TTC cycle 1 (just come off pill) for #1

[Happythoughts91]

Hello!

Im in my first month of trying with my partner of 12 years. With wedding plans up in the air due to covid we decided we didn’t want to put our lives on hold any more so here we are!

I came off the pill, had my withdrawal bleed and now in the two week wait until next week when I can test.

I guess I just wanted to come on here and see if anyone else is new to trying too. Or people who can give light in how long it took them to conceive after coming off the pill.

We haven’t told no one we’re trying so I feel like I haven’t got no one to talk too about it all. Trying to stay positive and would love to have a happy ending to 2020.

Sending baby dust to you all xxx

@DrS44 similarly if I miss one I just take it the next day. Thank you for posting that though because you've just reminded me to take mine, I'm so forgetful!!

@Bells20 brilliant 😂😂 and festive! Ya I'm not a big tea or coffee drinker maybe one max two a day but could easily go without it so I'm lucky! Drink until it's pink sounds perfect thanks ladies.

@AMS19 that's great thanks! Ya my OH hasn't done anything either, although he often spends hours in the bath but I've put a timer on it now 😂😂 I'm like if I've to spend 9months restricting myself from things I love you can get your arse out of the bath after 30 mins 😂 xx such a loving couple 🥰🤣

Haha @DrS44 brilliant!! My husband doesn't have baths only showers and doesn't drink caffeine, so given I was drinking I was never gonna tell him not too. We were probably drunk when we conceived 😂😂 xx

@AMS19 ya my OH drinks caffeine but probably 3 maybe 4 a day, still too much 😂

That's promising about conception, as we had lots of wine last night 😂 fingers crossed 😂👏🏻 xxx

@Happythoughts91 @DrS44 hooray for ovulation! That's very exciting. Like @AMS19 I am looking forward to hearing about your 2ww symptoms.

I didn't drink in the 2ww except some prosecco and red wine on the day of ovulation... But I kinda wish I had hahah 9 months is a long time!

In other news DTD for the first time last night since BFP, hehe I think it made DP's day. Had a tiiiiny amount of spotting after (normal apparently, something to do with having swollen blood vessels down there) and then later in the evening I almost blacked out in the bathroom when I was cleaning my teeth, and had to lie on the floor with my legs elevated. The drama! 🙂

@GreenApplesYo oh god why is that?? Sounds like something out of a movie 😂🙈 hope you're okay!

My OH can't wait til we are pregnant because I've read saliva is bad for sperm so he's very upset about that 😂 might not tell him for a while once we do 😂😂

Did you guys have any symptoms in the TWW? I'm only presuming I ovulated from the cramps and EWCM, trying to be positive though ☺️ I mean it's still only a few weeks off the pill so I would be lucky if I ovulated never mind conceived 🤷🏼‍♀️

@AMS19 @GreenApplesYo can I ask what BC you were on? I'm sure you've already said it?

Hahaha @DrS44 yes I read that about saliva as well, the poor lads 😂

Apparently feeling dizzy or fainting in the 1st trimester is common. I do have lowish blood pressure and sometimes get dizzy anyway, but usually not to the point of getting ringing ears/my vision going. I thought I was going to vomit just before I started to go dizzy as well. I'm hoping it doesn't happen too often! Could be awkward out of the house.

Cramps are a good sign for ovulation? I knew I ovulated because my nipples started to hurt before my temps even went up. I didn't have any of the average pregnancy symptoms in the 2ww but I did feel 'off' on 7dpo, like very irritable and I had the shivers and felt really tired. Could have been unrelated but I like to think it was implantation as I got a vvvv faint line at 8dpo in the evening.

I was on Cerelle (mini pill) x

@GreenApplesYo ahh that's great thank you! How long did your AF take to arrive? I was on the combined pill lucette also known as yasmin.

Ya my left nipple is kind of sore to touch, like quite sensitive? It's just weird that I'm like CD28? I hope that doesn't mean because it's so long after the pill that it won't stick? Or would that even matter?

Ohhh that makes sense! Sounds scary though 🙈 I'm actually like that too with low blood pressure, get dizzy a bit! I actually fell over the other day from getting up too quickly 😂 I think my body is all over the shop 😂🙈 xx

@DrS44 I didn't have a period. Or a withdrawal bleed. Only came off the pill about 6 weeks ago 😳

I ovulated on CD20, I don't think it really matters when you came off the pill, if it's a healthy embryo and it wants to stick, it will stick. If it's not it won't and not much you can do about it either way? I mean... people sometimes get pregnant from just skipping a pill or two. Or they have really long cycles and ovulate on cd50 and conceive?

