Clomid takers- September thread

[flosspot]

Hello- We've moved to a new thread, and this is it!

Roll call, again:
flosspot CD4, 4th cycle, mc June ttc#1
nomore CD15 2nd cycle (21 total!) ttc #1
nh101 CD3 1st cycle, MC March

yes. I was given 50mg of clomid

CD21 crap ov results

CD36 no AF, BFN

CD40 consultant advised me to wait until CD47 for AF

CD42 noticed EWCM (was still BDing daily as dp good sperm count and my attitude was it aint over till the fat lady sings)

CD47 No sign of AF & BFN. Spoke to consultant. Agreed to start prgesterone for 5 days on CD52 (so that hopefully CD21 would be on a weekday).

CD52-56 Took provera

CD65 still no AF, preg test BFP (29th April)

Hope this helps x

Forget to say plan was to increase clomid to 100mg once AF arrived.

So confused! CD29 today and no AF. My past 4 cycles on clomid AF arrived CD25 then CD28 then CD29 then CD28 but had spotting a day or so before. So I was really hoping this time... did a test this am and BFN. I don't have any symptoms and whereas my breasts hurt every single time from after ov they don't this time which leads me to think I didn't ov this time which is wierd. Any ideas? At least I have aleady got an appointment with consultant for Thursday.

I've only had one proper cycle on clomid but I had the same lack of pre-AF symptoms. I usually get sore boobs and backache. AF arrived as usual though Hope it's not the case for you.

Awen, re. your question about using Clomid a second time... I think you would be fast-tracked on the NHS but if not then it is not expensive to go private - just one meeting with a consultant plus about £15 for the drugs! I would recommend it to anyone if they are getting nothing from their GP.

Congrats on the baby as well!

I am on CD8 today and am so excited, although everyone seems to be having problems - I thought this Clomid was a wonder drug . I am just hoping that it does the job, it will be weird to have a 28/29/30 day cycle (or whatever it is going to be) for the first time ever.

I have been well horny this weekend and am getting creamy CM (another thing that my odd cycles messed up). I am doing temps and tracking my chart on fertilityfriend.com and I have told my mum to stand by for sextuplets.

lulu - is very early for a BFP. You might have ov'd later or may still do so. As i say, it aint over till the AF arrives, so keep busy . Also very good exercise apparantly

nh101 - thanks for advice about next one. Sounds like you & dp are going to be busy getting juggy with it . Understand what you mean about thinking it will be a wonder drug. It does help many women but i guess it doesnt always do its job straight away.

Nomoremagnolia - Sorry for AF Really hope next course brings bfp.

Kerri - hope you are ok xx

Thanks, Awen. I know you are right and I may have OV later. I think I let up on the BDing, but can't quite remember. I know it is early, but I remember last time I had symptoms by now. I'll just keep at it and see what happened.

As for wonder drug properties- I know exactly what you all mean. I was so elated when I was put on clomid as I felt like I would be sorted out. That made each BFN much harder. Now I know I need to be in it for the long race!

Oh Lulu, you must read my posts and think "don't get your hopes up love..."

Hello all (flossie waves frantically like along lost friend....)

have been trying to catch up but speed reading so may have missed crucial goss.

Noticed AWEN though...hello fat lady!!!

NH101- keep positive for as long as you can. It really does help to have a positive attitude. At least tht's what LULU tells me every time I get fed up.

LULU- sweetie, fingers crossed you won't need that appointment thursday. although if you don't I might take it because my cons. is being *@%king useless. Thinking of you, every day.

NOMORE, TIGERS, and anyone else I may have overlooked....hello. Hope you are feeling positive, and sednng you all bundles of good baby vibes.

Hi Floss! Sorry to hear your consultant is being frickin useless. I am pretty lucky with mine, I think. I'll let you know what he says. Do you have any particular questions?

Yes NH101- do keep positive. I agree with Floss it is SO important!

I am presently stressing over job choices. Have to decide whether to stay where I am which is OK but has been getting me down or taking a different job that is far away... but that I could do from home about 50% of the time...

