Post Pill Party - The Ceilidh

Good evening ladies. All your pancakes sound lovely!
So I had the tiny bit of spotting yest (I mean tiny) and today a tiny bit when wiping..... excepting AF as now 12 DPO but has anyone had this random mini spitting before AF after coming off pill? Boobs hurt like mad which I never had pre pill!

@Sperr Biscoff is amazing! If you haven't already then you have to try the ice creams they are like magnums but Biscoff, literally the best ever!!

I'm going to give up choc and crisps for lent. I need to get back on some sort of health kick. I'm looking forward to the warmer and lighter evenings so I can go for a walk after work. My boss is a bit of an idiot (understatement of the year) and I haven't been able to take an uninterrupted lunch break since March last year, so I can't do any workouts during the day 😞

@Moocher90 you’re so strong willed! I’m waiting until my next blood test to see if anything changed naturally, if not I’m going to try GF.

@Sperr there is im afraid, a smooth and a crunchy version 😋

So if I’m not going to buy an more OPKs then I can treat myself to FF premium right?!

@LauraT94 I'll keep that in mind, it has just been so obvious previously despite me drinking a lot also I'm just baffled! Haven't had any pains either which I've definitely felt previously, who knows!

I've only used cheapies and not CB digitals which I'm tempted to try... mostly as FMU is loads easier for me. Are they worth it?

@Sperr I'm full to the brim of pancakes! I'm a basic lemon and sugar gal but they were sooo good. I need to give up chocolate but my heart says no 💜🍫.

@LauraT94 I’ve read that it should only be used to confirm ovulation as it’s not reliable for confirming pregnancy. You should check at the same time every day- when you’re ovulating it will be squishy like your lips, high up so like the full length of your finger and open so you should be able to feel a “dent” (you’ll know when it’s open what I mean 😅). After ovulation for me it goes hard and closes. Hard is like your nose. Mine will then open the day before AF. Some peoples go higher and lower from what I’ve read but mine is pretty much always the same height 😂. You can use your finger joints as a reference of what is high medium and low. High is whole finger, medium mid and then low is the tip only.

@Moocher90 that sounds lovely! I’m now tempted to do gluten free for lent! I have w lot of friends that are gluten intolerant so it may be nice to feel what it’s like for them.

@ChinChilly Don’t tell me there is A cheap version cos I’m about to go buy it all 🤣

It’s also my 2nd wedding anniversary on Sunday so hoping by then AF will be gone. Will try and be good in terms of food though. My DH wants a Chinese takeaway 😳 told him unless it’s DF and GF I can’t have it

@Sperr I love biscoff spread, it’s so nice in porridge, it goes all melty and delicious...aldi do a rip off version that tastes exactly the same

@glow92 I’m with @LauraT94 re OPKS I normally have to dehydrate myself to see anything on them; I’m not doing it this time whicy is probs why I’m struggling to see anything...I’m not buying anymore after I’ve used these ones just going to stick with BBT and DTD regularly.

@Moocher90 @Kay00 you two definitely don’t need to cut anything out for lent! I was thinking of doing chocolate but I don’t think I would be a very nice person to be around

@moocher90 haha, im with you... I feel like my diet is already restricted enough! 😆

I have to admit all this pancake chat is making my hungry again!

@flowers222 🥳 glad to hear you have ovulated! Enjoy your week off work!!

@thedaydreambelievers haha!! 😆😆😆 That song is now stuck in my head! I feel like all I do is wait too! Every morning I get my hopes up that today will be the day I get a temp raise/EWCM/a peak OPK.... but it never happens 😣 ah well! 🙃

@LauraT94 I have never tried biscoff spread. Sounds like something I need to give a go. @Moocher90 peanut butter and chocolate spread sounds so good! I've just stuffed my face with banana and Nutella pancakes. So full now!

@Sperr I had gluten free pancakes with peanut butter and a dairy and gluten free choc spread. I will not be giving anything up for lent as I am gf and df and feel so restricted already 😂

@glow92 I just thought - another point to add is that OPKs completely failed for me this last cycle! Going off my BBT and rhr I definitely Ovulated but didn't catch a positive OPK despite testing 3-5 times a day! I believe I was drinking too much water and diluting my pee too much.

