Anyone else take clomid & hcg trigger shot??

Hi Nicci. Hope you got that peak reading by now. Parents left this morning so I've spent the afternoon getting my house back in order and am just enjoying the peace and quiet. Sadly my grandma died yesterday, so I will see them again in a week or so for the funeral.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas xx

Hello everyone. Very quiet on here - guess we're all busy with Christmas. I'm just posting quickly as parents will arrive in about an hour and here until 27th. Went to clinic on Monday to talk through options. Was disappointed in them as their attitude was 'what do you want to know' - they're the experts. I just wanted to know what my options were, but it's like getting blood from a stone. Anyway in the end I decided to be referred to the other clinic for IVF. Think it takes about 6 weeks to get an appointment so thought it wouldn't hurt to get the ball rolling this side of Christmas. Obviously don't have to decide to go through with treatment until it happens so I have time to think more about it.

I have alcohol, soft cheese and peanuts in the house and am looking forward to devouring them over Christmas

Have a good Christmas everyone and good luck xx

Hi Nicci

Sorry you're still feeling It's not selfish beacause we can't help it, we wouldn't choose to feel like this would we. I know what you mean about dh's not quite understanding how we feel. My DH found out yesterday that he has finally gotten into the local police force and I cried!!!! He thinks I have gone simple! BUMP means bring up my post, I think people use it to put unanswered threads back to the top of the list in the topic section. I was logged on but it wasn't showing any new posts on this thread but it seems to be ok now?!? I don't know if there is a way if you don't log on but I doubt it. I'm gonna go out and get blasted tonight, I haven't been out for ages or had a drink so seeing as I have been ill and there has been hardly any bding in my house, I'm getting drunk with the girls. I think a good blowout will do me good. try to feel better hun, things will work out in the end and that will make it all the more special.

Happy Christmas everyone

Moo xxx

Hi everyone

welcome babymadness

I don't know what is up with my puter but it isn't showing when people are posting on this thread so was just looking for it to bump it and see you are all still here.............I am soooooo glad!!

Am wishing I hadn't taken my clomid this month coz am poorly sick now with this horrible cough and cold so it feels like a waste. have been taking paracetamol coz i know you can take that but caved in today and took some ibuprofen too!! Well the SME plan has gone out the window already, never mind will start again in the new year.

Issy sorry about your temp drop, it sucks

hayzee, glad you managed to go on your birthday trip and had a good time.

Nicci how's things, hope you are feeling better now, I was really fed up when the clomid didn't work, was feeling really optimistic about it because it was first month on it so I figure my expectations are a lot lower now maybe I won't be so disapointed next time (who am I kidding right)

Here's to everyone having a great xmas and all their wishes coming true in the new year.

babydust
moo xxx

Thanks for all of the kind words, ladies!

I am hanging in there. Dr said that since I had the chemical pregnancy (guess that's what we're calling it) that I would not respond well to the second round of Clomid this cycle, and need to wait a month. So I guess we'll try it naturally this cycle (although I haven't been O-ing on my own). I am trying to be positive. These message boards certainly help though

Thanks, everyone!

hi all sorry i havent been on for a few days but i did go lapland on my birthday which was absolutely brilliant and then i went clubbing in the evening which was great except when i became really ill and then had to go home. I have now got a really bad chest infection so been so weak.
nicci- hope this cycle is the one maybe all the excitement of xmas will take the pressure off and it will happen.
thankyou all for the get well messages.
Im still waiting for my period to arrive so that i can start my clomid again, just hoping that it is not going to mess me up again and that i will have to take the provera again but its still early days as the latest i should be on is friday. At least i have not got any thoughts in my head of being pregnant as the hospital said i did not ovulate so its been a cheap month as have not had to buy any tests lol.
lets all hope that 2009 is the year for all the clomid babies xxxxx

Welcome Babymadness.

Sorry Lytho - that's so tough - there are people on MN who say you're very fertile after early mc, so hope next time works for you.

Hi Nicci - still here, just. I'm out - big temp drop this morning and BFN yesterday, so AF will be here tomorrow/Wednesday. Really don't know what to do next. IVF seems so extreme both emotionally and financially and right now just feel like giving up. Maybe it's just not meant to happen for me. Don't think I can put my life on hold any longer - it's been nearly two years now since I was first referred to the clinic and in that time I could have met someone and conceived naturally. Have my 20-wk pregnant friend staying over tomorrow so may change my mind, but I'm just exhausted by the whole thing at the moment.

Hi you guys, I'm new here...was on clomid for 4 months and now on menapour injections and HCG trigger injection...is it still ok to join in? Hope so...i'm on day 6 and have a scan tomorrow, to check out follicles after injections.... Sorry to hear some of your messages are really tough...Lytho...thats incredibly hard to handle and auntiemoo....thats the spirit! This is such a rollercoaster....we just all have to think of that moment, when it finally happens....it's going to be so much more special than ALL those peeps who just go.....oh look dear...i'm preggers!....xx

Oh Lytho I'm really sorry that must be so hard. Af is soooooooooo cruel, I hate her!!! I'm for you and your DH. Sending you lots of hugs and loads of babydust.

moo xx

Hi ladies,

Thanks for your responses. My bloodwork came back positive Friday, with an HCG level of 37. We were SO excited, went out to celebrate. I woke up bleeding Saturday though - and took a HPT and the line was barely there, unlike the darker tests this week, and my temp dropped. I think AF somehow invaded my BFP. We are SO bummed, because we had one whole day of celebrating. Ugh.

So now I am back at CD2, ready for more Clomid. Sigh.

Thanks again for the replies, it really helps!

