How did you decide?
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Topic: How did you decide?
Posted By: caliandjack
Subject: How did you decide?
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:50am
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When to stop BCP and start TTC?
BCP renewal is coming up next month, and we're planning to start TTC beginning of next year. Can't decide whether to stop BCP next month, or continue for another 6. Been on it for 8 years, cycles were fine before hand but now I'm 35 and worried it might not return to normal straight away, but then don't really want to get pregnant in week 1 anyways. For those of you waiting to TTC what are you doing for BC in the mean time? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
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Posted By: almostthere
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 11:38am
We came up to a BCP renewal as well, and just decided that we should stop. I also had been on BCP for 9 years, so we wanted to give my body a break, and by crikey! I didnt know what i was missing.. Id been on it thos since i was 16 so i had no idea what my body was like before hand, cos really, what 16 year old does 
We had already said that this was going to be the year we TTC, so we figured that we can use condoms until we are 100% ready or as the mood suits us ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2128f6"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 11:46am
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i'd get of the p as soon as you can if you wanna TTC. i have heard way too many stories of peoples cycles taking ages to come back to normal, especially after so long. if you start using condoms now, your body should have got itself back into its own rythem by the time you start. ------------- 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 11:49am
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Some of the stories of others taking a while is what's got me worried.
I think I'll have a word to DH about stopping, and using condoms gosh that will be novel after 8 years of the pill.  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 11:56am
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It seems like there's no right answer, some people take a few months to get back to normal, and others are fine straight away. I suppose you just have to decide if it will worry you if you have to wait a while longer to TTC, or you want to be ready right away. ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 12:02pm
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I would be happiest not to get pregnant straight away, and being BCP free.
I want to know what's normal for me before TTC, if that makes sense. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Vanillabean
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 2:00pm
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I totally think that if you are planning to start TTC in 6 months you should stop the BCP now and use some other method in the meantime. It would also be a good opportunity to get familiar with your cycle and signs of ovulation so that you can accurately time BD once you start TTC. It usually takes a few months to sort that out. ------------- 5x mc, Jan 08, June 08, Nov 08, May 09, April 11 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 3:22pm
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Yep I'd come off now too. Or you could get another 6mos supply but only use, say, 2mos of it. -------------  |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 3:31pm
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I wouldn't bother getting it and just the good ole condoms for a while. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 3:45pm
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I agree with everyone else, stop now. I did not ovulate my first 6 cycles of BCP! Now my GP is not sure if its from the BCP or if its me in general.
I wont be going back onto BCP until we are sure we have finished making our family. The hormone changes can be full on. Good luck! -------------   
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 4:01pm
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We also decided to stop the BCP because I was at the end of the pack, and instead of getting it renewed we just used condoms for 9 months till we were ready to TTC! And it did take that whole 9 months for my body to get into a (sort of) regular pattern so I'm glad we did that!
Maybe it would be worth it for you to stop it now and use condoms just so you can get it all out of your system! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:31pm
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Now i is worried ! , DP and i are planning to TTC at the end of the year, i was thinking i should come off in November, a month before ....should i be coming off it sooner ? im not anywhere near finished the pack tho ,should i finish this one and start using condoms (which DP is going to be so thrilled about , he hates condoms :-P ) I didnt realise it could take so long for your cycle to go back to normal.
Im 26 , (27 in Dec) and have been on the pill for about 4 and a half years ,if that makes any difference . |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:43pm
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I would get off the BCP asap and just use condoms too- another bonus is getting all those artificial hormones out of your system (usually takes a few months) before you start TTC too. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:46pm
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so dont worry about finishing the pack ?
im fine with stopping btw, the past few months being on the BCP ive felt nauseous , like right now, i have such a nauseous feeling, its more annoying than anything haha, will be entertaining telling DP we have to come off it |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 7:35am
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No finish the pack otherwise you body won't know what its doing.
