TTC - Clomid Part 3

Ven my neighbour is preg after 4 years of trying. Without any help. her DH refused to have any tests done cos he said it wasn't him who had the problem (same as my friends DH said to her) and a couple of months later low & behold she's pg!

Maybe we should get our DHs to say rather rudely to us that it's not their problem & we'll all be preg!!!!!!

It makes me angry when some men are like that & our DHs are at appointments with us & supportive.

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Hi all,

Still not well but glad I did go back. Had some news that I'd rather not of heard (and no not Ofsted). Fill you in more when I have more to tell. Lets just say that the stress levels will be rising if it goes tits up & I'm certainly not saying anything about IVF till thats definite!!!!

AAAAARRRRGGGG!!!! Is all I can say!

Clure I hope you are ok.

Stac we are def alike soooo much. lol.

Pops Thinking of you. My little goddaughter will be 1 in a few weeks & her angel brother would have been 2 a few weeks after. Where is the time going?

Jo thats great about the follicles. get BDing hon. I've prob actually only taught about 4 days this term lol. I've been suffereing with this cold for bloody months. Hopefully i finally kick it!

It's DH b'day today so shall be BDing tonight (although am shattered). never know, I might ovulate super early lol.

cadbury's baby dust

Hi!
Haven't really had a chance to sit and properly read through the last few days, but feel caught up now.

Clure, I'm sorry they aren't offering you monitoring-is it a "policy" they have? Is there any way to challenge it? (After all it would be better for them if you got pg whilst under their clinic, helps their success rates surely? (Not to mention fantastic for you obviously!!!)

Jobo three follicles sounds good, fingers crossed I have some next week.

Stac how is the nausea now? How did the ginger work out?
Fairy hope your first day back at work is OK today.
Popsy glad your cold is gone. We are here to give you support, either way, with the POAS etc. I understand why you are nervous.
Hi everyone else, hope you're all feeling positive.....

Went to a course I am doing yesterday and a friend told me she is pg, after 3 months of trying. Tiny tantrum in the toilet and then carried on as if nothing had happened. She doesn't know what is going on for me, and really I'm pleased for her but apparently the Clomid mood swings combined with the news someone is pg (which makes me a little crazy anyway) isn't great.

Did an hour of cardio today so now feeling on top of the world....at least the mood swings work both ways!

Cadbury's cream egg flavoured baby dust.....

popsy totally understand ((( ))) xxxx

Hi jo
2 good size follicles, that sounds promising
I haven't tested yet. May do at weekend is AF still hasn't arrived. Its just so close to the 'anniversary' i'm a little scared!

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stac the jab is to make me ovulate in 36 hours - is it a hCG? Rather stingy whatever! We seem to get it as standard over here. Luckily DH is getting over his chest infection and should be fit for tomorrow!

fairy cd 14 today. A couple more weeks till half term - have you been in at all this year? (so naughty I know!). And the kids will be full of germs...could you wear a mask?

popsy glad your cold has gone, how you doing? My follicles were 15mm, 20mm and a little 11mm which he hadn't spotted on Monday. The biggest 2 should ovulate, the cons said they look very good (so kind) so I am keeping positive. Its time I did, I have been getting into the habit of thinking it will never happen and you get what you wish for, don't you? So, wishing for a baby to take home.... just one will be fine! Don't want to go mad. Have you tested? As things come in threes and we're still waiting for a third one....

How is everyone else - so many of us these days, what it is to be popular

hot chocolatey baby dust xxxxx

Hi all hope you are all well.
Ooh i'm liking cadburys bady dust.

How big and how many follicles did you have JO Fairy just make sure you take care. Could you not take the rest of the week off?

Thankfully my cold seems to have finally shifted
CD36 for me. Not sure whats going on really. I almost feel like i'm ov, altho from my scans that was 2 wks ago

love to all

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Fingers crossed Jo for you!!!! What CD are you?

