The Clomid Crew - Part 2

[goldengirl71]

"Come on, ovaries! Let's get this party started, yeah?!"

[Christelle2207]

Well ladies i have some more exciting news. Today would be between 11 and 13 dpo - as mentioned something of a record for an lp. I have been feeling distinctly pms like since thursday - nothing too serious though - and after some extremely light bleeding fri and sat I've been completely dry since.

Just been away with work for two days and thought when I got home about an hour ago, as I have a big stash in my drawer I'd do an internet cheapie test. Did and would you believe it it's a bfp. It's fainter than the control line but not that faint, I mean you don't have to squint to see it or anything. It came up within 10 minutes and since then it has got darker and clearer. Clearly believing it to be a dud I did another (struggled to do more wee!!!!) and it has come out exactly the same. I have just shown to dh and he agrees that they are definite lines not my imagination!!!!

I don't know what to think. cycle one of clomid with five more in my drawer for next time or if it doesn't work out! My improving thyroid probably had a part to play though, just slightly panicked about that because it's a bit high for pregnancy so will try and see doc asap.

Anyway other than dh i won't be telling anyone else but wanted to share it here! Fingers crossed my good luck rubs off on the rest of you and there are bfps all round in the next few weeks!!!!

[goldengirl71]

YAAAAAY!!!! Christelle, that is incredible news! Our first BFP!! I am thrilled for you and your DP

[Christelle2207]

Thanks just went for a run to try amd calm myself down- didnt work

[Annalou84]

Way to go christelle I'm dead chuffed for you please please keep us posted, maybe there's hope for us all x x x x

[Annalou84]

What does dpo mean?

[Annalou84]

If I was to ask for blood tests when would they test? I'm cd16 I had a positive ovulation tests on cd13

[Hopefully2012]

Hi ladies

Christelle - Thanks hun, they are roughly the same but the big difference is price £400 Blastocyst transfer £5,000 ivf I don't have the money for ivf. Great news clomid is working for you. Good luck.

Golden - Thank you again for your message you made me lol move to china lol. I do see my family i was with the family sat for 1st birthday party, i am a auntie 12 times over so far as they still want more lol. Thanks for the wake up call you are right there is always someone else who is worst off than you & clomid is only the start of ttc sadly. Good luck with blood test, i know you ovulated. Please don't say your eggs are decrepit as i don't think this is the case hun think positive & take your own great advice. I have fingers cross that you conceived this month. Are you going for iui next & will you get it on nhs?

I have still got aches & pains but mentally feeling a lot better im getting bk on the road of positive thinking & happy got info on whats next for me i'm ready to see my doc. cd11 today think its time for bed rocking week lol ( i do prefer it when its not ovulate timing less pressure & fun) just thought its my last cycle of clomid so might as well make it fun & go out with a bang a farewell party for clomid lol.

Hope you are all well
Take care big hugs xx

[Hopefully2012]

christelle congratulations hun just seen your message so happy for you both. Good luck its great to here good news from taking clomid. Please keep us all posted. Take care hugs & flowers xx

[Rosiechoice]

MASSIVE congratulations christelle that is absolutely fantastic news, definitely more hope for the rest of us

annalou dpo means days past ovulation. You should request your blood test 7 days after you ovulated, they call it 'day 21 blood test' but that's based on a 21 day cycle.

golden yes just taken my 100mg dose - here comes the Cazy lady!!!! Also yes, I was told to take 100mg because they don't think I ovulated, I still think I did but they have made me doubt myself, hopefully taking 100mg won't do any 'harm', DH is hoping for multiples this month from the higher dose, I'm starting to think the same so that I never have to go through this horrendous journey again! However as you have pointed out I know we're only at the beginning of the journey it already feels like a life time!

[Christelle2207]

Thanks all for kind words. You haven't got rid of me yet...I feel very anxious about this after all this time without even a whiff of a BFP previously.

Crap timing though because have two work Christmas Dos coming up and not sure how I'm going to explain not drinking as they're usually fairly Lairy. On the plus side I have a chance of an early scan (I.e if I pay!)

I'm worrie about thyroid but the doc receptionist is going to ask gp to call me tomorrow about that. Gp herself is pg herself so hopefully (????!) clued up and reassuring.

hopefully shoot me down if you need to but you would need to also pay for egg and sperm collection to have blastocyst transfer Wouldn't you? I mean they can't transfer the fertilised egg into you unless they've extracted it (unfertilised) from you first?

[npg1]

Congratulations christelle.

Golden yes I did briefly read about diet. I don't eat badly really. Do like some wine every now and then! I am.9st and 5ft 2 x

[goldengirl71]

Rosie, I am of your 100mg, which is ludicrous when you think I am producing two eggs from my 50mg - what more does a girl want??! This is how irrational the ttc journey makes you - wishing for higher doses when you're already ovulating

Christelle, hope you get peace of mind re your thyroid - demand the proper attention.

Hopefully, I can only echo what others have said: what you are describing is tantamount to IVF and this will cost you thousands (unless NHS). The cheapest form of assisted conception is IUI (artificial insemination) and even that costs approx £1,000.

