CLOMID first timer....

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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......

Definitely, Meluv, especially if we're looking at you ovulating around CD20/21 (Friday/Saturday). Can I ask you to google the 'Sperm Meets Egg Plan'? It's a foolproof way of ensuring you have enough sperm in place when you eventually do ovulate (great for women with irregular cycles).

Thanks for enquiring after DP. The poor sod battled through 4 hours and 37 minutes of driving rain and freezing cold but...HE DID IT!! [very proud missus emoticon]

Hey, Meluv, I've put some piccies of me & DP & my mum (and my cats!) on my profile page. Do you know how to access someone's profile page? Click over their name on their posts. I thought it would be nice to put faces to names x

I will look at that on google golden an your pics r lovely Hun u look fab Hun I not a clue how to do that lol I can only get on this page by googling clomid then I find a mumsnet site an click on what am on that is how I get on hear I don't even no when there is new posts I just pop on an check Hun x

Anna that might be why you're not getting much of a result from the OPKs then. Best thing would be to follow the Sperm Meets Egg Plan that Golden suggests, or just dtd every other day from the last day of AF, to be sure.

Golden nice pics! You & your DP (great time! go him!) make a lovely couple. The cats are gorgeous too... oh, and Meryl Streep is also my girl crush

Meluv, you poor thing! Try putting this thread into your 'favourites'. The you can just click on it in your favourites list. Mumsnet does not inform any of us when there are new posts, so we all just have to pop on randomly.

Thanks to you and Summer for your nice comments about me and DP. I really didn't put them up for compliments, it's just that, on the 'ttc over 40' thread we have started putting a face to the 'names' and it's really lovely to see everyone. Summer, Meryl Streep is mesmerising, isn't she? Her acting is supreme and I've just started collecting all her films. So far I've bought Heartburn, A Cry In The Dark, Sophie's Choice and First Do No Harm. I love The Bridges Of Madison County. The romance! [swoons]

Golden u look fab for 40 Hun ... I will just have to plod on the way I get on it normal use my phone u see... Still no sighn on my OPK test am just going to do sum bed rocking for the next two weeks an hope for the best getting me down looking at the same line now .. If I had the money I wud go straight in for Ivf as all this gets to me even as far as dtd feel like a circus performer lol lol good luck lovely ladies keep on trying xxx

Hi everyone, just had my 21 day blood test results back. bloody 12 ! The last one i had in June was 17 ! Nurse said a reading of 25 or over would suggest ovulation. So my dose has been upped to 100 mg to start once af appears. i'm so disappointed,just phoned Dh and all he said was, so all that for nothing ! I have actually been feeling quite nauseous the last couple of days, boobs are extremely sensitive , I was really hoping these were good signs. I've read somewhere its still possible to ovulate even though bloods are low? Has anyone else heard this ?

golden another amazing Meryl romance is Out of Africa... I think I might copy you and start a collection, DH will be worried!!

meluv put those OPKs away, they will only depress you. Try to enjoy dtd - I know it's difficult when you feel like you have to do it, maybe mix things up with some new positions or something?!

mumalah I'm not sure about ovulating with low progesterone, but I had the same symptoms (sore boobs and nausea) last cycle too and really got my hopes up, only to find out no ov. With all these drugs going round our bodies it's no wonder we've got all sorts of crazy symptoms. Though - 12 and 17 aren't too bad, mine was 0!
Hopefully AF turns up soon so you can get on with the next cycle, double the power, double the chance of an egg :)

Meluv, you haven't seen me first thing in a morning with my pixie crop standing on end like a deranged Billy Idol. I look an utter twat.

Meluv & Mumalah, I can only echo what Summer has said: the secret is to ensure there is sperm present when you do ovulate. It will happen for you, girls, you will release those eggs. Believe in the power of Clomid!

Mumalah, I don't want to burst your bubble but I would be astonished if a too-low progesterone result could be misinterpreted.

