Roll up, roll up!....Clomid cycle buddy needed please, dont want to do this on my own!

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Hi thats it really. If there is anyone who is about to start a new cycle with clomid, can you please be my friend?
This will be my first try on clomid, I have pcos, and started af today after a horrible 48 day cycle.
But af is here, hurray! which means i can start on the magic beans tomorrow.
So if you would like chat and hand holding too, please sign in here.
Im thinking good sense of humour, sympathy, and patience will be a must
xxx

Minxi- don't get excited, cycles 40 plus days, no ew, no signs of ovulation according to Consultant....hoping Clomid will change that, but losing a little faith at the mo!

Flosspot, Altho it may seem unlikely will happen it could. I conceived this little beab on CD49. Day 21 (ish) bloods were crap 1.1) Clearly the ovulation was direcft stimulation of Clomid but perhaps it helped/kick started? Not sure as had one natrual AF prior to clomid cycle (first one in a year). Lost weight too as my BMI fell into healthy. I was also on metformin tds. Keeping fingers xd for you as you never know xx. I really didnt expect a BFP

bean not beab

flossie will be thinking of you honey. You just never know when it is going to happen, will prob just sneakle up on you and shock the living daylights out of you when you pee on the stick and its your time.....
Hang in there hun.
minxi, sounds like you are on track for a good cycle, will keep everything crossed.
lulu, sorry about af darling, keep on keeping on. Coggy actually concieved her ds while she was on a break from clomid, it still says in your system and sometimes it can have kick started your ovaries enough to make them do something without being waved at with a big stick Good luck everyone xxxxx

Ok, OK, I have bowed to pressure and took my first clomid tablet last night. After long deliberations with DH decided to continue and then go to see the doc to get monitored. I realised if it is, indeed, thinning my lining as I suspect (another 1 day AF) then I realised I should still be on it so the consultant can confirm this. I feel a bit mixed up about it as I feel it is a bit of a lost cause and I really should lay off it to give myself more of a chance, but this is what I am going to do. Just to keep you all updated! Hope everyone is feeling OK. Had another meltdown this am. The exact same thing happened last month on CD2!! I guess the clomid affects my moods more than I thought!

Glad I'm not the only one Lulu- actually dread Clomid because of psycho bitch effect it has....

Keep your chin up. Thinking of you.

Hello do you mind if I join your thread?
I'm due to start clomid next cycle - so probably end of next week, and could do with someone to share my worries etc with.
I've got ds who will be 2 end of this month. We conceived him very quickly so was v shocked when it came to light that my cycle has changed since having him leaving me with a luteal phase of 8 or 9 days.
I had my first appt with the gynae 2 weeks ago and he has prescribed clomid but i'm only to take it if my next progesterone test is under 30. The last test (which got me my referral) was 4 days after ovulation and my prog was 26. The problem I've got is that the gynae wants me to have my prog test on day 22 or 23 which is this thurs or fri and I still havent ov'd yet. I am showing all the signs of it (lots of ewcm sorry if tmi) but my temp hasn't gone up yet. I'm worried that if I don't ov until weds and have the test friday my prog level could be quite high (or higher than 30) because it will only be 2 or 3 days after ovulation. If I leave it and dont get my blood test until the monday it might be too close to af arriving. Any ideas on what I should do? I'm desperate to just get going on the clomid so that I can get my luteal phase lengthened and hopefully get pregnant. I'm sorry for such a long first post but I'm feeling really stressed about it all.

Glad to meet you buttercup. Afraid I have not the first clue about luteal phases as i don't appear to be ovulating at all. my advice would be fudge it to get the results you want....wicked but necessary. We've all waited to long to be messing around.

Thanks flosspot. I'm tempted to get the bloodtest on monday but am worried that he'll question why I had a test on day 26. Mind you I'm not seeing him for another month so maybe he wont check when I had the prog test done and will just look at levels.
He doesn't like the fact that I chart my temp but it's been really useful in finding out why I haven't been conceiving. I'll probably stop once I get going on the clomid though just so I can try and be more relaxed....
Have you been on clomid long and are you ttc your first?

Buttercup - I am on my third clomid cycle....I have been trying for 2.5 years after coming off that depo injection...cycles were okay after about 18 months but lots of spotting at beginning and end of cycle with lp of about 9 - 12 all over the place.

I got seen in March and consultant gave me 6 month supply....
first month...cycle was probably 29 days luteal phase of 12
second month...was 28 days with luteal phase 13
this month, I had a positive opk on Saturday cd13 which means I should have ovulated cd14/15
saw consultant today and he said very positive...
so even if I don't fall pregnant this month my cycles to me are turning into text book cycles....so after 2.5 years thank god for that...
so anyway I would do everything you can to try the clomid as it has helped my lp..
My consultant did say that the first part of your cycle can be different but once you have ovulated it should always be 14 days until your next period which not sure if that is right or wrong as alot of people on here have mixed comments about that...I don't know personally but before I had the depo my periods were always 28 days so we will see if period arrives after 28days this month then lp will be 14...hopefully I wont get af though ....
oops sorry for waffling....
Good luck

Minxi- great news! Gives me hope I have to say, since it's only recently come to light that I'm not ovulating, despite having cycles. After two months of Clomid, still holding at around 40 days...though have had as long as 122.

