Post Pill Party – The Garden Soiree

[TheHotelCalifornia]

Tables laden with high-end afternoon tea, beautiful bouquets of fresh flowers, and a string quartet playing softly in the background…it’s the Post Pill Party Garden Soiree! The girls have swapped their checked shirts for pastel dresses and it’s time to sit back and relax after a stressful few weeks (months…years!!)

Welcome to the 10th (!) post pill party thread for women who have recently come off the pill. Whether you’re struggling with an insanely long cycle or an insanely short cycle, your luteal phase is crazy short, your temps are all over the place, or you’re just feeling like if you see one more day of a damn flashing smiley you’re going to throw it out the window…we’re here for you. Perch yourself daintily in a chair and join us!

Ladies already at the soiree:

@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
@AllyCat31

Please tag anyone I’ve missed!

@TheHotelCalifornia I'm so sorry :( All I can say is that it does get easier and it really helps to keep busy if you can? But also ultimately it's okay to feel down so don't hesitate to take the afternoon off sick and do something nice for yourself.

@TheHotelCalifornia I’m so sorry you are feeling this way. It’s rubbish isn’t it.

I’m not better myself tbh. I’m getting the AF cramps etc so it’s coming this week. I feel utterly deflated myself tbh.

We just have to keep telling ourselves it will happen.

@TheHotelCalifornia I’m sorry you’re feeling so bad. Please make sure you take some time to yourself today or this week. I wish there was something I could do 💜

@TheHotelCalifornia huge hugs xx If you're not ovulating until CD27 then you might be a good candidate for Soy Iso. It seems to have really good success rates for helping bring forward ovulation helping women get pregnant... don't let my 1st attempt at Soy Iso (zero ovulation) put you off, as my body was fighting its own random battles at the time.

I'm 9dpo and my temp seems to be dropping, so i'm not holding out much hope for this one, but i'll certainly be giving Soy Iso a go again.

@Kay00 if you don’t mind me asking, where did you get your soy iso from? I’d never heard of it before until the last few days but thinking I might give it a try. I don’t ovulate till like CD30-40 cause I’ve got really longs cycles so thinking of giving it a go just to speed things up. I’m only due to have 5 cycles this whole year which is going to massive hurt our chances of TTC

@JT90 yeah it's so weird how much a lie our bodies were on contraception 😂 I've never felt ovulation as I've never ovulated because of always being on contraception so as soon as I felt that I posted in here because I was like wtf is this pain 😂

@TheHotelCalifornia you're not alone. You've just described my morning but add in having a complete meltdown on the phone to a work colleague. Tbh I don't think it's even 50% TTC, I'm just finding the longer I'm off the pill the more hormonal and emotional I am at the end of the month and the gutting disappointment of TTC just adds into that.

Booked an app with my doctor next Monday to have a catch up and see if I can get any testing started. 10 months in now and I'm near enough to 35 so figure it doesn't hurt to ask. Plus not so much as a CP or a line in that time so really wondering if there's something up now. Feels positive to do something productive but emotionally I'm a hormonal mess.....

To add insult to injury the OH has mad hours the entire fertile window this month so that'll be great fun and likely another month wasted.

Anyway to sum up, if it helps at all.... you're most definitely not alone!

@JT90 sorry I didn’t track with OPKs to start with! I was just kinda winging it the first few cycles. I just DTD every other day and to be fair that’s what I did this cycle anyways! I found waiting for ovulation very stressful because I ovulate late!

@Juno231 thank you 😊

@TheHotelCalifornia sorry you’re feeling that way! I found waiting for ovulation the most stressful thing as I also ovulated late. Just a warning when I took soy I think I actually ovulated a few days later but I mean I did get my BFP so I guess in the grand scheme of things it’s not all bad!

@AllyCat31 I got mine off eBay but I did see the local Heath store bought them in case they didn’t arrive!

@TheHotelCalifornia so sorry your feeling like this. TTC is so hard. Sending you love. Look after yourself today. And cry it out as much as you need too. I hope your feeling a bit better later on❤️

@Tillybabs hope your okay too. Its hard when it's coming as I always want it to come and have it over with but then desperately don't want it too. You are right, tell ourselves it will happen!

