period was due a week ago and no sign - give me a break 😂 you give me hope though :)
Step one - positive OPK done, step two positive pregnancy test! So hope this is your month xxx

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Danielle95lab · 11/12/2019 08:30

@ForeverHopeful67 you know I'll keep you updated lovely☺️!! Thanks for your support it means so much. I really really hope this is a positive step and not my body being weird 😂. I've tried the body temp thing but I need to start it at the beginning of my cycle cause I've done it too late this month to know what's right and what isn't.

Honestly, keep having hope. It was only last Thursday that I was messaging my friends upset because I kept getting negatives and now look, I can't shake the positives!

It's mad how exciting a positive OPK is, but I'm dying for a positive pregnancy test 🙈! Come on body!!!!xxx

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ForeverHopeful67 · 10/12/2019 23:08

@Danielle95lab well that certainly is a positive OPK! How exciting super jealous!! This gives me hope 💖
From what I read online ( and I've read a lot, living through others 😉) it can be different for everyone, some people have a peak for a matter of hours some for a few days.
Imagine testing Christmas Day and getting a positive!! Too excited for you keep us updated on everything!!xx

@Tiamo04 congratulations!! Can't believe how calm and restrained you're being I'd be shouting it from the rooftops haha!!
Let us know how your test goes on Saturday everything crossed for you.

@Branleuse I've actually just recently started taken Agnus Castus to see if this helps.. did you take it?

Branleuse · 10/12/2019 18:50

i wonder if its worth taking agnus castus for a few months to try and regulate your hormones

Tiamo04 · 10/12/2019 18:49

@Danielle95lab thank you will do... will only retest on Thursday again to see if HCG has indeed doubled then do a digital on Saturday :)

Yes it's normal get baby dancing sis Grin but with that being said I only BD the day before ovulation as DP was away for work and only came back 4 days later so think his lil men were patient with me and waited I had definitely ruled this month out but my body was and still is telling me otherwise :) FX for you this month and for this lil one to stick xx*

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Danielle95lab · 10/12/2019 15:30

@Tiamo04 omg that looks very promising I'm so excited for you! Keep me updated please!! I dunno how you've contained yourself haha.

I've had positive ovulation tests for three days straight now, any idea if that's normal? I have a really long cycle at the moment so not expecting AF to arrive until xmas day, hoping it won't show😂xx

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Tiamo04 · 10/12/2019 15:20

@ForeverHopeful67 @Danielle95lab thank you for the warm welcome :) AF was due yesterday but was a no show and its still not here... decided to just take a HPT just to rule it out and I got a faint line, still not trying to get too excited so waiting till it shows on a digital then I'll ring my gynaecologist for bloodwork and hopefully an early ultrasound...

how are you ladies feeling? :) xx*

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Danielle95lab · 10/12/2019 11:16

@ForeverHopeful67 I don't have a clue haha. My last one was 40 days long, so if it's the same which is looking likely, it's due 25th December.

Aw no! I feel you chick. It's all over the place you dunno whether you're coming or going. I've read loads of things where people have said they never got a positive test but still conceived so you just don't know.

I've had three days of positive peak ovulation tests now. I'm actually getting stressed that they are constantly positive.. any idea if that's normal😂?xxx

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Sparrowlegs248 · 09/12/2019 23:08

I wa on the repo jab fur about 10 years I think. It took 2.5 years for me to conceive, after my first "missed" jab. 9 months for AF to return.

However, it took literally ONCE for me to conceive DC2 , resulting in an 18 month age gap!

ForeverHopeful67 · 09/12/2019 23:05

@Danielle95lab when is AF due? Completely praying for you that she doesn't show at all!!

Negative OPKs completely today and major temp drop this morning so no idea what's going on! Wish my body would settle down so I can keep up haha!xx

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Danielle95lab · 08/12/2019 23:02

@ForeverHopeful67 aw I really hope so I'd be over the moon! Thanks for your support lovely.

These pesky periods 🙈🙈!! But to be honest people say temperature is the best way to tell and if you had a big spike I reckon you've just missed your surge. So this is good news, I'm feeling really hopeful for you. Keep testing though cause mine looked like that at the beginning of the week and then I got my first positive.

Keep me updated over the next few days with your tests. Got everything crossed for you xxx

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ForeverHopeful67 · 08/12/2019 22:54

@Tiamo04 welcome! Sorry you're also having a crappy experience from the devil depo! You seem to be getting back on track now though so everything crossed this is your month xxx

ForeverHopeful67 · 08/12/2019 22:53

@Danielle95lab YAYY thats amazing news!! So pleased for you Smile fingers crossed you could be having a special Christmas present this year 🙊!
Things are a bit odd this week! I was due on mid last week, nothing so thought great body is still messed up from depo here we go again, stopped testing OPKs last weekend and went out drinking last night, when temping this morning my temp had a huge surge, the biggest I've seen and decided to just check an OPK this afternoon and it looked like this which for me is the strongest I've seen in a while. So I'm thinking maybe I could have just missed my surge?xxx

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Danielle95lab · 08/12/2019 22:12

@Tiamo04

I know the feeling cycles have been all over haha. I've heard you can get a positive OPK when you're pregnant. So I have my fingers crossed for you!! Keep us updated. It's good to hear your body seemed to snap out of it fairly quickly compared to some.

