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TTC After Stopping the Pill

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MintGreenLife · 26/05/2020 17:33

Hi all ☺️

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else - this is my second cycle after stopping the pill, but first cycle TTC.

I'm using OPKs to track ovulation, which I'm getting very frustrated with as haven't had any increase in the very faint lines that I get and am on CD17 now.

After I stopped the pill my withdrawal bleed came a few days later and AF exactly 30 days after, which I took to be a good sign my cycles were returning to normal.

Three days ago I got pretty excited as I had EWCM so assumed this meant ovulation was coming, but am still getting negatives on OPKs.

This seems quite late for ovulation. I've also been checking my cervix and it's low and hard which means am not in the fertile window.

Has anyone else had cycles/ovulation all over the place after stopping the pill? Especially after AF coming back quite promptly?

Thanks in advance x

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MintGreenLife · 26/05/2020 18:28

Thanks so much for your reply ☺️ I guess that must be quite normal after coming off the pill? I feel silly for fussing when I'm only on CD17 and first cycle TTC but hard not to worry when my first AF seemed to come like clockwork. Do you generally just do OPKs throughout the month to try and catch your surge? X

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Littlebee1990 · 26/05/2020 17:54

I came off the pill in December and my cycles are finally levelling out.. one lasted 49 days! I now average 32 days which feels long when TTC and I don’t get a positive OPK until CD17 at earliest x