Post Pill Party – The Garden Soiree

@Kay00 I use the ovulation support! Unfortunately in my case not helping much given this is CD 53 / CD102 (only a one day bleed between these two 'cycles')

@chinchilly thats great news!!

My chart for reference.

This cycle I am trying the Concieve+ Fertility Support & Conceive+ Ovulation Support. Im CD18 and have had EWCM for a few days and today I had a +OPK (one at 100% and on left at 78%). This is super early for me so I not getting too excited for an early ovulation but 🤞🤞🤞 OH and I our on our mini break away still so lots of opportunity to DTD 😁

@Kay00 all went well, she said my womb and lining looks ‘perfect’ to use her exact words. I’ve got a small cyst on my right ovary but she said it’s really small and doesn’t require and follow up, she said it will likely to just go when I have my next period

@chinchilly hope the fanny cam went OK? You home now?

@chillysT I would say that it's very possible your body had a LH surge but didn't ovulate. I famously have multiple surges before I finally ovulate in every cycle. My advice is to keep testing with OPKs and to keep DTD until you are sure.

@feliznavidad2 Hehe, I agree with Juno. It's still super early in your cycle and your OPKs are very light. Looks as though your 'base level' LH is about 15% (good to know). Test once a day and when it starts shooting up (35%+) start testing a couple of times a day. Ideally you want to ovulate around CD15 ish.

@whirlingD congrats on CD1!! I agree having fun is a good approach ☺

@Juno231 yep fanny cam at 6:30 this evening, hospital is bloody miles away, gotta get through some of the most congested areas in Birmingham through rush hour 🙄 why they couldn’t of sent me to the hospital up the road is beyond me and I know they do the fanny cams because my friend had one there!

@feliznavidad2 lol stop obsessing about the opks if it's only CD7 😁. Just do one a day (second wee of the day ideally) and leave it at that until the line gets stronger.

@chinchilly you're getting the dildo cam right? That's what they use for early scans when pregnant so you'd they'd be really safe to use even during the tww!

@MissC07 @WhirlingD I'm hoping to join you with CD1 today but so far AF is absent! Can't believe that was 101 day cycle though!

@feliznavidad2 I honestly could have cried. Never been so happy to have a period. I was feeling broken and it made me feel, well, like a normal woman. Honestly I'd given up hope.

God I hope I actually ovulate this time! I'm going to try temping this month but part of me thinks I should just have fun and DTD lots. Tracking does take the fun out of that. Also, DP is older than me and I'm 38 so even DTD every other day is bloody tiring!

That's fab news @WhirlingD !

We're at a similar point, I stopped taking the pill on 14th March and period/withdrawal bleed didn't start until last week on 28th April (and I thought that was bad, so bless you!)

Now on CD7 here and awaiting ovulation like a crazy woman. Hope your period passes easily and you can crack on with TTC!

Hi ladies, sorry I have only joined recently so not up together with what’s going on for whom. When I came off the combined pill in June 2019 after being on it for 15 years , I had the withdrawal bleed and then I just never got a period at all. I had a positive pregnancy test at the end of august which was a huge (happy) shock to us as I didn’t think I was ovulating as I’d had no period... so I’ve never been able to track or anything and I suspect this time round will be the same unless I start getting regular periods. I was only on the mini pill for about 9 months - not sure how this will affect cycles?! Am I right in thinking I don’t count the withdrawal bleed as a period? I’m not sure what to call CD1!

Well CD101 after stopping pill just became CD1!! It's safe to say that I am over the moon. I've done 2 sessions of acupuncture now but I think I ovulated just before my first session as I had some physical signs. I'm going to continue with the acupuncture though. Can't hurt. Doing the seed cycling too. Doubt it does much but they taste good on my breakfast.

So I've got a spring in my step today. It feels like the first day of a new chapter. Saying that, there is a thought at the back of my mind that I'll have another long cycle. But I keep reminding myself that it's equally likely things will go right back to normal. so fingers crossed!!

