https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:51:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-78249 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:31:08 +0000 Crisark 78249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Bucky: Thank you for all of your information and support!<br /> I sure hope you get relief with your cycle soon! 93 days is a really long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-78236 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:40:24 +0000 Ms.Bucky 78236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: Yay! Right on schedule! Hope your cycle goes well -- most do. (I'm now on day 93, but that certainly isn't the norm.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-78200 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:47:57 +0000 Crisark 78200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Bucky: Just a little update, I just got AF in full force after just 3 days!!!!! I'm miserable since I haven't had a period in 1 1/2 years but I'll take it since now I'll have a better idea when I will be Ovulating. I feel really confident since my body is bouncing back beautifully! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77895 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:11:08 +0000 lilteacherbee 77895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone!</p> <p>@Ms.Bucky: Well I was a really tiny 14 year old, really short and maybe 90ish pounds. So that might've had something to do with it. </p> <p>I'm 125 now and 5' tall, so I definitely gained back the weight through the years. I'm a runner and pretty muscular, but I have C cup boobs and a butt (big-ish for my size lol) so I'm hoping that helps with the body fat percentage.</p> <p>CD 18 now and the OPK's are still getting darker, so I'm hopeful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77875 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:52:46 +0000 Ms.Bucky 77875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: I should have asked -- have you ever gained back the weight you lost that you think might have contributed to not getting your period? If you haven't there's a good chance you'll need to gain weight to start ovulating now. I think I might need to put on some body fat to get my cycles started again -- so I've been reading up on this like crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77467 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:29:29 +0000 mamabolt 77467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but my cycle was longer than the artificial 28 days I had gotten used to with BC. The month I got KU I didn't O until day 20. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77454 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:20:03 +0000 Crisark 77454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: thank you honey!! We are praying hard for a quick conception. We went through a lot to get to this point,. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77453 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:18:52 +0000 oliviaoblivia 77453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: I've read that some women get pregnant right away with no period. I hope you are one of them! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77452 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:18:09 +0000 Crisark 77452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Bucky: Thank you so much for all the amazing information.<br /> I feel bad for thread jacking but I feel so much better knowing so much now.<br /> I feel so weird that I didn't know all of this. But, my first two pregnancies weren't exactly planned so it's so different when are trying so hard for another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77451 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:17:19 +0000 obxwife 77451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my sister did, she got pregnant the first month after she stopped taking her BC! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77445 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:12:11 +0000 Ms.Bucky 77445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: My guess is that you'll probably get a withdrawl bleed pretty soon, before you ovulate. Mirena is progesterone-based, right? The drop in progesterone caused by removing the IUD should induce (anovulatory) bleeding. The first day of bleeding will be the first day of your first real cycle off birth control. Withdrawl bleeding after birth control usually occurs 2-3 days after your last active pill, so I would expect it's similar with Mirena, and you should get your period in the next couple days -- Mirena could be different, but I can't think of any reason why it should be. </p> <p>You can tell when you are fertile without using OPKs -- just pay attention to your cervical fluids. You'll get nice and "juicy" right before you ovulate, and that is the best time to get busy -- it gives the swimmers time to get where they need to be to fertilize the egg when it is released. Look for stretchy, eggwhite-looking secretions, or wet and watery ones (not all women get eggwhite). The basic pattern for your fluids is: period, dry, increasing wetness, peak, and then they rapidly dry up until your period. </p> <p>Hopefully, too, if you see your pattern progressing as it should it will keep you from being sad. It's an excellent indication that you are once again fertile! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77444 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:10:54 +0000 skibobrown 77444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't chart, so I'm not 100% sure, but I think I did. I experienced other signs of ovulation, and my cycle regulated immediately to 30-31 days. This might be TMI, but I did experience very short periods for my first 2 cycles off the pill, which is not what I experienced before going on the pill. I got pregnant on cycle #3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77427 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:54:11 +0000 Crisark 77427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: My Dr said we were good to start right away and that she's had women not have a period after having it out and just getting pregnant.<br /> IDK. I think I'm just going to let me body do it's thing and when we get pregnant we do.<br /> I can't control any of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77425 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:52:00 +0000 DillonLion 77425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't chart or temp, but I've had 4 28 day cycles since coming off birth control 4 months ago...the body can regulate itself pretty quickly for some women. