Anyone else take clomid & hcg trigger shot??

Sorry Nicci .

My temp rose back a bit this morning, but caved in and tested and got a BFN. The time I had suspected early mc it stayed positive until 10 dpo, so think probably hasn't worked for me. Was really hoping it would this time so don't have to make the IVF decision.

Hope everyone else is having better luck x

auntiemoo - hope you enjoyed your family dinner. Sadly can't help with SME plan - no dp to try it with! - but lots of people on other threads swear by it. Hope those shoes are nicely stretched.

Hayzee - enjoy Lapland and your birthday. Have lots of citrus fruit and strawberries to boost that zinc and vit c and keep hubby's cold away. I couldn't manage without temping, I find the rise so reassuring, and it doesn't take long to get in the habit. The drop, though infuriating, is also useful as a warning that AF is coming.

Hi bamboo - hope AF stays away for you. I'm moving to IVF if this IUI fails too. I was upfront with my boss and initially she was supportive but more recently less so - even though I arrive at work earlier on days I have scans - luckily I don't start til 10am usually. I've been lucky that most of my treatments have either fallen on Saturday or when I'm on annual leave anyway, so only 2 of my 8 have been in work time.

Sorry your temp dropped today Nicci, but it's still way above your cover line, so fingers crossed it will rise again tomorrow for you.

I have done quite well at not symptom spotting this past week - until today! So here's my observations and the common sense reasons. It's 7 dpo and I have a temp dip - implantation? - Or just that my boiler didn't kick in so was freezing and was up earlier than usual to fit blood test in before work. Walking between car and hospital had strange crampy pains too low for trapped wind - but they didn't last very long. Later in the morning had really itchy nips (sorry) - I was wearing the cheapest bra I've ever bought (but never itchy before). So they could all be something and nothing and should just try to forget about it for a week. Someone tell me to stop!

Good luck all xxx

Hi All

Am sat here in the bestest shoes in the world trying to break them in because they are sooooooooooooo uncomfortable but very very cool a successful shopping trip today have got a frock and everything I usually stay well away from anyhing that shows leg (or my stumps as DH calls them lol)

Bamboo,I'm really lucky in that I have a very understanding boss and he lets me have time off whenever I need it, he knows what DH and I are going through and he's been really good about it. Maybe if you feel you could tell your boss it might make them a bit more understanding.

Wow hayzee cooking for 13 last year!!! I cooked for 7 and found that a nightmare lol. I hate cooking everyday food never mind the chrimbo dinner, I'm at my ma in laws this year so am looking forward to having it made for me.

Nicci, I'm not sure about anything about BBT just yet but am sat here secrely hoping that you slept outide the covers in the nud!! Other than that am hoping as I think can happen that it's an implantation dip??? Like I said though don't really know anything about it.

Issy, how are you, where are you up to now?

Xmas babydust for everyone

Moo xx

Hi everyone, I posted really early in this thread and then dropped off a bit although I have been following everyone's stories. Just finished my 3rd round of IUI and clomid at 100 and am now waiting for af to arrive. I am going to move onto IVF then but feel that my ovarian reserve must be rubbish as my response to clomid has been poor, never more than one egg. It is such a downer the whole thing and the amount of time off work to go and have all the scans is beginning to get difficult. What does everyone else do? I haven't told my boss.

hi
im chuffed that im allowed to continue on the clomid as it puts off the iui for a while, you never know it might just work and i wont need the iui. My xmas shopping is finished but my hubby is off work and ill in bed just hoping that i dont get it as we are going lapland uk on sat for my birthday as im a big kid and then we are going out in the evening for a few drinks at a local club.
For xmas im at the in-laws which is great as i cooked for 13 last year so having a nice relaxing day, then boxing day i have my nan as we lost my grandad this year, my dad and 2 brothers and my sister who lives with me. Nicci i might start charting but i will probaby forget to take my temp in the morning as i just jump out of bed with a list of things to do running through my head

LOL issy I wish he would give it up after a few days he plays online so he's always playing different people and never gets bored, unlike me who sits watching him play!!! Well am done with the xmas shopping now and everything is wrapped so am going shopping for an outfit tomorrow with my mum and brother and having lunch out with them too. Hopefully will be in for a relaxing december now, have 3 birthdays yet before xmas but am done buying and wrapping for those too, just got the cards to buy now.....woo hoo

Nicci will have a look on ebay but am determined to find the one i have, it's driving me potty because I know I have seen it, even got out of bed a few times coz I'd thought of different places it could be lol, the annoying thing is I took it out of the drawer and put it somewhere that I knew it would be

Has anyone else tried the sperm meets egg plan (aka the deanna plan)?? Wonder if it really is as successful as it says 40% which is better than the 25% you get naturally??? I've only had a quick look at it so am gonna google it again now.

