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!

@ChinChilly oh I didn’t know the link between the tsh and vitamin d. I’ve just started vitamin d supplements. There’s a tiny bit in pregnacare so I just got the 2000iu ones as I don’t know what my levels are.

@ChinChilly I really hope that isn't an indent, I can see a shadow of something there!

@Moocher90 good you have a temp rise! As for cramps, sometimes I get these niggly pains just after ovulation that stays until af. Not sure what causes it.

@Kay00 really hope you see a temp rise too! Do you use conceive + fertility support or ovulation support? I have found the ovulation support has really helped me. I can see when I take it ovulation is earlier and my temps are more steady so I would recommend it.

@Cams50 I tried to do some research if high TSH is linked with the pill but seems inconclusive. Weird we all seem to have high TSH though. Mine was around 3.8 but went down to 2.5 by itself the next month. Very odd.

@Flowers222 very odd isn’t it. They should do a study on this thread alone and we’d prove the link 😂 thanks though. That’s really helpful to hear. Hopefully mine will do the same.

@flowers222 ooh, I didn't realise there was a difference! I think I have fertility support but I'll check it out 😳😂

I'm starting to really freak about about long cycles. CD40 tomorrow and nothing apart from sheer noise in the temps or OPKs. Worried I'm just not ovulating very much and the pregnancy was a lucky fluke followed by an unlucky loss

@thedaydreambelievers hang in there, ovulation could still happen within this cycle. My body just randomly decided to give it a go (not confirmed ovulation yet but I got a peak on the OPK at CD39) and im CD40 today too. Its probably just a coincidence but I started taking the Concieve+ prenatal a few days ago. It contains B6 which is meant to be helpful.

@Kay00 they were 2 different tests, yesterday was a rip off FRER i brought a while ago from savers and this mornings was a FRER.

@Flowers222 @Cams50 surely the whole thyroid this has got to be related to the pill? Mine has come down slightly in the last few months the only thing I changed was taking the seven seas TTC tabs which have a tiny bit of vit d in, I’m really hoping mine is vit d related.

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry you’re feeling like that, that is really crap! Maybe try speak to your GP? See it they can run some tests? I’m sure everything is fine and your body is just adjusting post MC! Send you a virtual hug xx

Do any charting Queens have any advice please? I woke up super early this morning...my alarm is set for 7am but my body clock has been 6.10am for the last couple of weeks. I woke up at 5.15am this morning! I thought I'd be able to get back to sleep, but no! So I took my temp after basically lying there awake at 5.45am and it was 36.57, then I took it at my usual time of 6.10am and it was 36.77...then I took it again 5 mins later because I thought that was pretty high and it was 36.71! What should I put in FF? I've well confused myself now!

@TheDaydreamBelievers Sorry you're feeling anxious about it all. Like @ChinChilly says, maybe speak to your GP and see if they can help?

@ChinChilly are you testing again this morning or are you leaving it until the weekend?

@Flowers222 did you take your temp when you woke up at all or did you wait half an hour to do it 😅. I'd take the first temp and temp adjust it for 6.10 but ideally that should have been the 5.15 one. Based on the 5.45 temp I think that might give you something like 36.61?

@chinchilly oooh so you got a line on two different tests??

@TheDaydreamBelievers you know your body will get there, it's just incredibly frustrating how long it's taking! You're clearly super fertile once the egg gets released though.

@FlyingGiraffe sorry I meant to tag you in the above!

@Juno231 I waited because I REALLY wanted to get back to sleep for another hour! I'm well annoyed with myself for not taking it at 5.15am now...I'm such a bad sleeper! I'll go with 36.61 anyway thank you!...and see what happens tomorrow! I just hope I sleep through now...!

@FlyingGiraffe it'll be much of a muchness anyway I'm sure! BTW 36.61 is my head calc so you may wanna check it against a real temp adjuster 🙊

@ChinChilly faint lines on two different tests is a whole nother kettle of fish haha!

@TheDaydreamBelievers I'm sorry your cycle still hasn't sorted itself out, I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be! I would definitely make an appt to see GP - even just basic blood tests would be good! And maybe try some of the other supplements the girls have recommended on here - I can't be of any use as I only take the bog standard folic and vitD! The ovulation support that @Flowers222 mentions sounds like it could be worth a shot?

@Juno231 @LauraT94 Yep, faint line on 2 different tests the first one was called one something or other and yesterday was a FRER.

@FlyingGiraffe I’m not sure when to test I haven’t been for FMW yet but I really should wait until the weekend 🤣

@ChinChilly wasn't it you who got sent like 10 extra FRERs haha? Do it do it do it.

@LauraT94 Yep, that was me 🤣🤣

@Moocher90 I get ovulation pains some months. This month they are really obvious. They aren’t painful as such, it just makes my whole pelvic area feel tight and a little tender.

@TheDaydreamBelievers it wasn’t a fluke, it definitely means you can get pregnant. It’s still not too late to ovulate and I remember reading that some months we can have blips. Try not to worry so much and speak to your GP for some advice as others have suggested XX

Not sure what to make of these 🤔

@ChinChilly EEkkk!!! I can see lines on both!!! I would say this is your BFP!?

@ChinChilly aaaaah I can definitely see lines on both!!!!!

@ChinChilly theres lines on those!

@ChinChilly BFP 😱 😭

That is yesterday’s tests and today’s. I’m not sure why the IC is darker plus I feel like the lines should be darker

The IC is super clear

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