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CLOMID first timer....

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cheekycurls · 05/09/2011 17:52

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?!) Confused

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?) Blush

Really hoping this works! Hmm

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

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confu3ed · 04/11/2011 20:10

It really is tough and sometimes you do feel helpless. Did you use ovulation tests? I found I was less stressed not using them and just swi as much as possible.
Not used progesterone cream or had any experience with it. I have heard lots of women have success with pre-seed, have you tried it?
Are you on 100mgs?

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cheekycurls · 04/11/2011 20:37

yeah last month I was on 100mg but the side affects was so bad I only took 50mg this month thinking can't hurt for one month, I did use ovulation tests last 2 cycles but not going to this month as the pains I get when I ovulate are pretty bad so I will know and we use pre-seed on last 2 cycles and will this month to
my consultant said my womb lining was very thick so she don't think I have low progesterone but as far as I can remember I've not been tested (had so many done can't remember what they was all for!)

so I'm pretty much doing everything I can, my body is just broken! :(

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cheekycurls · 04/11/2011 20:38

I thought the headaches were bad but these damn hot flushes are really pissing me off now!

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confu3ed · 04/11/2011 22:42

I found the side effects awful last time and had crazy headaches as well as the hot flushes which seem to last all night even after stopping the pills. This time going straight onto 100mgs the hot flushes are all that I have had. I would stick with the high dose and always at night, this month I washed mine down with paracetamol to minimise the flushes which woke me up which really worked. That helped loads as I slept better.

Sounds like u r doing everything right. I take selenium, magnesium, omega 3, vit b12, and 1.2mgs folic acid and have been for three months. Most of that is to prevent another miscarriage (as well as low dose aspirin & progesterone) but selenium has fertility benefits too and helps u feel good, apparently women lack it, not sure if it will help but maybe something else to try!

highlove · 06/11/2011 11:11

Hi, hoping for a bit of advice from experienced Clomid ladies, please.

First quick bit of background: clomid cycle one, 50mg days 2-6. Scan on CD10 looked great, one lovely 17mm follicle. Scan CD13 showed "classic" (nurse's word not mine) ovulation. CD20 (roughly 7-9 DPO - weren't sure which day it had popped) progesterone came back a terrible 6.4 indicating no Ov, was gutted and confused as had been having lots of symptoms = LOADS of CM, cramping and one isolated incident of light pink spotting about a week after Ov. Spoke to nurse again couple of days later and she said she and consultant were confused so had another blood test, 10-12 DPO, which was 40 = definite Ov. So they think first test was wrong, mistake, mix up, whatever.

Now am 13-15 DPO. Cramping has continued and really stepped up last few days, have backache, sensitive nipples and since yesterday a constant slight nausea, not like I'm going to be sick but it's just there, and (sorry TMI) feel wet constantly. No sign of AF yet and don't have usual pre-AF symptoms of sore boobs, at least they don't feel like they usually do. I normally get AF 11-12 DPO on a non-medicated cycle. But did two tests this morning, really expecting good news but both BFN. (So convinced I did the second!) really disappointed but also confused.

Just wondering firstly how many DPO others have got AF on clo
I'd cycles as compared to usual cycles. And also if it had the same effect of giving unusual symptoms but not your usual pre-menstrual symptoms.

Sorry long post, but thanks in advance. I'm going nuts!

lucytee · 06/11/2011 22:27

hello highlove

i am new to clomid i am just starting my 2nd cycle , i am currently on cd3 , last month i was started on 50mg but my progesterone levels were

Solars · 07/11/2011 10:16

Hi there Highlove I am also on my first month of clomid, so sorry as I'm not going to be much help but would be interested to hear the response you get. I think I am on 15DPO today as I think I ov'd on CD14 because I had really bad ovulation pains then. On my usual cycle I used to ovulate around CD17/18 and I would have a 31/32 day cycle, I'm only on CD29 so wondering whether af should be showing up now. Sometimes it can take a while for your hcg levels to pick up, give it a few days and perhaps test again as the symptoms you have sound promising. Fingers crossed and hope you can stay sane xx

Lucytee hope you're doing ok xx

confu3ed · 07/11/2011 13:54

Welcome Highlove. I found that Clomid did lengthen my cycles by a few days but not on every month. I stopped ovulation testing so no idea how many days post ovulation that it came. Sorry not much help! I would do as Solars suggests and test again in a couple of days.

