Post Pill Party - Cocktail Club

@MissM94 yes, that's certainly one way of looking at it. I am also keeping it in perspective as my SIL has PCOS (with all the bad symptoms: excessive hair growth, obesity and almost non-existent ovulation) plus endometriosis, so she will need an operation and to loose about 5 stone in weight before she is considered for IVF. But her partner also has low sperm count! So they have been told IVF is there only hope for conception... she is very upset, as you can imagine!

@Kay00 I've been having a read of a few threads and I've seen so many say they've got pregnant after just one month on Clomid so I think there's definitely a way for everyone and I think the positive is to actually have a diagnosis for the problems rather than not knowing I guess! Positive manifesting my way through the next few weeks haha

So based on this I have at least 2 x full cycles (maybe 3) before I start on any Clomid (assuming all other tests come back OK!). I'm still hoping I get pregnant naturally before then of course!

@MissM94 I totally get it, it's really not nice to think you might have a problem, especially a problem that might get in the way of the one thing we all really want... a baby! At least there are lots of treatments out there for PCOS and its symptoms (including infertility), so i'm hoping it won't be a big road block.

@Juno231 I have had the AMH blood test results back, but I am still waiting on the results for chlamydia antibodies and prolactin. If the Chlamydia is clear then I book in to get my HyCoSy on the first day of my next period. I'm only on CD9 so probably looking at a scan in late June/July depending on when ovulation decides to happen. In the mean time OH has his SA on 7th June, and if everything looks good then I hope to have my next meeting with the consultant in July(?) and hopefully I can start Clomid soon after.

@Kay00 I'm glad you're okay with it now, I was heartbroken when she mentioned it to me last week and in honestly praying that it's not that. I know people are okay with it and there is ways around it but I know my own mind and worries and thoughts, and I think it'll be hard on me mentally but will just have to cross that bridge when I come to it!

@kay00 at least knowing in advance that you're at risk would mean they'd be on top of monitoring for pre-eclampsia. Brilliant about the clomid! When is the next appointment?

@Juno231 I think they diagnose PCOS if you have two of the following:

• irregular periods – which means your ovaries do not regularly release eggs (ovulation)
• excess androgen – high levels of "male" hormones in your body, which may cause physical signs such as excess facial or body hair
• polycystic ovaries – your ovaries become enlarged and contain many fluid-filled sacs (follicles) that surround the eggs (but despite the name, you do not actually have cysts if you have PCOS)

I have the first, but maybe not the second. I suppose if they find polycystic ovaries when they do my scan then I will be classed as PCOS? There are other causes of high AMH levels though such as granulosa cell tumours... and I know which of the two I would prefer!

I had my letter through from the fertility clinic (which pre-dates these AMH results) and the consultant has said she will treat with Clomid if OH's SA comes back normal.

@MissM94 I was pretty upset when I got my results on Friday, as I was away from my OH visiting my family (for the first time in a year) and had no one to speak with about it! But I'm OK with it now, as a PCOS diagnosis, even if borderline, explains my random-ass ovulations (or lack of)! I am a little concerned about the pregnancy complications though:

• High blood pressure
• Pre-eclampsia (both my mum and sister had this in pregnancy)
• Gestational diabetes
• Miscarriage

@kay00 I wonder if it could mean PCO without the S? Hopefully it's something they can help you manage to make TTC happen without the need for IVF!

@Kay00 this is what I'm saying! My friends only symptom was the odd long cycle & the doctor said to me she doesn't think it's PCOS as I don't have the typical symptoms but there must be something! I'm back there next week so hopefully she gives me a blood test.. how would you take it if it was PCOS?

@Robyn101 oh how amazing 🥺 you have a lovely little story

@Kay00 just tested again and got a flashing smiley face after this morning it was low! Yay!

@Kay00 so basically DTD as much as you can even if low ovulation test and see what happens?! Think that’s going to be my plan anyway. The clear blue says to do it with the wee after my longest sleep but read different things on the Internet

@Charliecircle11 absolutely no harm in doing an OPK daily (aim for your 2nd morning urine, for me about 11am) to work out your normal levels (could be close to 0%, for me they are about 30%). When they start to get higher (for me about 60%+) then I can expect ovulation to happen soon, so I start testing OPKs several times a day and we start DTD!

