Post Pill TTC Party

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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)

Thanks @MrsBtobe2020 ☺️ How are you getting on?! Xx

@MintGreenLife frustrating we have both gone back down to lower levels and no longer showing peak... but hopefully it means we have or its imminent! Enjoy DTD and hopefully we will have more telling pointers tomorrow! X

@CharWils going back down isn't a bad thing as should mean ovulation is imminent like you say ☺️ I was just hoping for a stronger peak. Praying I see a temp rise in the next day or two x

@Flowerkm hope you've had a lovely break ☺️ Thanks, I mean that's the darkest OPK I've had in months, so here's hoping it means something is happening 🤞🏼 Sounds like a good plan! I'm really not sure I could convince my DH to DTD every day five days in a row 😂 I probably could if I really put my mind to it. This is going to make no sense if you haven't watched Gavin and Stacey, but am now thinking of Nessa saying 'I didn't have my bag, my tools, my cloak' 😂 Anywho, what I'm getting at is I'm sure if I got out some nice underwear he might be swayed, but think he would be pretty unimpressed with me by the time we got to day five 😆 Xx

@MintGreenLife that Gavin and Stacey quote cracked me up whilst I'm casually sat on the Thames Clipper. Thank god for the mask!

@AMS19 😂😂 maybe we could all take a leaf out of Nessa's book 😆

@MintGreenLife Break was lovely thank you, so nice to switch off for a dew days.
Ohhh I LOVE Gavin and Stacey 😂 I mean, Nessa is brilliant!

Yeah 5 days is pushing it i think, I don't want to start of great then lose steam towards the most important day, so see how it goes and maybe try 3 out of the 5 Id be happy with :)

Fingers crossed for you ☺️ xx

@Flowerkm thank you so much for pointing me in the direction of this thread! Had a quick glance through but will have a proper read as it’s so helpful to be able to relate and compare to people going through the same thing.

Posted in another thread but I’m 26 and came off the pill in July, I had a 4 day withdrawal 4 days after coming off and then a 28 day cycle with another 4 day period. Currently on day 35 of the next cycle and still no sign of AF and I really don’t feel like it’s on the way as I’ve not no symptoms. Been feeling really down and disheartened not knowing what’s going on so finding this has made me feel heaps better.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences!

@Flowerkm three out of the five sounds like a good plan. The difference is so minimal from every other day compared to every other day, I think going for it every other day increases your chances by something like 3%. But then also if you're up for it and enjoying it then why not ever day!

@wishfulthinking93 welcome ☺️ Hope you will find this thread useful. According to a couple of books I've read, a short luteal phase the first cycle, and sometimes second cycle after coming off the pill is common, as the egg goes through a three month maturing process, so when you first come off your eggs aren't quite mature enough to create enough progesterone to support the luteal phase, so quite possible that's why your first cycle seemed a normal length, as you may have not had a proper luteal phase. Sure your cycles will get back on track soon ☺️ X

Thanks everyone! Hopefully my strong line is good :D I was honestly just happy to see a darker line for once. I can’t remember who posted it, but I think it’s funny how some of our partners have no idea what we’re doing in the background. My husband doesn’t have a clue how often I’m checking all this, and that I update 3 apps at the end of every day with all my ‘symptoms’! I think we are good at communicating, but I’ve just decided to not involve him too much at this point in some of this as I think it’s best that way.

Welcome @wishfulthinking93 ! I would try not to worry too much at this point (easier said than done). I was the same as you, and now I try not to think about it too much. I’ve had a 34, 45, 39, 34 and a 40 day cycle since I stopped at the end of February. Currently on day 31 at the moment and trying not to think of the length of days too much as I think stressing isn’t helping! Just know that you aren’t alone :)

@wishfulthinking93 Ah lovely to see you here! I thought you'd story would fit right in, grab a cuppa and catch up 

@MintGreenLife So true! I think for the sake of 3% and making my OH feel used, Ill stick with the every other day 😂

@PumpkinEverything Love it! Im exactly the same and going along this idea this cycle as well

@MintGreenLife that’s interesting about eggs take 3 months to mature.. I haven’t really read into any of it, just because once I start I don’t stop.

