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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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

Eugh... Currently making a peppermint tea at 3am after waking myself up with the first case of heartburn I've ever had in my life and my nipples screaming at me.

If I've guessed ovulation correctly then I'm a about 8dpo and I don't really want to test until a week today which will be CD27 and about 15dpo. Again though, that's assuming I guessed my ovulation day correctly - which is why I want to leave it so long.

But right now I feel like I want to pee on every stick I can because I just feel so yuck.

Ovia says that I'm in my fertile window so I decided to do an OPK to see what that thinks. This is my first time using one and literally no second line appeared? Has anyone ever had this? The control line was there quite lightly but no second line? I thought there was always some presence of lh in our systems? I think Ovia may be out as it is calculating me having a 28 day cycle while last month was a 36 so perhaps fertile window is next week? Still concerned about the OPK though?

Any advice ladies?

I think I read somewhere that doggy style is good for a backward facing cervix Jjspoon. Perhaps it may be time to unleash the animal within!😉

I know nothing about Ovia AnnaKate, but I would guess that it's calculating incorrectly if it hasn't inputted your cycle day right? Can you reset it?

Sorry you're feeling so yuck Sarah. Fx that in a weeks time you find there's an excellent reason for your before the dawn tea drinking.

That's interesting about the low position jj! I've been checking mine over this cycle, and found that mine moves a lot! Sorry if this is tmi, but one day it can be so high I can't palpate it, the next it's low like yours. It's quite fascinating really!

Sorry you're not feeling well sarah. I've seen some people on these boards get bfps at 10 dpo, but it might be better to wait?

I had to change my cycle length in Ovia Anna. I only got lines on my OPKs for a few days, with a positive on cd 15. How many days have you been testing?

I'm 13 dpo, tested and got a bfn. AF is due on weds, so I'll wait and see. Not getting too excited though! Fx for all testing soon

Thanks pesky and Mishy. I think I am going to wait. As I can't be 100% sure when I ovulated I don't want to chance doing it way to early. Only reason I'm doing it a week today rather than waiting for AF to show up is I'm off on holiday a week Tuesday so would ideally like to know before then if I can.

That said, even if it's a BFN I'll probably end up packing some hpgs along with a bunch of sanitary products just in case!

Darn autocorrect! Should say hpts!

Pesky i do love a girl who starts a Sunday by talking about doggy style lol.

Hey Anna- I don't know if I'm right or not but I always had the test strip come up fairly strong so maybe a faulty opk. What do the rest of you clever bunch think? I'm not a good fountain of knowledge with my opk track record

Sarah1984 hope you managed to get some sleep. Rubbish to be woken up and feel icky but they sound like good symptoms.

Hey jj. Welcome back to the dark side hehe. I like having our resident preggos. Gives the rest of us hope and reminds us that you were just like us stress heads not so long ago lol. How many weeks are you now?

Sarah1087 sounds like you should be well on your way to tiring out the other half with lots of dtd. Fertile cm for you!

I never knew I'd feel so comfortable talking about my cervix. We have purchased one of those little syringe things as a back up for the days in the fertile week when we're too shattered to dtd but know it's prime time. It came up with a picture of a speculum- my husband asked what it was. When I told him what they use it for during smear tests he was horrified lol.

So I am day 30 now. Cervix is high and medium and lots of creamy cm (sorry tmi). Temps are going up and up. Caved and poas but bearing in mind I have no idea how many dpo I am it's no surprising it was bfn. Although I don't think it even counts, literally like peeling in the dark. So bizarre how these apps say different things. Obsessed with using all three though but to be honest it's just making things more complicated!! I've attached three charts to see what you ladies think.

Hope you all have a good day. Anyone testing today? X

I like the look of those temps Johno! Maybe you're one of those people that only get bfps after a missed period? I think there can be quite a range in hcg production during the early stages of pg, so like you say, it's just too early for you. Fx! My bbt is still higher than it was before ov, but it's dropping slowly over the last few days. I've attached it so you can compare

Thanks mishy. So you got to 12dpo then AF got you! Still trying To figure out when I actually ov. X

Oops meant 14dpo

No AF yet, it's due on Wednesday. For some reason that chart puts AF 4 days earlier than it should be. I'm just playing the waiting game (fairly sure AF will turn up though!)

