TTC just off the pill buddies

[squeal]

Yeah, apparently you're meant to be most fertile after coming off it, I don't know for how long though. AF is still taking it's time to properly get here all I keep getting is brown stuff every now and then, do I not class it as CD1 until I actually see properly flowing blood? x

 

[mothercabbage]

Yeah, apparently you're meant to be most fertile after coming off it, I don't know for how long though. AF is still taking it's time to properly get here all I keep getting is brown stuff every now and then, do I not class it as CD1 until I actually see properly flowing blood? x

I have no idea when you would count from. i think id go from the 1st day i saw anything mildly brown/red,which is prob wrong but at least your getting something...i have nothing, no sign AT ALL of AF!!, i can remember when i was waiting to TTC and taking BC and oh boy did i know if i took a pill late!!! mother of all AF!!!!! so y is she taking the pee pee with me now????

 

[babycakes1982]

Hi Girls!

Well this has been a very busy wee thread! I don't think I can keep up with you all!!! lol

I got a +opk today CD19 and dull achey back (had to pee alot 2day too!). So I'm hoping I'm O'ving as we speak. But dunno as I don't have EWCM yet but I am .... ahem v.wet down below. Goin to when OH gets home

Welcome mothercabbage and purpledragon

Cerena I 'm glad your back!!!! yay!

Jax glad AF has arrived.

Speak to you all soon.


xxxxx

 

[squeal]

Still no AF for me and now the brown CM has gone. I'm definitely not PG as two tests have been BFN. I want to get on with my next cycle now, I'm getting annoyed.

 

[cerena]

5DPO according to FF and I've had dull achey cramps and a plunge in temp (35.5c or 95.9f), not sure what that means but anyway, fingers crossed, I know I'll be monitoring every twinge and tingle over the next week!!

 

[mothercabbage]

Still no AF for me am gettin worried....is this normal for it to take a while to come bak after stoppin BC? its been a week now....usually only takes 2 days?!!

 

[cerena]

Mines came 2 weeks after stopping the pill, I'm assuming I ovulated immediately after stopping it but who knows........
I will need to wait till the end of this cycle to make an informed evaluation!

 

[mothercabbage]

Well today and yesterday ive been getting pains on the left((assuming overies)) does this mean i am O? i was told it was better to have the withdrawal bleed n count 14 days from then.then TTC. is any1 else on ere still awaiting their withdrawal bleed from stoppin the pill?

 

[Caroline:-)]

Yeah, apparently you're meant to be most fertile after coming off it, I don't know for how long though. AF is still taking it's time to properly get here all I keep getting is brown stuff every now and then, do I not class it as CD1 until I actually see properly flowing blood? x

You should count CD1 as the day you first have full flow/a proper period... not spotting, etc...

According to Zita West (fertility expert) fertility is likely to be high for a few months after stopping the pill... but, the bit that scares me is that she says it can then dip for a year or more!!! So having come off bcp in the middle of July, I'll be panicking if I'm not pregnant by the begining of next month!!!! eeeekkkk...

Hi purpledragon
Oooh, fingers crossed for you cerena
Hope AF arrives soon squal and mothercabbage
babycakes - get BD-ing then!!!!


I'm still waiting for O... no sign of it yet... I'm only CD 11, but that's when I O'd last cycle... but I'm sure it'll just be a bit later this cycle then... BUT, getting into the BD-ing anyway... not taking any chances this time after the stupid confusion over FF changing my O date last cycle and me pretty much missing the actual time!!!

 

[purpledragon]

very strange. On CD25, when I was expecting AF my boobs suddenly got extremly painful. Totally different to the O pain. But then last night on CD31 I got spotting. Woke up this morn and now have AF and no soreness in boobs at all. Disapointed of course, but what can you do but try again.

 

[Vivienne]

HI ladies I'm usually on over 35 forum but I also have just come off the pill a month ago (mid August) so I hope I can be in both? Maybe get a buddy??

I thought it would take time for everything to "get up to speed" but I have just got my period 28 days after my last and I ov'd on the 14th/15th CD so everything seems to be on track. The only problem seems to be that I have reverted to the periods I had when I was 16 (TMI) VERY heavy flow, tampons and pads! GAH!

I find BnB to be the best forum ever, with everyone being so supportive!!!!!

 

[cerena]

OK it's only my first cycle off the pill and already I'm turning into a crazed symptom geek!

