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

@GreenApplesYo oh yes in that second one I can see a faint shadow of a line!!

Welcome @weemacmum, the more the merrier 🤗

Yes @AMS19 this is what I always thought too. It really helps me stay balanced and focused so I would really like to be able to continue doing it (and several of my friends from there have done it all the way through their pregnancies, but I know I will have to dial down the box jumps and heavy lifting and abs stuff if I do).

@weemacmum my first proper cycle started 14th oct so you are the same as me! I think (hope) i ovulated Monday so CD13 🤞🤞 i need one more temp rise to get an ovulation line on my FF app

Umm 8dpo or potentially 9, but my app reckons 8dpo because of when my temp rise happened. Yes, 7pm wee hehe. Will do one of the clear blue tests and another one of these cheapo tests with FMU tomorrow. Not quite sure what to make of it! To be honest I'm a bit skeptical hahah. Will wait until I have a decent line to get too excited. Fingers crossed I get a better one in the morning?

1000000% do one with FMU tomorrow @GreenApplesYo I'm beyond excited for you i won't be able to sleep 🤣🤣🤣 we need a BFP for you and one more temp rise for me 🤞🤞

Hahah thank you @AMS19 I'm weirdly nervous and not sure whether to mention to DP. Might wait until the morning, see if there's a line tomorrow.

Not nervous about his reaction BTW, just nervous in general! Wouldn't want him to be sad if it isn't a BFP.

@GreenApplesYo If you can wait then I would wait until morning. But that is a big if...

@CardioQueen well it's good to hear FF thinks you ovulated even if you didn't DTD at the right time!

@Happythoughts91 aw yes I know the feeling of getting your hopes up and then feeling a bit stupid afterwards! Though most people say you are not out until AF arrives.

@GreenApplesYo good luck with the testing!

Hi to everyone else, welcome to @weemacmum

I'm on CD7 following what I'm counting as a very light period, so nothing much happening. This is my first cycle temping so will see how that goes.

Ha I posted that and then all the other posts about @GreenApplesYo appeared! Looks like a line to me, good luck!

@GreenApplesYo - i can see a shadow on the third picture! Fingers crossed for tomorrow

@weemacmum FF is fertility friend. It is the app most people on here use if you BBT track. When you have ovulated, you're temp should rise and stay higher for 3 days on the trot. This signals ovulation actually happened. Then you need to hope it stays high, as usually it dips before a period. I've had 2 days of increased temp, so one more day and the app will give me a line to sign I ovulated Monday! This is only my first proper cycle but my first cycle off the pill was 28 days from withdrawal bleed to first proper period. So Monday, which was CD13, would be about right 🤞🤞🤞 how about you?
I would worry about it. It is probably too early for implantation bleeding if you are only 2DPO. But it is totally normal being new off the pill for weird and wonderful things to happen

@weemacmum in my first cycle I got a random bit of spotting in my cycle between withdrawal bleed and first natural period. It was around CD 26/27, I don’t actually think it was me ovulating but I wasn’t tracking for that cycle. I did get a normal period around 10 days later though, so it could possibly have been following a quite late ovulation.

Yours def could be ovulation, it’s not unusual for a bit of spotting then, which is all it’ll really be if it’s just a bit pink/brown.

@weemacmum ***wouldn't worry!!

Hi everyone! Been lurking around for a few weeks now but feel like you guys are in a similar position to me so wanted to post and say hello.

I came off cerazette on 10th October and I’ll be honest I have no idea what I’m doing apart from lots of DTD and hoping for the best tbh. No bleed yet but all sorts of weird and wonderful pains and twinges/sickness/sensitive parts. Took a test on Monday and it was negative. I’m using easy@home ovulation tests - no idea what’s going on with them either haha doesn’t look like I’ve had a peak yet so not sure if I’ve ovulated (or even if I would ovulate this soon?). Also tracking BBT (or attempting to at least), The FF app that people have mentioned sounds good I’ll give that a go. Found it so helpful to read through this thread to pick up tips for tracking. Mostly as others have said I’m doing it out of curiosity about what my body is up to. I’ve got to say, I’m quite impressed with how I’ve made it to 30 years old with such little understanding about how my own body works!

Looking forward to following everyone’s journeys and fingers crossed for lots of BFPs in the near future. X

Hi @Bells20 ☺️

Welcome!

