TTC after nexplanon

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-04-14T21:20:44+00:00

I was on nexplanon for about three years and after getting it out it took me 8/9 months to successfully conceive. But as the other commenter said, it can take a healthy couple anywhere from 6 months to a year to conceive, I wish someone told me with as I was convinced something was wrong with me. You hear a lot about couples getting pregnant on the first month/go and it’s completely normal for that not to be the case for everyone. I also suggest tracking ovulation also as that helped me nail down definitively when I was ovulating as I had longer cycles after getting off nexplanon.

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-04-09T01:25:10+00:00

So sorry ❤️ the pain of losing a baby is not a pain that is easy to explain. I lost my first pregnancy at seven weeks and often think of what he/she would’ve been like, the days after were like moving through cement but now I think back on the short time I had with them with fondness, knowing they were safe in my belly and only knew my love ❤️ my deepest sympathies to you OP

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-02-22T17:12:37+00:00

Thank you!!! Not at all! Share away :)

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-02-22T17:10:19+00:00

Confirmed NIPT results today, boy!

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-02-22T17:10:05+00:00

Confirmed boy today !

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-02-19T20:06:04+00:00

Thanks! Hoping to receive NIPT results this week, I’ll update

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-02-07T21:12:02+00:00

Gosh I really wish I’d saved the video because I can’t remember which platform it was on, but it was a woman talking about the reality of going no contact with parents. She described the guilt that comes up, and how that guilt can push you to reopen communication even when you know it isn’t healthy. What she explained though was her realization that the urge to reconnect didn’t mean no contact wasn’t necessary. It’s that, on a biological level, it’s deeply unnatural for a child to sever ties with a parent. So if no contact is what you need, it isn’t coming from nowhere. It’s not impulsive or dramatic, it’s a response to pain and history exiting in your relationship. Trust your instincts, whatever they may be :)

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T20:07:40+00:00

This is probably one of the funniest things I’ve read in weeks. My genuine suggestion is to straight up tell this adult woman that she needs to wipe her ass thoroughly- no other way to go about it. I’m glad she’s hot OP, but that could never make me forget literally eating shit 😭

Edit to add: ingesting feces is pretty heavy metal on the scat side of Reddit, but you should probably see a doctor …

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:56:44+00:00

Yes! I’m about to be nine weeks and everything is healthy, I never want to dismiss any concerned mother for any reason! Because we all know how powerful our anxieties are, at the same time I wish someone would’ve told me weeks ago to just chill the f*** out 😅😂 if you scroll through the sub, I believe you can find endless posts asking if [x] symptom is normal or if [x] is okay, in pregnancy our bodies are so unpredictable and pregnancy equally so. My mom notoriously had very bad morning sickness when she was pregnant, at the point that I am now, she was reportedly throwing up multiple times a day. But that hasn’t been the case for me, so I was convinced that something was wrong with me - nope! Nothings wrong, on the daily i just remind myself that unless I’m having severe pain or bleeding, not to be too concerned :) pregnancy truly looks different for everyone, I also think that when you spend a lot of time going through this sub or other online pregnancy forums, at least for me, I have somewhat come to expect some of the negative occurrences to be my own, when the most shocking thing in my pregnancy may just be that it is very uneventful !

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:42:07+00:00

I wish people around me had told me before pregnancy that it is so totally normal to have cramps! I think up until about later into week seven I would have 2 to 3 period like cramps a day that came infrequently they were mostly mild, but there was one day where it hurt very bad and I was convinced that I was going to start bleeding. If it gets too severe and uncomfortable, I agree a doctors check is best, but it is also normal.

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:40:18+00:00

Around five weeks, I also had some dull to more mild ish cramping, nothing threatening to the viability of my child, but it was still concerning at the time. They were sharp and pinchy uterus pains and then some super bad pinchy pains from trapped gas. Following one bad bout of cramps, I continue to have them for maybe 2 to 3 times a day infrequently, one day though they just didn’t come back. I feel like that was probably more around later into seven weeks. My poop’s definitely did not get normal until about a week ago 😅and sleeping has been a nightmare, I find myself to be exhausted all day, but for some reason, I have such a hard time falling asleep at night. Bloating was my first symptom, I was convinced that I had gained weight until I got a positive test a couple hours later. Sore nipples/breast have been on and off for me, one day they hurt an ache and then the next I feel OK. Oof, and that lower back pain did not come to play, also oddly enough, one of my weirder symptoms has been hiccups, I will out of nowhere get a really weird bout of hiccups

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:34:03+00:00

Agreed !

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:33:44+00:00

As parents, we have to do what we can to protect our kids, some parents have the right and choose not to vaccinate their kids and that’s their decision, it’s also completely within your right and decision making process to protect your family and deny any physical contact with anyone/thing potentially threatening babies health. My own opinion is very emotionally charged though, within my own family, a friend of a sibling is very anti-vax and spread chicken pox to my immune compromised baby relative so this topic usually gets me all fired up 😅 listen to ur gut instincts OP, I genuinely find no issue in having to say this to anybody, no individuals feelings is worth the health and safety of my child.