Since yesterday I've had a dull ache radiating through my lower abdomen and lower back, more towards my back - it's constant but then lo and behold when I went to the bathroom earlier, I had EWCM! Eh?!
Starting to wonder if maybe I didn't ovulate on CD15 and I'm only doing so now.......but then again I've googled it all, as you do and EWCM is fairly common even after ovulation due to the presence of estrogen

I have no idea. Might as well DTD tonight just in case! Temp very low this morning (35.7c) I'll be watching with interest what it does over the next few days..........

AF due around the 27th eeeek

PS hi Vivienne! I'll be your cycle buddie

 

[mothercabbage]

morning all :wave: i got this morn, real flow not just messy sticky stuff! (TMI) sorry.
welcome Viviene ...when are you O? i think im around 2nd Oct..
Hi Cerena im just having 1st cycle after BC..maybe we can all buddy up?...baby dust to all xx

 

[cerena]

Yes let's be buddies
Anyone having any 'symptoms'?

Don't you just wish you knew the date you ovulated or are going to ovulate aaaarh, would make all this business a lot easier!

 

[mothercabbage]

Yes let's be buddies
Anyone having any 'symptoms'?

Don't you just wish you knew the date you ovulated or are going to ovulate aaaarh, would make all this business a lot easier!

im not quite sure of the symptoms, i was VERY lucky with LO #2 i counted 14 days after AF showed up...DTD and got BFP!!! dont think it will be so easy this time...so please can you tell me a few symptoms of O.......When are you O (roughly) cerena?
and x

 

[cerena]

I have absolutely no idea when I ovulated/if I ovulated yet. My temps are all over the place (there is a link to my chart in my sig)

I got a OPK+ on but no temp rise (then again, I've not been sleeping well and wake up at different times so haven't been consistent)
So I overrode the ovulation detector method on FF and am going by my OPK result which after getting a positive test on the 10th, 11th and 12th tells me I ovulated on the 12th (CD15)
However, today and yesterday I've had constant cramps in my tummy and lower back plus EWCM so I don't know if that was a false alarm and I'm actually ovulating now? Wish I knew
It's too early for AF so can only be ovulation or pregnancy **scratched head**

Last month when I stopped my pill and thought I ovulated it was more of an acute twingey pain on one side, now it's radiating all over

 

[mothercabbage]

well hopefully is pregnancy that your getting symptoms for...ive just made a ticker for my cycle and im in the TTW now that ive read about.., im not too disappointed though as i thought it would take months for AF to come bk after stopping BC!!...fingers crossed ((tightly)) for your BFP...when will you be able to test??

 

[cerena]

Mmm ticker says a week today, that's IF I ovulated when FF thinks I did though personally I have my doubts. Wish the symptoms for pregnancy, AF and ovulation weren't all the bloody same, it's so cruel!

just been checking my 'symptoms' on FF - it let's you know what % of pregnant ladies had the same at a particular DPO - so I entered mine (6) and here's what I got

EWCM - 84% (wow, high!)
Backache - 50%
Cramps - 60%
Sleep deprived - 57%
Decreased appetite - 51%
Headache - 54%
Skin breakout - 54%
Bloating - 60%
Gassy - 62%

It would just be too good to be true 1st try

My mood is all over the place and I've been feeling pretty low recently, might be because of my insomnia though, I think I slept for about 1 hour last night

 

[mothercabbage]

sounds like pregnancy too doesnt it...so confusing!!!
i think i sorted my ticker for O...i think we at different points of cycle but at least we can try to keep each other sane!!

 

[Caroline:-)]

Hi Viviene

Aaaaw, sorry got you purpledragon and mothercabbage, but PMA for next cycle!!!

I know, it is just too too confusing working out when you ovulate!!! lol... Cerena, I had a similar thing last cycle... I had positive OPK's on CD's 6 & 7, a big temp dip on CD 7, and then rise from CD 8... A few days later FF put in solid blue crosshairs so it was clearly convinced as was I that I had O'd... But then, right towards the end of my cycle FF suddenly changed it's mind one day and decided I'd O'd on CD 11!!!! Now my OPK on CD 10 had been more-or-less positive... I couldn't decide whether it was pos or not... but then I had (sorry tmi) 1 big load of ewcm. I don't really get much in the way of cm to really be able to tell to much by that, and same as you I thought it was just that you can get a bit after... and I wrote off the opk as neg as I was convinced I'd already O'd... I recorded my opk as neg on FF and didn't note the ewcm as it had been dry rest of the day... but even with just my temps FF was sure enough to change my O date... so I figure it must be right!!!! I guess really the thing to do is use FF as a guide, but don't flat out believe it... I kinda missed BD-ing at the best times because I was so convinced that I'd already O'd... Just had a look at your chart too Cerena, and FF doesn't seem totally sure when you O'd either as the crosshairs are dotted not solid...