If one more person tells me they have tender/sore/achy/heavy/tingly tits I think I'll fecking scream! Do try not to 'symptom spot', it only makes things worse. Accept that you are taking a powerful drug which is causing a plethora of hormonal reactions within your body. Ride them out and try not to see them as anything significant. I haven't had a single bastard symtom from this bloody Clomid but I refuse to sit here fretting that it hasn't worked. If it doesn't work this cycle there are professionals waiting to try with us again next time.

Summer, Out of Africa is next on my list! Forgot to tell you I already have Kramer v Kramer [sobs hysterically at the memory]

Ladies I'm so excited tonight I've had another line appear on my ovulation stick its not really dark so I know it's still a negative but I've never had it happen before on this cycle or previous cycles I've tested in the past :) I just hope it's a sign lol. Last night I had cramps on the right hand side all the signs are there just hope it comes through.

Sorry golden lol I know the drug is prob making the symptoms stand out more but it's a feeling I haven't really had :)

Fingers crossed ladies

That's absolutely wicked, Annalou!!! I'm chuffed to bits for you, love! Be patient for that juicy strong line - it could take up to another four or five days yet to get the true surge. Can you afford to test maybe twice a day over the next few days, say 11am and 4pm? Also, Annalou, this is why it's so important not to drink any liquids for the two hours before you test. Diluted wee will never give you that true, strong line. Good luck!

Detailed question golden but we had sex last night should we be having sex every night or still every other until I get the strong blue line? I'm on cd14

Thanks golden :)

Hi lovelies am still breathing done 3 bloody OPK today I am giving them dam things up am becoming obsessed I think do use lol lol am taking goldens advise on an I will reduce it to twice a day lol ... Annalou I hope they r all good sighns hunny feeling a bit down in the dumps today girls summer I will try an get on with dtd feel like a performing circus act may try some acrobats tonight jumping off my wardrobe lol lol x

Annalou, have sex every other day until you get your proper LH surge. Then, when you see the strong line, have sex that night, and the following two days. That way you have covered all bases. For more details about the Sperm Meets Egg Plan click on this link: www.pregnancyloss.info/sperm_meets_egg_plan.htm

I would urge everyone on this thread to read this article. It is simple and brilliant (and fecking tiring! And bastard boring!)

Meluv, please don't feel down. You're simply feeling powerless over your body, that is all. It is perfectly natural to feel as though you are lagging behind everyone who has had a positive OPK or who has ovulated or who has seen follicles on a screen. There will always be someone on this thread who is 'ahead' of someone else. It is inevitable that some will ovulate before others. I know how a day waiting to ovulate feels like a week. Try to stay positive. If you do jump off the wardrobe tonight please try not to snap your DP's dick. That would need a whole other mumsnet thread

P.s..when I said it is 'fecking tiring' and 'bastard boring', I meant having sex every other day for ages - not the article!

I no what you are saying golden we are all different I think I am letting it all get to me a bit much I have got to get my head into other things and switch off from it all what will be in life will be I have just got carried away on them bloody OPK test an going to get some painting done in my house this week getting ready to put my Xmas decks up next weekend I luv doing them .... I shud not feel like this as I no my cycles an they r long am only cd 17 ... I am so impatient girls as I am bridesmaid for my sister this time next year in Mexico so I wanted to be done an settled by then x ps gold I've broke it alright over use pmsl x

Meluv second everything golden has said, it is so frustrating knowing what your body needs to do and your body not doing it!
It is natural that there will be down days, going through infertility/sub fertility is probably one of the hardest things that has ever happened to you, I know it is me (and I've lost both my parents, so haven't had a completely charmed life up til now :) )
I think it's important not to belittle that - it's important to recognise that this IS tough.
BUT it's also important to do as golden says and not try to view this as a race. All our bodies are very different. Some of us on this thread may get pregnant quickly (hopefully, all of us!) Some of us might need IVF. Some of us might end up adopting. The main thing is we'll all make our families, somehow, some day.
Big hugs to you.

