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!

@mrsmacmc I had a really upsetting / frustrating GP appt recently too. Male GP telling me there is nothing else they can do atm and I need to wait until at least dec 2021 for fertility clinic referral (fair, he is bound by those rules), followed it up by saying "oh well, you're only 32, we have years to play about with". Which I found inappropriately casual and I burst into tears as soon as I got off the phone

Hi all,

I haven’t been posting much as usual there is nothing to report! @mrsmacmc and @TheDaydreamBelievers I’m sorry it’s so frustrating and I’m in a similar position. We were referred to the fertility clinic a month ago but still haven’t heard anything so I messaged the doctor today and she said there’s a 6 month wait. I knew there would be a long wait but I kind of thought they’d give us an appointment, even if it was for 6 months time. Also, my GP only did day 21 bloods which weren’t even accurate as I only ovulated that day so I don’t have day 2 or 3 bloods and that’s the one that’s useful for accurately checking FSH levels and they just said the fertility clinic will tell us if we need to run anymore tests so I can envision waiting 6 months to be told have another blood test. They actually recently reinstated IVF on the NHS in my area which is fantastic but it seems like it’ll take soooo long. But seems a shame risking that opportunity by going private now which is so expensive but the waiting is awful. Sorry such a long message!!

@Juno231 congrats on the job!!

@Kay00 sorry about AF but hope you have that hycosy luck of conceiving after it! And Graf about earlier ovulation.

@Lovebug06 sorry about AF x

@CharWils I’m so so sorry about your loss ❤️

@Kay00 I think the date you are having your hycosy is good! Mine will be cd14 and I feel like that's quite late but apparently it's fine

@TheDaydreamBelievers I did that too out of frustration ❤️ I would be totally screwed then if that was the response from my GP as I'm 35 going on 36 😯

@Cams50 don't apologise for your message ❤️ our healthboard wait is up to 12weeks so we shall wait (impatiently!) and see 😥 I will never meet the NHS criteria for IVF as the BMI here is 29 or below - never been that in my adult life 😆. I asked if there was anything else the GP could do and was told 'no we need to wait for your referral before we move forward'

@sunshinedaisybuttermellow in answer to your question FF puts me at 18DPO if today is CD1, but I think I probably didn't ovulate until CD19, so that would have put me at 15DPO when AF properly turned up... but that means I had a serious amount of spotting in my LP. Which is less than ideal!

@mrsmacmc thanks! Argh it’s all so frustrating isn’t it!! Hope it goes quickly for you ❤️

Hi ladies! Just checking back in to see how you all are (I haven't read through everything) 🙈 After quitting my job at the end of May and interviewing nearly every day for the last week I got a job offer on Friday - I'm over the moon!!

Although we are no longer TTC until I qualify for mat leave at my new job I'm still tracking my temps and sometimes OPK's just to keep a track of my cycle. Currently CD47 and not even a hint of ovulation! Have been having acupuncture though which I'm still continuing as my acupuncturist is lovely and I see it as therapy 🤣

Hope everyone is doing ok. Sending positive vibes and love 💫

@MissC07 oooh like me! I got an offer on Friday as well which I'm so relieved about as I seriously hated my job. Annoyingly I have three months notice and I suspect I have to wait 3 months at the new job before I can try (depending on their policy) so I'll be taking a ttc break as well I think. Feels weird to say though!

Thankyou @Cams50

So getting very confused at my end. On CD11 so should be in my fertile window. OPKs still negative. Had EWCM for 2 days, went away this morning and back this afternoon. Was getting concerned that maybe I wasn't ovulating yet after Jack despite having 2 regular periods but looking back I didn't get high readings/peak until day CD16 when I conceived Jack. Every test up to that day was also negative. Does this sound familiar to anyone else?

@MissC07 and @Juno231 congratulations on your new jobs! I'll be joining the new job brigade too next month

Hit send too soon 🙈 MN app being glitchy today for me too 😫

@Cams50 hope it flashes by quickly for you too ❤️

@Juno231 congrats on the new job!!! Luckily i'm already working my notice so my last day is late July. My new place had 6 months full pay for mat too so I'll definitely be waiting! I'm kind of at peace with it now though as I know I need to be happier in myself first before TTC.