@Gracie2021 hope your okay also. My DH has had months that he's been so busy over the fertile period awith work nd its so frustrating

I am now 2dpo so have the long wait ahead. I just feel relieved ovulation is done, does anyone else feel like this? As in there's nothing more I can do, its out of my hands, stress over.
Until next week anyway. After 15 goes I can't imagine it happening it all but I am trying to be positive
I am very achy and a kind of crampy feeling in my Lower stomach feels weird. I know it doesn't mean anything but had it last month after ovulation. Seems strange x

@AllyCat31 I bought these from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Natures-Aid-Soya-Isoflavones-Genistein/dp/B000GY76L6?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I took 150, 200, 200, 200, 200 this last cycle on days 3 to 7.

@Nellieee I have my fingers crossed for you. Is it possible you ovulated a couple of days later? Also, i'm not that familiar with the blood tests, are they more or less sensitive?

I'm 9DPO, like I mentioned earlier my temperature is dropping and I have just had some spotting. I hope this doesn't mean AF is on her way early I forgot to take my B-Complex yesterday... hopefully that wasn't enough to shorten my LP??

@Kay00 timing fits with implantation dip which fits with spotting too. Fingers crossed that's the case 🤞

Thank you @Kay00 & @Sperr 🙂

@Kat668 @TheHotelCalifornia @Tillybabs so sorry you're feeling like crap. I know how awful it feels every month. Have some me time today and let yourself feel how you are feeling. I hope your next cycles bring good news.

@TheDaydreamBelievers @Juno231 @Kay00 thanks all. I did a frer this morning. Definitely positive...! Just would like the line to get darker. Like a mad woman I have compared every test on FF with mine. The line colours vary wildly!!

Sent bf out to get some more tests at lunch but the chemist had none! Will send him out after work again. And so it continues.

@Kay00 amazing news about your O!!! So glad it finally happened for you! All going in the right direction.

That's a good strong line @Nellieee (!)

@Nellieee those are so much darker! Congratulations

@TheHotelCalifornia I feel you feels extremely unfair to have long cycles and less chances! I'm sorry AF came x

@Nellieee those are so much better than yesterday!! Had you been guzzling water or something lol. These are spot on - congratulations!!

@Nellieee those lines look fab!!! Congratulations!!! ❤️

@TheHotelCalifornia Sorry you're feeling down it's always such a kicker. I haven't been ovulating until CD30, I'm also tempted to try Soy but I'm worried it'll mess my cycle up even more 😩 Why is TTC such a minefield!!

CD15 for me today and my temp plummeted this morning but no signs of anything on an OPK (not that I expected it to!) So just another cruel twist! That or the fact it was snowing this morning made me cold!! 😂

Does that mean we had THREE bfps in one day yesterday?? That must be a new record!

Right, I think im counting myself out for this cycle. I hoped the spotting I was having was implantation but its too heavy so has to be AF. That’s 5 days earlier than all my apps have said and earlier than any other month after ovulation.
Ive ordered some Soy Iso to hopefully bring ovulation forward (it was CD35 this time) and also vitamin C to take after ovulation as I’ve read it can help thicken the uterus during the luteal Phase - still taking Seven Seas TTC and have a pretty good diet so not too worried. It was only cycle 1 for me but I still feel incredibly sad. I know my OH is pretty upset. He had got it in his head that we were going to be lucky.
Good Luck and Baby dust to everyone still in this month 💜

Just sticking my head around the corner and wow what a big day! Congrats @Sperr @Emmgrem and @Nellieee 🥳🥳🥳 such wonderful news and gorgeous Christmas baby’s await

@Nellieee ahh congratulations! What a day it’s been for the thread 🥰

Yey!!! I'm so pleased for you @Nellieee amazing lines

Three BFP's in one day is great news! There is hope for us all!

@Gracie2021 I think that would be wishful thinking, it was light pink but had had some darker clotting in it too... I think it is the start of my period If it gets heavier then I will count today as CD1 and my LP would have only been 8 days long.

Congratulations @Nellieee that's fantastic news 😊 lovely lines!

@Nellieee Huge Congratulations!! 🥰 Did you do anything different this cycle? Were you charting at all?

@AllyCat31 sorry AF has arrived. I think all of us hoped we would be that one with first cycle luck so you're not alone.

@TheHotelCalifornia hope you're feeling a little bit better this afternoon 🧡

@MissC07 hope ovulation happens sooner for you this cycle 🤞 I'm so over this weather now..its so cold! My temp went down too but it's been weirdly high since af started so I'm hoping that it's a good thing...I'm CD8 so it's taken it's time to drop this month!