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77424 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:50:27 +0000 oliviaoblivia 77424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: like yoursilverlining my first post-mirena period came after 8 days and it was super light - 2-3days.<br /> I started temping and during my second cycle, O came at CD 16 and AF CD31.<br /> My second period was crazy though, like all four years worth of bleeding. Soaking through tampons every 1-2 hours. I ended up calling the doc and she said that it was normal to have a super heavy period after mirena and that they recommend waiting 2-3 months before TTC because at first the lining isn't thick enough to sustain a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77423 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:49:15 +0000 Crisark 77423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I got mine out Wed this week.<br /> I've had barely any spotting/bleeding or anything.<br /> We of course BD'd the last two days just because of the excitement of it all but every day I just know I'm not ovulating and I'm getting bummed out already.<br /> I think the Ovulation Strips need to wait or I'm going to get depressed for no reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77420 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:44:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 77420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crisark: When I got my Mirena out, I got my period very soon after (like, a week or less - hard to remember exactly!). My body went right back to normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77409 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:28:26 +0000 Crisark 77409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Bucky: Thank you! I feel so stupid for not knowing that lol<br /> Should I not be using the Ovulation strips til I actually have my first period since the Mirena was taken out??<br /> I'm so confused. DH thinks we just need to BD and not worry about all the technical stuff but idk.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77135 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:21:22 +0000 Andrea 77135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not sure but I got pregnant on my 2nd cycle off so it is definitely possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-77097 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:12:51 +0000 Kemma 77097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup but my first cycle was 35 days so I must have o'd late-ish. My cycles after coming off BC were 35 30 32 27 29 30 29 32 33 33.</p> <p>We got our BFP on cycle ten.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-76897 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:33 +0000 Ms.Bucky 76897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still waiting. I'm temping. I'm on the 90th day of my first cycle . . . This sucks. I'm headed to the doctor soon.</p> <p>@Crisark: The first day of your cycle is the first day of your period -- the first day you have bright red blood (and not brown spotting). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-76456 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:33:57 +0000 mrsjyw 76456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I O'ed my first cycle off bc, but was only watching CM changes.. I O'ed second cycle off bc (OPKs)... just found out that I have a longer cycle (36 days). O'ed on CD 20/21 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-76454 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:32:21 +0000 Crisark 76454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got my Mirena out yesterday so we could start TTC and I'm not using the Clear Blue Ovulation tests.<br /> Would I consider today CD1? since it's my first day off of BC?<br /> I may be totally wrong, I'm so confused haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75511 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:16:27 +0000 arielle9510 75511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first cycle off BC was over 70 days long. My second was 44. I'm hoping this next one will be even shorter. What I'm starting to accept is that it's not the same for everyone. Some bodies adjust faster then others. I would give it some time. </p> <p>However, if the lines are getting darker then I would confirm with a digital OPK. Also, I started charting last cycle which I've found so helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75467 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:51:36 +0000 sorrycharlie 75467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did on cd 14 (I was using opks). I think it's pretty normal not to, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75454 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:45:59 +0000 heffalump 75454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know. But I got pregnant on my 2nd cycle, so it didn't take too long for my body to get back to normal. I was on BC for 9 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75448 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:42:56 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 75448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but not until CD30. It was a loooong cycle and I was convinced that I was pregnant right off the bat. But eventually I ovulated, and after a 50 day cycle, AF came. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75432 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:38:44 +0000 mrskc 75432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely did b/c I got pregnant the first month off the pill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75391 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:19:39 +0000 birdofafeather 75391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, but on CD25. my cycles have been on the longer side, but getting shorter about 6 months off BCP. i was on it for 12 years as a reference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-ovulate-your-first-cycle-off-birth-control#post-75358 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:49:56 +0000 hilsy85 75358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup I did, but not until CD18. But don't worry if it takes a few months to regulate/even out--I would say give yourself at least 3-6 months before you start to worry. </p>