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

Hi Shan, glad it appears that you've managed to catch ov! Now the dreaded tww looms... Def get some tests stockpiled this time Mrs

Sunny, sorry to hear you're feeling crap doll! Hormones will be playing a big part on how you're feeling and you'll be all over the place! Hope DH is looking after you well & it won't be long until that 12 week scan, everything will be fine!

Chapman, how did your midwife appointment go? Eagerly awaiting your post!

Bobo, any sign of ov yet hun? Hope those lines are getting darker!! Xx

I can feel AF starting to rear her ugly head! I well looks like I am out this month! On the plus side, it seems my cycles are getting shorter.

If I was pregnant I think I'd be doing tests daily. Must be so hard the first trimester, I'd be the same as you sunny! I bet everything you do you hope it's not causing harm! Hope you're okay xx

cookie - still faint atm 😞 It normally stats faint and the. Suddenly goes almost as dark as control so I'm hoping it will do that tomorrow! If not I guess my body is just being annoying and producing lh earlier for some reason!
What dpo are you on now? Can't be much longer to wait 😄

Lou - Sorry about af signs

Aw I hope it come soon for you Bobo and we both get our BFPs this cycle! A wee January baby! I'm 5dpo so still quite early on. Getting POAS withdrawal symptoms as I haven't had to do an OPK for nearly a week and not at the stage yet for doing a preg test lol. Once I hit 7dpo the ICs will come out and plan on doing a FRER at 10dpo. Really don't feel any different so I don't think it's worked this month

Sorry to hear about AF symptoms Loula. Though bfp symptoms can be similar to AF so you aren't out until the witchyface arrives!!

Enjoying my first Saturday night in in a while! Wee glass of wine, BGT, takeaway- love it! Xx

I have everything. Tossed for you this cycle cookie! Chapman didn't feel any different when he got her bfp! Isn't that right chappers my love? 😉 So it could be a good sign! 😄 Xxx

Bobo I proper cackled at your mistaken "tossed everything for you" comment. if we were all doing that then there would be a clear reason we're always in the tww!!!!!

Haha Bobo I just love you woman!! Haha!! drinking wine and here come the love yous xx

Witchyface is deffo here ladies! Onwards and upwards!

Sounds like a great Saturday cookie! I've had a lovely Saturday with family, watching up on some BGT now!

Lol Bobo I do love your typo!! So funny . Looks like a drunk post lol xx

Haha whoops! 😄 I have everything crossed! No tossing involved honest 😉

And didn't mean to say he either! chapman is obviously a girl! Last time I checked men couldn't be pregnant and if men do start having babies before me I will not be pleased!!

Must not type when half asleep and forget to proof read! Very bad bobo!

Love you to Cookie darling 😘 Xxx

You do make me laugh BoBabes! Let's toss everything for us all! What would I do without you ladies!!

Aw Lou, so sorry to hear of AF. At least you aren't in limbo, but I know it's an awful feeling. Onwards & upwards to a new cycle.

Tossing love to you all xxx

And all you other lovely girls too of course 😍 Ttc would be hell without you! X

I second you both bobo & cookie! xxx

Sorry about af loula. You are right... Onwards to the next cycle!

I'm tossing everything for you too cookie! I think that needs to be our new saying! X

Bit off track but saw this on a ttc forum and thought it might be useful ESP when preggers.

Interesting iPhone tip I never knew:

The iPhone has a health app where you can input medical info such as allergies, blood type and emergency contact numbers.

It can be accessed by both you and medical professionals in an emergency without having to open your phone or use the pin.

Update this info and then lock your phone. Slide across the home screen and you will see the "emergency" option. Select this, and then *medical ID.

Hope it's useful for someone 🤕🤒

Morning all

So today is cd35. My longest cycle so far has been 47 days. According to ff I'm 14dpo (if ov date is correct)

I have had really low cramps/tugging all week, pretty much throughout the day and on waking. Sore boobs but not in the sense to the touch, could squeeze them all day and nowt. But I keep getting these random sharp shooting pains through them (not normal for me)- anyone else had this?

My temp is still raised and looking "triphasic" apparently!

Ff suggests not testing until 18dpo if you have irregular cycles!

What's the longest luteal length anyone on here has?

Off to a "cider and cheese" festival today (gotta love Somerset) and as much as I wanna drink and be merry I wonder whether I should do a test beforehand?!

I'm at the irrational stage where I keep thinking "we did everything right so it must be this month....right?!" Lol

Tossing everything is officially our new thing! We will have to put it in the next thread title and confuse the hell out of people haha!