Ladies, re the long cycles, mine have never been quite that long: 47 days was my longest (although I have also had 2 x annovulatory cycles in the past year too). But I recently had some test results back and my AMH was high at 64 pmol, which might mean I have PCOS (I don't have any obvious physical symptoms, so maybe I am borderline).

@Robyn101 ha and then they're born and you'll worry even more!

@Charliecircle11 sorry I can't help there, I'd only know what to do once you had your first AF! If you have cheap OPKs (so the big multipacks from amazon, not pricey clearblue) I would consider starting in a few days time just in case.

@MissM94 I’m 14 weeks tomorrow just through the first trimester. I don’t think I’ll calm until the 20 week scan but even then I’m sure I’ll find something to worry about

Morning everyone. So I came off the pill on Tuesday last week, had my withdrawal bleed Friday to today. Should I be doing an ovulation test every day? Thanks

@Robyn101 haha that's amazing! Are you about 8 weeks now then?

@MissM94 completely! I didn’t know what to do till I found this thread

Yep came off in September, withdrawal bleed straight away. Period early jan, BFP March and that’s my entire story of activity spread over 7 months 🤣 I’m certainly not a typical case

@Robyn101 haha so glad I found this place, it's a life saver isn't it!
Sorry I've got a terrible memory so can never remember everyone's BFP history haha, so you got a BFP 7 months post pill?

@WhirlingD not a clue to be honest! I was on the pill in my teen years for heavy periods so probably went a good decade with no serious breaks off the pill l. I’m guessing that’s why my body just didn’t know what to do it was practically having to remember the whole process again

I found temping and OPKs just became part of my routine like brushing my teeth in a morning that I’d try and not read into too much and just trust that eventually my body might fall into a rhythm, or I’d reach my own imposed DDay to go and sort something with the doctor

@MissM94 honestly it drove me crazy, I found these ladies when I was about 60 days after my withdrawal bleed and just broke down with a long ass message 😅 googled everything you can think of.

I’m due to get married soon (3rd time rearranging) and I vowed in my head that I’d give my body until the wedding to try it’s own thing naturally, sounds mad but I think once I’d given myself a date in the future I stopped stressing as much and somehow ovulated 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve still no idea what went on.

When I got my BFP I’d been off the pill for 7 months and just the one normal ‘cycle’ so curious to see what happens after the pregnancy

@MissM94 I can spend hours on Google convincing myself of all manner of things so I get it!

@Robyn101 well done for persevering. Were you regular before the pill? I was pretty regular about 4 years ago when I had a 2 year break. God knows why it was messed up this time.

I don't think I have PCOS. My blood sugar is fine and LH:FSH ratio is fine. I sent my consultant gynaecologist best friend (very useful but I have to sit on my hands to stop myself bothering her ALL the time) my home test results and she wasn't massively concerned. She did say my FSH was high but that it was age related and nothing I could do about it so naturally I cried for about a day. Mostly, her advice is to stop panicking and have as much sex as possible as there's a chance all will be fine. Easier said than done.

@Juno231 I hope so! 🤞🏽 doesn't help my swaying mind though haha

@Robyn101 bloody hell! What did you do to relax your mind at that time? I can't keep off google 😩 x

@WhirlingD god I'm so sorry that you've had such a shit time, I had a follow up with the doctor 3 month off the pill and she said I was heading in the right way because I had slotted into a period every month and cycles no longer than 35 days so that's why I'm just so confused why at the 6 month mark it's fell off the rails, just slightly worried as the doctor mentioned PCOS last week but said she doesn't think it's that as I don't have spots or excess hair growth but a couple of my friends have PCOS and the only symptom they had was an irregular period once every few months just randomly so I don't think it's fair for her to rule anything out just because I don't fit the stereotypical symptoms.. she said to allow another 2 weeks (1 week now) and if I've still not come on my period I have to go back and she will discuss the next step, which I presume is a blood test, I had a scan back in 2014 but she said it would be unusual for something to be there now if it wasn't there 6 years ago, but 6 years is a long time haha. Just don't like not being in control of myself or know what's going on I think and I'm just so scared that something could be wrong it really consumes me sometimes x