Stopping BCP to TTC***Updates & Progress/Noted Changes Since Stopping BCP***24BFPs***

[MrsHudson]

Charlie I'm sorry. But it makes happy to hear DH is looking into other options.

Thinking of you all!

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Alright ladies AF literally lasted 2 days. Normally it's about 3 or 4 should I be worried?

 

[Turtle0630]

Charlie, I'm so sorry that AF arrived. I don't really know on it being so short...is there any chance that it wasn't really AF after all? Or maybe you're just having an off cycle. Big headed your way!

How was everyone else's weekend? Do anything fun?

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Well I decided not to worry about having a short period. And I started my last round of fermara today. If I don't get knocked up this cycle I think DH and I will go see my Dr together and chat. My main focus right now is losing weight and working out. I think that my weight is causing me to not ovulate even though all my hormone levels are normal. I'm already down 7lbs. Dh is insistent that we have plenty of time to have a baby so I'm going to work on me a bit harder.
This weekend we worked on the garden and back yard. Which was nice. Going to be hitting the gym almost every night because this extra weight has got to go. I WILL have a baby and I WILL lose some of this weight!

How is everyone else doing?

 

[patienceiav]

Sounds like we're on similar mindsets Charlie I had an ok weekend, was quiet thanks to the tail end of the flu. I lost 5lbs though so if I can keep that off ill be happy still coughing like mad so need to shake that before I can gym properly!

I've come to accept that we won't ever get a sticky bean without assistance, this was our first month totally missing ov and I'm fine with it, I actually shouldn't get preggers for the next couple of months due to work circumstances, but I won't prevent it and I won't wait if by some miracle the new specialist wants to try something! I'm just pushing aside the hope I have of that bfp, there's been too many false hopes and too long a time period spent hurting over this so I'm just going to enjoy life till the specialist wakes up and helps out!

 

[Sarah Jeffrie]

Going on the birth control pill will generally keep women who have had very irregular periods in the past more regulated than they would have been otherwise. That said, it is very possible for women who have been on the birth control pill for years to experience irregularity in their menstrual cycle after they stop it. Your periods may not arrive on time, or they make come earlier than usual. In addition, they may be lighter or heavier than what you were experiencing on the pill. After four to six months, your body should begin to adapt to the changes and you should begin to see normal periods again. Anyway, if you're TTC you should consider to read the 'Getting Pregnant Plan’ by Michelle Adams e-book, it has a lot of information about how to boost your fertility, increase your chances of conceiving, how to pinpoint your ovulation accurately, how to deal with false positive, what you should do if you're getting false negative and etc.

 

[DannaD]

Great attitueds Charlie and Patience! I still hope for a miracle sticky bean very soon for you two, but I understand how getting your hopes crush months after months must affect your moral and happiness

Personally, I've been reading a lot to of bad stuff about "lean" PCOS and how it's the hardest to treat etc. I'm now afraid I won't respond to any drug, injectables included... I'll try pushing for injectables next cycle, just to put my mind at ease : (
I decided to try to make some diet changes and see if that helps, and maybe ask for metformin too. Next appointement is Thursday 26 so still a while to think and be sad :/

On an happier note, Fruit Ninja Kinect for Xbox One is out today! And we got good reviews so that's sweet! Tell me if you ever play ladies hehe

 

[Charmed86]

Great attitueds Charlie and Patience! I still hope for a miracle sticky bean very soon for you two, but I understand how getting your hopes crush months after months must affect your moral and happiness

Personally, I've been reading a lot to of bad stuff about "lean" PCOS and how it's the hardest to treat etc. I'm now afraid I won't respond to any drug, injectables included... I'll try pushing for injectables next cycle, just to put my mind at ease : (
I decided to try to make some diet changes and see if that helps, and maybe ask for metformin too. Next appointement is Thursday 26 so still a while to think and be sad :/

On an happier note, Fruit Ninja Kinect for Xbox One is out today! And we got good reviews so that's sweet! Tell me if you ever play ladies hehe

Has PCOS been confirmed now, Danna? I'm really sorry & I hope the Drs can help. Make sure they test your blood glucose levels before prescribing metformin as it's of no benefit if you don't have problems with insulin/glucose similar to diabetes (That was told to me by my fertility dr). Low GI has shown good results for PCOS, but for the same reasons as above

I have PCOS & none of those things were of any use to me. Luckily, weight loss reversed my symptoms.

