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TTC post pill - Halloween Party

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Moocher90 · 25/10/2021 19:36

Post pill party - Halloween Party

The dark mornings and nights are here and theres a full moon out! It’s that time of year when pumpkin sales go soaring, horror specials sell out at the cinema, and everyone is seemingly dressed up as a vampire or a zombie. To mark the spookiest time of year, we are sharing some of our tales of TTC post contraception.

Join us if your dare for a ghastly affair!

Welcome to the 13th post pill party thread. We are here for women who have recently come off the pill and women who have been off the pill for a longer time! Share and get support with the highs and lows of TTC.

@ChinChilly
@Juno231
@CharWils
@Moocher90
@MissM94
@MissC07
@Kay00
@TheDaydreamBelievers
@pineapple2021
@Theosmommy2011
@Lovebug06
@WhirlingD
@Carolinesturn
@Tillybabs
@redclueless
@Cams50
@sunshinedaisybuttermellow
@Kat668

Sorry to anyone I have missed off.

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SkeletonSkins · 13/01/2022 08:56

I’m sorry that so many relate to that feeling as it’s so frustrating!

@Gracie2021 I don’t blame you re the metformin, if I was having any kind of cycle I think I’d be avoiding it but just hoping that I get some sort of ovulation back!

Feel a bit better this morning but no doubt it’ll be back in full force tonight!

Juno231 · 13/01/2022 09:33

@WhirlingD my OH didn't really get on board with scheduled BD until we'd hit the one year mark and were labelled with unexplained infertility. I don't think he'd realised how long it had been/assumed it would work eventually. I also got very sick of shouldering the TTC burden on my own and having to tip toe around whether or not he was in the mood. So this past year he'd know exactly when FW was and would help initiate - plus whenever I got a positive opk he'd know it was go time 😆. But it took a lot of conversations around how lonely I felt doing this on my own and that he needed to step up.

@MissC07 15th of August! OH asked if I could cross my legs until Sep but alas I think the NHS wouldn't be happy with that lol. I hope that temp shift lasts and that this was it for you 🤞

Got a call from the midwife yesterday to book me in for my first appointment on Monday (I'll be 10 weeks then). I'm pretty excited tbh, it feels like a big milestone I wasn't sure I'd ever reach. I have a scan (as part of NIPT) on Tuesday as well so am keen to make sure everything is still going okay in there.

Kay00 · 13/01/2022 13:52

@SkeletonSkins I remember when I first started Metformin I cut back on foods high on the Glycaemic Index (potatoes, bread, ice cream etc) which might have helped keep my symptoms to a minimum. I should probably think about re-looking at this as my diet today has included bread, cheese a mini baked potato and a fairy cake Grin oops!

@MissC07 Yey for an early ovulation!!

SkeletonSkins · 13/01/2022 14:46

@MissC07 any update on your temp shift?

@Kay00 yes that’s good advice, I think the doughnut I had as a treat after tea did not agree with the metformin!! I’m normally pretty good with things like that so I’ll get back on track with it. Omelette and salad tonight I think!

@Juno231 that’s such a good point about shouldering the burden, I definitely relate to that. Why should it be our responsibility solely?

Kay00 · 13/01/2022 15:19

@SkeletonSkins ah yes, the doughnut would have done it. I found that after a few weeks of being on a new dose of Metformin my body had got used to it, and I could eat all the complex carbs an sugars I wanted. But when I upped the dose, I had to be careful again.

I've decided to try and reduce the amount of complex carbs i'm eating... its not doing me any good, even if the Metformin isn't reactive anymore.

MissC07 · 13/01/2022 19:08

@Juno231 @Kay00 @SkeletonSkins thanks ladies, although I'm not sure I did ovulate as my temp dropped this morning and they aren't as high as my 'usual' post O temps. Will see what tomorrow brings!

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ChinChilly · 13/01/2022 20:04

@Juno231 exciting you have another scan lined up, are you have the NIPT tests done privately with the extra tests? I've just had the nhs ones done, the fluid at the back of the next and the blood test for downs syndrome, edwards and platues i think? I had the results less than a week later.. they all came back low risk 1 in 10,000 and 1 in 100,000 not that it would of changed anything but it's nice to know. I need to look at booking a gender scan soon 😬😬

@MissC07 hopefully you get a nice little temp rise tomorrow.

@Skeletonskins @whirlingD and any other ladies struggling with the TTC sex drivers, enjoy it while you can, we haven't had sex for about 6 weeks 🤣🤣 tbh it's been the last thing on my mind, throwing up and being exhausted is not sexy!!