@PumpkinEverything I don’t really tell my OH what’s going on in the background to be honest, I think all the tracking and apps would send him into panic mode! He cleaned out the bathroom draws the other day and asked why I had so many ovulation tests 🤣 I was just like errrrmmm special offer? 😂

@Sarahp2308 haha! I don’t think my husband would even know what they were tbh. He knows I’ve bought them but doesn’t know what they look like as far as I know. I think if he walked in while it was sitting out waiting to dry he would think I was pregnant because there’s always two lines

@Sarahp2308 that's why ideally you should be taking folic acid three months before TTC, or with something like ubiquinol (which I'm taking) why it takes three months to impact egg quality. Saying that don't want to worry anyone about the folic acid thing as I definitely wasn't taking it that far in advance, not that that matters now I'm 5 months in 😂

@PumpkinEverything I'm with you on not sharing everything with DH! I think it would just stress him out 😂

@Sarahp2308 😂😂 mine done the same, he opened my drawer and was like why so many? He did ask some questions and then gave me a look that he was lost..so that was that....

@PumpkinEverything I don’t think he would of taken much notice if there was just one pack!

@MintGreenLife ahhh, that’s interesting! I’m not going to lie I haven’t been taking folic acid for long, I’ve just been using boots own with vitamin D. I wasn’t really taking is seriously to begin with.

@Flowerkm I got exactly the same then that vacant look when they clearly have no idea what you’re talking about 😂

Has anyone experienced really bad bloating? Having withdrawal bleeds on the pill never gave me any side effects and my AF last month was fine. However I’m a week late atm and so so so bloated it’s crazy I could probably pass as a few months pregnant and it’s noticeable in some of my clothes. Potential a sign AF is on the way?

@wishfulthinking93 I personally haven't, but I think a few others here may have had similar symptoms x

@MintGreenLife thanks for asking! I've been ok so far, definitely been having the weirdest dreams and I'm quite bloated and the dreaded constipated already (sorry tmi!) I saw all your posts about ibs. I had ibs from a teenager all the way til mid 20s, what really got rid of mine was having a good daily routine but I had ibs-c so I just took a gentle laxative daily. Mine didn't get worse or better on the pill but its quite interesting that there could be a link.
Continuing with the gavin and Stacey thing.. OH said 'my balls work'!!

Ha @MrsBtobe2020 brilliant!! So glad all is going well for you ❤

@MrsBtobe2020 - my husband said a similar thing! " well done swimmers"! Prior to our lucky month he did a lot of joking about how many years hes worn skinny jeans and used his laptop with it sitting on his crotch

@wishfulthinking93 I never got any symptoms while on the pill as well as I guess it was all 'fake' hormones but i definitely get bloated now. Around ovulation i feel swollen on my lower tummy then before AF i get soooo bloated and gassy (sorry) honestly look pregnant and then when AF its gone down but then it comes back with cramps...can't win tbh lol

@MrsBtobe2020 'my balls work' 😂😂 brilliant! Got to love Gavin and Stacey. Glad to hear you're doing well ☺️

Morning everyone else, so I need some clarification on when to expect a temp rise after a positive OPK. I'm not sure why as I know it can be 24-36 hours after you get a positive OPK that you get a temp rise, but was hoping it would go up this morn and was disappointed when it didn't, in fact it went down a bit.

I guess what I'm confused about is that you're meant to ovulate 12-36 hours after your LH surge, right? But does your LH stay up until you ovulate, or is the 'surge' the highest point and then it goes back down, and then you ovulate? I think because mine was back down by yesterday afternoon I thought I might have ovulated yesterday, but maybe I've got that wrong? Is it normal for it to surge, go back down, and then you ovulate in the next day or two? Hope that makes sense! Maybe I'm expecting the temp rise too early? X

Looking at this, it looks like it goes up, then comes back down, and then you ovulate, so hopefully today will be the day 🤞🏼