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 yup, 3 days of elevated temps then back down today! Go, body, go!

@TheDaydreamBelievers yay, that sounds positive! Fingers crossed it'll pop back up tomorrow, so pleased things are happening. Must be such a relief after that first cycle!

Hello,

Joining the thread.
First month of TTC and never been pregnant before
So I came off my pill the last week of August and had been on it 5 months. Prior to that had been on the depo for years.
I have been doing my BBT since 28th August and had a temp spike of 37 on 4th sept. BD done that day. Since then my temp has remained at around 36.6-36.8. I haven’t had a period since coming off the pill but had lots of pms symptoms the week I came off the pill which started 24th aug which I presume where withdrawal symptoms. The last few days I have have had tender boobs, super sensitive nipples, bloating and cramping in my lower abdomen. Until AF arrives not sure whether it’s that or pregnancy. For all I know these are PMS symptoms

Any thoughts?! Having sex on day that temp spikes is that too late? My mind is boggled from the amount of googling I am doing.

I've missed so much! Thanks for the tips about when to speak to docs. I'm more than 100% sure I won't have any help from mine haha but we can try. I probably need to do the temps for a while to check if anything shows on that. All I recall before the pill was horrible period pains, it was never too heavy or long and was generally monthly. I don't have any symptoms of pcos either. I swear for something natural, the odds aren't in your favour to get pregnant!

Oh and I stopped the pill second week of May so 4 full months off so far

@Moocher90 the temp spike happens the day after ovulation, so if you've DTD the day of your temp spike only, most likely too late I'm afraid x

@Moocher90 meant if you only DTD the day of the temp spike x

@MintGreenLife thanks. Who would have thought planning to get pregnant was so difficult 😂

@Moocher90 - Welcome !

My understanding from googling is that your best bet is ovulation day -2, and ovulation day -1. Most people attempt to have sex every 2and day over their fertile week as that maximises your chances (having sex every day doesnt statistically increase your chance). You can get pregnant having sex on the day you ovulate so its definitely possible.

As you've spotted, PMS symptoms are sadly pretty much the exact same as early pregnancy symptoms , so it's best not to pay them too much attention I find!

@MintGreenLife - temp is back up today! My sleep has been poor, which probably isnt helping my temps stay consistent.

Hi ladles! Welcome @Moocher90!

Im 6dpo and my temp jumped up again today I also had a small amount of old dark red/rusty blood yesterday at 5dpo... too soon for implementation though.

@MintGreenLife im sorry your bleeding turned into a period 😔 it doesn't seem fair on your wedding weekend! My last cycle was an 8 day LP which is why I'm taking the BVits. They successful shortened my follicular phase so I have everything crossed they lengthen my LP by a couple of days. Are you taking any BVits?

@Kay00 hmm that's interesting that they shortened the first half of your cycle, for some reason I worried they may lengthen it! I took a b vit complex along with Vit c but only for a few days as I found one of them (or both) caused me bladder irritation which made me feel like I had a UTI! There are b vits in my prenatal, but only a small amount x

@mintgreenlife I joined a short luteal phase thread and one of the ladies on there took the high levels of BVits until CD10 then paused to allow ovulation. I tried this and it brought forward my ovulation by 10 days!! Im still only 6dpo, so not sure if it will increase LP yet, I think it worked for the lady on the thread but it might have taken a couple of months. I'll keep you posted with how I do 😇

@Kay00 oh that's great! I could certainly do with bringing ovulation forward, 10 days is brilliant! Yes keep my posted please, fingers crossed your LP is longer ☺️ X

Always disappointing when it arrives but means all the more trying next time! I'm on day 3 of my period today and all I've wanted to do today is eat...has driven me mad!

Hi Everyone! I was wondering if you can help me... I’m currently on day 14 of my 2nd cycle post pill. I have had a positive OPK for the last three days however I have just woken up and there is red blood when I wipe? I’ve put a pad in and nothing is on there yet but it’s still showing when I wipe. Sorry for the TMI but I just wanted to know if anyone had experienced this before? Surely it can’t be the start of a period half way through my cycle?!

Sometimes it can be spotting mid-cycle, sometimes you can lose a bit of brown discharge around ovulation as well, but just keep an eye on it.

