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Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance

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TheHotelCalifornia · 25/11/2020 08:30

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!

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ChinChilly · 26/11/2020 19:46

@Ams19 sorry to hear about the bleeding, keeping everything tightly crossed for you 🤞🏼 ❤️

Kay00 · 26/11/2020 19:53

@ams19 stay sticky lil bean!!

Tatty1987 · 26/11/2020 20:13

@Ams19 sorry to hear of the bleeding. Glad they’ve got you in for a scan just to check. 🤞🏻 I’m also following another group for us due in June and there’s several that have experienced something similar. Everything is crossed!

Ams19 · 26/11/2020 20:17

Thanks @Cams50 @ChinChilly @tatty1987 @kay00 thanks ladies. Honestly seeing the bright pink blood scared the hell out of me. This bean has been a pain in the a$se from day 1 😂😂😂

TheHotelCalifornia · 26/11/2020 20:19

Hey guys! Sorry been super busy at work today! Even though I’m so distracted haha! Have a day off tomorrow so will write out my full story and all my symptoms for you all 😊 Loved reading yours @mintgreenline, I think mine will be similarly epic!! So interesting comparing our symptoms I love it!

@Ams19 sending all the positive thoughts lovely I’m sure everything will be absolutely fine, I can’t even imagine how stressful it’s been for you but yes to echo some of the other girls I’ve heard that bleeding is quite normal. I know that won’t make it any easier to deal with though. Sending lots of love and keep us updated xxx

@Kay00 haven’t told anyone yet, literally just you guys hahha!! It’s our little secret for now 😊 I think we’ll book an early reassurance scan as I’m quite an anxious person and also we’ll pretty much have to tell our families at Christmas because I’m always on the prosecco and it would be immediately obviously. So my parents and brother, and DH’s parents and siblings. No-one else though. I’ll be nearly 8 weeks at Christmas so still insanely early but I feel like it’s just what we need to do, if that makes sense. I’m hoping it’ll be a lovely surprise as only my Mum knows we’re TTC and even with her I stopped mentioning it a couple of months ago just because I didn’t want to talk about it! So we need to think of some ways to surprise everyone, all being well in a month’s time 😊 it’ll probably be in the garden with today’s news!!! Sooooooo excited to tell my Mum though, literally cannot wait.

@Juno231 so much to think about! I honestly feel like I’m not letting myself think about any of that yet because it’s just so early. I’m just trying to stay calm, positive, keep taking my temp, and keep doing pregnancy tests every couple of days. That’s about as much as I can do at the moment! I guess we’ll call the Dr next week when I’ll be 4 weeks and a few days. I did order a book though, the classic! What to Expect When You’re Expecting so looking forward to curling up tomorrow and getting stuck into that 😊

@laurat94 best of luck for your first TWW!

@Kay00 your chart is looking fab! 16 day ovulation is the dream! I didn’t get a peak OPK either this cycle despite also testing 3 times a day, if that makes you feel any better! It does sound like your thermometer might be a bit messed up. Vaginal temping is meant to be more consistent isn’t it. You can’t control if you sleep with your mouth open or not which is so frustrating! I very much enjoyed your foof story though hahahha!!

@chinchilly another one who thinks that sounds like IB! Keeping everything crossed for you!

@Keeppositivekeepsmiling welcome! As others have said, a 16 day LP is absolutely brilliant, well done!

11DPO today guys, took an IC and a second FRER this morning and both lines were darker which made me so happy 😊 Temp was also the highest it’s ever been. 36.80 at 5am!! Adjusting that for 7am is 37.02 say whaaaattttt!! I’ve also ordered some Clear Blue ones to hopefully see the word on it 😊 Still having the odd sharp, needle-like pains in my lower abdomen which I’ve had since like 6DPO. Have a very sore lower back now (I have a dodgey back so it’s always a base level of sore haha but lordy have I noticed it today!) and feel generally quite bloated! Also same as @mintgreenlife, get very hungry very suddenly!