I have got an appointment at the EPU on Weds for a very early scan, not sure what they will see but it may be just to see if it is the size it should be. Hope that they can help as last two pregnancies didn't get beyond 6 weeks. Glad that they are taking me seriously though and keeping everything crossed!

highlove · 07/11/2011 14:45

Hi everyone, thanks. I'm not a minimum of 14DPO (could be 16 though!) and no AF as yet. Woke this morning with super super sore nipples though seems to have worn off a bit now. So will try and hold out till weds to test again with FMU. Please keep everything crossed for me!!

Solars, really hoping it's good news coming for us both.

Confu3ed, really hope your scan goes perfectly.

God this is stressful isn't it?!

Xx

highlove · 07/11/2011 14:52

Bloody iPhone! I'm NOW a minimum of 14DPO, not not! S'pose that's what comes of posting here rather than doing any work. It's just this us far more interesting than the course I'm supposed to be running tomorrow :)

Solars · 07/11/2011 16:30

Confu3ed good luck with your scan on wednesday x

Highlove I have absolutely everything crossed for you my lovely. I am thinking about doing a test tomorrow morning if there is no show of af today. I had a funny feeling in my tummy earlier that af is about to start but nothing so far, have been constantly knicker watching and only a bit of clear cm so far, 'tis very stressful indeed!!!

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cheekycurls · 07/11/2011 17:41

confu3ed good luck for ur scan

highlove think u should test Grin

solars fingers crossed u get a BFP when u test!

nothing much happening with me, still quite depressed with the whole thing and have decided to not test for ovulation and SWI just gonna do it when we feel like it to take some of the pressure off us both

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highlove · 08/11/2011 12:08

Hi all,

Solars: what news? Have everything crossed for you.

As for me, no AF as yet and I'm now 15-17dpo but having plucked up the courage to test again since my two negatives on Sunday. It's weird because normally I've been pissing on sticks like they're going out of fashion before I'm even late! But I just can't face another BFN so am putting it off.

Have all kinds of weird things going through my head: maybe I ov'd later than I thought, even though I was being scanned do o know it can't really have been later than 9am on Monday two weeks ago when they saw it had popped. I am clearly mental. Not sure that's a pg symptom, but definitely a symptom of long-term TTC!

Xx

lucytee · 08/11/2011 12:26

highlove test! test! test! all sounds v promising , everythin crossed for you!

confused goodluck for your scan tomorro!

solars fingers crossed for you when u test !

i have justrecived my thermomiter from amazon this morning! im going to start temping this mounth as a cntrely on opks! take my last 100mg tonight ! whoohoo jus hope it wortks this time! x

Solars · 08/11/2011 12:26

Hi

Highlove I chickened out of testing this morning. I spoke to DH last night about it and he's of the opinion of waiting 'til the end of the week if still no show of af. I couldn't face a BFN either! I'm exactly like you wondering if I did actually OV when I thought I had, so that would make us both mental!

I feel pretty sure I'm on 16dPO and my normal LP is 14 days. I have no symptoms whatsoever and af doesn't feel imminent either. I really hope it's not anything to do with the clomid stretching out LP.

When are you thinking of testing again Highlove?

highlove · 08/11/2011 13:28

Thanks Lucy, hope the thermometer helps you.

Was planning to test tomorrow...I'm so torn, obviously a bit of me is desperate to. But at the same time the other bit just thinks I can't face BFN and if I was pg surely it would have come up on sunday, at 13-15dpo. And I think I've got symptoms but I've never been pg yet somehow at some point had every symptom in the book, so can't trust what I think is happening now. Had lots more cramping first thing and was sure I could feel AF coming, but nothing as yet.

Arrrggghh.

Solars · 08/11/2011 16:08

Everything crossed for you Highlove if you do decide to test tomorrow x

Lucytee good luck with the temping x

Aworryingtrend · 08/11/2011 16:13

Good luck with your testing highlove and solars

I'm on day 17, and pretty sure I haven't ovulated to be honest. My temps are all over the place- stupidly high at the start of the month and now quite low. I didn't experience any ovulation pains, as I had thought I might.

