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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 16/07/2021 14:46

In the shimmering summer heat, we need to head for the water to cool down and relax. Bring your inflatable flamingo, your romcom read and your sunscreen, cause it's time for a pool party!

Welcome to the 12th post pill party thread. We are here for women who have recently come off the pill... and women like me who not-so-recently came off the pill! Share and get support with the highs and lows of TTC.

I can see these people rockin' up with their cossies on:

Ladies already at the soiree:

@ChinChilly
@Juno231
@CharWils
@Moocher90
@MissM94
@MissC07
@Kay00
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@pineapple2021
@Theosmommy2011
@Lovebug06
@WhirlingD
@Carolinesturn
@Tillybabs
@redclueless
@Cams50
@sunshinedaisybuttermellow

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Tillybabs · 09/10/2021 12:14

@Kay00 @TheDaydreamBelievers haha my hair is actually long, back and wavy 😂

MintGreenLife · 09/10/2021 12:03

@Juno231 I have wondered all this time if any of you might have tagged me and I wouldn’t know! How are things going with you? I’ve scrolled back a bit so have a bit of an idea. Hope you’re keeping well ☺️

@Kay00 ah that’s nice ☺️ Would love an update from you!

@ChinChilly lovely to hear from you. Hope you’re keeping well too? Updates all round please!

Baby was born mid July 3 weeks early, so he’s almost 13 weeks now ☺️ His name is Elis. I had various pregnancy complications and had to be induced early as a result. I also ended up with a forceps delivery and Elis had bad bruising to his face and a cut on his forehead, as well as a lump on the back of his neck (which is gone now thankfully!). All of this contributed to him having bad jaundice and we were in hospital until he was 9 days old for treatment. From then we were seen by the prolonged jaundice clinic as it was hanging around, and then they found he had raised liver enzymes. This meant more tests to try to find the cause, but after near enough weekly hospital visits, loads of blood tests and ultrasound scans, everything started to normalise and there was never any cause found. It was a rocky start for us, but he’s growing really well, smiling and ‘chatting’ now and generally a very happy baby, although will not go down at night or for naps 😆 he just likes a cuddle too much!

Would love updates from all of you, and hope you are all well xxx

Kay00 · 09/10/2021 10:45

Gorgeous @thedaydreambelievers 😍

My hair is similar to this (if I can be arsed to style it) and I sometimes straighten it for when I'm in the office. But its a thin mid length brown bob.

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 09/10/2021 10:26

My hair is similar to this www.fabmood.com/inspiration/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/best-hair-colours-15.jpg

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 09/10/2021 10:25

Haha @Kay00 imagine you and @Juno231 to be dark haired! For some reason my brain thinks Junos hair is shorter. And @Tillybabs I can see Auburn.

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Kay00 · 09/10/2021 10:20

Wow, such beautiful hair @chinchilly! I imagined you and @thedaydreambelievers to have dark hair 😆 I imagine @Juno231 to be blonde though and @tillbabs to have auburn curly hair ... funny isn't it 😆

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 09/10/2021 10:05

Another random TTC thought - do you find yourself hoping after good sex that it was THAT time that did it? Rather than the "oh man, I guess we really should to cover our days" sex. Though, last time I conceived it was in fact the latter

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 09/10/2021 09:51

Whoa, stunning hair @ChinChilly!

I always find myself wondering what people look like - I am also blonde but more goldeny/warmer toned

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ChinChilly · 09/10/2021 09:16

I didn't take any before and after pics bevause I'm useless! But my hairdresser made a reel so I've just taken some screen shots from that! Obviously the blonde one is before!

@MintGreenLife lovely to hear from you! Hope you're well and has baby arrived yet?

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 09/10/2021 08:56

@Juno231 private clinics here dont seem to do them! Seems to be straight to IUI with trigger shots. I'd definitely want meds to trial but just depends if I can get that

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Kay00 · 09/10/2021 08:09

@mintgreenlife how wonderful to hear from you! I was thinking about you the other day in fact 😊 have you had your little one yet?

@chinchilly I also vote for a hair pic 🙋‍♀️ my hair doesn't really grow below my shoulders, and it becomes ratty if it does, so a long Bob is the best I can get ☹

@juno231 yes, I know. And I will follow the nurses advice. But all common sense seems to fly out the window for me around this time of my LP. I had another small temp drop today. Dang!

