Post Pill TTC – Party Harder

[TheHotelCalifornia]

Roll up, roll up, it’s time for a new thread for the ladies who are experiencing the highs and lows (mainly the lows…) of coming off the pill and TTC! Here you’ll find stories of delayed ovulation, crazy long follicular phases, crazy short follicular phases, light AFs, short luteal phases, long luteal phases, confusing temp charts and blindingly white OPKs, to name a few. This our 4th thread (I think!) and we've had a few ladies get their BFP recently which is so exciting! Join us, won’t you?

Welcome back:

@mintgreenlife
@juno231
@kay00
@sperr
@mrsmacmc
@chinchilly
@curcurbita
@tillybabs
@ams19
@moocher90
@trying4one
@flowerbudd
@pumpkineverything
@tatty1987
@mancmama39
@elsie2021
@danielle2012
@spencer22
@charwils
@ftm94
@lobster8
@musicaljojo

Apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone, please tag them!

@juno231 thats great news! So its just a matter of time before you get pregnant, no intervention needed 😊

@mrsmacmc that's a great OPK... wish I could catch one of mine looking like that!!

10DPO and I m suffering with insomnia :/

Really struggling to firstly fall asleep and then actually staying asleep!! Waking up all hours...

I’m not sure what to make of it. My temps are still high at around 36.6+ but my RHR is 67 today and has dropped from 69 yesterday.

@Moocher90 eeek 🤞🤞 when you are going to test?

Morning all

@AMS19 - I don't temp track as my sleep pattern is poor! I think of it as training 😂

@ChinChilly, @musicaljojo & @Kay00 - DTD, wish I could say we did it all night long, sadly I'm old and it's a 'school night' 😂

Have a good one all! Think I'm going to get ZOOM & TEAMS fatigue today 😅 ❤️❤️

@AMS19 think I’m going to wait until Tuesday I think because I’m working now until Monday and have my days off on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. FF predicts ovulation at 10DPO and Premom app suggests I’m 6DPO so not sure really exactly. I know that I had EWCM on 11th 12th 14th 16th and 17th. But it was most clearest on 11th 12th and 14th. The 16th 17th was more tinged colour. If by Monday I will either be 16DPO or 12DPO which means by tues or weds hopefully will know either way.

My boobs are still very sore/achey and I feel sicky but that could be because I take my my vitamins etc before I eat every day I have since eaten and still feel rough. Also I also feel more unwell if I haven’t slept properly and since 4DPO I’ve have a cold and cough which is still lingering but ain’t half as bad and haven’t been sleeping well at all.

When do you reckon you will test?

@mrsmacmc my sleep is absolutely ridiculous. I go to bed at 9pm if I can stay awake that late and wake up at 5.30/6am!

@Moocher90 I really dont know. I said I wouldnt test until I'm late but I'm just so curious now. I'm only 8DPO so definitely not yet. My temp went up again today so hoping that is a good sign. No implantation signs though, boobs don't hurt at all. So overall I'm not feeling too hopeful! Being stuck in 24/7 also means it is virtually impossible to distract myself!

@AMS19 it is so hard not to symptom spot especially for you as you are working from home. I don’t think I have implanted yet as not had much of a temp dip yet. We shall wait and see. I think there’s always doubt in my mind and I’m not pregnant. I would be extremely lucky if I was as post pill and all of the disappointment of longer cycles not ovulating, short luteal phases etc. If I can’t wait I may test by the weekend but I guess there’s a possibility of a BFN

@Juno231 Fab news on OH's SA! Will be an extra worry off your mind, hopefully just a matter of time now!

@mrsmacmc What an OPK! Ending myself at your all night long chat, I can relate 😂 Glad you DTD though, fingers crossed!

I also struggle with temp tracking due to sleep, been trying though. My problem is I wake up early (loud pets who like dawn) but by the time I wake up enough to remember to temp I feel I've actually been awake for a while, so I question the accuracy of the results and a lot of the time don't bother.

@Moocher90 & @AMS19 - Looks like you've both got a fair few symptoms? 🙏 Everything crossed for you guys. It's literally impossible not to symptom spot!

I'm not convinced my ovulation estimate from my app is right at all. I'm CD25, but not been temping properly this month, so Natural Cycles reckons I ovulated CD23 because that's the first high temps I inputted - pretty sure it'll have been earlier though and I've missed those days of temping. Feeling some light cramping and pulling from yesterday, and really tired, so obviously start googling symptoms. I did have a slight temp dip CD23 as well, though probably too early for implantation, as thinking I probably ovulated around CD20/21.

