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......

Just wanted to add, I have been using fertility friend (not religiously) this month as sometimes I wake early to go to the loo and then go back to sleep and have hen taken temp. I dont normally notice any CM throughout my cycle but on cd 20- 21 I noticed egg white mucus so put this into FF, this is now telling me I ovulated on cd 22, I had progesterone blood done cd 23 and it came back with 7.2, I dont understand?

Bless you, Annalou! Forgive me, but I giggled at your confessional food diary [hugs Annalou and pats her head and shares a Mars Bar with her] Seriously, though, I know there are tons of much more delicious and - more importantly - filling things you could be eating than some of the stuffon your list. I reckon you should take more advice and tips from Summer.

I have been putting off going for a poo in case the action of pushing/straining releases my flow of blood and I throw a hissy fit and murder my cats (two of whom feature in one of the photos on my profile page, Summer - proud mummy that I am) and DP. Anyway...I had a good shit and....nothing! No blood and no premenstrual signs. If this continues I shall indeed be testing in the morning - and I shall be using a First Response test so that there can be no doubt.

npg1, hello and welcome to the thread! Gosh! There are so many women with PCOS - I almost feel left out It certainly is exciting being prescribed Clomid and I echo your feeling that there is a little less pressure now that the burden is being shared with the 'professionals'. Summer gives the best advice you will hear on this thread when she says the best thing you can do right now is to settle in and prepare for the long haul. That sounds pessimistic, I know, but we are all beginning to realise that shoving the pills down our gobs is only half the story..

I'm sorry about your miscarriage. Those things can really fuck with a woman's head and yours was only quite recent. Look after yourself and try and stay positive and don't let your fantasies run away with you too much on this Clomid journey - it could be a long one.

I, too, am a fertility friend devotee and have been charting since January (when I fell pregnant immediately. I had a mmc at the 11 week scan). Every month my charts have showed I am ovulating, but when my day 21 results came back as 18.5 I was horrified to be told this meant I wasn't ovulating. How could this be when fertilty friend tells me I have? I don't know the answer to this, but here I am on my first cycle of Clomid.

Thank you for your message goldengirl. Im sorry to hear about your M/C , life is so unfair sometimes.

How are you feeling on the clomid?

x

test in the morning do! told you not to lose hope! are temps back up?

welcome newbies!

Welcome npg1 it's sooo good when you get prescribed clomid isn't it! Feels like there's hope again. I'm so sorry to hear you miscarried hopefully clomid will help us all.

Summer I REALLY know what you mean, I am thankful for little things too, I think ttc for a longtime makes us realise that if nothing else. I think you should look at the 'super sperm' as a good thing, at least when you ovulate you've got a great chance when I had my 1st blood test the nurse told me her daughter is the same age as me and has bad quality eggs and her DH has a low sperm count too. I've thought the same as you about if my DH was with a 'normal' woman but this is what we're faced with and I'm pretty sure they want to be with us even if it's not as easy! Thanks for the info, hopefully the HCG shot will help you this cycle, I haven't heard about them before? Did you request it or were you offered it?

I had AF the 1st month after coming off the pill but then it got less regular, but nothing since April I came off the pill before and was absolutely fine then went back on it for a year (until we got married) I kick myself because I didn't really want to knowing it can take time to conceive. Your quote is just too true! You never know what people are going through.

Hi golden thank you, its sooo nice to be able to speak to people who understand, I've not told many people at all, the friends I have told have been great but 1 is pregnant herself (along with 4 other close friends) so its a difficult place to be watching everyone else whilst we 'struggle', positive thinking though. We should get DFES added to medical records! Hopefully they're not not as bad as you think, your symptoms sound really positive, are you going to test?

My stats are 30, no kids, 1st cycle of clomid, 50mg, cd11

Hi all I don't think I have pcos I do have one cyst found on right ovary that is y I can't have clomid on my next cycle girls I not a clue what I've got lol lol I no I don't ovulate every month but I do have pretty regular cycle but longish 34 day ones ... annalou pick yourself up about ya weight lovely u r not alone as I am over weight to think we may be same size I am an 18 in sum clothes Hun always have been a chunky monkey and a very happy one I no girls twice my size who have 4 an 5 kids Hun I no weight don't help us but don't let it worry you just try and change lil things like no butter on bread low fat crisp sweetener instead of sugar semi skim milk all these small changes will help towards our end goal lovely big hugs from this lil chunky monkey
Well my stats r 34yrs young big boobs blonde hair big smile I have one DS age 9 conceived without difficulties been trying for another ever since just had my first round of clomid 50mg

Hiya, Meluv! Your stats cracked me up - I imagined you with big boobs and an even bigger smile!

