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

CD13 and stark white on Opks today :/ no positive OPKs yet either. Temps are still relatively low too!
@Mol234 congrats on BFP
@TheDaydreamBelievers congrats on positive opk

Was nice catching up on the thread. My DH is pretty good in regards to BD and I just tell him when I require his services 😂 at the mo I don’t have a clue about ovulation as I’m still not regular yet and not had a blazing positive OPK. I often leave piss pots lying around when I have forgot to empty them and he just jokes about with me! Also get him to take supplements but I have to remind him otherwise he wouldn’t take them. Sometimes it’s so easy being a man

Once AF arrives I think I will cut down on my supplements. I wonder if me taking the vit B the whole cycle is not assisting with ovulation.... I take omega 3 6 9 and not sure if I should be either?

@Moocher90 the omegas are good to take for the DHA supplement! Don't think they should affect your cycle but do contribute to egg health I think. They're also good for OHs swimmers apparently. CD13 is still early so I wouldn't worry too much, hopefully it happens before the end of the week!

@flyinggiraffe haha, it does start getting difficult to work out your age after about 33 😅 maybe im just trying to forget.

Inflammation was bad all yesterday and still not great today. Doctor was great, she thinks this new inflammation ties up some of my other odd symptoms so I have blood tests on Tuesday and I'll be referred to a gastroenterologist.

I am a bit interested/concerned about how inflammatory flare ups might be effecting my TTC chances... but let's deal with one problem at a time 🤔

@Kay00 Oh no, sorry its not great still ☹Good that you seem to have a proactive doctor though! Hopefully the blood tests will shed some light on it. It might be worth mentioning that you've been ttc for seven months when you get the results...no harm in dropping that in there and seeing what she says!

@Moocher90 I agree with @Juno231 - Cd13 is still early. Do you have any other signs like ewcm? I stopped the vit B but only because on the 2nd full month of taking it I didnt get a positive opk until really late and then had only 5 days before I started spotting. I wasnt sure if it was related or not but I felt the same as you and thought I'd be best going back to basics!

Just been watching RuPaul's drag race UK. Managed to convince the DH to watch it with me 😂 he was like 😳😂

@Mol234 and @Katelyn99 huge congrats on your bfps!!! Amazing news.

@TheDaydreamBelievers that’s great you’ve been given the go ahead and got a peak OPK.

@Juno231 sorry about bfn but definitely not out yet and great that your RHR has gone up!

@Kay00 sorry about the inflammation but good that your gp is looking into it. Sorry there’s still no ovulation yet. I really felt your pain this cycle. Hopefully it hurries up and happens in the next day or 2.

I’m praying I have ovulated but I’m waiting to see what my temps do. My new pack of 50 OPKs arrived today as I burned through them this cycle 😂

Congratulations on the BFPs @Katelyn99 and @Mol234 and potentially any others I've missed in my absence!

@Juno231 something must be feeling different for you to test on an afternoon wee?! More sensitive test with your FMU? Or will you wait now?

Sorry for being so in and out, I'm trying to keep up as best I can but I'm a bit all over the place! @AMS19 set up a lovely MC/MMC support thread for us and it's saving me at the moment!!

I was in the hospital most of today having a procedure to end my pregnancy after the MMC was confirmed again (long story). Was a horrendous experience but I'm so glad it's over now! Now on the 'Three Week Wait' for a BFN haha!

Nurse today suggested waiting until we'd had a period before TTC again but I'm going to just trust my body and my emotions. If I want to TTC again before period, I will do. But I'll definitely wait for BFN first.

Hope everyone's doing ok! I'll be in and out again over the next few weeks until I'm ready xx

@LauraT94 😔❤️ Hope you’re doing ok. I can’t imagine how awful that must be. Looking forward to having you back here when you’re ready. Thinking of you x

@LauraT94 😪 It sounds like you have had a very difficult day. I hope you are being looked after. Glad you have a good support group with @AMS19. Thinking of you girls x

@LauraT94 sounds like a rough day, hope you are doing as well as can be ❤️

@LauraT94 I'm glad the procedure has been done and you can focus on moving forward with ttc now.

@Kay00 I'm really sorry about the inflammation but glad you didn't get dismissed by your doctor! Def mention ttc if you can. If it's something auto immune related then it could def been having an impact on ttc.

Well ladies I haven't kept you totally up to date but essentially my granny has been really ill since Saturday (to the point where she was no longer compos mentis) and I was fighting with my mum daily to have granny hospitalised since Sunday. Well lo and behold, she finally got sent to hospital on Wednesday, and she not only has corona but a bad bacterial infection too.

