No more Pill!! This is it!! Starting a JULY-AUG 2012 bus...

[PipIsOutNow]

Hey guys!! Have taken the big step of coming of the Pill to TTC another DC. This will be DC number 2 - already have DS who is 15 months old and a DSD who is 7 years. We have spoken about another baby for a while now but it has now become more of a reality now that we have decided to stop using any contraception!! I am so so excited but know all too well about this horrible waiting game of patience which seems to get worse even after a BFP as then it's the painful wait for a 12 week scan!! (although this time I may pay for a private scan) I have had a MC before DS was born so am also aware of not getting to ahead of myself...but I'm so excited nonetheless!! I bought my friend a little present for her brand new (with tags on) baby girl and was so so broody. Cant wait for my turn now!!

Sorry for the long warbling post. This is such a hard time, the pre TTC, the waiting for BFP or BFN etc etc...I am the most impatient person in the world as it is...and to not to be able to tell anyone in RL makes it even harder!!

Hope there will be some ladies in the same boat as me!! Look forward to meeting u and sharing journeys!!

Lots of love, Pip xx

forgot to say Yorkshire your pill sounds very similar to what mine was like.

Yorshire think Yasim is the normal combination pill, where as the one I was on was constant pill take, mini pill, which only contains one hormone apposed to two! Have you been on it long? I'd imagine you'd need to make sure your cycles are regular, I only say that as a friend was on similar and 4 months later her AF is all over the place! Not saying yours would be though.
I'll have a look see on google, see if there's any info for you xxx

Cherry I am gagging to POAS!! I'm missing the POAS OPKs!! Last OPK was last Friday, big smilie, so, do I test early or do I wait!?
What are going to do?
I've got 2 First Response & 2 Clearblue digital ready & waiting, keen or what?
MM xx

Minky I am going to wait and see if AF flow turns up. In the past I have had to wait until AF was 3 weeks late before I got a positive on a test so don't think it would do me much good to test early. If I had a test in the house though I would be very very tempted.

Minky - I POAS at 8dpo with First Response and it was a clear negative, not any shadow of a line. Then my BFP was at 9dpo with the First Response - definitely a line. I waited one more day until 10dpo to take the clearblue digital as I know they are not as sensitive, but at 10 days past I got a positive! Implantation occurs between days 6-10 usually, I felt what I can now identify as implantation cramps all day on day 6. Then it takes a few more days to produce the HCG identifiable in a test.

So I'd say if your smilie OPK was on Friday, then you would have OV'ed on the Saturday, and you would be 8 days past next Monday, the 14. (Sorry I know you can work this out for yourself, it just fascinates me that you are exactly one week behind me and I'm a bit OCD).

So theoretically you could get a positive next Monday! How exciting.

secret I used the CBFM last time and really liked it - there's no confusion and it tells you when you are getting more fertile, and then when you ov, so you know the best days to try. I wish I still had mine but I lent it to a friend who's been trying for quite a while so I figure she needs it more.
I have just bought a persona monitor off eBay, which is the same idea but probably not as good - I only paid a tenner for it though so worth a try. It's actually designed as a contraceptive for people who don't mind contraceptive failures but works by telling you your more fertile days so you know when to avoid (or swi, in this case :) )
I can poas on Sunday. I'm telling myself that I won't unless af is actually late, but I have tests in the house so we'll see how long my resolve lasts :)

minky save the clear blues, the first response ones are usually pretty good for an early result though.

Fish pooh, I was thinking I could POAS this Saturday as I figured AF is 16th or 17th and First Responce says it can sometimes pick up 6 days before AF :(
I've got to wait until Monday :( So your cramps were 6DPO? Is it a deffo I ov'd Saturday? Or could it be Sunday?
I have felt so sick since last Thursday, I'm assuming it's hormones but each day it's getting worse, not actually being sick just that gippy feeling! And the crying, well I'm a wreck!!

Kirrin thought I'd get myself organised, first time in my life, but I couldn't cope with having to go any buy tests as and when, we live in the sticks, it would drive me mad. So First Responce first? I guess I'll use Clearblue as confirmation!

Did anyone watch, earlier this year, Inside The Human Body - Sperm Meets Egg? Bloody fascinating now we're TTC. I made DP download it for me to watch again!

So who's started Christmas shopping then?

What's everyone doing for Christmas?

MM xx

Minky It depends what time you got your smilie face I guess, it could have been super early on Sunday if you got it late in the day on Friday.

At 6dpo, I definitely felt lots of implantation cramps - they didn't feel like AF cramps though, they were like nothing I've ever had, they felt sort of like tugging / pulling sensations in my lower abdomen. They lasted on and off for about 36 hours and I noticed them more when I was laying in bed going to sleep.

I'm just lettin ya know what worked for me, but you could have a positive POAS before in theory - I just know it's impossible to get one before 7DPO as you have to wait for implantation and HCG build up.

I will go Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving!! That's Friday the 25th - it's called Black Friday because everyone here in America goes insane The deals are ridiculous - you can get stuff for 75-80% off retail, stores open at 1 or 2am, there are literally people running and fighting over items. I'm enlisting my 15-year-old sister to help this year in case I need to get 2 things from opposite ends of the store. I will take some photos as evidence to show you all how mad we are

Christmas will probably be a toned down affair - with my Grandma still in hospital (likely to need surgery within a week or two, then followed by more chemo) she will be quite weak / in recovery / possibly still doing chemotherapy so she'll need quiet. It will be her, my auntie, twin niece & nephew, sister and senile grandad. Not many presents as the economy is crazy but I love Christmastime, I can't wait for the music and the snow and the hot custard mmmmm.

