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!

@Juno231thanks! I might pay for it next month since this is clearly a write off for me 😂.

I get waves of positivity and then I’m like nope I’m gonna miss my fertile time and this won’t be my month and then just get really down. I’m glad I at least tracked my cervix last month so know what everything should feel like roughly since nothing else is going to plan 😂

Ok even more confused, I’m on day 49 of my cycle with no sign of period but I had a terrible pain in my left side yesterday so I decided to go buy some ovulation sticks from the pound shop, did one at 12pm and didn’t see anything but just looked again now before throwing it away and there’s this? Does this mean I’m ovulating or is it because it’s been left for a while? Sorry if I’m
Being stupid but I’m new to all of this!!

@MintGreenLife I’m glad you’ve finally found a house that you like!! Shows the other one wasn’t right for!

@musicaljojo I would definitely take another one just to be sure?

@ams19 Thanks I shall do one in a little bit, I haven't had a lot to drink since then so just had a drink and I shall try one a bit later!!

Just done another and there were two lines but the faint, not as strong as that one so I’ll do another tomorrow.
Started to track my temperature yesterday was 37.1 and today was 36.9
So I guess there could be a Chance, I have no idea what’s going on at the moment 😫

@musicaljojo that line does look dark to me! But yes it's too late after doing it! Best to take a photo within 15 mins. I put mine into Femometer and it reads it, not sure if you have that? Try doing another one in the morning and can you BD tonight just in case? Or are you trying to have a cycle before you start TTC?

I couldn’t wait, so naughtily did another one tonight and I scanned it into that app, it said 30% so I’m assuming that it means LSH is present, it said high so I guess either I’ve just missed or just heading towards?
I’d prefer to have a cycle first to just get some idea of what is going on down there!
If I am ovulating now, I’m guessing I either didn’t last month or it’s extremely delayed!!

@musicaljojo it is really hard to tell without seeing your progression. One girl I was speaking to here was always at 20%. I stay at basically zero, and peak quite quickly, then go down very quickly. I would keep testing and record all in premom to see progression either way? And defo worth DTS today just in case it is on the way down. Here is mine from this cycle - you can see how quickly it came and went! Blink and I would miss it 😂

Thanks all btw for weighing in on my CD1 conundrum! I still don't know what to do about it so I think l'll call it CD1 and make a note of the last two days just in case. If ovulation ends up being seemingly too early/too late I could perhaps adjust accordingly.

@MintGreenLife to answer your question my AF is normally fairly light and lately has had one medium flow day but that's always the first day... I wonder if my inconsistencies in labelling CD1 is what's affecting my LP length stats!

@AMS19 wow thank you for sharing that, that’s just so quickly how it can change! I’ll do them each day at the same times to track but I had no idea it could alter so fast!

@musicaljojo no worries at all! I assumed there was something wrong with me having zero readings all the time. Just shows how different everyone is. Which I think is why it is important to track your cycle and how you ovulate. Then you'll know 🙂

@moocher90 well done, hope you're feeling a little better.

@ams19 im 3DPO I think. Im still suspicious of my predicted ovulation as my temps still aren't very high 🧐. Buy my cervix is firm and closed now so I hope that means ovulation is behind me 🥴

@Kay00 that is exciting. I'm 4DPO but also my temps are creeping back down slowly...I'm walking up at 5am so needing to adjust which isn't helping either. Hoping to wake up later tomorrow and get a clean reading. But I'm not feeling massively hopeful

@ams19 morning! No... 5:30 isn't ideal!! I managed by normal 6am and another small temp rise to 36.6. Its on track with previous my post ovulation temp rises so I'm fairly pleased. Did yours peak straight after ovulation then start to decrease? Is that normal for you?

Morning...how are we all?

I’m abit crampy this morning and had a small bit of yellowy/browny CM so I’m really hoping this isn’t the start of an early AF ☹️

Morning @chinchilly oh no, what DPO are you?

@Kay00 I’m 9DPO CD24 so AF would be way too early if she reared her head

@Kay00 it is only the second cycle of the pill and my first one was all over the place! So God knows what is normal for me.
That is great you got another rise!! Amazing!! Eeek so officially now in a TWW. Are you planning to go cold turkey on wine and coffee? I think I'm going to have a couple of glasses at the weekend but just not go mad. But switch to decaf coffee. The thing is, and this sounds ridiculous, I dont think I am pregnant. I just don't feel it. Which is stupid I Know!

@musicaljojo @AMS19 I use the premom opks and mine always show 0.2-0.4 on a daily basis. Last cycle I had a three day surge with positive OPKs over 1.0 all three days, and then back down to my usual 0.2-0.4. I think it really depends on what OPKs you use and what's normal for you.I always have a second line on mine no matter what CD I'm on.

@Juno231 that sounds like a good plan. My AF is light too, seems most people I speak to have a fairly light AF post pill! x

@chinchilly I hope its not your AF, fingers crossed!!

@ams19 yes, now firmly in the TWW :) phew! I am already caffeine free (except chocolate of course)... I have been for years as i'm pretty sensitive to it. But... I have to admit I had a pint of cider last night and I really really shouldn't have because my kidneys have been playing up... but I had two virtual work parties last night and I was dressed up in Halloween gear . I'm 4DPO so i'm hoping it won't make any difference, and yes, I'll be better behaved for the rest of my TWW!

@MintGreenLife yeah I think it is actually more normal to always have a second line. Most of the time premom gives me an error message then a zero because there isn't even any type of evap on mine, they are literally blank. That's why, as I say @musicaljojo it is best to get to know you and keep doing them everyday to get a base line. I just stopped doing them once I got my peak, but for all I know, I could actually peak again and miss it! I am basing it off having a 28 day cycle the cycle before. But, if nothing happens this month and/or AF is much later than 28 days I will probably keep testing once a day post a peak too.

Ahh @Kay00 love that 🎃 I really want to not drink but I'm seeing my mum tomorrow - in a beer garden outside as London is in tier 2 - and she doesn't know im trying. So I was going to just have one and say I'm driving the Sunday after so sticking with one. Hopefully will be okay. I have a very boozy virtual night next Friday planned...but if things are still moving forward and I havent had an AF or temp drop below cover line I'll probably pretend to drink....

@AMS19 yes, you can always have a lemonade and pretend to have a G&T

How’s everyone today?!

My boobs are so sore!! I’m 6DPO, trying so hard to not symptom spot. Boobs have hurt on lead up to my last bleed but no where as near as sore and last time was more sensitivity around nipple whereas now it’s the actual breast and sides of the breasts.
Feels like an age before testing can begin! Still got a cold too and feeling pretty congested and blowing my nose so much I look like Rudolph.