I wish I had an Xbox now!! Congrats on the great reviews xx

 

[DannaD]

Thanks for the info Charmed! The high LH and the cysts were all my doctor looked at to diagnose PCOS and haven't talked about more tests... I'll ask. I always have a ton of questions ready for my doc but once I'm there I'm an emotional mess and can't talk much..
With my BMI of 21 I shouldn't loose weight, so that's another possible solution that won't work for me : (

 

[Charmed86]

Have you been on Soul Cysters at all? I'm not sure how active it is on there any more, but there's lots of great info on there from people who have been through the same thing I honestly thought I would never conceive, when I was diagnosed 5 years ago. The Drs made it sound like it was impossible. Don't give up hope xx

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Danna I'm keeping you in my thoughts and hope there is something that can be done to help!

Patience awesome job on the 5lbs!!! I hope your cough goes away soon! And hopefully we get our BFPS soon. I'm tired for both of us. 😘😘

 

[Turtle0630]

Charlie, congrats on the 7 lb loss! That's great!!! I'm loving your positive attitude about things too!

Patience, I'm glad to hear you're finally starting to feel better! The flu is terrible, I don't envy you having it at all. Congrats on your 5 lbs loss too, that's great! I'm also loving your positive attitude, about loving life in the meantime! Yay! It WILL happen eventually for all of us!

Danna, I'm sorry that you're feeling so discouraged. I know just what you mean about not asking the stuff that you meant to once you're actually at the doctor. I'm terrible about having a list (either mentally or sometimes even written down!) and then completely forgetting to ask the stuff while I'm there. It all comes rushing back to me as soon as I leave their office! Congrats on the game getting such great reviews! My Xbox isn't an Xbox One so I'm guessing I won't be able to check it out, but if we ever get one I'll be sure to! So exciting!

Sierra, how have you been?

 

[DannaD]

Thanks ladies, I'm so glad I have you to talk to about those things :')
My doctor never really mentioned anything about having a hard time conceiving, he was kind of suprised I didn't respond to Femara. I believe he thinks I'll respond to injectables for sure but he'd rather avoid it as it's quite a bit more complicated and needs more monitering. I'm just blah. : /

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Alright ladies, I'm about to been seen as weird... Who here believes there are real mediums/ psychics?

 

[patienceiav]

Danna i think my friend Wtbam was a lean pcos'er, I don't know if you were around for her story but she didn't ov the first 100days off bcp, got given vitex or something to make her ov, she didn't think she did so she got progesterone to take to then stop to start af, turns out she did ov and got her bfp she swears that going on a low carb diet helped her in the end! It's not necessarily a weight loss diet, I try to follow it but in Scandinavia you replace the carbs with lots of healthy fat and that still scares a lot of people. It's true that bad/fast carbs mess with our hormones for sure, white bread pasta and the obvious snacks etc!

 

[patienceiav]

Wow Charlie that's amazing, well done! I only lost cuz I was sick but I am trying hard to keep it off without going to the gym! We really do need our bfps soon

I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to those people, I think there are real ones but in a sea of fakers, who are just good at Reading people and using specific trigger questions to pretend they know more than they do. I'd go to one if I only had to sit there in silence and let them do their work, if you say anything they'll use it!

 

[patienceiav]

Turtle how's things your end? Any more appts coming your way this month? you're a source of inspiration when it comes to relaxing more about ttc as the months go on I get more desperate and depressed but am lucky to have been able to pull myself out now!

