Anyone TTC after stopping the pill?

[Nazz10]

Hi,
I’m a newbie to mumsnet and a newbie to TTC.
My partner and I are TTC after deciding to postpone our wedding to end of summer 2021 (was originally May this year) due to covid. Our plan was to TTC after marriage but we’re so impatient and thought we would give it a go now.
I have been on the pill since I was 16 (I am now 27). Switched to implant in October 2017 then got it removed in January this year to go back onto the pill. Anyway, I stopped taking the pill on 13th May. However... I had gone straight onto the next pill pack to avoid the withdrawal bleed 7 days prior to this so hadn’t had a bleed for 5 weeks. Had a withdrawal bleed 16th-19th May. I have been checking CM, no EWCM that I’ve noticed yet. Have also been using ovulation test strips daily and all been negative so far.
I’m using the Clue app (always have done since switching to implant to track periods) and it’s saying that I’m currently in my fertility window with today being my most fertile day yet no signs or positive ovulation test. Could the extra 7 days of pill-taking messed up my cycle more than it would have done coming off the pill?

Anyone else TTC after stopping the pill? Or have conceived? What are your experiences? Any tips?

@Freckle1 I used day 1 of my breakthrough bleed as cd1 when it happened. But as you say v difficult to know when/if anything is happening until you have a proper period. I did use opks straight away after coming off the pill and got an lh surge pretty soonish but wasn't charting bbt so no idea if I actually ovulated in the first couple months...

Hi @Freckle1, exciting that you've decided to stop taking the pill to TTC! How long have you been on it? I personally wouldn't put your first pill-free day as cd 1. I think it might create some confusing predictions and may just lead to disappointment for you.
I'm sure I read on another thread somewhere about AF after stopping the pill with no breakthrough bleed. I'll see if I can find it for you.

I'm not getting excited yet. I'm still in doubt but thank you 😊 x

@SVC11 ah that makes sense, thanks for letting me know. I wish I could do that but I didn't have a breakthrough bleed. :(

@Nazz10 It is exciting! I was on the mini pill for two months, before that the combination pill for 5 years, before that the implant, before that the combination pill. I've basically been on something ever since I was 18 and I'm now 34 haha. It feels weird not having to take something every morning anymore.

That's good to know that you wouldn't recommend that, maybe I should just stop trying to track until AF arrives...

Hopefully if you test again in a few days it will be a BFP! :) Wishing you baby dust. x

@Nazz10 eeeek congrats! Keep us posted, when are you going to test again? I finally ovulated on CD36 and am now 8DPO! Feel thrilled to have just made it this far to be honest.

Hi @Freckle1 great you decide to come off the pill ☺️ That's frustrating you haven't had your withdrawal bleed, did you used to her bleeds on your type of pill?

As temping as it can be to start inputting data into your apps, I second what the others have said. I think were you to add in that you've had AF you might just end up feeling frustrated when the app is predicting ovulation day and AF etc and you're in a completely different situation. Plus I think without having a full cycle yet the predictions wouldn't be helpful in any way. When I came off the pill I did use an app to try and predict AF, and after inputting my my withdrawal bleed it was just by chance that AF came on the predicted day, since then it's been way off, so it's not all that helpful to be honest. Hope you get your withdrawal bleed soon xx

@Freckle1 I know it's probably really frustrating waiting around for the unknown but I think it's better for you to wait until AF come and to only put facts into your app so that everything is as accurate as it can be. Unfortunately the pill does all kinds of evil things to people's bodies when we stop taking it. I don't think I'll ever go back on it again that's for sure. Thank you, I'll keep you posted 😬

@MintGreenLife thank you. I'm going to test again tomorrow just to see if there is still a faint line there or if these tests are duds. What are the chances that both of them I took today are duds? 🤔
Oh that's amazing!! So thrilled for you, even if it did happen late. At least it's happened now 😃 when are you going to test?