@Springflower3 your lines look good - my limited knowledge would say try again later to check that really was your peak but looks promising? 🤞🏻

No idea @Springflower3 - I wouldn't think so, I'm only using the OPK as it's my first month since stopping pill/withdrawal bleed and have no idea where I am... I didn't do any of this when TTC no. 1 but feel as he's already 4, we really need to crack on. 😬

I imagine it's normal to have low LH at this point (she says... 🤷‍♀️)

@feliznavidad2 would you normally o this early in a cycle?? How much are you de hydrating??

I have quick question, here my mine from this morning..... the one marked peak was second pee of the day (first was at 5am) but I had not drunk anything! Last pick was half hour ago after a coffee.... would I take these as my peaks? Or test later in the day and see?

Scrap that, that's last nights.

This is today's at the bottom:

My OPK this morning was still very faint. Maybe it's just too early for me this cycle?! 🤔

@MissC07 I haven’t yet no, was waiting for my next AF so I could start again 10 days later. At the moment I still have very thick creamy CM, so I doubt I am as that’s been the same for a while now. I think I just need to wait for AF to show and reset my body again. It’s crazy isn’t it?! I honestly had no idea that contraception could mess with your body this much after you’re off it!

Fingers crossed this is a better cycle for you. With any luck your body will ovulate early again. Sending lots of baby dust your way!

@ChillysT have you taken any OPK's since then? It's quite hard to tell because it's a bit blurry. Hopefully you'll get a clearer picture soon. I'm 6 months off the pill and my body is still all over the place - wish I'd never gone on the thing! 🙈

AF has arrived this morning for me. So the start of another cycle. Let's see if my earlier ovulation was a one off last cycle - the waiting begins! 🤷‍♀️

@MissC07 I have absolutely no idea! 😂 I’m relatively new to life off of contraception after 9 years so all of this is still very confusing for me. I have attached a photo of when I think I ovulated but tbh, it seems my body is still getting as used to life off the patch as much as I am!

@ChillysT I'm by no means an expert but I'm wondering if your body tried to ovulate on CD15 but didn't work and then has tried again later? I think clearest way to know is temping as you'd be able to see the temp shift but with shift work and a cat it'll be difficult 😣 I hope you get some clarity soon!

@Kay00 According to an OPK yes, I posted here but happy to post again incase anyone wants another look?

@MissC07 I was just using OPK’s. I’m not temping no. I wake up lots of different times due to different shifts and I have a kitten who is very needy and likes to climb around the bed at night, so I’m usually woken a couple times to shift over. 😂

@FlyingGiraffe Sorry to hear AF turned up 😞 I hope you hear back from the acupuncture place. I'm willing to try almost anything at the moment.

@ChinChilly Good luck with your scan tomorrow!

@ChillysT Sorry you're also having a frustrating time. How did you track your O date? Do you temp?

Completely off topic but if anybody needs a good tv show (since LOD let us down massively last night 🙄!) I've just started watching Mare of Easttown on Sky Atlantic. It's so good!!!

@chillysT sounds very frustrating. Are you sure you ovulated on CD15?

@moocher90 sorry for the bfn 😔 and sorry AF had arrived @flyinggiraffe xx

@Moocher90 I’m the same I think. Waiting for AF, but when she will arrive I don’t know.

Feeling super annoyed at my body today. I had my withdrawal bleed back in February, and then waited 42 days for my first proper AF. I had the usual symptoms I expect beforehand - cramping, hunger, and fatigue the weekend just before I thought she might come (hoping this meant she was gonna be a 28 day cycle) and nothing. I also ovulated CD15 so then I thought she may show up on CD30, and still nothing. I’m now on CD36 and pissed off my body lulled me into false hope. Just makes timing DTD so much more difficult. 😭 Even today I’ve been cramping for 3 days, I did a PT on CD14 and it was a BFN. Here’s hoping she shows up soon!

Hope everyone had a nice bank holiday!

@MissC07 @Moocher90 sorry about the BFNs 😞

@Kay00 hope you’re both having a nice break!

So I have my scan tomorrow, I think I’m about 8/9dpo today, does anybody know if these scans are ok in TWW? I’m assuming they are?!?!