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Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance

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TheHotelCalifornia · 25/11/2020 08:30

It’s that time again, the 5th post-pill thread of ladies who are experiencing the highs and lows (mainly the lows…) of coming off the pill and TTC! Here you’ll find stories of delayed ovulation, crazy long follicular phases, crazy short follicular phases, light AFs, short luteal phases, long luteal phases, confusing temp charts and blindingly white OPKs, to name a few. Join us, won’t you? We're a lovely bunch and we'd love to help you make sense of post-pill life if we can!

Welcome back:

@mintgreenlife
@juno231
@kay00
@sperr
@mrsmacmc
@chinchilly
@curcurbita
@tillybabs
@ams19
@moocher90
@trying4one
@flowerbudd
@pumpkineverything
@tatty1987
@mancmama39
@elsie2021
@danielle2012
@spencer22
@charwils
@ftm94
@lobster8
@musicaljojo
@laurat94
@crabette
@moocher90
@cams50
@thedaydreambelievers
@K80AWE
@emmgrem
@MissC07
@MOL234

Apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone, please tag them!

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Luna57 · 21/12/2020 09:30

@Juno231 I don’t even have to app it’d probably be pinging every day lol. Stick a note to their window and ask if they’ve the Rona lol

Juno231 · 21/12/2020 09:20

@luna57 I guess unless she tests positive and have the app herself - your app would never know! I'm legit starting to think maybe my neighbours got it and the app has registered it through the wall 😅

That's a beautiful line you've got at 11dpo!

@Kay00 what's the latest with you, are you coming up to FW soon?

@ChinChilly get on that 🍆!

CD2, lucky cycle 13 reporting in 😅. Next ovulation is predicted for the 2nd of Jan and then another on the 30th of Jan so I've got a busy January planned 😂

Robyn101 · 21/12/2020 09:16

Eeeek what lovely news @Luna57 that’s a nice BFP just before Christmas Xmas Smile

Luna57 · 21/12/2020 09:08

@ChinChilly this was my peak. I expected a huge rise but that wasn’t the case and I waited 26 days for mine. By tonight you might peak further just keep DTD. I only managed the 2 days before I ovulated because of ovulation pain. Did attempt O day but OH got stage fright lol. He says I only use him for baby making we haven’t had sex in 10 days now haha

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ChinChilly · 21/12/2020 08:48

@Kay00 finger crossed!

@Luna57 wow, look at that line 🥰 congratulations! I’ve had another reading of 1 this morning so I’m guessing its any time now really...might try squeeze DTD tonight or tomorrow just incase! I know what you mean about the peak reading I was thinking it can’t be peak it’s only 1, they do look darker in real life and I think that app is abit hit and miss

Luna57 · 21/12/2020 08:43

@ChinChilly def looks like your peak! I think my peak went to 1.4 just and I got down because I seen loads of people’s with peaks at like 3. Exciting times. Nearly in the 2WW, fingers crossed for you.

@Juno231 aww no way you’ve to isolate now! It’s weird how those apps work. I care for a man and his wife has suspected covid, I’ve still to go in multiple times a day and don’t have to isolate but could def been exposed to it.

Luna57 · 21/12/2020 08:36

Thank you everyone for the reassurance. Had to lie in bed for 2 hours this morning with a bursting full bladder waiting on OH to leave for work but I did the FRER and I don’t think that’s a squinter? I’m 11dpo

Kay00 · 20/12/2020 23:30

@luna57 ooh how exciting! Fingers crossed for a strong line on a FRER tomorrow xx

@chinchilly well done for you excellent timing! Hopefully this is your month!!

@juno231 ... absolute bummer! 😔 And you need to isolate over Xmas! Well that sucks balls 😫 hopefully OH will buy in plenty of wine, salted nuts and chocolate for you so you can at least enjoy the festive week x

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 22:41

@Juno231 @Nellieee thanks ladies! Managed to DTD twice 😆

Nellieee · 20/12/2020 22:32

@Luna57 ahh congrats! Definitely a line there.

