ANY ADVICE ON CLOMID????

yes ionaming, any treatment would have to be paid for (which means a loan because we certainly don't have the money to hand). If you have one child the NHS will pay for the initial investigations but any subsquent treatment has to be paid for privately.

Katierocket, I know what you mean about not believing how we've ended up in this situation. When you've had one child you (and everyone else....grrr ) automatically assume you'll conceive another ok. One minute I'm thinking the consultant will be able to prescribe clomid or something to kickstart my ovulation, the next I'm mega-depressed & thinking that maybe I've left it too late now

Hope your next appointment with your consultant goes well. Will you have to pay for IUI yourself? I think I remember reading that they won't fund certain procedures such as IVF if you already have a child - not sure where the cut-off is as to which treatments they will fund & which they won't.

ionaming, that is good news, glad to hear you're going to see the consultant.
No, I'm not taking Clomid next month, I need a month off. I'm going to have a HSG and then we have appt to see the consultant again at which point we'll make the decision about IUI. Still can't believe sometimes that we've ended up in this situation

Hi Katierocket, good news, I got my consultant appointment through today for 16th November. I was referred a month ago, so I'm pretty lucky that it's only a 2 month wait in total. Was expecting to wait months & months. Now I'm just hoping he doesn't want to repeat all my blood tests & will just start treatment.

Sorry you think your AF is on its way Will you carry on taking clomid next month, do you think?

My follicles appreciate all your words of encouragement! Thank you.

Loubie, I'd take a break. My nurse told me that clomid stays in your system and builds each month and once the ovaries are stimulated it can carry on even when not on the clomid - so have a month of and enjoy!

Loubie, I've just finished month 3 of clomid and I know it's not worked as I have horrendous, hideous AF pains . I too didn't 'suffer' much the first month of Clomid but my moods and my general (lack) of energy has definitely got worse each month. DP says it is as though it as sapped my energy and also that it's like treading on egg shells being around me. it's very very difficult, especially when the soddin stuff doesn't work! I found myself in a very low place this month and wasn't sure how much longer I can keep TTC (been 18 months now) but I know I'll go on for a while longer - i think we will try IUI. But we are thinking of going to Aus in February to visit my sister and if so we will put IUI off until then.
If I were you Loubie I would have a month off but i do know how hard it is.

Good luck Roobeedo, glad to hear about the follicles (that's not a line you write very often is it!)

Ionaming - how are things with you?

Good news Roobedoo. Hope one of the follicles turns into a nice fat juicy egg. Happy bd-ing

Loubie37 - I think I would probably take a clomid break in December & enjoy your Christmas and your wedding. You can then start the new year afresh & hopefully 2006 will be your year . I know I used to be anxious that every month that I didn't bd at the right time might mean that I'd missed "my chance", but after 12 cycles I've begun to accept the inevitable and am a bit more relaxed about it. It would be an awful shame to ruin your wedding!!

Roobedoo - congrats on the follicles and good luck with the BDing

I've got my 21 day blood test tomorrow - the first one since I've been on Clomid (for some reason my consultant doesn't test on the first month) so hopefully I'll know soon if it's working.....I really hope it is!!

I've been having some thoughts....this is my second month on Clomid and although the physical side effects aren't too bad this time (unlike last month), my moods are suffering, I can fly off the handle at the slightest thing. I'm also very tired most of the time, as my sleep seems to be suffering
If my cycles go to plan (they tend to be mostly regular around 28 days) I'm expecting my next AF to be a week on Wednesday (unless of course a miracle happens ) and then my next one after that will be due around the 23rd of November, which means in December I'll be due around the 21st.

I'm seriously thinking of not taking Clomid for the cycle that starts around 21/12. Even though getting pregnant is the thing I want most in the whole world, I don't want to spoil Christmas for Matt and the kids by being tired and bad tempered. Also, we're getting married on the 30th Dec - I definitely don't want to ruin that day(!) and then we'll be going away for the first 2 weeks in January (which will be my fertile time anyway )

The thought of a clomid free month for the Christmas/wedding/new year/honeymoon sounds really appealing, but then I'm tormenting myself with the thought that I may be delaying things even further.

What do you think? Would you have a month off if you were in my shoes?

Matt doesn't mind either way - he'll go along with whatever I feel happiest with (he's a star )

Sorry it's so long!

2 follicles so had the injection. 3 days of BD. Oh joy.

