Anyone else take clomid & hcg trigger shot??

Hi all

Thanks for the welcome Issy, my fingers are crossed for you, hope the IUI works for you and brings you the bestest xmas pressie ever.

Nicci that'll be great thanks, will have a look at FF. I think I'm right in thinking that POAS means pee on a stick??? lol

Still feeling the same but am tring not to get hopes up because I think i read somewhere that clomid can give early pg symptoms so I'm trying to make myself believe thats what it is.

On another topic, the grumpy inspector made me take the xmas tree out of the office today OK to be fair i did put a 6 foot one up but I'm allowed to leave the tinsel up lol. The tree had been up a grand total of 2 hours before it had to be removed lol.

hope you are all well

BABYDUST***

Moo xx

Welcome moo. This is a really lovely thread. Funny teeth are meant to be a really good sign.

So sorry it didn't work for you Hayzee , perhaps they will try you on a stronger dose or with the GT injections instead. Hope something works for you soon.

Thanks for asking after me Nicci. I'm OK, just having the usual post injection nausea, but am determined to remember that it doesn't mean I'm pg , so if you catch me symptom spotting before next Thursday tell me to stop! Good luck with not testing.

Good luck all xxx .

Hi all

nicci, my cycle is usually between 27 & 29 days so am expecting af around monday-ish Ok so tmi alert........ so far have had reeeeealy sore (.)(.) but usually they are a bit sore anyway, have got thick creamy cm (sorry did warn about tmi) am tired, grumpy and have funny feeling teeth (bizzare) I've had funny twinges on both sides around ov and a couple of times since. For someone who isn't symptom spotting I've mentioned quite a few I've never charted and wouldn't know where to start, up untill 6 months ago was working shifts so would have been difficult to chart then but have no excuse now.

hayzee Glad your nurse finally got in touch, it was poor they kept you waiting so long but sorry it wasn't better news hun. I think nicci may be right, eat, drink and be merry over chrimbo have a rest from the meds and who knows what santa may bring, don't give up, just have a rest

Maybe we should all send santa a letter telling him what we want for xmas

Fingers crossed and lots of babydust for all

Moo xxx

hi all
finally my nurse called me today, said that i have not ovulated this month so its not working as i thought, she is going to speak to my gyn tomorrow to find out if im going to continue on the clomid or try something else. Lets hope that i get some better news in 2009. Hope you are all keeping well and i will keep my fingers crossed for you all xxx.

Hi everyone

Was wondering if I can join your group. I have taken my first lot of clomid and am now on CD25 so waiting with baited breath for the dreaded AF. DH and I have been ttc for a little over 3 years and up to press consultant can't find any reason that it hasn't happened (good news but also frustrating) I take clomid on day 2-6 but didn't have hcg injection although had a scan on CD15 and nurse said had ov'd already and was about to ov again from other side. Will be gutted if I don't get BFP coz I know I will have had 2 chances this cycle but trying not to symptom spot or obsess too much Also I'm not sure if my cycle length will be affected by clomid as it is only my first go. Anyway here's hoping for sticky little beans for us all for xmas

Hayzee echo Nicci about that being rubbish. I can never get through to my clinic on the phone, but they are better at responding to e-mails. Is there another number you could try? Perhaps your nurse is off sick or something. Really hope you get some answers soon. Very on your behalf.

IUI was OK today - cervix didn't play hide and seek for too long. Found the day really emotional though. I think because it was my last chance. Some good news though, they've changed the policy so you have to pay on the day now and I only got charged the pre-October rate. This is attempt 3 since the price went up but I haven't been billed for the others yet, so that's £450 extra for IVF! Can't see this attempt working - last time I had such good follicles and my day-21 progesterone was about 189 and it didn't work. Just don't see it happening. Trying not going to get my hopes up just to have them dashed again.

Good luck both xx

hi
im getting so bloddy annoyed the nurse still hasnt called me even though i have left a message every day this week and a few last week so if the eggs were going to grow i would have missed it by now so just hoping nothing has happened. SO lets hope the new year will bring some better news as its clear nothing is going to happen. Speak to you both soon. xxx

You're welcome Nicci.

I had scan today - didn't take proper notice of my results as they were going to rescan on Wednesday - I definitely had two larger follicles, one on each ovary, but can't remember whether were 1.7 and 1.8 or 1.8 and 1.9, some 1.3s and 1.2s. Sometimes my follicles go to 1.8 and others they're well over 2 so never sure. I'm confused though. I used OPK this am pre-appointment and was -ve, then again about 12:30 and the lines were almost the same, which is as positive as I sometimes get, so told clinic they were the same. Since the OPK was so borderline I retested around 4pm and was def negative and again this evening so now I think I may have jumped the gun. Sorry TMI warning - trying so hard not to drink too much that at lunchtime could only manage 3 secs of poas so must have been concentrated, but for later tests peed in plastic cup to avoid the problem and was quite weak both times, despite trying hard not to drink in final 2 hours, so probably just that. Only clear result of all the testing is a dehydration headache! Used Ovitrelle tonight anyway as would be treated Wednesday anyway so thought I'd give those eggs best chance of being matured. Bodies - aren't they confusing!