Christelle, would you believe I didn't manage to temp this morning as I was up at stupid o'clock with horrid nausea! So..yesterday was a rubbish drop, no idea about this morning and so will await tomorrow's temp (15DPO)!

41 yrs, sixteen kids (all Chinese), 1st Clomid cycle, 14DPO!!

gloden u having ya poo made me howl babes an what the poor pussies wud get if u seen blood I bet sum peeps read this thread an think I will give them lot a swerve they not right in the bloody head them sum of the post r so funny on hear I luv it ... Good luck lovely

Well I think I've gone and got cystitis from all the..erm..vigorous sex we've been having NO NO NO off to buy some cranberry juice.

meluv you rock! That's all. I love that..."give them a swerve"...am going to get that into conversation somehow today!

golden TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST. That's all. And please don't murder your cats!

npg welcome to the thread, yes, another PCO-er here! I'm so, so sorry about your mc, and no words can take away the pain, but it is very positive that you have two children and have conceived three times.
As for charting and fertility friend - the only sure fire way of knowing you've ovulated is your progesterone result. Temps can be affected by other things and EWCM can turn up even when you don't ov (I've had it a couple of times over the past year but but haven't ovulated once). While temps/CM can give you an idea as to when you've ovulated, as we always say here, the best strategy to take while TTC on clomid is just to make sure that whenever that egg is released, there's sperm there to meet it! So, sex every other day at least from about day 12 to day 21.

Rosie no, I didn't ask for the HCG shot, I was just given it. Both cycles when I had my scan the nurses said I'd probably ovulate and then, when I didn't, I think they were a bit surprised...so wanted to give me that extra boost!

Annalou thanks for sharing, don't feel embarassed or downhearted, I hope you don't take me as preachy or smug, I just want to try to help all the ladies on here in any way I can.
First thing I notice is that you only have one 'proper' meal on there - your roast - do you have time for breakfast in the morning? And to have something more filling for lunch than just a sarnie? I eat a lot more than you but make sure that 90% of what I have is at least fairly nutritious - sadly things like M&S sarnies, yum thought they might be, don't have much goodness in them nor do they have much protein/complex carbs so won't fill you up for long.

E.g. yesterday I ate - porridge made with milk and two plums for brekkie
Leftover meatballs, mashed pots & broc from the night before for lunch (I always make extra so I can have for lunch)
Yogurt and apple for a snack
Aubergine parmigiana for dinner with brown bread, couple of squares of 70% choc afterwards
Drinks - Smoothie, water, herbal teas

Basically - making sure that I get some protein and complex carbs at every meal.

If you can, it'd be a good idea to start cutting down on caffeine - medical advice is no more than 2 cups a day when pregnant, so that could help get your body ready for pregnancy.

Again, I really, really am not trying to preach at you - and meluv is totally right that size 30 women can conceive - but very sadly we all have difficulties conceiving so we need to do everything we can to help out our bodies.

Good luck golden!

Well...the First Response test was negative and they are always right..right? Granted I didn't use my first morning wee (that was at 5.30am when I woke on the couch having fallen asleep watching the presidential campaign results). So I went to bed and tested when I weed again at 9.15. BFN and period still not here. The Clomid must've lengthened my luteal phase

Can I bob on briefly for some advice from Clomid peeps? Has anyone here been prescribed it age 40? my GP seems to think the cut off for any assisted conception is 37.

I am 39 now and ttc again next month. We tried for 2 years before with no luck.

I have severe endo and my consultant there said they would operate on me again to do excision and that might help, but my gp won't refer me yet until we have tried again for 6 months.

If the endo op doesn't ho md conceive is there any chance they might give me Clomid or am I too old? And can you have it with endo anyway?

Sorry, lots of questions but my gp just thinks I am too old for their cut off dates now :(

My iPhone typing is rubbish. Sorry.

Tiger, tell your GP in no uncertain terms that you wish to be referred NOW. I am 41 with no 'fertility problems' other than my day 21 progesterone result showed I hadn't ovulated. I'm on my first Clomid cycle and have had wonderful reassurances from the hospital consultant and his nurse. My GP took me very seriously, too, and referred me for fertility help without even asking. Your GP sounds like a dismissive dick. Stand up to him.

