CLOMID first timer....

[cheekycurls]

I can't seem to find any clomid threads that are active, so thought I would start this one.

Currently just finished taking my last tablet (50mg) on my first month of clomid, I'm very excited & nervous at the same time.

So many things going on in my head, no one to really talk to, symptoms are a bitch (but must mean something is working if I have symptoms yeah?!)

has anyone taken clomid without being monitored? My consultant isn't going to scan me to check on follicles, I just have to go back to see her in 3 weeks (not sure what for?)

Really hoping this works!

But if anyone wants to join me on a clomid ride, share info or success stories, feel free to......

Hi All,

Urmm where to start?!? I have PCOS which was diagnosed this year after my DH and I had been TTC 1yr +. I am 25 on friday and he is 32. I have just started 50mg Clomid (on Day 4). Safe to say I feel like crap!! :(

My question is really about monitoring...my Clomid prescription was sent in the post to me and my fertility nurse (NHS) has booked me a follow up appointment...in six months time! Shouldn't they monitoring me to see if it actually works?!? They gave me no advice or even mentioned monitoring myself so I am a bit lost!

My AF used to be every other week so I am hoping the Clomid will give me a normal cycle. I have decided to start charting myself although the DH doesn't like the idea but I have no clue as to what I am doing!

Its all a bit overwhelming!! :(

Hi Donna welcome, sorry to hear you're feeling shitty. Lots of people seem to find they feel better when they've finished the tablet days, hope you do too.

It's rubbish that you're not getting more support and monitoring. Charting sounds like a good plan..I don't but others on here do and might be able to help. Are you using OPKs too? I'm using CBFM, first time I've used on a Clomid cycle so will see what happens..

Anyway, best of luck...BFPs for christmas please!

Thanks highlove feeling a bit better today :) I am new to this so OPKs and CBFM are lost on me ??

Best of luck to u too!

Confu3ed glad to hear all went well with the scan, I'm sure it's a sticky bean and good luck with the next one.

Highlove great to hear about your follicle growth, but isn't it strange for them to cancel your cycle if there are too many eggs and I'm not even getting any scans or bloods and we have the same chance of multiple births How was your scan today? I'm not sure I'd be able to see the nurse at my gp as I would need to get past the receptionist first!!

Hello Donna it's strange considering your cycle why you're not being tracked, is it possible to speak to your consultant about this? OPK is ovulation predictor kit and CBFM is Clear Blue fertility monitor. I've never used CBFM. OPKs can let you know when you are about to ovulate so you can time SWI. Hope that helps & good luck!

Hi solars how are you doing? Any sign of Ov yet? You must be cd13?

Sorry I didn't explain myself better Donna. Glad you're feeling better though.

So I had another scan today. One follicle at 17mm and two at 13mm. So the plan is now that I go back for another scan tomorrow and assuming all three are still developing they will give me a trigger shot to induce ovulation...I think the idea is that the two little eggs won't be mature yet so inducing Ov now prevents them getting to a big enough size to risk triplets.

Not sure how to feel. If all three were to develop they'd want us to abstain and I'd be gutted to waste a cycle. Then again...triple pgs are incredibly rare on Clomid and like you say solars most people don't get monitored like this. In fact I pushed for monitoring again this cycle only because the results were a bit odd last month, my first cycle. My clinic wouldn't normally do it on cycle 2.

Honestly I think I'd prefer not to have it...but they are the experts so guess I'll go with it. Just feels like so much intervention.

Hope everyone else is ok xx

hi all.

welcome donna , i agree you should take it up with your consultant, about monitering , even just 21 day bloods , i too am 25 and have pcos and i was told 25 and under are high risk of hypertymulation, wich left untreated can be dangourous (not wanting to scare you !) hyperstymulation can als more comonly be minor..but needs to be moniterd. as well as its your fisrt cycle you dont no how sensitive ure body will beto it, ( in my case tho , i did not respond to the 50mg :/..) its def worth brinig up if n ething for ure piece of mind ttc can beconfusing enuf!!! good luck :)

Highlove great to hear about your follicle growth! how did ure csan go todAY ?

worryingtrend. whn do you start the 100mg ?

