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!

My OPK this morning was still very faint. Maybe it's just too early for me this cycle?! 🤔

Scrap that, that's last nights.

This is today's at the bottom:

@feliznavidad2 would you normally o this early in a cycle?? How much are you de hydrating??

I have quick question, here my mine from this morning..... the one marked peak was second pee of the day (first was at 5am) but I had not drunk anything! Last pick was half hour ago after a coffee.... would I take these as my peaks? Or test later in the day and see?

No idea @Springflower3 - I wouldn't think so, I'm only using the OPK as it's my first month since stopping pill/withdrawal bleed and have no idea where I am... I didn't do any of this when TTC no. 1 but feel as he's already 4, we really need to crack on. 😬

I imagine it's normal to have low LH at this point (she says... 🤷‍♀️)

@Springflower3 your lines look good - my limited knowledge would say try again later to check that really was your peak but looks promising? 🤞🏻

Well CD101 after stopping pill just became CD1!! It's safe to say that I am over the moon. I've done 2 sessions of acupuncture now but I think I ovulated just before my first session as I had some physical signs. I'm going to continue with the acupuncture though. Can't hurt. Doing the seed cycling too. Doubt it does much but they taste good on my breakfast.

So I've got a spring in my step today. It feels like the first day of a new chapter. Saying that, there is a thought at the back of my mind that I'll have another long cycle. But I keep reminding myself that it's equally likely things will go right back to normal. so fingers crossed!!

Hi ladies, sorry I have only joined recently so not up together with what’s going on for whom. When I came off the combined pill in June 2019 after being on it for 15 years , I had the withdrawal bleed and then I just never got a period at all. I had a positive pregnancy test at the end of august which was a huge (happy) shock to us as I didn’t think I was ovulating as I’d had no period... so I’ve never been able to track or anything and I suspect this time round will be the same unless I start getting regular periods. I was only on the mini pill for about 9 months - not sure how this will affect cycles?! Am I right in thinking I don’t count the withdrawal bleed as a period? I’m not sure what to call CD1!

That's fab news @WhirlingD !

We're at a similar point, I stopped taking the pill on 14th March and period/withdrawal bleed didn't start until last week on 28th April (and I thought that was bad, so bless you!)

Now on CD7 here and awaiting ovulation like a crazy woman. Hope your period passes easily and you can crack on with TTC!

@feliznavidad2 I honestly could have cried. Never been so happy to have a period. I was feeling broken and it made me feel, well, like a normal woman. Honestly I'd given up hope.

God I hope I actually ovulate this time! I'm going to try temping this month but part of me thinks I should just have fun and DTD lots. Tracking does take the fun out of that. Also, DP is older than me and I'm 38 so even DTD every other day is bloody tiring!

@feliznavidad2 lol stop obsessing about the opks if it's only CD7 😁. Just do one a day (second wee of the day ideally) and leave it at that until the line gets stronger.

@chinchilly you're getting the dildo cam right? That's what they use for early scans when pregnant so you'd they'd be really safe to use even during the tww!

@MissC07 @WhirlingD I'm hoping to join you with CD1 today but so far AF is absent! Can't believe that was 101 day cycle though!

@Juno231 yep fanny cam at 6:30 this evening, hospital is bloody miles away, gotta get through some of the most congested areas in Birmingham through rush hour 🙄 why they couldn’t of sent me to the hospital up the road is beyond me and I know they do the fanny cams because my friend had one there!

@chinchilly hope the fanny cam went OK? You home now?

@chillysT I would say that it's very possible your body had a LH surge but didn't ovulate. I famously have multiple surges before I finally ovulate in every cycle. My advice is to keep testing with OPKs and to keep DTD until you are sure.

@feliznavidad2 Hehe, I agree with Juno. It's still super early in your cycle and your OPKs are very light. Looks as though your 'base level' LH is about 15% (good to know). Test once a day and when it starts shooting up (35%+) start testing a couple of times a day. Ideally you want to ovulate around CD15 ish.

@whirlingD congrats on CD1!! I agree having fun is a good approach ☺

@Kay00 all went well, she said my womb and lining looks ‘perfect’ to use her exact words. I’ve got a small cyst on my right ovary but she said it’s really small and doesn’t require and follow up, she said it will likely to just go when I have my next period

This cycle I am trying the Concieve+ Fertility Support & Conceive+ Ovulation Support. Im CD18 and have had EWCM for a few days and today I had a +OPK (one at 100% and on left at 78%). This is super early for me so I not getting too excited for an early ovulation but 🤞🤞🤞 OH and I our on our mini break away still so lots of opportunity to DTD 😁

@chinchilly thats great news!!

My chart for reference.

@Kay00 I use the ovulation support! Unfortunately in my case not helping much given this is CD 53 / CD102 (only a one day bleed between these two 'cycles')

@thedaydreambelievers damn! That's frustrating 😣 I'm not getting my hopes up just yet... I usually ovulate around CD30 (if I ovulate at all), so I'll just have to keep an eye on the temps. I hope it happens for you soon xx

@Kay00 I was pleased, it does feel like a small weight has been lifted, she said she could see a corpus luteum on my left ovary, which i think is something to with ovulation? Fingers crossed for a nice early ovulation for you!

@Juno231 Fingers crossed AF shows soon. Hope you're feeling better after your procedure the other week!

@ChinChilly That's great news about your appointment!

@Kay00 oooh I hope you get early ovulation too! 🤞 I'm being a complete wimp and too scared to try any other tablets. Will see what happens this month and immediately regret that decision and buy everything from Amazon 🙈

Booked my smear test for next Tuesday, as thought I should get it out of the way after AF decided to show today. Have also eaten my way through a packet of Jammie Dodgers, so all in all a productive day for me 🤣

Morning ladies. I had a surprise temp rise this morning... surely my body can't be behaving itself? Its never ovulated this early in my cycle! I suppose the next few days will tell me more... 🤞

@kay00 omg yes!!! And you're so well covered as well. I hope this is it!

I just looked it up and apparently laps can really mess with your cycles so it makes sense that my AF is late and it might affect ovulation next cycle as well. The incisions are healing super well though! I'm really chuffed as I was convinced I'd get infections or would take aaages to heal.

The three incisions yday - exactly one week post op

@Kay00 yay for temp rise!!

@Juno231 they look like they were painful!

@Kay00 wooo for the temp rise! Your coverage looks so good too!

@Juno231 glad you're healing well! Hope AF turns up soon for you too

@Kay00 great chart and coverage!

@Juno231 they look to be healing really well. What happens next?

Attaching my chart, just to give everyone a laugh 🙄