Anyone else fresh off the pill!?

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Hi ladies!
As my DH and i habe decided to TTC I took the last pill in my packet on 17th December and had my breakthrough bleed start on the 22nd and end on the 26th. Now the wait begins to see whether my cycle snaps back to normal and of course whether I concieve! I had been on microgynon for circa 3 years.

Is anyone else in a similar position and entering 2019 pill free!? I thought this would be a good place to track and share our experiences as they happen!

S x

@Abi58 aw I'm really sorry to hear about your miscarriage. Sending lots of luck to u for this month 🌈

Congratulations @cjdb3 does it seem real yet?

@DaniX91 when I first stopped my pill my first cycle was 28 days I though wow this is great my cycles are gonna be back to normal! Nope! Next 3 were 39, 34 & 31 days - last 2 have been 30 so I think that’s my new norm. Could be that your cycles haven’t settled yet and you could be having a longer one. Keep using your tests until you get a smiley.

@DaniX91. Also you are meant to us OPKs between 2pm-8pm for best results as your surge usually happens in the afternoon, try testing later in the day

@whatsthecraic91 thanks for the advice😊. Oh no really?! I only do it on a morning cos that's what the instructions for the clear blue digital say, use your first urine after your longest sleep.
I only have one left and I'm not paying £30 for more so will just use the one step ones after tomorrow and keep dtd every night.
🤞🏼 that works!

@DaniX91 I’m using the step ones too this is my first month of them and so far all negatives - we are DTD every other at the minute - fair play if you are every night I hardly have the energy baby dust to us all

@whatsthecraic91 which other ones have u used? Or is this your first month of testing for ovulation?
Ttc and investing in Love Island at the same time is just all a bit too much 😂

@DaniX91 this is my first month testing! I know loving LI

@whatsthecraic91 yes exactly! The no barriers things is nice literally anything goes by it's ok because we are all in the same boat! I've found everyone so lovely and helpful!

Our parents and siblings know but I don't want anyone knowing where I am in my cycle. Especially after the chemical I don't want the oh have you tested yet , what's wrong etc etc,

I'm sure you are you might just get the surge closer! Or might ov late this month?

🤞🏻 you get a positive one soon!

Hi @DaniX91 😁
Fitbit can predict ov??
Are you also using cheap opks? The cb are quite good so see how it goes tomorrow?
And aw thank you 🤞🏻 for all of us 💕

@Abi58 yea I've got the one step ones and I used one last night but it was negative.
I'll use the cb in the morning, as long as I don't get up for the toilet during the night. Probably TMI but it's so tricky having to go to sleep after ddt without going to the toilet then trying to hold your wee ready for the opk the next morning!
Yea Fitbit has a period tracker look..

@DaniX91
I've found the one step one really good so if that's negative as well you must not have had your surge yet 😊

Haha no such thing of tmi on here 😁

Oh wow didn't know that! Making me want one even more now 😂

I was on the pill for 15 years. Came off it to try to conceive, no feelings of ovulation first 4 months even though LH levels were detected.... then 5th month pregnant with non identical twins :)

Can I join! I don’t really know how to start with all this but I came off my pill at the start of May. I had a period on the 1st of June and now just waiting to see how normal the will be after 11 years on the pill. Good luck to you all

@Laurenk474 wow congratulations!!! How far along are you?? Just goes to show everyone reacts differently!

@JaggyJumper welcome😁 are you tracking anything? I found opks and temping really helpful when I came off so I could know what my body was doing 🤞🏻 for you

@Abi58 hi I got OPKs from eBay but I’m not quite sure I’m doing them right I’ve not had a positive one yet but at the same time my body will be all over the place from just coming off the pill so I’m hoping to have a period again soon so I can track properly.

@JaggyJumper I just do one after work (when I've not weed for at least an hour) every day from cd 8 then when the line starts to get darker I do one 2nd wee of the day (my first never shows lh) and then when I get home from work. When it's super close I also test about 9pm (because i like knowing what's happening I can't help myself)

🤞🏻 for you

Hope you get af/bfp soon so you can either enjoy or start your next cycle!

Thanks that’s helped so much. I’ve been doing it in the morning and nothings ever shown up but I had a few tingling feelings which I thought might be related. I’ll now start checking later on in the day. We have been DTD anyway so hopefully may have caught it.

Fingers crossed for you too!

I'm 28 weeks with 2 boys :) no twins at all only family, think it's defo been the pill that has caused it. If I ever want any more twins I'm going to come on & off the pill to mess up my cycle so my body just fires out loads of eggs lol x

@JaggyJumper That sounds good :) 🤞🏻 for you 😁

@Laurenk474 wow congratulations!! Funnily enough loads of people think I'll have twins 🤞🏻😂😁

Thank you @niffler2019! It's such a weird feeling...!

@Abi58 Thank you! I'm really happy, but no, it doesn't seem real at all, as I really didn't think it would happen! Wishing you so much luck this month xx

@DaniX91 Thank you! It definitely doesn't! I feel very lucky x

So it's cd17 and I'm not even getting a faint line on opk 😔 it's literally bright white. Starting to panic that I'm not going to ovulate this month, also don't know how much longer we can DTD every night. Shattered!

@DaniX91 it was very common for me to ovulate on day 20 and sometimes day 24 so keep testing x