Ttc after stopping the pill thread 3. Join us for: Super long cycles, living in limbo, obscene amounts of poas and trying anything and everything to get that bun in the oven!

[BoBo90]

Welcome to the 3rd thread for anyone ttc after coming off the pill

We're a lovely group of ladies here to support one another through the wonderful pain in the bum experience that is trying to have a baby

If your new to the thread please join us and if you are a lurker from our previous thread then don't be shy say hi!

Here's the link to the previuos thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2559429-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

Ladies-in-waiting
Cookie22 - ttc #1 - Cycle 7
Bobo90 - ttc #1 - Cycle 5
Shankate/Helpmeconceive - Cycle 3
Tinyemmy - ttc #2 - Cycle 2
Poin - On hold
Mummy2squish -
HighHopes16 - ttc #1 - Cycle 5
Sparkle789 - Cycle 1
CatMum87 - ttc #1 - Cycle 1
May07 - ttc#1 - Cycle 4
Iwillbemrsminty - ttc #1 - Cycle 4
Loulabelle1990 - ttc # - Cycle 3
Johno85 - ttc #1 - Cycle 6
ClaireSunflower - Cycle 2
Sophronia - ttc #1 - Cycle 2
SusieBu16 -ttc #2
Purpleviola14 - ttc #1
Chloe2413 - ttc #1
Marmitetoast1 - ttc#1 - Cycle 2
Happybus28
Jjspoon - ttc #1 - Cycle 1

Resident Preggos
Firstgo1984
LemonShizzleCake
Sunnydays321
cnchapmanxx
Thisisbloodyridiculous
Lawyeredout82

Hi everyone, havent been on here in a while as nothing was really happening, but........5 & a half months after stopping the pill i finally got my first af!! On my sisters hen do of all times, doh!!

It just shows that we are all different and it can take our body a while to get going again on it own!!

Hope everyones had a good bank holiday!!! X

Hi all, I can't sleep, argh, which is why I'm replying at 2am!! John9o, great news about the static smiley. Esp with ewcm! Your temps should go up after ov.. So if you ovulate within 36 hours (but more commonly 12 hours of positive opk you would expect your temp to go above the cover line the day after (FF will draw the cover line after three high temps). Good charting, it looks like all your temps are to one decimal place, if you get a basal body thermometer it will chart to 2 decimal places making it more accurate. Most people would get away with your type but some peoples temp shift is quite subtle. Are you doing it same time every morning, upon waking, before moving/talking etc. Oh yeah and FF is a bugger... It's free full membership for a month and then they want you to pay so unless you subscribe you only get the basic package. There is a way to get free months by recommending a friend, I know people who had other email addresses would sign up with a 2nd account+ partners account etc and "recommend to them" getting free months but I never bothered cos it seemed like a faff! Haha.

Cookie, you can ovulate up to 36 hours after opk (I think that's right) and also ovulation pain doesn't always pinpoint the time of ovulation, apparently some people feel it before or after instead... on scans in studies the pain doesn't usual correlate with the egg actually "popping". And the sperm live for upto 5 days so better to have them at the party too early than too late. I think they suggest dtd day of opk and each day or every other day for a couple of days after to cover... Obviously the days in the run up to ov would be even better if you have perfect regular cycles and know when you are going to ov but that's not us is it!!! I got preggers by dtd 2 days before and the day of ov. And that was it cos I was knackered by that point in the 60 day cycle! Good luck!

Ooo prague's lovely, have a great time.

Aw cat congratulations on AF!! I know that's not what most of us want but after 5 months I bet your glad she is back (albeit with her usually crappy timing!!) hopefully things get on track for you cycle wise now!

Xx

Hey sunny. How come the insomnia. And how's incubation treating you? Thanks for clearing up re cover line for ff and the fact that it's only one month free! At least I'm used to the chart by now. When I bought my bbt it said that its great for ov detection, however i didn't realise it didn't go to 2 decimal places. Do you think it's worth sticking with the one I've got or getting another? Bbt went up to 36.6 • this morning. I do it pretty much at the same time before DH even gets a "good morning!" Last night I was dreaming all night that my future sister in le was pregnant (she's marrying my little brother this fri!) and the dream just kept going on and on. It's defo on the brain this month.

