Stopped BCP & TTC! Whos with me?!

[Angel5000]

I'm keeping EVERYTHING crossed for you Elle!!

 

[ABmommy]

Mozz- I had some cramping in the first few weeks but nothing as excruciating as you're describing. Fx for you it's a good sign.

Ajangel love the pic! You're so close to baby I can't believe it!!

Congrats Angel on making it to 2nd tri! I know how much of a relief it was for me.

Elle- fx for you that you get your BFP!

Flueky- how are you doing?

AFM I'm 20 weeks today halfway there!! So happy now the weeks I'm pregnant are more than the weeks I have left!

Have a good week ladies and baby dust to all!

 

[PuppyL0ve]

Hi ladies!
I saw the title of this thread and I had to stop by.

I'm 27 SO is 28
Ttc #1
Was on gildess fe bcp for 6 years
I just completed my first cycle since coming off.

I was hoping I had ovulated since I had the normal pattern of cm my 1st cycle. Dry after my withdrawal bleeding. Then watery. Then 3 days of ewcm. A week after supposed O dry. Then watery a week. Then dry the day I started spotting figured that was AF arriving. I swore I felt pregnant while I waited but kept in the back of my mind it could be from coming off bc. On the pill I had 28 day cycles and ended up having a 30 day cycle. I'm on 3rd day on my real period and it hasn't been so bad.
SUPER relieved I'm regulating so soon since I've heard how many women have it rough in that area.
Looking forward to starting the bd after AF leaves.
Congrats to those who've gotten their bfp already and baby dust to those who are trying/waiting.

 

[Elle.T.]

Welcome PuppyL0ve! Its good to see your cycles regulating. I had a normal cycle right off the back with some longer cycles mixed in..Hoping you have an easy time ttc.

ABMOMMY aww its seems like not that long ago you got your BFP!

AFM- I woke up to some spotting and cramping so I think I may be out. So far its just a bit but I THINK the Witch has showed her face. Blah. We will see if it turns into full blown af.

 

[Mozzarella]

Angel - I so hope there is a little bean inside of me. Man did I ever just have rank nausea today. I don't know for sure if it was all the raspberries I ate. (I went picking with my mom at her friends house because they have a massive raspberry bush area). Or what. But dang. and I keep feeling like I'm going to get my period kind of, but never do! Like what the heck!

Elle - FX for you! Hopefully it's not AF!!! Atleast you're being positive and knowing there could be a chance either way.

ABMommy - Thanks!
That's awesome, you're half way there! Woohoo! In no time you'll be snuggling your little one. That'll be super exciting.

Puppylove - I'm glad your period has been regular for you so far! FX it'll stay that way so you O regularly.
I'm currently on cycle three, day 53.. soooooo. Dunno what's happening with my body haha. No AF, and as of friday I had the faintest line on a hpt, but then saturday and sunday showed nothing. (also didn't use FMU those days so)..
I think I'll be phoning my doctor soon, as this is long and too long for me. haha.

 

[Angel5000]

ABMommy - congrats on half way!!


PuppyLove - Welcome!! So glad to see that your cycles seem to have returned to normal so quickly! It can take some time so don't be too worried if they are inconsistent for a few cycles, but hopefully yours return to completely normal right away!

Mozzarella - keeping everything crossed for you!

 

[PuppyL0ve]

Elle- thanks! I'm trying to stay flexible. Now that I know I'm getting real periods it'll be normal to not have each cycle be the same exact length.

Mozarella- dang I'm sorry to hear you're going through that. Must be frustrating. I had anxiety just waiting out my first cycle lol. Hang in there! And let us know what happens.

Angel5000- thanks for your kind words. and congrats on your lil sticky bean. Has being pregnant been stressful? Smooth?

 

[Elle.T.]

update im out. AF has shown her ugly face. Im ok though, Just ready for a new cycle. Im super happy that I accurately predicted AF and my LP so I am so much more aware of my cycles now and what is "Normal" for me. My app has my next af as coming on my birthday next month but it should come earlier and hopefully I resume a 27 day cycle instead of the 30 cycle predicted. I hope it does cause that would really suck.

 

[Angel5000]

PuppyLove- the first 13 weeks were incredibly stressful, but that's only because I Had 2 CPs (both by 5 weeks) and I was constantly worried something was going t happen. On the bonus side I was seeing a specialist so during 1st Tri I got weekly ultrasounds so we have amazing progress pictures of our little bean. Now that I'm in 2nd Tri my RE "graduated" me to just my OB so I only get an appointment ever 4 weeks and won't get another US until close to 20 weeks, very depressing.