Good luck for today Roobedoo and hello to Kiera, I hope you get lucky again soon. I'm in the 2WW of my second Clomid cycle, it seems like ages till next Wednesday to test

Good luck everyone

Welcome Kiera - hope you have better luck this month. Got my scan tomorrow so hope to see follicles rather than cysts this month.

Can I join you? How is everyone? Starting 2nd month of clomid tomorrow as AF arrived today Follicle scanning showed I did ov though which is encouraging. Wish I could see what was going on in there, why it didn't work (ie conceived), I was v lucky before as this is my 3rd attempt and I conceived right away on 1st month previously. Good luck everyone and hope we'll be hearing some success stories v soon!

K

just to add that it's exactly the same for me and my DP. BD does become something you have to do and outside of fertile time it's almost a relief not to have that pressure. I agree Loubie, I hope everyone gets some good news soon. We have another appt with consultant booked, think we're going to give IUI a try.

I'm so glad it's not just me....I had a really bad night/early morning as my ex-husband was impotent (well he was with me, but not with the woman he ran off with it seems) and I've been beating myself up thinking it's all down to me, and that Matt is going the same way as my ex. Stupid I know, but there's no such thing as rational thought when your hormones are all over the place!!

You'd think our other halves would be overjoyed at the thought of having so much sex wouldn't you? Maybe they would be if we weren't such moody cows

Good luck, I really do hope one of us (all of us even!) gets some good news soon

Oh Loubie I know exactly how you feel. We've had the 'stage fright' too - it's just such a pressure! As I have the injections we are given strict instructions to BD for three nights in a row (actually it's four as we have to BD the night before the injection too) and it is SO unromantic. Somehow, rather than being excited by the fact that I know we've got lots of BD to do I start to dread it as it's so, well, fake. Last month, once we found out I had a cyst and there was no chance, we didn't BD at all! We do it hardly at all when not 'required' - I think this treatment is putting us off BD altogether!

This is my second month on Clomid...I was really excited (and nervous too) about starting it, but TBH we've done the deed less these past 2 months than ever before. Either I'm too snappy which causes ill feeling between us, or I'm uncomfortable down there, or just too tired. I'm beginning to wonder if Clomid is worth the trouble?

Take this month for example. I'm on CD15 now. 2 nights ago the OH was dying for jiggy jiggy but I just couldn't be bothered (not like me normally). Yesterday I got a +ve OPK so was looking forward to an early night, but the OH couldn't be bothered (probably payback from the night before!)

I got really upset about it (my hormones are all over the place at the moment so it doesn't take much!) and ended up getting up at midnight, and staying downstairs til 3am, just to avoid having an almighty row (my fault due to afore mentioned hormones).

This morning, at 6.15am bless him, the OH woke up and initiated things (which I thought was lovely cos he doesn't normally like mornings when he's got to get up for work early). However.....try as we might, 'performance anxiety' got the better of us and it ended up taking 2 HOURS At least we got there in the end though...

I've a feeling I OV'd earlier today as my cramps have more or less gone now, but that means unless we DTD again tonight, we've only done it once this fertile period - there's no wonder I'm not pregnant!!!!

Am I alone in this or is it the same for others? I just want my old sex life back - it was lovely.....

Sorry this is so long, but I needed to get it off my chest.

Hope everyone else is well

Katie - 9 years from starting to try for #1 - I did get about 18 months off in the middle while I expecting ds, up until he was about 9 months old.

Nine years?! bloody hell lunar, you poor thing. I didn't realise that Clomid had affected you that way, what an utter pain. Well perhapes we'll be doing IUI together then.

katie - Hard to carry on getting optimistic isn't it? After nine years of this lark, I'm quite fatalistic about it now, and don't actually expect anything to work. Just my luck that while clomid kick starts things for just about everyone else, for me it seems to have just slammed the anchors on everything completely. Without it, I apparently ov (at least got temp shift, and +ve opks), and AF every 18-21 days, with it no ov, and no sign of AF. So now it's just a matter of waiting to see if/when it decides to return and then we'll see where we go from there. Have a feeling that IUI might be where we end up too.

thanks Lunar, very interesting. I'm on CD 14 today, the waiting game begins again... After 18 months I'm not holding my breath.

mileys - info here

katie - I was told 15-20%. Which bearing in mind that's for people who haven't had any success using other methods isn't that bad.