@Sperr I've never really done any cervix checking... Any tips haha?! I'm going to have to do some googling too!

Biscoff spread is the best 😍😍😍 make a cheesecake with it and the biscoff biscuits as the base... Best thing ever!

I'm giving up chocolate for Lent. I'm also walking 10,000 steps every day during March so I need to get back into the swing of walking more before then!

I’ve just discovered biscoff spread and it’s probably the best thing ever 😅. I’ve had so many pancakes.

Anyone giving anything up for lent? Im thinking of doing sweet treats

@Flowers222 thanks for sharing, that's really interesting. I'll let this cycle play out then I think I'll order myself some good quality supplements and start temping instead of all the OPK's.

@glow92 I know that feeling! So when I first come off the pill my first few cycles were 65-75 days long. Then they slowly came down until I ovulated cd22 two cycles in a row, one of which I had a chemical pregnancy. I had thought it had settled but this month I ovulated cd30 so I'm not completely sure what is happening. But the 2 months I ovulated on cd23 I was taking inositol (conceive plus ovulation support). Then this cycle I ovulated a week after I started to take it again so I feel like it may have helped me.

Sorry I posted too soon, have a had a few longer cycles and late ovulations?
Looks like perfect confirmation, hope you have a lovely week off!

@Flowers222 thank you, classic case of you finally feel like you're getting somewhere.... and no!

@glow92 sorry you are feeling down about it all ☹️ The longer it takes the more frustrating it gets, all this waiting is awful. I have been off the pill for a year this month and this cycle ovulated cd30, so you still might ovulate yet.

@TheDaydreamBelievers this ttc thing is definitely driving me crazy. The song made me laugh though! With lockdown I think it is harder as we don't have much else to do except obsess about it!

@Sperr fingers crossed AF stays away!

Looks like I am 3DPO today. I have next week off work so will definitely be trying to find anything to distract me and to stop me from testing. I think now ovulation is confirmed I will try not temping and just see what happens.

@Juno231 I tested at I think it was 11dpo and got nothing so I’m not holding out much hope now! If no AF tomorrow and temps still high I may purchase some ICs (and I want them for next cycle anyways!)

My cervix also normally opens the day before AF so if that opens tomorrow I’ll know what’s happening

@LauraT94 will carry on dtd every other day to cover all bases 🙂, just done another and it's still a pathetic faint line! Had such clear symptoms last month for the first time I thought I'd cracked it going forward!

@Juno231 oh that's good then! I'm glad you're feeling so positive. Glad to have a cycle buddy but that's a biiiiggg assumption you're making there 😂 🤞🏻

@TheDaydreamBelievers that made me really giggle! And I'm going to have that stuck in my head now haha.

@Cams50 thanks! Excited to have another chance again.

@glow92 I also had a late ovulation (CD35) and conceived! So keep trying ❤️ that was my first cycle off the pill though so I can't give any advice for further on after coming off the pill! I did Ovulate CD19 last cycle but that was post-MC so I don't know if it's reliable 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm just worried as cycles have been so short to now, I'm allowing myself one more day of OPK's then sacking them off... definitely think temping is the way to go, been admiring the charts on this thread 🙂. That's reassuring though, thank you... got myself into an obsessive hole this month need to square myself up!

@glow92 actually last cycle it went up to CD23 I think

@Kay00 that is interesting. I feel like GPs don’t know anything about this stuff. Another blood test would literally be perfect for me! It is a bit frustrating. @Juno231 yea I agree! I wish my GP had agreed to 7dpo as opposed to CD21 regardless. Congrats on the AF! You can look ahead to the HSG and new cycle now.

@LauraT94 that’s good that your AF is finishing! Onto the fresh cycle.

@TheDaydreamBelievers haha I feel you! It’s driving me mad too lol. I keep saying I’ll take a break from everything - temping etc - but never do.

@glow92 I ovulated anywhere from CD16-19 ish and then the last couple of cycles it’s gone up to CD20-21ish so it can vary I think. I also get short LPs. So annoying

@glow92 I'm sorry you're feeling disheartened! We know how you feel. I How many months have you been off the pill? Remember that @TheDaydreamBelievers even had a 141 day and then had a late ovulation after that but still conceived then! Just hang in there