Golden I really love your attitude, there's always this feeling that once you start clomid you should get pregnant immediately and it's not that realistic, you always help me to get my head in the right place :)
You are going to LOVE Out of Africa!

Also, why is it so tiring having sex every day now, when I first got together with DH it was more like twice a day?!

Summer, I hate to witter on and on about my alcoholism - and I refuse to be defined by my past - but what I went through changed my philosophy about life. I no longer subscribe to the 'it's not fair' dogma which permeates Western society. Life isn't fucking fair and none of us are special. None of us is so meritorious that we should be immune from life's shit. This is how I view my ttc journey. I can either stamp my feet and rage every time my period arrives or I can dust myself off carry the fuck on with it. That is not to say I don't feel horribly pained when, month after month, all my efforts to conceive are failing. It feels like a stinking pile of shit. But I never, ever ask 'why me?' Instead I think 'why not me?' I'm not special. There's nothing about me as a human being that makes me more worthy of a baby than the next woman. It's just life and I try to suck it up as best I can. I have so, so much to be grateful for

...I also think we are lucky that we are living in an era when we have the privilege of Clomid, the NHS and mumsnet. Let's not underestimate the value of the virtual support we all offer one another. And remember, too, we are loved by our partners who are sharing this journey with us although they don't have a fucking clue what we're going through I do hope all this doesn't sound preachy or patronising. It is simply my take on life and it's disappointments and frustrations. Have a lovely day everyone x

Meluv, you are absolutely right to try and keep things in perspective and occupy your mind with other things. I have just spent another glorious hour being drilled by my sexy dentist Christmas decs?! Are you crazy, woman?! I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until I get a BIG FAT POSITIVE!!.

Summer, I am sorry to learn about the death of your parents. That must've been hard.

Regarding sex being more tiring these days: it's so true, isn't it? There is the divine honeymoon period where you just want to jump his bones all the time and your loins burn with lusty thoughts of your other half. But then you get down to the serious business of ttc and the journey just feels so endless and unrewarding and toilsome. This is natural, though, because now our sexual identities have gone out of the window and instead we approach lovemaking with the clinical purpose of making a baby. There is now so much emotional baggage tied up with sex around the time of ovulation, but, again, I see this as an inevitable and natural feeling. I'm certainly not going to grieve over the chandalier-swinging sex I once had with DP. It will return, one day, but in the meantime I've got some serious business to attend to!

golden no need to feel bad about my parents or mentioning your alcoholism - as you said, that's life! And I too feel like I have heaps to be grateful for - let's face it to have even been born in the UK where we all have food, doctors and education makes us luckier than the vast, vast majority of the world's population.

I really like this - None of us is so meritorious that we should be immune from life's shit - I'm having difficulties with a friend atm because she fell pg recently and, though she knows that I'm having trouble ttc, she is continually sending me messages about the baby, scan pics, etc. I find it damn hard especially because I was incredibly supportive to her when she was trying (for all of 2 months! ha.)
I just have to keep remembering that even if everything is going perfectly for her right now, we all have our ups and downs; everyone is going through something.

meluv I'm kinda with you on the Christmas decs, I do wait until December but reckon I'd do them sooner if I could get away with it :)

Sometimes. Hmmm...I may have altered my philosophy on life about what's 'fair' but I would not tolerate the incessant smugness/tactlessness of a pregnant friend. I'm not a fucking saint and neither should you pretend to be. Be bold and ask her firmly to ease up on the stream of baby pics. Be honest and tell her that, although you are thrilled for her, you cannot cope with her onslaughts. If she has any modicum of sensibility and understanding she will know you are right and will want to respect your position. If she's a dick she'll be arsey and faux-indignant with you. If it's the latter I suggest you ditch the cow. Only be around people who make you feel good about yourself - lifes's too short for anyone else x

Summer!! I can't believe I called you Sometimes (my friend off the 'ttc over 40' thread)!