Ttc after cerazette

[Fairey86]

Ok so I have read some real horror stories in respect of trying to conceive after cerazette and thought I would share my story or bore you all with my progress (or possible lack of haha)

So I stopped taking cerazette one week ago at the end of the last packet as me and my partner decided we would start Ttc.

First couple of days I had very light bleeding but felt fine then on the third day I started feeling bloated. To date I am still looking and feeling bloated, feel exhausted and have sore boobs and have been feeling very nauseous.

Has anyone else experienced this? How long did it take for you to conceive?

Thanks for reading :)

Congratulations:-) that has really cheered me up giving me hope :-)

Yes there is hope of fertility after cerazette. I'm still in utter shock here... No matter how much we wanted this and have tried for it, to see it on a test like that still comes as a shock! And this is my second so you'd think I would know better by now..!

Come on ladies, let's make this the start of a raft of BFPs!

Congratulations! This is all giving me so much hope... three and a half weeks until my wedding, then it's time to throw away those pills!

Massive congratulations keeperofthezoo!

Well AF appears to be ending after 4 days so let the bd'ing commence, fingers crossed for Lots of BFPs shortly! Xxx

Congrats keeperofthezoo :)

Congratulations Keeper! Can you give us an update of your stats, e.g. when you stopped the pill etc? xx

Oh also did you use OPKs? temping etc :) xx

Well now here's the thing (and the reason I'm still in utter shock) - I actually came off cerazette at the end of June, but around my birthday (15th June) I missed about 4 days worth by accident (my birthday, DS's birthday, lots going on and not to mention the fact that I'm a forgetful dullard!).

I had a stupidly heavy period (new pad every 3-4 hours, not like me at all) which started on 16th June - earlier than expected but I put it down to the missed pills - I still never thought anything of it though as I always miss a couple during the month; I don't think I've ever had a month where I've taken every single one.

So, my question is - did I just happen to ovulate straight after I properly stopped taking bc at the end of June (the 2ww after which would take us up to now) or did we have an accident earlier due to the missed pills????????

Ultimately it makes no difference - we wanted a baby and it looks like we've got one... I'm just really struggling to get my head around it - I've just turned 36 and just come off cerazette so it was supposed to take months wasn't it? Don't get me wrong I'm really happy - I just think that fear is suddenly playing a bigger part in my emotions than I think it would've done if I'd had a couple of months more to properly prepare for that BFP.

No, we didn't use OPKs or temping. DH and I are both born worriers and he gets particularly stressed when in pressure situations, so we just decided to DTD EOD for the whole of my cycle, then we would never really know when the "right" time was - it worked for us first time round and appears to have done so again. I can definitely see why people would want to know when they were ov, and maybe if we'd got a few months down the line without success I would've changed my mind.

Sorry for the long post and apologies to everyone reading it who thinks I sound selfish or ungrateful - I know every single one of you would probably give anything to be in my shoes right now. I wish every one of you a speedy BFP and will keep checking in on here to see how you're all getting on if that's ok?

Hugs (virtual, not real, obviously cos that's just not done on MN ) and baby dust to everyone.

Yay thanks for sharing as I think understanding timings and what to expect is important for us.

Hmm I would think that you had your AF straight after the missed pills on June 16th, then your cycle started fresh and you ovulated the end of June/first week of July which puts you at the end of the TTW now :)

You don't sound selfish, everyone here wants their BFP of course but we all have different partners and different situations. Do let us know how things get on, but mostly just enjoy the moment :) xx

Thank you Sairie!!

Thank you Sairie!!

I came off cerazette 4 weeks ago today. I had a tiny bleed the week after I took the last one then nothing since. I had terrible cramps for 2 weeks that made me feel sick as well as hormone problems (crying at the slightest thing). I also have very sore boobs. Hoping things will settle down soon.

Hi ladies, i stopped taking cerazette on 13th June after being on it for 5 weeks. I had a very small bleed on 16th June then no "proper" AF until 9th July, which only lasted until the 11th July when it stopped completely. I've now started AF again which is confusing me. Anybody else had a similar experience?

Some good news this morning, my temp has gone up from 36.2 to 36.6 over night which shows a massive change. Providing it stays up I should get my fertility friend crosshairs to show ovulation.

I knew it had happened this time after two really positive o

Whoops pressed enter too soon!

I knew it had happened this time after postive OPKs, EWCM and ovulation pain but I was worried my body would struggle to produce progestrone after being pumped full of it for so long on cerazette.

High temps mean that it's doing just fine so I am hopeful that I have a good chance this cycle if the egg has been fertilised.

Good news Siarie - fx for ov very soon!

Thanks Keeper, I almost envy your two week wait as it seems you weren't really thinking too much about it. I should be 2 DPO today so I can't test until next week 9 whole days away!

Realistically it's not a long time but it so drags when you are are aware of it:)

How have you found opks Sarie? I'm too afraid to use them as I know what I'm like and may become slightly obsessed so just going to dtd every day or every other day until next month when AF should be due lol

I have found them to be very reassuring, when I tried on while taking BC there was no line. Which is normal as there shouldn't be any trace of the LH hormone with Cerazette, that's what it stops to stop you ovulating.

Day after I stopped BC I was a faint line, which was great I could see that my body was producing the LH hormone again, very pleasing. I had a little wobble when the sticks got darker (not positive dark) but then went faint again so I thought I had missed it and ovulated. Now I realise my body tried but couldn't manage it as it had just come off BC.

But kept testing and boom two positives and even though we are DTD every other day it's very reassuring to know that each step your body is doing the right thing. Good LH surge, good EWCM and now good temp so even if we don't get our BFP this month I know that at least I'm good up to ovulation.

I like having more information so It's great as far as I'm concerned.

I really can't type today that was meant to read "when i tried one while taking BC there was no line".

Haha thank you! May have a look next month if still no joy! Least some sort of normality has been resumed with the return of AF am so thankful especially as I read some people takes months to get her back

My af is due Sunday, I'm testing everyday - can't help it, all bfn so far. I keep symptom spotting, but could be because af is due or cerezette symptoms (I hope not, I've had one af already after coming off). I told myself I would be relaxed but I'm so impatient

It's hard isn't it? But I do hope you get your BFP Sheep.

Ah fingers crossed sheepoverthemoon! I hope it's not post pill symptoms for you! Must say, after my first AF, it's nice to feel 'normal' for a change! Didn't really have any issues whilst on the pill but don't think I want to go back to it ever lol

I was alright on the pill too, I did have acne which was a bit crap and it did make me totally uninterested in DTD but I also felt this over welcoming sense of calm without hormones constantly changing through the cycle.