Hi all,
just looking for advice and support as I start my TTC journey. I’m 31 and have been on the combined pill (microgynon) for over a decade. I went onto the pill mostly for managing severe period pains (this was successful and also made my slightly irregular periods much more predictable).
My husband and I are keen to TTC so I finished my last pill packet 22/6 and had my withdrawal bleed 25-29/6. Since then I’ve been trying to monitor my CM and look for signs of ovulation but when I think I might be having EWCM the next day it’s creamy again and I’m not convinced I have actually ovulated yet. It’s now been 14 days since the end of my withdrawal bleed and I’m at a bit of a loss as to when to expect my first real period or ovulation as my Flo app predicts I’ve already ovulated (as it thinks my withdrawal bleed is an actual period). I don’t want to get too focused on it and just let things happen (not really keen on doing ovulation tests or BBT unless we aren’t successful after a few months).
Does anyone have an experience of coming off the combined pill and how long it took to regulate your periods and also ovulate? I was kind of hoping we’d be pregnant super quick as I heard you can ovulate the first month off but I’ve also heard that it could take months to ovulate in a cycle? I’m also super nervous about what my periods will be like as I haven’t had a real one since I was 18 and they were extremely painful and somewhat irregular. Has anyone else come off the pill who had similar periods beforehand - and if so did you periods return to what they were like or have they changed over time? As my body cannot be the same as it was when I was a teenager (I hope!).
l’m also struggling with jumping to conclusions at every little symptom - the last couple of days I’ve had quite sore nipples (sorry if TMI) so maybe that means I’ll be ovulating soon? Or could it be early signs of pregnancy? As we have been DTD sporadically since the last day of my withdrawal bleed.
It would be lovely to get to chat to anyone who has been in a similar situation and has advice or if you’re also starting to TTC after coming off the pill so that we can discuss the process and reassure each other! I feel like I have nobody I can talk to about this as hubby obvs has no advice and really wants to take the relaxed approach when it comes to TTC!
Thanks in advance!!