Post # 1
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Bee Keeper
- Wedding: September 2011 - Baby boy 12/2015
We are not trying to conceive yet, but I didn’t know where to post this. I know that TTC has many threads of charting bees.
I went off the pill last August and have been using the charting method to prevent pregnancy. In my last 5 months, I have been pretty regular with my periods, which I was very happy about because before going into the pill I was somewhat irregular but did not chart.
After reading several articles, one possible explanation is that I am having a long period cylce or it is an anovulatory one. Either way I am worried about. It could be stress, but I don’t see how I can have so much stress than before. I have not seen a thermal shift in my chart yet, and it has been 25 days into my cycle (at less than 97 degrees- below typical coverline).
I am wondering if it is normal to get long periods or anovulatory ones after being regular for a few cycles. I will keep charting to confirm. Have any of you experience something like this? How did you do to help lower your stress if any?
Thank you so much!
Post # 3
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Bumble bee
I’ve never paid much attention to my cycles before ttc as they always felt pretty predictable at about 28days. So now that we’ve been ttc for 7 months I’ve been charting. Well last december I had the weirdest cycle ever. First it almost seemed like I never ovulated. fertilityfriend pinpointed a tiny bump in temps about 10 days later than normal. My cycle ended up being 36 days which never happens. Stranger still I usually have pretty obvious AF sysmptoms starting about a week out. I didn’t have a single symptom. Then my next cycle was a few days longer than normal AND I felt like I had AF from hell. It was a weird few months but now my cycle seems back to normal.
So yes, unusually cycles can and do happen, its only a concern when they are always crazy. I was reading that you should only really start to freak out if you go 3 months or 2 cycles missing. Thats when you should visit a DR. Chances are you just ovulated late and will start AF late.
Post # 4
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Bee Keeper
- Wedding: September 2011 - Baby boy 12/2015
@lovemygsp: Thank you. I have not ovulated yet, so I am very concerned. I guess seeing in it on paper worries me more.
Post # 5
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Helper bee
I came off the pill and had a few regular cycles. Now I’ve been three months without a period. I was talking to another girl who had something similar – regular cycles shortly after coming off the pill, then a lot of irregularity.
Post # 6
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@bug-in-a-rug: How many months did you go having periods before you stopped having them if I may ask?
Post # 7
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Helper bee
@candy11: It looks like I went off the pill around the same time as you! I had a withdrawal period immediately after the pill, then two cycles with clear charting characteristics (pre-ovulatory dip, significant rise in post-ovulatory temperature). I normally had somewhat regular periods before the pill that were 6 weeks long, and it seemed to go back to normal after the pill. Which I was excited about. But then it stopped, and I haven’t seen any BBT indication of ovulation in more than three months. Still waiting… I don’t know what’s ‘normal’, but I did find it weird that I found someone else who had a similar issue.
Post # 8
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Helper bee
Yes, it is common to have one or two anovulatory cycles a year. My last cycle was anovulatory, although it was the same length as a normal cycle for me, and I had been having regular cycles for the previous 12 months. The cycle isn’t considered anovulatory until you bleed, so it’s possible you will O late. Since you’re TTA, I wouldn’t consider it safe to have unprotected sex until you confirm O or have a breakthrough bleed.
Post # 9
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Bee Keeper
- Wedding: September 2011 - Baby boy 12/2015
Update: I ovulated around day 27, so it was a pretty long pre-ovulatory phase. I am still waiting for my period. I think this long cycle might be due to stress.
