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Trying to conceive/Planned parenthood/Assisted Reproduction Chat thread.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    carlyam2 wrote: »
    right after them glowing reviews on accupuncture im going to look into who is near by me in work (dublin city centre)
    and home (portlaosie) and do a few if it does nothing more than relax me ill be happy.

    A girl I used to work with until recently had acupuncture too. She is now due her baby in early October. She attended someone in the city centre, if you want I can try to get their name from her for you?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    FFS:eek: I know I've been doing the positive thoughts business of late but bloody hell EVERYONE seems to be having a baby.
    Daithi O'Shea and his wife, Gwen Stefani is supposedly pregnant with her 3, Emily Blunt (who I love mostly because of the Devil Wears Prada- silly I know), Halle Berry, annoying Michelle Heaton, bloody Simon Cowell (who'd have ever thought:pac:), and on and on and on.
    I was at a Christening at the weekend too and surrounded by kids which was very hard.................and then came the "when are you two going to give us good news". Telling the inlaws that we both had good news, both had new jobs was funny. Serves them right.
    Silly I know but still gotta get your kicks where you can.
    Period due this week so a little on edge I think.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    I'm only a few weeks off the pill now and i'm amazed at the difference in my mood, and libido! would seriously consider never going on it again, didn't realise how much it had suppressed me. My spark is back! Amazing how casually were expected to do this to our bodies.

    I had a few twinges down below this morning so hopefully thats my ovarys waking up after so many years :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭MastiffMrs


    MastiffMrs wrote: »
    Yes July, maybe i'll hold out a couple more weeks then rather than just waste a test. No haven't used opks yet, presume I'd only start using them after I get my AF, whenever that happens?!

    ETA: got AF this morning but only v small amount & nothing since.is this to be expected on first real AF since the pill?after your 45 day cycle did you have similar experience?

    Anyone any idea of usual first AF after coming off the pill? Did have normal "pill period" a few days after finishing the pack,then nothing for 43 days. Day 44 had small amount of dark red/brown AF, thought it was normal AF returning. But then only tiniest amount of brown spotting & nothing since. Did another hpt 3 days after that & still negative. Was that AF & should I consider this a new cycle or am I still on same cycle & now on day 48?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    MastiffMrs wrote: »
    Anyone any idea of usual first AF after coming off the pill? Did have normal "pill period" a few days after finishing the pack,then nothing for 43 days. Day 44 had small amount of dark red/brown AF, thought it was normal AF returning. But then only tiniest amount of brown spotting & nothing since. Did another hpt 3 days after that & still negative. Was that AF & should I consider this a new cycle or am I still on same cycle & now on day 48?

    I wouldn't class that as a period, but everyone is different....

    I came off the pill and my cycle returned to normal immediately. I have a cycle you can set your watch by, yet we've been trying 3 years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    I wouldn't class that as a period, but everyone is different....

    I came off the pill and my cycle returned to normal immediately. I have a cycle you can set your watch by, yet we've been trying 3 years.

    8 months for us and my cycle was really normal very quickly. I'd been on the pill (Lognyon/Yasmin/Dianette) for 15 years or so.
    My period, while regular, is only 2 days long and is quite light. My acupuncturist thinks that not enough oxygen is in the blood and not enough blood is making its way to my uterus. The treatment he is giving me (have only had 3 sessions so far) is to increase both of these and also to clear away any hint of PCOs there might be, fibroids, etc.
    I've never had any issue with the latter but its a holistic approach and feels really lovely too so I'm not going to say no.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭bobskii


    I'm only a few weeks off the pill now and i'm amazed at the difference in my mood, and libido! would seriously consider never going on it again, didn't realise how much it had suppressed me. My spark is back! Amazing how casually were expected to do this to our bodies.

