Just of BCP pills...

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Registered: 05-18-2003
Just of BCP pills...
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Fri, 08-01-2003 - 7:47pm
Thanks for reading this!

I went of birth controls in June and I'm now on day 34 of my cycle. I don't know how long my cycles should be, because I've been on bcp's for so long, but I'm assuming if I was going to get my period, I would have already. My husband and I have been ttc this month. So I've been having some strange cramping in my lower abdomen, almost like someone's fingers are on my tummy and they are pressing them one by one (crazy... I know :) ) and all of a sudden my skin is bad (it's never bad, I've been blessed) and I'm very weepy. I cry about nothing and I laugh at myself once I realize how crazy I look! Anyway, I took a hpt without fmu a couple of days ago and it was negative. I'm wondering if these sound like coming-off-the-pill symptoms or preggo symptoms.... be honest! Thanks girls!

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Registered: 06-27-2003
Sat, 08-02-2003 - 12:51am
Umi,

I don't know what your cycle/periods were like before you got off bc pills, but many times your cycle will revert back to whatever craziness it was doing before you got on bc. When I got off the pill to conceive my son three years ago, my cycles went totally wacko- everything from 28 days to 39 days. There was lots of cramping- just like when I was a teenager before I got on bc. I was emotionally different too (ok, so I was a grouch and weepy!) I never could get a really clear temp pattern. Luckily, relying on CM did it for me.

I never had skin issues while TTC #1 , but this time I am!

I just got off the pill again three months ago to TTC #2. It's not nearly as crazy this time, but I still don't think I've returned to a normal cycle.

Some people take a long time to conceive after getting off the pill while others are at their most fertile. Such a web we weave with these hormones!

Bless you with a baby when the time is right!

J.
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Registered: 07-23-2003
Sat, 08-02-2003 - 2:18am
My skin got bad when I went of bcp to ttc #1. I had been on Ortho-tricyclen, which is actually approved for acne treatment. But it was at it's worst when I did conceive. As for cycles, after I went of the pill, it was 25 days long, shorter than pre-pill. It took me six months to conceive. After having my son, I never went back on the pill. It has been quite changable.

Good luck and spreading baby dust.

Kate

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Sat, 08-02-2003 - 4:55am
Hey

Me too!

I came off BCP on the 7th July because I had been having lots of probs with it - constant bleeding for weeks on end so I stopped and nothing not a peep from AF at all. That was now aht 25 days ago?!

A week after I stopped I was horny like crazy (sorry for the details) and had really sore nipples and now so like 2 weeks later nothing.

I am assuming that was when I ovulated from what I have read regarding signs of ovulation.

I did a HPT a week ago and it was negative - of course! and for the last week I have been just like you crying at the drop of a hat and REALLY REALLY irritable.

I dont know whether to test again or to wait or even if there is a chance you can get pregnant straight after coming off the pill. Maybe it is just AF on her way? Or am I pregnant ? Who knows hey?

Keep us posted anyway !!

Best of luck

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Registered: 08-02-2003
Sat, 08-02-2003 - 9:06am
I have few family members who have gotten pregnant the next month after going off BC. I just quit taking mine at the end of June, and am 4 days late. With my first son, my cycle was exactly what it was before BC, and it took 4 months to conceive. So I'm hoping that we got lucky and made quick work of it this time. With my first son, a HPT did not show postive until nearly a week after I was due, so don't get discouraged yet. Good luck!

Missy

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Registered: 05-31-2003
Sat, 08-02-2003 - 11:10am


Hi-

I've been off the pill since early May, and I had a lot of symptoms similar to yours. Specifically, i had really sore nipples for a few weeks, i started breaking out a bit more, and my cycles got longer. I had gone off the pill briefly three years ago, and i didn't get AF for nearly three months! the doctor had to give me something to make it start again.

So, it can be a little tricky TTC right after BC, but don't be discouraged. This is my third cycle off, and i think my body is starting to get back to normal. You might want to get an OPK to figure out when you're Oing, and also watch your CM and CP.

Good luck to you!

Holly

TTC #1 C3, CD 21

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Registered: 05-18-2003
Sat, 08-02-2003 - 3:46pm
Thank you all so much, you all made me feel like I'm not crazy! I have been extra weepy today-- my husband and I were just laughing at me while I was crying-- it's ridiculous, totally crying over nothing! I just noticed, and this is very weird, that I have a dark line from my belly button down... and I'm not imagining it, you can see it from a distance and dh definitely sees it too. But, I took a hpt with fmu this morning and it was a definite negative.

Anyway, thanks so much again for all of your stories and support, it really helped!

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Sat, 08-02-2003 - 5:08pm
Just to let you know, to my half disappointment half relief, after a day of weepy angry irritablity AF turned up!

So I guess for me that is it this month!

Best of luck to you all and hopefully ill be back soon with news that i am pregnant

love to you all