Babydust to you both xx

Nicci - I can see why you're confused as you seem to have two temp rises. I noticed that your cover line on previous month was above the first rise though, so that may mean the second rise was ov, which would tie in with monitor reading. Either way you seem to have it covered with your bd timing. Good luck.

Good luck Nicci. Not sure how the monitor works but presume high is bd time, so have fun.

Hope you've got hold of the nurse now Hayzee.

I went for scan this morning and lots of follicles around 1.2 and one at 1.5 so back on Monday and hoping nothing happens over the weekend. Asked the nurse about what next and she advised me to go for IVF. Apparently at my age there would be a 40-50% chance of success, but costs £2500-£3000 and would have to go to the clinic owned by my employer to keep same donor else would be waiting list for donor again. In some ways wish we'd had the discussion earlier as hadn't realised chance was so much higher than the 10% for IUI and might have been better to have stopped at 6 IUI attempts. But I am where I am. Will have to work out my finances over the weekend - though will have a better idea once I see what mortgage rates do on Monday (fixed-rate ends in January and am expecting a hike).

Good luck both.

nurse was supposed to call me back on tuesday but as yet i havent heard from them. I did call earlier and left a message but they still havent called me back, so no news as yet from me but as soon as i hear anything i will let you know.

Thanks both. Haven't been too bad today, had the odd moment but at least I held it together at work. One of my colleagues even remembered and bought me some flowers, which was really sweet.

It must have been really tough being a midwife and going through that Nicci. Hope that monitor goes high for you soon.

Sorry about your scan Hayzee. I hope they sort out your dosage soon. Maybe they will try the injections instead for you.

Take care both xx

hi issy, nicci is right we have all been through the same when my due date came for the baby i lost last xmas i had a cry just for the what might have been.
my scan went crap there was nothing so i dont think its working and the fertility nurse agreed i had a blood test to tell exactly what is going on. The nurse is going to call me tomorrow with the results and then she is going to get in touch with my gyn to see if she wants to increase my dosage or stop with the clomid altogether so i might no longer be on it just have to wait and see what will be will be.
hope u both are doing well im out of the race for the august baby but i will keep my fingers crossed for both of u xxx.

Hayzee - I read somewhere that increased dosage doesn't increase the side effects. Be careful with that decorating if you're in the 2ww - try and avoid those paint / varnish fumes. If you're anything like I was the other month, you won't be able to stay in the room anyway - it's one of the main reasons that I think the nurse was right about the early mc.

I'm putting off going to bed tonight as I really don't want to wake up tomorrow. It's the day the baby I miscarried in March was due and already I keep bursting into tears. Really don't know how I'm going to get through work and wish I'd taken the day off now.

It must be coming up to ov time for you both so good luck!

hi all
well ive got my fingers crossed for both of u we could do with some good news on here. im not 100% sure about the ovarian drilling as it was only mentioned briefly to me but she said that they would drill my cysts on the ovaries which gets rid of my pcos for 12-18 months which would give me a better chance of getting pregnant. They are going to look into it after i finish my 6 cycles of clomid so hopefully if they do it and i have to go down the iui route it will give me a better chance but will have to wait until next year.
Well ive got loads of decorating at home to do (was only going to paint living room but ripping out flooring,fire place getting new units etc) so it will take my mind off this cycle but im now in the mind that clomid is not going to work for me my body seems to not like it. They was talking of putting my dosage up if it doesnt work so i hope i dont get really bad side effects.xxx

Hope you get good news on Monday Hayzee. Be thinking of you. What is ovarian drilling?

Nicci - sure you'll get your high soon, esp if you have had that dip. I've never used a CBFM, how do they work? Glad you got your hcg and thanks for checking out the post. Lots of people from another clomid thread I'm on have urged her to get it checked out, so let's hope she listens. I think some people are only monitored first cycle and others not at all. I guess unmonitored just increases chance of multiple birth as I would get my treatment cancelled if more than 3 over 1.4 - just scraped in there last time with the fourth at 1.2 - not that it did any good.

Will be having the 'what happens next' conversation when I get scanned on Friday, so see what they say, but they've previously said in passing only option is IVF, which can't afford. I do take day 2-6. First time was treated on day 13 and last time was day 11 - but both hcg triggered. Expect will be day 11 this time as clinic will force it on the Saturday, so they don't miss treating if it happens naturally on the Sunday.

Off to my cousin's wedding tomorrow - really looking forward to it, but hope I don't get too many 'when are you going to settle down and have kids' comments. Also will get asked about my brother, who unbeknown to most of my family is not at all nice and I haven't seen him for over 10 years. At least he wasn't invited to the wedding, so I can go.

Have a nice weekend xx