You can definitely ovulate as soon as you come off your pill but it’s also very normal for it to take a few months for the body to settle down and get back to a regular cycle.

I think doing the BBT tracking along with the ovulation tests is really useful as you should get an indicator after the fact if you did ovulate - you’ll get a rise in temp. Honestly, I am baffled at how little I knew before we started trying 😂

@Bells20 welcome! Definitely in a similar position to all of us. We are all very early, most of us post pill. I would defo reccomend OPk and BBt tracking. And yes, FF is good. I got my cross lines on my chart today. I had to use a temp adjusted website as was up at 4.45am for work (don't ask, I have an office jsut and usually wfh, but busy couple of days and am in the office), but when adjusted it kept it higher so think I'm comfortable i need ovulate Monday as expected. So am 3DPO...eeeek!

@CardioQueen 100%. I agree with both of you, I had never heard of LH rises, BBT any of it! I am really enjoying learning and think I'll miss it when I do fall pregnant. But I guess we are so early it is still a novelty. I bet after months of trying which most of other threads are you become too reliant on it and it because super stressful

@GreenApplesYo got everything crossed for you my love

Happy hump day girls x

This is my chart this cycle for those new to FF. The solid line which show ovulation only appeared today as my temp has risen and stayed up. You can see it dips during the period and has then stayed pretty flattish...and all the symbols at the bottom show OPK readings, CM changes and when you DTD. Two XX means twice. So we covered our baes a lot this month 🤞🤞🤞

Morning everyone. Welcome @weemacmum and @bells20 nice to have you here 🙂

Soo this morning's CB test! Very faint line. A squinter, but it's there. I also did a cheapy, which I'm not going to bother uploading because there's only the barest shadow on it.

Told DP, but explained about chemicals and how common they are. Said we'll have to see if the line progresses/I miss my period. But even if it doesn't stick this time it's a good sign we're fertile. He's pretty pleased with himself though hahah. I told him at 35 it's my ovaries we should be congratulating hehe.

@AMS19 yes! You got your crosshairs 👍👍

OMG yay!! Im so so so excited for you @GreenApplesYo totally right, very very early days, but 100% a HUGE HUGE HUGE win to show you got pregnant so quickly and everything works. That is 100% how I will look at it too. I have everything crossed for a little sticky one. So...what were your symptoms from 1DPO onwards

@GreenApplesYo that is so exciting! Wonderful news to wake up to this morning.

@AMS19 thanks for sharing your charts that’s super helpful. Just downloaded FF, the trouble I have is that because of my pill I haven’t had AF for 3 years so can’t calculate my cycle with any accuracy. That being said I got my first ‘High’ on an OPK this morning so will test again later but hopefully that’s a good sign! Fingers crossed for your TWW now!

@CardioQueen thanks lovely, I’m feeling very reassured and glad I wasn’t the only one not to have a clue how everything works haha

@Bells20 that is great you have a high! Are you scanning them in to see your high? I use premom for OPKs. Definitely test again today, maybe either twice, in case you peak quickly like I did!

Hahah thanks @AMS19. It's kinda crazy! I might be one of those people who get knocked up first time. We'll see. Atm just trying to be chill about it until things have progressed. I do have a smile on my face this morning though.

So from 1dpo: purple nipples (hah kidding). Hmm my 'symptoms' have all been very something-or-nothing. A couple of days ago I did feel off, a bit shivery and light headed, but very subtle. I do have sore boobs... They feel a bit fuller maybe? Again very subtle. Hopefully I'll have more to report in a few days time! Definitely no cramping, spotting, nausea. I always have vivid dreams! Ohh the one thing I would say is being really hungry. Which seemed to be the case from about 4 dpo. Not sure if it counts as a symptom before implantation though?

@bells20 when I started using femometer I think I put in the day I stopped my pill (cerelle) plus the 4 days after as a period. Kinda cheating, but it meant I could use the app properly. I didn't have a withdrawal bleed btw. I put in my cycle length as 32 days as from memory 28 seemed too short. I think from there the app has been adjusting as I go along anyway based on when I ovulated? If that's any help 🙂

@AMS19 Im using Premom too to scan the tests, what a great app. I’ll defo test again later to see.

@GreenApplesYo great suggestion I’ve just tried that and will take it from there!

@GreenApplesYo how often will you keep testing do you think?