So AF never came this weekend...

[magpie]

Hi, hi! I'm still in my first cycle of bcp, now on Day 35 with no sign of AF. I think that I might have ovulated over the weekend though. I only started temping on Day 27, but there was a definite temperature shift on Day 33 that has remained high(ish) through today. I also had some EWCM going on and some weird aches that I have never felt before in my abdomen, where I imagine my ovaries to be. I didn't bring an OPK sticks with me, since I was out of town this weekend and I didn't think it was possible. FF is saying that I o'ed on Day 32. I guess I'll know more as time goes by, but is it possible that I ovulated? Does anyone else get aches/pains from ovulating? I know that I'm hypersensitive to my body right now, but there were definitely some weird pains.

[blindyswife]

Definitely possible! Occasionally I think that I feel some O pains, but I'm never positive.

Cycles can be super wonky after bcp's. We're you able to have well timed sex around day 32? If you're right and O'd around that date, your period should be coming in about two weeks, give or take a couple days depending on your luteal phase.

Eta: are you the same magpie that posts sometimes on TB's BN board?

[thoseareradishes]

Definitely possible, especially if this is your first cycle off BCP. Do you remember what your cycles were like before BC?

I usually get O pains around the time I ovulate, more on my left side than my right side. I guess my left ovary is cranky.

[tarheels]

I get a really strong, sharp, stabby O pain, which I presume is the egg bursting through. I think TCOYF says 20% of women get pains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelschmerz

I think the modern guidance is to give yourself 3 cycles off BCP to let things regulate, so I'd chart all the time for the next few cycles just to see what patterns emerge.

[magpie]

I must be a different magpie. I'm don't know what that board is!

We did have sex, just by chance, on the day ff is highlighting. I'm not really expecting anything much, but it would be nice to understand where I am in my cycle (especially in terms of when AF will appear as I teach and really don't want to have it happen in the middle of class!). I've been on BC since I was a teenager and I have no idea what a normal cycle would be. Thanks for the responses though. It helps to know that other people experience painsand also just to have a place to talk about this stuff!

[Cheesecake]

Everything is possible, especially the first cycle after BCP. If you still don't have a sign of anything by day 40, I'd go see a doctor to make sure all is okay. TTC-ing is weird though!

[thoseareradishes]

From what I understand, many doctors will do not anything for you until at least 60 days without a period, and some will have you wait 90 days.

[winecheery]

Oct 15, 2012 15:36:46 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

From what I understand, many doctors will do not anything for you until at least 60 days without a period, and some will have you wait 90 days.

I have heard this also. 90 DAYS?!?!?

[thoseareradishes]

Yeah, that would be a bummer. I guess they want to see if your body can figure itself out?