We dtd every other day the whole of my fertile days (with ewcm) and then day of ov. But my poor DH is a chef and exhausted and I couldn't bring myself to pounce on him again!

Hope you all had a nice long weekend. 3 day week for me!

Morning all- hope you all had a fab bank holiday weekend? We spent it with my sister & my nieces & nephew which made me so broody- my DH is so good with them, I can't wait to give him one of his own
On Friday I though AF had arrived but it was really light over the weekend and then stopped yesterday. What could that mean??
purple - ooh where are you staying in Prague? I'm thinking of taking my DH for his 30th in August!!
X

I'm a terribly sleeper any way but it's been worse since iv been incubating! Haha I like that word! Knackered this morning, I was awak from 1.30 til 5.30! You've dtd loads, you'll be covered! And I think 36.6 will be above your cover line as long as it stays up for three days. If your temps jumps are big like that I think you will be fine with a one decimal point one. Exciting, post your chart picture again in a few days, I love the charts!!

High hopes, you don't think it was implantation bleeding do you? Have you tested?? X

Morning everyone just a quick question, as you know I was super relived when AF finally showed up but soon went to slightly frustrated with it. I'm sure it's probably pretty normal after being on the pill so long but it was Sooo light, basically bled for a day and a half then totally stopped for a day and a half and now this morning a tiny amount of dark brown (sorry if tmi!). Has anyone else had periods like this since stopping the pill?! It's thrown me a bit as even lighter than last month which was first post-pill period. The cramps were horrendous, though. As in waking me up in the night painful? Which is also new.. Urgh! Just worried as it's such a feeble period/that somethings not right.

I've not done a test yet sunny but tempted! Although if it was implantation bleeding it wouldn't show as a positive yet would it?

Morning lovelies ☕️

Catmum - woooo so glad af arrived for you!! Well done for not going crazy while waiting! Here's hoping you have a much better length cycle this time!

High hopes - fx it's implantation! what dpo are you on?

Marmite - do you think you ov'd last week? Could be implantation? If not then this is your first proper af (the other one was a withdrawal bleed) so it's not unusual to have a short/odd period 😊 A period is stull a period though and it will get more normal as cycles go on... Unless you get a bfp 😉

I'm still in the boring wait for ov! I'm on cd 9 and expecting ov on cd 20 so ages to go yet 😞

Thanks BoBo although last month was my first proper natural period, the one before that in March was withdrawal bleed. Which was why I was hoping this month would be the start of more normality! I guess it could be up and down and take a while to settle for a few months though.

Don't think have OVed since coming off either. Ewcm has been non-existent so far. It's all a waiting game! Isn't it funny how as soon as you decide right, I'm ready to start TTC, you become massively inpatient?! Or is that just me?

Ooh exciting fingers crossed for you highhopes!

Good morning all you beauties!

Marmite-thankyou I am certainly going to try, how's it going for you?

Cat mum-great news about AF bet you are relieved it seems to be sorting itself out.

Cookie- thanks hunni, hope you get your pains sorted, if it's painful enough to be worrying about it is pop to the docs just to be on the safe side and put your mind at rest more than anything.

Sunny- thanks lovely, what was the reason for your insomnia? Bet you are knackered today!

Highhopes-We are staying at Jalta Boutique Hotel, supposed to be beautiful and full of history, I'll give you my review when we get back. I agree with Sunny, it does sound like IB so fingers doubly crossed for you!

Johno- thanks for your reply Mrs, it sounds like you are quite similar to me, it's reassuring to know I'm normal! I have had constant Rocky Mountains. I've been taking AC for the past 4 weeks so I'm hoping it is helping, what were your temps like in the first few months? Mine seem to be hovering around the 36 mark.