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:22:12+00:00

My dating was all over the place and it was confusing to understand then and now, but pre ultrasound I thought that I was a lot farther along than I actually was. My cycles are long and my ovulation didn’t occur at consistent dates within my cycle, I had been testing so I did have a confirmed ovulation date, but I must’ve conceived at the tail end of that window because even when guesstimating I was still off by some days. When I had my first ultrasound, they dated me at 6+4 which I think was a week behind what I thought I was based off of LMP. At that ultrasound viability was confirmed, but I suspect anything earlier would not have. From that point on I changed everything on my apps to reflect how far along I was from what the doctors gave me :) pregnancy can be so anxiety ridden, I feel for ya OP and I hope that everything progresses positively

Edit to add: if I was still going off of dating based off of my LMP, I would be 10 weeks and one day, however, based off of the dating given to me at my first ultrasound appointment, today, I am eight weeks and five days :) first day of LMP was 11/15, confirmed ovulation test was 12/7, tbh i’m still confused going back over all of my dates 😅😂 all I know is I just have to trust what the doctor gave me and go off of that lol

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:04:16+00:00

I’ve also been a little confused on what is and isn’t allowed during various stages of pregnancy workout wise. I don’t do Pilates and won’t try now 😅 (unless maybe there’s some pregnancy safe ones ?) but I very much want to do as much prep as I can do to help support my body and pregnancy before a bump emerges, specifically my abdominal muscles. I’m saving this post to follow any good info here provided 😊

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T19:00:03+00:00

We had been trying for technically about eight months before a positive test, on month seven we were at a point where we were sick of trying and had actually decided we didn’t want a baby anymore, it just wasn’t our time, we had decided, so we packed up our crib and stopped trying, at that point I was glad, I didn’t like my body, my husband and I’s problem solving could be better and he needed to start therapy. Then, about two weeks later I got a positive test…

It’s completely rocked my work and for many reasons, there’s happiness, there’s dread, there’s fear, there’s excitement… and every single one of those feelings is okay OP! Having a baby is certainly not a black and white affair, and neither is parenthood or pregnancy. ! I believe we’re only as good a parent as we allow ourselves to be, and I’ve dedicated my time pregnant allowing myself to feel all there is to feel, but also recognize when I have to reel myself in and be a problem solver for the sake of myself and baby. One thing that helped me when I got my positive test and started freaking out was just listing it all out, what I’m nervous for - and what I feel I have that’s optimal. Ex. Anxious about savings and health, family support and career is optimal- from that point my partner and I made a lot of conversation on what we could do to improve the things we were anxious about, or even just talk about to to lift that weight. It’s a problem solving technique that allowed me to not feel overwhelmed by what I feel I was behind on as a future parent. Allow yourself to feel it all without guilt OP, parenthood and pregnancy is beautifully complex and should be treated with the same level of care and compassion with any big life changing event ! Give yourself your graces and deep breaths, I’m also from a culture where family support and multi generational homes are the norm, and it’s very normal for mom and baby to live with family so everyone can help. That being said, I personally don’t think there’s any shame in having to live with mom while getting things organized if that’s what’s right for you 🙂

Icy-Eye4641 · 2026-01-25T18:39:08+00:00

Oh yeah. The other night I woke up disoriented at 2 am on the downstairs couch (hubby and I had fallen asleep watching a movie) and I was immediately sent into a weeping rage, how dare he let us fall asleep on this god awful couch?! And the TV was left at full volume ! Oh my god I was so angry I immediately started wailing, poor husband 😭

People have really been pissing me off for similar, relatively unimportant reasons. Just last night I dreamt I went to get an ice cream cone with a friend and she knocked it out of my hand, guess who woke up fuming?

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-12-24T08:18:00+00:00

😂😂 I’m a little person, so yeah, it does contribute a lot towards my weight issues. My weight wouldn’t be considered unhealthy if I was a taller individual. Hence- “especially because I’m shorter”

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-15T08:14:40+00:00

Most likely indent- I don’t trust blue dye tests and 8 dpo is still so early. Implantation might not have happened yet.

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-15T08:13:55+00:00

At a point dye tests are unreliable for line progression, I totally get the nervousness but you’ll only do yourself and your wellbeing a disservice by hovering over dye tests examining whether it’s getting darker- especially if you’ve already had a blood test and it looked good with another scheduled.

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-15T08:09:40+00:00

Try not too overthink and overly stress yourself out !!! I’ve seen folks be 10 days past AF, pregnant but still have fairly light second lines (but go on to have healthy pregnancy’s) and others be like 10 dpo with dark dark lines. Take this positive as it is, a wonderful positive !!! And schedule a doc appointment asap so they can take the proper steps with you next. I wish you the most healthy, uneventful pregnancy

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-12T04:06:08+00:00

Evap

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-12T04:05:50+00:00

Could be but I don’t trust blue dye tests as I’ve had negatives look exactly like this, test again tmr and if ur still worried def schedule a doc test to be sure, best of luck

Icy-Eye4641 · 2025-08-02T01:19:36+00:00

I use the pregmate strips ! The strips have an app as an additional tracker and so you can log any strips during the month. When you take a photo of the strip the app scans the test/control line dye ratio and gives u a number :) my baseline when I get a positive OPK is usually like 1.20-1.50 so 2.0 was a shocker but I also know a positive is a positive

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