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!

@LauraT94 yeah I’ve read on Dr. google it is normal at this stage but my lines are still pretty faint considoring I’m potentially 15dpo, I know I got the digital yesterday but I really want to see a dark line 😭

I am wondering if these FRERs are dodgy though, the bottom FRER and the cheapie stick were dipped in the same pee this afternoon, how can the two lines be the same on such different sensitivities?

@ChinChilly they are really clear lines so I’m sure it’s fine. And you weren’t 100% sure of that ovulation date were you? And I think even 15dpo is like the first day you’re meant to actually test lol so probably wouldn’t get a super dark line for a little while after. It must be so nerve wracking. I know I’d be the same so who am I to talk haha but I’m sure these will get darker soon and it will be ok ❤️ Got everything crossed for you x

@Cams50 I’ve realised i sound absolutely erratic atm 😂😂
FF gave me the cross hairs at CD20, chart attached.

@ChinChilly I think you need to back away from the tests - I weaned myself off them by testing every 2nd day, then twice a week, then each week etc. Your lines are solid. You are a pregnant lady!

@TheDaydreamBelievers I really need to, I’m burning through tests at the rate of knots. I’m being completely obsessive with it 😳 I’m watching every little thing and it’s not helpful. My RHR went down by 1bpm and I’ve had a tiny but of brown discharge and I’ve completly lost my shit 🤨

@ChinChilly I totally understand why its stressful, and it's hard to know that right now you actually have no control. All you can do is try to relax and enjoy and hope for the best. Remember it's common to have spotting in trimester 1 and esp brown spotting isnt a worry at all xxx

@TheDaydreamBelievers the control thing is a biggie for me, i like to be in control and know what’s going on. Thank you, you’ve calmed me down abit 😘

@ChinChilly it's sooo easy to become obsessive with it and get caught up in the details! I'm already over analysing ever cramp and twinge thinking that AF is going to arrive!! I'm glad @TheDaydreamBelievers could help with her sage advice ❤️

@LauraT94 it really is, my friend took one test which was positive and that was it, she didn’t check to see if the line got any darker or anythint, why can’t I be that Zen! I’ve had hardly any cramps up until today. I’ve bloody burped up sick twice this evening (gross sorry) but i think it’s just because I’m making myself so anxious.

@chinchilly, I think one of the down sides to us all chatting daily on MN and thinking about every small detail, and knowing loads more than women have traditionally known about our cycles and how a baby is actually conceived... is that we are all a little obsessive! Do the sake of your nerves you really should lock up your tests and just let your body do what it needs to do. You have done the hard part (... for now at least!!) Xxx

@Kay00 you’re absolutely right, I’ve learnt so much from MN recently, I wouldn’t of realised about my thyroid, chemical pregnancy! I would literally be like my friend, one test that’s it! She genuinely thinks I’ve lost the plot testing everyday (in her defence I actually may have) I’m actually going to try and leave any more tests until Wednesday, I may break and test Tuesday, but I’m going to test my will power and not do any tomorrow.

I’ve started spotting today and I’m CD22! Maybe a period is on the horizon for me :(

@moocher90 oh no 😥 remind me, have you spoken with your doctor about your very short cycles??

@Kay00
Yes. Want me to go for day 3 bloods and day 21 bloods however she said to wait until I’m having regular cycles.... I’m not sure when this will be because of my thyroid etc

@moocher90 I am getting pre-menstral tension and had a blush of pink on my tissue earlier... so I think AF is on her way for me too 😒

@laurat94 your bread looks amazing by the way! I baked a cake for one of my work colleagues today, it is his birthday and he broke his leg whilst running a few days ago... so he was feeling quite upset. Lemon and raspberry drizzle is his favourite 🥰

@moocher90 did she give any advice on how you can legnthen your cycle? Or will it depend on you getting your thyroid under control? Xx

@Kay00 no advice as she said that once thyroid is under control it will be better and cycles will go back to normal

@LauraT94 congratulations hoping it's a sticky bean for you ❤️ your bread looks tasty

@ChinChilly keeping everything crossed for you ❤️

@Kay00 wowsers your lemon drizzle and raspberry cake looks heavenly

CD13 here still nada on OPK test sticks - usually happens CD14-16 but BD 11,13. Following the SMEP this month after DH discovered it. Shall see if it makes any difference! Dr on Tuesday for a rummage around, going to see if she can do an MOT of bloods while I'm there too.

Got serious Mondayitis tonight, partly because I didn't have a restful weekend as uni work needed attention and I'm holding the fort tomorrow in work.

Had bright red spotting today so I think AF will be here later on today!

@Kay00 that cake looks amazing 🤤

@Moocher90 so sorry AF is on the way, it’s really shitty that the doctors want you to wait until your cycles regulate but no help on how to regulate them. Hopefully they get your thyroid under control soon.

@mrsmacmc thank you, I’m on annual leave for a couple of days but I’ve got so much work to do for my course, i just keep ‘forgetting’

@mrsmacmc how did DH discover SMEP?!

@LauraT94 I can't even remember if I congratulated you yesterday?? I hope I did! How are you feeling today and did you tell DH?

@ChinChilly there's nothing wrong with your tests and I think something ridiculous like a third of women having spotting during the first trimester. I think implantation bleeding can technically happen until week 8 as well so step away from all the tests, temps and rhr please 😁

@Melissaq94 it's important you track your periods on FF or it won't know when your cycles start /end. OPKs is another thing that's key to track on there as it factors it in för determining when ovulation was. Lastly - if you track your cervical mucus then log that too as it would also affect the algorithm :)

@Juno231 I’m stepping away from everything for the next few days, it’s getting abit ridiculous and ultimately what will be will be.

I’ve been wide awake since 6:10 this morning on the first day of annual leave...WHY?!?!

Will anybody be watching Harry & Meghan on Oprah this evening? I actually cannot wait

@ChinChilly it’s good to have a little break now and then. Take care of yourself and try not to stress and yes I will be watching it!

@ChinChilly I honestly admire people who can be that Zen about it 😂 not me!! I'll be watching Harry and Meghan, couldn't not! Would rather hear it first hand than other people's garbled versions of it on social media haha!

@Kay00 I think you're right that we A) are a lot more aware of everything TTC and Pregnancy related from chatting on here, but also that B) the chatting on here keeps it constantly at the front of your mind!

@Moocher90 I'm so sorry that AF is already here! 😢❤️

@Kay00 that cake looks incredible 😍 never thought to put Raspberry with lemon drizzle before but it's a fab idea!!

@mrsmacmc thank you! Uni stole my Sunday too, I've got to crack on and get an assignment written today 😩

@Juno231 I believe you did haha! ❤️ I'm doing ok, cramping quite a bit but not like proper AF cramps and I had this last time so I'm not worried! Good progression on this morning's tests too so I'm feeling hopeful! 🤞🏻🌈 Told OH as soon as I'd peed on the sticks haha! He's very very happy. Less scared than I am but he admits that it's all because he doesn't get the physical side of it. He's very sympathetic to my anxiety though and wishes he could share more in it.

P.S please excuse the cat fur all over my bed - a malting tortoiseshell cat and white bed sheets don't mix!