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

Not = now...

heather looks like your night sleep was as bad as mine (coughing toddler in my case!) from your posting time.

Although soft cups are used for periods, people have had success with them also using them as a conception aid, either popping them in after sex to keep sperm in, or if issues in the DTD department, man puts sperm straight in the soft cup. I've not tried it myself though.

I'm going all out for this cycle (it will be my third on clomid) on the healthy eating. I've got b complex and b12 vitamins, coenzyme q10 and EPO. I think the EPO will be the important one for me due to lack of EWCM, the other two in taking for good measure in just small doses. Also seven seas conception. I'm not a little less confident I'm going to get preggers in the imminent future now I'm 2 cycles down, going to try and chill out mentally a bit this cycle!

Oh lol
I thought it was something to aid conception!!
I have/use a moon cup which is the same thing just obv called something different!
Thanks though x

Good luck Heather. I had to google 'soft cups' myself. It's a little plastic cup you put up there to catch your period, it means you don't need towels or tampons.

I think I might have to get one of these fertility monitors

Ps... What are soft cups? Xx

Eeeek I'm 8dpo tomorrow and battling with my head to try and resist buying some tests tomorrow!!! I had a BFP with my first 2 babies at 10dpo so it's a possibility! Or do I need to restrain myself lol
Miss monkey were doing:
Pre conception vitamins
Clomid 2-6
Clear blue digital opk

Ive got the Clearblue fertility monitor ready for next month and my hsg if I'm not lucky this month xx

Morning ladies,

nomio so sorry you've had a bad time! It's exhausting and every month when the af witch arrives you feel totally deflated, chin up hunni

scienceteachergeek sorry you had a very bad experience with your HCG (people told me "it only hurts a little" but I was like you it really hurt me ) fingers crossed for the rest of your journey.

heather they advise you take some pain relief before, but as people had said it wouldn't really hurt I didn't bother, I advise you do just in case. But you might be like bonvydazzler and have a better experience. You might be on to something there, I havnt had children yet either so that might have something to do with it being really unpleasant.

bonvydazzler sorry about your bfn, what cycle of Clomid are you on?

Ok ladies so I thought it would be a good idea to share what tricks we are all currently using to aid us in our journey Then I will be able to ask real women in similar situations about them rather than google so I'm using:
Clomid (cd2-6)
Clearblue advanced fertility monitor
His and hers conception vitamins
Soft cups
Pre seed

Yes I've got a DS already. HSG wasn't at all as bad as I'd feared for me.

No, I don't have any. I'm sure you're will be a breeze...nothing thicker than sperm or a period had been in or out of my cervix before Tuesday!

Ah I'm sorry to hear that bovnydazzler and thank you both for sharing your HSG experience. May I ask if either of you have children at all? I'm just wondering if it may make a difference if you already have children ( as I do)

How's everyone else getting on ? Xx

Hi Heather like scienceteacher said I think it depends from person to person. Mine was fine really, a bit awkward with 3 medical people in room (radiographer, doctor and nurse) but for me, about 20 seconds of mild/moderate period pain and that was it. I had no pain afterwards. My tubes did fill up straight away with dye, I think it can be more uncomfortable if it takes longer or if there is some blockage. I went straight back to work after the op. Hope it goes okay.

I'm just awaiting AF to come today/tomorrow after a BFN yesterday.

Hi Heather
People really seem to vary on their experiences of an HSG. Mine was really rather painful. It starts off like a smear test but then they have to put a catheter through your cervix, inflate a small balloon up there, squirt some radioactive gel by your two ovaries and continually xray you as they watch the fluid travel through the fallopian tubes and into your uterus. The pain began like period pain but got more intense. The painful bit only lasts 5mins but the adrenaline running through my system made me look like I was having an epileptic fit after they'd finished!

As the tube is small and the balloon is nothing like the size of a baby's head I suggest we (hopefully!) have a lot worse to come It's all worth it after all

Hiya scienceteachergeek

Welcome, I'm interested to hear more about your HSG procedure as I'm having one next cycle of I don get a BFP this one.
I hadn't idea it's so uncomfortable :(

How is everyone else doing? X

Mylittle, I did an access course too & am now in my last semester at uni. I am sure you will get there when the time is right.

Hi everyone, thanks for all the good wishes. I am just going to keep going & hope for the best.

I am not being monitored at all. I have been using opk's which gave me smiley faces, but have since found out that you can get an LH surge but still not drop an egg. I am going to start temping next month, so should know for sure.

Can I ask what days you all take Clomid on? I have been taking mine on days 2-6 as prescribed & think I have been ovulating on day 14 of a 26 day cycle. I am wondering about trying different days just to see if it brings me better luck.

I have read that you are more likely to get pregnant if you take it earlier, but that the eggs are more likely to be stronger & healthier if you take it later in your cycle, so am a bit confused.

nomio so sorry that AF has come, it's such a crushing blow, especially on the clomid. Have you got an appointment with your gynocologist coming up? We're here with you, hope cycle 4 is the one.

I am planning to add EPO into the equation next cycle (assuming AF comes) as I think clomid has caused a dryness problem for me. No idea how to take it, if anyone knows let me know!

heather a midwife! That must be difficult sometimes I'm sure. I am getting very frustrating with preggers work colleagues complaining about not drinking etc, the green eyed monster in me keeps coming out (but I try and keep it to myself!)

scienceteacher yes, it's hard to not obsess on clomid. However for me I love having a shorter cycle so I don't have to keep up DTD for 4 weeks just in case. The 2ww is just as long though!

Hi there guys

I'll be joining you all on Clomid after my follow up appointment since having the trans-vaginal scan and the devil that was the HSG. It hurt so much that I passed out!

It's very comforting to hear all your stories. How do you all stop yourself becoming sex-driven maniacs every month? I was bad enough when I thought I had normal cycles. Now I know that I don't ovulate and will be getting 6 goes at Clomid I dread to think how obsessed I'm going to get! Any tips?

Good luck to you all xxx

Hi nomio
I'm so sorry, it's such a difficult time when it doesn't work.
Focus on next month and don't give up, have you tried using the clearblue fertility monitor? Ive just picked one up off eBay so if nothing happens this month I'm ready to attack next month with avengeance!

Hugs xx

Hi all, I am feeling really down today, as af has arrived.

I really thought we might get lucky this month. We dtd every day over my fertile period, I used conceive+, stuck my legs in the air after, even used softcups to keep the tadpoles where they should be, but it still hasn't worked.

I honestly don't know how much longer I can keep doing this. Every month I get my hopes up & every month they are destroyed.

I thought that once I got Clomid & started to ovulate, it would all magically fall into place, but this was round three & still nothing.

Sorry for being so depressing, but I just needed to vent!

Oh no don't let it get you down bovnydazzler, it will happen.
What is everyone's age and occupation? Thought it'd be nice to get to know you all a little better seeing as we're all in the stupid 2ww :( xx
Oh lol...I'm 34 and a midwife xx

mylittle sorry for the BFN, fellow impatient one! I got really down about yesterday's BFN and don't think I can cope with more white lines so going to wait till Saturday too when AF is due (assuming 12 day luteal phase like last month).

Ah I'm sorry to hear that, fingers crossed it was just a later implantation xx