@Nazz10 highly unlikely they are both false positives!! I expect you'll have another BFP tomorrow ☺️

I'm contemplating testing tomorrow as my brother and his new girlfriend are coming to stay with us for the weekend and I want to know if it's Ok to have a couple of glasses of wine or not, but then I think testing isn't going to give me any answers as if it's negative I'll still feel like it was too early to test and then will still be worried about drinking 🤦🏻‍♀️ Lots of people have said it's Ok to have a couple of drinks in the TWW, but just don't want to do anything wrong 😕 Xx

@MintGreenLife I'm hoping so!

Yeah I know what you mean but if you get a BFN then technically there is no baby to harm (yet). I think as long as you don't over do it you should be fine to have a few glasses of wine. Let us know how it goes!

@MintGreenLife It is exciting! I didn't have any periods on the two months that I was on the mini pill, I did before that on the combination pill.

Do you think my next bleed will be a withdrawal bleed though or a real period? I find this a bit confusing because it seems like I've just skipped the withdrawal bleed. Surely you can't have a withdrawal bleed a month later? Not sure though, it's so confusing.

@mintgreenlife @Nazz10 I think you're both right! I need to be more patient and wait a bit longer before trying to track :)

Hope you don't mind me joining in. I came off mini pill after 2.5 years on 28th June. Finally got first bleed on the 24th July. Not sure if it's AF or not but she is on our way out so I guess this is technically the start of cycle one. I'm 35 and trying for our first, I've got some OPKs so I can work out if I'm ovulating or not.

@Cornertakenquickly I’ve just come off the mini pill too, if you’re not sure if it’s AF or not you’ve just had does that mean you didn’t have a breakthrough bleed at first? I’m curious as I came off on the 12th of July and no breakthrough bleed x

Your cycle will be all over the place for a while after stopping the pill. If you are ttc don't bother with the ovulation tests, just have sex every 2 or 3 days.

@Freckle1 no I didn't. I've had it for 5 days which is what AF was like before going on the pill 2.5 years ago. That's why I don't know. Lol.

@Freckle1 I'm really not sure, so sorry. What does Google say about it? When I can't find any answer online or in recent threads I google what I'm looking for and then add 'mumsnet' at the end and see if I can find answers in old threads. You can end up down a rabbit hole though 😂 Xx

@MintGreenLife oh no worries! I couldn’t find the answer on google either! X

@Cornertakenquickly oh ok that’s good to know, maybe the same will happen with me! Good luck with your first cycle! X

This morning's test with a 3rd different brand

Yay @Nazz10 that's another line... Looking hopeful... Xx

Hi I’ve been reading all of your posts I came off the pill around 22nd June. I have a period/ bleed two weeks ago and did the fatal enter to the app which shows I should be ovulating. I started lh testing was gradually increasing for a few days and now has gone, but my bbt has gradually increased and sore breast, no idea what’s going on and think I need to give it time to settle maybe.. guess I just cling on to a glimmer of hope in these coincidences

@Nazz10 was just catching up with this thread... looks like we'll be due around the same time, I got my BFP last weekend!! Congrats 🥳 xx

Anyone that has used the clear blue digi weeks test...
When did you use it? I very stupidly used it on the day I got my first faint line test and it said not pregnant but now that my lines are getting darker I'm wondering whether it would pick up my hug levels. I don't want to waste it as they're expensive

*hcg not hug 😂

Oh my god sorry.. wrong thread 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

@mummy2myJJ awww congratulations!!! That's amazing news!! 🥰😍

Morning ladies, how are you all getting on?

I think I got a very faint line on an ic this morning... Anyone else see it? Argh... Got all AF symptoms and due on tomorrow as I have a short lp I'm not holding out too much hope that this will stick if it is a line... I'm 9dpo right now... Eeeek (trying to not get excited) x

@SVC11 oh my god how exciting!! That's what mine looked like!! Eeek 😃 that should definitely get darker in the next couple of days! When are you going to test again?