Post Pill Party - The Ceilidh

[TheDaydreamBelievers]

As the Post Pill Party Mosh Pit dies down... sweaty and bewildered, the ladies head to the bar to freshen up. Suddenly, a fiddler bursts onto the stage, beginning a merry tune. Everybody swings into an energetic Ceilidh!

Our heads are spinning, our bodies are knackered but we arent giving up dancing when the music is this catchy!

This is the 8th post pill party thread for women whose bodies don't know the correct dance steps after hormonal contraception. Raise a dram to combating delayed ovulation, flabberghasting follicular phases, loopy luteal phases, bizzare temp charts and OPKs whiter than a Scotsman's bum!

@Flowers222 thanks for sharing, that's really interesting. I'll let this cycle play out then I think I'll order myself some good quality supplements and start temping instead of all the OPK's.

I’ve just discovered biscoff spread and it’s probably the best thing ever 😅. I’ve had so many pancakes.

Anyone giving anything up for lent? Im thinking of doing sweet treats

@glow92 I just thought - another point to add is that OPKs completely failed for me this last cycle! Going off my BBT and rhr I definitely Ovulated but didn't catch a positive OPK despite testing 3-5 times a day! I believe I was drinking too much water and diluting my pee too much.

@Sperr I've never really done any cervix checking... Any tips haha?! I'm going to have to do some googling too!

Biscoff spread is the best 😍😍😍 make a cheesecake with it and the biscoff biscuits as the base... Best thing ever!

I'm giving up chocolate for Lent. I'm also walking 10,000 steps every day during March so I need to get back into the swing of walking more before then!

@Sperr I had gluten free pancakes with peanut butter and a dairy and gluten free choc spread. I will not be giving anything up for lent as I am gf and df and feel so restricted already 😂

@LauraT94 I have never tried biscoff spread. Sounds like something I need to give a go. @Moocher90 peanut butter and chocolate spread sounds so good! I've just stuffed my face with banana and Nutella pancakes. So full now!

@moocher90 haha, im with you... I feel like my diet is already restricted enough! 😆

I have to admit all this pancake chat is making my hungry again!

@flowers222 🥳 glad to hear you have ovulated! Enjoy your week off work!!

@thedaydreambelievers haha!! 😆😆😆 That song is now stuck in my head! I feel like all I do is wait too! Every morning I get my hopes up that today will be the day I get a temp raise/EWCM/a peak OPK.... but it never happens 😣 ah well! 🙃

@Sperr I love biscoff spread, it’s so nice in porridge, it goes all melty and delicious...aldi do a rip off version that tastes exactly the same

@glow92 I’m with @LauraT94 re OPKS I normally have to dehydrate myself to see anything on them; I’m not doing it this time whicy is probs why I’m struggling to see anything...I’m not buying anymore after I’ve used these ones just going to stick with BBT and DTD regularly.

@Moocher90 @Kay00 you two definitely don’t need to cut anything out for lent! I was thinking of doing chocolate but I don’t think I would be a very nice person to be around

It’s also my 2nd wedding anniversary on Sunday so hoping by then AF will be gone. Will try and be good in terms of food though. My DH wants a Chinese takeaway 😳 told him unless it’s DF and GF I can’t have it

@LauraT94 I’ve read that it should only be used to confirm ovulation as it’s not reliable for confirming pregnancy. You should check at the same time every day- when you’re ovulating it will be squishy like your lips, high up so like the full length of your finger and open so you should be able to feel a “dent” (you’ll know when it’s open what I mean 😅). After ovulation for me it goes hard and closes. Hard is like your nose. Mine will then open the day before AF. Some peoples go higher and lower from what I’ve read but mine is pretty much always the same height 😂. You can use your finger joints as a reference of what is high medium and low. High is whole finger, medium mid and then low is the tip only.

@Moocher90 that sounds lovely! I’m now tempted to do gluten free for lent! I have w lot of friends that are gluten intolerant so it may be nice to feel what it’s like for them.

@ChinChilly Don’t tell me there is A cheap version cos I’m about to go buy it all 🤣

@LauraT94 I'll keep that in mind, it has just been so obvious previously despite me drinking a lot also I'm just baffled! Haven't had any pains either which I've definitely felt previously, who knows!

I've only used cheapies and not CB digitals which I'm tempted to try... mostly as FMU is loads easier for me. Are they worth it?

@Sperr I'm full to the brim of pancakes! I'm a basic lemon and sugar gal but they were sooo good. I need to give up chocolate but my heart says no 💜🍫.

