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The craziness that is TTC after stopping the pill. On this thread we have 100 day cycles, do weeks of opks and send ovia into a fit with our ever changing fertile windows! Welcome.

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Sunnydays321 · 29/01/2016 07:12

Hi ladies,

This is the 2nd thread following on from

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2452018-Waiting-to-try-and-cycle-a-mess-from-the-pill

For everyone who is entering the madness that is Ttc after stopping the pill. Maybe to start the thread we could all post our stats, so we remember where everyone is at and don't have to check the old thread. X

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shankate182 · 01/03/2016 11:08

Newgirl
I'm gona test whenever DH decides to go get me one as he is in a place where there's a chemist and where I live there's nothing lol so he going back today and will be back again either Thursday or Friday il test then if AF stays away but I'm getting no signs of AF
I'm getting nausea in my stomach last few days and it like something is stretched inside my stomach r sumn I don't know
Are u getting any CM? I'm getting loads of it and keep running to the bathroom thinking it's AF?

shankate182 · 01/03/2016 14:12

Keep getting a stitch like pulling pain in the bottom of my stomach keep thinking it's an af cramp but doesn't feel like it?

NewGirl2015 · 01/03/2016 14:22

Fingers crossed that AF doesn't show up before then!
Well obviously I'm no longer expert but what I've had is sort of like pulling. Apparently it's the uterus starting to stretch (already!!) x

shankate182 · 01/03/2016 14:32

Knowing my luck it will :(
But I'm getting no symptoms of AF usually I do be in alot of pain but iv nothing just a few twitches here and there? That's it I'm recked tired lately n all God if I get a BFN I dono what's going on ?

shankate182 · 01/03/2016 17:01

17 dpo btw

Loulabelle1990 · 01/03/2016 17:42

Hi ladies, how is everyone? Haven't been on here in a while. Trying to be a bit more laid back about things! Started doing OPK's but I don't know what's negative and what's positive. I don't this one today which is slightly darker than previous ones I have done. Not sure if it's positive or negative tho!

The craziness that is TTC after stopping the pill. On this thread we have 100 day cycles, do weeks of opks and send ovia into a fit with our ever changing fertile windows! Welcome.
Ememem84 · 01/03/2016 18:33

Hello. Can I join? I came off Cileste in early Feb. So am one month in. No af yet. Would be due this week. Waiting....

shankate182 · 01/03/2016 19:15

Did u get a withdrawal bleed ememe?

Ememem84 · 01/03/2016 19:51

last bleed urgh was end of Jan. Waiting for next one. No chance of being pregnant. Both dh and I have been away separately in the last month and we've both been ill. So no touchy!! Haha!!

Waiting for first period

Sunflower1985 · 01/03/2016 20:00

Loulabelle I'd count that as negative if it was mine. But I've not had a positive yet. Seeing the trend over a few days is insightful. Either way dtd just in case Grin

Cd 30 today and bfn + no AF = Sad

shankate182 · 01/03/2016 20:02

Cd33 no AF for me :/ testing Thursday or Friday FX :)

Loulabelle1990 · 01/03/2016 20:53

Thanks sunflower. I would. I'd take it as a negative too! Got a scan at the hospital to make sure my ovaries are okay on Thursday. Just waiting for a positive opk. It's so painful lol.

Fx you get a BFP shankate!

lawyeredout82 · 01/03/2016 22:03

So when do you all think I should test again if there's no sign of AF?

I got my clearblue opk solid smiley on Valentine's Day 😉. So assuming i ov'd a day or so after that I should be due my period in the last day or so, right? I did do a FRER on Friday and it was BFN so I don't want to Waste any more tests!!

Loulabelle1990 · 02/03/2016 07:43

What are your usual cycle days sunflower and lawyer?

Sunnydays321 · 02/03/2016 07:45

newgirl how are things going? Are your tests getting any darker? Was it today or yesterday you were due on? Really happy for you!

lawyer did you just get one day of positive opks? If so you probably ovulated 12-36 hours later... Which means you were due on yesterday ish(if you have 14 day luteal phase). If you stopped testing after 1st positive opk you might have missed some more positives, mine are sometimes positive for three days and then I ovulate the day after that. So you could still be a couple of days off AF. If it were me I would test now because I'm addicted! Haha. Friday would have only been about 10-11dpo at latest so probably just too early. Good luck. It is possible (but unlikely if you have regular periods for body to gear up to ovulate, positive opk, and then you don't actually release and egg and actually ovulate later, you can only really confirm ovulation with temping.

shanskate good luck for your test, you have been super patient, not sure I could hold out that long! Hope it's positive for you, sounds like you are getting some good symptoms.

loulabelle the opk is positive when the test line (nearest the wee dip bit) is darker or at least as dark as the control line (the one near the handle) everything else is negative. Mine this month (a page or so back) was really dark, but just a smudge less than control and it still turned out to be negative as no ovulation confirmed by temping. Keep going, it should be obvious when it's positive. And keep Dtd.

first I can't scroll back once I'm writing but I think you said your biopsy was normal and little 5 week sac growing nicely, double congratulations! Shame you can't hit the bubbles.

