Post-pill irregular cycles support thread!!

[snowflake9]

Sorry not been around recently ladies, was away visiting friends for a few days and trying to study for an exam I've got on Tuesday.....concentration isn't going so well at the moment!

Glad to hear you've got your af babynurse, at least it means you are on to a new cycle. Hopefully it was just a random anonovulatory cycle like everyone apparently has every so often and you'll have a normal length cycle with ov this time!

Good news about the tubes being clear Reba, not so great about the cyst. What do they need to do now? Is it still possible that you could ov on this cycle & get your bfp?

Hope the ov comes soon Struth, hopefully your body is just taking it's time to gearup for a good strong ov with a perfect eggy

 

[Trishg21]

Hi Trishg21!!
I was just thinking about you the other day

Aw you are too kind! How have you been? I see you are joining me on Clomid now?

 

[struth]

*sneaks head in*...hello

How are you guys? It's been awhile! I see some familiar faces and some new ones.

Hello you! What a welcome, lovely face! How are things? It is lovely to 'see' you x

Hi All, what a perfect thread for me. On CD54 after being on the pill for 13 years (dianne). Had lots of cramping late last month, but here I am still waiting! Patience was never my finest quality!

Welcome maanda. Urghh.... we've all been there hon. Is this your first cycle off the pill? My first one was 55 days longs and drove me mad. I know it means that you have fewer ovulations but it can still happen during a long cycle - look at Snowflake (cd111!). I hope that this is one nasty cycle and then they settle down x

Hope the ov comes soon Struth, hopefully your body is just taking it's time to gearup for a good strong ov with a perfect eggy

Thanks hon - how are you?!

AFM - I have had a positive opk yesterday and today so I think that ovulation will be later today/tomorrow Get me - ovulation on cd23/24 (and that is following a mc). I'm intrigued to see what my cycle would be like without the mc. I'm thinking it *might* be quite normal... I hope I''m not tempting fate by saying that....

 

[snowflake9]

Thanks hon - how are you?!

I'm a bit up and down at the moment, poor DH doesn't know what to expect from me as I'm all lovely one minute then biting his head off the next! Go between being quite positive and being really worried something is going to go wrong. Still feeling nauseous a lot but not actually been sick.....it's crazy but I actually want to start being sick because then I'll feel like things are progressing!

Presuming everything still seems to be progressing next week I think I'm going to try to book a private scan for 2 weeks today, should be 8 wks by then so they should be able to tell us whether there is a heartbeat.

Yay for ov Make sure you get plenty today & tomorrow! It does look like your cycles are sorting themselves out, hopefully you won't have another one for a long time to prove it though!

Hi All, what a perfect thread for me. On CD54 after being on the pill for 13 years (dianne). Had lots of cramping late last month, but here I am still waiting! Patience was never my finest quality!

I was on dianne as well Manda, had been for 10 out the past 11 years, been off it 8 months now - had two 59 days cycles then my third i didn't ov until cd100 then got my bfp on cd111!! I had been completely regular before going on the pill and on the break I had from it about 5 or 6 years ago (although I had switched to a different pill for about 7 months before I came off completely) so I was worried by the really long cycles but I had blood tests done and everything seemed to be normal - I have read in quite a lot of places that diane is one of stronger pills and it can take a while for your body to get back to normal afterwards. Hope you get your normal cycles back soon

 

[struth]

I'm a bit up and down at the moment, poor DH doesn't know what to expect from me as I'm all lovely one minute then biting his head off the next! Go between being quite positive and being really worried something is going to go wrong. Still feeling nauseous a lot but not actually been sick.....it's crazy but I actually want to start being sick because then I'll feel like things are progressing!

Presuming everything still seems to be progressing next week I think I'm going to try to book a private scan for 2 weeks today, should be 8 wks by then so they should be able to tell us whether there is a heartbeat.

Yay for ov Make sure you get plenty today & tomorrow! It does look like your cycles are sorting themselves out, hopefully you won't have another one for a long time to prove it though!

That sounds like pregnancy to me! Hormones all over the place, worry and concern. I know exactly how you are feeling and it is completelt normal to feel that way. Hopefully in a couple of weeks you will see that lovely heartbeat and will be able to relax a little bit and start to enjou it. Don't worry about the lack of sickness - just think yourself lucky! Some people don't get anything at all and although it is reassuring to feel those symptoms it doesn't mean anything if you are not.