    I had a few twinges down below this morning so hopefully thats my ovarys waking up after so many years :)

    Isn't it just mad the difference ot makes to your mood coming off contraception!!I can honestly say i will never use a hormone based contraceptive ever agin(if i ever manage to get pregnant that is)

    I'm always sayin to y husband i must have been a complete nightmare to live with whilst i was usin contraception!!Cleverly he never answers :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    So it seems like today is one of those days.
    Got my period this morning which didn't really come as a surprise. It is tougher in some ways this time though because I spent the weekend with my sister in law and her two little girls (2 years old and 3 months). It puts such a longing on you, particularly because the 3 month old is a really chilled out little girl and the 2 year old seems to think I'm the bomb.
    Trying to take the positives out of all of this though is that I have regular periods since coming off the pill which is great.
    I've taking positive steps towards assistance with conception by starting acupuncture and I've had 3 sessions of that. This is my first period since starting so (and this sounds very odd) hopefully this will be a longer heavier one that normal so I'll be able to see that the needles used to improve the blood flow and oxygen levels are helping.
    Also I've had a massive cup of tea and Malteasers bar of chocolate and that was just yum!:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    MastiffMrs wrote: »
    Anyone any idea of usual first AF after coming off the pill? Did have normal "pill period" a few days after finishing the pack,then nothing for 43 days. Day 44 had small amount of dark red/brown AF, thought it was normal AF returning. But then only tiniest amount of brown spotting & nothing since. Did another hpt 3 days after that & still negative. Was that AF & should I consider this a new cycle or am I still on same cycle & now on day 48?

    Mastiff I feel your confusion, I really do. The first 6 months after coming off the pill were such a difficult time looking back. the truth is no-one can answer your question above. you don't really have a cycle that can be compared to the text book ones yet. you won't have one for a while maybe, so you just have to be patient and take it as it comes. One thing you can do is buy a big box of cheapie opks on inhealth.ie and then start using one every single morning. That was how I realised that I didn't ovulate for the first 6 months (I'm sure that won't happen to you though!) if you see any kind of a second line on the opk at all, that's a really positive sign.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    My period, while regular, is only 2 days long and is quite light. My acupuncturist thinks that not enough oxygen is in the blood and not enough blood is making its way to my uterus. QUOTE]

    My acupuncturist said something similar to me: that a ''healthy'' period is one that lasts at least 5 days, with good strong flow for the first few days, and bright red blood throughout.

    During my first 6 months off the pill while my cycle was sorting itself out, I had a lot of brown blood and clots, but now I have bright red blood for 5-7 days and flow isn't a problem unfortunately! ;o)

    Funny how we're all different....but we have one thing in common - no babas as of yet! Here's wishing us all luck for the next cycle girls :-)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    Lucuma wrote: »
    My period, while regular, is only 2 days long and is quite light. My acupuncturist thinks that not enough oxygen is in the blood and not enough blood is making its way to my uterus. QUOTE]

    My acupuncturist said something similar to me: that a ''healthy'' period is one that lasts at least 5 days, with good strong flow for the first few days, and bright red blood throughout.

    During my first 6 months off the pill while my cycle was sorting itself out, I had a lot of brown blood and clots, but now I have bright red blood for 5-7 days and flow isn't a problem unfortunately! ;o)

    Funny how we're all different....but we have one thing in common - no babas as of yet! Here's wishing us all luck for the next cycle girls :-)

    Mine this month was still short enough (3ish days instead of 2 so longer already) and the blood was redder so its an improvement.
    I'm quite broody this week. I blame it on where I spent the weekend (Christening, a 2 year old and an almost 3 month old). Last night I went to visit my parents and was playing with their new kittens and thought about bringing one of them home with me so I'd have something to play with:eek::o
    Didn't, the kittens have it made in my parents house, so spoiled with cuddles and a lovely garden to play with and sardines if they're having a tough day:rolleyes: They'd hate to live with me after their 5 star life there.

    I'm all set to have 3 cycles of acupuncture (i.e. over 3 months) for some reason and I'm going to get quite a land if I'm not delighted with a BFP after that. I don't know why I decide some of these things in my head. I think its coming up to a year since I came off the pill and I was so sure that it would just happen straight away for us. :o
    The papers have been reporting on two very sad stories this week about two little boys who were treated horrifically by their mothers (and step parents) and died and I was so upset after reading them. I would be anyway, you'd have to be made of stone not to be moved but you just think about yourself and all the rest of us here who'd so love to have a baby and these people were so careless with their children.
    Anyhow, just gotta keep on going.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭stickybean


    Read those reports, they weer heart breaking, how anyone could mistreat another person, let alone a young child.

