Post Pill TTC Party

[TheDaydreamBelievers]

Come one, come all ! A thread for those TTC after coming off hormonal contraceptive pills.

Discussions typically include:

• Baffling temp charts
• Absent or oddly timed EWCM
• Whacky cycle lengths
• AF gone AWOL (current high score is 141 days post pill)

@MintGreenLife really tricky! I cant use tampons. I find it quite painful a lot of the time. We use a lot of lube which helps. I can usually focus and help myself relax which helps. The main thing is to rule anything nasty out. The only positive is the more sex I have the less painful it gets, so trying for a baby should actually help! But yeah, not ideal at all...

@MrsT12 that's disappointing. How long have you been off the pill now for?

@AMS19 that must be really hard. Do you know if there's anything that can be done about it? X

@MintGreenLife I finished it at the end of July. Ovulated on cd16 in August and so far going to skip September entirely 😩 xx

@MintGreenLife unfortunately I don't think so. I can use dialators and get CBT support to help. But no quick fix. But the main thing is there is nothing nasty lurking. Smear tests have been fine but good to get an expert opinion just to be sure! Pain i can live with, as long as I'm healthy that is the main thing. Maybe having a baby might even help psychologically. I mean, if I can squeeze a 7/8lb baby out i really should be able to hack a tampon!

Massive congratulations @MrsBtobe2020! Amazing news. Take care of yourself 😘

@MrsT12 I came of in April and can only confidently say I've ovulated once since, and that wasn't until CD40, think for some of us it can take time to get back on track, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. I'm having bloods taken tomorrow to investigate what's going on

@AMS19 that's good there's a few things you can do to help things along, sounds like you're really positive about it which is brilliant ☺️

@MintGreenLife I feel last cycle made me feel positive that it was going to return quickly and it was a trick lol. I was on the mini pill this time so no experience of coming off this one. I know I need to be patient. Oh no, that's really frustrating for you. I hope you get some answers soon xx

@MrsT12 I was the same my first cycle off, as although I didn't use OPKs or chart BBT it was only 30 days so it lulled me into false pretences. I was chuffed thinking that was me back on track, but six months later and I've seen no improvements since my cycles started going haywire 😒 It's super frustrating but just have to have faith it'll sort itself out. What are you doing re supplements etc

@MintGreenLife ah it may be common for 1st cycle off to be like that. Yes definitely agree. I'm taking 7 seas trying for a baby, I've used these before, ttc #3 xx

Thanks @MintGreenLife

Do you think it would be worth back tracking everything onto FF and trying to get used to it as that seems to be the one most people use/more informative?

@MrsT12 I think I possibly did ovulate first cycle, but not until around CD25 and then had a very short luteal phase, but hard to say really. Fingers crossed you get back on track soon x

@MintGreenLife thank you. Hope you make a progress too xx

@MrsBtobe2020 congratulations!!! Hope to see you on some other threads

Wishing everyone all the best. @MintGreenLife that's so frustrating they wont scan you either wyt!

@CharWils it might help make things clearer ☺️ Probably wouldn't take more than 10 mins to add this cycle's temps to FF either. Maybe give it a go and see if it helps you figure things out x

@TheDaydreamBelievers will have to hope my bloods offer some kind of explanation as to what's going on. When you had your bloods done how did you ask for the specific results? Did you just ask to have it emailed to you? I know with you they said 'normal' and then looking into it further you found prolactin to be a bit high, if I'm not mistaken? How are you getting on?! X

@MintGreenLife I made them go through the values with me on the phone and wrote them all down with units too! Then googled myself. Prolactin was 'normal' ... but not normal since I wasnt pregnant then! Was in pregnancy range at that time.

Okay thank you, largely symptomless just tired, burpy and anxious. Weird that literally no investigations happen for 8 WEEKS (wk12)

@TheDaydreamBelievers just saw that you had high prolactin levels. Did they find out the reason why? When I was 17 I was diagnosed with a prolactinoma (tumour on pituitary gland) causing high levels of prolactin in my blood. My boobs were producing milk which wasn't great 🤦

@Trying4one - nope. They never investigated it and explained it as post pill problems. That value was from CD 90 of cycle 1, I then had a period CD 141 and ovulated CD 33 of cycle 2 and got pregnant.

Interestingly I also have a pituitary atypicality but that may not have been anything to do with it as was not thought to change function when it was discovered (approx 2011). Was your prolactinoma treated? I know these can impact on fertility

@TheDaydreamBelievers I am on medication and have been since 17. I am monitored on a yearly basis at the moment but if I get pregnant then I have to come off medication and I will be monitored as I will be deemed a high risk pregnancy 🤦
The consultant has said that whilst in the medication I should have as much chance as everyone else (whatever that means). Only time will tell. But the lucky thing is the medication I am on is also used a fertility drug (in higher doses) so it may help.

Thanks @TheDaydreamBelievers I'll find out what they are testing when I go for the bloods today, and then will ask for the specific levels of everything when the results come back.

@Glad you're feeling OK :) ohh it probably feels like ages away to you now, but four weeks isn't too long to wait, exciting! x

@MintGreenLife haha it's terrible isn't it! I felt like a right pepperoni pizza face at times. Barely got anything this cycle though and AF is due tomorrow so I'm hoping that was it and it'll stay away from now! Sorry to hear about your scan, that does sound annoying :(

@Juno231 glad to hear yours is clearing up now :) slightly annoying but I do get where they are coming from. Got to go to the GP shortly for my bloods, so hopefully that'll give me some answers, or if all comes back normally maybe peace of mind that things will sort themselves out with a bit more time! x

Hey girls! Just catching up with everyone! @MrsBtobe2020 WOW congratulations! So so excited for you!! @TheDaydreamBelievers
@MintGreenLife good luck for your appt today! I have mine tomorrow so would love to hear how you get on! What Qs do you think you’ll ask?

Re: the water chat, I drink 3-4 litres a day too so I pee ALL THE TIME and doing OPKs is a flippin nightmare! I always pee in the night so not sure if it throws my BBT off but hey, not a lot I can do. I also get headaches if I don’t drink water for a while!

I’m currently on CD18 of my 2nd cycle after coming off Rigevidon May 24th after about 14 years. First cycle was 108 days…never had a peak OPK. Femometer says I ovulated on the 29th August but who knows, I’m not convinced I did. Plan for this cycle is just do OPKs every day even though it’s costing me a fortune haha. Attaching a pic of some of last month's chart (not all as Femometer won't show more than 90 days annoyingly) and this months, plus last cycle's OPKs in case anyone is interested 😊 Femometer is saying I’m going to ovulate on the 16th October. Not sure where it gets this data from? Anyone able to shed any light!? Seems a bit random to me? How does it know it won’t be now, like at a normal time? Not that anything is giving that impression haha, no high OPKs and no EWCM as yet. Sending everyone love, we’ll get there ladies!