Clomid CD6, cycle number 3, ttc #3...looking for buddies :)

Hi squeaky,

Sorry to hear your feeing grumpy!
Everything went well with my scan thanks, saw the little heart beating away.
I'm just so nervous and keep going for a wee and wiping wxpecting to see some spotting! The thought of miscarriage never entered my head with my previous children but since the loss of our daughter at 18weeks in 2012 I've been a nervous wreck :( fingers crossed this little bean sticks xx
How is everyone else getting on? Xx

Hi bovny sorry to hear the clomid isn't working for you, fingers crossed vit d can help I take supplements when I remember do will try to be better at taking them.

years ago I worked out that for me ovulation is accompanied by mood swings which I had forgotten till this weekend when I have been very moody, this does not help in the DTD stakes as we keep falling out because I am so grumpy! Oh well we are still trying and it doesn't have to be everyday anyway. So two week wait for me again!

Mamapo welcome!

Rechel any news?

And heather how did the scan go?

Hmm that may be a good shout, I've been taking seven seas conception tablets whih contain vitamin D but guess it may still be worth getting checked? Hopefully the summertime will help! Planning to exercise loads over the next month (won't ovulate till May now if I do at all) as it's the only way I find keeps me feeling positive, so hopefully lots of outdoor time.

Ah hun I'm so sorry. Just a thought, have you had your vitamin D bloods done? Apparently low levels of vitamin D can cause infertility. I was taking supplements for the last 3 months and caught on each of them, granted the first 2 i miscarried, and granted it may just be coincidence, but it might be worth looking into? I hadn't conceived for 14months prior to taking the vit D!
I never had my bloods checked, but it was the consultant at the fertility clinic who said to take vitamin D supplements.

Hugs xx

AF has come this afternoon, the bitch! It's my choice really but supported by doctors. I've been using preseed, EPO, grapefruit juice etc since cycle 2, but just don't get the CM at the right time. Crossed fingers for the next (long!) cycle.

Hi bovnydazzler

Have they said you can only have 4 cycles of Clomid or os that your choice? Could you not try preseed or something similar if you don't have much CM? Fingers crossed you get lucky this month and AF doesn't show up xx

Hi All,

heather glad the scan showed that the dates match up, that's positive, hope he hear a nice heartbeat this week!

rachel glad to here you're being monitored, hope the scan goes okay.

mamapo welcome! I recognise you from your long journies on the buses, really hope clomid works for you.

I'm on 4th clomid cycle and awaiting AF (due tomorrow) I've not tested as I know it will be BFN, I've all the usual symptoms from the last few months. I went to the doctors about my total lack of cervical mucus on clomid, I'm going to stop the clomid after this cycle, I think I must be on the 25% of people where it causes hostile CM. So not too positive about going back to my 40-90 day cycles and pregnancy seeming a distant dream, but you never know clomid may have given my ovaries the kick start it needed!

Hi everyone,

I went on Thursday and everything was ok and in the right place, they put me at between 5-6 weeks so too early to see a heartbeat, so I have to go back this Thursday. Fingers crossed x
When's your scan Rachel? Xx

Thanks guys I am going for a scan to check if there is any blockage also the doctor has prescribed clomid but I had to tell him I started on already luckily I'm on the right track . Congratulations heather amazing news. To everyone else do have a wonderful Easter holiday .

Hey heather hope things went ok on Thursday.

Welcome mama, I take clomid day 2-6 but have a normal length cycle.

Rechel thank you for your positive comments

Nice to see you back mistletoe hoping for a normal cycle for you. I am going to be busy next few weeks so hope that will keep my mind of it all, have just finished cycle three so will wait and see and if no luck back to consultant.

Hey all I'm still here

Congratulations heather

rachel please be careful taking a drug that you haven't been prescribed. Clomid can have some terrible side effects and should be monitored very closely.

squeaky sorry about BFN

mama hello. Seems like you have a good plan in place but fingers crosses you wont need the ivf.

Soooo I went for a scan which showed not a lot so went back a week later (around the 10th I think) which showed no dominant follicle which I knew but was strange is my womb lining had gone from 3mm to 7.3mm in 6 days.
With that in mind I'm desperately hoping for a natural period to start the next clomid cycle on. I've got until the 4th of April for that to happen otherwise its on to a higher dose of provera to get a bleed and then uping the dose of clomid to 100mg for cycle 2.
This last few weeks has been very busy so I haven't had much time to think about it all which I'm pleased with because obsessing has been doing me no favours

Hi all, I'm dropping in to boost the numbers.

Like thisisme I've been prescribed Clomid for short cycles. I ovulate ok but cycles are 22-24 days. Everything else is normal and we conceived our daughter in two cycles. We've been trying now for nearly a year.

