Post Pill Party - The Mosh Pit !!

[Kay00]

As the Post Pill Party fills up, the lights are dimmed and the music drops a beat. The lead singer of this rambunctious band shouts: Mosh Pit!! The ravers all storm for the small space in front of the stage allowing their bodies to dance to the beat however the f* they want!! You go ladies!!

This is the 7th post pill party thread for women whose bodies aren’t quite dancing to the expected rhythm: we have 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!

In the crowd I can see:

@juno231
@Kay00
@Moocher90
@MintGreenLife
@Emmgrem
@Nellieee
@TheHotelCalifornia
@ams19
@chinchilly
@MancMama39
@sperr
@crabette
@charwils
@LauraT94
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@cams50
@robyn101
@abi555
@luna57
@tillybabs
@MissC07
@mrsmacmc
@mol234
@KGH5121
@Y1986
@Flowers222
@Katelyn99
@minipilling
@ACNass
@HopeAndDriftWood
@glow92
@FlyingGiraffe
@Rd123
@Taliasometimes
@Elsie2021
@Daisychainsandsunshine
@firsttimemummy321
@Delilah221
@NibbleQueen
@Ttcin2021
@justwanttobemum
@Lovebug06
@ElizabethP141
@Endlessstars
@SalemsPot22

@missc07 @chinchilly sounds like ovulation is starting soon for you both 🤞🤞

I slept through my alarm today (must have been reay tired as I don't remember it going off?)... and I forgot to take my temp. Annoying but probably not critical. Im CD34 and it looks like I'm going to be having my longest cycle yet 😣

@abi555 I thinn you are right about deleting it as it will mess up my chart but like @MissC07 said my OCD about having a gap is taking over 😂

@Juno231 I think your chart looks good..when is AF due?

@Kay00 I hope so haven’t managed to DTD for a few days though I had all intentions of powering through last night but I felt like I’d been hit by a bus. I’m not sure what your body is playing at but it’s not on! 😂

@Kay00 ah that's annoying! Like you said though, probably didn't miss anything critical 🙊.

@ChinChilly you can discard temps rather than delete them. Keeps them in there but FF will know to ignore it. Glad you got some well deserved rest!

@MissC07 75% on femometer is quite high and with the temp drop maybe you missed the peak? Either way sounds like ovulation is imminent!

AF is here and right as clockwork OH asked for BD for the first time since 1DPO lol. Well he can shove it 🙄

Ahh @Juno231 thank you, I’ve done that instead! Sorry to here about AF 😞

I’ve never temped before! Do you guys think it’s worth doing? And does it have to be in the morning?

@Kay00 Thanks for starting up the new bus and including me!
Annoying that you slept through your alarm, but at least you've dtd - it really cant be long off now!

@Juno231 Sorry to hear about your Grandma. And to hear AF got you My chart was like that last month - the temperature was still so high that I was even more upset that I didn't know it was coming.

@ChinChilly Sounds like your opks are getting there now. I keep getting flashing smileys in the am but when I've used the femometer opks in the afternoon/evening they still look pretty light. I'm so bad at holding for 3-4 hours first though!

@Sperr Sorry you've had such a long wait for AF to finally come...sounds like your OH is really supportive which is great going forward.

@Gracie2021 Welcome! I love your attitude!

@Emmgrem your opks and chart looks great. Did you have another high temp this morning?

@MissC07 Hope your opk's are darker this afternoon! 75% sounds high!

@SalemsPot22 It's best to temp as soon as you wake up - before actually getting up and moving around. This article might help www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/How-to-chart-temperature.html as well as www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/

Is anyone close to testing soon? Excited for all the BFP's in this new thread!

@FlyingGiraffe I’m not very good at holding either, I drink alot aswell so I feel like I’m dehydrating myself. My OPKs have gone back down to a light line so I’ve either missed my peak in the night or I’m not holding long enough. I can only seem to hold for 2 hours which I’m thinking isn’t long enough

@Juno231 sorry about AF 😔 especially more annoying when your chart has been so good this month and a temp rise today. ❤️

@Gracie2021 I also like that military precision!

@ChinChilly glad you’re feeling a bit better. I also didn’t know about that temp adjusting thing until Juno said it. Premom had me at 4dpo but fertility friend didn’t give me cross hairs but then I adjusted the one the day before I think I ovulated and now it’s given me cross hairs. I think I’d slept terribly that night because I was so worried and stressed about not ovulating!! Fingers crossed you’re close to ovulating! And still time to dtd ☺️

@Juno231 I know, it's so easy to over analyse the chart and OPKs and stress out about it!
Speaking of which, yours looked absolutely textbook so I can't believe AF showed up 🙈

@FlyingGiraffe Thanks! I was very happy to see that things are starting to regulate. But I overthink in the tww which is not good for motivation when wfh. My temp today was back down to cover line but I slept really badly tossing and turning all night, so who knows 🤨
Whereabouts are you in your cycle?

@juno231 So sorry to hear your sad news. I hope your grandad and your mum are on the mend. Can't imagine how tough it is from afar. You're definitely due some good news. Fingers crossed for you this month.

@abi555 I've been rapid surge every month which sucks when you're having 28-45 day cycles because you never know when its coming. Fingers crossed the regular 30 day cycles will stay!

@abi555 and @nellieee Hope the week goes quickly for you both and good news coming!

@chinchilly Here's hoping the peak hits. Everything seems so much better after a good nights sleep doesn't it!

@sperr I find the waiting and not knowing the worst. Sometimes its actually a relief when AF comes but maybe thats just me. Great to have the OH on board with you for the cycle ahead too.

