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

[Wtbam]

Mykerby, love the announcement pic! I have one fur baby, a german pointer called Hogan, and he is my best bud. We also used him in our announcement pic (I got engaged on the day of the 12 week scan!)

 

[StephR]

Hi All

Sorry that I haven't posted anything in a long time. I have faithfully been stalking this page as well as many of your journals. My development off of the pill was rather depressing! My cycles kept getting longer and longer... But this month a total miracle happened. I am pregnant! 4 weeks + 2. All is going really well. HCG levels more than doubled in 36 hours.

For the new people that have come along and don't know my story, I was on BCP for close to 10 years. When I stopped in January this year. I had nothing for over 100 days. Since I then my cycles have progressively been getting longer, and longer. With a terribly short L phase. This month I didn't O until CD 33.

This was also the month that I had a whole heap of tests to see if I have any hormonal issues. Which luckily I don't. My OB-GYN, acupuncturist and I had decided that next month I would try clomid to help O. Hoping that would bring my body back to a 30 day cycle.

I have been seeing an acupuncturist since April, have also had traditional Chinese medicine. I would highly recommend them both to anyone trying. As well as these two books.

Fertility Wisdom by Angela C. WU
The Infertility Cure - Randine Lewis

I was very very lucky and got a solid positive on a HCG IC test at 3pm in the afternoon on day 11. I was sitting in Boston airport feeling very nauseous and thought what could be the chances! Our timing had completely been off this month because my husband was away for work. It just goes to show, when your body is ready, it will happen. I know we have a long way to go, before we are safe. Just staying really positive and hoping we are apart of the lucky 80% who have sticky beans.

All the best to everyone! Don't lose hope and faith, it will happen.

 

[twinkie2]

Steph! So glad to see you around again and what wonderful news! Huge congratulations and H&H 9 months to you. Thank you so much for updating all of us on your journey, I hope it can help those still waiting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Please keep us posted on your progress. I hope you don't get awful ms! what great Friday news!

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Congratulations Steph!!

Turtle I totally agree! Boxers are the best! I grew up with GSD and I love them as well, but the boxer is just like no other breed! I love our dog too of course!

 

[Turtle0630]

Wtbam, I love your announcement pic as well! So cute! And congrats on the engagement!

Steph, welcome back! That's great news, congrats!!! So happy for you!

Charlie, you said that perfectly! Boxers really are like no other breed.

Hope everyone is having a good Friday, and hope you all have a great weekend!

 

[Charmed86]

I've got to stop replying from my phone! Grr. Congrats to wtbam on your engagement! & congrats to Steph on your bfp
I'm out AF arrived this am after another temp drop to 36.01c! It's bittersweet, so sad I didn't get a bfp, but actually relieved that the weight loss seems to be helping and my hormones have managed a normal cycle! Will try to temp properly this cycle to see whether I do O for real Actually excited for a second cycle. Have many people paid for FF? I'm thinking of buying the 90 day subscription, it's only £10. Off to weight watchers this am, fingers crossed!

 

[Wtbam]

I paid for FF and found it invaluable. I got the app on my phone so it was easy to upload morning temps!

 

[patienceiav]

Sorry about AF Charmed, but like you say that's a pretty amazing cycle after BCP and with PCOS, i didn't even OV the first month off bcp !

I have paid for FF before, I found it incredibly useful when learning my cycles, symptoms etc, you can compare in charts and graphs month to month to see new symptoms etc so I think it's great in the beginning when you don't know what your body is up to i've been through enough cycles now to know what's normal for an AF cycle and even BFP ones but until you have the experience behind you i think the app is really great I obsessed a lot in my early cycles and it really helped me

 

[patienceiav]

Hubbys SA just came in, all great ! everything was way above average, I thought 80% motility sounded off but apparently anything above 60 is considered normal

Now I know for sure it's all my fault ! Lol but yay for happy hubby swimmers

 

[twinkie2]

Don't think of it that way patience, it's not you, it's probably just some silly simple fix from an imbalance or something, you'll go in and they'll be all oh just try this and bam, pregnant! Glad hubbys swimmers are well though, that's half the battle right there!

 

[CrazyCharlie2]

Yay about your hubby's swimmers!

I'm debating having that conversation with my hubby. I mean I know that right now is my body being a pain and not working correctly but I don't want to get me fixed up and then find out he needs help too but I don't want to make him feel like he's the problem. Lol.

