Post Pill Party - The Line Dance

[MissC07]

Swing your partners round and round (the bedroom). Grab a spot and put your best checked shirt on. We're all stepping together to create some seriously strong lines - Yee-Haw! Now let's get making some cowboys (and girls!) It's time to begin now count it in...5...6...7...8!

This is the 9th post pill party thread for women whose bodies are a bit out of sync post pill. So pull up a hay bale and share your stories of dreary delayed ovulation, fascinating follicular phases, lively luteal phases and terrific temp charts.

In the Line up already.....
@juno231
@Kay00
@Moocher90
@Emmgrem
@Nellieee
@TheHotelCalifornia
@ams19
@chinchilly
@sperr
@crabette
@LauraT94
@TheDaydreamBelivers
@cams50
@robyn101
@abi555
@tillybabs
@MissC07
@minipilling
@glow92
@FlyingGiraffe
@Elsie2021
@Gracie2021
@Flowers222
@MancMama39
@firsttimemumm321
@mrsmacmc
@MintGreenLife
@Ttcin2021
@Melissaq94

Please add anybody I've missed off!

@Cams50 fingers crossed for the SA. How many months are you trying now if you don't mind me asking? Hoping you start seeing some temp rises soon. Have you tried looking at the charts like mine function in FF. I've discovered the stats section there tells you what percentage charts like yours ended in pregnancy. Dangerous for raising hope.

@Juno231 the moods are unreal aren't they. One of the few reasons I miss the pill.... along with the skin. Pure acne here the last few months. Glad the OH got on the same rage page as you though. Always comforting to have company!

Sorry about the BFN. Same here today although not sure why I bothered testing at 10DPO anyway. We seem to be on the same rough schedule each month. Good for the company.

@Sperr @Juno231 do ye know if there's a reason more people don't temp vaginally to avoid the open mouth issue? I seem to be in the minority on that way of testing.

@Kay00 I've been reading back a bit. Bit late to the voting party but I'm option A all the way. Babas look great in red 👍👍

@TheHotelCalifornia welcome back. Glad you got your period at last and can start a fresh cycle. Sounds like you're doing a good job balancing the health and enjoyment too. I splurged on the advanced OPKs last month too. As you say it's a drop in the bucket when you factor in the total money we spend on all this stuff. Fingers crossed for you this cycle x

@LauraT94 @glow92 how are you both feeling? Hope all is going well.

@Juno231 ahh I will remember that for next time! I’m prettty sure I have ovulated now as my cervix has closed and cm is lotiony! I need to book in my 21 day blood test. I’m so scared as I hate needles! Last time I had a blood test I passed out 😂.

@Gracie2021 I’ve just never thought to do it that way! This is only my second mouth open time in a couple of months. We just got a hot tub and I’ve never been so relaxed in my life and I was drooling in my sleep

@Gracie2021 for me personally it would be more of a faff to temp up the foof. I wear knickers and pyjama bottoms so that's more of a hassle than just sleepily shoving it in my mouth. Plus it means I'd have to skip AF temps and I like a complete data set, and it means more effort in cleaning it - especially if there are leftover swimmers in there, CM or god forbid my thrush cheese from the other month lol.

@Juno231 that makes sense. All comes back to "different strokes for different folks" doesn't it. @Sperr that sounds like a lovely new present. I'd say you're rolling into bed after a good soak! Enjoy.

@Cams50 only 14dpo today! No massively dark lines just yet but good overall progression I think! Need to calm down on the testing but equally I have hundreds of tests in the cupboard and the progression is making me feel good even if it means nothing at this stage 😂

@Juno231 I'm sorry for the BFN but a 12 day LP is good! And that's fab about the acne going away! Definitely need to note the silver linings!

@Gracie2021 sorry you got a BFN too but 10dpo is still early! I'm feeling ok thanks, just a bit anxious! Haven't really got any pregnancy symptoms other than tiredness and being hungry! So it's very different to last time 🤷🏼‍♀️

Early scan booked for 8 weeks which is exactly 4 weeks away today! So the 9th April. Could have booked an earlier one but I feel like if I make it to 8 weeks then the scan will give me a definite answer! 🤞🏻 But I'm literally counting down the hours 😂

@LauraT94 your last FRER lines are darker than mine ever got! Exciting about the scan.

@Juno231 thrush cheese 😂😂😂 all those issues listed with vaginal temping is exactly why don’t do it!

@LauraT94 those lines are getting darker and the 13dpo looks good to me! 😃

@LauraT94 those are so dark. Great reassurance I'm sure. Fingers crossed the 4 weeks go quickly 🤞

@Gracie2021 best investment ever. At the first lockdown we bought a 2 man wooden one that you heat with logs and we loved it. So now we’ve got a 6 man proper one that’s electric, massage jets and all! I don’t really believe we will be allowed out and back to normal this summer so that’s where I’ll be 😂.

@LauraT94 those lines are looking good!

@Sperr think you're onto a winner there. Know what I'll be googling this afternoon. Do ye use it every day?

I'm gone down the obsession tunnel today. Don't know why cause I was fine til today but even after a BFN this morning and having PMS symptoms it's just one of this days when I want to google what are my chances all day 🙈🙈🙈 and I have a tiny drop today vs last months. Think I'm going to plan a virtual holiday later to distract myself. Missing travel today so bad!! Anyone else really having lockdown hitting hard at the moment?

@Gracie2021 we used our other one only on the weekend because it took 2 hours to heat up and we are lazy! But we did use it pretty much every single weekend when it wasn’t raining!

