Thanks everyone for all your input! What a variety of opinion! I'm going to print this thread out to show to DH and I've also got to chat about it with 2 doctor friends and my actual Dr. At this stage I'm leaning towards starting TTC 1 month before we come home ( so 2 weeks into trip). I'm not a big drinker at all so the alcohol won't worry me at all. Cheese though is another matter!

Meanwhile it's been 1 month and 4 days since my implanon removal and still not AF, so who knows, it might not be back until after we get back from O/S! (Hope not though).