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

@Tatty1987 hello! We sound quite similar! My peak was on Thursday and I had similar sort of symptoms as you, so hoping that’s a good sign too I also don’t think I’d want to go back on it either, I feel like it hides so many things about your body that you never knew about. I spent half my life on it and can’t even remember what my cycle was like before as I was only a teenager.

@wishfulthinking93 that’s the annoying thing at the start, it’s so unpredictable. My longest has been 45 days so far, but there are others in the group who have went far far longer! I personally started making notes in my app most days of symptoms so I could see how my body shows me AF is coming

@Sperr so far no pattern to my cycle! I’ve had a 34, 45, 39, 34, 41 days so far, and today I’m currently CD35/4 DPO

Thanks @PumpkinEverything and @Kay00

So quite a few of you have had great OPK surges and are in decent TWW then? That is so exciting!!!

@AMS19 yep! This is my first TWW and I’m trying not to think too much about it. I’m only 4 DPO if I definitely ovulated (haven’t been doing BBT) and I’m just convincing myself that I probably don’t have a long enough LP as I just feel like I can’t have another 45 day cycle again so I’m sort of just expecting AF to turn up any day now as I’m CD35.
Trying not to symptom spot or read too much into anything as I know I’m much too early to even notice anything anyway. Between that and also trying to avoid overthinking any Covid type symptoms... it’s a nightmare!

Ahhh @PumpkinEverything yay I'm so excited for everyone!

Isnt it funny how there are some of us here desperate for AF to show up (🙋‍♀️) and some that desperately don't want it to.

@AMS19 I know! For months I was desperate so I knew that I was going back to normal, and just willing my cycle to be shorter than it can be. Now the tables have turned and I’m like, please let this be it! Let me having a long LP and it all work!

@AMS19

Ahhh *@PumpkinEverything* yay I'm so excited for everyone!

Isnt it funny how there are some of us here desperate for AF to show up (🙋‍♀️) and some that desperately don't want it to.

Yes! I’ve never been so desperate for AF to show up 😂😂 every little cramp gets my hopes up it’s going to show then it doesn’t.

@PumpkinEverything ahh that’s good, are you planning on taking BBT next month or are you going to go with the flow? I might do the latter until Xmas and then really get on it in the new year. I’ve already read so much about TTC so trying not to obsess too much.

@wishfulthinking93 that’s what I’m like too! Apparently I just get weird random cramps all the time though haha.

@Tatty1987 I go between when I try to think. I’m like you and just want to go with the flow, but then I’ve been wondering if I’ve even been ovulating at all the last few months and it would be good to confirm for sure with BBT. I wouldn’t want to go a few months down the line and regret not having a few cycles worth of data.
I also don’t want to stress myself out though, as I was getting frustrated with all my low OPKs and ready to give up this day last week. Honestly, joining this forum has been the best, as a google search doesn’t seem to bring up enough info on what it’s like after the pill. I’ve looked up so much, and I feel like I still do almost every day

@PumpkinEverything gosh that is just the same as me. Snap! Before my peak OPK on Saturday they were all under 0.5 on premom app. Allllllll the websites pretty much said with a 26 day cycle I should be ovulating CD12 so when CD14 showed only showed a slight rise I got upset. My partner thought I was crazy coz this was our first time trying. But then, the next day it was 1.7 on the premom app thing. I only peaked for about 24 hours too so it was a good job I didn’t give up! Websites can get you down with what they say sometimes but I’m so guilty myself for looking.

@Tatty1987 yes! Websites are terrible I find for anyone that doesn’t have the standard 28 day cycle. I had a little bit of a frustrated breakdown to my husband last week and I was fed up as I thought this was me out for ovulating. I’m really trying not to involve him too much in what I’m doing in the background. We are very good at communicating, but he has a very stressful job and works long hours some day’s, especially now that we’re at home and he can do that, so I don’t want to add something to it and make him even more stressed! When I saw the two dark lines I was so happy, it was as if I’d found out I was pregnant haha

I crack and tested at 11DPO, couldn’t get hold of a FRER they seem like gold dust at the mo, so I got some kind of rip off version looks exactly the same! Anyways BFN like literally stark white so I’m guessing I’m out this month! Never mind onto the next!

