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100mg of Clomid?

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Aworryingtrend · 04/01/2012 11:44

Hi all

Just been told by the consultant that I should up my Clomid dosage to 100mg next month, as 2 cycles of 50mg hasn't worked. mY progesterone levels have been 2.1 and 5.3, "very low indeed" were the Consultant's words.

Did going up to 100mg work first time for anyone? Did you get (m) any side-effects?

TIA

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lucytee · 03/03/2012 00:09

Wow congrats aworrying thats fantastic!

dontcarehow · 09/02/2012 08:30

great news worrying I so didn't even notice that before I posted. I'm totally single minded at the moment, so wrapped up in my own issues to notice anyone else! the joys of TTC.

and thanks for the advice.

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Aworryingtrend · 09/02/2012 08:09

Thank you so much. I did 3 digital tests last night and it was unbelievable to see the word 'pregnant'. According to the Clearblue one I am 2-3 weeks since conception! Which would mean I ovulated earlier thanI would have thought but of course it's not infallible. We have got a Doctors appointment next week, i think it will seem more real then!

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RubyrooUK · 08/02/2012 19:47

That's amazing news worrying that you ovulated and will have my fingers crossed for you and your BFP. It's fantastic progress xxx

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Aworryingtrend · 08/02/2012 08:50

I was told to count Day 1 as your first day of bright red blood before 10am. Spotting would not count as the first day.

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dontcarehow · 08/02/2012 08:37

hi guys I'm a newbie to clomid and thought you guys might be best to help out. So I'm supposed to start taking it on day 2 of AF. I started spotting last night but nothing significant, and nothing significant this morning either. Do you reckon I start taking it tomorrow? Or if i carried on just spotting today do I wait til it's full on for a day then take it the next? Its so confusing!

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Aworryingtrend · 08/02/2012 08:00

Hello everyone!

I'm so sorry I haven't been in touch. It has been such a rollercoaster month it's unreal. But...

I GOT A BFP this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really. I really did. It was a strong line. Even DH said. Could I really be pregnant? It seems impossible after such an up and down month- at my second scan on day 14 the follicles had only grown 1mm in 2 days and they said ovulation was 'unlikely'. I had my Day 21 test on Day 24 and my progesterone was 40.6 so we knew I had ovulated, so I was over the moon. Then on Saturday (Day 28) I started to bleed and assumed it was my period coming early. It wasn't much though and stopped after an hour. Then today I took a test (day 33) adnd it was positive.

We just daren't believe it though. I am going to Boots today to stock up on the Digital bad boys. Maybe if I see it written down I'll beleive it.

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RubyrooUK · 28/01/2012 20:58

How are you worrying?

Brookesr · 20/01/2012 14:14

Hi All

So glad to hear people in the same situation as me! Ive been tic for around 4 years then an off the comment to my GP after seeing him for a chest infection got him investigating! I have just turned 39, after a year of tests I have now been prescribed Clomid 100g. I have had various internal scans to check my follicles and as same as you "Worrying" had 2 dominant follicles at 13mm on day 11. Had another scan on day 15 for the consultant to be actually smiling and saying she is actually witnessing on the scan ovulation! I just hope my DH and I have had enough fun for me to fall pregnant on my first cycle of clomid. Got to have another scan Wednesday 25 Jan (don't know why) and blood tests. Will keep you all posted. Good luck to everyone xx

highlove · 18/01/2012 19:14

Hi worrying that's sounding really great. Fingers crossed, I think they're much more likely to keep growing than not. Was lining etc all ok too?

Am currently on CD4 and so third day of the tablets. Seem ok for symptoms so far though have a hideous cold so who knows?!

RubyrooUK · 18/01/2012 18:03

Hi worrying, I'm alright thanks. Crossing my fingers for you and your follicles. I know it's so annoying to have no control but at least you are showing a reaction, which is the positive thing to remember.

Incidentally, after not ovulating for five years (except once on Clomid leading to my DS) I ovulated naturally at the end of last year. Weird but amazing. Less amazing was that I did get pregnant and lost the baby after five weeks, but I am trying to remember that I couldn't ovulate at all for many years, so it's all progress.....

