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 yes I am also a very impatient person! Going by BBT tracking I ovulated on CD47 last cycle, but obviously by that point I had fully accepted I wasn't going to ovulate in that cycle and was just expecting AF any day. So the temp chart took me by surprise and didn't line up well with DTD as we were flat out with a new work property 🙈 this cycle should be easier.

@AMS19 oh that's not too bad then, not too much to battle at this stage! By dizzy, like head rush when you stand up kind of thing? When do you go to see a dr? I know, it'll happen when my body is ready, I'm so whingey about it 😂

@CardioQueen it may be for the best as I'm after reading something that has put a downer on everything 😭 apparently your LH levels can surge before AF is due? So that might be what's happening to me 😭😭😭

Has anyone done OPKs throughout their cycle and seen and LH surged before AF? I'm devo now thinking this is just AF 💔

@AMS19 that is so annoying! Especially on your day off 😭 maybe you'll get a nap in later 😂🙌🏼 xx

Hey everyone!

@DrS44 it seems unlikely it's your period? Is the cramping like period cramps?... Did you have EWCM? I reckon if you had EWCM it's more likely to be ovulation. Plus all the diagrams I've seen show LH staying low before AF, although I have never googled LH surge before AF x

@CardioQueen sorry if I've missed you saying this, but what cycle day are you on now? 🙂

@AMS19 I had the waking early thing too! More or less from when I got the BFP to around 5wks. I was waking at 5 or 5.30am. I've gradually gone back to normal in the last week. I'm 6 weeks tomorrow. Beginning to feel sicky and weirded out by some foods. Egg is not OK. No no no don't bring that near me 🤢 I've also decided there should be trigger warnings for pregnant women on TV shows 'language, sex, scenes of frying meat'. Also I seem to be burping all the time!

@GreenApplesYo ya it's lower down than period cramps if that makes sense? And then it felt more concentrated in different areas? Yeah for the past 3/4 days I've had loaddsss of EWCM. I've found it very entertaining to be honest 😂 the pill obviously stops all of that 😂 I've been laughing away to myself on the loo 🤣🤣

Ok I'll calm down.. what am I like... it's such a rollercoaster of emotions 🙈 xxx

@CardioQueen just always a bit light headed! Feel a bit spaced out all the time. Hopefully it means the little bean is draining everything it needs from me to grow nice and strong!

@DrS44 I didbt get a Lh surge before my period. I reckon it ws ovulation. Has tour temp moved?

@GreenApplesYo 6 weeks!!! Wowsa!! Eeeek. Have you booked a scan at all? That is so so exciting! Hoping the sleep sorts itself out, but at least I'm wfh which makes it easier to deal with!

@DrS44 I think the first month with ovulation tracking can be stressful especially just off the pill. Hopefully you'll get your BFP this time round, but if you don't at least you'll feel prepared at the start of your next cycle 🙂loads of ewcm is brilliant haha it's fairly common for that not to come back right away after the pill l think. It does sound like your body is doing all the right things!

@AMS19 I still done have a BBT thermometer I need to get one! I only have a one decimal point one. I was 36.3 three days ago and Im 36.7 today and yesterday - but might not mean much as it's not a proper thermometer! I did wake up though this morning and my chest was kind of sweaty (tmi I know 😂) so surely I'm hot? 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 xx

@GreenApplesYo ah that is great thank you! Ya my OH said this month is a bonus and not to get my hopes up and just to be glad that it looks like my body is trying to do the right things xxxx

@GreenApplesYo i am CD17. I'm being very impatient as I really don't think I'm due to ovulate until CD25-27 going by what I can half-track on the last two weird cycles.

@DrS44 it def sounds like you're ovulating, but your OH is right, this is such a bonus that it's your first month off the pill and everything is working already - don't get disheartened if it doesn't happen this first month, it honestly sounds like your body has kicked back into gear so quickly 🤗

@DrS44 love that positive OPK are you tracking BBT too? I don't think I'd know what ovulation pain was but I do remember reading somewhere that it is possible to get pain both sides as sometimes you can release 2 eggs at once. I'm sure someone will correct me if that's wrong haha. I'm totally with you, post pill return of the libido is doing wonders for my overall enjoyment of life. Good luck with your TWW!

