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.

[Sunnydays321]

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

Chapman- omg Ahhh!!!!! Absolutely buzzing for you chick 🐝🐝🐝 you more than deserve this! Amazing! In the pub just now and your news has brightened my day up! Hope you all stay on this thread- I need you girlies! Will write a proper reply once I'm home! Congratulations huni xxx

Aww Bobo, sorry to hear that chick. You ain't out until the witchyface arrives! Xxx

Congratulation chapman!

Cd3 here this is dragging!

Wow congratulations Chapman, how exciting!! First bfp since I joined this thread, may there be plenty more!!

Bobo-youre not out yet!

Thanks ladies for the advice about agnus castus, done some research and if af hasnt arrived in a few weeks, going to give it a go. Wanted everything to happen 'naturally' but maybe it needs a helping hand.

Congrats again Chapman, enjoying a nice strawberry beer in celebration for you! Xx

Aw man girls you are so so so so nice! Thank you so much to all of you really means a lot! And don't worry I won't be going anywhere like sunny said I'm staying on here I've made friends!!

He still isn't home he's been down Norwich today and was gonna wait til tomorrow to test but I'm a bugger! I'm thinking of giving him a card with it in or something or putting it on his pillow my pissy stick 😭😂

To cookie and cat mum thankyou make sure you have a good drink! I had my last drinks last Sunday and it was a good 5 pints of strongbow dark fruit..

We need more bfps!! XXXX

Bobo - I am so sorry chick you are not out til that witch arrives what did you use? Frer? Xxx

Ahhhhh Chapman!!! I knew you were going to be preggers this month! Huge huge huge congratulations to you. That line is so dark!!! So happy for you. I'm on holiday so just catching up.

Iv decided not to tell my mum, so am strategically trying to not drink/swap drinks with my sister etc. still very neurotic over here. Peed on another stick this morning and it was way paler than before, Iv read about the hook effect but think I'm too early for that. And my boobs are almost comfy now! Bloody hell, even on holiday I can't chill out. I have no more sticks here so will just have to wait and see. Someone give me a little slap!

Bobo, how many dpo are you? Your not out till Af arrives. Xx

Slaps Sunny (in the nicest way possible)
It's going to be fine! Maybe you just had diluted wee stop worrying and enjoy yourself mrs !

Af arrived today so I am officially cd1 of cycle 4!
Went to bed at 8:30pm last night, cried myself to sleep and managed to sleep for 12 hours...woops! haha! Feeling much better today though I'm really pleased af has arrived and not kept me waiting and Agnus Castus shortened my cycle by 2 days so that's promising for next cycle. I have my fx the Ac will make me ovulate just before I go on holiday (so I don't have to worry about opks and family) and then I will be distracted during my tww which will be REALLY nice

Sparkle - We can be cycle buddies since my previous cycle buddy went and got herself upduffed

Cookie - you must be our next hope what cd are you on again hun?

I finished crocheting my baby blanket and now I'm bored .... so I made a list! I like lists It's pretty incomplete though so if anyone wants to add to it feel free to copy and paste/ let me know

Ladies-in-waiting

Cookie22 - ttc # - Cylce
Bobo90 - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Shankate - ttc # - Cycle 4
Tinyemmy - ttc # - Cycle
Poin - ttc # - Cycle
Lawyeredout82 - ttc # - Cycle
Mummy2squish - ttc # - Cycle
HighHopes16 - ttc # - Cycle 3
Sparkle789 - ttc # - Cycle 1
CatMum87 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
May07 - ttc #1 - Cycle 2

Resident Preggo’s

Firstgo1984
LemonShizzleCake
Sunnydays321
cnchapmanxx

Aw bobo man your so cute. I'm so sorry about AF showing what a little bastard was hoping we would be preggers together! Happy that AC has made your cycles shorter that's good news! My first month on seven seas aswell swear by it haha! only dtd twice in my fertile window this time, Thursday then got my positive Saturday night then we dtd on the Sunday and that was it!

Sunny - thankyou Hun! Am so happy and excited OH still doesn't believe it's real. He said you've deprived me of a holiday in December now hahaa I know he's only jokin! Aw hope you have w nice holiday I don't know when I'm telling family gonna ring my doctors tomorrow and get booked in!