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Keeppositivekeepsmiling · 26/11/2020 20:57

Its so nice reading all your lovely stories leading to your BFPs, really does give me hope! I always worry with having long cycles and late ovulation, but from what I have read it seems as long as you catch ovulation with opks and have a decent LP chances should be as good as any? With my last 2 cycles being 42days I wonder if mine will settle at that for now or reduce a little more...time will tell and I have been 6months off the pill. So grateful for the tracking apps making things a little easier and reading all your experiences makes it so much better. Its so strange because after being on the pill for such a long time theres no way I can remember what my cycles were like, but getting to know my body at nearly 30 years old feels kinda weird haha! Part of me wishes I had come off the pill a little bit before wanting to TTC to let all this settle. AF in full swing today but im seeing it as an opportunity for a new chance and hopefully Christmas BFP! X

Emmgrem · 26/11/2020 21:34

@Juno231 @Kay00 ooh thanks girls, that's interesting about Coq10. Going to start taking it this cycle along with DHA

@Ams19 sorry to hear it's been a rough ride so far! Keeping everything crossed for you and bean!

@TheHotelCalifornia Ooh it's making me all excited for you hearing how you plan to tell the family over Xmas. How do you think you'll do it? I've seen so many lovely youtube pregnancy reveals where they put the scan photo in a Xmas cracker etc. Warms my heart!

@Keeppositivekeepsmiling Snap at being nearly 30 and only just rediscovering your body after so many years on the pill! And hoping for a Xmas BFP too ❤️

Speaking of which, has anyone hoping for a BFP around Xmas thought about whether they'd tell family super early? Like others here it'll be so obvious if I wasn't drinking, but (hoping) I have more of a normal 28 day cycle next month and not an 18 day one(!) id be testing practically on Xmas eve I think so it'd be ridiculously early to tell even family 🙈

LauraT94 · 26/11/2020 21:45

@Ams19 let us know how the scan goes ❤️

@Keeppositivekeepsmiling a Christmas BFP is a lovely thing to hope for! 🤞🏻

@Juno231 hope you got to enjoy your wine tonight!

@Emmgrem I've always thought I would just tell family as soon as I found out 🤷🏼‍♀️ the way I think about it, I would want their support whether it was a successful pregancy or not. So, personally for me, I would share. But I am not pregnant yet and never have been so I might feel totally different at the time. I also get that everyone has had different experiences, and what might be right for some won't necessarily be right for others. So each to their own! But personally I'll be telling close family (parents and siblings) straight away xx

ChinChilly · 26/11/2020 22:34

@LauraT94 I agree, I would tell family I would need their support even more if it was an unsuccessful pregnancy than if it was successful

I have literally just had a small amount of browny pink CM when I wiped, cramps have started again although they are completely manageable. I’ve found I do spot before AF so not getting my hopes up 😕

Keeppositivekeepsmiling · 26/11/2020 22:39

I think we would keep it a little secret and then maybe have an early scan around 8-10 weeks then tell our family.

Christmas not drinking would be ok for me to cover up... normally im designated driver which I dont mind, so could easily get away with that one!

I love the idea of a big suprise reveal but in reality I might be too impatient haha! X

Kay00 · 27/11/2020 09:27

Morning ladies!

At the risk of obsessing over individual temps... Blush this morning (4DPO) I woke up with a temp of 36.11, i'm fine with this as remarkably it is still above my pre-ov temps.

However, I know that I was breathing through my mouth (I had a cold dry mouth and a blocked nostril Grin). So i shut my mouth and snoozed for another 25 mins and took my temp again... 36.29. Adusted back for the 25 mins its 36.24.

Should I just take the 36.11 temp or input one of the mouth closed temps?

Juno231 · 27/11/2020 09:35

@kay00 I'd go for the mouth closed temp but then I'm a dirty temper lol

CD4 here with temps still dropping day by day to get into a proper FP range. Today's one was 36.28. I'm intrigued to see what AF does today as I've only had one 4 day AF since I started charted in Jan I think! All the others were 2-3 days.

I've already given OH the heads up that he'll have to start putting out from Thursday Grin

Kay00 · 27/11/2020 10:13

@Juno231 haha - i'm sure he doesn't mind Grin. I'm still having to fight mine off with a stick!

ChinChilly · 27/11/2020 10:27

@Kay00 my OH is the same 😂😂 my male puppy seems to have gained a desire for my dressing gown so I’m fighting them both off with a stick at the moment 😂

Juno231 · 27/11/2020 10:36

@ChinChilly @kay00 haha mine needs the week's heads up for mental prep - he's not the keenest on DTD!

Kay00 · 27/11/2020 10:36

Oh haha!! how annoying!!

