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Y'all are going to think I'm an IDIOT!!
| Wed, 09-10-2003 - 12:56pm |
Seriously, I know I must sound like the village idiot!! I need your help figuring out my cycle! This is my first month off BC , TTC. (I've been off BC before, but I wasn't TTC and of course that makes all of the difference. I never tried to "understand" my cycle before.)
So to figure out our cycle we're supposed to count 28 days from our heavy flow to get to our next AF, right? Well, according to that I'll be starting tonight. But when I'm on the pill and I start the "faker" pills, its another four days before I really start AF. And I ned up taking a few real pills before AF goes away. So according to that calculation, I'm not due for AF until like Friday! NOW I see why it helps to have a few cycles under your belt!! To figure out your body! So really, I don't know WHAT'S going on with myself. So if I don't start until Friday, would this mean that I have a longer than normal cycle and would therefore O later than normally? Does anyone understand what i'm saying? LOL.
So to figure out our cycle we're supposed to count 28 days from our heavy flow to get to our next AF, right? Well, according to that I'll be starting tonight. But when I'm on the pill and I start the "faker" pills, its another four days before I really start AF. And I ned up taking a few real pills before AF goes away. So according to that calculation, I'm not due for AF until like Friday! NOW I see why it helps to have a few cycles under your belt!! To figure out your body! So really, I don't know WHAT'S going on with myself. So if I don't start until Friday, would this mean that I have a longer than normal cycle and would therefore O later than normally? Does anyone understand what i'm saying? LOL.
Ugh! I'm so disgusted with myself!! So it looks like I may not even test again until Monday to be actually late. This is so annoying!!! And if its true that I have a long cycle and won't O until late, then there's NO WAY we'll catch the next O because Jason will be long gone by then (unless something major happens and he stays in port, which I doubt.) This sucks!
Camille



Not sure if this will help or not, but just wanted to let you know that I was in your same boat a few months ago. I went off BCP in March and was waiting for what seemed like FOREVER for my next AF to come. Well, unfortunately, she finally did...on day 39!!! So, at that point I was just glad that at least things seemed to be 'working' and I could get on with the next cycle. Well, that one was 38 days...grrr. I was on BCP for 10+ years, but I am pretty certain I had a regular cycle before that, so I was suprised to have these long cycles. Anywho...after the 38 day cycle I started using OPKs to help figure out when I was Oing. That really helped me a lot, and combining that with temping let me know I was definitely Oing. The next cycle was shorter (32 days), so I think my body was trying to get back to normal. I used OPKs again the next month and AF never came...I got my BFP :) I guess the bottom line is that coming off BCPs you just can't really say when AF 'should' be due because your body is just going through so many changes. I know it's frustrating, but I just wanted to let you know that what you're experiencing and/or feeling seems to be totally normal for someone just off the pill! By the way...with my longer cycles I was Oing later than day 14. I think that's typical if your cycles are longer. The cycle I got my BFP I O'd on CD20 (i.e. 20 days after the first day of my last period). I hope this helps sweetie!!!
Good luck :)
Lori & Lil One
EDD 4/14/04
For me, I've had a 33 day cycle, 29 days, and am now waiting for the next one to big. I think I finally O'd yesterday, 4 days later than last month. This is why I think is it totally important to monitor your BBT to see what is going on with your body. CM and CP aren't enough.
I don't mean to be a downer, but since this is your 1st month off of the pills, many of the symptoms you've been experiencing could be related to that. Nausea, sore bbs, headaches, cramps, acne, all of these things can occur because of the pill leaving your body. The 1st month I was off, I could have sworn I was pg. Even had two blood test done.
There is always a chance that you could be pg. Just prepare yourself incase you do get a BFN. With DH leaving soon, it's going to be hard. Everywhere I turn I see someone who just found out she's pg. I keep asking myself why that can't be me. Now to hear that I may have a thyroid problem, which is contributing to me not getting pg, is just about devasting. I got pg with DD so easily and now this. And with DH's work schedule, I may have to wait until next year to start trying again. It really stinks!!!
I really hope you get a BFP. I keep checking the boards to see how it's going.
Oh, and to answer your question about when to test...if it's been at least 10 dpo, then go ahead and test. 10-12 days is plenty of time for most to have baby implant and body start producing Hcg, enough to be detected in FRE. If it's BFN, we get paid at the end of the week, you can buy another test...lol!
GL~Erika
Erika
mom to Michael, Allison, Alexander and
Congrats on your BFP btw!!
I think I'm only 27 past my LMP, I don't know why I marked on the calendar that AF would be here today (I think because it normally comes at night, but who knows! I'm so scatterbrained) Too bad Jason won't reenlist for shore duty, then I wouldn't have to get back on the pill so it can screw me up NEXT time we're TTC, so frustrating!!
Thank you for your help tho. So you got pg on your third time? I actually used an OPK (but as a pg test) and got a line, so I'm thinking that I did O late or something. Hopefully we caught it, since I thought my fertile time was over!
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