TTC #1 coming off the pill in December - anyone else in the same boat?!

[shelbTa]

Hi,

I am going to be coming off the pill after ten years plus on it after my pack finishes in December. Excited but also terrified about what my body is going to do once I'm without all the hormones!

Anyone else doing the same roughly the same time?

Shelb x

(Hope this goes through struggling to post)

You've definitely still got a good chance Deborah. The egg survives for 12-36 hours and I've heard that the fastest sperm can reach it in 2 hours. Got my fingers crossed for you.

I just felt dizzy in the shower and had to sit down, I will add that to my growing list of imaginary symptoms. You can google any possible bodily experience with the word pregnancy after it and find that some website or person says it's a possible symptom.

pink that's fantastic news!! Congratulations!! I'm very jealous! Would love a surprise like that! We're off on his bday trip and it's such a romantic location...thankfully his friends have asked him if he's gonna propose here so it's not just me reminding him of what he needs to do! I think he'll need a lot more pushing though...he's too relaxed!

Was it a romantic proposal?!

Started the SME plan yesterday...day 1 dtd done!

CONGRATULATIONS PINK! ! ! AMAZING NEWS! YES I SHOUTING BECAUSE I'M ONE IF THOSE PEOPLE! IF THIS WAS REAL LIFE I'D BE JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SQUEALING AND HUGGING YOU!

ON the flipside, Dh is still a big knob and doesn't want to start ttc till March....The dick. I've tried wangle and saying can I at least have one 'go' before then. I get my way 99% of the time, so when he says no, I usually know it's a no,I might just have to suck it up!

Afternoon ladies!

Omg pink congratulations!!!!! that's amazing!!!

Runner - this is all sounding quite hopeful eh, you've got some serious willpower waiting to test!

Aww stark that sucks balls. I know what you mean, I can usually talk mine round too and then every now and then he puts his foot down and I just think, shit.

Well I don't feel much different to be honest ladies being off the pill yet as still have the withdrawal bleed to get through. Will feel different this time next week though I think when I'm meant to be taking it again!! Need to work out when I'm likely to be fertile, still being thick and not quite getting it!

X

Hi all.
Pink huge congratulations!
Runner I'm very hopeful for you, i can't believe the will power you have. I hope the tww isn't awful for everyone.

Starky I hope he comes round but if you tell yourself it's March then hopefully it'll come round really quickly.

Pink OMG congrats!!!! You lucky cow (I mean that in the most affectionate way possible )

Stark that just sucks! still March isn't that far away and you've got all that time to negotiate a sooner start date

Shelb I though waiting for the withdrawal bleed to sod off was difficult. Then I was scared, then when I hit the tww I realised exactly how slow time could pass... Just thought I'd let you know what you have to look forward to

Willpower, what will power? I have now wasted 3 tests but I have told myself no more! I will not test before next Wednesday. It will still be a few days before AF but it should be 12 past ovulation assuming I ovulated when I think I did.
Not at all convinced that I am though, I think most of my symptoms are in my head.

Thanks ladies.

OH isn't really the romantic type, but it was perfect for us - he just did it at home last night, but it was lovely. He'd asked for my parents blessing and got down on one knee, so there is a bit of a traditionalist in there!

Stark - that rubbish. Maybe not mention it for a week or so, let it die down and then bring it up again? He's changed his mind before so maybe he'll swing back!

The symptom spotting sounds like a nightmare ladies, fingers crossed we get some BFP's on here soon.

Speaking of symptom spotting. I'm exhausted for no good reason and in a really irritable mood for no good reason. If AF wasn't a week away id say I was hormonal. Most annoyed about it

Tricky one runner, could be a symptom. Do you feel sick or anything?

It just dawned on me - I cannot actually remember what it's like to have a natural AF, it's been THAT long. Scary.

X

I suspect I'm out. Just started spotting as I do a few days before AF so think this might be a shorter cycle than I thought (they are not that regular). I'm keeping fingers crossed it's implantation bleeding but not too hopeful - it all just feels very familiar.

Oh no Bergamot fx. Is it very early? What day are you on?

Shelb I'm not sure about feeling sick. I feel a bit queasy if I get hungry and I've had a couple of dizzy spells but nothing that I couldn't explain by getting up too quickly or being tired. Also, OH had beer with dinner and it smells so strong I can smell it from the other side of the room as if it's being wafted near me, I have a well documented rubbish sense of smell. Just wish I didn't have to wait so long to test because I'm afraid of thinking I might be in case I'm not

I'm on cd24 runner of a 27/8 day cycle. But I had a 21 day cycle a few months back when I suspect I didn't ovulate and a 43 day one about 6 months ago so can't be sure of cycle length. According to fertility friend I ovulated cd13 but I suspect it was cd14 so about 10dpo. I'll just wait and see what happens as was so sure I was feeling different this last week or so.

Your symptoms sound really positive, especially the strong smell one!! I suspect you might be our first bfp!

Morning ladies, how are you all today?