Confused. glad to hear all went well with the scan..what great news! ( wine) heres to a tost to your stick bean! x

I had my 21 da bloods taken yesterday , anxiously waiting for the results , really hope 100mg has made me ov, i dn think i could go up n e more ! fingers crossed for meeee ! x

heres to confused sticky bean!

didn quite do it right on my first post [embarrassed]

im so exited my day 21 progesterone was 91 !!!!! really high compared to last munths 2.3!! omg im so relived tha i ave actually oved! :) :) :).. its such relief. xx

Morning will catch up properly later as at work and on my phone.
Just wanted to say, Lucy wow that is the highest result I have ever heard of!!! Even the month I got my bfp my day 19 result was only 31, couldn't have it on day 21 due to weekends! You must be really happy, fingers crossed this is your month!!!

And thanks for the toast, orange juice for me ;0) x

Wow Lucy that's a great result! Fingers crossed for that bfp now, only a week to wait right? x

Highlove i'm good thanks. Yes I was CD13 then and now CD15, no signs of ovulation yet but I usually ovulate on CD17 or 18 (last month really confused me with ovulation pains on CD14 but I don't think I ovulated until CD18 judging by when AF actually arrived!) I'm trying to be ever so calm this month! So how was your scan yesterday? Did they induce ovulation? x

thanks guys, ye im over the moon with that result although i heard tht wit levels that high i may have popped 2 eggs! aw well double the chance of bfp i guess? my boobs re also really sore , but that ismost likley to be because of the high levels of progesterone, im not getting my hopes up aas im just relived that clomid hs mde me ov this munth as i was conviced i was going to be one of the % resistant to it ! like last munth!... im on day 23, so think i shud test on wednesday ( will be day 28) if AF dusnt apear b4,!

solars , i would really recomend temping for you if u are not sure when u ov and aregeting confused with it , i am charting mine on fertilityfriend and it tellsyou wht day u oved , howmanydpo u are ndwhen ure fertile days are likley t be . take a loook t my chrt here is the link, www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3902f8

i would recomendand it als givesu somthingto do in tww ! x

Just a quick supportive message for those who have PCOS (and everyone else too of course). For me metformin worked really well to even out hormones a bit and metformin in combination with clomid has also been shown to be quite successful. No statistics here, just two very sweet girls aged 4 and 2... Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you. Wish I'd found a thread like this during the eight years it took me to have my first...

Wow Lucy that is a fantastic result! How many DPOs do you think you are? I'm all crossed for a nice BFP next week!

Hi solars hoping Ov comes soon and you get plenty of, ahem, 'time' with you other half in the meantime!

Donna do you feel any better now tablets finished?

Had another scan yesterday morning and all eggs were developing so had the trigger to induce Ov. Apparently should happen 24-36 hours later. I've not felt anything yet. I don't usually get Ov pain and didn't on the Clomid last month but progesterone showed I had ov'd, so not too worried. The good news was a nice thick 10mm lining. But as I will have ov'd on my 'bad' side am not that hopeful. The consultant cleared a blocked tube that side before i started clomid but I know tube repairs aren't always that effective. Would be feeling more optimistic had I ov'd on the other side! Just not sure this is our month. Only two weeks to go though..!

Have lovely weekends everyone x

hi highlove i think im 10 days dpo today , or so my temping chart says! the tube has been repaired , so think positive !! and get busy ;) , fingers crossed for you too!

orange juice for too confused! :D x

Highlove, great news..... get busy and best of luck!! x

Donna welcome, I would suggest you go to your GP and say that you need a day 21 blood test. I only had one in each 3 month cycle last time and this time I had one the second month.

Thanks Solars, and best of luck this month :)

Baby lovely to hear such a great success story!

Fingers crossed for BFP's all round this month!

Feeling better now i finished the meds thanks highlove

not sure what to do about monitoring at the mo as i got a letter yesterday from the NHS, i did a smear test a few weeks ago and my results were abnormal (cin2) so they want me to in straight in for a coloscopy! As i have already been diagnosed with PCOS i really didn't expect this an now i am terrified. Only turned 25 Friday so its ruined my birthday, had to tell my family over my birthday meal because i was so upset. :-(

Donna so sorry to hear about what you are going through, fingers crossed all will ok

Lucy I have contemplated temping a while ago but think i would get quite mental if temps were not doing what they are supposed to! I feel obsessed about the whole thing anyway but think that temping may tip me over the edge! Do you have any symptoms to report?