ChinChilly · 27/11/2020 12:46

Seriously think AF is going to make an early appearance, cramps today are very much like AF cramps 😕😒

Kay00 · 27/11/2020 13:26

@ChinChilly are you 9DPO today? And you had a little spotting yesterday? I really hope she doesn't turn up!! I was hoping these were good signs for you. Fingers crossed!

ChinChilly · 27/11/2020 13:32

@Kay00 Yeah I am 9DPO, I had a bit of spotting yesterday before I went to bed was just a streak of pinky brown CM and tine tiny bit the day before, and I have literally just had another small amout of pinky/peachy CM, I’m hoping AF atleast holds off for a few more days so my LP is decent 🙄

crabette · 27/11/2020 14:22

Afternoon ladies!

It's so lovely to hear you guys with your BFPs talking about who to tell when! So exciting having a little (big!) secret like this! 💕

@Emmgrem I was letting myself wonder along similar lines to you 😂 If we manage to stick this cycle (🙏) I'd be about 6 weeks by Christmas. Think I'd tell my parents then in that case - we're close, and I'd want their support if something bad happened. Also - me not having a drink on Christmas Day would be a complete giveaway, and my OH is abysmal at secret keeping! See what happens though, it's highly unlikely for me just now as I can't even catch an ovulation 😂🙈

CD19 here and still zero sign of anything. Fab news on your ovulation though @Kay00 - CD16 is the dream! I'm hoping for some action CD20-22 - that's about where I've been on previous cycles, but LH still literally not a squint. I had much darker LH tests way back at CD10 this month, starting to wonder if I was mega early! FF did give me crosshairs then, which i overrode cos it seemed too insane 🤷🏻‍♀️

My OH is like yours I think @Juno231 😂 Though he's been asking lots about ovulation and fertile windows this cycle, think he's making the effort now as he's feeling broody too finally!

Really sorry to hear about your bleeding @AMS19 - can imagine the terror. Hope you and bean are ok ❤️

Juno231 · 27/11/2020 14:37

@crabette ha except mine has reached cycle 12 without asking a single question! Although when I asked him if he knew what an IUI was when I mentioned it the other week - he actually seemed to know?! "isn't that when they baste the eggs directly?" 🤣 so perhaps not the most accurate knowledge of it but at least he had an inkling lol.

@AMS19 I hope everything is alright 🤞❤️

Kay00 · 27/11/2020 14:38

@crabette do you have a chart you can share?

My OH has been really funny. He doesn't like to openly talk about TTC and jokingly says its not something he wants, and he refuses to like ANY baby names I suggest, haha (don't worry, he has agreed to TTC!!), but he occasionally says something that shows he is secretly excited... he bought me a pineapple a couple of days ago and last night he said a name that he liked Grin cute.

Juno231 · 27/11/2020 16:05

@kay00 ah that's sweet! My OH talks about baby names indirectly (e.g. this and this is a nice name, I could live with that) but that's about it! He doesn't seem to think about it all otherwise, I do find most men are really strange about this though...

crabette · 27/11/2020 18:07

@Kay00 Oh I have multiple charts! 😂 See three, attached! Caveat being this is my first month using FF, so it has no history on my cycles, which I think is throwing things a bit?

The first FF chart is what I'm using - deliberately discounting the low temp on CD10 because I took it an hour early.

The second FF chart is the same, but with the CD10 temp included - which gives me cross-hairs on CD11. Which would be a pain as clearly we were not in DTD baby making mode then!

And the third chart is from Natural Cycles, which is what I've been using for the last few cycles, so it's already got a more reflective cover level set for me, and knows I've ovulated around CD21 the past few cycles, with post ovulation temps of 36.8ish.

@Juno231 My OH would have ZERO clue about IUI 😂 He just keeps asking "how my temp is" in terms of, is it baby making time yet. I keep trying to explain it's more about predictions, because by the time I actually know it's been baby making time we'll have missed it lol. Think men are so strange about it! Maybe because they feel they can't be seen to be "broody". Mine makes a big show of rolling his eyes about the whole thing - I can relate to the "I could live with that" name comments! 😂 @Kay00 your OH sounds cute with his name suggestion, (hope it's a good one!) and pineapple! 😂

Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance
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Post Pill TTC - Party Hard with a Vengeance
crabette · 27/11/2020 18:09

@Kay00 The only thing actually making me doubt myself on the CD11 ovulation are these LH's... I never got a positive / peak, but CD11 was the darkest I've had. Now I'm getting nada 🤷🏻‍♀️

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