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)

@Cams50 yep I use Fertility Friend, and then I use Premom to upload my OPKs, and if I get a positive just mark it as positive inn FF - that's literally just happened today/yesterday for the first time since I started using FF several months ago!

Ah I know, I didn't really mind sharing that we were thinking about TTC, although now it's taking longer than expected I often wonder if they are wondering why we don't have an update yet 😆 Glad you found your day relaxing! It's just nice to be married isn't it, after feeling like it probably wasn't going to happen. I'm feeling fairly sketchy about next year like you said, so would be silly to put of TTC as who know's what will happen! X

@MintGreenLife thanks. I might download that too. I was feeling so fed up with all of this earlier but I’m feeling so much better now. It’s great to feel proactive- getting the thermometer, new apps etc - and actually feel like I’m doing something more to progress things! Yeah it’s so nice to be married. ☺️ X

@Cams50 I go through phases of feeling really low about it all too, but then like you say being proactive helps, and then sometimes my body will suddenly start doing something (like this weekend) and you feel ok about it all again. It's such a rollercoaster 😂 Let me know how you get on with your BBT! X

@MintGreenLife thanks! Will do. Glad you’ve had some positive progress this weekend ☺️It really is a rollercoaster!!

Wondering if someone might be able to give me their insight/advice...

Hopefully the image has attached this time! I've carried on doing OPKs throughout the day today and got a stronger positive than yesterday at 12pm, another positive at 4pm and then another positive just now - last one is showing slightly lower on my app. Charts I've looked at that have two days of positive OPKs seem to end up ovulating the same day as the second day with a positive OPK. This afternoon I've felt super exhausted after feeling so energetic yesterday, so wondering if that's a sign I may have ovulated this afternoon/early evening?! My cervix was really high when I checked at 12pm, but then when I checked again at 4pm it was back to medium. What I'm trying to work out if it's worth trying to coax DH into DTD again tonight, while I'm also tired, or if the window may have already passed?! Having never had a surge like this I'm not sure what to expect?! Would it be usual for OPKs to stay positive but past the peak if ovulation has already occurred, or am I more likely to ovulate tomorrow. Any ideas?! X

Sorry said a positive at 4pm, but was actually 2.30pm x

Hmm... I think you will likely Ovulate tonight or tomorrow, so if you can DTD tonight or tomorrow morning then perhaps push yourself to? Did you DTD yesterday? I'm trying to find more information about when you cervix should be high and soft... before or during Ovulation? But there is very little information online. I remember last month I had a very high and soft cervix on CD17 and FF put my Ov day as CD18 (the day my temp started to rise)

@MintGreenLife I have read something about 2 surges online, I can’t for the life of me remember where...I would push yourself to DTD you don’t want to look back and think you may have missed it! Good luck

@Kay00 thanks for replying ☺️ I know I find the cervix position thing so confusing, like is it just the day of ovulation, or is it in the lead up?! No idea! I did find a source that said the cervix can go low and hard again within minutes of ovulation but also in some women it can take up to a few days...not very helpful 😂 I'll see if I can interest him in a quickie before bed...I'm not sure he'll be up for it, but might be worth a shot?! X

@Sarahp2308 I was reading something on the Premom site about different surge patterns, one of which is like mine where it goes up, back down and then back up again...it wasn't very helpful though 😂 You're probably right! Will see if I can get DH to agree 😂 X

@MintGreenLife good luck! Perhaps a sweet chocolatey treat to give him a boost of energy will help?

@MintGreenLife Yes that is what I’m thinking of maybe it was there I saw it! Good Luck!! If he’s anything like my OH he won’t need much convincing 😂😂

@MintGreenLife Ooh thats good news! Deffo try and get him to DTD tonight! Good luck 🤞🏻

@Kay00 Like the idea of the chocolate treat!

