Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance

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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!

@ChinChilly I always had positive OPKs for three days in a row and would ovulate on the third day, so perhaps today is O day for you?

@Ams19 thinking of you 💕

Hi ladies, quick question. When you first came off the pill did you count the first day off your pill as 'day one without AF' or the first day after your withdrawal bleed? I took my last pill on 16th Nov and had a withdrawal bleed from 21st-23rd Nov and am now waiting for AF but don't know which date to use and am trying to keep track of how many days without AF - thanks!

@MissC07 first day of your withdrawal bleed is CD1 x

@MintGreenLife thanks so much

@Luna57 yeah it could be either, I’ll test again later and see, I’m not sure I can be bothered to DTD again, OH would but 3 times in 2 days is enough for me 😂

@MintGreenLife I’m wondering if ovulation is today i’ve had some cramps so it could be today, how are you getting on?

@MissC07 I done the first day of my withdrawal bleed as CD1 and on CD37 I had my first real AF. Don’t be disheartened if AF doesn’t turn up like clockwork after. Sending baby dust your way!

@ChinChilly if today is OV day then you’re covered. We only DTD the 2 days before OV. Fingers crossed for the next 2 weeks, I’d say try not to symptom spot but we’re only human and it’s a fun game we love to torture ourselves with 😂

@Luna57 my boobs hurt already, I’ll have convinced myself I’m pregnant by 2dpo don’t worry 😂😂

@ChinChilly and I’ll be here cheering you and your sore boobs on. You want to POAS at 4dpo? I’ll be here telling you it’s a great idea 😂

@Luna57 @ChinChilly ha!! I have just spent too long googling 6dpo. Do it every bloody morning. Convinced I'm nauseous and feeling twinges but probs in my head (or just progesterone) 🙄 ahhh!!

When do you girls generally start testing? My pre-pill cycles were 26ish days. But first cycle off the pill was 29 days...

@Luna57 😂😂😂 POAS never hurt nobody

@Nellieee omg I do that too, except I think I’ve read everything that comes up on the first 2 pages of google 😂

I never used to test unless AF was late but I think i might test at 10dpo this time.

OPKs are finally coming down now thank god! Curently about half way through the xmas deep house clean, honestly I clean my house as i go through the week then do a once over on the weekend, I don’t understand how it gets so messy 😭

So tmi but I just had the biggest blob of EWCM I have ever seen and I could stretch it to about 3 inches 😂😂😂 also done an opk and it’s getting stronger :) 0.53 and one this morning was 0.43 :) I really hope ovulation is early as so far I don’t think I have ovulated and never caught a high or peak reading on the cheap OPKs on CD9 today. Usually my OPKs are stark white! Told DH that we will be DTD every other day until new year just in case! Why at 0.53 it says high?! I thought over 1 was high?

Couldn't sleep last night and hubby said 'well if you can't sleep let's BD'. Wasn't really in the mood but DTD and I did sleep very well last night! OPK test strip from 10mins ago (one yesterday was stark white). HOW did he know 🤔 🍆 🧬

My OPKs for reference as forgot to put it on last message!

@mrsmacmc that’s good! Keep testing and DTD and hopefully line gets stronger and then you get a high or peak test

@Moocher90 your OPK tests look good! What app do you use please?

Yep a wee bit of BD on the cards again this evening

❤️❤️

That’s the premom app @mrsmacmc xx

@Moocher90 thank you - it'll save me having to 'hide' my OPK test pictures in an obscure place on my phone 🙈❤️

@AMS19 I am so sorry to hear your news. Sending you so much love and support Xxx

@mrsmacmc I use the Femometer app it lets you save your LH test pics and plot BBT etc too

I had so many pictures of random tests I needed an app 😂. Got a call with the doctor tomorrow to discuss the fact that AF hasn’t made an appearance as it’s been 3 months.

Expected to be told to wait till January but they had a slot so May as well have a chat 🤷🏻‍♀️ Not sure what they’d say at this point but flagging early should be better right?

@ChinChilly I’m good thanks ☺️ I’ll be 8 weeks tomorrow. I had a scan with the NHS last week as they were really full around when my 12 week scan would be (based on LMP) so they decided to get me in early to double check dates as if 7 weeks like I thought then they would be able to book my 12 week scan for 2 weeks later than they were looking at, at a point where they would be less busy! I had my booking appointment on the Wednesday and Thursday I got a text for a scan on Friday so it did throw me a little as hadn’t planned on having an early scan. Anyway all looked good, saw the heart beat and was measuring exactly 7+2 as I should have been. Got my 12 week scan referral letter today too ☺️ Remind me of you temp? Hopefully if you’re like me your final day of positive OPKs would be ovulation day and you’ll get the temp rise the following day xx

@mintgreenlife oh, that's wonderful news, so glad you saw the heartbeat and everything is measuring correctly 😊

@MintGreenLife ahh that’s lovely that you got an early scan, just before christmas aswell! I don’t temp at moment I’m thinking of starting temping in the new year if nothint happens this cycle. I’ve just done an OPK and it was down to 0.3 so I’m guessing my peak was at somepoint over the last 2 days, hopefullly ovulating today as I really cba to BD tonight 😂

I have been on my hands a knees scrubbing today, aswell as my food shop at 7am this morning, is this what Annual leave is meant to look like? 😂 Currently wallowing in a hot bath!

@Kay00 thanks 😊 I feel really lucky to have had an early scan in hindsight, it just made me very nervous on the day and wasn’t expecting it!

@ChinChilly I would assume today is O day so you’re probably quite well covered ☺️ Xx

@Robyn101 when I hit 3mo my GP ran general bloods (thyroid etc)

Ahhhh @TheDaydreamBelievers I did mean to ask as I know you had a very long wait too

I’ve had really weird pains today on my left side but at this point I think my brain just makes up pains and aches to toy with me 😂 guess we’ll see what the doctor says tomorrow I do feel slightly better to be doing something