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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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firstgo1984 · 02/02/2016 06:53

Beginning to wonder if i did just miss an LH surge last week as my opks are very light again and my boobs are a bit achey. I had an akmost positive last tuesday.

Sunnydays321 · 02/02/2016 07:45

Loving all the positive opks!! Good luck catching the egg ladies.

Cookie I used a batch the first month with an orangey/pink handle... They were rubbish! Got really faint lines on them while I had stonkingly dark lines on the green handled ones!

I'm so impatient! This tww feels so long because ff changed it and put ov 4 days forward so going by initial date I would be 11dpo today but now I'm only 7dpo! Grr. Xx

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Sunnydays321 · 02/02/2016 07:51

Also think af is on her way.. The nipple tenderness I get after ov is going, which happens every month before af! :(

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Poin86 · 02/02/2016 12:43

Oh no Sunny - guess it's not over til she appears so keeping everything crossed for you!

No attempt at catching the egg last night - will do another OPK when I get home to see if the surge has passed purely for dating reasons.xx

Planeteer · 02/02/2016 14:20

Fx AF stays away for you sunny.

After 4 days of spotting and still no AF I'm thinking this is another false start.
Had got all happy about this cycle being 30 days shorter than the last one, but could still be going for a while yet. Which means I might not have ovd yet. Which means I could still have a chance this cycle.Confused

Bloody hell this ttc lark is a roller coaster! Ordered a bbt thermometer yday to see if temp charting will shed any more light. Just want to not be in limbo really!!

Yvonne1986 · 02/02/2016 15:26

Fx for all those on the TWW

First do you normally get achey boobs? Could maybe be a sign of a BFP Grin

firstgo1984 · 02/02/2016 15:51

yvonne they are only achey if I prod them. They were sore from about 7-8 dpo last cycle.

If i did miss a positive opk it would have been late on tuesday. so maybe ovulation wed or thursday? so would be 5-6 dpo max today.

But..... I suspect I am just imagining it!

Yvonne1986 · 02/02/2016 16:10

I'm the same I imagine every sign there is! Fx tho as you did have some dark OPKs!

If anyone needs a laugh I've just knocked my little pot of wee all over my bedroom cabinet Blush I was leaving it for 20 mins to get to room temp but then forgot all about it so in my excitement to test I managed to send it flying! On a positive note I saved enough to test and it's getting darker so hopefully OV is on its way soon x

Cookie22 · 02/02/2016 16:52

FX for everyone! First, that could be a good sign! You may have got the surge at a time when you didn't test- googling has shown me that this can happen quite often! Sunny, here's hoping AF stays away Mrs! Let's get the big roll of Bfps started!

Well i have finally reached my peak Smile if I seen the flashing face teasing me one more time I was seriously about to bin the wee monkey!! So glad to see his static smile today and verified with a IC! Hoping for a day off dtd but now it'll be fri/sat/Sun (morning and night Blush), Mon & Tues - can't say I've not given it my best shot. Sorry tmi!! Grin

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.
Cookie22 · 02/02/2016 16:53

Ps Yvonne, your pee pot story made me chuckle after quite a miserable day! Somebody should write a book about these TTC stories! Xx

cnchapmanxx · 02/02/2016 17:25

That's fantastic news cookie!!! Praying you have caught this month!
Me and DH dtd on sat and last night - night off tonight as he's at the football so will dtd on Wednesday. Don't know when my surge started or when my peak was so hoping I caught it with the sat and mon! Fx for us al xx

Cookie22 · 02/02/2016 17:40

Chapman, my DH is at football too tonight so I think he was hoping for a night off! Will see if I can convince him to dtd before he goes. I didn't get a chance on my peak day last month so I feel I really want to give it my all this month. Hoping you've caught too Mrs! Roll on a long, tedious tww! Xx

Yvonne1986 · 02/02/2016 17:43

That's brilliant seeing a smiley face cookie we really could write a book!!

I'm such an amateur with these OPKs is this a positive?? We dtd last night so will wait and dtd again tomorrow don't want to suddenly start pouncing on the OH too much or he will know something is going on (he wants a BFP more than me so knowing I'm OV might be too much pressure on him to performConfused).

