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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!

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BoBo90 · 20/04/2016 13:51

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

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 Grin

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

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HighHopes16 · 03/06/2016 06:27

Yay I'm in the preggo's section !! Grin

Sunnydays321 · 03/06/2016 07:30

Yay high hopes! Has it since I'm yet? I'm 13 weeks, iv had about 20 positive tests, 3 scans and heard the heart beat and still doesn't feel remotely real!!! Haha. Bet you feel on top of the world. You are walking around with a lovely little secret

Good luck Lou, when are you going to test?

Tinyemmy, is it definitely AF? No chance it's implantation of its appeared early?

Cookie the cramps might be a good sign.. I was so uncomfy in the first couple of weeks! Fingers crossed.

Sorry about the witch helpme.

Xx

Loulabelle1990 · 03/06/2016 07:41

Sorry the witch got you help!

I am imagine it not feeling real at all. Probably not even once the baby is moving! It's such a wonderful thing Grin.

Did you have any other symptoms high?

Sunny I think I will test tomorrow when I'll be 13 DPO. No sign of AF today so far but I'm not holding my breath for a positive! I think I'll just be late, just think it's a bit weird as my previous cycles the days have been getting less in between, not more...xx

HighHopes16 · 03/06/2016 08:04

It's so early that I'm trying not to get too excited but it's honestly all I can think about! Smile
I don't have many symptoms yet - Just a crampy stomach (sort of a trapped wind feeling.)

Cookie22 · 03/06/2016 14:06

So happy for you high hopes! Just thought I'd update you girls, my pain has got worse & been sent home from work. Going to go to A&E tonight if not better as I can barely walk, pain is excruciating. May not be ttc related but I feel like someone is pulling my right ovary out. Will let yous know how I get on xx

BoBo90 · 03/06/2016 14:22

HighHopes your excitement is so cute! 😊

Cookie that's awful I hope they don't keep you waiting too long at a&e! Hope it's not appendicitis! Does the pain disappear if you push down on the area? Xxx

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Cookie22 · 03/06/2016 15:31

It's def not appendicitis as I had that a few years ago and had appendex taken out. It feels so similar though Bobo to the pain I had them. I hope it's not some sort of cyst or problem with my ovaries Sad feeling terrible xx

BoBo90 · 03/06/2016 15:51

Definitely not that then! I really hope it's nothing my lovely and they can fix you up with a few tablets! Kick up a fuss until they do some tests and don't just fob you off and send you home xxx

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Sunnydays321 · 03/06/2016 19:02

Oh cookie, poor you. Maybe an ovarian cyst. My sis had one rupture and ended up in a and e vomiting in pain, and nearly passing out. It resolved really quickly though and wasn't anything that would affect fertility. Apparently they are quite common. Definitely get it checked out, you need to know what it is!

Oooh exciting loulabelle! Let us know how you get on! Xx

Cookie22 · 03/06/2016 19:43

Thanks ladies, I phoned nhs24 and they suggested going for a warm bath and paracetamol + ibuprofen. This seemed to help and also napped for a while. Still feel pain but not as excruciating as today so I'm just going to monitor it. Sunny my first thought was an ovarian cyst too. I've been cramping and had a constant pulling pain in right hand side since ovulation. Can't face this pain every month! Xx

Cookie22 · 03/06/2016 19:44

Ps fx for you Loula! Let us know how you get on testing huni xx

Sunnydays321 · 04/06/2016 08:11

Right, I'm on loulabelle poas watch now! Where are you girl? In the bathroom I hope busy peeing on a stick! Good luck.

Iv got to work all weekend, with two on calls... Although 1st on call last night was all quiet so one down. 8 day stretch this time so not quite as bad as usual and the weather isn't as good today and the DH is away so may as well go to work! Have a good weekend everyone! Xx

Loulabelle1990 · 04/06/2016 09:26

Morning ladies!

I done a FRER this morning and got a BFN Sad. AF was due on Thursday and still no sign. I am around 12/13DPO. Do you think there is still I chance I might be pg?? Maybe it's too early to detect the hormone? I don't know what to think now!

Hope everyone else is well. Sorry you have to work all weekend sunny! Hope it goes quick for u Hun xx

Lizzynic · 04/06/2016 09:31

Hi Lou, there may still be hope, you may have implanted late and that's why it's not showing up on test yet, fingers crossed for you chick, according to Ovia my fertile week is 13th June so DH will be getting jumped on GrinI'm staying positive that this is our month

Sunny I know the feeling I have to work every weekend Sadxx

Cookie22 · 04/06/2016 11:26

Sorry to hear about the bfn Loula but hopefully it's just too soon! Test again in a few days Mrs!

Aw poor you Sunny! 8 day stretch sounds tough! I don't think I could summon the energy to work 8 days solid, I just live for my weekends and holidays!