I'm back to work tomorrow but I'm not ready. I'm better in myself (except for not eating properly so my blood sugar level dropped & I had a panic attack). So now shattered & still full of cold. Just can't afford to take time off. Only a couple more weeks till half term...

How's everyone? how you feeling Clure?

cadbury's baby dust (before it's no longer cadbury's)
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stac if you're worrying then its definitely worth give some kind of relaxation therapy a go. you can get CD's these days with relaxation stuff on. Also saw fresh big lumps of ginger straight from the ground in our supermarket. You could grate it on your food or I suppose steep it to make a tea?

clure hope you're feeling better today.

My follicles were big enough today to get a jab, I did ask about IUI but they are reluctant to do it before 6 months, possibly because I haven't had a problem before and now they've got me ovulating they want to see what happens without interfering too much.

'i will get pregnant' babydust xxx

Hi Clure Thanks, after much googling I managed to narrow it down to this. I had the swabs done on my first app with cons. It was all clear then so no reason for it to be different now!!! I'm going for no BDing from Sat-Mon! Hope I don't ov early then!

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hi,

stac - try not to worry too much, I was told baby gets all it needs from the mother, you;ll probably feel like crap but the baby will be ok as it leeches all the goodness it need to grow and develop.

fairy - swabs I had done were chlamydia. The practise nurse was useless and had 3 attempts before they were sent a satisfactory sample. Its nothing to worry about, in fact I was given the kit and did it myself - like swizzling round a tampon, put it in a pot and pop it in the post. Glad you feeling bit better.

jobo - good that you being positive

ven - brilliant that you are being monitored, I feel frustrated at the lack of monitoring I have been offered ( that is - NONE) Good also you have chance at IUI.

I have been feeling pretty lousy today, really full of cold. Been taking echinacea, I also should be BDing but last night felt so rubbish that we didn't. DH home later - see it he's up for it (they never turn it down though do they )

hot toast n marmite babydust xxxx

Hi all,

So many messages since I was last on here.

Hope everyone is doing OK. Starting Clomid again tonight, feeling more positive again today, despite the fact they aren't supposed to do any more monitoring after the first month of Clomid they have decided to get me to have another scan next week, so here we go again.

I can't remember who asked me, but my IUI is probably going to be March (might be earlier) the meeting about it is mid fec and then you get called back to have it.

Stac-ginger comes in bottles in syrup in supermarkets or crystallised in sugar (probably also in supermarkets)-both are quire strong so you'd probably only want to eat a tiny bit! I have had the tea before too, thatfairy mentioned, if you like ginger its quite nice (I liked it anyway).

Hello to everyone else, there are so many of us mow I can't write all the names, for fear of leaving someone out!

Chocolate ice cream flavour baby dust.......

I don't know Stac, I love my job but with everything else going on I'm enjoying chilling out at home.

I started having panic attacks when I was about 21 (little did I know that it was prob the start of PCOS). I went to a neurologist & everything cos I was also having major migranes. They never diagnosed what it was. The panic attacks came back a few years ago but seemed to calm down till the first month of clomid. I've been fine with the clomid since.

The tea is made by twinnings. So should be easily available, but sometimes the supermarket do their own brand.

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Stac yes there is ginger tea (good for pcos & low GI diet). It's usually got lemon with it & ok if having 1 cup a day. I understand about anxiety. I'm sure I'll be the same. Those 9 months aint gonna come quick enough, I'm impatient at the best of times.

Jo Hypnotherapy also sounds like a fantastic idea. Thats the thing about not being at work - your mind wanders & your stress levels go up.

Hi everyone else
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fairy thats just what I'm doing - knitting little squares which I'll crochet together. Much easier than trying to do one big blanket! No idea on the swab, sorry.

zayja if they are offering IUI I would make your schedule fit!! Don't miss any chances!

clure glad you're feeling a bit more in control. It makes a big difference.

stac yes, ginger is supposed to be good, but real ginger as ginger biscuits don't count! Unless you just fancy a ginger biscuit.....

