Clomid-ifiers, get yourselves over here! July thread

[flosspot]

New thread for July- Clomid takers, Clomid queries, Clomid successes.....

NOW, WHERE ARE YOU?

No, not defecting flosspot! Just wanted to know whether it was worth talking to doc about Clomid, whether I would get anywhere. I really want to take control of the TTC situation cos I am a bit of a control freak (a lot of one actually!) and it is making me feel better to think this way.

Thanks for your replies they were really helpful.

X-posted Lulu, thanks. I have private medical insurance through work so maybe can get it covered if I can think of somthing that is not fertility!

NH- I am a TOTAL control freak which I think has made this all the more difficult for me. Yesterday on the train I was thinking "now, what can I do" and I suddenly realised the key is that I simply can't control it and I have so some how let go (easier said than done!).

If I were you I would be honest with your doc about your situation and your insurance. I have found my doctor really understanding and happy to try to help out as much as possible. As he said not having a regular cycle is not a good thing and so this can be a non-fertility issue to try to regulate this. So far my insurance is happy with this. I think if I eventually go down the IUI or IVF (sigh) route then it won't be covered, though.

Good luck.

Doc already knows I am TTC anyway cos went to see him last week about it! I just think when I ring the insurance co I will not mention fertility and just say regulating hormones/periods etc cos I think that will be covered - but not fertility. Good luck with TTC!

Lulu- glad to hear you are feeling stronger. Loved your advice on going private....thinking of changing consultant as total lack of service. Post-mc am finding it very hard not to get upset every month when I don't conceive. Totally undertsand now why yo have found it so hard. You know that there's a thread on ttc post-mc right???

nh101- doubt my advice helps, since it's nothing new. Would say that if your doctor isn't 100%, find a new one. They are the crucial first link in the chain!

Humpydumpy- to be honest, don't even k ow if I'm ovulating, so can't help you. I do know that lots of people who have mc have had different cycles subsequently...

Thanks anyway flosspot. I guess I will have to wait and see what happens this month. Hmmmmm more waiting.

Hi Floss- I really do know how tough it is after m/c. Mine was 10 months ago and I still feel it. IT does make each month harder. I keep wondering why it was so damn easy that time and so bloody tough this time. Hard enough to m/c but then to feel like the experience wrecked your body! But you are much more back on track physically than I was, so if you can take it as a real positive that you CAN get pg on clomid and you will again. Fingers crossed that this cycle is the lucky one.

Thanks Lulu.

Have just spoken to surgery. In typical fashion, GP away when I really need him, but have left a message with him that I would like to be re-referred to a different team. Have been moaning for ages that I don't feel I'm getting any support/continuity of care with current team, and I should be being monitored more closely as PCOS and mc and on Clomid. Last appt May, next is in bloody OCTOBER.

Grr. Anyway. Wheels in motion. Spoke to a friend who is days away from giving birth....three years of every treatment there is and their first cycle of IVF worked. The only person I have not been jealous of when I found out they were expecting! Anyway, she advised me to take control of my fertility. So that's what I'm doing. At least Ifeel I am doing somethng rather than sitting around getting upset that I can't get pregnant....

I totally agree, Floss. As a self-confessed control freak I think it is so scary to feel things are so out of control- your life, your body etc etc. On the one hand we have to realise we can't control things and on the other try to take control of what we can. So I am trying to do that. I find focusing on being healthy helps (but trying not to be obsessive). I decided to go to acupuncturist to gain a bit of control back. And I am pretty good at ringing up specialist and getting an appointment if I want to ask questions etc. I think you are doing the right thing. So frustrating that you can't get in until October, but at least there is something there to work towards. The other thing I am trying to do is think of the bigger picture. A month seems like a year, but in the grand scheme of things I guess it doesn't really matter. Those are my words of wisdom (I'm still a total basket case, though, so I am not sure you should listen to me!)

Loving your words of wisdom. Your break has made you very profound...

Loving your words of wisdom. Your break has made you very profound...

So profound you had to say it twice, I see. Don't let me fool you. I am still a complete mess. This time, though, I don't feel as emotional on the pills. I had my monthly emotional meltdown on CD2 BEFORE I started clomid again.

