TTC - Clomid Thread Part 2

morning ladies, how are we today?

weve all been ill here. ds threw up at my dads house on weds evening. i was up sick from 1am-7am and then dh was ill from 10am+ (of course he was much iller than us) so only managed 1 romp (CD10) since the scan. however, CD12 today so havent missed the boat. just a shame that we are both still peaky!

amelied that is amazing - well done!

Kiwikat, I am fine thanks, no side effects to speak of apart from maybe being a bit bloated. I don't think it is working yet as I normally get a distinctive pain in my side when I ovulate, and I haven't had that yet. Probably a bit too early. Have warned DH that his part in all this starts this weekend

Peju25 any news from you?

Thanks Girls - it is a disciplined diet, and I'm rubbish at sticking to these things but it is only for 10 weeks and I owe it to myself to help myself and (Please God) a future baby.

Nite x

well done amelied thats a fantastic weight loss xxx

Amelied, that's fantastic - well done! You have inspired me, and I'm now going to have a second cup of tea instead of a little smackerel of something. Clure, glad you're feeling better, too. Pinkypanther, how are you doing, post-clomid?

Amelied, that's fantastic - well done! You have inspired me, and I'm now going to have a second cup of tea instead of a little smackerel of something. Clure, glad you're feeling better, too. Pinkypanther, how are you doing, post-clomid?

Blimey thats brilliant

9.5lbs loss - WooHoo

It's quiet on here today...

Thanks Clure - May need you all to tell me to step away from the sticky buns now and again!!

amelie well done you. Keep it up xx

Morning KiwiKat

I was reading Zita West's book and there is a section on weight. She says that even taking 10% of your body weight off can make a huge difference to your fertility. I am looking to take 25% off as I am a bit "upholstered" if you get my drift ...

Morning Clure glad to hear your back is getting better - lots of hot baths and my DH swears by heat patches.

Well today is weigh in day, I have been on the scales and there has been a good loss (will be water) although not sure how much as my scales and the CDC's scales were different so I will have to learn some patience and see how I get on at 7pm tonight. I do feel different, but dont see much difference in my clothes. It is a strict diet but hopefully, there is a brilliant goal at the end of it!

Happy Thursday everyone...

Kiwikat The weight thing is interesting. I'm about half a stone lighter than when I conceived DD and a whole lot fitter. In one respect being fitter is good, but i do worry that I may be over doing the exercise even though my consultant was non commital on that subject. I think if you're not lots overweight then there's certainly no harm in tweaking your eating to become more healthy - that can't hurt!

My back is so much better this morning, last night had a soak in hot bath, and went to bed with heat patches on. So relieved, its amazing how much a few pulled muscles can stop you doing so much!
On day 3 of clomid. Haven't had any side effects though I'm constantly thinking everything could be!
Even my strained back!!
Hope the rest of you ladies are well, I'm enjoying half term at the moment. Looks like rain again!

Not that I can talk - but Lissielou, I say Go for it! too.

Really interested Amelied that you're talking about losing weight - I was a good stone lighter when I conceived ds, (and four years younger, but who's counting) and I wondered how much of an impact that would have on my conception rate? I'm certainly not obese, but I'm also considerably heftier than I would like. Anyone know of any info/stats about this? Have knocked the drinking on the head completely to help this ttc thing along, so maybe I have to be just that much more committed and start to lose a few pounds as well.

Hmmm ...

lissielou - I would go for it too! My Consultant said she had never seen a set of Clomid triplets (or higher) in 10 years...

Finished my Clomid today - still no side effects. In the absence of medical monitoring I have now started charting to watch for the temperature spike - to see if it worked. Fingers crossed!

Hi all all over the show today!
lissielou if it was me i would go for it!
hope my first results were low but then after i ovulated on clomid it was 92 and i didnt take all my 50mg dose. So do not be disheartened. I would ask for provera to bring period on.. i am very impatient though and dont like waiting- i didnt have a period for 7 months though.

Hey stac ooh the twoweekwait website sounds like a bad idea for me but hey you know im going to take a look! Will have a look on ask jeeves too and let you know.

Hope everyone is doing ok we need a bfp soon!

hope and dust x x

thanks all. the more i think about it the more convinced I am that this is our best chance. for the last 18m most of my ovarian activity has been on my tubeless side, so 2 good eggs on my good side and nice thick lining seems like a good omen to me!

lissielou

Would also go for it.

Clure

Mega ow!!. Hope your back gets better soon.

Hope

GP can and should refer you to a gynae for further evaluation and diagnosis (you need that first and foremost). With a level of 2 its likely that your LH and FSH levels are well out of sync as well. A day 3 test can be done to determine this. If LH is higher than FSH this is one possible indicator of PCOS. If periods are irregular as well the test can be done according to calendar days.

Attila

Hey clure poor you with muscle strain, I am due CD 21 bloods tomorrow so keeping fingers crossed I have ovd again this month at least means we are moving in the right direction

Hi hope my bloods were all very low indicating no ovulation, I was then put on clomid unfortunately for me it took till 3rd cycle of clomid before I ov'd, do you have pcos?

amelied well done on the will power to do that diet I am not that good lol I am just sticking with a low fat/cal diet but not denying to many treats, I agree its a great cause

lisielou I would be so tempted to go for it, its so hard for us already to be told not to do it when theres a chance you could fall.

xxx

thats the point i made. even if the tubeless eggs travel theres no guarantee that they would fertilize.

clure sounds v painful. rest as much as poss.

peju, leave testing for as long as possible!

Thanks Clure - I could cheerfully eat my desk at the moment... .

Sorry to hear of the "bag of sand" incident, take it easy

clure - im going to leave the tests in the draw for time being - going to try and hold out until next thursday - will just hope no af shows up! Hope your back heals up!

Lissielou - if it were me i would go for it - ok chance of a multiple pregnancy but its true there is no guarantee they will all fertalise.

hope haven't been offered any CD21 bloods this time, my periods are too erratic. I can sympathise with your frustration at having to wait. I'm not sure what you scoring of 2 means though I'm sure there's someone here who can offer more than me!

stac hi, are you nearing another cd21 blood test? Fingers crossed for you

lissielou go with your instinct.

amelie well done on your will power and good luck with the diet - such a worthy cause.

peju will you do another test?

Well ladies I am in pain, I tried to lift a big bag of sand to put into DD's sandpit yesterday and have pulled so many muscles across top of my back. It hurts like mad and am walking like I have rod up my back. took first clomid last night. Had a hot night but was wakeful due to back pain. hope all of you ok

baby dust xxxxxxxx

hi, just had my very first day 21 test, result was under two , my periiods are very irregular so my gp wants too wait until next one too determin when too have next test and discuss clomid. anyone have similar experience???

totally agree. if it were the other way round I might feel differently, but the odds of the egg travelling are v small.