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 the IC is super clear and it looks to me as though your FER has got darker since yesterday too... Congratulations!!!

@ChinChilly I really hope it’s your BFP!

@ChinChilly although they're faint lines I can definitely see progression on the FRERs and as you say the IC is a clear result! Do you know what sensitivity the IC is?

@Moocher90 just realised I forgot to add about ovulation pain yesterday - I get sharp pain when I actually ovulate (was particularly bad this cycle!) and then crampy pains for the next few days! I get some crampy pains just before O too. The cycle I conceived I had cramps pretty much from O until about 6/7 weeks pregnant!

@ChinChilly hm maybe you got a batch of 10 FRERs cause they were fake ones lol. No but seriously - there's no disputing these and they've gotten stronger. I reckon the faint line is due to you having ovulated later than you thought!

@Kay00 The FRER has definitely got darker, I’m not sure i believe them 😂

@Moocher90 thank you 🤞🏼 😘

@LauraT94 I’m sure the IC are 10miu or whatever the measurement is lol.

@Juno231 Fake FRERs imagine 😂 I wouldn’t be surprised with Amazon to be honest.

I feel really panicy, now I’ve gotta go have a phyio session and sit in the office all day GAHHHH

@LauraT94 3DPO btw and FF has confirmed it! Temp jumped to 36.71 as well so now I feel better about the temp rise too. How are you today?

@ChinChilly wow this looks very exciting! I’m new to all this and even I can see the lines!

@Juno231 I know you are BBT pro..... when you say temp rises after ovulation.... does the first temp after O have to be over the cover line or just gradual rise is okay? I think I did CD13 and have had two rises since below cover line..... I’m only 2DPO so not long enough to know for sure yet but just wondered.

@ChinChilly panic is also a sign of a BFP 😂 I lost my shit for about two days after mine! Hopefully physio and then work will help distract you slightly. Does OH know?

@Juno231 woohoo! 🥳 that's a really good temp rise! Mine was up slightly today (5dpo) to 36.6 from 36.52 yesterday. I'm hoping I'll head closer to 36.7 tomorrow! Gutted I don't have any Pomegranate juice in the house but I've ordered some for Friday and hoping that's good enough 😂 promise I'm not obsessing at all... 🤪

Thanks all and sorry for my meltdown! I have to remind myself I'm doing what I can - eating well, taking temps, taking vitamins... etc etc

@Kay00 am I right that you take vitamins aimed at bringing ovulation forward/ovulation support of some kind?

@TheDaydreamBelievers So at the beginning of this cycle I took Soy Isoflavones, which are 'natures Clomid' apparently and are meant to help encourage earlier and stronger ovulation. I took them days 3-7 (dosage 100, 150, 150, 200, 200). They seem to have a big success rate in helping women who have erratic long cycles or who don't always ovulate, to ovulate earlier and get a BFP! But you can only take them at the start of your cycle or they can well and truly mess things up. There are some really good threads about Soy Iso on MN that are worth a read.

But... they didn't work for me! I haven't ovulated yet (unless it happens today) and my body made several attempts to ovulate this cycle. I will probably give them another go next cycle though as they can take a couple of cycles to work.

During this cycle I got annoyed and bored and stopped taking all my supplements (B-Vits, EPO, CQ10 etc) apart from my prenatal. When I ran out of my prenatal (Seven Seas) I started Conceive Plus Fertility Support (on CD36). On CD37 I had my first LH surge (75% on OPK) and I got a peak OPK on CD39. It is probably just a coincidence, but might be worth a try??

I haven't ovulated yet though... i'm CD41, my temps are still steady at 36.13, so no temp rise. I'm hoping that I will ovulate today (48 hours after peak OPK) because my cervix was still SHOW last night, so I hadn't ovulated yet.

@Ttcin2021 hm ignore coverline this early on - the rule of thumb is that it counts as a temp rise if its higher than the previous six temps. Are these two temps fulfilling that?

@TheDaydreamBelievers you're more than entitled to! CD40 is no fun so definitely be kind to yourself.