Kay00 · 13/01/2022 22:04

@missC07 I'd say that's looking like a pretty decent ovulation. My post Ov temps are usually in that range and one temp drop doesn't mean anything much x

@chinchilly oh dear 😆 I'm sorry you haven't been getting much action 😅 hopefully you'll stop feeling sick soon 🥴

ChinChilly · 13/01/2022 22:08

@Kay00 just noticed my typo 'sex drivers' haha yeah I think it bothers OH more than me but he hasn't said anything, bless him.

Gracie2021 · 13/01/2022 23:20

@MissC07 that's a great temp spike for ovulation! Fingers crossed.

@ChinChilly I've heard the second trimester is very beneficial to the libido so here's hoping you get to make up for lost time 😂🙈 you've really had a rough go of it so far!

@Juno231 here's hoping for a not too hot summer 🥵 and a cool delivery day!

So tired here 😂 scan Monday morning, triggered Tuesday night and ovulated this evening going by the pains around my ovaries..... managed 4 of the last 5 days so hoping we're in with a shot. Should give it a go tomorrow too but I'm bloody wrecked and I'd say he's the same 😂🙈🙈 can feel hope building so high this cycle having multiple follicles. Trying to temper it a bit by buying my IVF meds tomorrow..... follicles were 14,14 and 17 on Monday morning so assuming they were at least 20,20 and 23 this evening when ovulated 🤞 least we can say we have this last cycle a decent chance.

SkeletonSkins · 14/01/2022 20:20

@MissC07 that is the temp spike of my dreams 😍

Hope you’ve all had an easy Friday and have a nice weekend ahead if you’re not working.

I’ve got a scan of my ovaries on Monday, I’ve had one before but I have a feeling the new picture is not going to be good 🙈

mrsmacmc · 17/01/2022 00:36

Slight 😨 moment here, currently CD38 when I'm usually 25 days and AF hasn't arrived. Have been having crampy pains but nothing else 😩 have POAS not PG. Only difference was I had my booster on CD9 (stupidly didn't do OPK's as fertility nurses said stop doing them). Have yellow carded it. Oh wise hive mind, worth a call with GP / fertility nurses or see how it progresses?

In other news, I finally put my big girl pants on and joined SW last week 🤞🏻 I can keep on plan which I've done so far even with DM offering my freshly baked bread with lashings of butter 🤤. 2 stone to go to drop my BMI to 28.9.

Juno231 · 17/01/2022 08:13

@mrsmacmc it's not unusual for the jab to delay ovulation so sounds like that's it? The GP won't do anything if it's only a bit late - they usually don't want to hear until you've not had a period for 3 months. Keep going and it'll end one way or another soon I hope!

@ChinChilly yep I'm doing NIPT privately as I don't like how long it takes for the NHS to confirm anything if there is something wrong. It's one thing to TFMR at 12 weeks vs the potential 16 weeks on the NHS. Or God forbid their NT scan says all is ok (only 80-85% accuracy) and then you find out at the 20 week scan it's not true.

Can't believe you just told long term TTCers to enjoy sex whilst they can 😆. They'd all kill to be in your shoes!

ChinChilly · 17/01/2022 08:22

@Juno231 Yeah they do take a long time to do anything on the NHS. Do they test for other things on the private one?
Oh god, I didn't even think about it like that, sorry if I caused anyone any upset ladies! My brain doesn't always function properly anymore.. i just meant to highlight my particular dry spell!

TheDaydreamBelievers · 17/01/2022 09:03

Argh. Another rant from me. DH is now COVID-19 positive so hycosy cancelled and the clinic policy is that I can't attend for 28 days!!! Is this hycosy doomed to never happen?!

mrsmacmc · 17/01/2022 09:08

@Juno231 thank you 🥰

MissC07 · 17/01/2022 09:11

@mrsmacmc oh no so sorry for delayed AF. The same thing happened to me after my first (and second) vaccine. The GP wouldn't do anything until it had been 3 months. I hope AF turns up soon for you.

@TheDaydreamBelievers oh god what a nightmare!! Have they said when they can next book you in?

Just an update from me that it looks like I did ovulate! Not that I have a chance as we didn't time DTD, as I'm just focusing on getting my body to try and ovulate every month at the moment. My last 3 have been 25,20 and 20 ovulation so hopefully this is a step in the right direction after 14 months of my body not playing ball (I know they are still longish cycles but I'm just happy something is happening) 🤞

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SkeletonSkins · 17/01/2022 21:19

@MissC07 see this really gives me hope, did you do anything different to get your body kickstarted again? At this point I honestly feel like I’ll never ovulate again.

