Newbies: anyone else just starting TTC#1 ?

[Joey0805]

Well that's it. After 13 years of being on the pill I am now not. For various reasons I didn't come off a few months ago to allow my cycle to get back to "normal" (who knows what that is when I was on the pill twice as long as I had periods naturally) so I have no idea how long it'll take me to ovulate. Anyone else in the same boat? Having spent my whole adult life assuming I'd get pregnant just by looking at a boy without BC I am now realising it might actually take months or even years to conceive. Plus I'm not talking about this with friends; they either got pregnant vv quickly or are no where near that stage. So, would be great to hear from a few of you in the same boat...

Congratulations ThenewMrsB! That's wonderful news! How long did it take you? Did you do anything special? I hope that you are feeling well and that you have a healthy pregnancy.

CD12 here and we've been pretty good DTD EOD so far. I've been using the OPKs and not had a positive yet. Rationally I know this is correct for my cycle, but I'm still starting to worry that I won't get one at all!

It's been years since I was on the pill, so I can't really comment on that!

Any other news? How are we all doing?

Congratulations ThenewMrsB! Xx

Congrats ThenewMrsB82 ! Great news!

Huge congratulations to you ThenewMrsB82!! Really great news!

I'm on CD13 and have been using Clearblue ovulation kit and I got my third day of high fertility...just done another internet OPK and got a really clear positive so hoping I get a peak fertility on Clearblue tomorrow morning when I next test as that would make sense. Fingers crossed.

Yesterday and today I have been feeling so lightheaded and dizzy. This is a symptom of ovulating that I had clearly forgotten about!

Thanks girls.. I used the ovia app religiously for two months so I knew when I ovulate.. We tried for two months.. I used preconceive lube and pregncare conception vitamins.. I don't know if it helped but I always made sure I had an orgasm at the same time my husband did.. I am literally a few weeks pregnant so really early days.. Feel sick and my knees are killing me!!! Apparently that is a sign of early pregnancy. That's all I can think of.. Also I've never been on the pill x

Congratulations MrsB!!! I think we all needed some good news in this thread!

Tessie all sounds promising. :) I'll have my fingers crossed for you. Make sure you're dtd!

CD 57 for me. :( I'm going to go and register at the doctors near me tomorrow (still registered at my old one about half hour away), and see if I can get an appointment at some point. I'm expecting to be told 'it can take several months for your cycle to return to normal' and 'you need to lose weight'. I know both of these, but it's not making this any easier. At least if I was having periods I'd know that my body was working. I could do with losing weight - I am overweight for my height as I'm only 5ft tall. I am working on it though - I go to the gym and go swimming and am eating far better (asides from this weekend when we had friends staying with us!). I am just wishing that I stopped taking the pill months ago and that we'd used condoms for a bit to allow my hormones to sort themselves out. Grrr...

Congratulations MrsB! Great news.

So my withdrawal bleed arrived on Sunday and I feel horrible! Really tired, miserable and want to hide away. Hopefully after this though my cycles should return to normal fairly quickly (a girl can dream) so I can start tracking them! Knowing my luck though it'll take ages!
I'm so impatient

So... Still on cycle 2... Day 37!! Losing the will with all this out of balance not knowing etc!! I need it to be back on track ?? they should tell you of all the imbalance when you come off the pill again!!!
Anyone any advice?? Starting my healthy eating today and exercise to start the help that way too!!

Congrats MrsB!! So happy for you both ?? xx

Ainat - it does sound like a good idea to see a Doctor, you poor thing, what a crazy long cycle... As for the losing weight, good on you, it's not easy but for TTC, being a mummy and just your own state of mind it's a great thing to do.

MrsB - yayyyy!

No news here, 6 DPO so just waiting really. Zero symptoms and determined not to POAS until 11 DPO at the earliest.

Hi everyone!

Just got a static smiley face on Clearblue ovulation test so am now at peak fertility on CD14. Very happy with that.

I feel bad giving my positive news when there are others of us feeling low. Ainat - definitely make an appointment at doctors. It will be another step in the right direction in doing something to help things along.
Shellbell - is this your second cycle off the pill or since you have been ttc?
PiercedMrsL - Great news that withdrawal has arrived and from now on you can start tracking, exciting! Have you signed up to use Ovia to help you out?

Second off pill and ttc ?? xx

tessie don't feel bad about having good news. For those having a tough time we need good news to know that it can happen! I am slightly jealous I'd admit, but I am also VERY VERY happy for you. Get dtd and I really will have my fingers crossed for you!

