[topato]

I stopped taking the pill last month a week before the end of my pack, on the 17th. AF came on the 21st, which is only a few days before it would have been had I finished the pack. By the 24th, DH and I started trying.

Since I'd been on the pill for 5 years, I had no idea what to expect in terms of when I'd O or when to expect AF to return. In fact, my cycles were never regular before I began BC. So, even though DH and I started trying, we've been kinda assuming we're not getting a bfp this cycle.

All that said, I was able to tell that I Od on the 3rd by monitoring CM. Weirder thing-- I have somehow been feeling pregnancy symptoms like crazy since the 4th.

Headaches, fatigue, cramping, bloating, and waves of nausea (including vomiting on the 4th).

I feel like it is WAY too few days past O for me to be *feeling* pregnant, and just read that these symptoms might all be normal cycle-related things-- I'm just hypersensitive because I'm fresh off the pill.

So... I'm confused. Has this happened to anyone else in their 1st cycle off the pill?

And what do you guys think? Should I bother to test later this month? If so... when? Should I assume I have a 28 day cycle? ...eesh!!

[Lucky Mama]

I would be more inclined to think that your symptoms are related to just coming off the pill. If you O'd on the 3rd, the egg wouldn't have even implanted by the fourth (a fertilized egg will usually implant around 6 or 7 DPO), so you wouldn't have symptoms from a pregnancy yet.

That being said, just because your sysmptoms probably aren't pregnancy related, doesn't mean you might not get a BFP! I would start testing at 10 DPO on the 13th. If you did conceive, you will usually get a reliable BFP between 10 DPO and 14 DPO. HTH!

Fingers crossed for you! KUP on how testing goes!

[topato]

I'm tending to agree with you. It just is so crappy to be feeling what seems like morning sickness when logic is telling me it's too soon.

But you're right, I might as well keep positive-- it's still possible. So I will test later in the month, and I'll post results <3

Thank you!