Omg two pages of new updates just popped through. I'll get the hang of this I swear! Sitting here sucking back my grapefruit juice. Foul!

@emmgrem I hear you about WFH - anyone else find isolation and WFH making you obsess about all this stuff way more than you prob would have otherwise?

@Gracie2021 a good nights sleep does do the world of good, although I still feel like 💩 😂 but yep I get you about working from home, I’ve been doing half at home half in the office but while I’ve been off work I think its changed to permanently at home 😬

@Cams50 glad you got your cross hairs! Looking forward to my first cross hairs 😂

More EWCM today OPKs have got lighter though which is odd..I’m hoping its just because I’m drinking too much and not holding long enough. I’ve put myself on a pee ban until 8pm 😂

@FlyingGiraffe @Gracie2021 I’m still waiting for it! Literally just had some light brown CM this morning and now nothing. I’m fully expecting it to come properly tomorrow though. I just want to get on with the next cycle- I feel like this has been a wasted extra week! Hopefully next cycle will be more normal again but at least if I’m temping I’ll be more prepared for a long one as I’ll be sure when I ovulated

@ChinChilly thanks! I’m still not sure I’ve 100% ovulated. This has been the weirdest month ever but I’ll take any whiff of ovulation at this stage! Hopefully your lighter OPKs are down to not holding long enough. The EWCM certainly suggests you’re in your fertile window!

@ChinChilly I just did a 3 hour hold - was desperate to go but managed to distract myself by making a chilli! The line was so faint still. Don't think I'll bother again today as my strongest opks are usually between 12-6pm. Cd13 is still early so im hopeful it will happen the next few days still.

@Sperr Really? How annoying! I think i'd feel the same! I think temping is a good idea though - I've only been doing it properly for about 6 weeks and its really helping seeing it all written down in one place. I've gone from using Clue, to Femometer, to Premom to FF! I am the Queen of the apps! (I only use FF and premom for the opks now!)

@Emmgrem I'm the same as @chinchilly on CD13 at the moment so just waiting on ovulation. I've been attempting SMEP this cycle which is going ok so far - I'm just waiting on a positive opk and having to tell DH that we have to DTD 3 days in a row! Haha! I work Mon-Fri but find the weekends I become a bit more obsessive so I can understand how WFH must be hard for you and @Gracie2021

@Cams50 ahh why are our bodies like this? 😂

@FlyingGiraffe I’m 3 hours into my 4 hour hold, I haven’t really drank anything and I’m trying to get myself busy! I love a good chilli, I made our last one with slow cooked dice beef instead of mine he was so much nicer! Good luck with the SMEP I haven’t DTD for about 4 days OH said I still look ill and should get an early night, I need his swimmers though 😂😂

I don't know what it going on with my body.. held for 4 hours and the line on my OPK is faint again. I'll try again tomorrow! Tbh it might be a good thing I didn't get a peak today ( I hope I haven't missed it! ) OH has gone to bed feeling unwell, so I'm sitting here on my own with a large bar of choc about to start watching Bridgerton... every cloud 😂

@Kay00 What an excellent thread opener 😂

@Juno231 I'm so sorry for your loss 💔 Horrible at any time, but just so cruel just now with being unable to be close to people. Sending lots of love to you and family.

Lots of baby dust to everyone on this ever growing thread! We will all be pregnant in 2021, I have good vibes.

Just checking in - I've stopped temping this month, as it was stressing me out setting alarms to do it which work with both my schedule and DH's (he's been working nightshift now) - so I've been relying on Clearblue OPKs and DTD every other day.

So far I'm on CD15 and have had 5 days of "high" OPK results - still waiting on a peak, but it's refreshing to let the machine interpret the LH rather than trying to line eye the ICs. I might try and temp this week, to help pin down ovulation - I think in past cycles it's been around CD20, so still think I've got a bit to go!

Thanks @Kay00 for setting this up!!

I’m on CD7 and ovulated on CD8 last month. Was concerned this would happen again this month but got a really stark negative OPK today so fingers crossed for a more ‘normal’ FP.

Ladies, are clearblue/other more expensive OPK/ovulation tests worth it? I’ve just had LH sticks from Amazon but will run out soon so want to order more.

@crabette

I totally might have this all wrong but I’ve been temping for 2 months now (not ages I know!) and don’t take my temp at the same time every morning. I just make sure I take it the second I wake up, even if I go back to sleep again. So far the natural cycles app has said I’ve got a really good range of temperatures and am taking really accurately so it might be worth giving that a go?

When I started I set an alarm but it was really stressing me out because often I would wake before it then not know what to do. Found myself seriously losing sleep over it but this seems to work so might be worth a try? 🤷🏻‍♀️

@MissC07 I loved Bridgerton! I think I binged watched it over 2 days.

@ElizabethP141 I’ve never used the CB ones I only ever use the cheapies so I can’t help there! Interesting about you taking your temp whenever you wake up I set my alarm for it at the moment but it is abit of a pain

CD16 today yesterday I tracked 1 OPk and it was 0 but today looking better. My morning OPk is always nearly non existent so never scan it in on premom.

I really hope ovulation happens soon!

@ChinChilly

Yeah who knows but it seems to be working ok so I’m going to stick with it as same time for me was just stressing me out way too much.

NC app says I have “nice smooth curves with small day to day variations” 😂

This was last cycle, 2nd cycle off the pill (first one was really long). Apart from one really low temp (I think I fell back asleep and had my mouth open whilst it was measuring so should have excluded it) I think it looks ok?

Forgot to add photo 🙈

@ElizabethP141 I would say it looks ok but I’m a temping newbie 😂

So 4 hour hold my OPKs are still faint, who knows what’s going on, worried now I’ve missed my peak overnight