Bergamot how is the spotting?

I don't want to tempt fate by thinking I might be BFP... But on the other hand I have bought my first baby toy. It's a cuddly thing that looks like a cross between a hedgehog and a stegosaurus

Morning,

The spotting is very confusing - got quite a bit of bright red blood on toilet paper just before bed so out a pad on but there's nothing on it this morning. It's not how my period would normally start. I wonder if because my periods are normally very heavy I might get more implantation bleeding than normal. I've read it can be red blood but less likely. Time will tell.

I had to be gently steered away from looking at stuffed animals yesterday. I thought it would be very funny and cute to make it so the baby attaches to an usual animal rather than a bear - there was a nice chicken I had my eye on. And I also wanted to buy something for the cat. Apparently neither purchase was permitted by DH.

Your stegosaurus hedgehog sounds awesome!!!

Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed that the witch stays away. When are you testing next?

I regularly pull myself away from baby things, I'm going to be impossible when I do get BFP!!

I'm considering testing again on Monday. I know it's stupidly early but I'm so impatient! I've been breaking the rules again and looking at pictures of test at various dpo and I think Monday I should have a fair chance if I am.

How's everyone else doing? Is anyone else testing next week?

Congratulations, pink! Our engagement was similar. :) We got engaged at home too.

I'm on CD 22. Last cycle was 37 days and I wasn't paying attention to the one before that as it was my first one off the pill. Feeling a bit down this weekend and not sure why. Can't tell if I'm tired, hormonal or just experiencing a touch of the winter blues. Had a really busy week in work with a fair bit of travel. Hoping to get a better idea of my cycle length this month.

I love the sound your stegosaurus hedgehog! So excited to think you could be our first BFP!!
I am trying to avoid buying anything baby related until I get the BFP as I don't want to jinx it.

Although I have been thinking its not happened this month I did another frer test today, CD25 and it was BFN again. Almost certain I will be having AF arrive this month.

I tested again this morning runner (bfn) so think I will leave it now until AF is late, perhaps Wednesday or Thursday. Won't want to test on a morning as I get up at 6am and out the house by 6:45 and would want time to process a bfp.

I've had no more spotting (just last night with about 3hours of tiny amounts brown blood and 5 mins where I noticed red blood) so I'm cautiously optimistic that it might have been implantation as this has never happened before. If it is then I doubt hcg levels would get high enough to detect for another 2/3 days. I must stop getting my hopes up though as felt so down going to sleep last night thinking AF had arrived.

It sounds like with all your symptoms a test on Monday could show something - fx! How early is it? I think it all depends on when implantation occurs - if it happens 6dpo it could be detected at 10dpo but it might not even have implanted then.

Deb you're not out until the witch shows up, just wait and see.

Betgamot that sounds like a classic implantation bleed to me. You may well be the one to get the first BFP I know what you mean about not getting your hopes up. I'm terrified that these symptoms are all in my head and not at all real.

On Monday I will be about 10dpo and about 6 days before AF is due if I don't get anything Monday I'll leave it until Thursday. If there's still nothing then, then I'm probably out.

deb bergamot and runner I have my fingers crossed for you all, sounds like it might be a race for the first BFP!
Tomorrow is the first day I officially don't take the pill that I should do, unless of course DH texts in a panic to ask me to take it (not completely impossible!). I'm actually now panicking slightly about whether I really want to do this. Starting to see where the various DHs might be coming from, it's just so utterly life changing

drwhy I'm feeling the same! I go from being excited one day to petrified the next! It's just very overwhelming isn't it! I think now I've not been taking it for a couple of weeks I'm feel more excited and less scared though! I thought DH might wimp out the first time we DTD but so far so good!

Dr why, happy - you've literally read my mind! Took my last pill Friday, and I'm lying awake thinking shit - "have I really been in my job long enough to credibly go on Mat leave, am I ready to do this, do I want to potenyially be preggo over Crimbo and new year, ahhhhhhh".

Runner, bergamot, Deb- all sounding positive for you guys hopefully - literally!

X

Eek ladies this all sound so positive. Mega fx here for you. I'm off to bed now after a 15 hour shift and I am shattered! Despite the witch buggering off just 5 days ago and not having Dyd since I still find myself symptom spotting. It's an addiction!!

Yay! Exciting to see so many of us coming off the pill now. Don't worry, the feelings of uncertainty and self doubt will soon be swept away by obsessive symptom spotting and poas

Speaking of which Bunch you crazy fool

So I gave in and poas this morning... The result was kinda inconclusive. I think I could see a barely visible tint where a line should be if I stood on one foot with my head at a 38 degree angle making cooing sounds to sooth the line out of hiding but I couldn't photograph it even if I played around with the contrast etc.
I'm only 10dpo so I guess I'll wait 24hrs and check again. Hopefully if there was a hint of colour today then it will have changed to a definite squinty line tomorrow. Keeping my fx but don't want to get to excited in case my eyes were playing tricks on me. Right need