@mrsmacmc sorry to hear about your missing period, so frustrating. I’ve also read that covid jab can mess things up, hopefully not for long 🤞

@TheDaydreamBelievers oh you are joking, that is so so rubbish, I bet it feels like an eternity away. Oh how shit and rubbish :( hope your DH is okay.

I had an internal scan today to check the start of my ovaries, I’ve had one before when I got my diagnosis but the GP wanted an update. Not really sure what the results are to be honest. The lady was lovely but she said my ovaries have some of the features of PCOS but not others. I already have my diagnosis of PCOS so that’s not really up for question, but I’m not sure how they’re not typical of pcos, from what she said. She said I basically have no dominant follicule at all and lots of immature follicles, small cysts so to speak. But is that not what pcos is? Lots of underdeveloped follicules that the body fails to release? The only thing I thought she might mean was that I’ve not got any large cysts, maybe?

Bit disheartened to hear that there’s not even an attempt to grow an egg yet. I think in my mind I thought th metformin might work really quickly and get things moving - I’d read about people ovulating within days of taking it but evidently that won’t be me. She showed me them all lined up ready to go but said they just need a kickstart. I wondered if that was her implying I’m basically going to need drugs to ovulate but possibly reading too much into that.

On the plus side she said my womb and lining look healthy and there’s lots of eggs there, they’re just lazy as hell and not going anywhere.

The thing is I quite want to talk the results through with someone but I’m not sure who to ask. It was the GP that asked for the scan but I’ve since been referred to and seen the gynae, who no doubt would know more about what the scan means but didn’t actually ask for it and has waves me off until April. Not sure if the GP is worth trying first or asking what I should do?

On the plus side, I have been feeling fine on the 500mg of metformin the past few days so I’ve increased to 1000 today, pray for me! Expecting the stomach upset again but at least it seems like my body does get used to it.

One thing I’m not sure aboit, which I think weirdly might be a positive, is that I’m getting my first really low lh readings in ages. I know that high lh levels can be a symptom of pcos and I’m wondering if me finally getting some low readings is a sign that some sort of cycle is kicking in, with normal low levels for most of the month? I’m totally clutching at straws? I’ve attached the pics, the two on their own are the most recent. The other ones show I seemed to have fairly high levels and I didn’t ovulate after those ‘peaks’.

Sorry for the essay!!

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MissC07 · 17/01/2022 21:55

@SkeletonSkins Well I had one mammoth 160+ day cycle, was given Provera to kick start a period and since then I've had a period every 34-38 days. Although I was diagnosed with PCOS so always expect wonky cycles. My one piece of advice would be to stop doing OPK's. I used to be obsessive with them but they aren't accurate for people with PCOS and also it totally depends what time of day you take them etc. As soon as I did that and just started temping instead (for my general curiosity) it really helped my stress levels. It's hard to give up but I felt so much better once I did, and don't even think about them now!

SkeletonSkins · 17/01/2022 21:59

Oh I totally agree, I’ve not done OPKs for months until now as they just stressed me out! I just tried some the past couple of days to see what was happening. I do temp sometimes but had to stop that too as I found it was stopping me from sleeping. Might be worth some asking for some provera…

Kay00 · 17/01/2022 22:16

@missC07 @skeletonskins as a fellow PCOS-er I can also vouch for OPKs now working. I don't bother any more and it's a lot less stressful.

@skeleton I'm super pleased you're getting on well with the Metformin. Sounds like you have a similar set up to me: I had z normal AFC (23 follicles) but I have lots of eggs, and my consultant assumed I wasn't really ovulating. Hopefully the Metformin will help (I think it can take a little while to change your cycles) but it sounds like Clomid or another ovulation stimulating drug would be a good next step for you.

@thedaydreambelievers nooooooo!!!! Im so sorry 😞 you must be very frustrated! I hope your OH doesn't get too poorly xx

@chinchilly haha, it's no problem 😆 good to know what to expect once we're on the other side x

MissC07 · 18/01/2022 08:00

@SkeletonSkins Provera is only usually given if you haven't had a period in over 3 months so that it kicks your body into having a period.

SkeletonSkins · 18/01/2022 13:10

Sadly my last period was in august so sounds like it would be appropriate for me? Might give them a ring and ask.

Kay00 · 18/01/2022 13:16

@SkeletonSkins Yes, you should speak with your doctor about this. I'm sure I once read something in the NICE guidelines that a period should be induced it it does not happen within three months.

MissC07 · 18/01/2022 13:32

@SkeletonSkins oh wow definitely call them then and get an appointment and ask for Provera!

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