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Please help me figure out my cycle (first month off the pill)

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hereforthefood · 27/07/2021 10:52

Okay so quick bit of context: I'm 23, been on the combined pill (Marvelon) for 8 years, stopped it 2 weeks into my last pack (had one week of pills left).

I stopped my pill on the 1st of July and got my withdrawal bleed from the 4th to the 7th which was heavier than normal but the same length.
The day after (8th) I felt a sharp, pointed pain in my left side, right where my ovary would be, I made a note that I thought it could be ovulation pain. The day after that (9th) I had a small amount of pink cervical mucus when I wiped (only happened once) so assumed that I had ovulated.
6 days after that (15th, CD 12) I had another bit of spotting but it was weird. It was mixed with cervical mucus, looked brown/purple/pink and had some small clots in. I took a photo but it came out super light pink on my phone and could only get the odd colour I was seeing when I went into the shadows.
5 days after that (20th, CD 17) I had what I think was EWCM. Not much and it wasn't super stretchy but it was the stretchiest it's been so far this cycle. The day after that (21st) I was checking my cervix and found the tiniest spot of blood on my finger when I was done, nothing else came out and none of the spotting I've had has made it to my underwear (although the 15th must've come close because there was quite a lot on the tissue).

So my question is, when do you think I ovulated based on this? Haven't got af yet (today is cd 24) but I was convinced it would start yesterday because of how painful the cramps were. I've still got them today so it will probably be starting soon but who knows! I'm pretty sure one of the spotting instances were caused by ovulation, I'm just not sure which one!

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hereforthefood · 27/07/2021 17:09

Bump

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HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks · 27/07/2021 17:21

After eight years on the combined pill you won't be able to tell what your actual cycle is until you settle into it - might take several months for your timings to settle in. Particularly after not completing a full 28 days on the last pack.

Are you TTC?

hereforthefood · 28/07/2021 10:49

@HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks

After eight years on the combined pill you won't be able to tell what your actual cycle is until you settle into it - might take several months for your timings to settle in. Particularly after not completing a full 28 days on the last pack.

Are you TTC?

Fair enough. I did come off it for a brief break about 2 years ago and my cycles went straight back to normal, the only spotting I ever got was an occasional ovulation spot but that was it so it freaked me out to be spotting so much this time round.

Not TTC! We've used condoms all month so it definitely isn't implantation bleeding.

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