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!

@Kay00 Your bathroom now is so nice!!! We really wanted a walk in shower and separate bath but don't have the space 😫 Your old bathroom and my current kitchen match - luckily for us they didn't leave the bright pink utensils (the pic below is the estate agent pics) 🤣

@Juno231 I actually LOL'd when you said about it looking like a sauna on zoom calls. And as for gardening I highly recommend the programme 'your garden made perfect' on bbc2! I used to watch the home one and they've just released a garden one I got so excited...! I promise I'm 32, not 92 😂

@abi555 Sorry to hear AF is on her way ❤️

@Kay00 that's a beautiful bathroom. Love the bathtub in particular.

FF has given me back my CD20 ovulated dashed crosshairs after I put in my morning temp. That makes me 11DPO and I did a FRER test and its negative so I'm waiting on AF to appear now. Then I guess I can call to set up the APS testing.

@Juno231 I love my garden too... its small (smaller than my previous garden) but such a sun trap (it get super hot in the summer!). Here is a before an after from 2019 (haha... I do love them). The shelves etc are only temporary as we are having it properly done up this year, the plan is to have a Mediterranean style garden with a pergola and a grape vine... I can't wait!!

@kay00 omg that's stunning! there's so much potential with that pretty white stone wall - I def vote for some fragrant flowers like honeysuckle and jasmine to go on your pergola too. Maybe some pretty hellebores on the north facing wall?

@MissC07 that kitchen is no where near as bad as I had pictured in my head! Just replacing the pink stuff would lift that kitchen up!

@Kay00 oooo that’s lovely!

Our garden is just a 2 level patio then very boring square of grass...it definitely needs some tlc in the summer

@Kay00 your bathroom is lovely! I love the flooring as well. The people who owned our house had very similar tastes to your previous owners. Everything was bright red or orange, including the bathroom floor. Also lovely little garden there, must be a great place to sit.

We bought our house 2 years ago and have almost finished the reno now. New kitchen, bathroom, en-suite, boiler, carpets, new windows and doors, several internal walls added. We've basically been living in a building site for the last 18 months and done most of it ourselves. Still have things like skirting boards to sort but almost there! With all this work I am definitely not planning on moving anytime soon 😅

@abi555 I'm so sorry it looks like it may be a chemical. With my chemical my lines did look very similar and never got darker but I was really hoping it wasn't the same for you. The week I didn't know what was happening was awful. When the tests went negative, although I was sad about it, there was a bit of relief about knowing what was happening so I could deal with it. Please look after yourself and do try to take the positives that you can get pregnant!

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry about the BFN 😞

@MissC07 Oh wow, you kitchen is huge!! So much cupboard space! I'm very jealous although I have to admit... I have had enough bright pink for one life time

I'll also check out your gardening program... I'm such an old fart lol, I love listening to gardeners question time on radio 4 haha!

@Juno231I love the idea of honeysuckle and jasmine on the pergola... the grapevine will be really slow growing too, so it will need some additional climbers

@Flowers222 that's okay. To be honest it might be for the best. If it was a BFP Id be worrying about the APS not being tested for and therefore about miscarrying later on again. Now just hope my period comes and this isn't another mega cycle without an ovulation!

@Kay00 I love your kitchen and garden!! 😍 and wow that pink bathroom before hand 😮 and your pink kitchen @MissC07! Some people at every brave with their decorating decisions.

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry about the bfn. But I think you’re looking at it the right way. As much as it’ll be such a shame to miss out a cycle or two for the tests, the peace of mind I’m sure they’ll bring will be worth it.

@abi555 I’m sorry about that temp drop. So confusing. Hope you’re doing ok. Eat all the chocolate tonight ❤️

All the dog pictures are so cute 😍

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry about the BFN, but you are right about the whole thing with the tests.

I’ve got a ridiculous amount of creamy CM like loooooooads!

Gosh so many messages since Friday morning! Loved seeing everyone's pets and the renovation chat. I've been painting all the doors in our house this weekend and although it's the most tedious job (actually..I think that's going to be the skirting and architrave still to do!) it looks so good now it's done! For some reason the previous owners decided to paint one door cream and the others white. We didn't actually realise for about a year!

@abi555 Sorry your temperature has dropped. My line looked similar last month and I also had a bit of spotting on the day of the positive test. It's hard. Look after yourself.

@Cams50 Sorry AF turned up the other day. The month after I had my first double figure LP was my chemical last month. Obviously it would have been better if it were a sticky bean...but there's hope in that I think. Hopefully things are moving in the right direction for you now!

Hope everyone else is ok. There's so many messages and after a day back in work I'm not even going to attempt to reply to them all! Haha! I'm on CD17 today and still getting flashing smileys and negative IC's. Feel like it's just not going to happen this month!

@flyinggiraffe hang in there, you're only CD17, there's plenty of time to ovulate yet!

@chinchilly where are you at in your cycle?

@FlyingGiraffe I felt exactly the same this cycle, seems to have happened CD18 so hang in there!

@Kay00 I’m currently CD22 4dpo so too soon for anything exciting to be happening 😂

@FlyingGiraffe thanks! I’m sure you’ll ovulate soon. Maybe your cycle is delayed a little this month because of the early MC/CP. I hope you ovulate soon x

15dpo and massive temp drop today so I’m expecting AF today or tomorrow now. I have such long cycles - 37 days today.

Any tips on how to bring ovulation sooner?

