Post Pill TTC - Rave on

CD6 for me today and boy much going on. Will start to BD over the weekend just in case there’s a chance of earlier ovulation. OPKs at the mo are blank but my cm is at the tacky stage so all being well my body plays ball this month.

So put up my spin bike on Tuesday night and I done a spin session last night after work and I have done another this morning before work! Calorie counting and trying to drink at least 2 litres of water.

@Juno231 so accident prone, I fell over going into the kitchen last week 😂 maybe my body was telling me to stay away from the fridge 😂 the weigh-ins used to cause so much upset we had to stop doing them, every Wednesday somebody would end up crying in the toilets because they only eaten carrots stick all week and still put on 2lbs (exaggerated but you get the drift) 😂😂

@Juno231 I fell over when I was a child and damaged the cartridge in my knees I’ve had problems with them ever since when I was a teenager they suggested key hole surgery on them but being a stupid teenager I wouldn’t do it. They kind of crunch & creek quite regularly, day to day it isn’t painful but squatting...I would probably get down and not be able to get back up 😂😂

@Robyn101 could be implantation at 8DPO 🤔

@Juno231 Haha I saw that too! I don’t know what we’d do yet but I like the idea of a Vegas wedding because they can be done very quickly with zero planning 😂

So I’m 8DPO and had a little bit of pink when I wiped this morning but nothing since. No idea what’s going on 😂 but it’s the first even remote element of blood my body’s done since the end of my withdrawal bleed on 2nd September - so props to my body for demonstrating it still remembers how to do something I guess

@Juno231 I worked in childcare many years ago and as we were all women we and all wanted to lose weight we used to do weekly weigh ins and everybodies weight was so bouncy all the time some of the women used to get really upset because they had done everything they should and ended up putting weight on.

I can’t even squat I have the knees of an 80 year old 😂😂😂

@Mol234 @Cams50 nice that we are all so close in age, if someone would of asked me 10 years ago I would of said I’d have a baby before 30, looks like that isn’t gonna happen 😂

@Juno231 my weight fluctuates so much even when im doing things exactly the same. I’m guessing it’s part and parcel of being a woman.

A temp drop... I think my body was trolling me 😑😑😑 Its a shame because I have really very distinct ovulation pain that lasted hours and was quite sore, but I suppose I never caught my peak. So... I'll keep testing and DTD every other day 🙃

@Robyn101 I think a Vegas wedding sounds so fun! Especially after all this covid stuff - let your hair down and get married just you and your fiancé 🥰 I hope the venue are understanding. I’ve been trying to not think about ours. Too stressful and too much uncertainty.

@Mol234 and @ChinChilly I’m 30 in April so I totally get you ladies! Last year of the 20s gone so thought I’d have a baby before I’m 30 instead. That’s not happening 😅 I’ve also been on and off the pill since I was 18. I had no idea how long it would take for my body to sort itself out.

@ChinChilly thank you! I’m also 30 in July so we’re close in age - I feel the same about having the last year of my 20s robbed! I also wanted to do loads before TTC and those plans were obviously scuppered! Your poor OH - hopefully you can do something nice for his 31st...

I was actually on the coil a while back, came off for 6 months and used natural cycles but kept getting scared about being pregnant accidentally (I laugh at myself about that now haha) so went on the pill. When I came off the coil my periods came back straight away but not with the pill... the hormones in it have obviously affected me a lot more than the coil!

Yes good point actually @Robyn101 - we’ve found one venue we love, we did have a viewing booked in for a couple of weeks time just to take a look but it’s been moved to feb. I think we’ll wait til 2023 regardless now as I’d like to have a baby before and 2023 seems long enough away for it to happen beforehand 😅 and thank you!!

Thankyou @flowers222

It’s horrible right @sperr @cams50 I know the venues and suppliers must be under stress too but wow they don’t make it easy to plan at all

The venue have been a bit snotty last time it had to be postponed and now tbh I just want a full on cancellation but I know I’m risking losing money so need to tread carefully and see if there’s anyway of getting money from the insurance.

I’m honestly thinking about running off to Vegas as soon as permitted and just having a fun wedding just me and him (I know it’s not everyone’s idea of romantic but I like the idea of it)

@mol234 if you’ve got your heart set on a venue I’d have a look, you’re going to be competing with all the 2020 brides and newly engaged to get the right dates. Otherwise I’d completely hold off and enjoy the engagement buzz - congratulations btw!

@FlyingGiraffe I came off the pill 2 & 1/2 years ago but went back on it for 2 years because things changed...I wish I’d never gone back on it 🙄

Evening! :-)
@Juno231 I've found my periods have changed quite a bit since stopping the pill in May, but I have been pretty regular at every 28ish days so I'm thankful for that. The first four months or so it was super light, to the point I only really needed a liner each day. But then I've had the last two months where I've had loads of light or spotting days, followed by one heavy day, and then one day of lighter. I find it so hard to know when to mark as CD1 because of this. My temperature plummeted today just below the cover-line so I feel happy about that in a weird way!

@Moocher90 @ChinChilly I think I was on the pill for about 20 years without a break! I loved the convenience of knowing when AF was coming, and taking packets back to back to skip a month! If I'd known I'd be just as regular without I'd have probably stopped a lot sooner! (that and if I'd known how long it would take to get my body back to some sort of 'normal')

I ordered the 'magic' pills today. They were out of stock in so many places - which made me want them even more! Haha!

@Moocher90 I feel like COVID stole the last year of my 20’s so I may just claim I’m 29 in August 😂 poor OH was 30 last march a few days after lockdown all his family’s flights were cancelled and it looks like COVID is about to have his 31st too 😬

@ChinChilly I’m 31 in September 😭😭

@Rmd123 I’d probably log it as CD1 and see how you go! It’s all so confusing to be honest

@Mol234 hope your temps stay up 🤞🏼

@Moocher90 this is my first real break from contraception since i was about 16, 29 now (30 in August 😭)

My thermometer was meant to arrive today but Amazon changed it to tomorrow, honestly anything I order on prime NEVER comes the next day 🙄

@Rmd123
I’m not sure if I’m ovulating tbh. However I have had my LH and FSH tested by GP and all is in normal range. I think it’s just my body regulating. Prior to pill as I was only on mini pill from March to August I was on the injection for 14 years. I have never had a real break from contraception until now.

@Moocher90 glad to hear I'm not alone! Although hopefully your cycles regulate.

Are you ovulating through each cycle? I'm wondering how if this is my first 'real' AF since the pill will I ovulate around day 14? I've always had very regular periods cycles being 28-30 days only since I went on the pill in august and came off in December that's it's acting up now.

ClearBlue app is telling me to do OPK on Sunday which I think is early but I may as well do one a day from then on to keep an eye on things x

@Rmd123 I’ve just had a 19 day cycle and I thought I was around 4 DPO and started to bleed, it was AF.

I’ve only been off contraception since end of august but all my cycles so far have been irregular. From coming off the pill I waited 6 weeks for withdrawal bleed then another 6 weeks a period, 6 days later a period then 11days later a period, and then a 19 day cycle before another period which is now CD5 for me today.

I hope my body is now starting to regulate and I will start having normal cycles.

@Mol234 that's what I'm thinking now too! Thanks for your help.. going to start temp checking from tmo on x