Felt abit strange today, had sore bbs and sensitive nips past few days. But today I have cramps twinges in my pelvic wall, fingers crossed it might be AF but I'm not very hopeful.

Hope you all have a good day, work or no work. I go on Friday and have that Friday feeling and it's only Tuesday!

Xx

BoBo I'm not 100% on when I ovulated as gave up with OPK's & haven't really kept track of ewcm! Ovia predicted it 10 - 15th May & we dtd every other day(ish) all month.

So I could be anything from 16-21 dpo ?

Purple - ooh I've seen that one, it looks gorgeous! It's only about £60 more than the hotel we were looking at (La Ballerina) so I'll wait to hear your feedback before booking! :)

Hey ladies, hope you are all well! I can't comment on everyone's posts as there are too many!!

I am currently 9DPO. Nothing really to report only sore boobs which came about today. I am due on on Thursday and usually get sore boobs way before now! Very strange. I think I am out this month though due to the sore boobs as its one of my AF symptoms . Also having some twinges and flutters in my stomach and an ache in my back on the left side! Meh xxx

Hi all, hope you had nice bank holidays and the first day back wasn't too painful!

catmum that's great news you got AF back. I can't even imagine the frustration of waiting so long. I'm bad enough on the 2ww!

Fx for you highhopes! are you going to test soon?

Hope AF stays away for you Loula it's annoying that pre AF symptoms are so similar to early pregnancy symptoms!

Hope you have a good trip purple it sounds fab. I would love to go to Prague!

Not much to report from me. I'm in that extremely boring stage at cd4 waiting for AF to bugger off. I've been reading a bit about seed cycling and am going to try it this month. Has anyone heard of this before? It is supposed to help balance out your hormones by eating different seeds throughout the month. I thought it couldn't do any harm to try it out. Here's the link to it if anyone wants to have a look:

www.annmariegianni.com/the-seed-rotation-diet/

Guys, my first positive OPK! Yeyy! It's darker than the actual test line x

Yaaaay that's great purple! I'm currently awaiting my first lot of opks to arrive from amazon! Need to figure out exactly what to do with them - any tips?

Hey purple that is one hell of a positive opk! Have attached my previous chart temps for you to see. Massive difference from this month hey. Time to dtd (you not me) I'm now in an actual 2ww. Yay.

Marmite I need to get some more too. They are exactly like preg tests, just test for 10 secs, at the same time every day, but I think they say not to test first thing in the morning.
Ah that's great thanks johno, it's good to see what my temps should look like, wonder if they will go up now. X

You had any symptoms yet?x

Morning dolls!!
I am back from my holiday and able to catch up on eeeeeverythjng! Have been awake since half 2 due to jet lag - lovely! Think I've had like 7 hours sleep in 2 days but that's the joys of travelling! Was also sick 3 times on the plane home awful!

How is everyone? Hello to all the newbies so busy in here feel like I'm trying to catch up all the time! My scan Is on the 8th June so a week today can't come quick enough as my cousin and his wife literally just announced there pregnant too so it'l be another baby in December. No babies in 24 years then 2 come at once. feel like when j announce mine if everything goes ok no one will care but never mind!

Also congrats to lawyered another resident preggo!!! We need more in here! XXXX

Ok so I poas this morning after my (possible implantation) bleeding at the weekend and I'm sure I can see a faint second line?

Ahh high hopes I can definitely see something! I didn't even get a squinty little line on a cheap stick til 13dpo... But I got a really strong line on a superdrug early at 9dpo! Can you wee on a better stick? Please haha! X

Welcome back chapman! Sorry about your sickness on the plane. Hope your ok now though! And also hope the jet lag doesn't last too long! You'll have to show us a pic of your little baby once you have it :)

Purple that's a lovely positive! Get as much in as you can and catch that egg!

High that looks like a definite positive to me! Can you do it on a FRER or CB digital?? How exciting, congratulations! xxx

I will get some more tests on my way home from work arghh!!

Thanks Lou, poor DH haha.
Arghh high that looks like a positive to me too! Come on girl! Xx