@sperr just a heads up that that hot tub will be really bad for OH's swimmers! I read a funny reddit thread the other week in the TIFU (today I effed up) section where this guy and his wife had been TTC for 9 months and he'd only just realised that his hot tubbing probably had a big impact on why it hadn't happened yet.

@Gracie2021 I'm so sick of lockdown! Esp being in London where I think we've been in lockdown for longer than most :( Dying to be active, social and outside again!

@Gracie2021 Totally agree with lockdown driving me insane! I'm so over it now. We've just moved our Portugal holiday (moved from last year) from June to Sept as I was worrying things wouldn't be open in time!

@Juno231 I'm in London too 👋 I've mentally already planned about 10,000 things to do once everything starts opening again!

CD26 for me today and still nothing. My temp has dropped but OPK's still quite light. I'm trying not to obsess too much so am only bothering to test once a day. OH has been signed off work with stress and put back on anti depressants so I've been stressed googling about the tablets and how they affect fertility and it doesn't look great 😔

Didn't think is that @Juno231 but I've actually heard the same thing about hot tubs and men 🙈

I'm usually ok with lockdown. We've basically been in a self imposed lockdown for a year now as we're in a bubble with family who are vulnerable. Think it's partly just PMS mood swings but boy is it tough this week!!! Need those vaccines to come along nice and quick but it's so slow!!! Do ye have any green spaces near you that ye can escape to? I'm running up the fields outside when I need to escape and it helps a bit.

@MissC07 so sorry to hear your OH is having such a tough time. Can only imagine the stress of that as well as wondering how it affects TTC. How are you doing with it all?

@Gracie2021 thank you. I've been surprisingly chilled this month with TTC (although give me a few more days I probably won't be!) I'm just worried about him and his work. But he already seems more relaxed taking a step back from work and his boss is being great about it which helps. I hope you're doing ok ♥️

@Juno231 I just had a panic but realised that we had basically stopped using the other one before we started TTC. I might just get OH to test his sperm count in a month to see if it’s normal as a test 😅😂.

He’s had hot baths all his life every evening though and he’s not had issues with his swimmers as of yet (long story but we know it works!)

Im having spotting that looks like AF is about to start. Which would make it 5dpo... for fucks sakes, body, what the hell are you up to?!

@MissC07 he's right to take the time to look after himself especially with so much burdening people right now. Hope the time does him good too.

@Sperr phew 😅 panic over.

@TheDaydreamBelievers no chance of implantation spotting?! Sending good thoughts out into the fertility universe! How long was your LP last month?

@Juno231 yeah it sounded frustrating, glad he understood where you were coming from eventually. That’s great about your acne! Sorry about the bfn though. Still no AF though? So a good lp?

@Gracie2021 I came off the pill last April so I’m on month 11. So nearly at the one year mark😬 I haven’t got FF premium so I can’t do the charts like mine. Maybe I’ll treat myself for the one year mark 😂 sorry about the bfn but 10dpo is still early days so fingers crossed.

@LauraT94 that’s great line progression! So exciting about the early scan.

@MissC07 sorry about your DH 😔 glad his boss is being supportive.

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry about the spotting. It’s the worst. But I agree with @Gracie2021 that maybe it could still be a good sign?

@Gracie2021 @Cams50 absolutely zero chance - we are on protected sex only so I can get the APS testing done. Not even technically TTC atm!

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry abou the spotting, our bodies really can be arseholes at times!

My liver levels came back as normal so the last ones were obviously just a blip. The GP put a not at the end off the message saying ‘I’m so sorry to hear about your recent miscarriage, we’ll speak on the 24th but if you need anything please call the surgery’ I didn’t think they called it a miscarriage when it was that early. But it was nice of her to acknowledge it I suppose.

This AF has been really odd, I had one day of really heavy bleeding with huge clots (tmi sorry) and I was in agony all day but yesterday and today has been so light I can only assume it all came out on Wednesday.

@Gracie2021 @Juno231 OH had put it on a lower temp! It’s basically like bath temp and I hadn’t even noticed. I feel much better about it now 😅. I always under estimate him!

@MissC07 sorry to hear about your OH! Hope he (and you) are alright 😘

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry hadn't realized. Has the spotting turned to AF yet? Fingers crossed not for a few days yet and a longer LP.

@Sperr OH sounds like gold! Clearly on top of things.

@Cams50 9 months here so you're just ahead of us. Not sure if you should treat yourself for the 12 month mark. The chart comparison is making me lose the plot! Too much data to obsess over!!

@ChinChilly sounds like they're good for support. Always helps having trust that your doctor cares. Tbh that sounds like my period every month. Is it very diff to usual?

Losing the plot here a bit lads. My temp went down at 9 DPO last month. 11dpo and went up this morning. Now I woke at 6.30 instead of 7 as usual so that could be throwing it off but woke at 4.30 and thought it was getting up time somehow and the temp from them was in line with yesterday so either way I didn't see a drop which is positive.

And for someone who has never seen an indent or a faint on anything (like to think I'm quite practical, if it's white, it's white....) I'm seeing the faintest, can't capture on camera, line on the easy at home test. Did another using SMU on the same easy at home and am seeing it on that too. Trying so hard not to get my hopes up but have a funny feeling I'll be waking early tomorrow too.

@Gracie2021 they’re not normally very good, receptionist are normally really rude, can never get an appointment, but they’ve been really good recently. I think there’s been a change of management and they’ve recently been on a ‘fly on the wall’ series for chanel 4 so that probs explains it 😂😂

Also I definitely see something on the bottom test.

@MissC07 sorry to hear about OH, hopefully some time off work helps, sounds good that his boss is being supportive