Post Pill Party - Cocktail Club

[MissC07]

After a chilled garden soiree, it's time to shake things up and head to the cocktail club. Let's get into the spirit(s) - it's a whiskey business TTC so if you're feeling pretty fly grab a Mai Tai and have yourself some Sex on the Beach. Fingers crossed we get some BFP's and keep the Bloody Mary's away. Let the celebrations be-Gin!! Time flys when your having Rum!

Welcome to the 11th (!) post pill party thread for women who have recently come off the pill. Where we can all come and discuss the highs and lows of TTC.

Ladies already at the soiree:

@ChinChilly
@Juno231
@TheHotelCalifornia
@Moocher90
@Flowers222
@feliznavidad2
@MissM94
@Cams50
@HRHXO
@Kay00
@AllyCat31
@LauraT94
@Gracie2021
@FlyingGiraffe
@Emmgrem
@Tillybabs
@Kat668
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@mrsmacmc
@Ttcin2021
@pineapple2021
@MrsHInch
@Lovebug06
@JT90
@Sperr
@MancMama39
@Nellieee
@Robyn101
@LG93
@minipilling
@WhirlingD
@Springflower3
@crabette
@CaptainGT
@abi555
@ChillysT
@firsttimemummy321

Please tag anyone I’ve missed!

@Juno231 @Kay00 operation jumping OH commencing!!

I decided to download FF to do this charting business and it had most of my data from my 2 years off the pill (34-36 years old). In my head, I was really regular but actually they varied from 23-32 days. Still, not quite the 101 days (or the at least 44 days I'm heading for this cycle). So I think I was looking back with rose tinted glasses.

I see that conceive plus is based on myo-inositol. I read about that in the "it starts with the egg" book, which hailed its benefits in PCOS and for irregular periods. Zita West does an inositol supplement so I'm going to add that to my extremely expensive monthly order. Why not!

@Juno231 Ooh! Interesting. I'm getting my 1st jab on Friday, so (if I have ovulated... need a couple more high temps to confirm) I'll be 4DPO.

@Tillybabs I also get big mean spots develop under the skin on my chin. Plus random spots on other parts of my face (one on the tip of my nose this morning!) and randomly along my hairline on the back on my neck.

Deep Breathe New cycle. New attempts.

This trying business really is anoying. I'm feeling real frustration this cycle. I've got a ton of those spots @Tillybabs & @Juno231 all over the chin and hairline, which is not making me feel very cheery.

I've spent my whole life being careful about pregnancy who knew it was basically a crap shoot and there's HOURS in the window of possibility. ARGH.

Thank goodness there are all you ladies and I can see what the hell is normal. Also makes a huge difference to be able to vent. Sorry for the whinge.

@Tillybabs - Mooncup has helped my thrush issues loads!

I've decided not to get the Covid Vaccine, I just cannot see enough evidence I'm happy about with pregnancies and effects. I just don't feel we know enough about it and I'm not brave enough to be part of the data collection. I know that's super unpopular and I am not an Anti Vaxer AT ALL I am keen for my babies to have what ever they need but I just don't trust this one yet.

@CaptainGT I totally feel your frustration. I'm really trying very hard to not think to much about TTC at the moment. I really don't need the extra stress. We have managed to DTD around my ovulation (i'm on my 2nd day of elevated temps... its looking promising for Ov on CD15!!) and there is nothing much more I can do. I'm not going to Google loads and I'm just keeping up to date with you lovely ladies (because I like to).

I have had all my tests done, so on the first day on my next period I can book in my HyCoSy which will scan my ovaries and check if my tubes are blocked. I just feel like there is little I can do in the meantime, so I'm just going to chill and focus on work and decorating my house.

@kay00 yay for continued high temps! So happy for you after this long of wonky cycles.

@CaptainGT hear hear - it's all mad isn't it.

CD3, already warned OH next Thurs onwards he'll be on husbandly duties. There's nothing I can do but look to the next steps/the future. Also counting down the days to that 17th of June appointment but I have a nasty feeling it will get cancelled or something.

So wise. Plus in a secondary twist, if you stress about it that can effect things! Ah well. Tbh in this heat wave DTD is a bit of an ask...

Hi ladies, miraculously got a bfp today. I'm in shock as took over a year to conceive dd so assumed we would be in for a similar journey, but nope, 2nd cycle off pill and it's done. It feels almost too good to be true so I'm kind of waiting for it to go wrong, but today, I am pregnant. Sorry to swoop in and out so quickly (I hated those posters last time! 😬) But sending you all lots of well wishes on your journeys xx

I think I'm lucky @CaptainGT I'm in Devon and its a bit cooler at 16 degrees today... much more comfortable than the 26 degrees + thunder in the midlands!

@Juno231 Yes, I'm super pleased at this cycle length. I almost feel like its not so bad if I don't get pregnant, as I will get another chance in a few weeks time lol. I'm also really glad OH persuaded me to sneak off for a quicky when we were camping, otherwise we should have missed our window!

@LG93 Oh wow!! Congratulations! So glad you didn't have to wait another year

@LG93 ooh congratulations!! Remind me - were you tracking ovulation at all? When did you manage to BD? How many DPO are you now etc?

@LG93 many congratulations!

[quote Juno231]@LG93 ooh congratulations!! Remind me - were you tracking ovulation at all? When did you manage to BD? How many DPO are you now etc?[/quote]
Thank you! I was using ovusense which reckons I ovulated on day 18 and I'm now 10dpo. I'll try and attach a copy of the chart! We dtd on days 16,17 and 19. Would really reccomend the ovusense to anyone interested ; I have PCOS so opks aren't particularly accurate and ovulation is all over the place (day 18 this month, 14 last month and 21 for the cycle I conceived my daughter in 2018 - annecdotal I know but tried for a year then fell pregnant first month with ovusense!

