Post Pill Party – The Garden Soiree

Congratulations @ChinChilly - fingers tightly crossed for you

@ChinChilly congratulations!

Worst mood this month. My SIL conceived both of her children very quickly. She has taken pics of her baby girl out at the zoo and the toy shop. I have a lot of friends with toddlers or babies. They're lovely but I'm just tired.

A day late for period, cramps on Saturday, nothing Sunday, cramps yesterday, no blood. I'm expecting it to start today as got a couple of BFNs, one just taken now. Sad and sore!

@ChinChilly wow!!! Congrats!! Keeping everything crossed for you. How many DPO?

Congratulations @ChinChilly fantastic news.

@ChinChilly congratulations!!

Mumsnet is being a pain and won't let me upload photo's 🙄

@ChinChilly wow congratulations! Keeping everything crossed it's a sticky bean for you ❤️

Well i got a BFP this morning, pretty faint lines again but I'm cautiously optimistic but also q bag of nerves!

@whirlingD you're so soon off the pill, hopefully that's what's pushing up your FSH. But if you're concerned then ask your GP if they will re-test you; say you did a finger prick test and you are a little concerned by the results, that's what I did with my TSH (which was much lower on the NHS compared with the finger prick test) Hopefully everything is fine x

@MissM94 I came off the patch mid February. Had my withdrawal bleed as normal, then waited 42 days for my first AF on March 29th. Which only lasted 2 days and super light. And now nothing since, CD43 and nothing but cramping spells and insane hunger?!

@Gracie2021 Ih that’s good. So I assume you came off contraception around June? How have your cycles been since Christmas, have they regulated now?

@MissC07 I'm a big fan of acupuncture. I look forward to it every week. It has encouraged me to drink less and eat better too, as I don't want to undo the good work.

I paid for a finger prick blood test and the results just came back. My vitD and thyroid were normal but my LH and FSH were high, which has sent me into a bit of a depressing google hole today. 13.8 and 13.3 respectively. Those numbers are indicative of poor ovarian reserve It doesn't necessarily mean I won't conceive naturally but it's not a good sign, especially if I wanted to consider IVF (and I don't think I want to go down that route, at the moment anyhow).

The papers I've read today (I'm by no means a specialist but I'm a biologist by training so sort of familiar with the bio markers) suggest that FSH can rebound high after stopping the pill (ANOTHER thing the doctors don't tell you) so it can actually settle down after 6 months. This is my first real cycle after coming off the pill, after all (after waiting 100 days for a proper period) so it would make sense things were messed up. My hormones have been suppressed for so long that I'm obviously really struggling to ovulate.

I'm not giving up hope by any means and I'm just going to stay positive and keep trying. But the signs aren't great. I always said that "if it didn't happen" I didn't want children enough to consider IVF but now I'm not so sure. And I'm running out of time as well (I'm 38). It's hard wish I'd started ages ago.

@Gracie2021 @ChinChilly Thanks ladies!! Acupuncture was amazing, it felt like therapy!! She spoke to me about loads of stuff for 20mins going through my medical history and said she wants to work on bringing my ovulation forward. It just felt so nice to be listened to and not felt like you're going crazy (basically like this group but with needles too!) Interview went ok I think, they were so lovely and sounds like a great role, but there are 5 other candidates 😩 I'll know tomorrow afternoon if I go to the final round!

@MissM94 if you’ve been drinking loads it could be too diluted but even though you’d just get a negative test. Also most PTs say to use First morning urine (I presume because it’s more concentrated.. 🤷‍♀️). So maybe check again in the morning 🤞

I don’t usually get a mad urge to test but struggling this morning and it’s only 8DPO so way too early. Too tempting.

Grabbed a cheap Asda test over the weekend, don't know why cos I'm not pregnant but I've just done it now and it's not even bloody worked 😂 can you pee too much on it?!

@Gracie2021 ahh fingers crossed things get back to normal soon then!

@Gracie2021 if it doesn't show today and I get no spotting I'll test again in the morning, not holding out much hope though

@MissC07 good luck with the interview! 🤞

@MissC07 really hope you enjoy the acupuncture. I do feel half drunk after my sessions. And best of luck with the job interview. You’re dead right. Life’s too short to be in a job you don’t enjoy.

@ChinChilly Fingers crossed for you!

I've got my first acupuncture session at lunchtime today so will be interested to see what's that like. Oh and a job interview too this afternoon, not great timing but I hate my current workplace and this is a really good opportunity! Hope everyone is doing ok! ❤️

@ChinChilly women def get the short straw don’t we. Are you tracking temps this month? Are you tempted to test again today. Fingers crossed for you.

@TheDaydreamBelievers my OH is the same I think he is starting to worry something may be wrong.

Well AF was due at some point between Friday and today according to my apps but nothing yet not even any spotting 🤔 I did a test on Friday evening it was quite diluted pee on a not very long hold but I'm sure it would of shown something at that point but it was BFN, I have the worst stabbing pain in my nipples, argh no fun being a woman aye!

@MissM94 @ChillysT not sure if this will give you guys some hope as I know it’s not the case for everyone but I had wacky cycles for the first 6 months post pill, longest 45 days which I know isn’t too long compared to some here but still no rhythm at all bouncing between short and long. And then at Christmas it just settled. Coincidently that’s when my PMS signs started getting increasingly severe so think it just took my body that long to get the pill properly out of my system and hormones back on track. Fingers crossed it will be the same for you guys.

@TheDaydreamBelievers hope you and the OH are doing ok. It’s such a hard topic in a relationship as you’re both trying to support each other and keep spirits up xx Great news about the vaccine and having it done and dusted. Hope it gives you peace of mind.

@ChillysT oh yeah there's no way around it, she's a monster! Can't believe we're all at the stage in life where we're absolutely begging AF to turn up 😆😆 yeah it's a strange one, but I guess it's good I am having one every month! Have you had them regularly?

@MissM94 It’s the receptionists at ours that are the worst. Woah Lordy! 😂 I mean, after 6 months you would think so but as we can all agree, Mother Nature is abit of a chump! Ha. I guess the one silver lining is that you are having bleeds so something is happening down there at least, but be good to know why they’re so light.