@Moocher90 you’re so strong willed! I’m waiting until my next blood test to see if anything changed naturally, if not I’m going to try GF.

@Sperr there is im afraid, a smooth and a crunchy version 😋

So if I’m not going to buy an more OPKs then I can treat myself to FF premium right?!

@Sperr Biscoff is amazing! If you haven't already then you have to try the ice creams they are like magnums but Biscoff, literally the best ever!!

I'm going to give up choc and crisps for lent. I need to get back on some sort of health kick. I'm looking forward to the warmer and lighter evenings so I can go for a walk after work. My boss is a bit of an idiot (understatement of the year) and I haven't been able to take an uninterrupted lunch break since March last year, so I can't do any workouts during the day 😞

Good evening ladies. All your pancakes sound lovely!
So I had the tiny bit of spotting yest (I mean tiny) and today a tiny bit when wiping..... excepting AF as now 12 DPO but has anyone had this random mini spitting before AF after coming off pill? Boobs hurt like mad which I never had pre pill!

@sperr I asked OH what he's giving up for lent and he said tofu 🤣. He doesn't eat tofu!

I gave up sugar in my tea /coffee for lent in 2014 and never went back so I do think these new habits can work! No idea what to give up this time though that is realistic 😅

@ChinChilly oh my god- I need that in my life!

@Juno231 I love that!

I really can’t think of anything I haven’t already done before! Maybe I’ll do something for 40 days rather than give something up?!

@Juno231 I like your OH’s thinking 😂😂 I mentioned giving up chocolate to OH his response was ‘please don’t do it’ 😂

@Sperr it tastes exactly the same as the biscoff on, get yourself to aldi!

@MissC07 my boss can be abit like that, she’ll ask you to do something except she wants it done yesterday 🙄

7dpo, nothing to report except being awake with panic attacks/insomnia (normal for me). Peeing a lot (also normal for me!)

@minipilling oh no, that sounds horrible. Is it work related? (it would be for me 😅)

@Sperr yes I'm thinking of picking up reading daily, even if just for 15 min!

Another tiny temp dip this morning, wish my body would hurry up and do something!!!

@Ttcin2021 I had the tiniest bit of spotting at 13dpo, my AF started 15dpo.

@ChinChilly I hope you ovulate soon! Your temps def look like you will 🤞

@Ttcin2021 I have half and half- some times I’ll spot and some times I don’t!

@Juno231 that’s a good idea. I don’t do much casual reading because my job involves so much reading!

15dpo and temp rise today! I actually woke up in the night sweating 😅.

If I order ICs does it matter the brand? As long as they are 10mIU?

@ChinChilly @MissC07 I'm so lucky, my boss is located in the London office (i'm in the Exeter office) so I never see him, and even in this virtual world we probably only chat once every two weeks, haha. I have a lot of freedom and work whatever hours I want (although I tend to prefer a structured 8-4 day with an hour lunch).

@chinchilly hopefully today is Ov day? What is your cervix up to ?

My tempt returned to normal... and I felt like my wet CM dried up last night. I'll see what its doing today but I think my estrogen surge has ended, without a LH surge ... again.

@kay00 Gah! Well hopefully it's just a late ovulation - we all know you can still catch on a late egg, just a PITA to have to wait for it!

@sperr yeah just aim for 10miu. I buy the easy@home ones out of habit but I think I've seen people say good things about the wondfo ones as well?

Hi all,
Have been lurking for a while as work is mental - but have been reading and keeping track of you all just no time to type!

I'm 10dpo and temps are trending down, tiny bit of spotting this morning and BFN so am mentally preparing myself for AF at the weekend. Am in my typical 'what new thing can I try for the next cycle phase' haha! Am concerned I don't produce much CM so want to try and increase this and I think a few of you ladies have tried evening primrose oil for this? Does it matter what dose you take, and do you take for the whole cycle or only follicular phase?

Thanks!

@sperr ooh thanks for the cervix info! Had a feel this morning and I think it's low, medium soft and still slightly open from my period?! Will try and track it this cycle as I'm intrigued now.

I would go for the Wondfo '20mIU' purely because I've found They're way more sensitive than they say! The lines tracked exactly as my FRERs did. Whatever you do, avoid the 'One Step' 10miu. They're so shit!

@Kay00 ohhhh how frustrating that you're still not seeing O 😩 really feel for you, this waiting can't be easy!

@abi555 sorry you feel like AF is imminent but as they say you're not out yet! I think grapefruit juice is meant to be good for increasing CM! Weirdly 🤷🏼‍♀️