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

@ChinChilly that's good you've got some! I think I may have to resort to a 6am wake up tomorrow to see if anywhere has any. People will think I'm a panic buyer but I actually need some!!

@MissC07 did you manage to get some? It's almost embarrassing going to the petrol station now because people will think I'm panic buying

@ChinChilly I went out at 7.30am and queued for 1 1/2 hours and managed to get a full tank! I was worried people will think I'm part of the problem but I desperately needed some! Also OH came home drunk as anything and projectile vomited, missing the toilet and ending up on the floor and the wall. So I actually enjoyed the 90mins of being out of the house and away from him!!

@MissC07 gosh that's such a long time, glad you got some though. My petrol tends to last me atleast a month, i only work 3 miles away from home with some days at home, i could walk but id rather not 🤣
Oh god your OH is going to have a sore head this morning.

CD10 for me today and got my positive OPk just got to wait and see if I ovulate. Got my nhs gynaecology app on 21st, off to Cyprus on 13th Oct for a week as friend is getting married out there and thought might as well make a holiday of it.

@Kay00 those pups are adorable, super cute

@Moocher90 oh a holiday sounds lovely! Hopefully take your mind off the 2ww too.

I've had cramping and diarrhoea the past couple days so I expect AF is going to show soon. Nothing yet though, not even a pink tinge to my cervical mucus. Cervix very firm, closed and very far back. I'm somewhere between 12 and 17 dpo. I'm starting to let myself hope but trying not to. I usually start with pink tinged cervical mucus on 11-12 dpo so keeping my eye on it and praying.

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow when are you going to test?

@TheDaydreamBelievers sorry you didn't get an answer. I hope your next consultant is more productive and they put a plan in place for you.

@Kay00 the puppies are soooo cute! How are you finding home life at the moment with everything going on?

@Moocher90 a holiday is probably just what you need and will take your mind off the tww

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow that all sounds promising, I have my fingers crossed for you!

I've been a bit quiet on here as I've had a lot going on. I've been moving and also started the IVF process so things have been max for me the past couple weeks or so. I had my EC yesterday and they collected 16 eggs and 9 have fertilised.

But now i need to wait to see if they survive the next few days. It's so nerve wracking but trying not to think about it too much.

@Tillybabs congrats on the egg retrieval and getting 9 eggs fertilised! Here’s hoping the embabies grow to day 5 blasts and you will be PUPO soon! And it’s a sticky one xxx

@tillybabs how exciting!! I will have everything crossed for those little eggies xx

@Moocher90 I'm trying to wait until Wednesday so that I'm definitely late. Not sure I'm going to manage though, I've almost convinced myself I'm pregnant which is a very bad idea!! Still no signs of bleeding, and I'm really nauseous now 😬. Trying not to get my hopes up too much but it's hard. Think I would rather see AF than a negative test though so holding out still.

@Tillybabs that sounds really good though, 9 fertilised eggs sounds really amazing! Hopefully they all make it to the next stage!!! How exciting!

@sunshinedaisybuttermellow omg!! I can't wait for you to test 😁😁😁

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow any signs of AF yet?

My temp took abit of a dip this morning and I'm abit crampy, hope AF is intending on making an early appearance again 🙄

@ChinChilly nope 😬. For some reason I've lost all hope of being pregnant though, not quite sure why haha.
Sorry your temp dropped ☹. Hope its just a coincidence and AF doesn't show.

Handhold please ladies, initial appointment at the sub fertility clinic at the hospital for us (happy 8th wedding anniversary eh 😂)

@Kay00 I'm holding on tight to my pupper tonight for emotional support they are the cutest 🥰

@mrsmacmc

Have you had the appointment? If so how did it go x happy wedding anniversary x

@mrsmacmc hope it went/goes well ❤

@ChinChilly & @Moocher90, thank you it's tomorrow 😩 I'll pop a post up with how it went to hopefully help others ❤️

@mrsmacmc good luck for tomorrow, I hope it all goes well. Do you know what they'll be doing tomorrow?

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow thank you. The appointment letter and accompanying information sheet are woolly. It mentions full health history / lifestyle / journey so far along with a scan - not sure if I'll get this or not as already had one, blood test arrangements and SA aka 'happy time' appointment arranging for DH which he's already on the list for 🤷‍♀️. They've given us a form to fill out with the usual age (old 😆) / sex (loads of 😆) / height, weight, BMI, smoker status, alcohol consumption, health history and job title. Interestingly it doesn't ask for a carbon copy of DH info, we decided to carbon copy what they'd asked of me for him as well.

Goodluck tomorrow @mrsmacmc !

I'm 6dpo and gave a blood sample today for progesterone to be tested. 🤞🤞 I get a high reading to confirm ovulation happened. I really feel like it did, and clomid should have improved the quality of any eggs released, so I'm in with my first real chance of trying this month (despite being 16 months into this TTC party!) 😊🤞

@Kay00 thank you and fingers crossed 🤞🏻 💕 for you as well!xx

Good luck today @mrsmacmc !

@Juno231 thank you ❤️ woke up with a knot in my stomach this morning

My temp rose this morning after my positive opk on Saturday so hopefully I am also hoping to be in the tww.

Been having acupuncture weekly and also some sessions she does cupping too. I also stated taking DHEA as it’s good for women with low afc and amh and especially good if you plan on having IVF with the above issues. Waiting on my nhs gynaecology app which is in person on 21st Oct and see what they say too.