Anyone TTC after stopping the pill?

@Nazz10 i took pregnacare once i found out i was pregnant. I had been taking multivitamins before i was pregnant but stopped once i found out about the Vitamin A and just took the folic acid. Once i had my first midwife appointment she told me to start taking vitamin D. I wanted to take pregancy vitamins before i was pregnant but thought it was best to just take the folic acid. Its really hard to find anything without Vitamin A. Maybe try just the folic acid and vitamin D for now then once you are pregnant start taking the pregnacare?

@Nazz10 thank you. Im 14+3, due in December.

You mentioned that you were taking multivitamins which is fine as long as they don't contain Vitamin A as that is harmful to the baby. But taking folic acid and vitamin D now is best. I take Pregnacare Plus as i don't eat enough fish to get Omega 3. I forgot to say, don't put too much pressure on yourself (not saying you are) as that can sometimes affect getting pregnant. Happened to a colleague of mine.

Im currently pregnant with my first. Finished my pill around the end of January. Had a bleed a week or 2 afterwards. I then had a 2 week break them another period. After than we tried conceiving. I used Flo and my Fitbit app to roughly track my ovulation dates and put in the app both times i had bled. We were going to try on our Honeymoon in May but obviously got cancelled so brought it forward. Didn't expect to get pregnant so quick and was just going to see what happen. Took Folic Acid before getting pregnant and started taking pregnacare after my first midwife appointment.

@Nazz10 You should use OPKs at roughly the same time every day but it doesn't matter exactly what time that is. Once you start seeing a rise then you should test twice a day (ideally roughly 12 hours apart) to give you the best chance of spotting your peak.

Heeyyy... Can I join? Ttc number 1. Had my withdrawal bleed after stopping the pill 2 weeks ago. I'm not using any apps atm except one that I can track my opks as I have nooo idea when my natural period is going to start so thought I'd start using the apps after that. Just took an opk and it is quite a lot darker than before although still negative I think... Can your lh increase gradually? Dtd pretty much every other day xx

@Amethyst2502

Aww yeah just keep testing, sure you'll get a positive soon :) it may be late because your cycle is still getting back on track, but that'll just mean this cycle will most likley be a bit longer, so not an issue x

@mintgreenlife Hi on my calender I am only on day 14 so it seems like I am being too impatient haha! So I will keep on testing and see if anything shows up in a few days time!

@Curiosity101 I found trying to track things quite frustrating and disheartening at a few points during this cycle, but think if I was getting clearer results it would make me feel better. I might try following what's going on with my cycle for now, but if it's getting on top of me will just focus on DTD every other day and leave it at that. We're generally DTD everyother day anyway ☺️

@MintGreenLife That's the theory yes, every other day means you don't need to know when to time DTD. I've seen too many people miss their fertile window because of trying to time DTD with the fertile window. But then others use it very successfully. But I appreciate everyone is different so it's just whatever works for you .

@TheDaydreamBelievers - If you're not pregnant then you should expect your period to arrive 14-16 days after a positive ovulation test. So if you tested positive at the end of may then you're probably not due on for another few days yet.

@nazz10 - I came off the pill in mid march, got a withdrawal bleed, didnt get a positive ovulation test until end of may and still havent had a period! It can easily take 3-6months for your periods to return to normal apparently

Hi @Amethyst2502 what cycle day are you? I'm on my second cycle since coming off the pill and I didn't get a positive on OPKs until CD20. I didn't even see a slight increase or darkening of lines either, just a dark line all of a sudden and then it was back to faint again by the next day. If you're testing daily I'm sure it'll come soon :) x

@Curiosity101 thanks so much :) AF is meant to be due in 6 days so we will see. Should take a leaf out of your book really and focus on DTD every other day rather than worrying too much about OPKs etc. When you're going for it every other day I guess tracking and trying to spot ovulation etc is fairly pointless anyway x

@Nazz10 aww, a small ceremony wouldn't be right for everyone, for us it just seems like the best way to still have a positive outcome from the situation, but who knows where we will be in out TTC journey by the time next September comes around! It's to tricky when you start trying to think about timing everything. I've given up and have thrown caution to the wind and am just going to try my best to go with the flow, which is very unusual for me ha. If there's one thing this whole situation has taught me it's that you can't plan for anything really and to be a bit more laid back about how/when everything happens x

Hi, I'm also TTC after stopping the pill on 22nd May. Had my withdrawal bleed as normal but currently waiting for my first natural AF.
I've got the Flo app and that is saying that my ovulation date should be today based on a 28 day cycle as this is what I always had before starting the pill. I've been using opk's this week but all have been negative so I'm taking from that that my cycle hasn't gone back to normal straight away which is annoying but expected! Hoping that everything will go back to my normal cycle soon.

@MintGreenLife It must be really frustrating when the testing gives you unusual results. It's one of the reasons I promised myself I would just DTD every other day rather than doing any sort of fertility tracking. It made knowing when to take a HPT difficult, but I know what I'm like and I would obsess and obsess. For me it's definitely an ignorance is bliss kind of a situation. Good luck though - and it really is true what they say, you're not out until your period arrives!

@Nazz10 Thanks - DS is now just over 9 months old and me and DH are starting to talk about TTC #2. I had the implant put in 7 months ago but have just had it removed. We're going with non hormonal birth control methods for the next few months and will then consider what we want to do at the end of the year.

We did discuss using OPKs next time round but agreed that we'd just follow the same plan as last time and fingers crossed we're as lucky. With respect to vitamins I didn't take anything when TTC first time round, this time I think I might take Folic Acid but I tend to eat a lot of fortified cereals and dark green veg anyway so I reckon I probably have quite good stores of it anyway.

It must be very tricky trying to decide whether to delay TTC for the wedding or not. My only thought is that you should have a think what is a higher priority for you? Plenty of people get married whilst pregnant, or just after giving birth. However it is super tricky. For example I couldn't have imagined doing anything strenuous before at least 8 weeks PP (I had an emergency section and was also in and out of hospital a lot). I'd also be very hesitant about being in the first trimester and getting married. Some people have very strong symptoms and it may suck the enjoyment out of the day if you're very sick/exhausted etc.

Thank you @Nazz10! Dp refused to take any supplements or change any of his habits, and every month had a very blasé “it will happen eventually” attitude, I think because dd had been unplanned he assumed it would happen quickly. Hope it’s quick for you.

It took us almost a year to conceive ds after stopping the pill. I’d been on it around 7 years then, with a break only when pregnant with dd (who was conceived on the pill!)
I’m not sure if it took that long because I’d been on the pill previously, or just because. In the end I stopped doing ovulation tests and charting etc as it started to take over my life, we went abroad to give us all a break and the sunshine must have worked it’s magic

Good luck!!