Hello ladies, I am not ttcing right this second, but we will be starting in January, so I'm keeping an eye on the thread to see how it goes for all of you and see if I can get any tips.
Lots of very young women here!! I am 30, and had considered that on the "younger" side!
I'm not on the pill - I came off around three years ago, and we have been using condoms ever since. But since lots of you seem to be coming off of it, I thought it might be helpful to say how it went for me when coming off.
It took me a long time to settle into a regular cycle when I came off the pill (I had been on it for 13 years) - at first my cycles were pretty long - on average 32 days. Over the course of many months, it gradually reduced by a day here and there. So now (I'd say about 3.5 years later) my cycles are 26-28 days. I'd say it took two years before it was this consistent. But that doesn't mean that you have to wait until your cycles are consistent - it just means it might not be a good idea to rely on those "fertility prediction" calculators, where you type in the length of your cycle.
So my advice for people who have just come off the pill is to not pay too much attention to the length of your cycle but to try and track ovulation through other ways - like cervical mucus (CM) or through those ovulation sticks (which seem expensive...).
I am so excited about ttcing. I'm probably as excited about it as the thought of our wedding! (also in January).