    Can anyone recommend an acupuncturist in Dublin (North)?

    I just got a positive OPK, so i'll be busy tonight - Lol!!! Day 12, looks like the chlomid worked this month, also loads of EWCM (TMI, sorry :o)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    stickybean wrote: »
    Read those reports, they weer heart breaking, how anyone could mistreat another person, let alone a young child.

    Can anyone recommend an acupuncturist in Dublin (North)?

    I just got a positive OPK, so i'll be busy tonight - Lol!!! Day 12, looks like the chlomid worked this month, also loads of EWCM (TMI, sorry :o)

    I go to the Oriental Medicine Clinic in Lucan and am very happy with it.

    http://www.orientalmedicine.ie/abouttheclinic.htm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭stickybean


    I am TERRIFIED on needles, so honestly, how bad it is? Trying to work out if I would be able for it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    stickybean wrote: »
    I am TERRIFIED on needles, so honestly, how bad it is? Trying to work out if I would be able for it

    Its fine, honestly. It so very different to having an injection or blood drawn. The needle hardly goes into the skin at all and as there is no blood draw you don't have anything other than the needle there, no huge big plastic tubing or anything like that.
    The needles are inserted and you don't feel them. Then they are swiveled a little, really just a little to tingle the chakras or energy lines or whatever it is they're meant to awaken. Then once thats happened (takes a second or two) thats it. You lie back and enjoy the music and relax. I usually have a little nap.:o
    I find I'm buzzing after the treatment.
    The guy I go to is really really lovely and if you decide to try his clinic just explain how you are about needles and he'll take it from there. I find that if I know what someone is doing and why they're doing it I'm much happier with the situation, even if its one that I don't necessarily like.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    stickybean wrote: »
    I just got a positive OPK, so i'll be busy tonight - Lol!!! Day 12, looks like the chlomid worked this month, also loads of EWCM (TMI, sorry :o)

    I'm in the same boat Stickeybean, first faint line on the opk this morning. Day 8. Hubby doesn't know it yet but tonight's his lucky night :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    Almighty ovulation pains and plenty of CM today... lucky night for OH is right!! ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭zoviea


    Hi my husband and I are TTC for 4 years now even though we conceived quickly and naturally with our other children it is just not happening this time:( We had all the tests done and thank God I am fine but poor husband has seman antibodies which is the reason we are not conceiving and we were told IVF was our only option. We are not willing to give up and are trying fertilaid for men. After just i month on it seman antibodies went down 1%..I know not a lot but still something;) Id love to hear from people with seman antibodies as I dont know of any stories about people with this problem...You advice would be great or if anyone tried fertilaid?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭stickybean


    Looks like its a BUSY weekend all around :pac::pac::pac::pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭stickybean


    I'm officially in the 2ww (two week wait). This is the part I hate, the what if's the will I have a drink of not, just to be on the safe side. The first 14 days fly by, but the last 14 drag.

    I got 2 full days of OPK's this month, from day 12. So we managed to get loads of the good stuff in :p

    For the first time I notice my CM almost completely stopped after ovulation. Not sure whether I was being overly sensitive this month, but I could feel pains on Saturday for about 2 hours all down my left side. They were sharp crammpy pains in short bursts. Then I felt fine. Did the deed once more for good luck :)


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    stickybean wrote: »
    I'm officially in the 2ww (two week wait). This is the part I hate, the what if's the will I have a drink of not, just to be on the safe side. The first 14 days fly by, but the last 14 drag.