I was on the pill for 10 years and my body went back to normal straight away, only difference being before the pill I had a 34 day cycle and after the pill I have a 27 day cycle. However I did come off three months before TTC as I didn't know what would happen when I did come off and I wanted a chance for my body to get back to normal if need be. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 12:28pm
cool thanks for that cuppatea and Jennz , i'll finish the pack first, which should last till September (i could go and check but im too lazy  )
thanks for the advice 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 12:40pm
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Doctors will all give contradictory advice on this, but for me, I wanted the synthetic hormones out of my system and to get a grip on my cycle which was always irregular. I came off 3 months before. We used condoms during the high risk period for the first month, and then couldn't be bothered, so just risked it! Got pregnant month 3 as I had planned (DH had thought it would take a lot longer so took a while to get over the shock ) ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: mandz
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 12:54pm
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I was on BCP for about 13 years and only came off at the very end of our honeymoon last May. Got pregnant beginning of July - so I guess it depends. I now have a beautiful baby boy! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Zack Robert Henton - 29th December 2009 |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 1:24pm
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i'd been on BCP for about 8yrs and had to come off it because of some tests i had to have.........we were planning on TTC about 12mths later, so i decided to stay off it so my body could get back to normal.
we'd been told it could take a while to conceive as i have endo and pcos, both my kids were conceived basically the first night of trying. i believe it's because i came off the pill earlier and we just used condoms in the mean time. but i could be wrong, the body is a strange thing  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 2:08pm
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Kelly what pill are you on? Most of them have a 4-week cycle? So I'm a bit confused as to how your current pack will last till September. I just started a pack on Saturday, and it will last till the end of July. I just wanted to check that you are not confusing a pack with a 6-month supply or something (being up to 6 packs in a box). You don't need to finish the whole prescription worth, just stop once you next get to the end of the active pills.
We're thinking about TTC early next year too, but I've decided to stay on the pill for the moment because we can't use condoms (TMI - the skin in my *sensitive area* can get quite irritated by them  ), so its either the pill or nothing for us. Basically I'll stay on the pill till we are ready to TTC. I'm reasonably young (turning 27 at the end of this year), so we are ok with it if it doesn't happen right away. At this stage we'd rather things take a months longer that otherwise, than stop the pill in advance and end up preggers a few months earlier than we'd like.
Plus you never know, I might be one of the ones who is more fertile in the first few months off the pill - it seems a shame to 'waste' those months using condoms if that is the case. On the other hand, if I went off the pill now, it would kind of feel like we were getting closer to TTC, which would be nice in some ways! Then again, I've found other ways to countdown, like hopefully the pill prescription I'm getting on Thursday will be my LAST! Can you tell that I'm struggling with this too? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 7:29pm
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hang on , will go to bathroom now and have a look at pill pack , haha
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 7:33pm
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right ! im back , ok now. im on monofeme , and i actually have less than i thought i did (had an empty box, oops )
Now, would i be right in assuming that one, i dont know what to call it , set? is one cycle ?or for one month? there are 28 pills in it , including the red ones. And i have two , and am up to day 3 in one of the packs, so does that mean i would renew them in september ? cos two months, thats all of july ,and all of August ? im confused
i just used my brain and checked pack again , and i have two boxes and on each box it says 3 month pack , 3 strips of 28 tablets ...is that a six month pack ? i only have the two strips left |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 7:43pm
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I am with you rchick, with this decision I would rather it takes a little longer than get preggers earlier than we intended.
Might take busymum's advice and renew my script and only use 1 box. ie 3 months worth. I can always use this time to justify buying baby stuff. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 7:44pm
| That means you have 2 months worth of pills left...so should take you to the end of August. I filled my last pill prescription last week, but got 6 months worth (which we may not use all of - yay!). We are coming off the BCP at the end of the year but won't be using condoms - we both hate them. So it'll be all on TTC as soon as the BCP is stopped. |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 08 July 2008 at 6:50am
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Kelly, (yes, sounds like a 6-month pack). So with Monofeme you have 28-day strips, each with 21 active (yellow?) pills and 7 inactive (red?) pills. On a strip like that, the right time to stop taking the pills is after you take your last active pill and before you start the active pills from the next strip. It doesn't matter if you take any of the inactive pills before you stop or not, just don't start taking the active ones again, or you should really go for another 21 days.
So that means each strip of 28-pills, you have 7 days that you could stop taking the pill. It doesn't matter if you still have more 28-day strips in your pack - you can stop during the inactive pills of any strip. So its up to you whether you stop at the end of your current strip or in those 7 days of any month between now and when you TTC. Does that make sense? Fleury, its nice someones thinking the same as me. Good luck with TTC next year and I hope it happens quickly for us both! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 08 July 2008 at 12:58pm
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yes , that makes perfect sense Rhick , thank you ! , willl have to give it some thought
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