Hubby is off to meet my specialist today, and do his tests. I'm scared she's going to try the same crap on him and he'll just agree to whatever she says and suddenly we're waiting 6 more months to then undoubtedly be put on another waiting list! Irrational fear? I hope so!

 

[DannaD]

I read her story Patience
I was taking vitex too but I stopped as I'm not sure if it could mess with my ferility meds. And for the diet I'll stop eating bread and pasta mostly, I already don't snack or drink sodas, so let's hope it's going to be enough of a change to do anything. I'll start officially this weekend after doing the groceries.
How did your hubby's appointement go?

Charlie I also think that the psychics we see are actually very good at reading people (that alone impresses me), but I think some people out there do have some sort of "power" but don't often commercialise it.

Turtle how are you doing?

Is it really just thursday, this week is draging -.-

 

[Turtle0630]

Hi, ladies! I am in the same boat with Patience when it comes to mediums/psychics. I tentatively believe that there are some people out there who really might be able to "know" things, but I think the vast majority are just really good at reading people and can pick up on cues you're subconsciously giving and run with it. I agree on probably only doing it if I could just sit in silence and listen but even then, I think they can manipulate you into giving them clues without you even realizing it. Our facial expressions give away more than we realize a lot of times, and when they're watching you closely for even the subtlest reaction to something they've said, they can still read you and manipulate it. Or I would do it just for fun without really believing it (as long as it was cheap! ) I think we all kind of have a 6th sense though in a way, some stronger than others I'm sure. I can't count the number of times I've thought sometime completely random, or get hit with the urge out of nowhere that I should do something out of my norm that I brush off because "What? That doesn't make sense, why would I do that?!" only for it to happen/end up being the thing I should have done after all. So intuition can be stronger in some people than others I think, but that's different in my opinion than really being psychic about other people's lives!

Patience, what a sweet thing to say, thank you!!! Honestly, I'm just so relaxed about it anymore because I'm cynical that it's ever going to happen/I just don't really think that it will. I'm a very optimistic person but not when it comes to my health, then I tend to be completely paranoid and pessimistic! This is one time that being all "whatever, it won't happen anyways" has actually helped me though, as not obsessing over it and being more relaxed about it has made me actually happier with life right now! Go figure. I don't have any appointments again until 4/28 when we meet with the RE, so I have some time to just sit back and relax!

Patience, good luck with your hubby today! That's totally a fear I would have with my hubby too. Part of it is my controlling personality, I always want to make sure he'd ask the same questions I would ask, and tell them the same info I would tell them. I hope she doesn't try to talk him into anything and that he comes home with you guys still having the same game plan in place!

Danna, sorry the week is dragging by for you! It's actually going by really quickly for me, I love it!

Not a whole lot going on in my world. CD7 now, just waiting to O. We're going to my grandparent's place at the lake this weekend, I can't wait! I love that place so much but I've only been once now since my grandma passed away. Part of it is because of it being winter but it's also because it's just kind of hard to be there emotionally. But they're moving right along with getting the place cleaned out to get it listed, my aunt is hoping to have it on the market by April. So I definitely want to get down there again and have more time there before it's gone! I'm secretly hoping it won't sell for awhile, so we can have another summer there.

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

I bring up the psychics/mediums because I am a very spiritual person and believe our loved ones who have passed visit us and speak to us through dreams or through someone who is able to communicate with them. I do think there are few real mediums / psychics out there, but that they are out there. So I was told by my granddaddy ( who has been gone for 3 years) that I will have 2 children and that while my hormones are so normal they are slightly slow ( which explains a lot). So I started praying to Abundantia ( Roman goddess of abundance) she also helps with fertility. I thought maybe that it couldn't hurt to share with you ladies, because any extra luck pushed our way can't be bad right?! Anyway, if y'all are interested in how to invoke her just Google it. You do want to leave her an offering like a candle or figs ( she really likes figs). You may all now consider me crazy if you like. I still love all of you. 😘😊