    I got 2 full days of OPK's this month, from day 12. So we managed to get loads of the good stuff in :p

    For the first time I notice my CM almost completely stopped after ovulation. Not sure whether I was being overly sensitive this month, but I could feel pains on Saturday for about 2 hours all down my left side. They were sharp crammpy pains in short bursts. Then I felt fine. Did the deed once more for good luck :)

    The two weekends of my lucky cycle 2ww I got horribly hungover which is unlike me. We had family functions to attend and I was just sick of being good with my diet and moderate drinking so let loose and had more than I usually would. I *may* have still been slightly hungover when I POAS. :DBesides, I think its something like 8 weeks pregnant before you can pass any alcohol through to the baby, so if you feel like having a drink or ten, do! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    I'm bowing out of this thread for now, OH and I had a talk at the weekend and decided that we need to postpone TTC for a few reasons, primarily financial. I'm dissappointed obviously but it makes sense. Going to use these months to try and get my full license and get my weight under control. One thing that cheers me is that I started ovulating very quickly after coming off the pill, so that's encouraging. Hopefully I'll be back sometime next year. Best of luck on your TTc journey ladies xx


  • Registered Users Posts: 12 countrychick


    Hi
    Just looking for some advice. We had been trying to conceive for over 2 years we have had a lot of stress during that time with family sickness, so over the last six months we have been trying to develop healthier lifestyles manage stress etc.
    Unfortunately we still haven't managed to concieve. I am just wondering about the next step, I suppose its best to start with the g.p? Im just wondering what they do there for you in the gp and whether you need certain tests done before you would be recommend to a fertility clinic?
    Im completely new to all this and like everybody else here just thought pregnancy would happen without thinking too much about it


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Hi
    Just looking for some advice. We had been trying to conceive for over 2 years we have had a lot of stress during that time with family sickness, so over the last six months we have been trying to develop healthier lifestyles manage stress etc.
    Unfortunately we still haven't managed to concieve. I am just wondering about the next step, I suppose its best to start with the g.p? Im just wondering what they do there for you in the gp and whether you need certain tests done before you would be recommend to a fertility clinic?
    Im completely new to all this and like everybody else here just thought pregnancy would happen without thinking too much about it

    I'm assuming you have been tracking your cycle and using ovulation predictor kits/tests to maximise your chances? then if so, yep, your next step is your GP for a fertility referral and inital blood tests. You have to give a sample twice in your cycle - pre ovulation and post ovulation, normally called day3 & day21 bloods. (the days can vary depending on your cycle, but thats a common name given for them) Aim to have your first visit between days 3-7 of your cycle, and you can arrange your next appointment from there.

    Prior to the fertility consultation, you may need those bloods repeated, and your partner will need to do blood tests too, but you'll get a letter detailing all of that.

    This is a long thread, but if you do an advanced search of posts by my username in it and read it in date order, you'll get a summary of my experience of the above, and details of all my appointments and tests/procedures that were done.

    Best of luck.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12 countrychick


    Thanks very much neyite I'll have a look at those posts.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    It comes around so fast doesn't it, its the week that my Pink Pad sends me an SMS every day to let me know that the flowers are blooming. :D

    Luckily myself and my husband are very loved up these days (as opposed to the times when life is very stressful and we can't stand the sight of each other) so hopefully this will be the week for us!!

    Really hope so. We've had a lot of exposure to babies recently, his sister (who was meant to have difficulty conceiving) has had her youngests Christening (2 girls, 2 yo and 3 months), his cousin with her 2 boys visited, his other cousin's wife recently had a baby, another has a 6 month old, friends are coming close to their due date and everywhere you look someone seems to be having or just had a baby. :(:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 12 countrychick


    It comes around so fast doesn't it, its the week that my Pink Pad sends me an SMS every day to let me know that the flowers are blooming. :D

    Luckily myself and my husband are very loved up these days (as opposed to the times when life is very stressful and we can't stand the sight of each other) so hopefully this will be the week for us!!

    Really hope so. We've had a lot of exposure to babies recently, his sister (who was meant to have difficulty conceiving) has had her youngests Christening (2 girls, 2 yo and 3 months), his cousin with her 2 boys visited, his other cousin's wife recently had a baby, another has a 6 month old, friends are coming close to their due date and everywhere you look someone seems to be having or just had a baby. :(:)

    It can seem like babies/ pregnant women are everywhere when its the thing you want the most. I sometimes have to avoid certain friends for awhile because its very hard to be around all the little ones.
    Keep positive thoughts though maybe this is the month for you, enjoy it and focus on you and your partner and what ye have together.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    It can seem like babies/ pregnant women are everywhere when its the thing you want the most. I sometimes have to avoid certain friends for awhile because its very hard to be around all the little ones.
    Keep positive thoughts though maybe this is the month for you, enjoy it and focus on you and your partner and what ye have together.

