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)

@lawandgin oh wow! Its amazing that you have been to see a specialist and you now have a proper plan of action. How exciting!! You will have your period soon and you can start testing to find out whats going on! So please for you!

@TheDaydreamBelievers Hehe, im in the same boat... 8DPO and each twinge has is being exaggerated into an implementation pain . I don't really have any symptoms other than feeling like AF was going to turn up today... so glad she hasn't. My goal is to make it beyond 10DPO!

Thanks @Kay00 and @Flowerkm I definitely feel better already 😊

@Kay00 you can do this!! Few more days. Im starting to feel more urges to POAS 🙈 felt crampy today as if AF was coming but again thats quite normal for me to 'feel' things so trying to reign it in 😂
Also no sore boobs so far?? Always have sore boobs 2DPO and nothing so far so hoping I even ovulated and trying not to overthink it all as maybe my hormones are just calming down a bit so the soreness isn't as bad.

So glad i have this place to let it out. OH looked at me oddly when I was seeing if my boobs were sore 😂😂

Oh haha 😆 just as I read you last sentence I was poking myself in the boobs! 🤣 nope... mine feel completely normal.

Ooh... i have one possible symptom... im drinking and peeing more that normal. But that can be a symptom of your AF arriving... so I'll ignore that too 🙂

@Flowerkm how many DPO are you?

Hi Everyone,

@TheDaydreamBelievers love that, its all so true!

So I am CD8 and I am going to use OPK this cycle to try and give me some indication if I’m ovulating or not (not 100% accurate I know) which CD should I start testing?

@Kay00 🤣🤣 Omg, thats brilliant! Ok, so I'm not the only one prodding my boobs!!
Im 5DPO today :)

@Sarahp2308 do you have any indication on when you think you ovulate or how long your cycles are? I think by CD9/10 you should be testing but be prepared to maybe be testing for a few days as you may not ovulate until CD16 or more.
I always used the cheapies when finding out as it was just a cheaper way of pin pointing ovulation ☺️

@lawandgin so glad you got some answers Hope your testing gets things going for you.

@Kay00 ooh see I have drunk less but I do feel v thirsty... so that probably means... f all... haha

Sunday is my DPO13 so looking forward to confirming that I'm delusional then

Haha, If I make it to 13DPO then I will have convinced myself im pregnant!!

Im camping this weekend (again!!) so if I haven't seen AF by Sunday then ill test Monday... im sure she'll arrive this week though.

@Flowerkm AF Seems pretty regular so far every 28-30 days, I’m not sure when I ovulate because I’m not entirely convinced I am ovulating at all. I’ll get a load of cheapies in and prepare for about a week of testing! Fingers crossed something shows up on them

@Sarahp2308 excellent, we'll be with you the whole way and will try answer any questions you have. Im going to hazard a guess that you are ovulating due to your regular cycles how long have you been ttc?

@TheDaydreamBelievers Good luck for Sunday ☺️

@Kay00 Have a lovely time camping.

@Sarahp2308 Sounds like a good plan, they're a good starting point 😀

Thank you @Flowerkm & @Kay00 I only came off the pill at the beginning of June so this only my 3rd cycle so the regular AF could all change lol! We’re just doing the whole casual TTC for now, not sure how long that will last though

Hehe, my partner thinks we are doing the 'casual TTC' when actually, behind the scenes i'm tracking everything: BBT, OPKs, Cervix, CM etc.

@Kay00 I think that is going to be me from this month on 🤣 I’m not temping at the mo though I’m not sure I could commit to it to be honest!

I’ve just started a 14 month training course at work which could be a problem but I couldn’t turn it down

@Sarahp2308 Im about 3 cycles off the pill now as well :) just hoping it stays regular!

@Kay00 same with us! He says if it happens it happens but theres me testing twice a day for my peak 🤣 i don't think he realises how small the window can be

Stupidly took a test today on 9DPO. Negative of course . Idioto .

I'll do another next week I guess, if AF hasn't shown already by then.

Oh no... you folded me too! Its my first every pregnancy test, I just wanted to try it... I knew it would be negative, and it was, haha!

On the plus side im 9DPO and no AF yet... I have felt like she was going to start any moment for the past 2 days, but I think that's because I concentrating on my uterus so much - haha!

@TheDaydreamBelievers @Kay00 Ahh! I can't say I blame you, Im thinking of testing Sunday which is 10DPO but i have a feeling i won't see anything and then Ill be annoyed at myself but then i can always test on 13DPO if AF hasn't arrived.
My app is predicting a 29 day cycle which is the longest its been so far so not sure ill make it to 13DPO but we shall see. I ovulated a lot later this cycle so just hoping the LP matches to my app.

Both still very early so actually not out yet :) on a positive though its good the LP phases are getting to a good number!

Hey @Kay00 I think Im in a really similar boat to you. Had the implant put back in December, but been a bit more actively ttc for about the past 3 months now. I'm also 9DPO with AF due today. I started drinking raspberry leaf tea this month up to ov, and have upped my vitamin game to include b complex and epo so see if any of those have made a difference.
Rooting for you, either for a BFP or just for a LP +10!

@Teaaddict11, oh yes very similar boat . I really hope these B Vits work their magic and extend our LP's to a satisfactory 10+ days!!

Out of interest what does the raspberry tea do?

@Flowerkm no, not out yet... but its hard to imagine being in. It is my first proper month TTC, so that would be far too easy...!

@Kay00 Totally in the same boat, first month so already feel out just because its my first 😂 but it can happen! Fingers crossed xx

So (according to Google!) raspberry leaf tea helps regulate progesterone which is a common cause of luteal phase defect (