 

[maanda]

Thanks for the encouragement guys, may have worked as I just had some spotting! I started Dianne when I was 15 due to irregular heavy periods and likely pcos. Have never had it looked into since then but was just hoping that it had all sorted itself out now that my girly bits are so much older! Oh well hopefully I can follow in some of your footsteps!

 

[maanda]

Snowflake- how did you pick ovulation on your 100th day? Seems like a lot of opk's if you used your two previous cycles to go by! I could track back through your posts but using my phone and cant navigate very well, sorry!

 

[snowflake9]

That sounds like pregnancy to me! Hormones all over the place, worry and concern. I know exactly how you are feeling and it is completelt normal to feel that way. Hopefully in a couple of weeks you will see that lovely heartbeat and will be able to relax a little bit and start to enjou it. Don't worry about the lack of sickness - just think yourself lucky! Some people don't get anything at all and although it is reassuring to feel those symptoms it doesn't mean anything if you are not.

Thanks hon! Well was sick about an hour after I posted that, have no idea whether it was psychological or not! Have been feeling really nauseous since the day before I got my bfp and being sick actually relieved that for a while but coming back now I've had my lunch. Yes, I just need to focus on getting to the 8 week scan and hopefully I'll see a good strong heartbeat and that will start to relax me a little bit. We've not told anyone yet - we've decided to tell our parents if the 8 wk scan is ok but hold off telling everyone else until after the 12 wk scan. Finding the keeping everything secret a bit hard, especially since I'm going to stay with my parents on Monday!

Snowflake- how did you pick ovulation on your 100th day? Seems like a lot of opk's if you used your two previous cycles to go by! I could track back through your posts but using my phone and cant navigate very well, sorry!

Yes, I used a LOT of opks and kept taking my temp.....I'm very stubborn and determined, and maybe also a little bit crazy....I took about 15 hpts in the 10 days after my bfp - seeing the line get darker reassured me but DH forced me to stop last Friday. All in all this little bean has been very expensive already but more than worth every penny!

 

[Trishg21]

*sneaks head in*...hello

How are you guys? It's been awhile! I see some familiar faces and some new ones.

Hello you! What a welcome, lovely face! How are things? It is lovely to 'see' you x

Things are pretty good. Although I am sorry to see another MMC on your siggy. I have been thinking about all you lovely ladies lately and wanted to stop in and see how everyone is.

 

[Reba]

Hi Trishg21!!
I was just thinking about you the other day

Aw you are too kind! How have you been? I see you are joining me on Clomid now?

I am joining you on the clomid train nothing first round which made me sad. I took a look at your blog. Seems like quite the struggle. I was even in tears for you. DH thought I was going off the deep end again I've linked to it from mine so I hope you don't mind. If you want a link to mine I'll pm you I don't write TTC stuff on it but I figured a link to a TTC blog wouldn't hurt some of the people who read mine I've been ok, Quite let down that I didn't O last month. I was, like you were, thinking "great this will make me O and everything will be perfect"

Snowflake - I've been referred to another specialist and I'll be having surgery. I've also been referred to a further fertility specialist. I have no idea when this new set of balls will start rolling but I'm sure I'll hear something by next month when I have my next appt with my current Dr. We're hoping that I Ovulate this round of clomid and that I do get a BFP. We'll have to wait and see. O should be coming up in the next week or so if I am going to O.

 

[Amelia09]

Hi I hope I can join here for some help and advice. My husband and I started ttc to conceive in August. I came off bc and had a period on the 9th of August and since then nothing nada!! Been to the doctors twice including today and he's seems totally dumb founded and not giving me any advice. actually he wants me to come back on Tuesday to see a female doctor to give me advice. Surely should I not get a blood test or scan or something?? Beginning to think there something wrong with me. I have put on weight and loads of preg symptoms but surely if I was preggo it would come up now on tests?? what do you's think??

 

[Trishg21]

Hi Trishg21!!
I was just thinking about you the other day

Aw you are too kind! How have you been? I see you are joining me on Clomid now?