Awww Nicci, sorry you're back to day 1 I'm on CD6 now so am not very far ahead of you. I hate day 1, I think we all do coz we want to see day 72 (random number?) lol.

Lytho, I've never had the HCG trigger so can't really comment coz I know nothing about it. I hope you get your BFP that will be so exciting

Hayzee, hope you were feeling better for your birthday, is it today?? It's my baby brothers birthday today.........he's 23 lol

Right girlies, new year coming, new lease of life!!! All this moping isn't helping me so, of course am hoping (has fingers crossed) for BFP's before xmas for those who are waiting but if not, 2009 is our year............all of us!! I refuse to accept that in another year I will still be in this situation and I am NOT going to let it happen, by hook or by crook (although not sure how you can crook this) we are having BFP's within the next year.........I've said it..............I meant it.............so it must be true!! There is gonna be more BDing in my house than you can shake a stick at whether DH likes it or not lol

Who's with me!

xmas babydust for all

Moo xx

Thanks, hope! I didn't allow myself to be excited since the doc told me NOT to test. ;)
My Ovidrel shot was 250MGU/.5ML - I think I read on here that it was equal to 6500IU? Not sure how long that takes to disappear?
I had a dark positive Wednesday and then a shade lighter yesterday and this morning. I was told that even two tests within the same box can be different shades. I am OBSESSING over every little thing, I feel like a crazy woman!

Sorry to hear that you're back at CD1 -but atleast your TWW is over and this new cycle will be your lucky one! Best of luck!

I'll let you know what happens with the bloodwork

Hello All,

Sorry for busting into this chatroom. This page has been so informative to me, as I've just had my first round of Clomid and had an HCG trigger on 11-28. I am now 12DPO, 14 DPT. Of course, I have been POAS all week, even though my doc told me not to! I can't help it! I have had positive HPTs for the past 3 days, including this morning. Do you think this could still be the leftover HCG from the trigger? I just went for bloodwork, but of course since it is Friday afternoon, I may not hear until Monday, which will kill me

Thanks!

Sorry you feel ill Hayzee - really hope you feel better for your birthday tomorrow.

Sorry AF here Nicci . Another BFN for me today and checked an hour later and evap line was starting to appear, so think that must be what happened yesterday, so probably joining you next Wednesday.

Hope you don't mind but I've directed someone over here who has a clomid question and thought you may be able to help.

xx

hi all
im currently really ill hubby infected me with his cold feel really rubbish so if i done feel better by tomorrow might have to give lapland a miss even though its cost me a fortune. It is supposed to be heavy rain tomorrow and the whole experience is outdoors so just hoping will feel a little better by the morning. What a great birthday im going to have i supposed to be going hairdressers today but really dont feel like it but if i dont get it done today i probably wont be able to get it done before xmas. Im keeping all my fingers crossed for all of you it would be great to hear some good news on here. Im waiting for my period to arrive so that i can get back on the clomid at least i dont have to waste money on tests this month as i didnt ovulate.xxx

Well I think I'm one of a few guilty culprits of serial testing on here, hey Nicci .

If you look back at the thread I posted a summary of all our thoughts on when hcg leaves your system on page 4 to someone who popped in briefly then got a BFP - maybe we're a good luck charm on this thread.

Please don't be terrified - I didn't mean to worry you - there must be lots of people who test negative then positive after hcg for the question to be out there on the threads. And if my theory were correct for everyone someone would have known about it by now. I tested negative for two days then positive again when had the suspected mc too (tho it was a Sainsburys and there's now a whole thread about them and false positives, so who knows). I guess it's connected with both how quickly you expel the false hcg and how quickly you start producing the natural hcg that determines whether it would go negative before a positive, so it must be different for different people else we'd all test positive on same dpo to confirm pg instead of this whole 55% on day-4, 87% on day-3 etc.. I'd love to see studies on this too.

Yes, I'm 8 dpo today, we are cycle buddies . Really hope you get good news - after going all the way to Norway for treatment you certainly deserve it. BTW, what are the IVF success rates for your clinic? The one I'm looking at is 45% for 35-37 year olds.

Babydust to all

Hi Londonlottie - nice to see you on this thread and thanks again for introducing me to the other FF site (confusing that there are two). The only reason I'm concerned about a BFN on 8dpo (10 days after hcg shot) is because a few cycles ago I had a suspected early mc and didn't get a negative until 13 days after the shot, so I have a theory in my head that if I'm pg the test won't go negative. There are lots of different strengths of hcg shot and people metabolise (is that a word?) at different rates, so may not mean anything for you though. Also I've read somewhere that a +ve, -ve, +ve after hcg shot means you're pregnant so it must happen for some people.

If you know your usual temps you could start temping now, which would give you the pre-AF warning.

I can never wait until test date either, I usually give in at day -3 when the cb digital is 87% accurate. Even though the bfns are disappointing, I get carried away thinking I'm pg and the early testing brings me back down to earth more gently. I'm still undecided at what's best.

Now you can all tell me off as I know you should never do it, but ... I was in such a rush this morning I didn't look really closely at the test, didn't accurately time the 5 mins (was just counting in my head) and left the wrapper on the windowsill. When I went to put the wrapper in the bin this evening I picked the test back up again (very bad habit I have - there was nothing yucky in the bin - other than the used pg test of course ), but there was a line there. I know one can appear after a while (there's no don't read after time with the test I used - internet cheapie with poor instructions), but I used these tests last month and no line appeared after a negative result then on any of them. So maybe I jumped the gun thinking I had BFN this morning. Of course still could be from the hcg shot so doesn't mean anything and was very faint but pink not grey. I will try not to test again until next Wednesday (but I said that this morning )!

Really hope the IVF worked for you Lottie and good luck everyone else too xx.