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 Yes AF arrived in full force this morning, a day later than normal. Quite painful this time so I'm sat here feeling a little sorry for myself.

@ChinChilly sorry af arrived for you too. I was feeling so hopeful for you.

@Kay00 and @Emmgrem both have great looking charts! 🤞

@Cams50 sorry about the spotting! Must be frustrating. Hopefully it stops though.

@HRHXO @AllyCat31 We are pretty much all in the same boat! Came off the patch middle of February, had one AF 6 weeks later and just awaiting the second one now. If I’m 28 days, I have just over another couple weeks wait. But I just don’t know as I waited 42 days for it post my withdrawal bleed. I’m also new to OPK’s myself, just started testing this Wednesday just incase I do bleed when I expect to so I can catch it first time. But tbh, it’s all still a lot to think about!

Happy shagging! @ChinChilly

@MrsHInch @Willo95 Honestly, I totally empathise and get what you’re feeling as I’m sure so many do on this thread!

I, myself, am so new to this too and honestly, it’s only been a couple months and I’m so less stressed worrying about my cycles post contraception than I was at the start. It just takes time. I took off my last patch February 11th, had my withdrawal bleed 4 days later as expected, and then when I was supposed to pop a new patch on on the 18th I didn’t. Which from that point meant we were officially off contraception. It felt FOREVER waiting for my next bleed. I convinced myself I had something wrong with me before even giving my body a chance to bleed! Which was stupid really as I just built up unnecessary fear. I researched everything from PCOS, infertility and any tiny symptom I experienced. And then, bam...6 weeks later AF showed up and I was so relieved (sure I won’t be after a few months of TTC, I’ll want her to now show up but for this time I was so glad to see her! 😂) and I’m now waiting for my second bleed. If I go back to a 28 day cycle, she should show up on the 26th. And if not and it’s a little longer, at least I have had one bleed, so I know she’s working at her own pace in there some way! But I totally get the first wait is agonising just to know everything is ‘normal’. I’ve only now this week started to do OPK’s, and that’s so I can work out if I’m ovulating.

Keep the faith and it’ll come, just takes patience.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far, I’m slumped on the sofa with Easter eggs. Stuck for anything to watch! Now Ant & Dec’s SNT is finished there is such a lack of programmes to laugh along with tonight...Harry Potter it is!

@chinchilly I can totally see why you might want to ditch the TTC paraphernalia... I hope its just the ticket for you xx

@jt90 hope you're enjoying the Halarry Potter?

I have had a very moody Saturday... I guess its my hormones? I have known all along that I'm being irrational and that my poor DP doesn't deserve all (some) of my snarky comments I sent his way today... but I literally couldn't stop myself. Anyone else get like this in the TWW? Is it down to a surge is progesterone??

Halarry Potter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Does anyone know anyone that's had twins? I wonder how true the whole skipping a generation thing is because my dads a twin.. what are my chances girls 👀

@Kay00 I'm the same today 😅 Neen really snappy and moody and don't know why! So yeah maybe it is just the hormones!

@Kay00 I totally get you, I’ve just lost my shit for a very minor reason, now I’m lying in bed extremely wound up ARGHHHH!

@MissM94 genetically I don't see how skipping a generation would work but also if your dad is a twin then that would have been due to his mother and I don't think female reproduction related genes would pass through a male 🤔

Halarry Potter wtf 🤣

Okay so my ovulation day was yesterday by the opks. DH fell asleep and as much as he says wake him up he is SO hard to wake up and just wouldn't. I feel embarrassed because I was FUMING.
We dtd the night before (my opk reading was actually higher then) and the one before that. I'm hoping I still have a good chance because honestly I'm gutted!

Morning ladies! Sorry I’ve been missing I kinda gave up on tracking this month.... but over the past couple of days I noticed a massive surge in my RHR (I’m usually at a 55 for AF and yesterday it was 76! I have got an awful cold as well so that may have contributed but I also just got my BFP

@Lovebug06 you’re definitely still covered, don’t worry!

@Sperr massive congratulations 🎉

@sperr CONGRATULATIONS!!! WOOHOO!

@MissM94 if he is a non identical twin, you have an increased chance of non identical twins. If he is an identical twin, then that's just random chance!

Omg @Sperr congratulations!! 💗🥳🥳🥳

So girls, I tested this morning at 11DPO... Started with the IC.. I'm in shock! Cycle 6 was the one 🥺🥺
I cant believe it! Christmas baby here I come 🎅🏻

@Emmgrem @Sperr massive congratulations to you both. Hope you enjoy the celebrations.

@ChinChilly completely get where you're coming from and hope it helps to deplug from the whole process for a while.

@Sperr and @Emmgrem Huge congratulations!! 🥳🥳

@Emmgrem ahh congratulations!! 🎉

All these BFP’s this morning I’m filled with happiness and an equal amount of jealousy 😂😂 only joking ladies! Congratulations both, here come your Christmas babies 👶🏻

@Emmgrem @Sperr Woohoo congratulations ladies it was about time we had some BFP's on this thread!!! Would love a recap of your stories when you feel ready ❤️

@ChinChilly I'm with you on the 2022 train now too actually. Temps started their downward trend this morning so that's this month gone.

@ChinChilly thanks. Dtd this morning but think it's done now. 1dpo here I go!
@sperr congratualtions. Can i ask how long it took you?
@Emmgrem congratulations xx

@TheDaydreamBelievers oooh he is non identical! Has a twin sister.. that's exciting haha

@Sperr & @Emmgrem congratulations!!! So glad you've both got your BFP 💗

@Sperr @Emmgrem huge congratulations 🎉❤️ Lovely news!!!

@Gracie2021 @ChinChilly yep fingers crossed for a 2022 baby now. Sorry about your temps @Gracie2021.