Post Pill TTC - Rave on

[Juno231]

It’s that time again, the 6th 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:
@kay00
@Moocher90
@MintGreenLife
@Emmgrem
@Nellieee
@TheHotelCalifornia
@ams19
@chinchilly
@MancMama39
@sperr
@crabette
@charwils
@LauraT94
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@cams50
@robyn101
@abi555
@luna57
@tillybabs
@MissC07
@mrsmacmc

@Nellieee I haven’t heard of that one! I was on microgynon a long time ago, then I had the implant I had that taken out after 12 months because it was an absolute nightmare then I was on cerazette for about 8 years so I’ve been on some form of hormonal contraception for about 13 years

Omg amazing news congrats @katelyn99 and @mol234 what a fab start to the year ❤️

@Mol234 and @Katelyn99 congrats on the BFPs xx

CD12 today and my temp has dropped! Really hoping ovulation is soon! OPKs have been around 0.2-0.27 yesterday. Not much going on! From AF to ovulation feels like such a long time and a lot of waiting around!

@Moocher90 I’m on CD9 and omg it’s going so slow 😂😂

@Moocher90 @ChinChilly the pre FW is soooo slow! Saying that, I'm dying right now from only being 9DPO! I reckon this is the first cycle I've not tested already though. I usually cave around now.

@Trying4one jesus june already! please update us on the the outcome of the 20 week scan as well :D. Do you have a nursery you will be setting up?

@Juno231 the whole cycle is horrendous when TTC 😂 when are you planning on testing?

@ChinChilly Tbh the ideal is waiting until AF does/doesn't show up. Just the once so I see what that's like lol! I just have a sneaky feeling my RHR will drop tomorrow/day after and then I'll know there's no point in testing anyway.

@Juno231 is your RHR low before you ovulate and then peaks on ovulation?! X

@Juno231 I’m keeping everything crossed for you 🤞🏼

@Moocher90 my RHR roughly follows my temps unless I drink alcohol lol. So my FP RHR is my lowest, starting to drop a day or two before AF. Then once I ovulate it goes high alongside my temp for the LP. So e.g. pre ovulation I can be on 62bpm and post ovulation it carries on rising until it hits 70-72 bpm normally. This cycle it's a bit wonky though as the start of it was my recovery from xmas boozing lol so my RHR was really high!

@Juno231 my RHR is currently 64bpm and it can get as high as 70/71bpm in the LP x

@Mol234 @Katelyn99 congratulations! 🥰

Literally nothing to report here 😣. 6 days late and pretty bored of it! So bloated, so hungry and that’s it! I’m actually really warm now as well - I had to sleep outside of the duvet last night and I’m like the coldest person on earth!

@Sperr all sounds very positive I hope when you retest it’s a BFP!

Wow massive congratulations @Katelyn99 and @Mol234! What fabulous news 🎉 Can you remind us of your stories/how long you’ve been trying?

@Juno231 You’re getting there! 🤞 for you!

I am 1/2dpo today. Had peak OPKs Saturday and Sunday. FF says I would have ovulated Sunday, femometer says yesterday but we DTD every day from Friday to today so should definitely be covered either way! Going to have a break now 😴

I haven’t temped this month because I wanted to be relaxed (LOL) but I definitely will next month because I think it’s nice to confirm you have. I keep flicking my nipples hoping they’ll hurt 🤣

Very excited to be in my first TWW!! Just need to stop wishing my life away 😂

@moocher90 @chinchilly CD30 here and still no ovulation 😭😭😭

I just want this cycle to end so I can start anew and start my soy isoflavones.

@Elsie2021 haha you sound like me re nipples. I'm constantly grabbing my boobs to see if they're tender 🙈 also think I'm 2dpo, but just waiting for tomorrow's temps to confirm. Had a peak on Sunday night and we dtd fri-mon. OH asked last night "do we have to do it AGAIN tonight?" 😂 He was also a grateful for a rest!

Good luck on your TWW. We can be TWW twins. This is my second and it definitely does feel like you're wishing your life away, but at least there's not much fun going on right now for us to miss out on!!

@Kay00 girl, your peak needs to hurry now! Remind me what your previous cycles have been like?

@ChinChilly forgot to say, I was on cerazette many moons ago when I was about 18! I'm fairly sure it gave me terrible skin back then

@Nellieee haha... I want it to hurry the F* up too! I'm so bored right here . I joined a group for women who were expecting to ovulate between Xmas and New Year... and they are getting their BFPs now haha!

My cycles has been all over the place, longest FP was 35, shortest 18.

@Kay00 oh FFS! What is going on, the soy isoflavones may well be worth a go!

@Elsie2021 you flicking your nipples to see if they hurt actually made me LOL 😂

@Nellieee now you mention it my skin was always problematic on the pill it does seem to be settling now 🤔

Finally got my car back today YAY! I f**king hated that mini, worst car I’ve ever driven, I nearly left in at the side of the road yesterday on my way back from physio 😂

Thanks so much ladies!! I’ll definitely play back my journey and symptoms in the TWW tomorrow, once I’m sure I’m actually preggers. I’ve stocked up on FRERs and two different varieties of Clear Blues 😂

@Trying4one very exciting that you’re now 17 weeks, time flies!! Good luck on finding out the gender.

@Kay00 really hope either ovulation or AF turns up for you so you can move forward!

@Elsie2021 @Nellieee eeeeek good luck to you both in your TWW!!

My time of work is not doing me any favours, I’ve just discovered using a twirl as a straw in my coffee 😂😂 bloody delicious though 🤤

@ChinChilly Yum!!

@Mol234 excited for you FRER tomorrow 🤞

CD13 for me today, had a bad stomach pain on my left side this morning, felt like I was going to throw up and pass out whilst on the loo! Probably my body trolling me. It's my third day of high OPK's on Femometer, still low on Premom so who knows what's going on!

@Mol234 I wonder if that is ovulation pain? Although mine is more of a dull ache than anything that painful!

Do you have a photo of your 'high' OPKs?

Sorry!!! @MissC07 (not @Mol234 )