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Aworryingtrend · 18/01/2012 12:15

Hi all, thought I'd update as I had my scan today- I think it's semi good news- I had 2 dominant follicles, one at 12mm and the other at 8mm- given this is only day 12 that seems reasonable? I'm getting rescanned on monday to see if they've grown. I am sat here now willing them to grow! Have stupidly been googling and reading stories of other people who had 12mm follicles at Day 12 but then shrunk without ovulating Sad , its so hard having no control over this.

How are you getting on Highlove and Ruby?

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highlove · 10/01/2012 21:05

Hi worrying, glad all quiet on the side effects so far, hope it stays that way. And most of all hope it has the desired effect.

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Aworryingtrend · 10/01/2012 12:43

Thanks, no side effects so far still. I've got a scan booked in for next wednesday to check the follicles. Fingers crossed that this month I might ovulate for the first time in 16 years?!

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RubyrooUK · 09/01/2012 19:54

Good luck worrying.

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Aworryingtrend · 09/01/2012 09:16

Morning all,

AF arrived on saturday, so I started on the 100mg of Clomid last night and will be taking it til Thursday. No side-effects at all thus far and I slept like a log last night so fingers crossed it stays that way.

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highlove · 07/01/2012 17:32

Thanks ruby

RubyrooUK · 07/01/2012 16:36

highlove* I don't really have periods at all, so no spotting. Sorry not to be more help. Sometimes my oestrogen crashes, sometimes progesterone. After three years of tests, the doctors were no closer to finding out and just tried Clomid, which helped me at 100g to conceive my DS.

Hope things improve for you soon. It is just so frustrating when you can't work out what is happening with your hormones.

highlove · 07/01/2012 16:21

Thanks Ruby. Just in relation to another thread I'm on (and problem I seem to have)...did you have spotting pre-AF? I seem to have it whether I do or I don't ovulate but I think it's worse when I don't. I don't have endo or cervical erosion so I think it may be progesterone-related...my consultant isn't bothered but it worries me.

RubyrooUK · 07/01/2012 15:49

I was put on progesterone after conceiving for three months because I have a bit of a history of low progesterone even if I do manage to ovulate. My cycles are all wonky.

I did have to ovulate and conceive first though, which I struggled with, so the progesterone issue was just another thing on top.

skyper · 07/01/2012 15:30

highlove.... to be honest i have no idea..the whole thing confuses me regularly!!! my prog was 2, on d21 & d28..... im willing to try anything...just want to have some options to ask about if this dosent work.....
does anyone know anything about metaformin????

highlove · 07/01/2012 15:24

Hello, sorry if I'm being thick...but if progesterone in super low (mine was a pathetic 3 last 50mg cycle) then doesn't it just mean you didn't actually ovulate? In which case why would you supplement with progesterone, if you not ov'd then surely no point? Or am I wrong about that?

RubyrooUK · 07/01/2012 14:55

skyper my doctor put me on daily progesterone pessaries - got them from the chemist so they didn't seem to be unavailable. Supplementing with progesterone is quite an old-style strategy though I think, so maybe it's not routine in the UK anymore?

skyper · 07/01/2012 14:42

hi guys...
well i took 50mg of clomid last cycle...to get progesterone levels of an amazing 2 on d21 and 2 on d28!! bloody marvellous eh?!?!? so ive started 100mg of clomid today.... choked with the cold, and on 50mg i was a blubbering mess......so i cant say i am looking forward to the next few days but if it works then ill give anything a go!!!
rubyroo... i didnt think you could get progesterone supplements in the uk????

RubyrooUK · 06/01/2012 20:10

worrying - I conceived on my first month of 100mg. Nothing happened at all for me at 50mg and then at 100mg, "pop" and I conceived the child who is now refusing to go to sleep upstairs.

So it can happen!

By the way, before I conceived, I had progesterone levels lower than a menopausal woman or a man, so in some cases it appears the body is able to right itself and I took progesterone supplements just in case for the first three months.

And the side effects were just the same for me as at 50mg. Good luck.