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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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AMS19 · 16/11/2020 19:39

A continuation of previous thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/4058758-TTC-cycle-1-just-come-off-pill-for-1?pg=1

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positivitytree2020 · 25/11/2020 13:35

@Bells20 nice chart, yours looks very similar to mine! 🤗 let’s hope our temps stay up! 🙌🏼 I am the same, trying not to symptom spot coz I’ll just start imagining things otherwise! Gonna resist the urge to take a test too soon coz I’ll only end up upset! 😂 I love the google search, I did google can you get BFP 4DPO!! 😂 similar to you I got a big fat no!! 😂

positivitytree2020 · 25/11/2020 13:37

@Foxl2222 great news that you got a surge! 🙌🏼 Ye did it loads this cycle so I’m sure you’d be covered! 😂 apparently the days before ovulation are best anyway!
Check your temps the next 3 days coz that’s the only way to know for sure that you ovulated, a surge alone might not mean it!
I am 4DPO so in the TWW as well 😊

jessi60 · 25/11/2020 14:46

Girls what the hell is going with me. I’m so confused 😂😂 I have a 28 day cycle aswell normally.

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jessi60 · 25/11/2020 14:55

I’ve rescanned it in now it’s fully dry. Think I was too eager before. And it’s even higher at 0.95😳 I’m meant to have my period in 8 days 😂

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PowerOfFlowers · 25/11/2020 16:05

Hello! 🙋🏻‍♀️
Ooh @Foxl2222 Keep dtd!! Good work on 7/8 times since Friday! Keep testing so you can see if it goes up or down.
Thanks for posting your chart @positivitytree2020 its making sense and it helps me understand why we're all testing like we are. 🤞🏻 for you!
Welcome @Jojobobo and really hoping it works out for you!
I'm not an expert in any way @jessi60 but maybe you're about to hit your peak? My cycle was 28 days to start with after coming off the pill, then went up to 34/35 days so don't rule yourself out yet. If I were you I'd keep dtd and testing.
Cd17 over here and starting to see movements in my opks going up. Only a small movement but hopefully it'll keep going up. I'll test again about 9pm tonight and see how that one is. We've also just dtd after the last test 😄

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jessi60 · 25/11/2020 17:40

@PowerOfFlowers Yeah maybe I could have a longer cycle this time. Just think it’s odd they’ve stayed high for so long😂
Unless I have a dodgy batch of strips 🤦🏻‍♀️ Xx

Emmgrem · 25/11/2020 17:59

So I've been bleeding (light red/pink) and period type cramps and emotional all day but only on CD19 - what is going on?! I had a headache two days too, so figures with PMT type symptoms..
0 on OPKs still. Not sure whether to count this as CD1 and start again like FF is telling me to, or to wonder about ovulation bleeding (but O on OPKs still and no EWCM since about CD8) or implantation bleeding, or some other kind of weird spotting as my body adjusts to being off the pill?
Anyone experienced this?? How do you know whether it's a period or not... what should I be monitoring for now? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Emmgrem · 25/11/2020 18:00

Here's my chart for reference (Can't work out how to edit my last post to add this!)

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Bells20 · 25/11/2020 18:15

@jessi60 that definitely looks like a strong test! you could try testing again this evening as it might be peak time? I have almost no medical knowledge haha but I'm sure it's a thing that people can have a delayed period if they're really poorly. Could it be that because you've been so unwell your whole cycle has been pushed back and maybe you are just ovulating now and this cycle will be longer as a result. So keep us updated

@Emmgrem oh that's interesting. Normally there is a temp drop before AF arrives and does seem like you've had that but also seems quite early doesn't it. I guess I would wait and see what happens today/tomorrow as to whether AF arrives. I'm sure someone will correct me if this isn't quite right but I think spotting is much lighter and more pink or brown whereas a period would be more red and a lot more of a 'flow'.

PowerOfFlowers · 25/11/2020 18:23

How are you feeling today @jessi60 ? Are you feeling any better?
How long have you been off the pill now @Emmgrem? I would wait to see what happens tomorrow and the day after. I didn't get spotting like that so soon, but definitely had pmt symptoms for two weeks before AF arrived in the first few months of being off the pill.

Emmgrem · 25/11/2020 18:40

@Bells20 @PowerOfFlowers

Thank you guys. I've only been off the pill since the very start of this month. Had withdrawal bleed after 5 days as you would expect (though it was brown and only lasted 2-3 days).

I think you're right, time will tell. I feel silly asking what AF is like but the last one I had off the pill was aged 16 and those used to be really heavy to I'm not sure what to expect for my first real one in 13 years now 😂

It's good to know you had symptoms for 2 weeks before AF post pill though @PowerOfFlowers - at least I know thats normal.

@jessi60 sounds like you're having a really confusing cycle the same as me! Hope you're feeling better!

jessi60 · 25/11/2020 18:46

@Bells20 Yeah I suppose it could be couldn’t it. It’s so confusing, no idea what’s going on with it all. I’ve had no other ovulation symptoms though.