ShellBell I feel your pain. Hope AF comes soon so you can move on with your next cycle. When was the last time you POAS? Any chance you could have a BFP?

Still no signs of anything for me though. I did go and take my forms to the doctors this morning, and I have an appointment on Friday with the nurse for an initial assessment thing. I'm going to bring up the whole ttc and no period thing, see if I can get advice, but expecting to then be told I need to book an appointment with a doctor. At least I'll be fully registered at my local doctors.

Done a test n came back neg ??
Thought AF maybe coming today but no sign?!

Ainit how long have you been trying/no AF? I was thinking about going to speak to a doc tomorrow but don't know if he will tell me the whole takes a while thing and if would be worth my while?

Glad to have people to talk to about this ?? xx

Ainat I'm in a similar position to you. My first "cycle" (I'm not even sure you can really call it that) off the pill was 63 days! This current one is 40 and counting... I also know it can take a while and need to lose weight.

I'm not optimistic that my GP would actually do anything atm so I'm waiting for a while longer before I bite the bullet and go there. Keep telling myself I'm not in a huge hurry!

ShellBell I came off the pill at the very end of August, had a long (9 days) but light withdrawal bleed pretty much straight away, and now nothing since then.

SockQeen I feel your pain. But thank you very much for posting. It helps a little to know that I'm not the only one struggling with crazily long cycles. xXx

Ainat266 I came off the pill in the 15th aug... Just before my wedding ?? had my withdrawal bleed, had one 37 days after and now waiting on the next one!! I feel like the symptoms are here but no show ?? have you heard about this Angus castus thing?

Good luck sockqueen! I need lose weight too... Can't seem to do it though! Xxx

It's just all frustrating..

I don't know anything about Angus castus. will have to look it up.

losing weight is something I'm finding really hard. Since August I've mostly been logging everything I'm eating on mfp (and mostly its been relatively healthy), definitely exercising more, yet I'm not losing anything..

my body must be broken. :-(

Ainat and Shellbell I'm sorry you're still in the dark. I hope that you can get some answers soon.

When I lost some weight I found one of the most useful things to do was weighing everything. That way I knew that the portion size was correct and you can count the calories more accurately.

I got a positive OPK last night! So we're DTD for 3 consecutive days starting yesterday as per SMEP. FX it works!

Hi everyone,
I'm feeling a little disheartened today. Even though I have had positive opk tests and Clearblue indicated 3 high fertility days and 2 peak fertility days I am now on CD16 and haven't yet had a temperature spike on my chart which would indicate I have definitely ovulated. Is this unusual?
I have had some EWCM but not what I would call a lot and I have had cramping. I just feel meh about it all today for some reason

Tessie - I'm not at all familiar with temping I'm afraid. Lots of DTD just in case x

Hi Tessie - I also don't temp, but I think it can be quite tricky to get accurate readings. If you've had a disrupted night's sleep or you're fighting off a mild virus that you don't realise etc. You could maybe ask on the November Bus, as there are ladies there with plenty of experience temping. As Joey said DTD just in case can't hurt!

Just a question for you all, came off the pill last week, had my first withdrawal bleed which has now finished and I'm just wondering the best way to go about doing things from now on? Should i just dtd eod until I get my 1st real af and can start tracking more accurately? Or should I buy some opks and start using those? I want to be as accurate as possible!

Fingers crossed theproofisinthepudding!! Hope it happens ?? defo starting my healthy eating today!!

Well I am still patiently waiting....... Any joy Ainat266? Xxx

Thanks Theproof - I just wanted to use temping as a way to find out if I am definitely ovulating but to be honest I am just finding myself getting stressed and worried over it!! My temp was slightly higher this morning and I have had cramping over the past few days so hoping things are working as they should! I am reading 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility' at the moment which really explains everything well and makes it seem so simple. It does explain other factors that may cause inaccurate readings though, one of which is just coming off the pill so I shall wait and see!

PiercedMrsL - between my withdrawal bleed and my first real af I didn't use any opks and figured I would just let my body do its thing and guessed tests may not be very accurate anyway at this stage. I had started taking folic acid and eating healthy though in preparation.

PiercedMrsL - I started using OPKs right away because I didn't know how long my cycle would be and when is ovulate. If you can DTD EOD you probably don't need them but I knew we'd struggle to find the time to do it that much without knowing it was the 'right time' (how romantic...). As it happened both months so far I have ovulated later than I thought I would so for me it has been really helpful.