The only odd thing was that on C14 I bled a little bit after sex (TMI sorry) which lasted the whole day. I have never had that before except from after very erm, vigorous, sex Blush but this was a can't be arsed lazy sunday morning session. Anyway, now that i have provided you all with far too much information about my sex life, has anyone else had mid-cycle spotting on Clomid? What do you think it might mean?

I've got a blood test on day21 to see if my progesterone levels indicate that I have ovulated. according to the onsultant they should be >20. My last Day 21 blood tests it was

highlove · 08/11/2011 18:44

Hiya worryingtrend, I didn't have spotting mid-cycle on Clomid but this is just month one so I'm not really an old hand! But I have read that it does happen on Clomid. On the other hand I have in the past had very light spotting after sex around ovulation time - my dr was convinced it was to do with Ov rather than anything more sinister.

A tip from me: if you progesterone test comes back low (and really hope it doesn't) then push for another a few days later. Good luck!

Confu3ed I really hope your scan goes great tomorrow, let us know.

Solars, I'm going to do it with FMU tomorrow. Cross your fingers and toes for me please. And I will most certainly do the same for you.

Oh god.

X x x

highlove · 09/11/2011 06:21

2 x BFN.

Confused. Am somewhere between 16-18 DPO. Obviously not pg otherwise i'd be getting a positive by now, right.

Unless the hospital really did get it wrong at the ultrasound and I ov'd later than they think (in which case we missed theboat as we stopped SWI after than.) That would explain why my 7 DPO progesterone (at supposedly 7-9dpo) was only 6.4 but had gone up to 40 at supposedly 10-12. But the clinic were convinced the scan showed I had ovulated and so the first progesterone test must have been wrong.

Oh fuck it fuck it fuck. So where the fuck is my period then, do you suppose.

Fuck. And why do my boobs feel like they do, why do I have cramping on and off, why do I feel nauseous and burpy, why do I have backache?

Gutted.

PinkCustard · 09/11/2011 07:36

Hello,

Sadly I'm back after an early miscarriage last weekend, totally heartbreaking after finally getting a BFP after trying for so long Sad. So will be back on the clomid from next month.

Cheeky sorry you're finding it so hard at the moment. I used progesterone cream for the 1st time last month (when I got the BFP). I ordered it from Serenity Wellbeing website, I'll be using it again after my next Ov too (am hoping my body gets back to normal straight away and ovs this cycle).

Highlove how totally stress-inducing - I think the clomid lengthened my luteal phase by a day, but no longer than that. Perhaps you ovulated later than you thought?

highlove · 09/11/2011 09:44

Hello pink I'm so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. How very unfair after such a hard time TTC. Hope you are being kind to yourself, this is such a painful process and I know sometimes it just feels like it's never going to happen. Take care of yourself x x

Solars · 09/11/2011 09:45

Pinkcustard I'm so very sorry to hear that. Hope you're ok lovely, you will get there.

Highlove I can't believe it and feel totally confused for you too. Perhaps you did in fact ovulate later. I'm thinking that I too must have ovulated later than I thought. I had really bad ovulation pains on day 14 so thought that was the day, even DH agreed, but perhaps the egg didn't pop 'til later is the only explanation why I think my af still hasn't arrived. I was still testing positive on opks 3 days later after the ov pains. This just all seems confusing. Highlove you still potentially could be in with a chance as sperm can survive a little longer. Hope you're ok.

Aworryingtrend · 09/11/2011 09:58

Thanks for that Highlove, that is a good idea about asking for a test a few days later if this one comes back low. I wouldn't be surprised as I do normally have a 33 day cycle but then the consultant said that Clomid would most likely make my cycle 28 days. We'll see I guess.

So sorry to hear about your -ve results. You must be so confused with it all. AF staying away must be a good sign? I guess test again in a few days if it still doesn't turn up?

PinkCustard I am so sorry to hear your sad news. I can only imagine how disappointed you must feel. I hope you are getting lots of RL support but we are here too if you need a rant, cry or moan.

lucytee · 09/11/2011 12:06

oh pinkcustard so sorry to hear that ..its heart wrenching and after waitng so long for a bfp :( x

highlove clomid is so confusing isntit ?! i had to have 2 bllod tests last ,ount because the hospital wouldnt give me a scan only day 21 bloods untill i pushed for a day 28 too as i felt i had oved . hope ure okay . its so frustating isnt it x

a worrying trend lol at your sex life info ! my prog test was very low also