Grandad then was found on the living room floor on Wed after falling over, and fell over in the shower yesterday where mum just couldn't get him back up so he's now in hospital as well. Most likely corona too, especially as he had a fever starting yesterday. Did I mention he has COPD?

Now mum has been super ill since Monday and when I spoke to her last night she could barely breathe and you could hear her throat make a whistling noise whenever she took a breath. She's also lost all sense of taste and smell so I think we can all guess what she's got!

Gah just had to vent, it's been a rough week

In ttc news, my temp is still down so I don't think there's any point in me testing again unless I'm late.

Chart for reference

@Juno231 Oh gosh that’s terrible!! I hope your granny, grandad and mum all make a quick recovery! Seriously fed up of covid 🙄
Your RHR still looks good though!

I was hoping for a second temp rise today but it’s dropped a tiny bit so now I’m doubting whether or not I did ovulate after all 😔 this has been the most frustrating cycle I’ve had. Never thought I’d actually be wishing for AF but I am at this stage to just start a new cycle. Sigh. My chart looks like the Himalayas 😂

Oh @Juno231 that sounds like such an incredibly difficult time for you all to be going through! You must be so worried! I'm so sorry you're having to deal with all of this, it can't be easy. I'm really hoping that your granny and grandad swiftly get all the help they need now they're in hospital! And hopefully your mum is feeling better soon - I can imagine it's bad enough having one family member falling I'll let alone three at one time!!

I hope you're managing to take care of yourself still and I can definitely understand not testing for now - if it's a BFP it'll still be there in a week's time for you to find!! Sending you lots of virtual hugs, you can do this.

@Cams50 @Nellieee @ChinChilly thank you all for your messages. ❤️❤️

@Juno231 sorry I didn’t see your post! I mustn’t have refreshed the page before I sent mine. I’m so sorry that all sounds so stressful and worrying. 😔 hoping they all recover quickly and sending you lots of love ❤️❤️❤️

Oh @juno231 how terrible, you must be at your wits end . I hope your grandparents and mother are getting they treatment they need? Are you OK? Do they live locally (in the UK)? Have you visited them recently? Sending you so much love xxx

@Laurat94 Big love and hugs to you too xx Hopefully your body will get back to base soon so you can start trying again xx

@cams50 damn!! you are having an equally frustrating cycle - so damn annoying. Why won't our bodies just ovulate?!

Morning everyone,

Thank you for all of your help on here.....this is my go to place. So sorry that some of you are having such a tough time.

I am just wondering if anyone could look at my BBT graph. I know there isn’t much to see I literally came off the pill on 3rd Jan but is this how temp should look? Also I’m confused at which point I’m then fertile? Is it after the dip and then it coming back up?!

@Juno231 I'm so sorry to hear about your family. What a horrible & stressful time. I hope they are getting the care they need and you're managing to look after yourself too. Sending lots of virtual hugs & positive vibes x

@LauraT94 Hope you're doing as well as can be. I'm glad the other group is also providing you with the support you need ❤️ x

@Juno231 so sorry to hear about all the ill health in your family. I hope they recover well and quickly

@Cams50 I hear ya, my chart is solid nonsense.

@Ttcin2021 I wouldn't expect too much clarity from your first chart after coming off the pill - mine was all over the place ! I'd recommend focusing on DTD every 2 days (good job so far!) and maybe using some OPKs

@Ttcin2021 bbt can't actually predict when you're fertile, it will just confirm when your ovulation happened. So ideally you should be using ovulation sticks as well to give you a heads up of when that might be happening. Opks (ovulation predictor kits) give you 12-36 hours notice but it's best if you try and have sex every 2-3 days in the run up anyway so you don't miss your most fertile days pre ovulation.

Thanks ladies! It's been a crappy week and I'm pretty sure I'm out this cycle too which isn't making me any happier lol.

@Kay00 they're all in Sweden so there's not much I can do and I haven't seen them since Christmas 2019!

@Juno231 oh, no, that's what I feared . My family are all in Wales, which although isn't that far away, has meant that I have only seen them twice this year. On Jan 3rd my step-grandmother died of a dementia related illness , it has been really difficult not being there for my family, especially my step-mum and brothers and sisters, to give them hugs. I hope your grandparents and mum make a full recovery, but I truly sympathise with how difficult it is being kept apart from our loved ones xx

@Ttcin2021 I agree with the others. You could be fertile at any point, so make sure you baby dance every other day or so keep tracking to build up a decent picture of what is going on, but don't get too stressed as your first few cycles can be a little all other the place.

@Juno231 I'm so sorry about your family. I hope they are getting good care now they are in hospital. It's such a scary time, and is only made worse by you being so far. Hope your mum is ok too!!