Vitamin D sold out in both my Superdrug and boots- I went for a the pregnacare and then I’ll just get some vitamin D online next month if needed!

I half actually feel like I missed my peak... my opk has dropped down really low again. Yesterday afternoon I had sharp pains on just my right hand side which was the day after my highest opk. I mean I could just be feeling things 😂. I did also have brownish tinges in my CM and today I have no CM so far where as I had had quite a bit for 3/4 days before!!

I can't remember if I've introduced myself on this thread but I thought i'd do it again anyway! I'm ttc baby no 1, cycle 1 I've just come off the mini pill, had my withdrawal bleed the day after for 3 days, am tracking my OPK's ( which are still low) and am due to ovulate on the 15th, however yesterday and today I had cramping and today I had a little bit of pink cm when wiping, any ideas on what that could be? I thought maybe ovulation cramps but being only cd 10 and suppose to O on cd 19 it seems too early?

@Sarahp2308 not over until AF arrives so fingers crossed

@Sperr that sounds like what happened to me, I got sharp cramps on the right after my highest peak, so I think that is us ovulating? Then apparently some women get spotting during that so maybe they’re related?

@lilacflower12 hello! I think when you first come off and it’s all new, a lot of the apps aren’t accurate when it comes to predicting your ovulation day, so I wouldn’t rely on that too much. I think coming off the pill causes spotting while your hormones balance out. I’ve had it a few times randomly.

Thanks @PumpkinEverything AF is due any day so if she isn’t here by the weekend I’ll test again, I would of thought at 11DPO there would of been even a faint line

@PumpkinEverything I think so! I feel completely different as well now like my bloating has gone and my boobs don’t hurt anymore 😂. I’m going to keep doing opks just in case - just did one now so will see in 10 mins if it’s still low!

@PumpkinEverything no seeds anywhere they shouldn’t I promise 😂😂

@MintGreenLife I’m so sorry about the thyroid thing. Hopefully it won’t be a problem as sounds like it didn’t stop you ovulating this month! I find it so frustrating when GPs don’t take our concerns seriously. I get how busy they are and can take a year to conceive etc but I feel like that’s only valid if we all had perfect 28 day cycles with confirmed ovulation ya know whereas most of us don’t so needing more checks etc is valid. I didn’t ask for the numbers from my blood test and they didn’t send them or anything. Wish I had asked. For all I know I could have something similar but they just say everything is normal!

Thanks @Cams50 ☺️ I've been doing a lot of research today and feel a bit better. While my level of 3.5 isn't great for TTC, I feel like I can be proactive to improve it. I think the sluggish thyroid may be closely linked to my gut issues (IBS) and I already decided last week to sort that out by cutting out dairy, gluten, alcohol and sugar, so hopefully that will help. I found this really helpful article and am going to put the advice into practice and maybe get a private blood test in 6 weeks time to see if it has helped: drbrighten.com/thyroid-gut-connection/

I'm sure you should be able to request to have your results sent to you. I asked for mine and they text me a link to access everything. I'm sure you're all good though and I'm just an anomaly. You're so right about the no help until 1 year thing, as if there's an issue that will stop you conceiving what's the harm in trying to sort it before you start or early on 🤷🏻‍♀️ Would save a lot of stress and worry! Anyway for now I'll focus on my TWW and stick to my new diet, if no BFP this cycle I'll introduce a few more of the recommendations from this article x

@MintGreenLife oh that’s great you’ve found such a helpful article! Very interesting. That sounds like a really good plan. x

My fiancé doesn’t feel well and doesn’t want to DTD tonight 😫. I really think I ovulated yesterday as opk now basically white! We did do it the day before I had the pains so we shall see what happens! I’m going to technically count this as my first TTW (although not a very hopeful one! )

@Cams50 here's hoping it helps 🤞🏼

@Sperr if you ovulated yesterday DTD today would probably be too late. Day before is the day with the highest chance of conception ☺️

@Sperr yes, I second that. It sounds like you ovulated yesterday so no need to DTD today :-)

Thanks guys. I shall let the poor man rest 😂. Is anyone else in the TTW?