I've had a midwife friend come round today and she does hynotherapy - so very positive vibes and saying to myself I WILL get pregnant. She is a great believer in positive thought.

So, positively absolutely we'll all get pregnant babydust xxx

Ok booked my swab for Monday afternoon...now how long before to I need to abstain from BDing???

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Morning Ladies,

Clure I'll be back Thurs but you wont be in. This morning I have a sore throat & still a bit breathless. ust feel like I want it to be spring & a clear fresh start.

Can anyone help. The Cons said to get swabs done at GP as I had af at my appointment. It dawned on me at midnight (couldn't sleep) that I'm not sure what to say to GP as to what the Cons wants. I was just gonna go to GP & say i need swabs done for IVF but they wouldn't have a clue what I need...

I wanna get the swabs done soon so I can get back to BDing!

How is everyone?

Feng Shui or sui or however you spell it was interesting. We need to unblock the front door (check the only down side is my front door leads out onto the pavement & thats bad apparently...nothing I can do about it except move), put an elephant with trunk down in bedroom (?), a dragon on DH side of the bed (I have a dragon candle, will that do?), 2 fish picture (?), clear everything out from under the bed & hoover then don't hoover again till you've given birth (ooh what an excuse!!! I shall get DH to hoover under there today).

Ice cream & hot chocolate fudge sauce baby dust (I'm going with if it's dust it's only fattening in the baby sense)

just calling into say hi

stac, popsy, jobo, zayja - I am feeling a little more positive in that I have a bit of a plan whereas I seemed to be suspended in limbo-land (or la-la land more like!) Going to have another look at the website and maybe try to contact the fertility nurse at my local hosp and see if she can suggest any other tests they could do on nhs (bloods/hormones etc) that I haven't already had done which would be useful for when I get an appointment. Then got to find a number to ring and hopefully an appoinment will follow soon.

stac - a colleage last year had morning sickness so bad she had to take sick leave till her maternity leave started (not that I'm saying you are THAT bad) but she did say acupuncture helped plus wearing the seabands that you have been doing. Tried ginger?

welcone Deb everyone is very supportive here. Whatever stage you are at with fertility treatment, however pants you're feeling someone on here can offer support, help advice or just a cyber ear to rant at!

Fairy - will you be off tomorrow? sounds like you got a fair old dose of som'at nasty. I'm planning to go in but not sure if my throat/voice will stand up to a whole day of singing! you take care

made it to bodypump and actually felt better after pumping some iron, though feel very snotty now and am retiring to bed

olbas oil babydust xxxxxxx

Hi Ladies,

"feng sui" eh? Is THAT what they call it now fairy I think it's a lovely idea serene=sexy

jobo, I've just started clomid this month and they want to do IUI straightaway. Not sure my schedule will permit, but I suppose the sooner the better if it will be successful. Just ready to be PREGO!

pink, I'd say call to check if everything's ok unless you'll be "busted" for self prescribing?

clure that sounds like good news that you can move forward on. How soon will you be able to have an appt.?

stac, have tried preseed but may go out n get me another tube.

Take care all
Hot fudge sundae (sounds good while dieting) baby dust to you all (dust certainly can NOT be fattening)!!!

Jo I'm trying to be possitive & make a blanket out of different squares. I hope it'll be for my baby one day! Thats if I ever finish it haha!

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clure
glad you got some sensible info, even if it wasn't from who you expected! Guys does sound like a good place to start.

fairy good on you learning to crochet -its not so hard once you get into it. I was crocheting a hat over the weekend, I followed the pattern, right sized hook, I'm half way through and the bl**dy thing is never going to fit on my head (and my head is small!). So going away to mutter in a corner and then find a new pattern! Never heard of kung pow chicken - sounds a bit lethal!

pink the only other thing I can think of, and by the sounds of it there is not enough blood, is polyps which can bleed mid-cycle. Defo get it checked out just to be sure.

tons of babydust as there is so many of us now!
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