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

rocks up with a flamingo 🦩 float

Nothing to report from my side ladies hope you're managing to stay cool in the ☀️ ❤️ x

@TheDaydreamBelievers it's so frustrating isn't it! I'll definitely bring it up with them at my follow up appointment.

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow I had the Pfizer vaccine. Tbh it might not even be the cause but I like having something to blame 😂

Have just got back home from my internal scan. The dr was so lovely! It was all a bit of a blur but from what I remember she told me I have a retroverted uterus, the lining looks healthy and normal though. She said my left ovary looks fine but my right has got lots of follicles on it. She'll send her 'findings' to my GP and I need to book a follow up in 10 days.

@MissC07 did she tell you how many follicles? Mine had 10 on one and 13 on the other which was enough for her to diagnose me with PCOS.

@Kay00 I don't think she did (my head was all over the place so can't really remember 😬) At the end of my scan she did go 'don't worry, Jamie Oliver's wife has PCOS too and she's had 5 kids....'
I'll definitely ask at my GP appointment!! Have you been given anything for PCOS or is it just a try and see how you get on thing?

@MissC07 I have been offered Mtformin which i start on Monday, this is meant to help get my cycles back on track (they have been a lot better recently since I started the Conceive + though) and to protect against insulin resistance, heart disease and miscarriage (should I ever get pregnant). In my follow up appointment with the Fertility consultant (2nd August) I am expecting her to offer me Clomid to kick start ovulation, I really hope she does as it is very possible I haven't been ovulating for the past 13+ months!

Fuck. My cousin just announced she's pregnant. Obviously I'm super happy for her. I just feel like my body is old and rubbish 😔

It would be really nice if I could get pregnant within the next year so our children could play together... but it just feels like it will never happen.

Sorry ladies... Im usually much more positive than this.

@Kay00 I'm really bloody sorry. You are allowed to feel sad and angry. I feel sad and angry when others get pregnant. This is hard.

@Kay00 I totally get you, I just had a third pregnancy announcement from either a friend or family since my MC, none of whom were trying all happy accidents. As @TheDaydreamBelievers I also feel sad and angry then guilty for feeling like that, this shit is really hard!

😪 hugs to you both. It must be a lot harder if you have lost a pregnancy too xx my cousin will make an amazing mum, and her new fella is a hunk and seems really sweet. She seems so happy so I really am pleased for them. But just really would like it to be my turn soon...

Nothing going on here…. No ovulation and I’m CD25. I also think my second covid vaccination threw my cycle out of whack as technically my last AF was a few days of spotting and a morning of a small bleed and that was it so not really sure if I’m CD25 or CD47…. Either way I just want my period to come so I can book in my hycosy.

@Kay00 it's good that you can feel happy for them, I'm still in that selfish/jealous stage where I just don't 🤣 I get that feeling of when is it going to be my turn, I'm also feeling like am I ever going to have a healthy pregnancy with a baby at the end. I'm not sure how many times I can mentally deal with loses and I'm guessing if we continue to be unsuccessful there will come a point where enough will be enough. YIKES, Happy friday people 🤣🤣

@Kay00 oh it's hard when someone announces their pregnancy, especially if it's someone close. I had another colleague announce they are pregnant on Friday. The thing is, it's usually followed with "what about you sunshine, you not having a 2nd yet".

@Moocher90 how long are your cycles usually? If you had a bleed I would probably call it cd25 I think. Hopefully ovulation is soon!

@ChinChilly that's my reaction too still, why is it not me.

@Sunshinedaisybuttermellow my cycles are usually between 24-32 days so I doubt I will ovulate now.

I've just done a cheeky OPK as Ive had quite a bit of CM today and its positive.. I'm cycle day 19, but I've had no pain so I went back to march on FF and I got a positive on cycle day 20 but I only did that one because I got ovulation pain.. so my question is, does that mean I'm pretty regular to be ovulating around the same time per cycle? I didn't do many OPK's April - June as AF was 2 months late so just did a couple to see what was going on but they was negative. My second question is, just how true are OPK's? Should I be getting excited that they're positive or could they be positive but absolutely nothing is happening?

I've spent my evening doing pin art and a big jigsaw with my mum.. anyone else had a wild Saturday night? 😂😂

@MissM94 I don’t believe everyone that ovulates actually gets ovulation pain the only way you can tell you have ovulated is by taking your temperature during your whole cycle, prior to ovulation your temp should be lower and it rises after ovulation

@MissM94 only temps can confirm ovulation. All OPKs show is a rise in LH, which typically happens prior to ovulation but also prior to period. Then ovulation pains happen for SOME women SOMETIMES when they ovulate

@Moocher90 @TheDaydreamBelievers
Thank you both! I woke up with a niggling pain that since turned into ovulation type cramps, I've had to take some paracetamol and I'm normally quite alright with pain but I just can't be arsed with it today haha I need to get into temping but I just can't commit and always forget 😂

@MissM94 didnt mean the capital letters to look shouty btw, just couldnt be arsed making it italicised!

@TheDaydreamBelievers hahahaha don't worry!

Hi ladies! I completed the Coast2Coast challenge this weekend. I walked 102k, which was over 150,000 steps over 26 hours! I'm so proud of my achievements and of my walking buddies. It pushed my body to its absolute limit (physically and mentally) and I can no longer walk 😆 as I buggered my hip and knee!

I haven't been taking my temps consistently for the past few days (to be fair I only slept 3.5 hours between Friday and Sunday) but today's temp shot up to 36.69! I hope I haven't ovulated as we haven't BD since last cycle 😅 I'm CD13. I'm hoping it's a one off high temp as my body is trying to heal its many many injuries after a punishing Ultra.

Wow @Kay00 congratulations!!! That is amazing, well done.

Well done @Kay00 xx such an achievement

Waiting for AF to show as technically due any day now but haven’t ovulated again this month and my OPKs are still quite dark so maybe I am going to ovulate really late. I’m CD28 today and this will be the longest cycle to date if I do ovulate. I really wonder if it’s the covid vaccination that has caused this or if there is something wrong with me :/

@Kay00 that's incredible! Well done.

@Moocher90 keep DTD just in case I suppose. There is a LH peak pre period though I believe.

I have "perfect" 28 day cycles, and I always have about 3 days of ewcm around days 11-14, then zero cm to speak of after this but I've never managed to catch any hint of a line on an opk except for a day or two before AF.
Maybe I'm just not ovulating haha

Interesting theory about the covid Vac @Moocher90
What's everyone's take on it? I'm due to get the second one on Wednesday but I'm not sure if I will if it messes up cycles, equally I don't want to be irresponsible. I'm already having bleeding when I shouldn't so I'd rather not mess it up more