Really need to resolve to temp better next cycle. Any tips from those who are? Are you all just super disciplined? 😂🙈

AF arrived properly this morning, quite glad as my last AF was strangely light, this one seems slightly lighter then usual but not too bad...never thought I’d want to see a heavy period 😂😂

@ChinChilly I know what you mean! Mine have been super light since stopping the pill - like almost to the point of not needing to use anything, maybe just a pantyliner. Maybe TMI, but I seem to get quite a lot when I wipe from a pee - on the loo roll etc - but not so much otherwise. Desperate for either BFP or a 'proper' heavy period, completely at odds with my past teenage self 😂😂

I’m the same @crabette I could of left a light tampon in all day (obviously didn’t due to hygiene) but yeah I get more when I wipe.

I know how times have changed 😂 I would of loved light periods as a teenager!

Still lurking and nothing doing here, 1 month off pill and no withdrawal or AF yet. Been tracking OPKs but nothing positive yet.

Took a cheapie this am as it's a month today and BFN so guess it's still a waiting game for now.

Good luck 2ww-ers some promising signs there! Xx

Was just gonna say that my post pill acne is still driving me nuts - this cycle it never stopped post CD1! So I'm now CD8 and am still super spotty and it's tiring to think that ovulation is perhaps a week away where the spots will start all over again... No break this time and here I thought it was finally getting better 😬

@crabette temping is hard! I've changed my time from 7am to 5am as my cat would wake me up every morning so I'd be awake a couple of times before 7 and I felt that wasn't good! 5am is working so far, I've had more consistent temps although they are lower than when I was doing it at 7am! Average is 36.1 now. Not sure if that’s normal or what really haha! Also completely get you on the going AWOL thing, remember we’re always here if you need us 😊

@AMS19 and @moocher90 eeepp I really do feel like your symptons sound positive! It’s impossible not to symptom spot isn’t it, hoping you guys can manage to hold off testing! Please keep us updated!

@TillyBabs came off 24th May, this is only my 2nd real cycle! First cycle was 108 days…fun times.

@Juno231 great news about your DP! Really really good. Also I hope work wasn't too stressful when you went back! :(

@chinchilly so sorry to hear AF came for you :( How are you feeling now? It’s so gutting isn’t it. Feel like it’s all just a waste of time. I had a short LP last cycle too so really feel your pain. Me and @mintgreenlife and a few others are battling short LPs together if you want to join us!

@musicaljojo so glad you finally got AF lovely!

@mintgreenlife any luck with the AC?

How are we all doing ladies? Not much happening over here, CD14 so SILLY ME thought something might be happening ovulation wise but no EWCM or high OPKs. I’m taking Agnus Castus, 800mg a day, so kinda thought it might help but it’s still early days so hey ho. We’ve been BD’ing quite a lot lately which has been nice and I’m going to try again tomorrow so we’re roughly every 2-3 days which I hope will cover us until I start getting high/peak OPKS and then I want to DTD every day for my FW! Lofty ambitions but I’m lucky in that DH is v keen so #YOLO. Trying not to overthink things or stress about (she says watching TTC videos every lunchbreak hahahah) so I don’t get super stressed in my next TWW (whenever that is!!) sending love to you all and hope everyone’s doing okay in this insane week? What with lockdown 2.0 and the US election insanity I just can’t cope!! xxxx

Hi guys! Thought I would join the chat.

I'm 26, should-be-married (F U Covid), and never been pregnant before.

We're not officially TTC at the mo as I only came off the pill on 18th Oct, and would like To monitor a few cycles before we get cracking.

3 days after stopping the pill (Cerazette) I bled for 4 days. So I'm classing that as my withrdrawal bleed and I'm now on the count down to a 'real' period.

I've been doing OPKs the past 4 days as I thought i might ovulate early, but the highest reading I've had on the Femometer app so far is 6% this afternoon.

Anyway... Will follow all your stories on here for now and anxiously await ovulation, periods and my chance to join in with properly TTC!

Laura

Hi @LauraT94 ! Nice to meet you - and sorry about your wedding! I’m also a should-be-married, so completely feel your F-U-COVID sentiments). Good you’ve had your withdrawal quickly! Are you taking your temperature too?

