Clomid takers- September thread

Awen, re. your question about using Clomid a second time... I think you would be fast-tracked on the NHS but if not then it is not expensive to go private - just one meeting with a consultant plus about £15 for the drugs! I would recommend it to anyone if they are getting nothing from their GP.

Congrats on the baby as well!

I am on CD8 today and am so excited, although everyone seems to be having problems - I thought this Clomid was a wonder drug . I am just hoping that it does the job, it will be weird to have a 28/29/30 day cycle (or whatever it is going to be) for the first time ever.

I have been well horny this weekend and am getting creamy CM (another thing that my odd cycles messed up). I am doing temps and tracking my chart on fertilityfriend.com and I have told my mum to stand by for sextuplets.

I've only had one proper cycle on clomid but I had the same lack of pre-AF symptoms. I usually get sore boobs and backache. AF arrived as usual though Hope it's not the case for you.

So confused! CD29 today and no AF. My past 4 cycles on clomid AF arrived CD25 then CD28 then CD29 then CD28 but had spotting a day or so before. So I was really hoping this time... did a test this am and BFN. I don't have any symptoms and whereas my breasts hurt every single time from after ov they don't this time which leads me to think I didn't ov this time which is wierd. Any ideas? At least I have aleady got an appointment with consultant for Thursday.

Forget to say plan was to increase clomid to 100mg once AF arrived.

yes. I was given 50mg of clomid

CD21 crap ov results

CD36 no AF, BFN

CD40 consultant advised me to wait until CD47 for AF

CD42 noticed EWCM (was still BDing daily as dp good sperm count and my attitude was it aint over till the fat lady sings)

CD47 No sign of AF & BFN. Spoke to consultant. Agreed to start prgesterone for 5 days on CD52 (so that hopefully CD21 would be on a weekday).

CD52-56 Took provera

CD65 still no AF, preg test BFP (29th April)

Hope this helps x

Did you then get pregnant without another course of clomid?

I was told to take progesterone as day 21 bloods said not ov'd and had neg preg test. Reason behind this is for clomid to start on CD1 - also not sure of side affects clomid has if already preg. Sorry to confuse issue, just what i was told.

Hi Awen, I took progesterone before I started on 50mg clomid, after 21 day blood test was negative the consultant said that I didn't need to take the progesterone again as nothing has changed since I last took it. I thought the logical thing would be to start again but apparantly not.

Has anyone else been in this position??

Thanks

lulu - i am sure it will happen. Just feels like forever when trying. You never know, you might end up with a girl. x

Awen- a NY baby! How exciting! I love the names- I love Elliot- can't use it though because friend has one called Elliot (Oh and because I'm not pg!)

kerri - did the consultant not induce AF first? When i didnt ov, was given progesterone to induce bleed and then was to start on increased dose. Good job she didnt put me straight onto clomid without progesterone as I ov'd late and am preg.

Lulu - Ds2 due new years eve altho may well come sooner. Ds1 arrived 38 weeks 8lb12.. Names are either Daniel or Elliot atm. DP and ds1 like Daniel more. I suggested Eragon but ds1 said no because he wants a name like that and hasnt go one so little brother isnt allowed lol

Welcome Iamso- we all know how upsetting and frustrating it can be! So are you on clomid and IUI? Do tell me more...

hello all, can I join you girls for September please? I'm in need of some friendly chat....I've been ttc for 2 yrs and this is my 2nd cycle of clomid. Had my 2nd IUI attempt this week so I should be upbeat but can't help feeling as if it is going to be another waste of time and money....

Hi Kerry- hope the increased dosage does it for you.

Awen- lovely news! Have you thought of names? When are you due?

Hi, I posted a few messages on the last thread, just thought I would let you know where I am up to. I saw the consultant last Friday who confirmed that I did not OV.

The day I went to see the consultant I was on CD 36, he got me to take a test to confirm it was negative and then advised me to increase my Clomid to 100mg from that day.

I have another blood test on new CD 21 so fingers crossed.

hard not to get hopes up, think i was lucky to have a fab consultant. She was against monitoring etc.. and me being on the nuet

Hi lulu - doing fine, expecting a little boy. Now nearly 23 weeks so really feeling his acrobatics! Ds1 very happy he is getting a brother

Hi Awen!! Hope all is going very well for you and your bean. Thanks for that info coz I did have a funny feeling that I may have ov-ed but later than they thought. Keeping up the sex but not getting my hopes up ... really trying not to anyway

AWEN!!! How are you and bean doing? Good to see you are still lurking.

hello ladies,

Flosspot - sorry about AF, but on a positive note perhaps Clomid is doing something.

Tiger - not to get you excited but i noticed cm+ dp just kept on bding with the view that will stop when AF arrives. Thankful we did that as ov'd very late.

nh101 - My dp would come up with smart arse comments like that, darlings arent they! lol.

Still lurking if that is ok. For those who have been successful with clomid, if they decide they want another child after do they have to wait again or do they get fast tracked?

HH101- I know what you mean! After 6 long months of no AF and nobody helping me I was so pleased to see a good doc and to get some help. And then it is exciting to see if the clomid will work. Good luck! I had really bad OV pains the first time- so I was pretty sure it was all happening. These have lessened with each cycle.

Hey Tigerschick - those stories are lovely, it just goes to show how important it is to try to put ttc to the back of your mind.

Thanks for the info Lulu, sometimes I don't know whether to ask for fear of dredging up awful memories etc from people but it helps to put threads like these into context if you can get an idea of who is on them and what their situations are!

I am justy plodding along, waiting for the drugs to make me OV (yay! Even that is exciting)

nh101 CD5 1st cycle, MC March ttc1
flosspot CD6, 4th cycle, mc June ttc#1
nomore CD17 2nd cycle (21 total!) ttc #1
lulu CD26 5th cycle mmc Oct ttc1

Realised that I meant to post that on the Summer bambino thread, not here, so have copied and pasted it to there - not very well .
I know it's not about Clomid but it is a success story all the same, so hope no one minds

Hi all

Just got back from M&T group and learned a tale that I thought I'd share with you:

There is a lady who goes to the group who has a ds, turned 2 last week, and a dd, 1 in December. We were chatting about children, ttc etc. She told me that she had seven failed IVF treatments over 8 years. They decided to give it a rest for a bit after the seventh one and within a couple of months she got pg naturally! Then, no sooner had she had her ds than she started trying again and she got pg naturally after 4 months.
A success story that made me so I thought it might make you too.

Hope everyone is happy and well.

OOPs- I posted this on our old thread yesterday- here it is again...

Hiya NH101- well as far as I know clomid has "worked" in that they think I am OVing. I do get AF regularly now and they did a prog test in the middle of my first cycle- I never saw the results for that as he said that as long as I am getting AF regularly then I should be Oving. Clomid hasn't "worked" in that I am not pg, so after my next cycle (start soon) I will have surgery. There were suggestions that I had scarring caused by the ERPC or maybe endemitriosis (which was tentatively diagnosed many years ago).

I am just hanging on to the fact that our MC were a sad event and that we can still get pg. It is awful, though, I know as you are so upset about losing a baby and on top of that you feel like it has screwed up your body! Take care and try to stay positive!

Lulu - do they know any reason why the Clomid has not worked so far? I also fear my MMC was my only chance as basically I didn't seem to be having periods!