Johno I did not know that about te iPhone! I will investigate in a sec :)
I think 14 days lp is average. Mine is never longer than 12. If you agree with the ov dates (if you had other indicators) then you can test this morning!! 😄

Ooo johno do show us a screen grab of your temp chart. I love a chart. I would definitely test at 14dpo... But I am impatient. I got a positive at 10dpo but it obviously does differ from person to person and depends on how certain you are about your ov date. Did you do opks as well as temp? Any other ov signs at same time? My boobs were really sore at the beginning of the pregnancy, as in don't touch them, don't roll over in bed etc.. But that was a bit later than when I got my bfp. Now they just feel heavy and a bit tender at edges but I do get the odd shooting pain through them too. Good luck. Test test test!

I did it and tested with first response and bfn! Booooo! Funnily enough I don't feel that sad atm, probably something to do with cider and cheese festival I did feel pretty nervous and sure that it was going to be BFP. I had all the ov signs and temp and opk. Although I hit about 20 days flashing smiley on clear blue digital so think it can't be trusted!

Pic of chart so far for your enjoyment lol.

I guess I just wait another week and see if AF shows or test again.

Oh johno, sorry it was negative, I feel bad for egging you on. But your chart does look really positive!! Is this the first month charting? Sometimes it takes a couple of months to work out what your pre ov temps are like. Fingers crossed it's just too early but keep temping and an eye on your chart. Enjoy the cheese and cider today!! Xx

Hi girls!
I'm so sorry I haven't been on for a while. I've been feeling really down and anxious since getting my BFP! The excitement only lasted a couple of days until I got this chemical thing in my head had a meltdown and kept poas 😂 I'm now 6+2 have seen the midwife and all is well! My boobs are still very sore, I'm so tired to the point I had 14 hours last night and have been asleep again today for 2. I've also gone off food totally I had to force a cheese toastie down me but no sickness or nausea!
Midwife was lovely she's booked me in for 11th may for me to choose my hospital and arrange my scan which I think will be second week in June!

Bobo you are right I didn't feel any different when I got my BFP apart from that constipation for 4 days that was about it! So I would encourage everyone not to symptom spot!

How is everyone? Sorry I've been absent feel like a dick head. Love to u all xxxxx

Chapman - No need to apologise 😊 You have to do what is best for you and mini chapman. If that means taking a step back from mumsnet for a bit then you do that 😄

Still no change on my opks but i did have a tiny bit of Ewcm when I wiped earlier!! First time seeing it since stopping the pill so I'm super happy 😄 I even did a little happy dance in the bathroom like a nutter haha!

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend X

Haha bobo, I have totally done ewcm and positive opk happy dances! I can imagine women up and down the country secretly celebrating in their bathrooms over what they find in their pants! Entertaining thought!

Chapman... I am totally with you on the anxiety/panic/worry/crazy front! I think it would do me good to step away but I'm addicted. I went through about a week of manically googling miscarriage rates by day of pregnancy, I still knicker check to see if there's blood (lots of creamy cm makes it feel like I'm coming on all the time), prodding my boobs like a mad woman etc. my new thing is trying to listen to a heart beat and obviously not finding one cos it's too early... But then that panics me too. It my rational moments I know that nothing I do or don't do will have an impact and I just need to be patient and hope all is well. Sorry you are feeling the anxiety too. Hand hold through the first trimester together? You are welcome to private message of you want to chat without freaking these lovely ladies out about what's to come! Haha xx

Bobo / thankyou babe that's very kind of you! I'm still lurking but I find if I look and see stuff that worries me I get upset and then start googling my symptoms haha! Aw that's fab what cycle day are you on? I know I didn't ovulate on the cycle I got my BFP til cd18 so quite late! We're off to the metro centre tomorrow to get the last bits for our holiday are you doing much lovely? Xx

Sunny - I am so glad someone else is sharing my experience I literally feel like I've got bipolar. One minute I'm over the moon and looking forward to everything the next I'm crying thinking I only have sore boobs and tiredness why aren't I being sick and have nausea is there something wrong.
It's so stressful an worrying sometimes I just wish I can flash forward to my scan! I will defo hold your hand through the first trimester babe! I'm just glad I can speak to you lot about it because I do speak to DH but he gets upset cause I'm upset haha! I knicker check all the time cause I have bad wind (Fart constantly) and always think when I do that maybe it's blood etc! Roll on 6 weeks time! 😢 xxxx

Erm quick question. Has anyone found out a way using the app to view the messages you are replying to? Finding it tricky to cover everything as can't remember what ppl wrote

Johno, I just use the website on my phone instead of the app so I can still go back through the posts while I'm writing. You can't go back a page tho or its gone!

I was sick again this morning, and felt really sick last night, couldn't force my dinner down. Poor baby, all I can eat is fruit salad, crisps and sweets and plain beige carby food like noodles and oven food like waffles. Everything else makes my stomach turn over. Why is it I can face eating the stuff that's bad for me! Got to do the food shop today otherwise dh might starve and I can't face it! In a weird way I like feeling sick tho, I find it reassuring. X