Hope you are well. Where are you at now? I'm CD5. So 2 more pills to go... I can't help but feel I'm hurtling towards surgery rather rapidly!

This is my first cycle using clomid and I've just had a scan showing that it has thinned my womb lining too much for the doctor to be happy performing an IUI, so I have to switch to the injections for my next cycle. Apparently I had produced a nice big egg though... Which I feel strangley sad about loosing :-(

Becky, I'm sorry to hear that, but it sounds like the good news is they caught it quickly and are taking action. I'm very interested in this because I have concerns that clomid has thinned my lining too- I only have 1 day AF on it and when I expressed my concern my consultant said it didn't matter. I did have a scan the first month and he said all was fine, but I only remember him looking at the follicle/ egg, not the lining. But then I could just be paranoid!

Hey Lulu... You may have a point there though. When I had my initial scans my womb lining was 11mm but clomid has caused it to be only 4mm... My doctor said she'd like it to be at 8mm in order for IUI to work, although she would have done it if I had wanted but she was convinced it would be futile.

I'd say it is worth asking your doctor and if your lining is significantly under 8mm then ask to be swapped to the injections (I can't remember the name of the drug though??).

Anyway, I'm off home now. Have a good weekend!

Know what you mean Lulu- hurtling towards surgry myself. Not sure how much more my relationship with DH can take!!!

Hi all,
I know it's probably been asked before but can anyone tell me when I might expect AF when on Clomid? Cycles were regular (29-31 days) before Clomid apart from the most recent one before this cycle which was 18 days. Am guessing 14 days after ov, which according to the info leaflet with the tablets is 6-10 days after last tablet so:
tablets day 2-6, ov day 12-16, af day 26-30 Is this right?

My consultant said 14 days post-ov. If I knew when ov. was!!!

Hi Nomore- my cycles were 25 days then 28 days then 29 days then 28 days. From what I undestand pills CD2-6 ov CD11-15 and AF 14 days after that. Hope that helps.

Hope everyone else is doing well. I am on Cd8 now...

Thanks lulu and flosspot, that's what I was thinking. Have been super-emotional today so think I'm pre-menstural just waiting for the fat lady to start singing...

You and me both nomore. So depressing!

Hi ladies. Sorry to hear some of you are a bit low.
I'm on CD5 (seems strange to be in single figures!) and, so far, so good. Not had any major side effects yet. Felt a bit sicky on Friday, cd2, but the Clomid doesn't seem to be disagreeing with me at the moment.
I've got to go for a scan a week tomorrow. That will be cd13. Does that mean that that is when they expect me to ov? I know it is to check that the Clomid is stimulating me ovaries enough, but not too much, so should I avoid sex until then, just in case, or are we OK to go whenever? Don't want to risk getting pg with six!! Not likely I know but would be my sodding luck

Hope everyone else is hanging in there and keeping positive.

Tiger- From what I understand they will do the scan to see if you have been hyperstimulated (producing more than 1 egg) and to check on the endemitriol lining. They normally scan just before they think you are going to OV. I was also worried because of timing I had to have the scan on CD17 and so I did have sex anyway. For me it was OK as I only produced one egg, but it didn't work in the end. Why don't you call your doc just to make sure what they want you to do...

Today is a bit of a wierd day as it was 1 year ago today that I found out I was pregnant. Can't believe how long ago.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. Where is everyone at? Shall we do a roll call?

Lulu CD9 5th cycle clomid TTC #1 (MMC Oct)

Lulu sweetie- thinking of you today. And every day.

I think Lulu covered your question Tiger....jealous as wish th same was happening to me quite frankly. Am not being monitored by my 'team' so have requested referrral to a different one. I want some answers, dammit!

Lulu CD9 5th cycle clomid TTC #1 (MMC Oct)
Floss CD19 3rd cycle Clomid TTC #1 (mc June)

Thanks, Floss. Actually feel OK. I have decided I need to let go and look forward so I bought a lovely plant on the weekend and DH and I are going to plant it today and bury the scan picture with it. Does that sound wierd? DH was so lovely about it (I was a bit embarrassed when I told him).

I hope you do get some answers! I just called my consultant and have booked myself in for mid-Sept to get things rolling for the next stage. He gets so booked up, so I thought I should book myself in. It will be towards the end of my last clomid cycle.