Elle - That's good to see that you are able to accurately predict AF and are getting "regular". Any special plans for the next cycle or just continuing as before?

 

[Mozzarella]

Puppylove- yeah. It has been super frustrating. But hopefully getting things figured out now. I'm glad you atleast started regulating properly! That's a big relief when you're TTC.

Elle - you're only out for this month! Another chance this coming month!! Fingers crossed. Especially Crossed that it will not come on your birthday! What a party pooper if it does! Glad you're feeling good about being able to predict stuff! That's always a bonus.
Any plans for your birthday?

Angel - woohoo. You graduated to your Ob! That must be a good feeling knowing that they're not worried about anything which makes you help to not worry!
That's teally cool you got weekly ultrasounds. I bet seeing little bean growing inside of you was pretty sweet. Did you get to keep pictures from every week? If you do a baby book that would be something pretty cool to stick in there for memories.


AFM - I phoned my doctor yesterday. Told him how long my cycle has been and that I've been having cramping and his office phoned back and said he's sending me for bloodwork!! So thankful. Now hopefully we can figure out why my cycle has been so long!!
He's testing for hCG levels (pregnant???? Let's hope ), FSH levels and a few other things related to pregnancy/ovulation&period.
I ran out and got my blood taken (man do I hate needles.) also they always have a terrible time trying to find a vein to take my blood out of. They always have to search each arm multiple times. I always warn them of two things when they come to take it. A) I hate needles. So use the smallest one. (Also something a nurse told me once which needle to tell them to use to help too because of A &B) And B) it's very hard to find a vein so they may have to check both arms depending which one wants to cooperate.

The lady did struggle a bit to find one, but she did and was super nice about it.
I'm not sure how long it's going to take to get results since it's the weekend and all. But bonus I didn't have to wait or anything to get my blood taken as the clinic was pretty empty. So that was nice as I was in and out quickly and for the fact that my doctors office is right across from the clinic now.

So. Here's to waiting to find my results. I'll just be thankful to find out either way what's going on and if my levels and hormones are off, or if I have a sprout growing inside me that won't show up on a HPT test haha.

 

[Angel5000]

Mozzarella - It's a great feeling! but I do miss the weekly US. I did get a couple pictures from each week. So nice. I want to put them into hte baby book once I get one.

So exciting that you get your bloodwork!! Hopefully you'll get the results by Monday!

 

[Elle.T.]

Angel- Just try to stay calm. Lol use preseed and be consistent with taking prenatals (I always seem to forget) and drink more water. I am so glad all is going well for you!

Mozz- Me and Dh havent decided. Might go have a nice dinner and go see Chicago on Broadway. We didnt book a vacation because we thought I might be pg. I guess that still could be a possibility though. Lol Glad that you are getting the blood work done, I know how much it sucks to be in limbo.

afm-I've had the period from hell, I guess because its my first af since the cp/early mc. its been so heavy and I've been so completely drained. I will be so glad when it's over. 2 more days (hopefully!)

weve also decided to move from our apt, weve been having some issues with our landlord. Shes a much older woman and lately it seems we are always doing something wrong. Earlier this week our oven stopped working, we told her and she said she would have someone come look at it. the other day We wake up and she and the repair man are standing in our kitchen. No warning or anything. I was so angry because it feels like a violation to just wake up with strangers in your apartment! She blamed us for the oven being broken which it wasnt our fault it litterally just stopped working. Than she had the audacity to comment on the cleanliness of the oven saying thats the reason it stopped working. I clean my apt very well and was offended, she claimed we had damaged her cabinets in the kitchen from grease dripping which is false because we hardly use any oils when cooking. I dont make alot of fried foods. She lied about having the cabinets replaced before we moved in which we know is a lie because we had to replace some of the hinges because they were rusted. We also had to hire an exterminator because we never had mice and than we started to see some out of no where, we asked her to hire one. she refused saying if she did she would need to raise the rent, which is ridiculous because she lives down stairs and mentioned she too started having a mouse issue which you would think she would want corrected. The exterminator told us it was due to the contruction a few houses down and was able to plug a few holes up for us. She did not renew our lease so now we are on a month to month which makes me very uncomfortable because she can just evict us with 30 days notice so we are just going to save up money to move. I dont like feeling uneasy when you pay rent to live somewhere. Unfortunately moving in NYC is so expensive so we will need 6-8K just to move. It sucks because we were trying to save up for a house and now we will just need to focus on moving instead.