I am joining you on the clomid train nothing first round which made me sad. I took a look at your blog. Seems like quite the struggle. I was even in tears for you. DH thought I was going off the deep end again I've linked to it from mine so I hope you don't mind. If you want a link to mine I'll pm you I don't write TTC stuff on it but I figured a link to a TTC blog wouldn't hurt some of the people who read mine I've been ok, Quite let down that I didn't O last month. I was, like you were, thinking "great this will make me O and everything will be perfect"

Ugh sorry to hear that you are on the Clomid train. Hopefully it works out for both of us. Are you temping at all? If not I highly recommend it. My doctor was an idiot and kept telling me that I didn't ovulate based on my progesterone levels but the temping proved that I DID ovulate, just really late. She just didn't want to do the extra work involved but that was pretty key for us to know when we went to our RE.

Please send me your link! I would love to read yours! Its my new obsession reading blogs

Don't get discouraged yet. A lot of people don't O with 50 mg. As long as your doctor is monitoring you right and moving you up in dosage if you don't O then I think you are on the right track. I'm now on my 4th month of clomid so you never know. *crosses fingers*

 

[Reba]

Hi Trishg21!!
I was just thinking about you the other day

Aw you are too kind! How have you been? I see you are joining me on Clomid now?

I am joining you on the clomid train nothing first round which made me sad. I took a look at your blog. Seems like quite the struggle. I was even in tears for you. DH thought I was going off the deep end again I've linked to it from mine so I hope you don't mind. If you want a link to mine I'll pm you I don't write TTC stuff on it but I figured a link to a TTC blog wouldn't hurt some of the people who read mine I've been ok, Quite let down that I didn't O last month. I was, like you were, thinking "great this will make me O and everything will be perfect"

Ugh sorry to hear that you are on the Clomid train. Hopefully it works out for both of us. Are you temping at all? If not I highly recommend it. My doctor was an idiot and kept telling me that I didn't ovulate based on my progesterone levels but the temping proved that I DID ovulate, just really late. She just didn't want to do the extra work involved but that was pretty key for us to know when we went to our RE.

Please send me your link! I would love to read yours! Its my new obsession reading blogs

Don't get discouraged yet. A lot of people don't O with 50 mg. As long as your doctor is monitoring you right and moving you up in dosage if you don't O then I think you are on the right track. I'm now on my 4th month of clomid so you never know. *crosses fingers*

Didn't O on 50 so I'm on 100. We don't get scans here as we'd have to be seeing a private FS for that. It costs an arm and a leg However she is getting me to temp AND I have a standing order for progesterone blood tests every week. So when I think I've ovulated I'm to go in and get a blood test. For now I'll just plan on CD 21, 28 etc. She's a pretty good gynecologist.

 

[snowflake9]

Hi I hope I can join here for some help and advice. My husband and I started ttc to conceive in August. I came off bc and had a period on the 9th of August and since then nothing nada!! Been to the doctors twice including today and he's seems totally dumb founded and not giving me any advice. actually he wants me to come back on Tuesday to see a female doctor to give me advice. Surely should I not get a blood test or scan or something?? Beginning to think there something wrong with me. I have put on weight and loads of preg symptoms but surely if I was preggo it would come up now on tests?? what do you's think??

Welcome Amelia, you are definitely in the right place. It actually seems to be quite common for it to take a while for your cycles to go back to normal after you come off bcp, it's just something they don't tell you when they prescribe it to you - and it's so frustrating when you are ready for that baby! I think most people get regular cycles back after 3 - 6 months but it can take longer without there necessarily being a problem. Speak to the female dr next week and see if you can convince her to do blood tests just to reassure you. Hopefully it will just sort itself out for you soon hon

 

[snowflake9]

Snowflake - I've been referred to another specialist and I'll be having surgery. I've also been referred to a further fertility specialist. I have no idea when this new set of balls will start rolling but I'm sure I'll hear something by next month when I have my next appt with my current Dr. We're hoping that I Ovulate this round of clomid and that I do get a BFP. We'll have to wait and see. O should be coming up in the next week or so if I am going to O.

Really sorry you are going through this Reba, it's really unfair. But at least it sounds as though you are being referred to all the right specialists. I have fingers, toes and everything else crossed that you just get your bfp this cycle

 

[Amelia09]

Hi I hope I can join here for some help and advice. My husband and I started ttc to conceive in August. I came off bc and had a period on the 9th of August and since then nothing nada!! Been to the doctors twice including today and he's seems totally dumb founded and not giving me any advice. actually he wants me to come back on Tuesday to see a female doctor to give me advice. Surely should I not get a blood test or scan or something?? Beginning to think there something wrong with me. I have put on weight and loads of preg symptoms but surely if I was preggo it would come up now on tests?? what do you's think??