@LauraT94 ah you reminded me that I need to eat that darn pineapple I have waiting for me! Got maca root arriving today as well but I imagine it's too late for it to do its magic this cycle.

@LauraT94 I haven’t said anything yet, I don’t know if I should say anything until im 100% sure. Well i got to my physio and I had the appointment times mixed up I thought it was 09:30 and it was 09:00, sign of how the rest of the day will go tbh.

@Ttcin2021 thank you, I’m still not sure I can trust it 😂

@Kay00 Thank you for outlining what you do! I see conceive plus also has an ovulation support. Wonder if that'd be any good. A little concerned about taking too many vitamins without doctorly advice !

@TheDaydreamBelievers I didn't realise there was a Ovulation support option, or I would have chosen that

I am only taking the Conceive plus now, it has the 400ug folic acid needed, contains Vit D and a lot of different B Vits too!

I might top up with B Vits in LP if I ovulate to ensure LP length.

Found this one today I am tempted to try if this cycle is a dud:
www.nationalfertilitysociety.co.uk/product/fh-pro-for-women

So my temp went down today but not under 36 which was the lowest it got before I think I ovulated which was on Sunday. Also since Friday CD13 when I got a pos opk my RHR has gone from 61 to now 66bpm so I’m hoping it’s just a dip and tomorrow my temp will go up again. My nipples have also started to hurt since I thought I have ovulated so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it has happened.

@Moocher90 could be a fall back rise perhaps? My temps often fall back a couple of days after ovulation.

@Juno231 ooohhh!! A new supplement. Looks good! I will be considering it too

@ChinChilly oh no!! What a nightmare, we've all been there I'm sure. As for not believing your test haha, would it help doing a digital at the weekend maybe? I'm not sure your levels would be high enough just yet but I'm sure it would in a few days!

@Juno231 it's like fate, I've just turned up at work and they've got a ripe pineapple sitting on the side 😂 will chop it up for the kids to eat and I'll much on the core!!

@Moocher90 sounds like a normal dip, fingers crossed for another jump back up tomorrow!

I'm sure it's just the TWW madness (especially as I'm only 5dpo, and that I didn't have it when I actually was pregnant) but omg my sense of smell has gone mad today!! Like even through my mask 😱 I'm definitely just driving myself round the twist but I swear it's so noticeable 😂

Hey all, just dropping in! I've been trying to catch up, it does make me miss this group, you're all so supportive.

Just had my first scan and things are looking okay so far, it has been a pukey ride!

@ChinChilly that looks a BFP!! 😁 It actually looks very similar to my first test that I did at 11dpo (1st day of missed period). I fluffed up my digital one so only had ICs left. I've attached it so you can see.

@Moocher90 I had terrible ovulation cramps post pill, almost as bad as my period cramps!

Hope you're all doing well, especially with the continuing lockdown it certainly doesn't make things any easier!

@LauraT94 my friend has actually got a digital for me left over from her BFP she’s one of those that just takes one test lol! But yeah I think it will too early for a digi!

@KH512 thank you, that’s really helpful glad everything is going well for you!

@ChinChilly I just had a look at 11DPO FRER lines on FF and most of them look just like yours!

@KH512 lovely to hear from you and glad you're doing well! How many weeks are you now?

@Kay00 I took soy isoflavones this cycle! I’m only on CD9 and I’ve already had EWCM and my cervix is high soft and almost open fully. We will see whether this means that I will actually ovulate sooner. I have a lot more pinching and stuff happening down there than normal for sure!

@ChinChilly congratulations 🎉

@Juno231 thank you for having a look! I did try and sign up to FF VIP when the offer was on but the payment didn’t go through...maybe it was a sign! Haha

@Sperr thank you 😊 sounds like soy isoflavones are doing something

@ChinChilly well let me know if you'd like to have a look - I could change my pw for you

@Sperr that sounds promising - fingers crossed you ovulate in the next few days

@ChinChilly OMG!! This is so exciting and so promising.

@Juno231 ohh I also agree with @Kay00 and love a new supplement! Hope ovulation happens today @Kay00