If you have recently come off the pill though, all the hormones are a bit crazy!

Hi Intrigued2020, as musicaljojo says some people spot mid cycle, which is known as ovulation bleeding.

I personally had a withdrawal bleed at 14 days into my cycle a few months after stopping the pill. It turned out to be another (lighter) period which lasted a few days, then my cycle started again. No idea why, but maybe my body didn't manage to ovulate that cycle due to my hormones being all over the place! I actually got pregnant on the next cycle after that light period if that puts you at ease.
However I did not get a positive OPK that first cycle so you may just be experiencing ovulation bleeding, which many take as a good sign of fertility :)

Thank you @musicaljojo and @Hopeful87 for your comments. I was just reading online about ovulation bleeding so I hope it’s that! You always start to worry when you see bleeding that you don’t expect but maybe this is the new normal for me 😂 I didn’t have any positive OPKs last month so it’s good that I have had a few this month. I did go away for the weekend though with my friends so I hope I didn’t miss my window! We DTD Thursday night and last night so I hope I might have managed to do it on the correct day 👌 we will have to wait and see! 🕺 xx

@Intrigued2020 I had an unexpected bleed start 4 days ago a few days into my honeymoon 🤦🏻‍♀️ But that did turn out to be AF for me - wasn't expecting it for another 10 days or so! Hopefully your bleed stops after a few hours and then if you get AF (or a BFP) in 10-16 days you can put it down to ovulation bleeding ☺️

@MintGreenLife - really! Aww that sucks that it was on your honeymoon! That’s the worst part of coming off of the pill, that we lose control of our period so it can come and go as it pleases 🙈 I will just have to monitor it and see what happens I guess, but I hope it isn’t AF 😞

So, 6 or 7 DPO... how long should I distract myself before testing? My app is suggesting that AF should come around 13DPO but not suggesting a test until 17DPO?! Is that just because things have been so erratic it isnt sure when a period would be missed?

Congratulations on your wedding @MintGreenLife !! Though I can't believe you ended up with AF on honeymoon My AF appeared on Thursday night, which I was also super surprised about as it was only CD26. I didn't temp last month as was so down about the whole thing, but my shortest cycle other than that has been 32 days.

Can I ask a TMI question? Are folk actually getting heavy AF's? I remember (albeit vaguely!) pre-pill, I used to HAVE to change pads every 4 hours max as they'd be soaked through red, and would be like 5 or 6 days. I've had 3 or 4 periods since being off pill now, and all have been 2-3 days, SUPER light, brownish. Aside from for general hygiene, I'm sure I could leave a pad on all day and only have a bit of staining. Generally I notice when I wipe, or a little in the loo when I pee.

Anyway, I'm temping again this month, not sure whether to TTC or not - we were meant to be getting married this month too, but have cancelled. Restrictions here are a little more severe, and the thought of getting married without certain close relations was really upsetting me. But now - I don't know whether to keep TTC, or postpone til after we can get married. I'm worried about my dress etc! But also scared to postpone trying, as it's CLEARLY more difficult to conceive than people advertise!! My head is a mess. And worried that the state of my periods is actually telling me that I have less time biologically than I thought!! (Though people keep telling me I'm being dramatic and I'm only 33!)

@TheDaydreamBelievers Im 4DPO today! Trying not to think about it as its our first go so trying to distract myself and just crack on as normal. AF is due on the 24th Sep which will be 14DPO but I think ill test on 13DPO if i don't have any AF symptoms :)

Maybe yours is saying longer so its then a missed AF and maybe because its trying to work out when it would be missed? When do you think you'll test?

@TheDaydreamBelievers ...it's a hard one! I'd test 13DPO, but if BFN don't lose hope, and test again 17DPO? I'd hope by 13DPO you'd get something conclusive though!!

@flowerkm I think I might test with a cheapie on 13DPO... I've got to stop thinking about it because I think I'm semi convincing myself I'm pregnant with ZERO evidence. I dislike this Schroedingers pregnant 2 weeks!

@crabette - mine are back to red blood but only for a few days and not super heavy - 3 moon cup changes a day or so? I dont know what they were like pre pill cause I was 17! And that was a long time ago