Buttercup- TTc first child, after 18 months trying. Got quick referral because I have documented PCOS. Have a six month supply of Clomid from GP, hoping consultant will up my dosage, as they suggested they might...

Lulu- how are you doing today?

Others- hope you are all well. Off on holiday tomorrow, so won't be around for a while. BTW what are your thoguhts on me upping my own dosage of Clomid, as I have lots, and consultant has suggested it's what they might do next? Naughty, i know.
Also, what the hell is a luteal phase?

Hi all. I've got a 6 month supply too. I got a positive opk last night and still have lots of ewcm so am pretty certain I've not ov'd yet. I think I'm going to get the blood test done on the monday and plead ignorance if it gets questioned later on! At least that way by the time the gynae sees me I'll already have taken my first cycles worth
Minxi - it really sounds as though the clomid is working well for you - fingers crossed.
Flosspot could you call the doctor and ask about upping the dose? Luteal phase is the time after you ovulate until you get your af anything less than 10 days is considered too short to let implantaion occur. Have a great holiday.
Hope you're all doing well today

Can I join this thread? I have just about recovered from my Clomid nightmare. Never felt so poorly on tablets. Not sure it was much use as I was so moody and grumpy only BD once! My husband has just given up smoking, so hope that will help things perhaps not immediately but eventually.

hi, can i join? got my HSG on monday and if my remaining tube is any good i shall be on 100mg clomid. bit impatient now! i know my cycle of the top of my head and a bit worried about the effects of clomid. also, i will be having ultrasound follicle tracking during the first cycle, what does this entail

Hi Lissie and House of. Welcome! Sorry we have not been that active, but I think there was a flurry of activity as we all started, but now that some of us are into our 3rd/4th cycle it has tailed off a bit.

Lissie- it is pretty normal to have the tracking- it is just to make sure that you are responding to clomid, but are not over-responding ie producing multiple eggs. They will just to an ultrasound to see how things are going and to check the lining.
Good luck to you both! We have already had a couple success stories on this thread, so let's add some more soon!

thanks. how many cycles have you had?

I am in the midst of my 4th cycle. I have some concerns that it is thining my lining as I now only have 1 day AF. I had no AF for 6 months after a missed miscarriage in October. I finally did get AF on my own, but I had already been prescribed clomid. I had a scan in the middle of my 1st cycle for the things I mentioned before and just told to keep going with clomid for 6 months. I am going back to the consultant just to check in with him about my worries about my womb lining at the end of the month.

probably wise.

Hello all-

welcome new peeps. Lovely to have new friends.

hello old peeps- glad to see you are all chatting, after a fashion.

BAck from hols with the worst news sadly. Found out the day we left that I was pregnant, then five days later miscarried. Have spent last few days in and out of French hospitals and feeling pretty low.

That's it really. Will be back soon, but wanted you all to know where I was if I wasn't around!

Oh, Floss... I'm so, so sorry. Take care of yourself.

oh floss, im so sorry, how sad.

Thanks. Absolutely gutted as was just getting my head around the fact that the Clomid had actually worked.

Anyway, onwards and upwards, right?

Floss - so sad to hear your news. I really hope you get successful again soon and it all works out.
Girls I need your advice as I sit here crying. The gynae prescribed clomid but said I was only to take it if my progesterone test taken 5 days before my period came was less than 30. My result on monday was 39 - my gp said excellent, looks like your cycle has gone gack to normal. I'm day 9 now and I'm cramping and spotting - as usual. My LP is always 8 or 9 days. The prob is I've been told not to take the clomid but know from everything I've read about short LP that clomid is very good at giving a longer LP. The gynae was quite dismissive of my charts and things and I know he would be pissed off if he knew i'd taken it when he specifically said not to. Also I wont be able to have blood tests etc if I take it in secret. What shall I do? What would you do? I suppose I could try it for one month and keep temping to check it does it's job.... Advice please girls.

Don't p* the gynae off!!. You may need to have further blood tests done

If it turns out that you are ovulating on a regular basis taking of clomid can actually temporarily reverse that.

Not really surprised to read that gynae was dismissive of temp charts; such things are known to be unreliable at best.

I bow to Attila's wisdom on all things, but am deeply sorry that you are in tears buttercup. This whole business i upsetting and distressing in ways I don't imagine I'll ever understand.

Try and keep your chin up and remember that we are all here for you. And we will all succeed. Hope is a powerful thing.

Big smooches to you all...Lulu- how are you holding up...Lizzie, minxi, coggy-what news....Awen and PCM- how are you all doing? I know you keep tabs!