XXXX

Bobo, so sorry to hear about Af lovely! You're such a positive person - onwards and upwards! Hopefully the AC works for you this month and you ov before you can go on holiday. On holiday sounds a relaxing way to spend the tww! Love this list, maybe we could use it to start a new thread soon? (Noticed we're nearly hitting the 1000 post mark again!). Here's my details

Cookie22 - TTC #1 Cycle 6 - Have tried everything from b6, Agnus Castus, Preeseed, CB opks, IC opks, Legs in the air after dtd, Legs not in the air , conceive plus - nothing seems to be working!

Sunny, hope you're enjoying your holiday mrs! Try to relax, it'll all be fine lovely! I know i'd be totally the same as you though! How far along do you think you are now?

Chapman, has it sunk in yet? Bless your hubby! You both must be over the moon. I think it's totally worth forsaking a holiday when it means a much longed for bambino will be making his/her appearance. I'm definitely going to give seven seas a try next month (i'll add that to my list)

CD 16 for me and not even a hint of a positive OPK! This whole process is totally doing head in! I'm starting to feel on a downer with it all now, feeling as though it will never happen for me. I feel like even when I get my positive OPK there's no point as I just know it isn't going to work. Sorry, I was so positive at the start of this post and here I am all doom and gloom! xx

Haha thanks Chapman I was hoping we would be preggers together too hun but hopefully I won't be at behind!

Cookie- we definitely need a new thread soon! We will have to think of new title and attract some more newbies
Don't worry about the doom and gloom lovely! It's ok to feel down about ttc it can be pretty soul destroying at times so feel free to rant and rave about it to us and we will support you all the way

God knows how I've managed to stay positive this week! Works been awful and really busy, then I got nipped on the leg by a dog, followed by a bfn and af and to top it off my cat hasn't come home since Friday the little poo! My theory is that it literally can't get any worse haha so next weeks got to be better and a brand new cycle which I hope is a lucky one

We're going to get our bfps girls! We can do this x

Ladies-in-waiting

Cookie22 - ttc #1 - Cycle 6
Bobo90 - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Shankate - ttc # - Cycle 4
Tinyemmy - ttc # - Cycle
Poin - ttc # - Cycle
Lawyeredout82 - ttc # - Cycle
Mummy2squish - ttc # - Cycle
HighHopes16 - ttc # - Cycle 3
Sparkle789 - ttc # - Cycle 1
CatMum87 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
May07 - ttc #1 - Cycle 2

Resident Preggo’s

Firstgo1984
LemonShizzleCake
Sunnydays321
cnchapmanxx

Morning girlies

Cookie - not really yet babe we off to the doctors Today to get referred to the midwife! Then I think it'l sink in! Been up since 6 can't sleep last week couldn't get my head of the bloody pillow 😂😂 cookie I couldn't recommend it highly enough I took it the last day I had my period - only thing I would say is I thought it made me constipated but now I know that could of been due to being up duffed! And yes defo we still going away in 4 weeks very excited!
Your always positive babe and it's ok to feel a bit gloomy don't worry about it we are all here for you and will be until you get your bfp! This thread is a lucky one and we're all behind you! I love coming on here and ranting it's better than doing it to poor DH haha! Hugs for you xxx

Bobo - defo lovley may will be your month! Are you taking any seven seas or pre conception tablets?? That's the only thing I did different this cycle!
We will get more bfps!! Spreading my luck to you all girls xxxxx

Morning all,

Just to update your list Bobo We are TTC #1.

I'm on my third cycle since coming off the pill in Dec, AF is now 3 weeks late and its really getting me down now! I feel really grumpy, bloated & spotty- I actually wish AF would arrive so I could just feel a bit better in myself. I POAS on Sat and got another BFN.

Did my first OPK this morning and just one line appeared which I think means there is no sign of ov in the next 24/48 hours? I'll prob do one Mon/Wed/Fri each week so I can work out my crazy cycle!!

chapman - How did you reveal your BFP to your OH?? I've thought about all the different ways I could tell my DH. I like the thought of baking a cake and dropping loads of hints about me having a bun in the oven!

DH asked last night why I wasn't telling him when I did pg tests (He found one in the bathroom bin) & I said I didn't want to disappoint him with loads of negatives.

Hi all! Joined the group a couple of weeks back and had phone trouble since so haven't been on. All caught up now I think though!!

Congratulations Chapman great news! Lovely seeing BFP's!

Thanks for the list Bobo ... Iove a list and great to see where people are.

