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!

@feliznavidad2 I echo what @MissC07 said 😂

@Sunshine8888 welcome, hopefully everything pops back into a regular cycle again!

Well I don’t really know how may dpo I am I’m guessing about 7 based on ovulation been around CD17, progesterone has kicked in though, achy boobs and tingly nipples, woke up this morning feeling like i was ready to vomit! And the pinching round the lower abdomen, all the usual stuff that never really means anything 🙄

Hey ladies, how are we doing? Let’s hope we keep our chins up and keep POAS to those BFP!!
We have to be positive or we will slowly lose our minds!!

My we update - I’ve done what I swore I wouldn’t this cycle and started using the OPK.... damn me and no restraint! But basically.... I only seem to have a strong line in the mornings 🤷‍♀️ Then basically nothing for the rest of the day so frig knows what that means xx

@Springflower3 are you using the fancy ovulation machine? (I can't remember its name, sorry!)

I've started using OPK... cycle day 5 or 6 I think - no idea when or if I'll ovulate but have just had withdrawal bleed after stopping pill on 14th March 😳

@Springflower3

Just thinking re. Only a line in the morning, could it be because your wee is too diluted in the pm? Mine are v v faint...

Hi @feliznavidad2 I am hoping that it! I’ve added this mornings.. used 2nd pee of the day! This is after the allocated time but I honestly find after 5 mins there isn’t a lot to look at!
Aww what pill were you on? How’s your lines looking? I literally did not ovulate between coming off the pill and break through bleed! Xx

I think I'm going to have to stop guzzling so much squash. 🙄

@feliznavidad2 I swear that’s how mine are in the evenings! Have you ever tested around 9am/10am? The lines could be stronger!!

I will try to wee on a OPK stick earlier tomorrow and see what happens. 🧐

It is worth a try..... cause I think unless you stop drinking after 2pm your not going to get a strong result

Hi ladies, hope you're all having a nice Bank Hol weekend. I'm 15dpo today (my longest LP) and still BFN. So I'm just waiting for AF as no point testing anymore. Feeling pretty low and annoyed at my body right now. Finally ovulated 10 days earlier than usual and now my LP is longer 😭 Chart attached

@missC07 sorry about your bfn 😪 on the plus side your cycle looks great, a decent ovulation day followed by a nice big temp increase and a long LP. Onwards and upwards xx

@springflower3 @feliznavidad2 if your using the Internet cheapy OPKs then your 2nd morning urine should be the strongest. Once you start getting a decent 2nd line start testing a few times a day.

I'm CD17, had a couple of big blobs of EWCM (luurrvely ahem!) But OPKs still negative. We are away this weekend on our mini break so I'm eating and drinking everything I shouldn't 🤪 I'm not tracking like I should, but we are DTD plenty just in case 😁🤞

@MissC07 I’m the same. BFN today and I’m CD30/13DPO.... no period in sight yet. I had some pink spotting yesterday but late before bed and some darker brown spotting today both minimal and nothing else... will see what happens but AF is coming I just don’t know when.

Ooh thanks @Kay00 - glad you said, otherwise I'd have just been blindly hoping and weeing with very very faint lines 😆

@Kay00 thank you. I know I really shouldn't be moaning, I'm sure I'll get over it once AF has been and gone. Sounds like you are having a much needed lovely weekend!! Fingers crossed for O soon for you 🤞

@Moocher90 sorry you're also a BFN 😞 The waiting game is the worst.

Evening ladies 🙂

I'm out! AF started late last night and my temp plummeted this morning. I had 7 days of spotting this month 🙄 I'm putting AF down as starting today which makes a dodgy 12 day luteal phase if you discount the spotting. I said to DH the only good thing is I'm booked for a hair colour in 2 weeks time so at least I know I'm definitely safe for that! (I think most are ok these days but I think I'd have been nervous to!)

@MissC07 Sorry it's still a bfn today. The fact that your luteal phase is long is a good thing! Fancy swapping with my dodgy one?! 😂 I also thought about acupuncture...I emailed a place last week but never heard back. Think I might have to try to call!

@Moocher90 Rubbish about your bfn too 😞 hope af is here soon and over as fast as possible! Interesting you're already feeling warmer! My hands and feet are always cold...I feel tired a lot of the time too. I have my repeat bloods in June so will see what they come back with. Hoping my gp looks into the link between thyroid and fertility in the meantime! 🙏

Hope everyone had a nice bank holiday!

@MissC07 @Moocher90 sorry about the BFNs 😞

@Kay00 hope you’re both having a nice break!

So I have my scan tomorrow, I think I’m about 8/9dpo today, does anybody know if these scans are ok in TWW? I’m assuming they are?!?!

@Moocher90 I’m the same I think. Waiting for AF, but when she will arrive I don’t know.

Feeling super annoyed at my body today. I had my withdrawal bleed back in February, and then waited 42 days for my first proper AF. I had the usual symptoms I expect beforehand - cramping, hunger, and fatigue the weekend just before I thought she might come (hoping this meant she was gonna be a 28 day cycle) and nothing. I also ovulated CD15 so then I thought she may show up on CD30, and still nothing. I’m now on CD36 and pissed off my body lulled me into false hope. Just makes timing DTD so much more difficult. 😭 Even today I’ve been cramping for 3 days, I did a PT on CD14 and it was a BFN. Here’s hoping she shows up soon!

@chillysT sounds very frustrating. Are you sure you ovulated on CD15?

@moocher90 sorry for the bfn 😔 and sorry AF had arrived @flyinggiraffe xx

@FlyingGiraffe Sorry to hear AF turned up 😞 I hope you hear back from the acupuncture place. I'm willing to try almost anything at the moment.

@ChinChilly Good luck with your scan tomorrow!

@ChillysT Sorry you're also having a frustrating time. How did you track your O date? Do you temp?

Completely off topic but if anybody needs a good tv show (since LOD let us down massively last night 🙄!) I've just started watching Mare of Easttown on Sky Atlantic. It's so good!!!

@Kay00 According to an OPK yes, I posted here but happy to post again incase anyone wants another look?

@MissC07 I was just using OPK’s. I’m not temping no. I wake up lots of different times due to different shifts and I have a kitten who is very needy and likes to climb around the bed at night, so I’m usually woken a couple times to shift over. 😂

@ChillysT I'm by no means an expert but I'm wondering if your body tried to ovulate on CD15 but didn't work and then has tried again later? I think clearest way to know is temping as you'd be able to see the temp shift but with shift work and a cat it'll be difficult 😣 I hope you get some clarity soon!

@MissC07 I have absolutely no idea! 😂 I’m relatively new to life off of contraception after 9 years so all of this is still very confusing for me. I have attached a photo of when I think I ovulated but tbh, it seems my body is still getting as used to life off the patch as much as I am!

@ChillysT have you taken any OPK's since then? It's quite hard to tell because it's a bit blurry. Hopefully you'll get a clearer picture soon. I'm 6 months off the pill and my body is still all over the place - wish I'd never gone on the thing! 🙈

AF has arrived this morning for me. So the start of another cycle. Let's see if my earlier ovulation was a one off last cycle - the waiting begins! 🤷‍♀️

@MissC07 I haven’t yet no, was waiting for my next AF so I could start again 10 days later. At the moment I still have very thick creamy CM, so I doubt I am as that’s been the same for a while now. I think I just need to wait for AF to show and reset my body again. It’s crazy isn’t it?! I honestly had no idea that contraception could mess with your body this much after you’re off it!

Fingers crossed this is a better cycle for you. With any luck your body will ovulate early again. Sending lots of baby dust your way!