Post Pill TTC - Still Partying

[MintGreenLife]

No idea how we managed to smash through 1,000 messages (40% of them are probably me anyway, ha!) in such a short space of time, but a new thread is needed for the post pill TTC party, so here it is...

Tag anyone I've forgotten please, and new party-goers always welcome :)

@juno231
@kay00
@flowerkm
@pumpkineverything
@ams19
@sarahp2308
@cams50
@sperr
@moocher90
@lisalx

Hi all xx

marking my spot!

Here’s to the next 1000 messages 😂😂

Haha, it was a very short amount of time! I wanted to be sure to read all the posts so I could see what everyone was saying, and I remember thinking wow, I’m only halfway through but the date was only a few days ago glad it’s so active! It’s great company

@PumpkinEverything so true about it being active, it’s good to have people to talk to going through the same thing

Yay love the name!!!

I'm CD18 from withdrawal bleed. O DPO 👎 haha

@MintGreenLife Thank you heres to another party 🥳🥳

I think I would be going a whole lot crazier without you lot! x

@MintGreenLife Me too!! 😂

Does everyone's period go awol after stopping the pill? I finished the month had a period and now I'm off. I am cycle day 13 x

@LisaLx I'm not sure what you mean? If you stopped in the last couple of weeks you wouldn't expect AF for 20-30 days-ish. Did you get your withdrawal bleed? x

@kay00 I think I might be copying your late ovulation!

Annoying that you start to think what ever tinge could mean! But my bloating is going down!

Does anyone check their cervix?

[quote MintGreenLife]@LisaLx I'm not sure what you mean? If you stopped in the last couple of weeks you wouldn't expect AF for 20-30 days-ish. Did you get your withdrawal bleed? x[/quote]
I completed the full packet of my pill, stopped as normal and had a period. This is me now trying to conceive but is my period unlikely to show up next month because I've stopped the pill? Sorry it's hard to explain what I'm meaning x

@Sperr yes, but my cycles are settling now (i hope) with the use of some B-Complex vitamins.

I also check my cervix.. it is a real revelation and I highly advise it. I'm currently CD14, no positive OPK yet, my temperature is still below the base line and my cervix is firm (sometimes high and sometimes medium high). As I approach ovulation (hopfully in next few days) I should get darker and then positive OPKs, my cervix should rise and become soft and then I will get my temerature rise. My body is a bit rubbish at EWCM, so I will be relying on these indicators to show me when I ovulate :)

@Kay00 what vitamins are you taking please? I started checking my cervix a week or so ago- truthfully I’d never even really been up there 😂. It’s high at the moment and getting softer

@Sperr I wouldn't recommend them until you have had a few cycles to see what yours is like. But i'm taking a B-Complex with high Vit B6 (100mg) and Vit B12 (500ug) from CD 1-10 (pause to allow ovulation - this has helped bring my ovulation forward from CD27 to CD18) then from Ov day to AF begins (this was to lengthen LP from av. 9 days to 14 days).

I know what you mean about never being up there - haha! I was like.. wow! I'm 35 years old and had no idea!!

@Kay00 I’m definitely glad google existed when I first checked it- I really panicked and thought I was broken 😂. I’m not worried about getting pregnant necessarily this month more just getting to know my cycle!

@Sperr yes, totally, just relax into it, there is so much to learn and it is so easy to get panicked and stressed about every little thing. Best to take a couple of month to settle into things before getting too hooked up on anything :)

@LisaLx your bleed after stopping the pill isn't a period, so to speak, that's your withdrawal bleed. Apparently most women will ovulate within 2-4 weeks after stopping the pill, and AF would arrive two weeks after ovulation (assuming your luteal phase is normal), so your first AF after the pill should arrive 4-6 weeks later, and as you're only on CD13 then you're a fair way off. This isn't the same for everyone though, some people take several months to have their first AF. Hope that helps? x

@LisaLx it really depends! I went straight into having fairly regular cycles after the pill whereas others here waited months to have their period. Hopefully yours will show up in two weeks though!

@LisaLx I’m the same, just come off the pill, had a withdrawal bleed straight away for 3 days and am now on CD 9 waiting to see if I ovulate although today I’ve been having bad cramps so I don’t know what’s going on there!

Thanks ladies x

Just got my blood test results back. GP says all normal. Results are...

FSH: 4.4
Prolactin: 205
Testosterone: 0.5

Didn't actually know they were testing FSH. Let me know if you know anything about the above results, quick google would suggest my FSH is a bit low, but GP seems to think it's fine.

She's advised DH does a sperm analysis and she's going to request my scan again after it was rejected first time!

Also FSH taken on CD21 may be completely unhelpful! Think now I've told everything looks normal, I'll carry on for another cycle or two, and maybe think about getting a private CD3 test done at some point if no luck x

@MintGreenLife Thats good about the results and i agree about maybe going private. Its good thats an option :)

Hey to the new ladies xx