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.
Poin86 · 02/02/2016 17:55

According to my little leaflet not quite Yvonne but looks like it's heading in the right direction!
Tonight's one after a 7 minute wait. Not so instant tonight. CM a touch creamier than yesterday too?? Is that still a peak?xx

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.
Cookie22 · 02/02/2016 17:58

Yvonne that looks positive to me! Fab news! If you dtd last night then you're in with an excellent shout & then go again tomorrow night. How strange is it that there's now a few of us at exactly the same stage! We'll all be testing at roughly the same time too! Xx

Yvonne1986 · 02/02/2016 18:11

I'll test again tomorrow and maybe it will be darker I think I'll definitely buy some CB for next cycle (fx I won't need them) as the flashing smily faces is much easier than studying the lines!

It is strange how we are all I'm similar positions this month they say your cycles sync with the girls you work with so maybe ours have as we talk so much ha! x

Yvonne1986 · 02/02/2016 18:13

Poin did you have EWCM yesterday? I don't know know if it is from DTD or EWCM!? Sorry for the TMI! Xx

eggsinthefridge · 02/02/2016 19:06

Does anyone else have awful spotting/ brown discharge in their tww? I'm putting it down to 'another thing wrong with me and my cycle' but I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience or reasons for this? I get a small amount of fresh blood from 2dpo, and it continues until period arrives. I am now 7dpo, and had another lot of fresh spotting last night, and a lot of brown discharge this morning. No cramps or anything else to think it's the start of the witch, but it's a bit concerning.

So good to see lots of positive opks! I get a bit giddy when I see such a strong positive! Hope everyone is getting down to business!

cnchapmanxx · 02/02/2016 19:36

Hi girls!
Took a quick poas and it's a negative so defo had my peak/surge sat/sun I think! How long after having the positive line does your egg implant or get released i never have an idea? Be a miracle if I've caught in time!
Sorry about AF sunny but you never know it might not show! Fx for you!!
Haha I know cookie I thought we were gonna be totally different now! Oh am aching off the gym so no chance of me dtd tonight and he won't be in til gone 10 as il have to pick him up from the match.. Angry so happy a few of us have managed to get positive opks this week hopefully like cookie says we will be getting some bfps!!! XXXX

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.
shankate182 · 02/02/2016 23:16

Eggs in the fridge
I had brown spotting for 4 weeks right up until I got my first AF

Poin86 · 03/02/2016 06:53

Yvonne I had EWCM on Monday - it was a bit of a mix between creamy and EWCM yesterday which makes me wonder if the egg has passed. It could be a mix of EWCM and sperm for you with the fact you're aiming to catch the egg! FX xx

firstgo1984 · 03/02/2016 10:25

Boobs still achey. Trying a different bra today to see if it is that. This was the opk last tuesday (third down) that was close to positive.

We shall see if AF comes in around a week from now

firstgo1984 · 03/02/2016 10:27

Opps here is pic

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 · 03/02/2016 17:15

Chapman: I think egg normally pops 12-36 hours after positive opk. Although it's normal within 24 hours from what Iv read.

First: it's tricky, those opks don't look quite positive but it is possible to miss the surge. The achey boobs are a good sign. The cycle before I started opks I was pretty sure I had ovd due to sore nipples, and sure enough came on about 10 days later (I have short LP).

Warning long story coming up: i had a transvaginal uss today due to pelvic pain and irregular periods. The sonographer said I had immature follicles on my ovaries (which shouldn't still be there at 8dpo) and NO corpus luteum (which should be there at 8dpo!) so looks like I didn't ovulate after all!! :(

he said there were some but not all signs of PCO present. I had normal day 3 bloods at my GP, fsh:lh ratio normal, but GP didn't check for testosterone levels etc so not sure if they are normal. I have acne, bmi 26ish, no excess hair, basically some but not all signs of Pcos, so could be PCO without the syndrome.

So my big question is this: based on my opk (which was very very positive for 2-3 days) and my temp chart I'm now 8dpo, but the sonographer said there was no corpus luteum so it doesn't look like I ovulated! is it possible to have positive opk AND sustained temp rise but not ovulate?? Iv attached my chart to see what you think. I know Pcos can cause false positive opks due to high lh but can it cause high temps that look like you OV even if you haven't ovulated?? What else could cause that temp rise?

My nipple soreness has settled a bit post ov, but my boobs are tender which is the first cycle since stopping pill that Iv had breast tenderness, was getting my hopes up but won't bother now if I haven't even ovulated!!

Xx

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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Planeteer · 03/02/2016 18:33

Sunny I'm sorry, that's such frustrating and confusing news. Sounds like it's not a definite no though as your opks and temp spike are surely indicative of something going on! When are you expecting AF to show her witchy face?