But agree Depo is the worst thing ever, never ever again😂 xxx

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Tiamo04 · 08/12/2019 21:47

Hey ladies, hope you don't mind me joining... I was meant to go for my depo shot on 1 April 2019 but didn't go as it was giving me bad side effects and only had 2 shots in total... straight after missing the injection I had withdrawal bleeding for a month maybe stopping for a day I was extremely worried and went to the gynaecologist and he said everything was okay as he examined me and also sent me to a fertility specialist who did further tests and confirmed all was well... a month later my normal period started we weren't TTC so we avoided DTD after AF for a week... in September AF was 2 weeks late and when it came I bled for 2 weeks Shock I only usually bleed for 2 days... end of October we decided to start TTC...I got bloods taken just to make sure everything is normal before starting our TTC journey and the gynaecologist said everything was perfect... that's when I started with OPKs. AF was 9-11 Nov started with OPKs on CD 9 and got a positive OPK on CD 19 meaning I'd ovulate on the 20-22... I'm currently 13 DPO today AF due tomorrow and got a super positive OPK which is super strange so we DTD just incase... but depo is honestly the worst thing I've ever done to myself... sorry for the essay :) sprinkling baby dust to everyone xx

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happytoday73 · 08/12/2019 21:03

Hiya, I took just under a year from last injection to first period in my late 30s. Periods felt fake and was quite sure not ovulating. It then took 6 months before got pregnant. I unfortunately miscarried but got pregnant again 3 months later (having given up trying for a while) .... So just over 2 1/2 years from last injection to holding my baby.
I wish you luck

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Danielle95lab · 08/12/2019 20:58

@ForeverHopeful67

Hey! Yesss, I got a positive test yesterday, finally a peak LH surge 🙌🏻 still high today too. I still have doubts I've actually ovulated though haha, just think when you've been on the depo like us you're a bit suspicious of everything 😂

I feel like I need to just relax about it cause this testing and over thinking is giving me major anxiety.

How are you getting on?xxxx

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ForeverHopeful67 · 08/12/2019 20:54

Hey @Danielle95lab just checking in, did you manage to get a positive OPK in the end xx

ForeverHopeful67 · 04/12/2019 23:08

I use Premom too! And as you can see my my tests below mine really don't show anywhere near positive! Yours does look a bit more of an improvement from mine though Smile there's everyone else praying for a positive pregnancy test and we're praying for a positive OPK first!!haha
Me too! It's so nice to speak to someone who I can relate to, when I try and explain this to anyone else I just don't think they get it.
Yes let's definitely keep each other updated - fingers crossed for a positive OPK within the next few days for you! 🤞xxx

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Danielle95lab · 04/12/2019 22:21

@ForeverHopeful67 I'm currently using premom to measure my LH levels. I've attached a photo of what I usually get on my ovulation tests. It's so so annoying now. I really wish I was one of those people who could go with the flow and just let it happen when it happens 🤦🏻‍♀️😂! I'm so happy we've started talking to know I'm not alone. Aw I know I had that last month when I went 40 days, secretly hoping a miracle had happened even though I knew my periods were just all over haha. I'm so so glad you're getting sorted with moving doctors, please keep me updated with your journey xxx

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ForeverHopeful67 · 04/12/2019 22:10

@Danielle95lab also after our convo I'm going to get the ball rolling with changing my docs tomorrow now so that by the new year I should be good to go with the app's! Hopefully we'll be at roughly the same stages and can keep each other updated Xmas Smile

ForeverHopeful67 · 04/12/2019 22:09

@Danielle95lab what app do you use?
I use the apps too which read your LH levels and I have two that I use which say different things but both have never picked up a peak, the test line is usually visible but always very faint!
Fingers crossed for a shorter cycle for you this month!
I'm due on today according to my app but nothing yet. It's frustrating knowing that I know I'm not pregnant just that my period is dicking me around again - what a dissapointment! Haha, the two week wait is even more frustrating for us with the added unknown of what's going to happen, will we ever get a positive OPK will our periods settle down - who knows!!haha x

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Danielle95lab · 04/12/2019 13:58

@ForeverHopeful67 I couldn't agree more. It's so nice to know I'm not alone but agreed really sad. However least we can share experiences.
No positive ovulation test yet. However I use the easy home strip, with the app where you can scan your strip and it tells you roughly your LH level. And I managed to get a high level result last night. But no peak result as of yet. But my cycle was 40 days long last month, so if I manage to get a normal cycle this month I'm not actually due to ovulate until next week. It's a lot better than last month, I wasn't even getting a faint line on tests but this month has been a big improvement.

I really suggest going to the doctors. I've been three times to get them to do something about it. So be persistent. I literally can't wait for new year so they get the ball rolling with me xx

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