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!

@MrsBtobe2020 love to hear from you? How are you getting on?

@MintGreenLife interesting article! Im 35 and never been pregnant so I need to accept these crazy cycles... hopefully its not the norm for me!

@AMS19 yep it's ridiculous. My friend down south was 'geriatric' at 30 apparently health boards can set their ages. Had a lovely time back to the laptop tomorrow to see what's happening in work land!

@Kay00 we did thank you a bit strange but nice to have someone else cook and different walls to look at 🤣

@TheHotelCalifornia glad it made you laugh (if I didn't laugh I would be a crying mess!).

Happy new thread to us all too ❤️

@MintGreenLife thank you for the link you posted earlier ❤️

In a further update to me burning through the last of my OPKs... I'm determined to get a positive. I seem to get quite strong results around midday and then the tail off... and I get a little frustrated so stop testing 🙄 🙃 so today I'm keeping detailed records... it seems to be getting a little darker again at 8pm? I'll test again before bed, but I'm not holding out a lot of hope for my positive!

@curcurbita you sound like a prime candidate for hoo-ha temping!

😆😆😆 hoo-ha testing!

@Kay00 the 8pm one definitely looks darker 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Morning!!

@MintGreenLife that link is really interessting, it’s a shame that GPs don’t considor telling women this before they go on these contraceptions for almost a third of thier lives!

@Kay00 hope you got your peak 🤞🏼

@mrsmacmc geriatric at 30 😮 that’s shocking

6DPO, CD21 not alot going on, RHR has leveled off to 70BPM which is still much higher than normal for me, quite a lot of creamy CM and I’ve woken up abit crampy, trying not to look into it too much as it’s super early

13DPO and my temp and rhr are still sort of plodding along. Not sure when to expect AF now tbh as I was convinced it would show today!

@Juno231 have you tested at all?

I didnt get a BBT rise so assume despite the peak my body didn't quite manage to ovulate. Hey ho, it gave it a good go so progress!

@curcurbita I hate that feeling, as in hindsight I really wish I came off the pill several years ago to get ready for TTC, at least I know not to go back on it again between pregnancies!

@Kay00 I guess in a way that article gives us hope that things will settle down. Thinking I'm going to stop my B6 today and see what happens. My temps do worry me as they're always so low before O and seem worse this time - this morning was 35.94, and I now know low temps/being cold is probably because of the sluggish thyroid, so I guess it's probably still sluggish, despite all the changes I've been making to try and improve it. I suppose it'll probably take longer than three weeks to see an improvement ha.

@mrsmacmc no worries :)

@Juno231 your chart looks good! I guess most likely won't see AF today then x

@MintGreenLife no doesn't look like it. It's frustrating that my LP varies every cycle - I thought it was a pill effect but doubt it now. FF always warns me that it's not normal and it might mean my ovulation day is incorrect but I swear it's not...

@ams19 yes I tested yesterday so pretty certain I'm out!

@Juno231 hmm well your cycles are good post-pill, but perhaps not perfect, although I'm sure it's OK for your LP to vary by a day or two each cycle? Annoying though as means when/if AF will arrive is always a guessing game x

@MintGreenLife that’s an interesting article. It’s so worrying that it could take 1 year. If that’s the case then I’m a long way off having regular cycles. I fit the category of 30-35 and no previous children 😳. I’ve also told my DH that I will not be going on contraception once it’s out of my system as we plan to have more than one and don’t want to struggle to conceive again. So annoying that nobody prepares or tells you about post pill issues or any contraceptive as if I had known I would have not gone on it or come off it a lot earlier

@AMS19 haha, no, I didn't get a peak OPK last night, but now i'm wondering if I missed it the night before... as I got a small temperature rise this morning.

@Juno231 that's a bloody good chart i'm quite jealous! We just need you to get your + test... it can't be much longer for you!

@MintGreenLife fingers crossed your Angus Castus + a break in the B6 will ensure a decently early ovulation for you! I had a temp rise this morning, and i'm hoping (pleeeaaassee) that means I ovulated today or yesterday, so I might start taking my B-vits again today.... else I might get the dreaded 4 day LP!

@Kay00 oh that is exciting! I dreamt i had a huge temp rise last night. Then woke up and it hardly moved. My brain is literally playing cruel tricks on me 😂😂

@Moocher90 I'd be five months off a year, but then that sounds ages away and these 7 months have already felt like a struggle urgh. Interesting how most of us seem to fit that criteria. I wouldn't go back on it just for the health implications - I'm 99% sure the pill caused my IBS, so it's just not worth it. It does make me annoyed, especially as I even asked if I should come off early for family planning and was told no.

@Kay00 I think if it can happen in the next week I'll be happy, as after that we're staying with DH's family for 5 days for his birthday, so may be tricky to DTD then! It might save you a few OPKs - I think doing an OPK early in the morning is fairly pointless, as apparently LH doesn't start to build until late morning. If you had a temp rise today would possibly mean ovulation yesterday :) fingers crossed your temps keep going up! x

@AMS19 I feel like you did thinking I’d never get a peak! CD11 and still on low 😣. My cervix has gone soft though so I’m hoping like you mine will start to get higher!

Also, I only realised when you did yours that if I’m not using easy@home there is another tab you can use and the percentage has come out higher on there for the same picture?!? Do you think because it’s not their brand It’s made a difference

@Sperr mine definitely came out of nowhere! I dont think it matters which tab you use 🤷‍♀️ but makes sense to use the other from now maybe? Mine has gone right back down now. Just have to hope if there wasn't a huge temp shift maybe something happened... I'm going to assume I'm not in a TWW (although secretly wonder what if for the next two weeks 😂😂)

CD11 is fine, keep going!! Mine only started on CD12....🤞🤞🤞

@AMS19 I'm hoping you get you temp rise tomorrow, it is still possible you are in your TWW but it has taken you a day or two to ovulate... and sometimes it can take a day or two for your temps to rise too!

@AMS19 the other tab gives me more hope so I’m going with that now 😅. I’m guessing that if they have one for a specific brand they are probably looking for something on there that the other brands might not have!

I’m now panicking that my OH is away this weekend for a night. I’m going to have to pounce on him before he leaves and as soon as he gets back if I get a peak 😂

Do you do temps as well?

Lets hope so! I also woke up twice within the 4 hours before i took it, and took 3 readings (no idea why i was sulking i think) and they ranged from 36.61 up to 36.74. And I was an hour earlier than usual. So basically it was a shit show 😂😂 I'll try again tomorrow and hope for something more conclusive! My LH levels are back to 0.11 so either way that's me done for now I think!

@Sperr oh definitely go with the higher one 😂😂 yeah BBT didn't really rise at all, but per my message above I'm not sure how accurate it was

@ams19 its a step in the right direction though, another temperature rise tomorrow and you'll feel more confident about it :)

@AMS19 hopefully it’s gone up more tomorrow 🤞. My temperature is pretty high because I’m ill so I’m not sure I’ll know either 😂.