Post Pill TTC - Rave on

@ChinChilly oh no! That sounds awful! I hope you, your OH and dog are all ok!

@Cams50 @Mol234 @Kay00 I’ve become such a worrier this month! I’ve never had an issue with my LP in previous cycles so this time I’m just panicking from my delayed ovulation! I might just start taking Vitamin C because I have some already and then if it’s an actual problem I’ll get the B complex. I’ve been BDing every other day so far so it’s more than I thought it would be this month 😂

@Y1986 @Flowers222 welcome both

Eurgh shitty day today, was on the way to take the dog for a nice walk and a car hit mine, at speed at the rear passenger side, poor doggo was in the back! I managed to get my car home but its not really drivable 😞 I’m feeling rather achy as I and OH were thrown around abit! 2020 just had to put the cherry on the cake!

Ahhh thankyou @Flowers222 I’m going to just keep testing and BD and hope I catch it
Gone back to high again now so we’ll see in the next few days whether that peak was the right one ☺️

@sperr a long Follicular phase doesn't mean a short LP, but if you are getting short LP of less than 10 days then I can highly recommend taking a B COMPLEX vitamin after ovulation. It extended my LP from 8 days to 14 xx

@Robyn101 those OPK readings sound really positive, fingers crossed for you!

@abi555 well if it’s a BFN then hopefully AF is on its way at least. I guess it’s just a waiting game now which is never fun!

@Sperr I also read about Angus castus lengthening the LP but not sure, haven’t tried it myself!

@Flowers222 that’s a good way of looking at it ☺️ Hopefully you’ll get your BFP soon!

I agree @Cams50, fingers crossed for a positive start to 2021 for everyone!

I think I’m just going to continue doing OPKs twice a day and will hopefully catch my peak at some point!

@MintGreenLife your Christmas Day announcement sounds sooo lovely!

@Juno231 ouch that sounds painful but great you sorted it! Hopefully it’s healed enough by fertile week.

@TheDaydreamBelievers booze and chocolate sounds like the perfect plan. Hopefully your cycles settle again soon.

@Flowers222 sorry about the cp but welcome! I agree with you that getting pregnant is definitely a positive so fingers crossed it sticks soon.

@Robyn101 eek sounds like you’re definitely about to ovulate! Exciting.

@Sperr I don’t think late ovulation necessarily means short lp. I ovulated earlier this cycle and then my period just came earlier. It’s very frustrating though. Last cycle I had a 12 day lp which I was delighted about but then this cycle I had an 8 day one so I don’t know. I’ve heard b vitamins, vitamin c and Agnus castus can all lengthen it b it who knows if any of it actually works.

Sorry to the ladies waiting around for AF. Must be very frustrating! Fingers crossed you get it soon or even better, a BFP!

Not a lot going on here. I’m cd 7. I’m having a long, annoying period. Not very heavy but just a bit there everyday. I wish it would hurry up and leave or do something more. I’m starting cycle 9 ttc. I think every cycle gets a bit more frustrating and harder not to worry that somethings wrong but I do know it can of course just take longer for some people so fingers crossed we all have a positive start to 2021!

Thanks @MissC07 for the welcome 😊

Thanks @Mol234 @abi555 I am seeing a chemical as a positive as it at least means I can get pregnant!

@Robyn101 thanks. I don't think it's that unusual to get peaks for a few days. I tend to get 3 days of peaks but it can go down to high and up to peak again. I usually ovulate a day after my highest peak so I know to just keep testing.

@abi555 I know exactly how you feel with the impatience. I'm exactly the same, I'm only CD38 since stopping the pill but every little twinge or cramp I start thinking AF is coming. I've finally bitten the bullet and ordered some OPK's and FRER tests to keep me occupied.

@Flowers222 Welcome! Sorry to hear about your CP. fingers crossed for your next cycle

CD18 here- really late ovulation this cycle as I’m still just on high readings on OPK. I’m worried that I’ll have a really short LP - can I do anything to lengthen it?!

@Mol234 took one this morning and BFN. Very likely just getting my hopes up. I'm really not good at waiting, so just getting v impatient waiting for something to actually happen!

@Robyn101 keep DTD!! definitely looks promising that something is finally happening for you!

@Flowers222 welcome, and really sorry to hear about your CP. Fingers crossed for next cycle!!

The numbers indicate my temp not my OPK reading (just confused myself reading it back 😅)

Hey @Mol234 so mines not showing a major spike but I know it’s weird with BBT and you only know after the fact a few days later when the graphs make sense so hopefully it will become clear for you.

Weirdly I’ve had another peak reading this morning - stronger than the one 2 days ago 😅 I think I must have tried to ovulate and wasn’t successful so it’s trying again - it’s certainly trying to do something which I see as progress

Mine went like this
26th / Peak OPK reading - 36.32
27th / High OPK reading - 36.16
28th / Peak OPK reading - 36.30
29th / New predicted ovulation

The app I use has now changed my ovulation from 27th to tomorrow based on my newest OPK reading (this is all as clear as mud!)

Definitely a good idea with the doctors, I know mine was absolutely useless but hopefully yours pays more attention, I’m going to wait this out and see if I’ve actually ovulated because hopefully that will spark something

I’m sorry to hear about your MMC @flowers222 welcome to the thread

@abi555 have you thought about taking a pregnancy test? Given your temps have stayed high and you’re not sure when you ovulated, it may be worth doing!! Completely agree about the mental energy when TTC - I wasn’t really expecting this to be honest, I always had regular periods before the pill so naively thought I’d probably be pg within 3 months!! It will happen it’ll just take time, and I don’t know about you but I’m quite an impatient person!

