Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance

[TheHotelCalifornia]

It’s that time again, the 5th post-pill thread of 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. Join us, won’t you? We're a lovely bunch and we'd love to help you make sense of post-pill life if we can!

Welcome back:

@mintgreenlife
@juno231
@kay00
@sperr
@mrsmacmc
@chinchilly
@curcurbita
@tillybabs
@ams19
@moocher90
@trying4one
@flowerbudd
@pumpkineverything
@tatty1987
@mancmama39
@elsie2021
@danielle2012
@spencer22
@charwils
@ftm94
@lobster8
@musicaljojo
@laurat94
@crabette
@moocher90
@cams50
@thedaydreambelievers
@K80AWE
@emmgrem
@MissC07
@MOL234

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

@Kay00 when I got a BFP I was blank on a cheapie at 9dpo and positive at 11dpo. 9 is definitely early doors!

Hi @MissN07 Welome! I track pretty much everything OPKs help you keep track of then you're getting a LH surge (which leads to ovulation) the position of your cervix and consistency of your cervical mucus (lovely I know!) helps track when you're having an Oestrogen surge (ideally those two will line up) and temping helps me keep track of my overall cycle and can help me determine whether I have ovulated.

I also have wildly varying cycles (my longest was 48 days too!) and I find that my body has a couple of attempts at ovulating before it finally does and charting everything has helped me understand that

@ChinChilly hehe. exciting!

@TheDaydreamBelievers fingers crossed then xxx

@ChinChilly and @Kay00 I will definitely start tracking these two. Once AF has gone(Showed up a few hours ago), ready to start a new cycle now!

I think i may start temping in the new year, is there a best time to start it or just whenever?

@ChinChilly you can start any time however if you decide to do oral or vaginal make sure you do it for the whole cycle and not mix and match.

I went for my blood test today.

They are testing vitamin b12, folate, Hba1c, TSH, cholesterol, FSH, LFT, T3, renal profile (UE) ferritin, free thyroxine, LH, TIBC and 25-OH Vitamin D. GP should get my results by Monday.

@Moocher90 that sounds really thorough - I wish they'd tested my ferritin too!

@ChinChilly you can technically start whenever but if too late in your FP then there just might not be enough pre O temps to detect a temp shift. Still good to get into the habit though! It's second nature for me now and doesn't mess with my sleep at all really.

@Juno231 the doctor I spoke to on Saturday was out of hours and a think a private GP apparently from Nuffield health .... maybe that’s why. I think if I spoke to my own GP they wouldn’t have done half the tests. The only one I really need doing is prolactin as I done the female hormones one with let’s get checked and my prolactin was high but on reading up on underactive thyroid it’s one of the things that also is messed up if thyroid isn’t working properly. I will ring GP on Monday afternoon and explain about TTC and prolactin being high and see if they can send me for a macroprolactin blood test. That’s what the nurse said I need to have with let’s get checked.

Positive with let’s get checked was that my FSH was normal and my oestradiol but my LH was low but goes hand in hand with issues with high prolactin so I am told. LH was only slightly lower then the recommended though whereas my prolactin was 612miu/l but should be between 102 and 496.

@Moocher90 on the bright side that counts as only slightly elevated prolactin I think. If it was a tumor on the thyroid causing it it would be more in the thousands. So at least there's that! Stress also causes prolactin to go up so I bet you someone at some point will tell you to relax 🤣

@Juno231 yes it’s raised and I’m not sure if it’s just because of coming off contraception where my hormones were regulated before and now they are not! Just scary seeing all these numbers and it saying abnormal next to it! Just want to give myself the best chance at conception really and need to make sure I’ve had my MOT and all clear so I don’t have to keep worrying.

Thanks @Moocher90 & @Juno231 I’m going to see how this cycle goes and if there is still no joy I might get a thermometer for the cycle after and start at the beginning of the cycle

@moocher90 so glad to hear you're getting all those tests! Very thorough indeed!

Im beyond tired tonight... too tired to even put the lights on my (very small) Xmas tree. My back is hurting and my hip is really playing up too, so I have a grump on lol. Im curled up having cuddles with my dog though which is nice 😊

@Kay00 super cute pupper 😍

Yes 🥰 shes a real sweetie.

Paracetamol is ok when TTC, right?

@Kay00 I believe so! It’s safe to take when pregnant so I’m assuming it would be for TTC

@LauraT94 interesting that it’s gone back down!

I feel like I may have got pre excited, got cramps and back ache now. Really feel like AF coming 😒. Pass me the Friday 5pm wine already!!!

Thank you @chinchilly

I hope AF doesn't arrive for you @sperr! On the plus side Friday 5pm is only 20 hours away! 😁

@ChinChilly I used to do oral temps but I've just started doing vaginal post MMC and honestly its actually a million times easier. Not least cause it being under covers means the beeping doesnt wake DH!

@Moocher90 my prolactin was high originally and it was thought to be why it took so long for AF to return (141 days). It was thought to be due to the pill and it went down.

@Kay00 what a cute pupper ❤

Ps - drinking alcohol for the first time in 4 months and it is hitting me like a TRUCK

@TheDaydreamBelievers fingers crossed that’s the same for me too :) my withdrawal bleed took 6 or so weeks to come then 6 weeks until next period after that. After your withdrawal bleed have your periods become more regular now?!

@Moocher90 I dont knowin afraid - I had the withdrawal bleed, 141 days wait, a 49 day cycle #2 then got a BFP (estimated ovulation at cd33).

Sadly, despite a great 10 week nhs scan it was discovered at the 12 week scan that the baby died at 10+5. So now waiting for bleeding to stop and my cycle to come back after MMC surgery. So I'm afraid I cant tell you a story of normal cycles!

@TheDaydreamBelievers I remember your crazy long cycle but wasn’t sure about how many periods you had prior to your BFP. Again I’m so sorry for your MMC :( xx

No worries @Moocher90! Yeah I never ended up normalising before BFP! Kinda hoping that will be the case again, but need my tests to go negative first. Wishing you luck

Thank you @TheDaydreamBelievers! I really hope you stop bleeding soon so you can TTC again x be lovely news to hear of some more BFPs on this thread x

@MissN07 welcome! I have also just started temping from CD3 (only because I bought the wrong one at first) so that I can get to know my cycles better.
@Kay00 your pup is so cute!!
@TheDaydreamBelievers so so sorry for your MMC