Juno231 · 09/10/2021 08:08

@MintGreenLife ah hello! How are things? How is the baby? I don't get the email notifications either which does fluster me in case people have tagged me 😅

@TheDaydreamBelievers not even ovulation inducing meds kinda intervention? Are you thinking of giving ttc a break?

MintGreenLife · 09/10/2021 01:08

@Juno231 so strange, I’ve not checked this thread in ages, and just popped on to see my name! I don’t get email notifications when I’ve been tagged anymore. Yep that was me! I was in the hairdressers all day long having it cut and coloured for our ‘mini’ wedding. It had gotten mega out of control during lockdown and was down to my bum!

I hope you’re all keeping well. It’s lovely to see this thread is still going and that it offers support to so many women, especially women who were in the exact same position I was in not so long ago. The support and opportunity to talk to likeminded people was invaluable to me xx

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 08/10/2021 23:41

@juno231 awaiting private testing results. It was the sonographer for them that said they see no evidence of polycystic ovaries. Feeback is end oct and we arent sure if we would go for intervention atm. NHS initial discussion is also end oct but importantly this is not for fertility assessment, just for abnormal cycles (it's a gynaecology consult)

I also have pretty long hair - below boobs - and also got it cut yesterday!

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Juno231 · 08/10/2021 23:18

@Chinchilly think we can get a pic of the hair?? Wasnt it @mintgreenlife who had a similar epic hair salon session last year with gorgeous waist length hair?

Juno231 · 08/10/2021 23:17

@kay00 ha and here I was about to make my own Rapunzel joke only for you to beat me to it! Sorry for the BFN and with regards to lowering the dosage - you know that's not how eggs work ♥️. You just need the one good one.

@Tillybabs congratulations! 4 frosties is brilliant! I'm 33 and will be lucky to get that many!

@TheDaydreamBelievers remind me what's the latest with you treatment wise if they're claiming you don't have pcos?

@Lovebug06 ah I'm pleased everything is still going well for you! Remind me - the cycle it worked for you was a complete fluke no?

ChinChilly · 08/10/2021 23:09

@Tillybabs great news on the embryos

@Kay00 Yep, 6 hours! I do have a lot of hair it was down to about my waist but it was way too long so it's about booby length now. I had a full head of highlights in April and they looked ok on the surface but they had been left on way too long and damaged my hair so I've had LOTS of colour correction done to my hair to bring more back to my natural colour. I'm always hours in the hairdressers because of the amount of hair I seem to have but 6 hours is definitely a record

Tillybabs · 08/10/2021 22:39

@Kay00 are they not keen on there being a few follicles?

Tillybabs · 08/10/2021 22:37

@ChinChilly sorry AF is coming.

6 hours?! That's a long time.

Kay00 · 08/10/2021 22:36

Thanks ladies. I had some big hugs from my OH too. On my next cycle the nurse said to try 1/2 tablet a day (25g) so that I don't produce as many follicles. But if I can't get pregnant with three, then what chance do I have with one?

I'm also getting a few cramps now, so think AF might show this weekend 😩

@tillybabs as per my message on our other thread, I'm super pleased for you 😊 it's really great news!

@chinchilly 6 hours 😵😵😵 what did you gsve done... or are you secretly Repunzle? 😆

Tillybabs · 08/10/2021 22:35

@TheDaydreamBelievers I'm 40 and so I had read online that eggs decline in your 40s with most being abnormal. It was a big worry for me

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 08/10/2021 21:59

@tillybabs that is fantastic. If you dont mind me asking, what age are you?

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ChinChilly · 08/10/2021 21:55

@Kay00 13dpo today but some more spotting this morning so I'm guessing AF will arrive in full flow tomorrow. @TheDaydreamBelievers is right one day we will all get to live in our hope fortress ❤

@Lovebug06 Fab news!

6 hours in the hairdressers this afternoon ladies i think that might be a new record for me 🤣

Tillybabs · 08/10/2021 21:53

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow congratulations!!

@Lovebug06 thanks for the update and so glad all is ok.

@Kay00 sorry about your bfn.

I've had my update and we have 4 embryos that made it and are good quality and are now frozen. I'm really happy with the numbers. I honestly didn't know what to expect given my age

I now am awaiting an MRI and hysterocopy to have a look at my adenomyosis

Kat668 · 08/10/2021 21:33

@Lovebug06 that's so incredible to hear, I'm so happy your scan went well ❤

@Kay00 it's so hard not building hope isn't it, sending you lots of hugs!