Anyone TTC and fresh off the pill

[Gizzy23]

Hi guys,

This is my first post on mumsnet. I have recently stopped taking the pill (microgynon) on 22/04/20 and i had my withdrawal bleed from 24/04 to the 27/04. I am now waiting for my 1st period which is due in just over a week. My and my OH have decided the time is right and want to TTC just wondering if there is anyone else in the same boat on here 🙂

Anyone else beginning a new cycle? I'm on CD 2 xx

@KatieG200394 Me 🙌 I'm on CD4. Af arrived on Sunday at 10dpo, on my anniversary, how kind 😐. This is my first natural period after stopping the pill and I forgot how much I dislike them lol! Extremely bad cramps and much heavier than the week break of the bill bleed. Hubby was a bit disappointed we didn't conceive, thought because I used an opk and knew when I ovulated that it was a done deal so this cycle I'm not telling him and just going to have sex every other day from CD8. How about you?

Is anyone else tracking BBT as well as using OPKs? I got my LH surge last Friday, but my temps have been going down the last few days which doesn't make any sense. Think it's possible i didn't ovulate and my body is still trying to regulate my cycles after coming off the pill :(

@mintgreenlife. I haven't tried simply for the fact I cannot sleep without a sleeping medication and wouldn't be able to wake myself at 5am to take a temp, seen so many on here talking about it though! I know I will have to come off the med during pregnancy which is causing a bit of anxiety but will cross that bridge later! Brilliant that you got your surge maybe you're ovulating late?

Thanks for replying ☺️ TBH I do wonder if charting BBT is a good option for me as I often get up to wee in the night a couple of times, get up to let the dog out and OH gets up earlier than me, so generally my sleep is distributed every few hours. I've also not been good at taking my temp at the same time as trying to figure out when is best given all of the above 🙈

Sorry to hear you're worried about having to come off your meds when expecting.

Hopefully you might be able to get a reccomendarion for an alternative.

I'm not sure really as my LH levels dropped straight back down again and I'm on CD 25 now with ovulation of CD20 so that was already quite late. I think I'll just assume I ovulated then, but will keep testing to be on the safe side xx

@Luxc90 message for you above xx

@MintGreenLife it's such a mindfield isn't it? The impatient woman's guide does rate temp tracking highly so if you can stick with it and see it won't do no harm I guess? Yeah just waiting for gp to return to normal so I can get an appointment to discuss as if I could start changing med now I would, they're still so awkward about appointments for non emergencies atm though!
I'm just holding onto the belief that our bodies are still taking time to get used to being off the pill and it will fall back to normal eventually 😊 after the weather the last few days though I have decided I would definitely like to avoid being heavily pregnant in heat 😂

I've just done an OPK and seem to be having another surge! Regretting stopping testing yesterday now 🙈 OH is out all day too and not back until late. Really hope he will be up for it later. Will do another test this afternoon to see if it keeps increasing as not as high as last time. Honestly what is going on I can't keep up 😂 Oh gosh I know! If we caught around now or in the next we months we would have timed it perfectly re heat. Hopefully you'll be able to get an appointment soon. I've had a telephone consultation since lockdown, not sure if that would help?

@Luxc90 oh that's cruel, AF is the worst! Itsbmy first proper AF too after coming off the pill, I forgot how bad they were before I went on the pill too, a lot heavier than the withdrawal bleed last month, and the cramps 😫 I also forgot how unpleasant they are, they feel worse than when I was on the pill that's for sure. Yeah, I don't think my fiance realised it wasn't a one and done deal either, I've explained it to him now though and we're hoping to do the same, every other day until the peak then that day, and the 2 days after, might be a bit much though 😂 we'll see I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and me that hopefully this is our month to get our BFP's xx

@MintGreenLife that's so frustrating I bet! I had a quick Google and came across this, this could be an explanation? Definitely try and get some sex in tonight to cover all bases!

Thanks so much for looking that up, I guess that must be what has happened! Hopefully OH won't be too tired later 😕 Thought I was 4DPO and may be right back to the start again 😂

@Luxc90

@KatieG200394 thank you lovely, fingers crossed for you and @MintGreenLife too! Ha my hubby seems well up for the everyother day sex, hopefully we can stick with it! Xx
@MintGreenLife that will make your TWW a bit longer now too I guess 😔 I found the first one difficult I was constantly symptom spotting, now know all the symptoms were AF 😂 will be glad to get back to work full time to keep my mind occupied for a good portion of the day!