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

@Kay00 I was thinking maybe it was as it only last about 30mins but I'm probably overthinking it. So these are my 'high' on Femometer. Ignore my blurry ones the few days before, I'm still trying to get the hang of it all 🤣 I've worked out the white backround and no glare rule now 😂

@MissC07 oh, they are certainly getting stronger... I think things are starting to happen for you! Make sure you test tonight and a few times tomorrow

Mine are regularly at 30-39% (for about 2 weeks now) but never deemed high... perhaps my base LH level is just quite high.

@Kay00 thank you! I'm definitely not getting my hopes up as it's only my first cycle after my first AF post pill. So maybe they are just saying high because I haven't done many 😂

I think i might be on for an early ovulation this month or the EPO is working overtime, I felt abit wet down there so I went to the loo and my nickers look like ive pissed myself 😂😂

@ChinChilly I'm so glad it's working for you! Makes me feel better about me raving about it to everyone with an EWCM query like a born again christian lol

I'm 12dpo today, had a big temp drop and getting af cramps so I think that's that this time. I feel like I'm getting a little obsessive and too anxious about it, really thought this would be my month and it has hit me quite hard. Was watching a tv show last night and one of the girls found out she was pregnant and I just started crying 🙈 so decided to take a break from obsessively tracking everything in my hundreds of app everyday 🤣 for the last 2 months I ovulated cd22 so will just make sure we dtd around that time and see what happens

Just popping in to say hi and a big fat congrats to the bfp's @Mol234 and @Katelyn99! Hope everyone else is doing ok!

@Kay00 Hope you ovulate soon! It must be so frustrating waiting for so long. It cant be far away now!

@ChinChilly That's hilarious about the EPO working overtime! Have you been poas? I've been taking EPO too but it's not working its magic quite as well as it is for you! I might up the dose for a couple of days and see what happens!

@Moocher90 Agreed - it's like the longest time ever to get to the FW....even worse when you don't know when it's going to be!

@Flowers222 Look after yourself. It's so easy to get anxious about it all. Sounds like taking a break from all the apps might be a good idea. On the positive side 12 days is a great luteal phase length :)

CD9 for me today! Have been getting blank circles on the Clearblue digital opks the last two days. I've failed at doing SMEP properly already as we were both so tired last night haha! I figure doing day 9 as the first day is pretty much the same thing - and as I got a blank smiley it probably wont affect things much! Got no idea as to when I'm going to get my peak opk this month as things seem to change on a monthly basis for me!

@Juno231 well they definitely workee here! Thank you for telling me about them!!

@Flowers222 ahh I know that feeling sometimes AF turns up and I feel actually devastated! Taking a break from tracking may be good idea.

@FlyingGiraffe I’ve started POAS they are darker than normal at this stage they’re normally stark white! so hopefully it will be soon! Hopeing yours in soon too!!

@flowers222 😣 so sorry to hear how hard this is hitting you. Your low mood has come in the middle of a difficult (dark and grey) month, in the middle of a national lockdown during a global pandemic... its not surprising xx please, look after yourself. You are coping really well considering xx

@flyinggiraffe I have a feeling my peak isn't going to happen... it feels as though everything has fizzled out. Im not sure if I can even be bothered to pee on an OPK tonight 😆 whats the point!? It'll only be negative.

@ChinChilly That's good! What day do you usually get your peak opk? I'm thinking mine might be a bit later this month. I get so confused with the spotting. In December going off the first day of spotting, my peak was CD19, but I logged it as CD13 from when I thought I had proper AF start. I didn't have so many days of spotting this month so i'm hoping its somewhere in the middle there!

@Kay00 I think the soy isoflavones are definitely worth trying next cycle. How long have you been trying now? Am I right in thinking you're 34? (Hope ive not offended you if you're younger!) Have you spoken to the GP at all? I'm 35 and thinking of giving it a bit longer before I go. I think being on the pill for something like 20 years it's going to take a bit longer than the norm for things to start working as they should!

Thanks @FlyingGiraffe. I really admire anyone doing SMEP. Me and my OH just don't have the stamina 😂 really hope it works for you this cycle!

@ChinChilly really sounds like the EPO is working quickly! Hopefully it will make a big difference!

@Kay00 you are completely right. I was thinking earlier I'm becoming more obsessed as I don't have a lot distracting me from it all. Did a home workout with my OH tonight and it was actually fun and nice to spend some time together. So need to find more things like that. I hope you either ovulate soon or you get to start a new cycle. I have had a few long cycles (60+ days!) the wait is just horrible.

@flowers222 so glad you had a giggle tonight... whilst exercising too - bonus!! So important to focus on the little things that make us happy right now x

@flyinggiraffe im actually 35 too (I think lol!) And my cycles have been rubbish in the 7 months I have been off the pill (which I have been on for 17 years... gosh!). Im definitely giving the Soy Iso a go next cycle... they arrived in the post today! Exciting!

In other news my random inflammation (which usually attacks my joints) is focusing on my bowls today and I feel utterly rubbish... have arranged a call with the doctor tomorrow 🤒🤕😴

@flowers222 Don’t be too hard on yourself
It’s a rocky road, you’re not out till AF shows her face and even then you’ve got next month

@flyinggiraffe I’ve been looking at SMEP and considering it for this month but it sounds so intensive 😂 the OH will love it but I don’t know if I could keep it up

@FlyingGiraffe I tens to get my peak anywhere from CD13-18

@Flowers222 glad you had a nice evening ☺️

@Kay00 that sounds horrible, hope you feel better soon

Hi ladies, I’ve found this post after doing a search about short periods so hope there’s room for one more!