I really need to come on regularly too much to reply to everything that's happened 🙈

Loving pics of your decoration/Reno! We have a house to gut so amazing to see some finished ones :)

@abi555 mine dipped with my first 🤞🏻 as your lines were good with my early losses the lines have always been super faint! How's your temp this morning?

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry to hear about your bfn :(

@FlyingGiraffe it could just happen later and I found the ics only gave me a positive or near to for a few hours so keep dtd just in case as you might miss it on them if it's like mine 🙈

So I'm still getting faint positives (again) got a blood test tomorrow, either I'm having multiple early losses in a row (about every 3 weeks) or the dr is thinking I may have some conception products left either from my first or a pregnancy since. 😩

@FlyingGiraffe I feel like ovulation isn't going to happen every month, but it does eventually, cd30 this time! It really is frustrating but don't give up hope! Might just be a bit delayed because of your chemical like @Cams50 said.

@Sperr sorry for the temp drop! Hope af stays away and it's just a blip! I don't have much advice on bringing ovulation forward as I am still struggling myself. The only thing I think has helped me a little is taking inositol. My cycles got long again when I stopped taking it so must have done something. I take the conceive plus ovulation support tablets. Supposed to help regulate ovulation and improve egg quality.

@firsttimemummy321 sorry that is happening. Good to get it looked into though to finally find out what is going on!

I'm 10dpo and have the high test temp I've ever had. Trying to decide if I should test today or wait until 12dpo like I planned 🙃😅

@sperr so sorry to hear AF might be on her way

I have spent a fair amount of time looking into bringing Ov forward and the general consensus is that you don't want to do that, as a forced/early ovulation may mean the egg is less well developed. However, if your cycles are very irregular or annovulatory (like mine are) then Soy Isoflavones can help (you take them like Clomid for 5 x days at the beginning of the cycle and the idea is that they help trick your body into producing the hormones needed for egg growth and sustainability). However, I took Soy Iso this cycle and i'm on CD33 and have no sign of ovulation yet, so they haven't helped me. I think you have to be careful, so if you do go down the Soy Iso route you should do lots of research x

@Flowers222 how exciting. Fingers crossed for you!!

@firsttimemummy321 So sorry to hear your body isn't playing ball, i'm so glad you are getting things looked into though x

Sorry I'm not keeping up very well! But love the pics of people's houses 😂 this was our kitchen when we moved in and it's not much better now! Roll on June and smashing it all to bits 😈

@Sperr do you normally have such long LP's?

@Flowers222 your chart is looking fab! If you've already peed this morning I'd wait and test tomorrow! Exciting 😁

@FlyingGiraffe hopefully O is soon for you!!

@abi555 I hope you're ok ❤️

@Juno231 how are you doing? Did I see you say you were getting nervous about the HSG? Have you got a date for it now?

My temps have had a few days of steadily dropping and my cervix is now definitely high, soft and open... Does it stay that way for a few days before O? OPKs still negative yesterday but will check today! Hopefully will see some sort of like. I'm really in the mood to DTD recently so fingers crossed won't have trouble getting the fertile window covered 😂

I've also been drinking grapefruit juice every day! So I'm interested to see if I get a flood of EWCM this cycle... Had quite a bit this morning but never sure if it's actually EWCM or 'leftovers' 😬😩😂

@LauraT94 wow that kitchen! our master bedroom would match it with lime green being the main accent colour lol (not our choice). My HSG is on Friday - I still need to pick up painkillers for it but did stock up on sanitary pads for the subsequent bleeding and dye leakage... Can't help you much with SHOW I'm afraid, mine only does that on the day of ovulation.

@sperr I'm sorry about the temp drop. That's a really good LP though!

@firsttimemummy321 ah how frustrating if there's product left! What's the GP going to do about it?

@Flowers222 I’d stopped taking pregnacare because I thought it was that. I am now just taking seven sisters so maybe that will make a difference next cycle.

@Kay00 I have read good things about soy isoflavones. I may try it on a low dose and see what happens.

@LauraT94 this is my first month temping but based on symptoms I think I’ve always had a 14 day LP.

Bring on the grapefruit juice 😂

Hi ladies. Can any of you chart experts hazard a guess as to what's going on with me this month?

I had that suspected CP last month, but my LP has always been between 13-15 days so what's going on? I had OPKs which were the same colour lines but no dye stealers. I had no EWCM or ovulation pain like usual either so maybe I didn't ovulate or I'm having the shortest LP ever. I woke up sweating though so I was sure my temp would go up again 😓

@Flowers222 that chart is looking gorgeous! Its the chart we all wish we had.

@Emmgrem your chart looks like you'll end up with an early AF but it could also trend back up!

My chart/FF are currently giving me back dotted lines, then taking them away again day about . So this morning its taken them away again. To be honest DH and I are in a good place and DTD regularly so I think Im just going to keep temping but otherwise not pay too much attention until AF shows. Its looking like another long cycle.

Decorating chat - @LauraT94 that is a kitchen in need of some love! Ours does too but we don't plan on staying here for many more years so we will likely not address it. Next on our schedule is our bathroom, which needs some sanding, repainting and the bath and shower screen replaced. However that cant be done until we can go into someone else's house (so my dad can fit the bath and we can shower at a pals for a couple of days!). The other thing on our list is the spare bedroom (/"baby's room" in our heads! ). I think I might grab some paint this weekend to start that.

@Sperr sorry about the temp drop. My cycles are between 40-44 days long with a 14 day LP, I don't have any tips to bring it forward, but just so you don't feel alone x

@Flowers222 oooh your chart looks so good! 🤞