@GreenApplesYo @AMS19 can I ask a MENTAL question... when he DTD did you have any feeling that that was the one? I know this is seriously tmi and quite frankly bonkers, but when we DTD last night, it felt... different... 😂😂 good different... feel free to ignore the crazy Irish lady 😂😂😂

@GreenApplesYo oohhhh that's interesting! Thanks that's given me faith 🙌🏼 xxxx

@AMS19 oh 2lbs is a great loss! I am also 8.5st so def understand this is a big drop for us...looking forward to my early pregnancy diet whenever it may start 😂

@DrS44 I am drinking right now. And I'm with @AMS19 - I will continue life as normal until I get a BFP. I'm not a huge drinker though. 2/3 glasses once or twice a week usually.

I'm a bit frustrated as CD15 and still absolutely no signs of ovulation...was kind of hoping my regular cycle might be a bit shorter and ovulation come a bit earlier this cycle. Wishful thinking I reckon. But, everyone will be pleased to know I found my nose yesterday! 😂

@CardioQueen well done on finding the nose 😂 honestly it's a minefield... my OH was like what on Earth are you doing? I was like looking for my nose or puckered lips, I'm lost 😂 spent so long trying I gave up 😂😂 ohhh don't worry hang in there! It's on the way 💃🏼 xx

Hahah @DrS44 haha no, we did it 4, 2 and 1 days before ovulation. For 4 and 2, I didn't actually know I was in fertile week, we just happened to have sex those days. I didn't realise I was going to ovulate until the peak OPK, I didn't really have EWCM in the run-up.

When we DTD after the peak OPK and 1 day before ovulation, DP got... almost like stage fright and just 'went for it' to get the job done. Fine with me, but definitely less romantic than usual. Haha poor DP I hope he never reads any of this!! So in short, no. But I have heard of people 'knowing' 🙂

@GreenApplesYo oh no!! You poor thing. I've been feeling quite dizzy quite a bit. Today has been the worst actually. I cant bring myself to DTD, I proper have the fear! I need to get my head around it or it will be a long 9 months for my husband 😂 how you feeling today?

@DrS44 I was on Mercilon. It is very much like Yasmin, a low dose combine pill. We DTD so much over O day I definitely couldn't tell you which time and didn't feel any different. My main symptoms in the TWW were feeling really sick when I drunk (boooo) and nearly fainting using a Hamman (sauna). I kinda suspected after that something wasn't right. I ovaulated on CD13 in my second cycle (first cycle after proper period)

@CardioQueen yes on the nose find!!

@GreenApplesYo that's so funny 😂👏🏻 it might just be that if I'm ovulating it feels different as I haven't in 14 years ! Much more likely I would imagine 😂😂

@AMS19 ahhh fab thanks! I don't want to keep an eye on symptoms because I'm a nightmare and will convince myself 😂 but I'll keep half an eye and keep ye posted xxx

Thank you everyone for the support 👃🏻

So, once I'd found aforementioned nose, i realised I have definitely found this before, last year. I thought I'd forgotten to remove a tampon and had to check. I thought it was some kind of growth and quickly deduced (on google) that I only had weeks left to live.

Booked an appt with my GP who confirmed there was no tampon nor was I dying. Feel she could have told me that was my cervix?!

@CardioQueen I know it shouldn't have but this proper made me laugh out loud!

@CardioQueen 😂😂😂🤣 love that!!!

Yes she definitely should have told you that 😂😂😂

I'm glad this has entertained 😂 but yes, as a GP, I would probably be aware that not many women would know what a cervix feels like - this was a golden opportunity to let me know I'd found it!!

@DrS44 apparently women smell different when they're ovulating! Haha you smell extra sexy to your partner. So maybe it's all those new hormones whizzing round making you feel different. But you never know! Keeping my fingers crossed for a BFP 🤞

I did keep thinking at 0/1dpo onwards ooh maybe the sperm is meeting an egg right now, maybe the egg is traveling down the tube, etc. And then telling myself not to be mental haha.

@AMS19 I really enjoyed the sex (sorry tmi) after 2-3 weeks or so of not doing it. I don't think I would have been ready until after 5 weeks either, but I wasn't worried when we were doing it. I'll wait a few days before trying again to let things settle down after the spotting. I didn't tell DP about the spotting as I don't want him to worry about it? I did miss doing it... it's not like we're totally rampant, it's more the intimacy I missed? I think I'd like to keep DTD as it might be harder for a while after the baby comes. Feeling OK today thanks, not dizzy 🙂 Just a tiny bit queasy after breakfast. Are you still feeling sicky? Mine really isn't too bad atm but fully expecting it to get worse at 6/7 weeks.

@CardioQueen congrats on finding your inner nose. Oh maybe yours is too high for you to feel atm @DrS44 if you are ovulating.

@CardioQueen hahaha oh sorry just saw your latest message. You poor thing! Yeah she could have told you what it was.

There was a girl in my year at school who got a tampon stuck (the string broke) and the school nurse had to hoik it out for her. Poor girl... she didn't even get teased about it, I think we were all so horrified imagining the embarrassment if it ever happened to us. Not that it should at all be embarrassing of course, we were just squeamish 14 year olds.