@Y1986 hey welcome! I actually bought some Angus castus but decided to not take it. Like you I’m still waiting for AF so was tempted, but worried it would mess with my hormones even more and just want them to settle down.

@Flowers222 welcome! Really sorry to hear about your chemical pg 😞 hope you’re ok. It’s good to hear your cycles started to eventually settle after coming off the pill, hopefully things go back to normal for you fairly soon

Hello all! Hope everyone had a good Christmas! Was wondering if I can join? I've been following this thread for awhile but finally got the courage to post.

I came off the pill in February, started properly ttc in June with OPKs and BBT. But my cycles were all over the place and very long, often 60-80 days. But they have slowly been getting shorter each time now and I think they just taking a really long time to get back to normal after being on the pill. I ovulated cd22 last cycle which I was really happy about, but I ended up having a chemical pregnancy. When I saw that BFP I had already planned on how to tell my parents at Christmas, but 5 days later I started bleeding with a negative test so it wasn't to be. So now trying again and currently on cd18 waiting to ovulate again.

@Y1986 I looked into it but read that you shouldn't use it if still waiting for first AF after stopping pill. Not sure how true that is, but I was worried about messing with my cycle any further.
Saying that, it's something I might consider if AF doesn't show up within another month or two.
Some other ladies here I think have tried it though so you may get more info from them

@ChinChilly haha, that's hilarious, nearly famous!! I was accidentally on the news after the first lockdown ended and BBC were filming in soho and hubby and I accidentally wandered past the camera. We were actually trying to get away from the crowds as it suddenly got really busy, but it looked like we were part of them and I was so embarrassed to have been in the shot!

@Moocher90 your temp rise sounds promising! fingers crossed it continues!

@Mol234 fingers crossed you are ovulating - and good news you have a doc appt, I think worthwhile asking if you can have some bloods at least. I've made a promise to myself to go in the new year as well if still nothing by then

@Kay00 sounds chiiiiilly! Love a sash window though! Also sounds like you need to snuggle under the duvet with OH to warm up

Question - has anyone experienced ovulation bleeding? Had random spotting on 18th and was looking at my diary last night and suddenly wondered if that could be why? My temps are still high, but as I've only just started temp-ing I don't really know if I can interpret it as in the LP phase, or whether it's just a 'the pill has screwed up my body thing'. Also had a weird temp dip 48hrs ago that I managed to convince myself at 2am was an implantation dip and now in the cold light of morning I think I might just be going mad and getting ridiculously over-excited as a newbie temp-er (or just doing temp-ing all wrong, which also could explain it!) Have attached my chart so far in case anyone has a brainwave.

Sigh. Feel like I'm already over-analysing EVERYTHING and I haven't even had my first AF. Totally prepared for this TTC journey to be a long one, but didn't realise it would involve so much mental energy. Muchos respect for all you ladies that have been playing this game for longer!

Hi everyone

I'm TTC baby no2. After stopping the pill I'm now day 107 with no sign of a period and starting to go slightly mad lol. Tempted to try Agnus cactus but it's such a worry as it's says not to use when TTC!? Any thoughts? X

getting on @Robyn101*

@ChinChilly that’s hilarious! I’m kinda jealous if your shopping, I’m in tier 4

@Moocher90 hmm I’m not sure to be honest as I haven’t been in my LP yet but my understanding is that it’s all kinda relative so hopefully nothing to worry about. I think best to see what happens over the next few days

So I still haven’t had a temp rise today, in fact it’s a temp drop. Either I’m ovulating today or my body was playing tricks on me with the peak OPK. How are you get turn on @Robyn101?

I’ve got a docs appointment for New Year’s Eve and am going to push my doctor to do some tests. Even though it’s only been 3.5 months I’m starting to get a bit down with nothing happening!

Hope everyone enjoys the bank hol today ☺️

@Kay00 you’re right definitely missed out on my 15 mins of fame there 😂😂 no meals out for us I’m afraid still in tier 3...tier 4 pending I think!

@Moocher90 sounds good!! I don’t know anything about temps I’m afriad! Fingers crossed you ovulated

Morning all! So I had a temp rise from 36.05 yesterday to 36.23 today just need to hope it continues to rise over next few days and that means ovulation happened. Anyone else have low LP temps? Just wonder whether it’s a sign of low progesterone or not?

My FP temps have obviously been low but not sure exactly what to expect from my LP temps I hope they get high enough to confirm ovulation

I’ll be very close @thedaydreambelievers if ovulation is predicted correct I’ll be around the 138 after my TWW just hoping it’s right!

Haha tell me about it @kay00 and @abi555 it’s felt like a complete lifetime but I was on the pill solidly for 15 years after being put on as a young teenager with ridiculously heavy periods. I don’t actually think my body knows what a normal cycle is or looks like so makes sense it’s taking it’s sweet time to learn

@mols234 I haven’t had a major temp spike either I don’t think - although I’m not overly confident on temping yet or what I’m looking for, attached a pic so you can see what mines up too, I got my peak on 26th so a very mini jump up. Fingers crossed we’re both getting there

@juno231 you poor love! Hopefully
The cyst gets better now

@chinchilly haha... almost had your 15 minutes of fame 😆 nope... im avoiding the shops, but arranging meals out to help prop up the local economy 😁

@juno231 well done, best to drain and keep clean to avoid infection. Is your FW approaching soon?

Nope, my house has zero insulation and sash windows that are so drafty when closed the curtains blow in the wind 🙄 luckily I have several hot water bottles!

I'll certainly get on to a dentist next week... didn't know about the link to heart health 😳