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!

I really really think the high strength B Complex has helped extend mine... perhaps ramp up your B6 and B12 if you're able to get to a pharmacy/Holland and Barrett.

Im now taking my CoQ10 tablets... heres hoping they improve my eggs and my OH's little swimmers!!

Thanks @Kay00 am taking my b complex as well as an additional 100mh b6 🤞🏼 I also take ubiquinol and have been for about 4 months, which I think is a stronger version off CoQ10, although it's just me taking them, not DH too x

Meant 100mg B6 x

I'm on ubiquinol too, although I sometimes take breaks for it when I get angry at how much it costs and thinking that it probably doesn't do anything anyway lol.

@MintGreenLife did you get a sustained temp shift in the end? I'm 5DPO now and am always amazed at how quickly the first half of the TWW flies by only to grind to a halt around this time

@Juno231 it's crazy expensive isn't it! I have to be honest and say I only take half the daily dose (two tablets for mine) to make the bottle last two months instead of one! I feel like it doesn't do anything either if i'm honest.

I did :) my temps were the exact same as 1-3DPO my last TWW also, which was making me worry it was going to be short again, but today it dipped a little, where as last cycle it went up again at 4DPO. Sounds stupid as surely it's better for it to go up, but it made me happy that it did something different ha. I'm thinking I may test at 8/9DPO if I make it that far - I've never got the chance to test before, so want to do it this time, although know that's probably silly too! x

@MintGreenLife @juno231 I read this about the difference between Ubiquinol and Ubiquinone and it made me think that perhaps the cheaper Ubiquinone is just as good...?www.q10qh.com//ubiquinone-or-ubiquinol-does-it-really-matter

I didn't test last month but now i'm thinking I should in case I get a chemical pregnancy... weird though it sounds I feel like that would give me hope that it is possible for me to get pregnant... although the risk is I would be heartbroken when my AF turns up so, i'm still on the fence.

I'm CD10 and thinking of starting OPKs tomorrow... although maybe that's too soon for me? My earliest Ov was CD 18, most have been about a week after that.

I well and truly jinxed myself on Friday 😂- of course I was so close to having the perfect cycle post pill. I thought AF was coming as I started spotting. I’m now on day 4 and nothing - I’ve never had this. I’ve not really had any blood on any of the days. TMI- it’s just been brown CM with maybe the tiniest bit of dark blood as well. Most of the days I wouldn’t have even needed a panty liner - perhaps yesterday only. It’s mostly just there when I wipe . I take it I don’t count any of this as CD1 🙁?

@kay00 maybe hold off on the OPKs another couple of days? I agree about wanting to know about CPs btw, I'd want to be able to bring all that info to a doctor in case it's a sign of something else.

@sperr have you taken a pregnancy test?

@Juno231 nope! I really thought it was going to come on this weekend. At first I thought it was a weird post pill mess up my cycle. Now I’ve googled it I’m thinking just maybe there could be a chance that it could be the opposite. I’m scared to take a test now 😂. I might give it a couple more days to be 100% sure that AF isn’t coming.

@sperr haha I was going to say, that sounds very positive to me so fingers crossed for you. Was literally the first thing that came to mind!

@MintGreenLife One thing I'm not liking about my LP this time is that my temps are unusually low for me - my last three have hovered around the 36.46 mark, whereas I'd expect them to be a fair bit higher than that. Would be interesting if I have a temp dip soon and the temps pick up properly after that.

Am feeling a bit bruised today on my lower back, right hand side and I ovulated on the right this cycle so obv my silly brain is trying to connect the two lol

@Sperr that sounds incredible positive to me!! Good luck when you do test x

@Kay00 I'm totally with you on the CP thing! I also get what you mean about OPKs too as I have that dilemma. I always think that my cycles got to get back on track at some point, and then worry it could be the current cycle and that I best start testing from CD8, and then 30ish OPKs later I finally ovulate, ha.

@Sperr that's very brave to wait! Do you know when you ovulated? I have had fairly light periods since I stopped the pill (apart from one heavy one). My first AF post pill was really light and more brown than red.

@Juno231 Fingers crossed you get that dip and rise. Mine are around the 36.6 mark at the mo and I'm hoping they get a bit higher too.

Oh gosh I'm just as bad. I ovulated from the right side also and I'm still getting little twinges on that side, but my bruised feeling has gone, although it did last 2/3 days x

@Juno231@AMS19 I feel like I should just do it now. All the times I was desperate to test and see 2 lines and now I’m too scared 😂.

@MintGreenLife 16 days ago- my period was normal last month. I wouldn’t even count this as a period so far- it’s only there when I wipe

@Sperr well that does sound promising then! Keep us updated x

I have a FRER at home, do you think I should do it tonight or wait until the morning?

@Sperr I would probably wait until the morning, especially if you only have one test in x

@MintGreenLife I feel like I’m having a full on panic now 😂. I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight!

@Sperr aww if it'll help you take your mind off it you could test tonight? Can you order more tests, so you can test again with FMU in a day or two? If you do test this eve, try to do it on as long a hold as possible x

@sperr if you're 16dpo then you can definitely test tonight. Just make sure to have a couple of hours hold. Someone posted in the November bus that even wee often has better results anyway depending on the dpo

I did a wee (I drank loads of water at work I felt like I was so thirsty today) so now I’m going to hold it for as long as possible. Might have to do a work out now to distract myself 😂

Eeek @Sperr I have everything crossed you!!!

Hiii ladies!

Fingers crossed @Sperr

How is everybody else?

I’ve had 2 high readings on the old OPK’s since 4pm OH is on night shifts so we literally only saw eachother for about 20 mins today as he was going out to work I was coming home so no chance to DTD!! I think i will have to write this cycle off to be honest

@chinchilly 😫😫 oh noooo, typical! Keep testing with OPKs just in case this isn't your peak peak!

@sperr... Good luck!!!

Nothing! Not even a squinter. who knows what’s going on now 😔😔😔. I’ve got one more FRER that I could try tomorrow morning. I actually thought maybe this was it

@Kay00 if my peak can hold off until tomorrow, I can pounce on him before he leaves for work as I’ll be working from home! Its always the way I’m not gonna stress about it, it couldn’t be helped! I’ve only got saturdays swimmers to work with but I doubt they will be still swimming to be honest 😂