I'm still plodding through cycle 2. Currently day 40. Using opk's and both lines turned same colour but test line went much darker last month (on CD24). Also didn't get ov pains which I felt precious month so who knows! Had to stop DTD though as ended up with a water infection . So if I didn't ov then I will have missed it.

Understand you not telling DH about pg tests HighHopes. I don't want to disappoint DH and think it would make me feel more rubbish. Not telling DH ins and outs of opk's at this stage but he must see them filling the bin!!

Also agree on the bloating I feel the size of a house! Although luckily the teenage spots I had previously seem to be going!

So glamourous this ttc isn't it!!

Congraulations cnchapman! I love seeing more BFPs on this thread!

Chapman - I've been taking normal Pregnacare for about 5 months. I've literally just bought more but I think I might buy some seven seas anyway! I can take the Pregnacare when I eventually get upduffed

Ladies-in-waiting

Cookie22 - ttc #1 - Cycle 6
Bobo90 - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Shankate - ttc # - Cycle 4
Tinyemmy - ttc # - Cycle
Poin - ttc # - Cycle
Lawyeredout82 - ttc # - Cycle
Mummy2squish - ttc # - Cycle
HighHopes16 - ttc #1 - Cycle 3
Sparkle789 - ttc # - Cycle 1
CatMum87 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
May07 - ttc #1 - Cycle 2

Resident Preggo’s

Firstgo1984
LemonShizzleCake
Sunnydays321
cnchapmanxx

Yay a list lol thanks Bobo! . And yikes what a week, hope youre cat has come home, the little rascal!

I'd too be intrigued as to how you told the news chapman.....do spill

Well I've just ordered some AC and will start taking it after my holidays! Pleeease let it bring this stupid cycle to an end! Not sure on the dosage to take though??

Here's to the start of a new positive week!!

Cat - he is home now we locked the cat flap so if he came in at night he couldn't get out again which worked
I take two AC tablets a day which worked straight away! The other really good thing I found with AC is that it reall helps with af pain which is a nice little bonus fx they bring on af for you and shorten your cycles! X

Evening girlies 😬😬
Sorry I've just had an exciting day telling my mam & dad. We wasn't gonna tell anyone until week 12 but I couldn't hold it in I tell my mam and dad everything! They were over the moon my mam was crying!

Well he supports Sunderland (for my sins) so I wrapped the test in a bag in one of his shirts and put it on his pillow and put a note saying we have another fan on the way. I was downstairs when he Seen if he was like.. chan chan is this real? Then that's when he started making me take another 2/3 tests now he's so happy and looking at furniture in ikea 😂😂

Bobo - I really do recommends seven seas first cycle and I'm up duffed! Fx it works for you lovely how are you feeling??

May- thankyou very much Hun was a lovley day and such a relief I felt like I put so much pressure on myself! It's so hard isn't it! Have you tried AC?

High hopes - thankyou Hun! Aw man bet that is so hard it's horrible When you keep getting bfn and no AF fx something shows up for you soon either way! Xx

Thankyou first and cat hope you 2 are doing ok xxxx

Ooh I love a good list! We are ttc #2...not in any cycle yet as holding off another month before I would qualify for my maternity pay at work!! Dd is nearly 15 months old

Awww that is a lovely response from your mum Chapman. Must have been so lovely telling them. And great way to tell DH!!

Not tried AC yet. First cycle was 33 days so hoped it was go down from there. As it's going up will maybe try. Am I right in thinking you take from period to ovulation? Also what dosage have people been taking? Seen mixed feedback from 1000 to 2000mg online.

Morning all,
Still no sign of AF, Ov or Pg ! No idea what's going on with my body but I feel so bloated and I keep having pins & needles in my stomach.

Hi girls hope everyone is ok!

I had a horrible day at work today was so emotional started crying in the toilet thinking I found out I was pregnant only at 4 weeks that I could suffer a chemical i was a wreck. Had to sit in a room for an hour to calm down. Feel like such an idiot Il be 4+5 today but I'm stressing out over anything! 🙁 Xxxxx

Chapman hun do you mean you have just had a chemical or you were panicking because it's a risk? Sorry lovely I'm just not sure what you meant but either way sounds like you had an awful day

Highhopes - Being in limbo sucks! Really hope something starts happening for you soon

May - you take AC on cd1 and stop as soon as you ovulate I've been taking 2 x 1000mg tablets a day which as enough to sort my cycles out straight away!