Clomid-ifiers, get yourselves over here! July thread

Hope everyone is well and having a good long weekend.

Hi Floss- hmm.. CD29 any symptoms of AF? How long were your other 3 cycles? How are you feeling about things? I am on CD19 and absolutley nothing to report.

My next appt is Sept 6th and that is when I hope we will be able to sort out surgery. I'm now feeling like I just want to sort that out as I really feel like something happened during the ERPC that messed me up physically (but then I second guess everything!). I will be on my last clomid cycle then, so I just wanted to make sure things weren't delayed.

they increase by 50mg each time up to max of 250 (I think, though it might be 200)

Have not got PCOS or any other 'reason' why I'm not ov'ing. Having said that the diagnosis of not ov'ing was only from blood tests from one cycle, so i'm still not convinced I never ov, but am willing to try anything now TBH. Dh has a low % of properly formed sperm, but he produces lots of quantity, so doc wasn't too worried about that. I think doc is trying me on Clomid before going down the IUI/IVF route (it's all about the £££)

Wow - it certainly looks like the Clomid is working for you nomore!! That's good to hear - and a 50 dose, like me. But you aren't taking it for PCOS are you? I think that I'll need to be upped in my dose soon. What are the 'bigger' amounts?

My first day 21 test was 8.3 in a regular 28 day cycle

Getting AF is no sign of ov'ing - I had regular AF (28-31 day cycles) for 18 months before finding out I didn't ov.

Hi everyone. I also had a Day 21 test, but I was never told the results. I guess they just thought since I got AF then I was ov... Sounds like we have all had different experiences!

a level of 30 is a 'pass'

I am guessing that 58 is good - congratulations
I've never had 21 day bloods, they went straight for the scan!
lol at your dh liking the idea of twins - mine did until I pointed out how much of a handful dd is, and then told him to double it and still keep dd! He went slightly pale

I had a scan before being prescribed Clomid - I think they were checking for PCOS - but have had nothing since except day 21 blood test (which came back at 58, yay!). I could be producing 6 eggs for all they know! (though I have no side-effects on 50mg Clomid, so it's unlikely that my ovaries are over-stimulated) DH quite likes the idea of having twins...

Nomore- it is frustrating. After my first scan they just sent me off for 6 months. I wanted to see the doctor just to touch base and talk about some of my concerns so I did after 3 months. He was fine with that and was helpful, but I think it the first scan is OK and they see that you are Oving then there is no real reason to keep poking and prodding at you. But am I right in thinking you didn't even have the first scan?? They really should have done that, I think.

hope everyone else is OK. Floss- where are you at now? I'm at CD18...

now

I do wonder where we are on the lottery of NHS - we were seen by specialist really quickly, but no I feel we've just been cast adrift with just the Clomid for 6 months. Hopefully it'll work fine and I won't need to go back, but I can't help wondering what kind of service we might receive if we do...

I don't know if they would continue to monitor me if the clomifene had worked this time. I think they would simply have told me to carry on. The fact that I haven't oved means they will continue to monitor me a bit longer. There was another lady waiting to see the same specialist as me, I saw her notes (not close up of course) and where I had 1 row of boxes filled in, indicating 1 scan, she had at least 5 or 6. So I feel a bit bad complaining.
I'm in Leicestershire, but when I went for my first meeting with the specialist she said that my gp had done a lot more than a lot of gps bother to do - ie he had sorted my diagnostic scan and blood tests. So it varies gp to gp, specialist to specialist and area to area - what chance do we stand really!?!

I'm not being scanned - had a day 21 blood test (at GP's) on first cycle which showed I ov'd and have now been told to carry on taking the next 5 months' worth and go back if I'm not pg by Feb 08. Nobody's said anything about monitoring, doc did say chance of mulitple pg is 10% higher than normal and that I might feel 'menopausal symptoms' but that was all. Seems treatment/monitoring varies quite a bit.. I'm on NHS in Swindon PCT if it makes any difference?

Just read this and it suggests that there isn't a difference. Just terminology then.

I am not sure of the difference either however the "S" stands for syndrome. Not sure if there is actually a difference.

Ah - of course, that would tell if you ov or not.

I would definately ask about the scan - like I say, I can't understand why they don't scan everyone. If it isn't working, the scan seems to be the best way of telling, and if it's working too well, you know that you're at risk of sextuplets in time to decide if you want them!

Incidentally - do you know the difference between PCO and PCOS? I've never been told which I have and I'm not even sure that there is a difference or if it's just terminology. Ta.

I did have a 21 day blood test and will find out the results to that on Friday.

I will ask about the sacn when I go on Friday and will let you know.

I didn't take provera I took Norethisterone which is basically the same thing and then Clomid on days 2-6 the same as you have.