@Kay00 @Sarahp2308 @Flowerkm haha I will try my best ☺️ I've just checked my cervix again and it's still medium and hard, so hoping I may have ovulated this afternoon 🤞🏼

Hi everyone. I went quiet for a few days but I'm back and feeling good for the month ahead.
Thankyou for being so lovely to me the other day. I was an emotional wreck at AF arriving just as someone else had their baby! But I'm fine now.
Having a strange week. Period for a couple of days, ended Wednesday early and that was only the tiniest bit too. Tonight I've got a pink smear in my knickers and on the tissue. It's saturday night. Never usually have that. Been feeling odd down there, not pain or cramps. Just a kind of feeling as if I'm going to cramp, so hard to explain. The oddest of all, I've totally gone off breakfast. I eat the same every morning, this week I can't face it, it actually makes me feel sick! Now I know I sound like I'm symptom spotting but I'm really not, AF came for 2 and a bit days. And then it's a new month so it's fine, I'm really having an odd week 🤣. I'm thinking maybe this is the pill coming out more and sorting it's self out somehow, I don't know 😂 it's cycle 9 and I've been really lucky to have regular periods since so it's odd! Anyone had any of this? X

Good luck to you all this month too ❤️

Hi @Lovebug06 have you tested just incase? I’m not sure but it could be implantation bleeding? Might be best to test and check then if not you rule it out and move on too the next cycle

Sounds like you need to test @lovebug06 ideally with FMU... do you have a test?

@MintGreenLife sorry if I'm repeating what others have said but:

• ovulation occurs after 12-36 of the first peak - even if your peak lasts for a couple of days
• my temps show same day, next day and 2 day later ovulation regardless of how quickly my LH surge goes down so I don't think it makes a difference how long it lasts xx

@Juno231 thanks so much, that's really helpful! I just didn't know whether to go from yesterday's OPK or today's for the 12-36 hour thing, and then my cervix going back to medium this afternoon confused me, everything makes more sense after your explanation ☺️

@MintGreenLife no worries, it's all so confusing! I also find myself have total brain farts and forgetting super obvious stuff once confronted with a slightly different situation... TTC makes us crazy!

@Juno231 I've been doing a lot of Googling since I seemed to be having a second surge today 😂 Didn't expect that to happen! I didn't want to tire DH out to find I didn't ovulate today after all, but decided to go for it anyway, as even if it doesn't happen until tomorrow we've given it a good shot. After all this time waiting for this to happen I didn't want to mess it up! Hope you're enjoying your first weekend are FIL's and that you've managed to settle in x

@Lovebug06 Nice see you back, taking a break is needed sometimes and aim debating that this month too...but find myself keep coming back lol id do a test if i was you just to check 

@MintGreenLife Glad you feel a bit more happy with the answers, Im really thinking off putting my OPKs away this week 🙈

Im on CD11 today and should really start testing but thinking of keeping them in the drawer and just DTD as much as possible for the next week and see what happens. Im hoping as i usually get pain i should be able to know anyway :)

Also my skin 😩 Im getting more and more pimples but without breaking out, my cheeks and side of my face are no longer smooth, just small pimples with the odd few spots!! I used to not really wear makeup as I could get away with it but now i feel i need to put some on which probably isn't the answer :(
Not sure if its wearing a mask or hormones..i only really wear a mask shopping which isn't that much so guessing its hormones..yay

@MintGreenLife I think it is definitely great you are making the most of it! Your surges look so so so strong! Got everything crossed for you

@Flowerkm if you're going to just DTD anyway then I think its great to just leave them in the drawer. That's my aim when I start properly TTC and my cycles are more regular

@Lovebug06 it is so intense I think it is good to just take some time away from it all when you need it!

@Cams50 congratulations on the wedding!! So exciting. I'm using 5 apps at the moment just because I don't know which I like the most. FF is my favourite chart, but then I use the others for uploading OPKs. I'm not really using them to predict ovulation but more record my prediction of it based on the OPks, BBT and Google 😂😂 so haven't really judged them on being accurate. But I'm still very early on so my cycles aren't there yet and I have had a proper AF yet since coming off the pill