Post Pill Party – The Garden Soiree

@ChillysT black line = finished pill packet
Red line = withdrawal bleed
Then the rest is since stopping

@ChillysT omg same I thought now is the time for her to stop being a bitch 😂 I've had a bleed every single month since stopping but my periods are next to nothing & have been up and down on my cycles but never over 36 so apparently "regular" but it's looking like this month is going to be my first over 35 which is great.. after 6 months I should start being normal shouldn't I?! 😂

@MissM94 Very much so! Why can’t bodies just work like clockwork ya know?! I was so sure she would be co-operative this cycle too. 😂 Tonight she’s cramping too, which is annoying as she did this 2 weeks ago and nothing came of it so at this point quite frankly she can bugger off unless she’s planning on doing her job and giving me AF. 🙈 Jesus, nothing like a moody doctor. Haha. Just what you need when your own anxiety and peace of mind needs relaxing! Fingers crossed you can get an appointment soon then. How many bleeds have you seen in the 6 months since stopping?

@ChillysT so frustrating isn't it 😩 20th of this month will be the exact 6 month to the day, it was yeah, when I had an app a couple of months ago she said to allow 6 months then they will do a blood test to check my levels and that I should be grateful that I'm Atleast getting a period every month as some people aren't which I understand but still, other people's bodies aren't my problem, my own is 😂

@MissM94 I feel ya! CD42 here and no sign of AF either, looks like I’m having a longer cycle this time round too. Frustrating. When is your 6 month mark? Was that advised by the doctors that you wait for the 6 months before having any bloods?

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! Had my 2nd covid vaccine today.

I think my DH is starting to worry a bit more now. Was asking lots of Qs today about how long this cycle had been and "that's still very unusual isnt it, even though you've been off the pill ages" bless him

@MissM94 I noticed that, but I've noticed it on a few threads I wondered if it was some sort of advertising MN have deleted

@feliznavidad2 I’m only on cycle 2 TTC, but it does take a little while to know what’s normal for you and your cycle. Have to tried used Femometer? You take photos of your OPKs and it works out your peak for you. I’ve been using it this cycle and also BBT tracking and it’s been so much easier this cycle compared to last 😊

Also, since when did messages get deleted in this group? 😂 hardly a controversial place hahaha

@AllyCat31 thanks! Glad you ladies are a bit more knowledgable about this than me x

STILL waiting for AF, 5 days late than my 'start date' currently day 35, I really hope it comes tonight or tomorrow at latest I don't want a cycle longer than 36 days when it's slowly been coming down 😩 on a plus, my 6 month mark for coming off the pill is the end of this month so I can book in to get a blood test to check my hormones now.. so that's a good thing I guess!

@feliznavidad2 I don’t think you’ve peaked yet. Mine was like that from CD7-23 and I got my peak on CD24/25 (I have long cycles). I’d keep testing cause it should be much higher

Thanks @ChinChilly x

@feliznavidad2 I actually don't think you've ovulated/surged yet, it's still early though so keep testing.

First cycle TTC no.2 here since coming off the pill in March.

I think I've managed to miss my surge (or maybe there was no surge?) - started early testing with OPK as the app said to as no real idea of what my cycles were doing, I've had lots of EWCM over the last few days and some spotting yesterday (? Ovulation) 🤔 🤞🏻

Planning on just DTD a bit more as fancied over the next few days. Attached my OPK chart for anyone who has any idea... Thanks in anticipation.

@AllyCat31 great news about the soy working for you.

My LP seems to have changed since the MC/CP I would always start spotting at 11dpo and AF would arrive at 12dpo well my last cycle I got to 14dpo and I think I'm 14dpo today and no spotting yet 🤔 I did a test Friday night before I poured myself a large alcoholic beverage and that was BFN

Hey @Kay00 I am 3DPO and CD28. Gonna do the soy again if AF shows up cause I think that might have done it but I guess it’s so hard to know if any of the supplements are really doing anything. How are you?

@allycat31 hello! That's great news! I would assume it was the Soy Iso or just your periods naturally adjusting themselves. Where are you in your cycle now?

After 70-45 day cycles I’m on track to have a 36d cycle this month. Not sure if it’s the soy iso I took, my body just waking up after so long on the pill or the q10 I started taking on CD10 but I am I definitely ovulated and way earlier than any other cycle so far. Hope everyone is doing better this month!

@Kay00 I hope not, I’m just glad I decided to come off contraception when I did! My partner wanted to wait another year but being in this situation now I’m thinking we definitely made the right decision letting my body figure itself out before wanting to go straight in!

@chillysT 😒 unfortunately I know that frustration all too well! It can take up to a year to regulate fully after coming off the pill... but hopefully you won't need to wait that long!

@cams50 yes, I take the Conceive+ fertility support (as my standard pre netal) and the Conceive+ ovulation support on top. I so take Vit D and in my LP I'm taking a B Complex to keep AF at bay!

@Cams50 I don’t think it is sadly, I did a PT at 15DPO or what I believe may have been ovulation and it was a BFN at that point. Cant imagine it would be any different now as it was a stark one liner, and now I’m 26DPO I can’t say I feel any different to then. I think Mother Nature is just being mean! So annoying as my first AF came around quicker than this wait. I thought I would just need the first one to come around and be over and done with, then the rest that followed would slowly regulate into a pattern meaning shorter waits between cycles. How wrong was I?! 😩 CD41 today so if she doesn’t arrive tomorrow I’ll be waiting longer than I was for my first post patch AF...How annoying!

@ChillysT @Tillybabs @Gracie2021 @Kat668 thank you ladies! I still don't completely believe it. AF is due tomorrow so I think I will relax a little more when she is officially late. Decided to step away from the tests now after I did one today and it was the same as yesterday so immediately panicked it was another chemical. It's not helping my anxiety.

@Kat668 at 49 days that was a monster cycle! Glad AF has gone and good to start again!

@Gracie2021 I've heard a lot of good things about acupuncture! Good all your results came back normal and the referral process has started.