I'm now symptom spotting. Main one being feeling nauseous the past couple of days and today I've been sick a few times. But this happened last cycle and af arrived, so maybe it's an af is due symptom for me as well.

How is everyone ?

Yesterday I had loads and loads on EWCM I could stretch it between my fingers.
My boobs are killing so much.
Took hpt this afternoon and bfn
Not had a bleed since 31-07- 02-06 after stopping cerelle.

Could I have ovulated late ? Or could this be a sign of pregnancy xx

Cervix chat haha. Funny isn't it that you never even give these things a thought until you start ttc. I did think it's weird that mines so low I was wondering how dp doesn't feel it when you know dtd but it's never hurt or anything. Weird. I'm presuming mine should get higher now I've got BFP from what I've read.

johno I'm only 5+5 (I think) but it could be a few days further on, who's knows lol. It just feels like it's going so slowly, I'm far too impatient for this! 9 months is going to feel like forever.

I still have no symptoms at all so don't worry anyone who thinks they can't be pregnant because trust me, you might be and not have a clue! It doesn't feel real for me at all yet.

sarah1087 I'd say if it's defo ewcm then you've probably ovulated late, is it your first cycle off the pill? If it's creamy cm... then that's the only sign I had that things were not as they seemed as I got that every day after the ewcm stage (and still got it now) so could be a sign of BFP.

Can I class it as my first cycle even if I haven't had af ?
I'm so confused cos my boobs are killing I can't even walk with them hurting xx

No I don't think it counts... cycle 1 is counted as cd1 from first real af. It's so difficult to tell though, mother nature doesnt make it easy and the pill has a lot to answer for! Could go either way for you though, I hope it's good news soon!

Sarah1087 it is cycle 1. You get your first withdrawal bleed immediately after stopping the pill and then it's cycle 1. You are about to/just have ovulated so dtd and see if af turns up in next two weeks and then you will know where you are 🙂

Evening all.
Don't want to put a downer on this thread but can I be moved from the resident preggo's list & back to cycle 1 please?
Gutted but if at first you don't succeed, try & try again!

So sorry highhopes but you seem in good spirits, hope you have some support irl and good luck for the next time for you xx

Thank you :-)

At least it looks like my body is returning to normal if it is ovulation.

Will keep you posted and I wish you all the baby dust 💫💫 xx

Thanks for the advice on the OPK's ladies.

Mishy Yesterday was my very first day testing - Ovia said it was my FW so I thought I would see what the test said but I was very surprised it there was nothing there at all. I thought there was always going to be a light line throughout your cycle and then a strong line when ovulation occurs. It is good to know that I was wrong about that as I was worried that I had no LH at all! I think my Ovia is out by a week so won't bother wasting the tests this week and will try again next.

Once my cycles start being regular again I will update Ovia. I input 28 as that was what it was before and while I was on the pill but of course that is not the case now :)

Sarah my boobs hurt a lot the first cycle off the pill as well. No fun at all!

Thanks JJ I've spent the last week crying & bleeding but I'm back to work today so I have to put on a brave face.

Highhopes my lovely I'm so sorry take care of yourself and cry as much as you need! We are all here to support you if you need to vent xxx

Sorry to hear that highhopes. I hope you're okay. Try to maintain that positive attitude girlie! .

I am having to book myself a GP appointment as I get the most awful period pains and I dread it every month. Worried I've got something more sinister like endometriosis or something!

Hope everyone else is well. I am looking forward to my cold turkey cycle! Do you think doing it around 4 times a week is enough? xx

high hopes I'm so sorry to hear this, be good to yourself. I hope your first day back at work today goes ok, will be thinking of you. We are always stronger than we think we are