Post Pill Party - The Ceilidh

@Moocher90 i echo what @Juno231 said my GP said primary care wouldn’t treat TSH under 5 but a fertility clinic would.

@Kay00 sounds like a good time to talk to your GP! My GP practice is huge you literally just get any GP that’s free, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the same GP twice!

@Juno231 @Kay00 thank you both for your chart expertise! Pretty sure nothings happening yet OPKs are still barely there

@Moocher90 how rubbish! I'm so sorry you're getting really short cycles and regular period without ovulating xx Good luck with your blood test tomorrow, and hopefully your GP will have a better understanding of fertility/thyroid connections.

My GP is on maternity leave at the moment, and her replacement is another female GP who (according to her write up on the website) specialises in fertility. If this is another annovulatory cycle them i'm going to talk to her. If I ovulate (just late as usual) then i'll give the Soy Iso another try before talking to her. But I'm certainly feeling frustrated by my lack of anything happening!

@Juno231 definitely stock up on the Canesten!

@Juno231

Yes the endocrinology app I mean. So my private results where ones where I saw the highly raised antibodies but the nhs have never tested them so I spoke to ooh GP yest to get one done so the endo could have those results for my app on 24th Feb as that means they have two lots of TSH Ft4 T3 results and since then my TSH has risen from 3.86 to 4.58 and gives me a better chance on getting medicated instead of waiting another few months for another blood test. If the endo does nothing I still need to speak to the GP about my irregular cycles and not ovulating. I hope that the endo will be able to do something though and will sort out this as part and parcel of the thyroid issue as I believe that is what is causing it.

Do private clinics prescribe Levo? Or just NHS fertility clinics?

@Moocher90 that is incredibly frustrating! When you say endo I assume it's endocrinologist and not about endometriosis? If the former then how does it tie in with tomorrow's test and the March GP appointment? Sounds like it'll be a big overlap? If it helps I'm pretty sure they do prescribe levothyroxine at fertility clinics as high TSH isn't something they're unfamiliar with! My GP even said that if there's a problem with my TSH the fertility clinic will sort it out.

@Kay00 They're quite strong doses so I take them the morning of the HSG just as one big dose. I feel like I should stock up on something probiotic and be prepared for nausea and probably thrush again!

@Kay00 AF :(. I have been reading up on the link between hypothyroid and period cycles and it certainly has an affect on your cycles.
Irregular cycles, absent cycles and heavy cycles feature in thyroid issues. Was literally CD13 when I got spotting but only once when I wiped and it was slightly ewcm looking and CD14 when it was a little bit heavier. Today is like normal AF! RHR is low 60bpm and my temp 36.07

I have booked a GP appointment to discuss this and also not ovulating. Not until 3rd March though! Also confirmed that the GP yest has requested a full thyroid panel which has been done so I am going to go for my blood test tomorrow morning before work.

I’m so frustrated by it all now. Firstly because GPS don’t really understand thyroid issues and you constantly have to self advocate for tests. I hope the endo appointment goes better on 24th Feb. I feel like there’s really no point in TTC right now unless I’m medicated because my cycles are irregular and I’m not ovulating. I don’t think private fertility clinics can provide thyroid meds as part of their treatment.

@Juno231 ooh wow! I'm so excited things are happening for you! when do you take the antibiotics? Do you need AF to arrive first?

@Kay00 CD25 already!! I'm sorry nothing has happened yet :( Def get the ball rolling with docs as soon as you can to sort this silliness out.

Just had my HSG antibiotics delivered to my door! How fancy is that.

Morning ladies! Monday again... Urgh!

@ChinChilly Looks like you body had a little ramp up (with the fertile CM) but then nothing, mine does this a lot. You're only CD15 though, so plenty of time to ovulate yet . My chart attached for reference.

@MissC07 Sorry AF showed but, and she'e being a b**ch!

@moocher90 how are you getting on? I was thinking about you last night. Did your spotting turn into AF? Or have you had any indication it could be ovulation?

@juno231... hopefully you work out whats going on soon... !!

CD25 here, and not a lot going on.

@Juno231 @MissC07 thanks both, hopefully I see something on the old OPKs today!

@MissC07 my GP said to me last week it takes upto 6 months for your cycles to get back to normal! I think its taken mine 6 months the last 2 have been more what I can remember!

Well I just tried to upgrade to the VIP FF but I think it glitched out, I confirmed the payment through apple pay but nothings happened 🤔

@Juno231 That's so annoying about your AF! I hope you're out of limbo soon.

@Sperr Thank you! I'm feeling really nauseous and crampy today so it's kicking me whilst I'm feeling down. Nothing a massive mug of hot choc can't sort I'm sure.