Highlove I agree with Lucy think positive lovely, it's been repaired so will be working fine! I have absolutely everything crossed for all of us x

Hi all, I am fed up as I am now CD36!! (and definitely not pregnant- I didn't ovulate and I took several a teat this morning just to be sure). I thought Clomid was supposed to give you a standard 28-day cycle?! I just want AF to come so I can start taking the Clomid again. Lucytee the consultant has said to stay on 50mg for another cycle just to give it a chance which is fair enough.

I am annoyed not just because its late but because if it gets much later it will mean by Day 21 blood test will be around Christmas when I think the doctors will be closed.

What are you all doing about taking Clomid over Christmas if you normally get monitored?

Good luck to everyone on the Clomid rollercoaster!

Thanks lucy and solars think I just can't bring myself to get my hopes up this month and just can't quite believe it could actually happen. Does anyone else feel that? Or am I just a negative miserable cow?! (my DH would concur!)

Lucy...have you tested yet. I'm all crossed for you...really hope this is your month. We're due a BFP soon!

solars any sign of Ov?

worrying I've been worrying about monitoring over Christmas too...I will have scans every month now (i think, that seemed to br the suggestion) in case of over-stim and worried that will mean a month off. Anyway, is it worth you asking for provera to induce AF...if no Ov may be ages?

7dpo progesterone test on Thursday for me...should be routine after scans and the trigger shot...but after confusing results last month I'm still anxious for it. Bloody hell, if it's not one thing to worry about it's another, isn't it? Not surprising this makes us all go a bit nuts...well it definitely has me!

Hope everyone ok x

sorry not been around much, Christmas is keeping me very busy!
3rd month of clomid and af showed up bang on time! :(

I will be taking a month off over Christmas as I really don't want to feel rubbish over Christmas

best of luck to to everyone :)

Hi Aworrying sorry to hear you're having such a terrible time, I too thought that my cycle would be 28 days on clomid but no it was the same as it's always been. Any sign of AF yet? Is it worth speaking to your consultant, sometimes af doesn't appear if you haven't ov'd I think(?)

Highlove yes I think i've ov'd. I got a positive on an opk on sunday (was too busy to do one on saturday) and then a negative on monday so it's looks like i'm in my 2ww! Good luck with your blood test on thursday. I also feel like it's just never going to happen especially when it's taking so long, the start of the 2ww always starts off positive but by the end of it i'm always expecting af x

Hope everyone is doing ok xx

Oh sorry Cheeky I was also meant to write I'm so sorry to hear about af turning up, maybe the month off will do you good xx

Hi Girls, a big fat BFN for me this morning :( gutted, thanks for keeping ure fingers crossed for me , better luck next munth i suppose ! :)

hope everyone is doing okay , aworringtrend sorry to hear your goingthroug such a ruff time at the mo ! im a bit worried about monitering overemas 2, if af shoes tomorro like its suppose to i will have mine arround the same time. althogh if clomid ddnt make u ovulate it wont induce a reg 28day cycle x

highlove good luck with your bloods on thursday keep us posted !

solars fingers crossed for you this munth ! gud luck with your 2ww !

Cheekycurls enjoy your time off clomid! hope u hve a lovly chrismas x

Im now just wanting AF to land so i can crack on with round 3 ! :O(

Oh Lucy I'm sorry to hear that, I guess it's not over till AF shows but best to go with yesterday's result for now. Fingers crossed for next month..and a few glasses of vino to commiserate on the meantime.

cheeky sorry to hear about af, it's crap isn't it? I've read a few things about people getting lucky on a Clomid break so I'm hoping you can be another one.

worrying any sign of AF yet?

solars how many DPO are you? How is it going? I'm five DPO. Trying hard not to obsess although my first thought this morning was 'day five' in the accent of that bloke who used to do the VoiceOver on big brother :)

Can I ask a slightly tmi question? What are people's experience of cervical mucus when on Clomid? I never used to notice any but i have had some on Clomid, not loads but definitely more. But I'm having it in the 2ww...actually it's gone now but had some (loads! Sorry!) in the last 24 hours. Because of the trigger shot it's really unlikely I've got Ov day wrong. I've read you can get a secondary Estrogen surge a few days after Ov which causes this, and I'm guessing as Clomid increases Estrogen it could make it more likely. Not too worried, am just curious - anyone else want to share far too much info?!

X

well that's me out of TTC girls, cons have labelled me with unexplained infertility, 26 years old and infertile!! :(

highlove I did have random days of CM after ov

best of luck ladies and hope u all have a great Christmas!