Well if seen my GP about my scan results. Seems I do have Polycystic ovaries, she isn't too sure if it's the syndrome or just the ovaries, as my day 3 bloods were normal (although typically I had a fairly normal ish cycle the month they were done but they've got haywire again), I do have acne but none of the other symptoms. So she is doing a gynae referral, some 21 day bloods to see if I'm ovulating (which will be hard to time as not only do I have PCO but also a short 8 day luteal phase). She thinks il at least need clomid to conceive. Not sure how I feel about it. Might keep trying for the year naturally as I'm still fairly young ish (28) and then if nothing try clomid. Although it has made me think, I can't be bothered to dtd and try if it's not going to work. That and the fact I'm now on cd30 and no sign of ovulation (except a lot of pelvic pain!!) I feel a bit grumpy! Oh well will have to wait and see what gynae say.

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lawyeredout82 · 02/03/2016 11:09

Loulabelle -it's hard to say for certain since my cycles haven't gone back to normal yet. Last cycle I got my period on CD34 after a positive OPK on CD 17 but that was straight after stopping the pill.

Thanks for the advice sunny - I'm using the clearblue opk which shows a solid smile when it detects the LH surge and the instructions say not to test again after that. You're right though that I could have ov'd some days later rather than the usual 12-36 hours later. Sorry to hear about your PCOS...at least you are now in the system and you can get any treatment you need. Like you say, time is very much on your side so hopefully it will all work out naturally for you Smile

BasinHaircut · 02/03/2016 14:08

Hello can I join please? Was just about to post a new thread looking for advice on TTC after stopping the pill so this seems like the right place rather than duplicate!

Some info - currently on cerazette but planning to stop and try for DC2. Was on cerazette before DC1, stopped taking the pill and got pregnant within about 3 milliseconds. No trying involved. DC1 is 2.5 now and have been back on cerazette since 6 week check.

So im really nervous about it this time and dont know what to expect or where to start. We were planning on starting in June, I have 2 packs of pill left so would take me up until beginning of May. Now im thinking why wait? June was arbitrary anyway and we dont know how long it might take so why try and plan it so accurately? So im thinking of just coming off the pill now.

What im wondering is do i just wait for AF and then measure my cycle from 1st day of period? what else should i do? (apart from DTD a bit more often than 1 or 2 times per month which is what we manage at the moment as DS is knackering and i cant be arsed!)

Loulabelle1990 · 02/03/2016 17:34

Thanks for your advice ladies.

It's all so confusing isn't it, not know what's going on down there, it's like the only thing we cannot control!

I wish it was easier for us all.

Loulabelle1990 · 02/03/2016 17:38

Welcome basin.

I came off cerazette on 6th December and had my first bleed over 10 weeks after stopping. I guess everyone is different.

I didn't wait for a bleed, we just DTD whenever we felt like it but they say it's best to wait until you have a period first so they can calculate properly when you me due date is & how far along you are.

If you don't DTD much anyway then I can't see why you can't come off the pill now as you don't know how long it's going to take to come out of your system this time round!

shankate182 · 02/03/2016 17:54

So 4 days late now and still no sign of AF :)
I am so nervous to test :/ incase of BFN and I'm not late long be a different story if I was 2 weeks late r sumn everytime I go toilet I'm afraid to look down incase af arrives :P it's shocking :P but I have a lot of CM which is why I think it's AF all the time so Friday is test day if AF doesn't arrive anyways :) super excited/nervous :(

BasinHaircut · 02/03/2016 18:09

Thanks loula. That's what we did last time, just carried as normal (although we had more sex then) thinking that we wouldn't start trying until I'd had a period because I wouldn't have ovulated. It was only because I bought a fuck ton of cheap tests in preparation and decided to just do one 'just in case' before a big boozy night out that I found out I was pregnant.

I'm not looking forward to periods. I have some bleeding on cerazette but not proper painful periods like I used to (pre the pill) but in this case I'm hoping one comes quickly!

Ememem84 · 02/03/2016 19:31

Still waiting.... Have been googling like crazy and all responses seem to suggest I could be waiting ages for period. I've been on the pill for about 8 years so this trying to remember what it was like not being on it.

My skin has started to break out which from memory this is what it used to do on the lead up to period.

Loulabelle1990 · 02/03/2016 20:04

That's what I was hoping would happen to me basin lol. Still waiting!

I had a bleed which only lasted like 2 and a half days but my god the pain I was in was awful! I stopped bleeding as soon as I started taking cerazette but was only on it for around 7 months.

I am currently doing OPK's but all negative so far and I am hoping the scan of my ovaries tomorrow is all clear!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you shankate! You'll have to let us know as soon as you test! xx

BoBo90 · 03/03/2016 07:14

Morning everyone Brew

I've just had a positive Opk!! 😄 Nice surprise as I wasn't expecting it until fri/sat. Dtd yesterday and hopefully will today/tomorrow/sat although dh is not in the mood lately 😞

I was wondering if any of you with dc or currently pg conceived without much Ewcm? I don't seem to get much and bit worried the sperm won't make it to the egg!! Any thoughts? X

The craziness that is TTC after stopping the pill. On this thread we have 100 day cycles, do weeks of opks and send ovia into a fit with our ever changing fertile windows! Welcome.
Planeteer · 03/03/2016 08:05

Morning bobo (and everyone). That's a lovely clear positive opk. Fx you will do some egg catching! I'm 7 weeks today and had barely any cm of any kind the cycle we caught. We were using conceive + fertility gel though and I wonder if that helped.

How's everyone else doing today?

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