TTC after the pill

kdhuling

My husband and I decided to start trying for our first. I finished my pack around 8/8 then mentally started to try and calculate my last AF and realize I hadn't had one since June. So I have no idea where my body is cycle wise and just recently got a bit of cramping but nothing more. Anyone else have this issue? It's making me crazy. We have been BD'ing at least every other night to be safe since I have no clue when I might ovulate. Anyone else deal with this? I mean don't get me wrong this whole trying thing is fun so I'm not complaining, it would just be nice to know where I'm at cycle wise.

PunkyBooster

Just keep up the every other night thing until you get a period. Then you can try to start tracking a little better.

pmarie33

It would have been easier for you to stop the pill while on your period, not in the middle of your cycle.  Your hormones are freaking out right now.  It will soon figure itself out.  

On another note, if you were on bcp and your last period was in June, doesn't that draw a red flag?  Have you taken a test?

kdhuling

I never got my period on my placebo pills just a bit of random spotting throughout the month, but that last time that even happened was June. The pill was more for my crazy PMS symptoms and less for BC we still used condoms(my husband was crazy paranoid we would still get pregnant on the pill alone). I have tested so I know I'm not pregnant. I'll just have to wait it out and see. The suspense is killing me though haha.

kdhuling

Oh and I did finish out my entire BC pack, I didn't stop part way through.

SMM1986

Good luck! 

I stopped the pill in May, had no AF in June, and got one in July. I'm waiting on this month's (due this week) and I'm really hoping it's on time so I have an idea where I am. 

It can get frustrating! Have you considered taking OPK's daily and temping? You may still be ovulating even if you're not getting a period. 

ngolimento

What kind of BC where you on?  They each affect the body in different ways.  Also, most hormone shifts take roughly 3 months to regulate.

kdhuling

I was on lo loestrin. It was awesome to help lessen my sever pms symptoms, but now that I want my period it's not so helpful. Funny how that works haha. I have considered the ovulation tests and temping but I figured I would give myself a few months to see if I regulate first. We are BD'ing at least every other day just to make sure we don't miss our window when I do ovulate. I hope it doesn't take three months but hey such is life.

SMM1986

I'm also holding off on the opks and temping. Hoping I can Get it done without it, it seems very stressful.

kdhuling

I've been hearing that more and more often, I never realized how much BC messed up cycles after you went off it. I was only on it for about 5 months, if I'd know we were going to start TTC I wouldn't have started it.

kdhuling

Smm1986 that's exactly how I feel about it. It seems like a lot of work and stressful, I've also heard it makes BD feel more like a chore. I dunno though. I'm going to give it a go on my own for a few months first.

SMM1986

Same here.
I talked to my OB/GYN last night (I had a scheduled checkup) and he told me not to go crazy, just do what we always do. He said I never had to try to get pregnant before and I won't have to try this time. It was very reassuring

kdhuling

That's a good point I might have to start just for sanity. I'm having some either PMS or early pregnancy symptoms not I'm not entirely sure so I guess we'll see, if I get my period that's good because at least I'll know where I'm at and can start charting from there. Or if I'm pregnant even better.

BehbehShreevie

I'm in a similar boat!  Thank goodness, someone who was on the same BCP--I was freaking a bit.

I, too, stopped by last pack of Lo-Loestrin about...3 weeks ago now, I've been on it for almost 2 years.  I did stop it once in December of 2012 because I wanted to give myself a cycle--I don't know--wanted to make sure everything was still working---and I got AF within a week. 

This time around, still nothing!  I wouldn't say we're TTC, but we aren't preventing it, if you catch my drift.  Stopped taking the pill the last week of July.

Been taking tests a few times the past 2 weeks, all negative(because I'm OCD and totally obsessed).  Two days ago started to get some twinges in my ovary area, some cramping (though, not like the usual AF coming cramping, which I feel is odd), sore boobs--so I assume AF is packed and on the way...?  Really high CP.  Negative test yesterday, so--I'm hoping that's what going on.

 

 

 

jlbeanza

Hi there! To share my story here, I stopped BC in early August last year, and didn't get a period. I finally went to my doctor in late November, and she said that since it had been three months, she was prescribing a pill to "jump-start" my cycle. I took it (sorry, don't' remember what it was), got a period in early December, and conceived my daughter right on or around Christmas. 

I was freaking out before that, worried that BC had made me infertile somehow (I had been on it for over 10 years), so it really helped to talk to the doctor about it.  It worked for me! We had been testing/trying before that, but I kinda wish I hadn't worried so much, because it made TTC much more stressful on my husband and me.  My advice would be to not be super aggressive about TTC until you get a cycle, otherwise you're setting yourself up for a lot of heartbreak every time you see a negative HPT. As my sister advised, before that happens, don't drink to much, eat well, and if it happens before that first cycle, great!  After AF returns you can start the aggressive tactics.  I'm still BFing now and would like to conceive again this fall (no AF yet), but I've resolved not to worry too much like last time. Just my two cents!

luvmybundle

i was initially on lo oestrin then switched back to ortho tri cylen lo. i've been on bcp since before i was even sexually active due to endo/fibroids.  i can't relate to not having reg cycles once off the pills though because they always come 26 days. stupid me didn't refill my script and ended up preggo the next month. i guess you just have to give your hormones time to correct themselves.  i thought it would take a while for my body to regulate itself since i had been on bcp since the age of 18 and i'm now 30. good luck.

SarahErdWill