I came off the pill mid November and me and my husband are TTC. I’ve been using Natural Cycles app which has been great but my last two periods seem to be really short- has anyone had this??

NC app confirmed ovulation on 29th Dec due to positive LH and higher BBT. Started having a period on Monday (13 days later) which seems pretty normal but it’s almost gone away this afternoon! My follicular phase before ovulation last cycle was only 5 days too so who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyone having a similar experience with cycle lengths?!

@Kay00 did you POAS? It might give some clues and show progression. Totally understand if you were fed up with them this month though

@FlyingGiraffe I went straight from three days of blank circles CD9-11 to a peak on CD12 😬 I was backing up with line OPKs so knew there was a progression. I should have started testing on CD7, but my order was delayed 🙈

@Flowers222 sorry you are feeling bad. It's a rollercoaster of hormonal emotions. And this year has been so shit. Until AF comes, you're still in with a shot. But have some me time, long bath, get lost in a book. As the other girls have said, look after yourself!!

@ChinChilly good luck for O!

@MissC07 those lines look like they're progressing nicely!! I'd keep testing 🤩

@ElizabethP141 hi there! Mine are short and light post pill too. I have more spotting too. I think most people on this group have experienced short periods post pill, but quite long cycles. Your cycles sound like they are on the shorter side (nine are too), but hormones will probably not have settled since coming off the pill. I'd keep monitoring for the next few cycles and see if they settle.

@elizabethp141 welcome! Yes, short and light periods are quite common when coming off the pill, mine got heavier after about 4 or 5 cycles. Your LP seems like a good length but you FP is a little on the short side, hopefully that will correct itself in time 😊

@nellieee yes, I did an OPK. Still negative. Im down to my last 3 again... hopefully my Amazon order will arrive soon 😬😬😬😂

Hi ladies! Thought I would pop back on and see how everyone is getting on? Tried to catch up but way too many messages since I was last here 🙃
I'm now 2 weeks post op and sat on my hands waiting for a negative. Tests are moving in the right direction but expect a little way off negatives at the moment. Having good and bad day. The fact I'm posting at 4.30am means this is probably a bad day 😂😂
Really hoping everyone is doing okay and dont think I've missed any BFPs except for new ladies? Sending everyone so much love and baby dust xxx

@ElizabethP141 Hi 🙋🏼‍♀️ my first few periods off the pill were short and light, actually only my last 2 or 3 have been a ‘normal’ pill.

@Kay00 I’m frustrated at your body at the moment, so god knows how you feel!

@AMS19 lovely to hear from you, glad you are as well as can be! Hopefully your tests go negative soon (so wierd to say that) wow 4:30 is early 😂

I feel like something is starting to happen here, FF has me down as fertile, I’ve got a green traffic light 😂 and the days are hightlighted in green on the calendar, assuming that’s what that means? RHR has also gone up, it seems abit early for things to be happening at CD10 but who knows 😂

Blazing positive OPK baby! So hopefully the hospital say no issues, go for it

@TheDaydreamBelievers Wohoo! Hope the hospital give you the go ahead 😉

@Nellieee thank you! I'm not getting my hopes up but I'm hoping my body is starting to do something 🤞

@AMS19 Lovely to hear from you, I hope your good days outweigh your bad days soon. Sending you positive vibes ✨

@TheDaydreamBelievers 🤞 You get the all clear from the hospital!!

@ChinChilly Your chart looks good! I'm also in the green squares, tried to DTD last night but DP couldn't 'perform' so now I feel awful incase I'm stressing him out with TTC and also stressing myself out feeling like I may have 'lost' a fertile day 😫

Morning ladies... so, did a FRER this morning and CB and it’s definitely a BFP. Can’t quite believe it.

I thought I’d share my journey as I always enjoyed reading these from other people and may be helpful.

I came off the pill (yasmin) on September 21st, had my withdrawal bleed as usual. Then nothing... I waited for a few weeks then decided to start doing opks and tracking bbt. I think my body tried to ovulate a few times but failed. I started to get a bit disheartened and wondered if something was wrong with me after about 2 months. I was doing about 3 or 4 OPKs a day by this point. I finally ovulated on 2nd Jan.

I also started taking pregnacare soon after I came off the pill. I actually decided to stop taking it a week before I ended up ovulating as I didn’t think it was helping, and just stuck to folic acid. No idea if it’s linked to my ovulation but thought I’d mention.

I really didn’t think this month was my month - I didn’t start feeling any different until a couple of days ago. The one thing that did make me wonder though is that I’ve been having the most mental dreams, like off the scale weird and so vivid!

Here’s a quick overview of symptoms by DPO:

1DPO - sore nips, EWCM

2DPO - sore nips, cervix low and hard

3DPO - sore nips, lower back pain in the evening

4 and 5DPO - no symptoms other than temp going up each day, nipples aren’t as sore

6DPO - random sharp twinges, temp went up

7-8 DPO - constipated, thirsty

9DPO - constipated, felt a bit queasy in the morning

10DPO - woke up with weird AF cramps, very faint BFP (almost unreadable though), crazy dreams again

11DPO - BFP on IC (very faint). Woke up with a stinking cold. Felt pretty rough throughout the day (cold, headache, tired). On and off cramps and on and off sore boobs

12DPO - BFP on FRER and CB. Hungry! Boobs sore on and off

I also just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this thread - I remember finding this and thinking ‘thank god’ as I realised so many people were having wire experiences coming off of the pill and I wasn’t alone.

I really hope everyone on this thread gets their BFP soon! Sending all the baby dust. X

@MissC07 I know what you mean about feeling guilty for missing fertile days! My OH seems to like the challenge of fertile week 😂

@Mol234 ahh I do love a digital BFP 😍 congratulations again!