@Nellieee I think this is my second cycle post pill (my body has been a bit all over the place) I stopped the pill mid Nov, then had 41 days till my first AF (which was literally nothing) the cycle just gone was 45 days. My AF is killing me today though so hopefully that's a sign things might be going back to 'normal' post pill.... whatever that means!!! 🤷‍♀️

@ChinChilly Thank you! I'm no expert at all but maybe you're about to ovulate, mine did a rise then a dramatic dip just before 🤞

@ChinChilly ah nothing much yet I'm afraid! Let's hope it's a sign of oestrogen ramping up for you and therefore an LH surge is to follow xx

@sperr I don't think I will - it was blank this weekend so there's clearly something dodgy going on . 13 DPO is really good!

@MissC07 sorry AF got you 😞

Any of our chart experts out there...what is going on here 😂

So sorry @MissC07 hopefully a shorter cycle for you this time round. How many cycles in are you now?

@MissC07 sorry AF showed! I was totally feeling gutted last cycle. Hopefully you feel better soon!

@Juno231 are you going to test again? I’m thinking to order some ICs today just for fun 😂. I realised I wasn’t paying attention when reading my chart and I’m actually 13dpo today so hopefully AF can hold of another day at least. Was so crampy yesterday so not holding out much hope though

@MissC07 I'm sorry AF showed :( I'm still waiting for mine to make an appearance and it's cheesing me off how it's thrown curve balls at me. I'm on CD30/15DPO atm. If it doesn't show today then that's the longest LP I've had since I started charting! Pretty sure this is the first cycle where I had spotting pre AF as well.

AF has arrived for me this morning. Feeling a bit gutted even though I know I wasn't in with much of a shot this month as we didn't DTD much in FW. I'm just hoping my cycles shorten from 45 days. Good luck to anybody testing this week x

Hi lovely @FlyingGiraffe been a bit MIA on here. Work is kicking off lately. I'm 9dpo today (meant 5dpo in an earlier post when I said I was CD5 🙈). Massive temp drop today after climbing temps so not looking so hopeful. I'm not bothering testing until due date - no point. Zero symptoms too! How are you getting on.

Sorry to see some of you got your AFs this cycle ☹️ hope you've all had nice cosy a Sundays!!

@chinchilly could be older creaky stuff mixed with EWCM... hopefully you're coming into your FP then 🥳

@missc07 I used to drink loads, but now I need a sip of wine to be tipsy 🤪 🙃

@juno231 hmmm... I hope you are just too early to be a + on an IC 🤞🤞🤞

@Sperr I’m not a big fruit eater, i eat berries occasionally but I have been trying to make a smoothie everyday ish! I know they’re not great for you but it’s better than nout!

@MissC07 glad you’re not hungover, I generally don’t drink because it get quite bad acid and it even though I’m tired I’ll just toss and turn all night.

I’ve got some strange CM it’s like creamy EWCM...odd

@FlyingGiraffe @Flowers222 @ChinChilly Thanks ladies, not feeling hungover today, just on and off nausea and heartburn!! Think I'll give up alcohol for lent 😂

@FlyingGiraffe I’m not actually a big fruit eater (I eat loads of veggies) so all this grapefruit, pomegranate and pineapple is actually really nice 😂.

@Juno231 How bloody confusing! I think maybe you're right about ovulating CD16 though if you still had a peak opk. I guess time will tell and if AF is going to turn up in full force, it's not going to be long now! Hope it doesn't though. I just hope you've a dodgy box of IC's! Haha! How did the wine go down after the big break?

@Sperr I started on the Seven Seas after I ovulated last month. They're nice and small - especially compared to the B-complex! I think as long as you're dtd enough and at the right time you're in with a great shot so I wouldn't worry about adding in more things! The grapefruit thing made me laugh though!

@kay00 @FlyingGiraffe I just got the seven seas tablets as they were on sale so I’m just going to take them instead (and maybe just be patient and not feel like I need to do more all the time!

Is it weird that I’m waiting for my cycle to start again just so I can drink grapefruit juice 😂

@FlyingGiraffe yeah I was spotting yesterday and Friday but nothing today 🤷‍♀️. On the one hand I did think my temps were a day off and I actually ovulated on CD16 instead of CD15 so perhaps AF will arrive tonight - but then I don't tend to spot in the LP so what's going on with that now 😅.

Apologies I can't remember who asked me if I was going to test again just in case - I've done ICs yesterday and today and they're blank 🙊. Temp and rhr went up today but that's because of me drinking wine last night!

@Ttcin2021 the cover line delineates the temp shift really - so you need temps higher than the coverline for the LP in order to show ovulation occurred. If your temp drops towards or past the line in your second week of the TWW it usually means AF is on her way