Fish got my smilie early evening Friday, I followed distructions to POAS after holding onto wee for 4 hours! I'm just desperate to open a box and POAS! I think it's highly unlikely to be a BFP as I only came off the pill 4 weeks ago, but here's hoping!

The only thing I'm struggling with is this feeling sick but Sparkle mentioned she'd been to he docs with similar and it was hormones, I think.

Do you think POAS could become an addiction? I have an addictive personality!!

Wow, Christmas shopping sound crazy & stressful! I think I'll stick to online shopping!

Is there any more news about Grandma? I hope things go well, it must be tough :(

So, do you get much snow? Last Novmber we got loads, 6ft drifts in the lane, it was a bit mad, but beautiful!

minky that all sounds quite promising :)

I would be ss'ing like mad but there really are no symptoms to spot. I'll probably still test on Sunday though, because I have tests so why not

I'm heading back oop north for Christmas - big family time. Usually love it but this will be the first year without Mum so we'll have to see how that goes :(
Haven't started Christmas shopping yet - but I do have a list, so I guess that's a start .....

Kirrin are you persuading/encouraging thinking that i'll be ok to POAS at the weekend?
Don't think I could hold out much longer!

Sorry to hear it'll be your first Christmas without your Mum :(

Where's "op North"?

Looks like we're having Christmas here with the Out Laws, my mum & her DP and my bestie, besties hubby and two DDs. Think their DDs will make it totally different for us they believe in Santa still (cute)!!

MMxx

Well have had AF type cramps so thinking she is going to turn up early and spoil my fun of thinking I could be pg.

I have started christmas shopping but most of it I have done online.

cherry :( sorry to hear that. Think my af will be here in a couple of days too. Nevermind, perhaps next month will be our turn...

minky encouraging people to poas? Me? [wide-eyed innocent emoticon] I never would, especially as I myself would never dream of testing early!
Oop north is Wirral, were I was born and raised - love it, would move back there tomorrow but not really possible at the moment. Maybe one day.......

Your Christmas plans sound nice :)

Hello!! :o

Good news (for me): My nips were terrifically sensitive last night and this morning which NEVER happend whilst I was on the pill. Dr Google said that it's a sign of ovulation. Plus, I was as horny as a devil 'up for it' all freaking day yesterday and (sorry ) again today!! All good signs for OV I think! Fingers crossed!!

Fish and Minky I read that is can take up to 14 days for the fertilized egg to shimmy over and implant and of course you don't produce the hormones that pg tests like until implantation occurs. So, Minky, if you were to POAS this weekend and it was a BFN, it could be a BFP next weekend. When is AF due?

Lots of love and too much information xxx

I would say Yorkshire that you have definitely O'ed! I am always more up for it around my fertile days and my nips get very tender also. I used to get that when I had the Mirena in aswell! Hope you've managed to catch it :)

Im on CD6 and fed up! Doesn't help too much that im hungover. At least I have an excuse not to drink for a while . I've just got myself some conception vits, just hope to God they don't upset my tummy too much!

I have been doing bits of xmas shopping. I love it! Amazon is my best friend!! We're going to my brothers and his GF house for xmas. We'll be there from when I finish work on xmas eve to boxing day and my parents will be there also. It's going to be nice a chilled :)

Ta Vino! It's so exciting :) It makes sense though, just look at animals, when the females are fertile they show it physically (nipples etc) and they actually allow the ment to do their thing! I do think it's amazing how our bodies work!

For Christmas this year we are going cheap. We are going to make redcurrant jam and brandy butter, and give a jar of each to family along with a little present. I am really excited!!

Secret that sounds like an ideal Christmas

I've just had to change flights as originally DP and I were planning a flying visit home to see my niece for the first time and visit family. Now we have to go for 9 days so that we can do our notice of intention thingy for the wedding at the register office. 9 days with my family!

We'll be having a German Xmas too with the soon-to-be inlaws on the 24th.

Vino CD6 too and fed up. Feels like nothing is happening, just lots of waiting around!

Can't decide whether I want the baby or the wedding dress right at the moment though.... well, both but in which order?!

I love Christmas :o We are having the day to ourselves too :) May see family in afternoon but may just chill out! Lovely!!

Cheeser ? huge congratulations! That?s wonderful.

Yorkshire ? I love that you?re making presents. I made all my Christmas presents last year, made chutneys, jams, vinegars and some spiced vodka. Homemade presents are lovely to receive and great fun to make.

For the first time ever I've started my Christmas shopping before the 1st December. Online shopping is so the way forward. I?m going away with the family for Christmas, every year we hire out a different venue. This year we?re staying in an old rail way station on a disused rail way line. Reading that back it sounds like a very bizarre place for Christmas but should be fun.

May I join the group too? been TTC since April after years of contraceptive pill. cycle doesn't seem to have gone back to normal yet but hoping to be in your cohort!

Welcome to the mad house Dame x

Welcome dame :) Have you developed a poas addiction yet? If so, you're in the right place!

Hattie that sounds quirky, and very nice.

I'm very jealous impressed with people making Christmas presents - I haven't got a creative bone in my body. It's Amazon all the way for me :)

Well, I'm achy and a bit tearful so I'm guessing I won't be needing my first responses this month - af must be on it's way :( . Not surprised, ov timing wasn't great this cycle, didn't exactly get to maximise our chances.