 

[Mozzarella]

Elle - that is super frustrating and hard to deal with!
I can't believe it's that expensive to move! How come it costs that much?


AFM - I got my bloodwork back, hormones, diabetes, thyroid. All came back normal, and my doctor said 100% not pregnant.

I am thoroughly frustrated. What is wrong with my body then and why have I not had a period in over 51 days? I'm currently CD 58. I am so angry. This is so hard. I want to TTC so bad, and I can't even try because I have gotten no period. And all my levels come back normal. MY doctor said If I don't get my period in one more month, then i'll get referred to a obygyn/gynacologist or something and they'll do more bloodwork.

 

[Angel5000]

Elle - OMG that's so frustrating!! What a horrible Landlady! I don't know about NYC but I know in Oregon the landlord has to give a minimum of 48 hours notice before entering the home. I learned a lot about landlord laws in Oregon when we've been dealing with the house situation we have there. I'm so sorry you're dealing with that! I hope you can move soon, I knew NYC was expensive but wow that's really expensive! And i thought Washington was expensive (it's crazy compared to Texas, which was SO CHEAP). I'm beginning to really appreciate WA now!


Mozaarella - Oh, I'm so sorry. It could really just be your body trying to regulate yourself. If they refer you they'll probably do some blood work to try and see if you've ovulated yet, but it sounds like you probably haven't. I'm surprised they didn't offer to give you some pills to force you to have a period (basically you take progesterone for a week and then sometime after you stop your period starts), they did that to my sister for her whole year TTC because seh didn't have a period for the whole year and her doctor refused to refer her to the specialist until she'd tried a year (stupid since she wasn't ovulating at all, which we knew because she has PCOS, and so "trying" was a moot point... sorry rant). That's really frustrating you have to wait another month before you can get your referral. Do you have your own Obgyn? Or do you usually see your doctor for that? I always just saw my PCP and so I had to wait for a referral but a lot of people see an obgyn separately from their PCP and could go straight there. I know how frustrating this can be.

 

[Ajangel25]

Mozzerla-do you happen to have the actual numbers of your labs? I went 120 days without a period so I'm curious to see if your levels were similar to mine, especially LH and estrogen!

 

[faye1019]

I've been away all week and just catching up on everyone’s posts.

Angel: So glad your OB appointment went well. And congratulations on entering your 2nd trimester! Hooray!

AJ: Keep that baby cooking!

Mozz: Blah, so sorry about your BFN and hopefully AF comes soon. Long cycles are terribly frustrating! I know I probably sound like a broken record, but I would definitely recommend temping once AF comes. It’s comforting to know what’s going on inside your body and will help you know if you are ovulating or not! Plus I feel like it's great to have as much "info" to share with your doctor as possible, if future tests are necessary.

Flueky: How are you?!

Elle: Hopefully this is your BFP month!

AFM, I am 12 weeks and 2 days today. We were able to do the 10-week chromosomal testing and everything came back normal! We were in California all last week and found out the second day of our trip, so it was perfect timing! The results came back quicker than we expected so it was great. We could have found out the gender, but opted not to… I figure we can find out closer to my due date if we cave, but our goal is not to find out. It’s hard to explain, but I don’t want to do too much “preparing” before baby is actually born healthy so I figure not finding out the gender is a safeguard (I’m very superstitious!). My mom thinks we’re nuts and wants us to find out. Oh well!

So relieved that everything looked good from tests and 12-week ultrasound is tomorrow. Looking forward to finally being able to tell people- I’m sick of being such a sneak!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm so excited for you!

 

[faye1019]

I'm so excited for you!

How's it going Gagrl!?

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm so excited for you!

How's it going Gagrl!?

Things are going well.. Can't complain, no point in it anyway lol. I started back temping this month and I'm glad I did because It looks like I Od early this month.

 

[Angel5000]

Faye - thats great! So glad to hear that all is well! I have so much awe for those of you who can wait and not do the planning thing, DH is just like that. The idea of not knowing until birth (and therefore not having things prepared) terrifies me! I'm very much a planner.


Gagrl - looks like you had some great timing! Keeping FX! I loved temping, it was so nice to me to be able to tell where my body was.