@mrsmacmc congrats on your new job too!!

@juno231 @missc07 Yey! Congrats on the new jobs! Maybe a break from ttc will be good for the old mental health, esp. as it means you'll be in better jobs when you start trying again too 😊

@CharWils CD11 us still super early, so you still have plenty if time to ovulate. The average day is CD15 but its not unusual for us all to have wonky cycles, i'd like to advise you to relax, but its easier said than done 😅

@CharWils I agree that cd11 is super early! No need to panic just yet.

@MissC07 oh so did you resign on Friday as well?

@Kay00 thank you!! Hope you are doing well ❤️

@Juno231 I actually resigned late May (without another job 😬) as I hated it so much and was praying something would work out. I have two other final interviews on Monday too but I think I'm going to cancel them as I really like the place that have offered to me.

Thankyou @Kay00 and @Juno231 I will try to chill out a bit!

Congrats on the job @Juno231 xx

@MissC07 and @Juno231 huge congrats on the new jobs!

Hope everyone is well and enjoyed the weekend! I'm in a bit of low period right now :( got a notification that I had to isolate due to coming in contact with someone who tested positive, so even though I then tested negative I had to miss my sister in law's hen party. To top it off it's also come during my TWW so I am getting so bored and literally have nothing to take my mind off it! Trying so hard not to test as it's far to early. If the CB OPKs were right then I'm either 7/8dpo. My last cycle was only 26 days so according my app its predicting AF on Wednesday (typically my first day back in the office!). But as I ovulated on CD16/17 I'm not sure whether AF will show later? So confused on when to test. I have one CB Digital early response which says it can be used up to 6 days before missed AF.

Sorry for the long rant/message 😅 DH is getting a bit bored of me talking about it all the time as he says there's nothing he can say that he hasn't already lol

@Kat668 yeah if you ovulated later then AF would wee later too :) and in terms of testing - I'd hold off until 10-11dpo at least for a CB digi! Sorry to hear about the self isolation, sounds like it came at a particularly rubbish time!!

@MissC07 ooh I forgot /didn't realise! How gutsy of you - has it been stressful up until the offer?

Thank you @Juno231 yeah it really did :(

These may be completely unrelated but I had a stitch type pain on my left lower abdomen on 5DPO and then yesterday and today been struggling with (sorry for tmi) a really bad pain when trying to do a number 2 in my right back just at waist level. This has caused or is caused by constipation. I know I'm probably getting my hopes up that these are signs ha ha!

@Juno231 Honestly was really scary doing it with no job lined up, but because I have a 2 month notice period I had time on my side. I definitely think it's affected my cycle this month though (not that I was ever regular anyway) - chart below for loling at....! Have you resigned from your current role?

I feel you @MissC07 - look at this total bullshit chart!

@MissC07 @TheDaydreamBelievers yikes to the length of those charts! Why can't our bodies ever seem to play ball.

@missc07 I haven't resigned yet - I'm going to try and negotiate a bit more money first I think!

@Kat668 nothing good comes out of symptom spotting but I do hope you're on to something!

10DPO and my temp has been unusually low this TWW - and today it dropped to the cover line already. It's making me wonder if I'll even make it to my normal 12 day LP!

@MissC07 I'm on same CD as you. My chart is absolutely terrible. It depresses me so much I can't look at it. I've had a pretty bad few days. My blood tests suggests I'm perimenopausal (FSH77; i thought it was a typo at first) so I've been pretty depressed and been in a tailspin. I'm only 38. My body is just evil because I had 3 days of EWCM after the doctor called. Pre-pill levels!!! Couldn't believe it. Literally no idea what's going on. Still waiting for AMH results for the final nail in the coffin then I'll need to decide on next steps. I suppose it's just possible it's still a hangover from the pill but I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. Never in a million years thought I'd be here.

@WhirlingD oh crap. Big hugs to you, that must be a right mind f**k. Any idea what you'll do? Donor eggs would still be highly effective but that's not for everyone :/

@WhirlingD big hand hold xxx Hoping there is still a chance for you to conceive naturally, do you know of any treatments that can help?