@TheHotelCalifornia this is my issue too - bloody cats! 😂🙈 Do you set an alarm specifically to temp? Maybe I should do this, with a different noise to try to remind me. Otherwise I seem to just automatically snooze without even waking up, or I find by the time I realise I should have temped I’ve already completely ‘woken up’ gradually listening to 8 sets of paws thundering up and down the stairs / incessant yowling. 36.1 does seem low, and I thought mine was low at 36.3! I’ll try it out and see if earlier makes a difference! Glad you’re getting on with DTD regularly!!! My DP is a bit depressed with the lockdown situation and his job, which is making things difficult TTC. Hopefully we get somewhere soon! The election excitement might perk things up 😂 Thanks for the support! 🥰

Fingers crossed you get AF soon @MancMamma39 x

@TheHotelCalifornia sounds like a good plan! If you DTD every 2-3 days until you get signs i think that is a good plan.
I've not adjusted my sleep pattern from the clocks going back so currently taking mone 5.30-6am...without an alarm! Would much rather sleep in but my body has other ideas!

@crabette I feel you...my husband was either been injured or in a sulk for the last week so we have DTD at all! Luckily it isn't fertility week but still! I've got from all to nothing 😂😂 he best snap put of it by the next cycle

@AMS19 Aw god, he best snap out of it! 😂🙈 Sulks are not allowed... we can forgive him the injury though I suppose lol. Hope he's ok?! And at least it's not been fertile week. Think we managed once during fertile time this month, so I'm not holding out much hope! Next month he needs to get his act together 😂

Hi @crabette

Ahh all the wedding postponement is just awful isn't it! We have a date for February now and will be going ahead even if it's back down to a limit of 5 people. If they open up registry offices in Dec/Jan and it looks like they might lock down again, we're going to just do it quick! Picked up my dress yesterday ❤️

Haven't been doing my temp yet but by reading everyone's experiences on here it seems as though it may be more reliable than the LH tests so I've ordered one and will get cracking with that too!

@TheHotelCalifornia AF came with full force yesterday, so I am counting that as CD1 which means my last cycle was 27 days with a 12/13 day LP, which isn’t as bad as I thought.

This is the ‘normalist’ AF I’ve had so far so I’m hoping things are getting back to normal post pill

@ChinChilly those are great numbers!! Im on 9DPO and just really want to get to the weekend before AF comes so i have a decent cycle length with decent LP 🤞🤞 sounds super positive and a great starting point for the next cycle

Hi guys, sorry I've been a bit absent lately life caught up with me which I think is prob the same for everyone atm! How is everyone getting on? Tried to catch up since the end of the last post but my brain failed me so figure it's easier just to ask 😂 hopefully there has been some more BFPs (have I missed any?) and those that haven't are keeping okay xx

@LauraT94 Oh good luck for February! We said we were going to do that in October, but I lost my nerve two weeks before 😂🙈 We're still going to have something much smaller than planned when things open up, but I'd have been upset through the ceremony I think going ahead as we could have, with certain close family missing. Wish we could have just gone through with it, think it really is the most sensible option just now!

Temping seems to be the best way - I've only caught one LH surge of mine through testing, think if you test in the afternoon you might test negative but then surge that night and miss it, etc.

As a general update on how my temping went this morning... my OH stayed up to watch the election, and came to bed around 5am. I woke up, temped, remember thinking, that's low, and then went back to sleep. My "temp" alarm went off and I happily turned it off. But then when I actually got up, I thought about it, and went back and checked my thermometer, which still had yesterday's temperature reading? Think I literally DREAMT temping! 😂🙈 Did another one there and then and it's high but not sure if that's because I'd already been snoozing about 2 hours by then!

Hi @LauraT94 sorry to hear about your wedding! I use OPKs just because I don’t think temping would work for me but as PP said it can be easy to miss your surge, mine comes and goes within a few hours.

@AMS19 I do feel more positive now, I was worried AF was too light so I wouldn’t be producing a good enough lining, well she’s proved me wrong the last 2 days! Fingers crossed you make it to the weekend of even better a BFP!

@crabette that is definitely something I would do 😂😂

@CharWils no BFP over here but cycles are staying regular so I’m just grateful for that, how are you keeping?

@ChinChilly Do you just solely LH then? I tried to do that at the start of this month because I'm so bad at temping, (as evidenced by my dream 🙈) but tested every day and no surge. I guess you'd need to do it a couple of times per day? Do you just set times to do that?

I started temping CD22 this cycle just to check if my temp was high, incase I hadn't ovulated at all, as I'd had daily negative LH. And aside from a one day dip on CD23, temp has been high since I started checking on CD22. My app now thinks I ovulated CD23 due to negative LH's before that and then inputting a high temp.... but I guess my temp could have been high earlier than CD22, I just wasn't taking it!