Well woke up feeling amazingly better today. I've got a wedding to go to so I went and got my hair and make up done, just about to change into my outfit and guess who rocks up.... AF! Can't believe it. Well actually, I can! Feel crap at how rubbish I've felt this past week and I can't even be rewarded with a bfp! 8day luteal phase too, bah! I'm getting royally pissed today! Xx

ClaireSunflower · 04/06/2016 13:43

Sorry to hear you're working all weekend sunny and an 8 day stretch is hard work! Hope you get s nice rest at the end of it.

cookie glad you are feeling better and no more pain and sorry AF showed up hun. You've had a rough time of it this week. I hope you enjoy the wedding though and at least this crappy cycle is over with and the next one will hopefully be much easier. It's a difficult business this ttc malarkey isn't it?!

loula fingers crossed it's just too early and no AF is a good sign so far. Some people just take a while for the hcg to build up. I've heard of people not getting a bfp on frers until 18dpo so there is still hope!

Jjspoon · 04/06/2016 14:03

Congrats highhopes!!!

My af only lasted 3 days and now stopped again so that's very odd... anyone else have a very short one first time? I expected it to be very heavy and long as that's the reason I first went on the pill age 15 they were awful. On the plus side when I was on the pill I had a migraine every time I got AF and not even a slight headache this time!

How many cycles did it take the other resident preggos?

BoBo90 · 04/06/2016 16:13

Sorry about bfn Lou but could be too early! Remember the egg can release 2 days after positive Opk/when you think you ovulated! Which makes you just 11dpo! Try again tomorrow lovely

Cookie that's sucks!!! At least you can get your drink on at the wedding! I'm very jealous I love weddings but no one I know will get married 😞
Was is definitely af Hun and not implantation?

Jj my periods post pill have only been three days of heavy bleeding followed by brown spotting whereas pre-pill they lasted a whole week so I think it's normal :)

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Sunnydays321 · 05/06/2016 07:23

Loulabelle, sorry about bfn. How did you confirm ov this month? Like someone else said, if it was opk, you might only be 10-11dpo so might just be too early. It's good news that af isn't here.

Oh cookie, sorry about crappy af turning up, although probably better to do it day of wedding than next morning so you can have a good old drinkie!! Would have been rubbish if you had stayed sober and hopeful and then she pitched up the next day. And I spent hours manically googling luteal phase defects as mine were generally 7-10 days. I think I tried b vitamin complex for the short luteal phase, continued Angus and tried inositol (but that was for pcos) and I did get preggers but might have been a coincidence. There is a thread for short luteal phases.

Jjspoon, my periods were shorted and lighter post pill too. Although after the 1st couple they went back to crazy painful and did get a little longer. It took us 6 months to get up the duff.

I had a bit of a freak out day yesterday. We had such a nice couple of days after the scan, enjoying telling people etc. and I felt really chilled out about everything. And then yesterday at work I had some pain in my pelvis (kind of in my cervix) and in my back while I was at work. And I totally freaked out again. I think it feels like it's now public knowledge and we keep getting excited texts from people... So now if something happened we would have to share that news with everyone too. Just a bit overwhelming I guess. And way I looked up some positive pregnancy affirmations last night and feel so much better. They sound a bit hippy but they helped so I'm going to read them every day. And the pain has gone now so I know I was worrying about nothing. There are some nice affirmations online about fertility and conception too if it's anyone's cup of tea. I was doing fertility meditation when I got pregnant because I was starting to stress myself out about the pcos/short luteal phase/8 week cycles. Definitely helped to chill me out.

Anyways, must go to work. Have a nice day ladies xx

Johno85 · 05/06/2016 07:30

Hi jj i think my withdrawal AF was only 2 days, and 7 months after coming off bc my normal AF is 3-4 days max and much lighter than before. Poor you with the migraines- I suffer really bad with them (but actually less
Post pillSmile) so know what a relief having less is.

Anyone had ff update itself after you've put in a certain amount of bbt? I was like no don't change my ov date!!!! Envy attached a chart for the boffins. Am now cycle day 26. And as you can tell, no idea how many dpo I am !

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!
Loulabelle1990 · 05/06/2016 09:33

Morning ladies!

So AF showed up this morning. Not impressed. Onwards and upwards to cycle 5! Can't complain really, although I am now onto cycle 5, last cycle was our first month properly "trying". Fx for this cycle! Going to start taking seven seas too.

How is everyone else? Sorry to hear of your pains sunny. Any twinge etc you get I get you immediately think something is wrong - must be so worrying and hard for you! It's so lovely everyone knows now Smile. I might look into those affirmations, they sound good. Everyone needs a bit of positivity in this game!

HighHopes16 · 05/06/2016 10:00

Sorry about AF Cookie & Lou Flowers
Who's next to poas? I'm struggling to keep track of everyone!
Sunny that must've have been really frightening, I wonder if there's ever a time in pregnancy when you feel 100% that everything's going to be ok- do you know what I mean?
I had my first sober night out last night- managed to fool my friends by acting tipsy and pretending to have vodka & mixers but I just had lemonade & lime or orange juice! Smile
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Loulabelle1990 · 06/06/2016 12:48

Afternoon ladies. I need some advice.

So I came on (so I thought) yesterday morning. I had a little bit of red blood and all day yesterday all I have had is brown blood (no red at all) and there's been hardly anything on my towel (sorry tmi) but even that has been brown and today it's practically stopped. Any ideas?? My boobs have stopped hurting and I have been getting cramps as normal!

Don't know what's going on!!

BoBo90 · 06/06/2016 13:24

Could be implantation? An you do another test Lou? X

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BoBo90 · 06/06/2016 13:25

That is supposed to say 'can you do another test' X

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