@PowerOfFlowers Yeah feeling much better today. Actually managed to eat today aswell so think I’m on the up! Thanks for it asking ! 🥰

@Emmgrem God we are aren’t we. No clue what’s happening but I am feeling better thanks Xx

PowerOfFlowers · 25/11/2020 18:57

Honestly, I was exactly the same @Emmgrem AF for me is very spotting for two days, and then just red for three days. My DP was surprised when I kept saying "oh, this is what a real period feels like" 😄

Bells20 · 26/11/2020 08:27

Morning! Hope everyone is doing well today.

There was a tiny bit of blood on the tissue this morning when I went to the loo. I have some mild cramping in my lower belly and back too. Seems too early to be implantation spotting and hopefully far too early for AF, maybe too late for ovulation spotting at 4dpo so feel a little confused. Will just wait, see what happens and hope for the best but did anyone else have spotting around this time or have any thoughts about what this could be?

Emmgrem · 26/11/2020 08:40

@Bells20 I can't be much help but this sounds like what happened to me yesterday so I would just monitor it and wait it out to see whether it's just spotting. 🤞

Emmgrem · 26/11/2020 08:44

Well full on AF has arrived this morning after spotting yesterday! 😩 Forgot how awful it is haha.
However that means I've only had an 18 day cycle 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm grateful to get my AF back so soon as it's seems post-pill some of you waited for ages, but maybe not this soon as short cycles aren't going to help me fall pregnant!

What's more after a temp dip yesterday I've had a huge rise again today back to 36.92 which is one of my highest recorded temps! Surely my temp should be steady falling and staying low on AF?!

Dex1521 · 26/11/2020 08:53

Morning all! 7dpo today had mild cramps when I woke up on left side but went away after having some cereal. They were sort of the same as the pain I had on my left on my ovulation day. Also had a congested nose again. Quick question roughly when does implantation occur? Google keeps telling me all different days and I get sucked into a loop hole so try not to google anything pregnancy related anymore

@Emmgrem sorry to hear about AF. With regard to the cycle length sometimes after coming off the pill cycle can be irregular for a few months and they even themselves out over time (hopefully 🤞) so it might just be that! This is coming from someone who hasn’t seen a drop of blood since coming off the pill back in October 😂

CardioQueen · 26/11/2020 08:56

@Emmgrem is this your first cycle after withdrawal bleed? I've lost track! 🙈

Emmgrem · 26/11/2020 09:07

@CardioQueen yes had withdrawal bleed at the start of this month.

@Dex1521 I'm holding onto that! If you start googling short follicular phases and short cycles it's scary reading 🙈😂
But I don't think I can read too much into the first one- it's bound to be all over the place. Just seems like most people are the other way and wait ages for AF.

CardioQueen · 26/11/2020 09:12

@Emmgrem yes ok I think it can be really normal for them to just be a bit (lot!) all over the place. My first one was 37 days after withdrawal bleed. Then next was 57 days and this one I'm on CD28 and no sign of ovulation yet. So yours could definitely get considerably longer! ☺️

@Dex1521 implantation can be any day between 6DPO and 12DPO (I think) - usually around 8/9DPO

jessi60 · 26/11/2020 09:57

Hi thought I would come on and put my update on just to confuse everyone once more with whatever my body is doing. I’m CD 21. Suppose to get period in 7 days. Was meant to be 7dpo. But since the high result yesterday it’s now recorded this as the peak which has completely moved my fertile window 😂😂

I’ve had the tiniest amount of blood when wiping 2 days ago and then again I had the tiniest amount last night with nothing there this morning. No idea what is going on with me. I’ve attached my opks below.

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CardioQueen · 26/11/2020 10:27

@jessi60 oh that definitely looks like your peak. It's really not unusual for the cycles to take a while to regulate, unfortunately. The follicular phase is the one that will vary. The luteal phase will stay pretty constant +/- 1 day. So maybe your spotting was ovulation spotting and you'll get AF in 12-16 days?

PowerOfFlowers · 26/11/2020 10:56

Cd18 over here and according to Premom I'm about to Peak! Eek!! 😆 Tested late last night and saw it was higher and then again this morning with 2nd pee and I got this! It was starting to turn dark as soon as I took it out of the cup. I feel excited! Weird ehhh!! Will dtd this afternoon in between both of our meetings (we're wfh - not in the office 🤣)

PowerOfFlowers · 26/11/2020 10:56

Forgot to attach a picture...

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positivitytree2020 · 26/11/2020 11:00

@Bells20 might be TMI but was the blood brown or red? Brown blood means it's a few days old (correct me if I'm wrong) so it could very well be ovulation bleeding? Might just have taken a few days to make it's way out. If it's red blood it's likely fresh blood, in which case I don't know why that would be haha! Way too early for AF and also seems early for implantation bleeding, but then you never know the 6-12 days for implantation is just a rough guide! 😂
I'm 5DPO now and other then some mild cramps here and there I haven't noticed much else.