    You're right. We are very lucky in having each other and we have a lot more by having that than many other people ever get. Oddly enough it does help too that this is something we both want badly. I can but think that it must be 100 times harder if only one partner wants it and the other is only going along for an easy life.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    zoviea wrote: »
    Hi my husband and I are TTC for 4 years now even though we conceived quickly and naturally with our other children it is just not happening this time:( We had all the tests done and thank God I am fine but poor husband has seman antibodies which is the reason we are not conceiving and we were told IVF was our only option. We are not willing to give up and are trying fertilaid for men. After just i month on it seman antibodies went down 1%..I know not a lot but still something;) Id love to hear from people with seman antibodies as I dont know of any stories about people with this problem...You advice would be great or if anyone tried fertilaid?

    Hi Zoviea, just wondering how your husband found out that he has semen antibodies? My hubby has just had his sperm checked and the results came back bad :-( He said that giving the sample is quite tricky though and due to this the first part of his sample was lost. His sperm count which should be 20 or higher, came back as only 3 which seems hard to believe as he has a kid from a previous relationship. His motility it said on the results sheet should be greater than 50, but in my book The Fertility Code it says it only needs to be greater than 40, his was 41. And then morphology is meant to be 4 or higher, his was 3. Overall we're both really shocked and upset by the results, he's taking a daily vitamin tablet now especially for male fertility - maybe it's quite similar to Fertilaid is that a vitamin? He's getting retested again in 6 weeks time. I am curious about the semen antibodies as I think these can be a reason for low sperm count? You should buy the book the Fertility Code, he has a big section about semen antibodies and their causes, and ways to get rid of them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Hi guys! Me and OHs first time TTC, neither of us have any children and I've never been pregnant.

    Very, very excited, but I'm not holding my breath as I am after coming off the pill after being on it 11 years. I was wondering would it be worth my while investing in an ovulation kit to see when I start returning to normal? And if so, how much should I expect to spend and are any better than others?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    I'm bowing out of this thread for now, OH and I had a talk at the weekend and decided that we need to postpone TTC for a few reasons, primarily financial. I'm dissappointed obviously but it makes sense. Going to use these months to try and get my full license and get my weight under control. One thing that cheers me is that I started ovulating very quickly after coming off the pill, so that's encouraging. Hopefully I'll be back sometime next year. Best of luck on your TTc journey ladies xx

    Just a quick update... we had been a bit down after our decision to pause things again, and after spending a weekend with our baby niece we got 'the longing' strong as ever! So now we're not trying, but not preventing, and whatever happens happens :) Feel better already just getting my cycles back on track!
    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Hi guys! Me and OHs first time TTC, neither of us have any children and I've never been pregnant.

    Very, very excited, but I'm not holding my breath as I am after coming off the pill after being on it 11 years. I was wondering would it be worth my while investing in an ovulation kit to see when I start returning to normal? And if so, how much should I expect to spend and are any better than others?

    Congratulations, we're prett much in the same boat so! Is age a factor? If not, I'd suggest just looking for your bodys natural signs at first. My first ovulation was unmistakable as I had some serious ovulation pains, as well as plenty of CM (sorry if TMI!) I'd only start getting kits if there was no sign tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Just a quick update... we had been a bit down after our decision to pause things again, and after spending a weekend with our baby niece we got 'the longing' strong as ever! So now we're not trying, but not preventing, and whatever happens happens :) Feel better already just getting my cycles back on track!



    Congratulations, we're prett much in the same boat so! Is age a factor? If not, I'd suggest just looking for your bodys natural signs at first. My first ovulation was unmistakable as I had some serious ovulation pains, as well as plenty of CM (sorry if TMI!) I'd only start getting kits if there was no sign tbh.