@ChinChilly looks like a peak to me 🙂. 🍆 time!!

Juno231 · 20/12/2020 20:58

@ChinChilly definitely peak!

Juno231 · 20/12/2020 20:57

@Luna57 those are definitely not evaps! I've been using them for a year without a hint of a line so I can vouch for their quality 😂

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 18:25

Do you ladies think the is peak? Or has my body tried and not quite managed it?

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ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 18:22

I did an OPK earlier and it was definitely quite dark but i just left it and forgot about it so its been about 3 hours now its really dark...what do people generally think about leaving OPKs? I’ve just done another one and it’s definitely lighter but my peaks normally come and go pretty quick 🤔

Elsie2021 · 20/12/2020 18:04

@Luna57 that looks very positive to me!

Congratulations 🥳

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 15:07

@Luna57 they are definitely sensitive ones, i looked at A LOT of IC’s before i brought some easy at home ones, they are 10miu and FRERs are 6.5 most ICs are 25! Definitely get a FRER to confirm but they definitely look positive!

Luna57 · 20/12/2020 15:03

@ChinChilly do you think? I’m def gonna take a FRER in the morning just to be sure. I’m so shocked! OH is at the pub so can’t even ask him his opinion. Thank you I really hope it isn’t a false positive. I’ll drop by in the morning again incase I need more line eyes

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 14:57

@Luna57 the easy at home ones at pretty sensitive and those look positive to me..congratulations 🥳

Luna57 · 20/12/2020 14:14

Can someone help me out!!! Are the easy @ home HCG tests notorious for an evap line? I’m 10dpo I don’t even know why I decided to test. The lines are pink on both tests. The second one I had to squeeze out a tiny bit of pee cos I threw the other tests pee down the toilet cos I didn’t expect to see a line lol. Should I just wait and use a FRER tomorrow morning?

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Juno231 · 20/12/2020 14:05

Gah tier 4 can suck it but you know what makes it easier?? Me being told to self isolate for the next 6 days as apparently I've been exposed 😭. So not only do we have to panic buy last minute Christmas food but OH has to do it?! He can't find his way out of a paper bag when it comes to food shopping!

Temp dropped a massive 0.3 today RHR dropped 2 bpm and I think I'm spotting so yay!

MintGreenLife · 20/12/2020 13:42

@Kay00 it’s been a nightmare to be honest! We call at least once everyday, they actually seemed to put some effort in last week, but so many mistakes were made that it didn’t really get us any further along. It’s been a complete shambles to be honest 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sorry to hear the new lockdown rules are impacting you. My family live just north of London and so are all in the same boat 😢 my mum is pretty upset about it I think. It’s rubbish for everyone really xx

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 12:36

@Nellieee thats so sad 😞 it must be so difficult I’m incredibly lucky that all my family are local so a wave at the end of the drive is do-able! It is so much more than xmas day, it’s people’s mental health too! I predict tier 4 just after new year 😕

OH last night shift was last night so 🍆 is a go go 😂

Nellieee · 20/12/2020 12:08

Ps @ChinChilly sounds as though ovulation day is imminent!! Get in your OH! 🍆

Nellieee · 20/12/2020 12:07

It's so sad about the Christmas plans up in the air. I know it's just a day, but the reality is it's more than that. It's about family being together, especially after the year we've had. My dad lives alone three hours away, as does my mum/brother in a different direction. It's the only thing they've been looking forward to.

@ChinChilly we're Midlands too, and I'm sure tier 4 will be around the corner 😞

ChinChilly · 20/12/2020 11:32

@KGH5121 oh gosh sorry your symptoms were that bad 😕 I don’t seem to have any symptoms so that made them even less concerned, I’m hoping it was just a fluctuation, I’m planning to clean up my diet in the new yeat but they won’t retest me until its been 12 months which wont be until may/june time so I may have a private test done in March and see if anything has changed. I get the NHS has to prioritise their services but bloody hell it really is an uphill battle with them at times