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!

Anyone had the covid injection yet?? Been offered it at work as I do a public racing role

@Moocher90 I haven’t yet no but have had 4 texts! I think I was sent texts in error.

I asked my GP yesterday about it and she said she doesn’t know much but best to speak to the people when you go for the jab as they will know more and they do ask specific questions when you go.

I know someone who has had the jab and fell pregnant not long after.

@crabette ahhh congratulations!! 💕

@Tillybabs sorry, I'm the complete opposite! Told I had an inflamed cervix but there's nothing wrong apparently 🤷🏼‍♀️ swabs were clear

@Moocher90 I've had my first jab, 17th of feb!

@Tillybabs is the pregnancy okay since falling pregnant? I was told at my first one they "advise" not to start TTC until 12 weeks after my second dose! So I can't start till August now 😩
They just said they don't know enough about what could happen so that's why they advise not to, but now my friends have been telling me it's apparently reducing fertility? Anyone else heard that?

@Moocher90 @Melissaq94 I haven’t been invited for mine and I don’t think I will for a while, I’m way down the list! I’ve heard about fertility stuff but who knows how true it is!

@Moocher90 @ChinChilly @Melissaq94 I've had dose 1 and am booked for dose 2 (NHS Clinician). They didn't mention not TTC to me at all. There is no evidence of harm, nor any sensible way either vaccine would harm fertility or a fetus. The only reason they are not yet telling pregnant ladies to get it, is that it hasnt explicitly been tested on pregnant people (cause you aren't allowed to, but some people in the vaccine trials got unexpectedly pregnant and it was fine).

Point 4.6 on these (1 for each vaccine) from UK gov : www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca/information-for-healthcare-professionals-on-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19/information-for-healthcare-professionals-on-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine
RCM and RCOG: www.rcm.org.uk/media-releases/2021/january/statement-from-rcm-and-rcog-on-covid-19-vaccinations-fertility-and-pregnancy/#:~:text=Dr%20Edward%20Morris%2C%20President%20at,not%20supported%20by%20any%20data
I also think this is quite a good summary, from vogue: www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/covid-vaccine-fertility

Sorry, I messed up the RCM/RCOG link:

www.rcm.org.uk/media-releases/2021/january/statement-from-rcm-and-rcog-on-covid-19-vaccinations-fertility-and-pregnancy/

Also @Melissaq94, RCOG and RCM say "The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) published updated advice on 30 December 2020 to say that women who are trying to become pregnant do not need to avoid pregnancy after vaccination.

Getting vaccinated before pregnancy will help prevent COVID-19 infection and its serious consequences. In some cases, women will need to make a decision about whether to delay pregnancy until after the vaccine becomes available to them. There is no evidence to suggest these types of vaccines cause issues with fertility. PHE will in due course publish its safety advice on the each of the COVID-19 vaccines"

@Melissaq94 yes I was meant to tag you sorry. I remember you saying. So I don’t have an inflamed cervix but have thrush.

Both of ours are unexplained lol

I have an appointment at the fertility clinic in May so hoping it’s either cleared up by then or they can give me more insight into it.

I have no idea if her pregnancy is ok tbh as it’s early days. I hope so!

@TheDaydreamBelievers thanks for the info. That’s good to know.

@thedaydreambelievers thank you!! I think, based on what you have shared, that I would get the vaccine if I was offered it before I got pregnant

@Tillybabs I get thrush quite frequently but it usually calms down after a few of the pressary treatments. Sorry its refusing to go away, sounds like the antibiotics you took has caused an imbalance in your flora I hope you are able to get on top of it soon x

@Kay00 thanks. I do think I haven’t helped things because I’m not giving my body enough time to heal and have been BD-ing and that aggravates it . Think I just need to take a few weeks out and just get better first.

@Kay00 glad its helpful :-)

It's understandable that people feel nervous about it - the whole Covid19 situation brings up a load of emotions and TTC/pregnancy is something we care so much about.

Info also tends to get out of hand/become incorrect online because scientists and government are duty bound to give the cautious and accurate message "there's no mechanism by which it would be unsafe, and no proof it is unsafe, but no proof it is safe" - what that means is that they cant legally/ethically test it on preggo laddies (which is the only way to prove its safe) but a lot of people read it as 'its unsafe'. Also because other 'sources' (nonsense online...) are not duty bound the way government and scientists are, they tend to be very strident in their views and make huge claims everywhere (so the info on social media v quickly moves from 'no proof it isn't safe, no proof it is' to 'no proof its safe' to 'that means not safe!' to 'the covid19 vaccines impact on fertility/pregnancy!!!'.

@crabette awww 😍 that’s so exciting. Glad it’s going well.

@Tillybabs I get thrush quite a lot but I now take a probiotic tablet twice a day and drink light yakults and eat live yoghurt so I really try to pack in that good bacteria 😂 you poor thing though, it’s not nice. Hopefully now you’ve ovulated you can take a break from BD and rest.

@TheDaydreamBelievers thank you! That is helpful. I’ll get it when I get offered it.

Hi all,

AF has indeed shown. I have been in tears on and off all morning. Sometimes I wonder why I am doing this to myself, my heart hurts so much.

I know I can sound negative on these threads, regarding when I won't let myself think it'll happen and won't test early anymore. This is why. If I allowed myself to get really excited or test and got the negative I'd have felt even worse. I'm glad I didn't use the one DH went and excitedly got last night. I know he thought we had done it this time. I actually could feel this hope in me creeping in too. I keep repeating it won't happen, I think in a way to protect myself when it comes, not that it works 😂

Sorry for this. I think after this amount of time the heartache is partly now wondering if its ever going to happen for me.
I feel guilty for feeling and writing this but I think some of you will understand.

I think I can allow myself to be upset today, and tommrow will be a new day!

Cycle 16 here i am!

@Lovebug06 I'm so sorry for you. Can't imagine the heartache at cycle 16. I don't have any great words of insight or consolation but just you're not alone and sending all the virtual hugs xxxxxx

@Lovebug06 I’m so sorry. I agree with @Gracie2021 that you’re not alone. That’s what we’re here for! Rant away whenever you need to. TTC is so frustrating and there’s so much uncertainty. I’m on cycle 12 so I can relate. I get torn between not letting myself get excited like you do so I don’t get too disappointed but also wondering if I should try to be positive and hopeful that it will happen. I don’t know. I hope you treat yourself today. ❤️

@TheDaydreamBelievers that info is really helpful!

@Lovebug06 I’m so sorry! Have you had any investigations from you GP? I don’t mean that as in you need any just if not there might something really easy to deal with. We all know how hard it is oh here and for me personally after the chemicals I’m not sure I’ll ever feel excitment for a positive pregnancy test again, more like nerves and anxiety!

@Lovebug06 cycle 16 says hi 👋 - I'm sorry you joined my shitty club though 😞

@Moocher90 like I said, don't get too hung up on LP temps as they can stay until a couple of days INTO af too. It's basically great for confirming ovulation, not so much anything else.

@TheDaydreamBelievers thanks for all that info!

@lovebug06 😔😔😔 it's the hope that really gets you isn't it.

Static smilie this morning and now this. Chances of hubby having time away from work to make use of it = NIL. That goes for the entire week. Knew this month was a write off but seeing those lines and not being able to do anything about them. Ugh.

@Gracie2021 oh no!! 👎👎👎

FF has given me my cross hairs again... randomly it gave them back when I reported fertile CM in last few days 🤷‍♀️ not sure why?? I'm pretty confident I haven't ovulated so we're back to DTD every other day. OPKs are pretty negative right now though.

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