Post Pill Party - Pool Party

[TheDaydreamBelievers]

In the shimmering summer heat, we need to head for the water to cool down and relax. Bring your inflatable flamingo, your romcom read and your sunscreen, cause it's time for a pool party!

Welcome to the 12th post pill party thread. We are here for women who have recently come off the pill... and women like me who not-so-recently came off the pill! Share and get support with the highs and lows of TTC.

I can see these people rockin' up with their cossies on:

Ladies already at the soiree:

@ChinChilly
@Juno231
@CharWils
@Moocher90
@MissM94
@MissC07
@Kay00
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@pineapple2021
@Theosmommy2011
@Lovebug06
@WhirlingD
@Carolinesturn
@Tillybabs
@redclueless
@Cams50
@sunshinedaisybuttermellow

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow tbf all of what you described you can have with a bfp too!

@Tillybabs I've never had ovulation bleeding but I've heard it is a thing.

I've got AF cramps today, wondering if this could be a super short LP 🤔

So I’m either 9 or 10DPO depending on what app I am using….temps are still high but am not testing yet until Monday I think as by then I will see what my temps are doing and decide whether there’s any point in testing. I don’t have many ovulatory cycles to compare to to know if it’s still looking good or not

@Kay00 @ChinChilly I read that's a thing but never had it before and the cramping worried me. I will give the fertility nurse a call.

@ChinChilly hmm could be. I sometimes get cramps 5-6 days before AF comes

@Moocher90 fingers crossed for you🤞

@Tillybabs I don't remember getting cramps this soon before AF, but I am fully expecting a few wonky cycles so I'll be ok with it if AF does arrive early

Just called the fertility clinic and she asked if I'm sure I'm ovulating and not pregnant. I don't think so. She told me to test but also said ovulation bleeding can happen.

I have however had a later ovulation after thinking I peaked on CD 15. My peak wasn't very high at CD15 but the app seemed to think I had. But then I had another LH surge the last 2 days. I'm currently CD23 which is late for me.

I genuinely don't think so anyway and not testing yet.

@Moocher90 how do you find ovusense? I'm pondering it.

I tested today just to stop me wondering (9DPO). I'll do another 13dpo, again to stop the wondering, not cause I actually think it's a possibility. I think FF has just got it wrong this month

@TheDaydreamBelievers thank you 😁 xx

@TheDaydreamBelievers I think it’s more reliable then bbt as it’s not like I have got to take temp at a certain time etc. I just sleep, wake up, pull out and then download. Easy. Still have to do OPKs though.

@Juno231 I did a test at 11dpo which was negative so I'm assuming I'm out. It was at the very end of the day though so possibly I suppose. No further blood at all. One steak of very dark brown blood on a pad yesterday morning, nothing since. Still cramping though so am expecting it to start. I just don't "feel" pregnant haha.

@ChinChilly how many dpo are you?

@Moocher90 your chart looks good. Will you test or wait to see if AF shows?

If AF does show in the next day or 2 I'll be right in my fertile window when we are staying with friends which is not ideal!!!

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow I am going to wait until Monday then use a frer if my temps are still high if they start to drop over the weekend I won’t bother as I can only assume AF is coming.

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow 6dpo today according to FF. The month I got my BFP i was convinced AF was coming, I had AF style cramps so your defo not out until she arrives

Hmm just had a random streak of brown cm 🤔 never thought I'd be hoping it was an early AF and not implantation related.

Hi all,

I know I disapeared again, it's just like I explained when I was last on, it's how I deal with now

How are you all? X

Hi Lovebug!! 👋 how are you?

@chinchilly hmm... that would be typical wouldn't it? 🙃

I'm 5dpo, eating pinapple and popping my B-Complex. Not much else to report!

So this will be the world stupidest question so prepare yourself 😂 Can you start ovulation just after a withdrawal bleed? I stopped my pill 6th July, my withdrawal bleed lasted from 31st July until 4th August. I used an ovulation test yesterday (just to see how they worked really!) and there was a line. And there was a line today as well, definitely darker than the control line. So I'm not really sure what's going on.....?

@Paintingfences I'd say probably yes. The withdrawal bleed is created by the pill not by any real bodily processes. That said, remember positive OPKs just mean LH rises in an attempt to ovulate. It may take your body a couple of goes. But still, get on it!

@Lovebug06 I'm okay thanks lovely. Still not preggo but about to pass a big work deadline so that'll be good

@paintingfences haha! Get DTD!!

Happy Sunday ladies!

Morning ladies xx so I’m 11 or 12DPO today depending on the app I use. Checked my cervix and there was a tiny amount of blood/mucus on my finger but a pinky colour. Not sure if this is AF coming imminently or implantation, I feel abit crampy. My temp is still high but I am not sure if whether my temp plummets once AF comes as I don’t have many cycles when I ovulate to compare it to despite being off contraception nearly 1 year. I shall wait and see if AF comes or see what my temps are doing tomorrow. My ovusense chart is attached.

@Kay00 Ikr, felt super ungrateful saying I hope it's AF and not anything implantation related. Well there's been no more but I'm quite crampy so I guess we'll see.

@Paintingfences it's possible yeah, especially if you have short cycles. If you are cd8 today will a positive opk ovulation could potentially be cd9 or 10, which would put you at around a 24 day cycle of you have a 14 day lp. So short but not outside of normal really.

@Moocher90 when you checked your cervix how was it? High or low / Soft or firm etc? I think your chart looks really promising 🤞🤞

I'm 14dpo today, AF not showed yet, technically is due tomorrow according to femometer. Cervix is high and soft, no blood on my finger when i checked it today. When I checked it a couple of days ago there was very dark brown blood on my finger. I'm still expecting it to come I think, lots of cramping and dull ache in the bottom of my stomach.
Had a negative test on 11dpo then started with the dark spotting so not tested again. I was 2 days late last month and AF came literally an hour after I did a test so going to try and wait it out this month I think.

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow it was relatively high. Not all the way but higher then if AF was coming as it’s very low and would only have to put small amount of finger in. I am not going to test tomorrow and I may just wait as if it was implantation it will take a few days surely to get a positive test. If it hasn’t come by weds and my temps are still high then I am probably in with a shot.

@TheDaydreamBelievers @Sunshinedaisybuttermellow
Thanks for replying! I'm still trying to understand everything about TTC so everything is a huge help😊

I'm pretty sure that I have in fact not ovulated and am just waiting as per usual

@thedaydreambelievers well, FF still thinks you could have ovulated, and your temps are as high as mine ever go in my LP, so I'm still on the fence.

@moocher90 @sunshinedaisybuttermellow 🤞🤞🤞 we ate long overdue some success stories xx