I've just had my CD21 blood test. I am 7DPO and this morning's temp dipped below the coverline. Of course, I am now, against my better judgement, getting all excited that this is an 'implantation dip' (if such things actually exist). I swore I wouldn't chart my temps this month after 3DPO but I keep waking up at just the right time and there's my thermometer next to the bed. Stupid girl...should've given it to DP to hide from me until next month. Quick question to you charting ladies: in the few hours prior to taking my temp this morning I succumbed to two sips of water (bastard dry mouth). Would this have caused my temp to plummet? please say no and that it is an implantation dip

[goldengirl71]

Hey, Meluv, I can only assume you are staring at your Christmas tree in absolute wonder and can't tear yourself away for long enough to pop over and see us Hope you are okay, lovely x

[waves to Stephy and anyone else I've forgotten]

[Christelle2207]

Golden - i think i had an implantation dip! definitely a(small) dip around then anyway. my temps are still only just above coverline but am going to stop temping now it will worry me! dont think water would affect unless shortly before.

spoke to kind gp about thyroid and she said not to panic just come for my next bloods earlier. upping my dose of thyroxin needs care as i could go overactive.

[goldengirl71]

Christelle, just to give you an idea of the depth my temp has plummeted, yesterday was 36.61 and today was 36.15. My coverline temp is 36.20! I shall await tomorrow's temp and see if it has shot back up. Argh! Why am I still temping?? You should deffo step away from the thermometer, love, you'll start to go crazy. Glad your GP is kind and has reassured you. Right-o...I'm off circuit training

[Hopefully2012]

Hi ladies

Christelle - Thanks for the info i was just going on the price & it didn't say had to pay extra for egg & sperm collection (i know you have to collect from both of us) i thought it was all in that price ( silly me). Now you got bfp you don't need to do temps anymore you will end up worrying yourself hun. Glad gp is sorting out your thyroid. look after yourself & good luck hun.

Golden - Thanks for info. I think i'm going to ask to have injections first & if that fails then iui or blastocyst transfer & start saving. I have got fingers crossed its implantation, got a good feeling about you this cycle but don't want to say any more as don't want to get your hopes up hun. Hope you have a great workout.

I'm on cd12 when is the best days to bedrock ( i did last night) as i thought if i do it every day he will get crap sperm? or should i do it everyday? I ovulate between cd11 to cd15. First time at this stage that i'm actually relaxed for once. Both my Ovaries are hurting now.

Take care ladies

[Christelle2207]

golden- mine was low days 9-11 so dont worry if it doesnt jump up again. according to my book tempa are meant to "keep rising" if pg-hmmmm.

[Rosiechoice]

golden you're mad! You're ovulating on 50mg, you don't need 100mg! I'd prefer to still be on 50mg and had 'day 21 bloods' tested on the right day so I knew for definite if i ovulated 1 way or another. I hope 100mg doesn't over stimulate, time will tell. I don't want to be negative but I had a slight dip last cycle and obviously I'm not pg but I hope it is implantation dip, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

Today I have pulled myself together and dusted myself off, after being a total grump for the past week or so and feeling extremely sorry for myself. I'm going to concentrate on the things I have and can do rather than dwelling on what I want and have absolutely no control over! So from now on positive thinking!!! until the next time

Hope you're all having a lovely evening, well done for the circuits golden I too went tonight - it hurt, but feel better for it

[goldengirl71]

Aaaargh! Look at my chart! Look at my chart! (someone kill me, please, to curb my excitement):

//www.fertilityfriend.com/home/goldengirl71

[Christelle2207]

that looks tentatively exciting. I do think that clomid does mess with temperatures a bit though.

[goldengirl71]

Christelle, if Clomid messes with temperatures it would mess with them all, no? Not just one [still excited emoticon]

[Christelle2207]

i think so yes.

[goldengirl71]

Rosie, glad you've dusted yourself off. When you say you're worried about over-stimulation is this because of the health risks or the chance of multiples? When I say I your 100mg it is because I desperately would like to produce more than two eggs per month thereby increasing my chances of at least one of decent quality. Even producing two last month didn't result in fertilisation

Just got back from a two-hour mountain bike ride with my friend, Ceri. She has the Rolls Royce of mountain bikes whereas mine is more an Astra. I could feel every stone and rock beneath my wheels and my fanny flaps have been chafed to ribbons

[rainbowbreeze]

Hi ladies

Just wanted to have a moan really, had 2 cycles of clomid the first I had a bleed on day 14 and the second on day 8
Rang the hospital on Mon to ask what I should do and im STILL waiting for an answer, ive chased them twice and they just tell me the consultants busy and they havent had chance to ask her yet.. rubbish !

Clomid seems to be making my cycle worse, I was regular before !

[Rosiechoice]

golden I've read about people producing 10 follies and being told not to dtd because it's too risky incase all of them are fertilised, as you've probably already realised - I'm a worrier! Hopefully it's all for nothing and there will be 4 juicy follies waiting for me next week at my scan! I am thinking the same as you, more eggs more chances I do hope it works this way! I know the feeling, IF I ovulated my 2 lovely follies were wasted last month , I suppose it gives me something new to worry about if nothing else!

Haha, bless you, you do very well on the exercise front, 2hrs is good going, hope you're 'bits' are enjoying a nice bathe this evening!

Welcome rainbow you poor thing! If it was me I would keep trying and just make a nuisance of myself, they'll soon get sick of trying to fob you off, how often are you chasing them?
Give us a few facts about yourself - age, how long you've been ttc, background info, etc?