AF is due tomorrow or Saturday, so we'll start Clomid 50mg on cd5-9. I will have day 21 bloods done to see whether the dosage needs to change. The overall plan is 3 months on Clomid, a lap and dye, then another 3 months of Clomid before referral for IVF.

So, hello! Congratulations and good luck to Heather!

Eeek 6 week scan today at 10, I'm sooo nervous :(
How is everyone else getting on ?
There only seems to be 3 of us left now xx

Hi squeakyheart thank you replying to I would get an appointment and one of those test and keep you updated. Please don't be sorrowful you have been strongly all this while so keep the good fight going your a winner . And prepare for your come back. And thank you again

Oh congrats heather will keep fingers crossed everything is ok on Thursday let us know how you get on!

I am out this month test was BFN so am drowning my sorrows in wine and chocolate!

Rechel, I don't know much about opks but if they were saying you were ovulating are you sure taking clomid is the best thing? Ask your doctor for a 21 day progesterone test to double check if you are ovulating first. Also please read up on the side effects of clomid as some are severe, including increased risk of ovarian cancer.

I know it's frustrating when nothing happens, I was eighteen months trying before I was prescribed clomid and I was in my late thirties.

Hi ladies am new to all of this but I do need your help I have been trying to get pregnant for a long time yet nothing happens. I tried for a year no protection still I dodn get pregnant I took a year break from trying then I started again in October last year. Still nothing so I spoke to me doctor she said because am only 28 I have nothing to worry about . This is my sixth month of trying so I bought clomid from America since my doctor won't give it to me . Am confuse and am not sure where to go from here and I have use ovulation kit and yes they were positive before I started clomid and also this month when I did. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you

Hi squeakyheart,

Yes I am pregnant again, 3rd month running but everything is going well so far far this time, I have an early scan booked for Thursday at 10am so praying I see a little heartbeat.
Fingers crossed for you tomorrow, please let me know xxx

Am hoping you have all disappeared to celebrate some good news!

Day 26 today supposed to POAS on Tuesday but came on on day 28 last time so am going to POAS tomorrow! Fingers crossed.

It's all gone quite again! Well I have seen signs of ov and have been suitably busy so now on the two week wait countdown.

Hope to catch up with you all soon!

Hi alpha,

how are you finding the inositol? I was on metformin last time but it didn't agree with me, probably as I ate too much sugary crap. Am trying to remember if I was still taking it at the time I was taking clomid but it's all a blur now. I am currently trying the 5:2 diet as I have heard it can help with insulin sensitivity and it worked last time I tried it as I lost ten pounds in six weeks which is good for me.

Hi mistletoe glad to hear that it's ok and you are still on track, fingers crossed for good news with the scan

Hi alpha and welcome to the thread. How are you doing on the Clomid? Many side effects?

I spoke to the consultant yesterday about the bleeding, he said that just because I've bleed it doesn't mean I've wasted a month which is quite a relief as we've got 6 months and that's our lot.
I'm off for a follicle tracking scan at the end of the week so fingers crossed it has worked.
Waiting to know if it's work is almost as hard as the two weeks wait

Hi all. I'm glad I found this thread as I could also do with some clomid buddies!

I'm just about to start my 3rd round of clomid (AF arrived today). Started on 50mg, increased to 100mg even though I ovulated on 50mg as my progesterone levels were slightly lower than they should have been. I have PCOS so I take inositol and I'm trying to lose weight.

squeaky you are in theory still a day behind me, its just my body has decided to throw it all out the window.
I finally spoke to a doctor yesterday who was great, very helpful. She said that it sounds like the Clomid is doing its job but my silly insides decided to have a bleed. So it looks like I shall ovulate close to the end of period..great!
But and this is a big but, when I conceived my daughter (no medical assistance) it turns out she was conceived 3 days after a period.

I still don't understand but I feel less like we've wasted a cycle

Hi mistletoe, no wonder you are confused I have just tried to read up on why it would happen and it's all about hormones and very complicated. from what I have read the clomid takes days to work so it may still promote ovulation despite AF. Hopefully it won't be a full AF and then you can start monitoring for ov, I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Am now confused about dates as I finished clomid yesterday and thought I was a day behind you! Should really look at some kind of tracking app as my brain is useless at this

Morning all

Things have gone a bit strange and hoping someone can help.

So after a course of Provera AF didn't arrive so I had a phone appointment with the consultant who said to go ahead and start the Clomid, I began it on day 102. Just to be clear I checked and double checked that I had heard the consultant right. I finished my 5 tablets yesterday and woke up this morning to AF!
Will the Clomid still work? Will I just ovulate earlier?

I'm so confused