Sorry about AF charmed! I hope things keep heading in the right direction though!

Afm: I've lost 2 lbs as of this morning! I was up to 6lbs lost but I'm battling the whole gaining muscle and losing weight so it goes up then back down again. It's a little irritating lol. I'm just hoping all this hard work helps bc I really just want to bury myself and my ttc sorrows in a bucket of ice cream and pizza lol. ;-)

 

[TexasGirl88]

Hi there! Just joined this site! I was on birth control pills, Necon 0.5, for 5 years and took them continuously (no placebo pills except for 3-4 times a year) so I haven't really been ovulating or having normal periods for 5 years. Just went off the pills July 20 and so far I've had nothing happen except for one day of egg white cervical mucous. All OPKs have been negative but some lines darker than others. No period yet. I'm taking Fertilaid to hopefully work out any hormonal imbalances.. The wait for something to happen is hard!

 

[Turtle0630]

TexasGirl, welcome and good luck! You're absolutely right, the waiting game with ttc is hard! And we always seem to be waiting for something...waiting to O, then waiting to test, etc. I hope it doesn't take long for your cycles to start regulating!

Charlie, congrats on the weight loss! That's great! Hmmm...you mentioned ice cream and now that's all that I want! I might just have to go get a small bowl...

Patience, that's great news about the hubby's swimmers! Yay! Try not to look at it like that though. Like Twinkie said, that's half the battle right there and more than likely they'll see an easy fix for you, like taking this pill or that, and you'll be pregnant in no time!

Charmed, I'm sorry that AF got you. Boo! I just started temping this cycle too, I'm actually pretty excited to see how it goes and to really get a better idea about what all my body is doing! (hopefully anyways!)

Twinkie, I looked at you bump pics in your journal, so cute! I love them!

 

[patienceiav]

That's great news Steph, we always love a bfp story here

Welcome TexasGirl! Hope you'll enjoy your stay with us ask away if you're wondering about anything!

Congrats on the weight loss Charlie it's not easy for sure! I'm trying to get back into the jeans I was wearing a year ago, bloody pear shape, gain everything on bum and thighs and none on boobs

Sigh, today is the day! Working half the day then off to the specialist, don't know why I'm so nervous but my heart is already racing! I think cuz our entire chances of getting and staying pregnant lay with her

 

[mkyerby16]

Best wishes patience! Hope the appt goes well and you get some answers!

 

[patienceiav]

Well, not exactly what I had hoped. She gave me a prescription for baby aspirin because my two chemicals weren't confirmed at the midwife she can't count them towards giving me anything....

She is asking us to go back next month and in the mean time will speak to a colleague who has more experience and ask her opinion, she was considering a 2000 pound series of blood tests but couldn't give me a prescription for progesterone? She also didn't understand what I meant about my right side maybe being blocked since I only conceive when I ov on my left side, think that was a lot in translation since I took it in English..

I'm very upset but not surprised, and at least they're doing something.. not sure I should be taking the progesterone cream but it seems counter productive not to

 

[twinkie2]

Oh patience! sorry that it wasn't what you were wanting. Do you have any idea what her plan is for the next time you go in then? Hoping the baby aspirin is just the ticket though!

 

[mkyerby16]

Ugggh patience I can't believe she can't "count" them, you know what's going on with your body! Plus just the amount of time you've been trying should be enough for action! So sorry. What's the plan now? Maybe just seeing her was enough to scare your eggies to straighten up!

 

[patienceiav]

It seems odd but at least she is going to ask someone "with more expertise in this area" goodness knows what that means but I can only hope she has a solid plan of action when we go back! She can't prescribe the progesterone unless I have more chemicals/mc, it's just mad. The baby aspirin was "very unorthodox" and she felt like she was doing us a huge favour by prescribing it (never mind I've tried it for 2 months already at half the price from the UK lol) I'm just gonna get back on the wagon with my fertilitea but steer clear of the progesterone cream this cycle and just see what the vit b complex can manage on its own there's no chance of us getting preggers this month anyway so seems a shame to waste the expensive cream!

 

[cdex67]

Ugh patience, how incredibly frustrating! I really hope something gives here soon for you :-/

Afm: CD11 today. I started opks today, neg this morning but there was a significant line so maybe a positive soon? That's about it on my end. Oh I've been temping too but my Temps seem to be fluctuating a lot. Hmm..