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Introducing Myself... new and off BCP
Hello Everyone! I am new to The Bump... and to TTC! My husband and I have decided to start trying this summer, so I stopped BCPs after my last period. I have learned such valuable information on this website just from lurking and reading for the past few weeks, so thank you to everyone who posts!
I did not know about temping in time for the middle of my cycle this month... of course, having been on BCP since 2004 I honestly have no idea if or when I will ovulate. But I am excited to start the process! We had sex in the days surrounding and on CD 14, and I think I will take a test this weekend for the first time. Aside from some cramping and not much appetite in the past few days I have no major symptoms to report.
For all you ladies coming off BCP, I would be interested to hear how you felt in the first months... I had some interesting and uncomfortable back pain right around CD14-16 which has never happened before... curious to know if others fresh off a long time on BCP had anything like that?
Thanks again, I look forward to posting with you all in the future! 
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Re: Introducing Myself... new and off BCP
I have heard you get those pains from ovulating... don't quote me on that, I have been on birth control as long as you have and stopped mine on June 1st so I haven't gotten that far into my cycle yet.
Good Luck!
Thanks! I certainly hope that's true. Not that I enjoy backaches but given when we got after it that week that would give us a shot.
Good luck to you as well, keep me posted on the process!
Hopefully you get good news! And welcome!! I am also new to The Bump. DH and I decided to ditch all forms of BC mid-May just before I was set to ovulate. Having my visit from AF this week which was kind of a bummer. We will start actively trying (meaning I'll start charting my BBT and other stuff) in September. I'm hoping it'll happen before then.
But that first month off BC I did have several side effects. My nipples were extremely sensitive and painful. They hurt all the time for over a week. it started about three weeks off of the nuva ring. I've read that's a common side effect when stopping the nuva ring. I also had severe back pain mid-May a day or two after we stopped using condoms. I was hopeful it was ovulation. I'm using an app on my phone called Period Tracker to keep all these notes.
Good Luck TTC!
I just got off bcp the first of may. I had a strange light AF mid may, about 2 weeks later. Then I started to get the worst Pms symptoms for the past 2 weeks. Bloated, sore nipples, headaches, cramps, bad dreams, back pain, dry mouth .. You name it. I actually thought we conceived I was feeling so bad. But then my AF suddenly came tonight. I'm really happy it did because my body has been a mess this past month and. Now I can actually start a true cycle off bcp! Pms symptoms are identical to pregnancy symptoms.
Start by lurking in the TTC board. There are some great ladies with very informative posts! Good luck!
Congrats and good luck. My DH and I are sort of on the same page as you. I stopped BC on April 18 (took out my Nuvaring and did not replace). I had my period that week and haven't had one since. I keep spotting a lot though. I'll spot for 3 days, then nothing for a few days. More days spotting than not. Nothing like in my underwear, I just notice when I go to the bathroom. I'm chalking it up to crazy hormones getting back to normal. I don't think I have ovulated. We are going on a big trip in Sept so I'm going to start temping when we get back. I guess just practicing for now, but who knows what could happen?
Hi there! Good luck getting back on track! I am also hoping that my body rebounds quickly from years on BCP:)