    It's not so much a factor as a personal preference. My partner wants our first before he turns 30 and he will be 28 this year. I'm 26 and currently getting checked for endo so it seems like a good chance to start


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Hi guys! Me and OHs first time TTC, neither of us have any children and I've never been pregnant.

    Very, very excited, but I'm not holding my breath as I am after coming off the pill after being on it 11 years. I was wondering would it be worth my while investing in an ovulation kit to see when I start returning to normal? And if so, how much should I expect to spend and are any better than others?

    Hi, I came off the Pill at the end of December after being on it for 14/15 years. My cycle was regular quickly and so I (foolishly) assumed that I'd get pregnant super quick. Patience is not one of my virtues.
    Now we're 9 months on and still TTC. I bought the ovulation kits, a pregnancy tests on Amazon and drove myself demented peeing on sticks morning and night. After 6 months I just had to stop with it.
    We went away on holidays, relaxed, destressed quite a bit of our lives, I've started acupuncture and I've been feeling way more positive about things since.
    Go with things as they are for now would be my advice (FWIW) and don't stress too much about kits and tests.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭carolinespring


    We didn't get lucky again last month and having had a bug on holidays this month ( hard to feel romantic when hovering over the loo with a bin in your hands :):) so would pretty much say we are out again this month.

    11 odd years is a long time to wait for our baby :( Feel a bit crap yesterday as everyplace we went was full of happy smiling families.

    I don't post here often anymore so I would love to see a thread for us long timers and a number of us are around...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    Sorry to hear that caroline. I think a long-term ttc-ers thread would be a great idea actually, I know newbies like me must barge in all the time, not realising that there are others trying years :o You could start one and see how it goes?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Was just curious - if you managed to get pregnant literally coming off the pill, would you still get your withdrawal bleed?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Was just curious - if you managed to get pregnant literally coming off the pill, would you still get your withdrawal bleed?

    You mean in the few days between stopping and the withdrawal bleed? I'd say it's highly unlikely to be enough time to get pg but could be wrong! :) But if you did, I dont think you'd get a withdrawal bleed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    You mean in the few days between stopping and the withdrawal bleed? I'd say it's highly unlikely to be enough time to get pg but could be wrong! :) But if you did, I dont think you'd get a withdrawal bleed.

    Yeah I thought as much, the sudden travel sickness, aversion to ketchup and paper smells like apples. Not sure what is going on!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Yeah I thought as much, the sudden travel sickness, aversion to ketchup and paper smells like apples. Not sure what is going on!

    I think everyone on this thread thought they were pregnant during the first week or first few weeks off the pill. I think every woman thinks that stuff. Oh if only it were that easy!! :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Lucuma wrote: »
    I think everyone on this thread thought they were pregnant during the first week or first few weeks off the pill. I think every woman thinks that stuff. Oh if only it were that easy!! :-)

    If only indeed!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Yeah I thought as much, the sudden travel sickness, aversion to ketchup and paper smells like apples. Not sure what is going on!

    Oh wow, maybe you have been lucky after all! Though I'm incnlined to think its possibly just coming off the pill making you feel like that, I still have all my fingers crossed for you :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Oh wow, maybe you have been lucky after all! Though I'm incnlined to think its possibly just coming off the pill making you feel like that, I still have all my fingers crossed for you :D

    Unfortunately not, but I've read they are also signs of ovulation or at the least the body regulating hormones, so we're just gonna put gravy in the slow cooker every day and hope for the best :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Hey I'm going annon for this as i few people know I'm on boards.

    We are just started TTC and the last 10 days for been an emotional roller-coaster!

    How do ye cope with the wait from ovulation to your period being due? I'm due next Friday but have had sore boobs since last week, my boobs have hurt in the past but only for a day not 5 days straight so I have convinced myself that I'm pregnant.

    My OH is trying to keep me grounded and reminding me of the possibilities etc but I could't help it and have started to get excited.
    took a test this morning which is negative, I will test again the the weekend if I'm late, but have decided not to test till them as my emotions are all over the place.

    how do you cope with the waiting?
    do you still have the odd glass of wine? (had a glass at dinner the other night but the guilt I felt after....)
    do you only test on a certain day?


  • Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Hey I'm going annon for this as i few people know I'm on boards.

    We are just started TTC and the last 10 days for been an emotional roller-coaster!

    How do ye cope with the wait from ovulation to your period being due? I'm due next Friday but have had sore boobs since last week, my boobs have hurt in the past but only for a day not 5 days straight so I have convinced myself that I'm pregnant.

    My OH is trying to keep me grounded and reminding me of the possibilities etc but I could't help it and have started to get excited.
    took a test this morning which is negative, I will test again the the weekend if I'm late, but have decided not to test till them as my emotions are all over the place.

    how do you cope with the waiting?
    do you still have the odd glass of wine? (had a glass at dinner the other night but the guilt I felt after....)
    do you only test on a certain day?

    Exciting times isnt it? For sure have a drink. I think you are ok until you are a few weeks pregnant (7??) as the embryo is getting nutrition from the sac and not mammy yet.

    Test on the day your period is due. But you do have to calm down. :) PMT symptoms are pretty identical to pregnancy symptoms so do try not to get your hopes up too much. TTC can get stressful very quickly, so make sure you both try to keep the stress levels to a minimum.

    Good luck.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 broody_kitten


    Good advice Neyite. My strategy for the next while is to have no strategy :P All I'm doing is coming off the pill, eating well and getting down to business when we're in the mood. No timing, no temping, and no pregnancy tests unless I'm well and truly late! If still nothing by next year, then we'll go down that road. It can be hard not to obsess but defo worth it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Good advice Neyite. My strategy for the next while is to have no strategy :P All I'm doing is coming off the pill, eating well and getting down to business when we're in the mood. No timing, no temping, and no pregnancy tests unless I'm well and truly late! If still nothing by next year, then we'll go down that road. It can be hard not to obsess but defo worth it!

    We're doing exactly the same! OH and I usually "stir the slow-cooker" (as he likes to call it) every day anyway, so we've not had to change our routine at all! Had the return of discharge this morning, hopeful that it means things are regulating quickly!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 mok86


    just wondering what are the waiting times for a gnae in tralee. have been ttc for well over a year now with no luck! didnt think it would be this hard as i concieved straight away with my 4year old. also my menstrual cycles have been irregular. did bloods with doc and oestrogen was low said i could have pcos wants to refer me to a gnae and for ultrasound. just wondering if anyone had any idea what are the waiting times are for going public. getting fed up now just want to know for sure what is wrong. thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭TomeeTipee


    Yesterday was one of those days for me. Got AF and found that that one of my sisters is pregnant. Apparently she got pregnant the first month of trying!! Delighted as I am for her, it brings it all home for me that after over 3 years of trying, it just might not happen for us.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 mok86


    TomeeTipee wrote: »
    Yesterday was one of those days for me. Got AF and found that that one of my sisters is pregnant. Apparently she got pregnant the first month of trying!! Delighted as I am for her, it brings it all home for me that after over 3 years of trying, it just might not happen for us.


    so sorry to hear how you are feeling at the moment. we have not been ttc for as long as ye but its been over a year now. i know how it feels two people close to me told me a few months back that they were expecting and just a day apart! its so hard to stop the tears as they tell you their happy news. and then to be asked if i would like another i already have been blessed with a 4 year old but its still heartbreaking. i have finally stopped putting off things and went to see doc and she suspects pcos waiting to be called for ultrasound now. i know you feel awful and exhausted right now but dont give up just yet. its hard to hold on hope month after month but keep going its ok to get upset it isnt fair but you have to have belief it will happen. have you seen a doc or gynae? hope you are feeling a bit bettern


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Lucuma


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    We're doing exactly the same! OH and I usually "stir the slow-cooker" (as he likes to call it) every day anyway, so we've not had to change our routine at all! Had the return of discharge this morning, hopeful that it means things are regulating quickly!

    That is a new one....! I don't really get it but I presume you mean dtd - do the deed! :-) return of discharge is good, ESP when you start getting the see through slippery stuff


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