So sorry golden.
tigers - i would try a different gp. unfortunately though the policy will depend on the local pct. here up to 39 is ok for ivf if you have no children. mind you i would be surprised if they dont give everyone clomid as I know it's very cheap, certainly enormously cheaper than ivf or endo surgery. for the endo meanwhile i would push for a referral as that is NOT (only) a fertility issue.

Thanks, I can try again though I wonder if I will get a different response if the gps all follow the same rules. I'd love to conceive naturally in the next 6 months but we didn't in the 2 years we tried...the gp said they would do blood tests etc to check for ovulation but only after trying for 6 months...

I'm also at a stage in my career where I am studying for thIs year so an op right in the middle wouldn't be great. I'm getting twitchy though and worry I am running out of time :(

Gps here show no interest in conception. They look baffled if you talk to them about it.

so doc will not help despite you trying for 2.5 years? thats not right. you def need 21 day test and SA for your dp.

Welcome tiger an do what golden said an demand to see specialist it is your right don't wait hunny x .... Golden am gutted for you realy am big hugs lovely hears some for you .... Well am on cd 25 waiting for blood results from day 20 got to have th again this fri cd 27 I have not had many symtoms of any think since my positive OPK apart from some pains in me tummy low down yesterday evening,am not to hopeful for anything this month so am not excited or anxious to do any tests am just going to let time go by an see what comes due my period 14th let's wait an see big hugs to all me girls xxx

Thanks. I thought they might refer anyway back to the endo clinic due to my pain.

I think it's because I went back on the pill for 6 months in June partly because I got married and partly because my endo was out if hand and causing pain. I hoped the pill would suppress it then so I might conceive when I came off it. So I see where the gp is coming from - lets not assume you can't concieve, give it 6 months but at the same time I can see that 2 years of nada plus endo pain is not a good recipe for getting upduffed at 39.

I don't know what is the right solution really. I thought Clomid might help give my elderly ovaries a boost :)

The gp said I would need to go private for any fertility treatment though.

Maybe it's worth demanding a referral to the endo clinic, they are also fertility experts (it's the John Radcliffe in Oxford).

Tiger, run, run RUN to the John Radcliffe. I am not going to beat about the bush here you are seriously running out of time at 39. If you think I am scaremongering please join us on the 'trying to conceive over 40' thread. It is horribly difficult to get pregnant over 40 (and you have the added nightmare of endo) despite all the anecdotal 'evidence' that 'loads' of women in their 40s are popping babies out. The over 40 thread is, unfortunately, full of us ttc with regular cycles, fertile cervical mucus, plenty of sex and a plethora of scientific knowledge. We are all starting to realise how shit our eggs are at this age. Ovulating is only half the battle at 39, so run, run, run to John Radcliffe.

Sorry to sound dramatic but I'm speaking from experience

Thanks for the flowers, Meluv! I have put them next to the telly so I can see them all the time and make sure the kitten doesn't piss on them

Oh golden I was sure I was going to come on here at lunchtime and read about your BFP. Here's some from me, too, though I'm not giving up on you just yet. Until there's blood, there's hope!

Tiger, I can only repeat what golden has said, get thee to the John Radcliffe pronto (that hospital saved my Dad's life once - love them) If you're over 35 then fertility treatment should be coming at you more quickly - indeed it;s 6 months of trying rather than a year for the under 35s - they should most definitely not be fobbing you off.
I don't know how much clomid helps endo (really ignorant about endo I'm afraid, I'm sorry) but yes demand that referral to the clinic, if your GP isn't interested in fertility issues then just tell him your endo is unbearably painful and you need to go to the clinic - they can sort you out on the fertility side when you get there.

Hugs to all other girls - meluv give the hospital a buzz for your day 20 results, they should definitely have them by now!

Golden, sorry to hear that.

I hate all the waiting around.

Im currently on CD28 and driving myself mad that I might be preggers. Ovulated lasttuesday (I think) and keep trying to convince myself i am, sore boobs, so tired and so moody at the moment.

x

Tigers- if you dont mind my asking how did you get endo diagnosed- a lap? i ask because i suspect i may have it, but as far as im aware a lap is the only way to be sure.