Welcome Amelia, you are definitely in the right place. It actually seems to be quite common for it to take a while for your cycles to go back to normal after you come off bcp, it's just something they don't tell you when they prescribe it to you - and it's so frustrating when you are ready for that baby! I think most people get regular cycles back after 3 - 6 months but it can take longer without there necessarily being a problem. Speak to the female dr next week and see if you can convince her to do blood tests just to reassure you. Hopefully it will just sort itself out for you soon hon

Snowflake thanks for getting back to my message. I foolishly thought when I came off bc my cycles would go back to normal straight away! how silly was I!! I spent so many years preventing babies now that you want them it's like your body is fighting back!! I will take your advice and ask for blood test. it just feels like am missing out on chances of conceiving with cycle so long. ah well hopefully things will get to normal soon

 

[Reba]

Hi I hope I can join here for some help and advice. My husband and I started ttc to conceive in August. I came off bc and had a period on the 9th of August and since then nothing nada!! Been to the doctors twice including today and he's seems totally dumb founded and not giving me any advice. actually he wants me to come back on Tuesday to see a female doctor to give me advice. Surely should I not get a blood test or scan or something?? Beginning to think there something wrong with me. I have put on weight and loads of preg symptoms but surely if I was preggo it would come up now on tests?? what do you's think??

Welcome Amelia, you are definitely in the right place. It actually seems to be quite common for it to take a while for your cycles to go back to normal after you come off bcp, it's just something they don't tell you when they prescribe it to you - and it's so frustrating when you are ready for that baby! I think most people get regular cycles back after 3 - 6 months but it can take longer without there necessarily being a problem. Speak to the female dr next week and see if you can convince her to do blood tests just to reassure you. Hopefully it will just sort itself out for you soon hon

Snowflake thanks for getting back to my message. I foolishly thought when I came off bc my cycles would go back to normal straight away! how silly was I!! I spent so many years preventing babies now that you want them it's like your body is fighting back!! I will take your advice and ask for blood test. it just feels like am missing out on chances of conceiving with cycle so long. ah well hopefully things will get to normal soon

Hi Amelia you'll find that many of us on this thread have experienced a lack of period since BCP or even extremely long cycles. Had I not taken Provera to force a period I would still be waiting for one to happen and I stopped taking it in March! It's not fun for sure. We're all here to support each other though Welcome!

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There was another lady who I forgot to welcome! Forgotten the name now but welcome

 

[likeaustralia]

Anyone here have really light periods? I'm worried that it may be hindering my TTC. I've been getting them every 30 days and my temps seem to show that I'm ovulating, but my periods are lasting only 3 days and are very light. I stopped BC at the end of July, so it hasn't been long and I'm grateful that I'm on somewhat of a regular schedule, but the lightness of the flow is worrying me a bit.

 

[mouse12]

Hi guys im new to this so a big hellp from me!
I'm gettig really frustrated now as I came off the pill in July, started my withdrawal bleed on 27 July, and nothing since then.

Over the last couple of days ive had sore breasts underneath, and also the sides of my armpits. Tonight I noticed little white lumps on my nipples too. I don't know if any of these symptoms are related to coming off the pill or hormones, but its driving me up the wall as I feel like i have no idea whats going on in my body. The really annoying thing is, half the time I think im making the symptoms up in my head!!

I just want my period to come back as naturally I'm assuming something is wrong with me. I have had unprotected sex about 10 times this month, but all hpt have been negative (ive done way too many).

Anyone else in a similar situation? I'd love to hear about a similar situation that ended with a pregnancy!

 

[Trishg21]

Didn't O on 50 so I'm on 100. We don't get scans here as we'd have to be seeing a private FS for that. It costs an arm and a leg However she is getting me to temp AND I have a standing order for progesterone blood tests every week. So when I think I've ovulated I'm to go in and get a blood test. For now I'll just plan on CD 21, 28 etc. She's a pretty good gynecologist.

Yeah the scans are way too expensive. In my case I have to do them since we are using a trigger shot. It is good about the blood tests though. If my doctor would have done that I think it would have solved a lot of frustration. What CD are you on now?