@Juno231

@LG93 congratulations!!

@LG93 congrats on the BFP!

I have my pelvic ultrasound on 10th June. I’m still in my tww and will test on my days off on Tuesday and Wednesday if AF hasn’t shown by then. She didn’t tell me if it was time specific but now I’m wondering if I should call back up and book it later on in the cycle as AF might be in force by 10th

This cycle had been abit crazy in that I didn’t get a peak reading as missed it and my apps are predicting ovulation on different days so I guess by next week AF will be here

From looking at my ovusense what day would you say ovulation was??

Hi all, hope it’s okay to join. My first time ever on a TTC thread which seems a bit mad but I relate to so much of what you all post. I’m 29, 30 in December, TTC our first baby hopefully from our next cycle. I came off the pill at Christmas after 12 years on the pill, during that 12 years I had one year off the pill and I had no period at all and was diagnosed with PCOS. Went back on the pill to deal with the symptoms and ignored the issue until now. Lost two stone to get back to healthy BMI since Christmas and been temping to get to know my cycle. So far I’ve ovulated twice and had decent luteal phases but my cycles are longggg (50-56 days) and i can see that my body tries and fails to ovulate several times. Today is day 38 and I’ve had EWCM on and off since around day 18/19 but no ovulation yet which is frustrating.

We can’t try this cycle due to work restrictions so hope it’s still okay for me to join, with the hope I might pick up some tips and tricks before we officially start trying in my next cycle. I’ve taken myo -inositol and folic acid for a little while but just ordered the concieve plus stuff to swap over in the hope it might help me ovulate sooner.

I do worry that all these failed ovulations will mean that the egg I do end up ovulating will be good for nothing but I’ve read that generally it’s still okay. Not sure whether to bother with ovulation tests as I’m guessing from the EWCM I’d get false positives from PCOS anyway.

Anyway so here I am, nice to meet you all!

@skeletonskins welcome! I'm throughly impressed by your pre-ttc due diligence! You already know your body so well and understanding when you ovulated in the past year will help you target DTD (doing the deed) in the coming months so you can hopefully get pregnant sooner.

I have long cycles and I had a couple of cycles (back to back) where I didn't ovulate. The Conceive Plus ovulation support have seemed to do the trick for me (I just got my cross hairs at 15dpo) but I haven't been diagnosed with PCOS (yet... investigations are ongoing).

🥳

Haha thank you, I’m very aware we will probably find it difficult to conceive and so I thought might as well do what I can to help. Your chart is my dream chart ha, not sure what my body is doing at the minute, I’ve had a bit of a temp rise but it’s not much higher than the cover line so expecting it to be another failed attempt ha.

@SkeletonSkins welcome! It's good that you do ovulate and I love how on the ball you are with temping pre ttc. You're in with a good chance of catching despite the long cycles - most ladies just struggle getting timing right!

Am I the only one fantasising about a father's day announcement to OH this cycle?

@Kay00 woohoo!

@SkeletonSkins welcome :) Im similar to you - early 30s, TTC number 1, on the pill for forever then came off it to realise my cycles were a whole pile of nonsense!

Randomly, FF has decided I have ovulated on CD8 and am 3dpo. This cannot be true and I suspect as I add temps it will take the crosshairs away. The only thing I am doing this cycle is temping, so thats all the info I have to go on.

@SkeletonSkins welcome!! You will find lots of friendly support here. I admire your diligence! I'm 38 TTC #1 so I have a bit of age anxiety. It wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't taken me nearly 4 months to have my first post-pill period! Damn hormones.

@Juno231 I'm with you on the daydreams. Need to stop that!

@TheDaydreamBelievers your cycle sounds as "interesting" as mine. I was so bloody excited with my static smiley on CD12 but it was clearly bollox as I had zero other ovulation signs. I'm cautiously optimistic about this second static smiley on CD28. It came with a good amount of EWCM and I had a teeny temp rise this morning. Fingers crossed this is the real deal. Managed to DTD over the past few days and it was just before I did the OPK. In fact, I was in a bad mood about the whole TTC thing and we DTD just because we really fancied it. No expectations. And can I just say that it was far more enjoyable than when we DTD with a purpose. Bloody great actually.

@Kay00 if carlsberg did charts....
My Myo-inositol arrived this morning (same as your conceive plus). I doubt this cycle will be the one for me so hopefully this supplement will help me ovulate a bit earlier next time.

I've been half assed temping but I'm committed for the next 2 weeks. Look at my chart though. You can see why I gave up on CD12 as I thought I'd ovulated! Stupid chart. This is an example of how not to chart ;)

@WhirlingD @SkeletonSkins I have to say i'm pretty chuffed with this chart... it really is the chart of dreams... well, it will be if it ends in a BFP!

@Juno231 I hadn't even given fathers day a second thought (as my dad passed 10 years ago, and by OH doesn't know his, and all my grandads bar one are no longer with us)... but you're right, a fathers day announcement would be lovely!! I would be 19DPO on the 20th June, so would be perfect if it actually happened

@kay00 no excuses - I'm foreign so my normal father's day is in Nov I think!

@WhirlingD how much earlier did you take the last two temps? Unless significantly earlier I wouldn't count the last one as a temp rise I'm afraid - fingers crossed it jumps up tomorrow though.