Sorry girls - interrupted writing my post to eat dinner and forgot to check if anyone had posted meanwhile. Lol about the computer game - if he's anything like me he'll play non-stop for a few days and then abandon it. Am getting my dad a computer game for Christmas.

Hi Nicci your chart looks hopeful and it's very early so try not to get down about the BFN - at least you know the hcg is out of your system so you can trust a BFP now. I'm on fertilityfriend too, but not VIP so can't share my charts. I'm not symptom spotting because will just be the hcg. Day 21 blood test tomorrow, can't believe I'm only half way through the 2ww - feels like forever.

Hope the higher dose works for you Hayzee. I got a lot of my shopping done at the Lincoln Christmas market on Saturday, so just 4 pressies to go. It's secret santa day at work tomorrow and haven't wrapped the present yet. What are you doing for Crimbo?

Have you seen the fertilityfriends.co.uk website? It's quite good for meeting people being treated at the same clinic as you. I've been on it to find out the true cost of IVF and have been chatting with someone on there who also works for my employer and has to hide from colleagues when she goes for treatment. Small world - I wrote to her 2 years ago in my work.

How's it going auntiemoo?

Hi everyone

Have started on the clomid again today but am not being monitored this cycle so just gonna have to do lots more BDing, poor dh was given a printout of the sperm meets egg plan last night and told "this is what we will be doing this month" hehe. I was being quite irrational yesterday, I bought him a computer game and then when he stayed up late playing it I told him thats why I was in bits every month It's a good job he understands Am feeling much better today the defeatist attitude has gone and am up for the battle again and this time I'm gonna win!!! I had another hissy fit yesterday coz I have lost my BBT thermometer, bloody typical timing have had it ages and never used it, found it a couple of weeks ago in the kitchen drawer and the minute I want it............!!poof!! it's gone never mind maybe I would drive myself silly with it lol.

So am on CD2 now how is everyone else getting on? Hayzee thats good news about them upping your dose. Hope everyone is well (sprinkles babydust for all)

Moo xx

hi girls
i am still on the clomid my gyn just upped my dosage to 150mg of clomid. My period is due anywhere between the 13th (which is my birthday so great)or the 20th so hopefully santa will wave a little of his magic over xmas.
how are you all have you all finished your xmas shopping and what are you up to over the holidays? xxx

Thanks auntiemoo. Sorry AF arriving for you . So frustrating that progesterone makes us feel pg. Are you having the hcg injection too? - It makes me nauseous and gives me (TMI warning) thick white CM like I had when I was pg. I ignore it for a few days, but about a week later I always forget and start getting quietly excited. Then about 8dpo all the symptoms disappear and I get disappointed again.

Welcome hoping. I think it's OK to drink on Clomid - I just checked the leaflet that came with mine and it doesn't say you can't.

Hi Nicci and Hayzee. Hope you're OK.

I've had a stressful weekend. Big row with my ex last Tuesday and thought we'd sorted things out and went to a christmas fayre together yesterday, then got home and found an e-mail message he'd sent me a week and a half ago which made me really upset and so I've told him that's it - I'm not even going to try to do the friends thing anymore. Most of the time he's a really nice guy but he has no capacity for empathy and upsets me in a big way 2-3 times every year. I've had enough now, just want a stress-free time while ttc, but he was probably the best friend I had locally (when he wasn't upsetting me), so it was a really hard decision to make and feel very . Just hope all the stress hasn't affected my chances of success this month.

Babydust to all xx

Well I was right have started spotting so af will be here by morning, by god I hate her , I did test last night and was bfn so should have known. Am gonna have a little tipple tonight and start again with the madness tomorrow...........I knew I should've written to santa

Hope everyone else is well and am keeping my fingers (but not legs) crossed for you all

Moo xx

Thanks hopeful, I will have a glass of wine at the Xmas party, this is my last go of IUI on the NHS - 1st go in March was successful but m/c after 6weeks, fertility clinic was then shut for refurbishment! Had second go last month but it failed, 3rd and final go on the NHS this month then it's IVF. I didn't want to have a glass or 2 of wine if it may harm my chances of getting pregnant. I'll probably be drunk on 2 glassess anyhow as it's been that long since I've had a drink . Cheers...

Hello, sorry to butt in on ths thread but I want some advice. I'm having IUI this month and am taking clomid. I'm on day 5 today and wanted to know if it's OK to drink alcohol while taking clomid?

Thanks for any advice

Boooooooo I'm sulking today looks like af is on her way, boobs are back to normal, teeth are back to normal and think she will be here overnight or tomorrow am

Oh well here we go again, another month of insanity