@AMS19 5 weeks! Gosh that's gone quickly, and so pleased to hear those lines are progressing!

I'm on CD9 today so will start doing OPKs every day now and hoping for a somewhat 'normal' cycle!!

@AMS19 oh yes ok, well it's fair enough I guess as you're now growing a whole other human inside you!! But hopefully that settles in a few weeks.

@DrS44 sorry just saw your message about bbt below, sounds like a temp rise to me! Exciting!

@CardioQueen the little humanness only the size of an orange seed! It causes a lot of drama something so small 😂😂😂

@drs44 sounds promising but if you can fall this cycle I would definitely invest in a basel one!

@bells20 oooh hopefully you'll start to see something this week then 🤞🤞

Hope everyone is getting on okay in their cycles, just trying to catch-up on all the comments that I’ve missed over the weekend! 😂
I don’t have much to report, I’ve been using the cheapie OPKs and CB digital ones since CD7! On CD10 now and nothing to note on either of them! 😐 hoping something happens on them soon if my last cycle was 26 days!

@positivitytree2020 keep going, mine only appeared on CD12 and was gone by CD14 🤞🤞🤞

Thanks @AMS19 ☺️ Will keep going and hopefully something happens in next few days! 🤞🏼🤞🏼 using CB in mornings and cheapies in afternoon so hopefully that’ll mean I won’t miss any sudden peaks! 😊

Hello!
I'm ok thanks @AMS19 😀 Cd8 over here and feeling good! I've been tracking Opks since cd6. I'm excited to see the surge etc and see how things progress! How are you?? Hope the feeling of being spaced out isn't too bad for you and your sleeping pattern comes back to normal soon!
I had the exact same pain in my last cycle @DrS44 I had it cd17-19 and thats when I think I ovulated. The pain was lower down than usual period pains and kept changing from the left to the right side. I also had pain on the left side of my lower back. I'd been off the pill for a year at this point and this was the first time I'd had pain in my back during ovulation. I'm taking it as a good sign that my body is working. Keep an eye on it and continue tracking.
Wow six weeks already @GreenApplesYo Exciting!!

One question on OPKs. I have the easy@home ones. How long do you wait to take a picture of the result? My instructions are in another language! 🤦🏻‍♀️

@PowerOfFlowers @Bells20 thanks gals! Ya I'm hoping it is ovulation and those descriptions sound very familiar to what I had been experiencing!

@CardioQueen yess he's definitely right because I can get carried away with myself! I should just consider myself lucky after about 14 years on the pill with no break 🙈

@AMS19 yeah i will defo next cycle if I have to 😊 be far more reliable!

@PowerOfFlowers I think it's about 5 minutes - once all the dye has run through it?

@positivitytree2020 I’m CD 11 so quite similar with 27-28 day cycles 🥰 x

@DrS44 I’m sure it more than likely ovulation🤞🏼🥰 so jealous of everyone haha but so excited for yous. I love reading all positive things😂 eeek! X

@jessi60 oh we do have very similar cycles! ☺️ My first was 29 days and my second was 26 days so in and around the same! 😊 how are you getting on tracking?

Does lines getting darker mean anything at all? Just I’m looking through the ones I did last month which were a week leading up to my period (didn’t know I was getting my period) but my ovulation tests were like stark white with barely anything on and the odd light streak of colour. And then this cycle from day 7 until today day 11 I have got a lot darker lines. Obviously not dark enough to mean ovulation but is this a positive or totally irrelevant 😂😂 trying to be optimistic here! 🥺 xx

@jessi60 darker lines is definitely good! Means your body is slowly building up LH! Not everyone has a peak out of nowhere like me, some have a week build up! X