Awen thanks for the sympathy Af was three weeks ago though, so I'm over it now and hoping for cycle 2 to work. Was using it as an example for lulu How confusing your BFP was - how did you cope with that??

nh101 Know what you mean about Clomid being seen as a wonder drug. All friends/family who know we are ttc had started not mentioning it to us as it's been so long since we started ttc that it had started to get embarrasing! Now they know I'm on Clomid they're all asking again, which is just re-inforcing my (naive) belief that I will magically get pg with Clomid.

Hi everyone else

I think this is right:

nh101 CD10 1st cycle, MC March ttc1
flosspot CD11, 4th cycle, mc June ttc#1
nomore CD22 2nd cycle (21 total!) ttc #1
lulu CD31 5th cycle mmc Oct ttc1

Anyone else?

nh101 CD10 1st cycle, MC March ttc1
flosspot CD11, 4th cycle, mc June ttc#1
nomore CD22 2nd cycle (21 total!) ttc #1
lulu CD31 5th cycle mmc Oct ttc1
tigerschick CD28 1st cycle ttc#2

Just adding myself on - hope everyone is well and happy

I am having a really tough day. The buyers pulled out on our house, an yet another person we know has just announced they are pregnant. I am truly crushed. I know they don't do it to hurt me, and everyone is very aware of our situation and is very diplomatic about telling me, but I just hurt so much. I don't want to burst anyone's pregnancy bubble, but I literally am now bursting into tears at the sight of a bump or a pushchair.

Oh Floss- moan away. You poor thing. Sorry to hear about the house. It's sucha stressful thing to go through- we bought this place 5 months ago and I found the whole thing really stressful. Not helpful when you have so much on your plate already. and I know what you mean about other people's pregnancies. It is so hard. But you will get there. I know it probably doesn't help, but don't forget you are on pretty powerful hormones and so you are bound to get hit much harder than things at the moment.

((hugs)) flosspot x

Well, I'll join the moan! AF arrived this morning. Once again hoped this was my month, but alas. So I have one more cycle of clomid. I saw the consultant yesterday who says that the next step is surgery and that I can either have it right away or wait for a few more months. I am keen to press on. If I go on the NHS it will be a 6 month wait, but it is possible DH's new insurance will pay, but only once he transfers over at the end of October. So no mater I have to wait until then. He told me to stay on clomid until then and is writing me a prescription for more. I also asked him about the step after that- which would be IVF in our case since DH sperm are in an excellent state, supposedly (he is chuffed to bits). He says at present NHS offers 1 cycle of IVF but for people 36-39 so that wouldn't work for me as I am too young. But he suggested that he thinks the rules may change next spring to include younger women, so we would be eligible.

I'm off on holiday soon, so hoping to chill out and not think about it all.

I have just started taking chlomid today and as I have already fallen preg 3 times and had early miscarriages I was told that my chances of conceiving are much higher then they would be with no previous pregnancies. I am also only 21 she said that as I am young and as i have managed these pregnancies on my own they said that I do not have a problem getting pregnant and have very high fertility. But the problem was that with PCOS I dont ovulate and when I do the eggs are not ready and neither is my womb to accept a fertilised egg. So I am now waiting for my scan which is a week today to make sure that I am on the right dose of chlomid. Wish everyone the best of luck with trying to conceive!!!!!

Lulu- god that sucks. Still keeping everything crossed...at least you have supprtive gp and dh.

Sending big hugs.

Yes, the specialist seems pretty good and I trust him. He explains everything very thoroughly. DH is great too.

I am now considering changing jobs. I haven't been that happy and have been hanging on because it has very good maternity benefits. But maybe now is a good time for a change- I have been offered a new job which would take me in a new direction...

oh- tell all lulu- sounds interesting...

Hey Floss- how are things? After weeks of agonising I have come to the conclusion that I will have to turn the new job down. Its such a shame as it is a really interesting job and more money and offers a new direction, but it involves a fair amount of travel and working away from home for about 1/3 of the time. I would love to do it and DH is very supportive, but because the job is based in the US there are NO maternity benefits! Shocking but true. So if I did take it I would give up the very generous maternity package I have now. Horrible making a decision about something that may never happen (I am feeling like that more and more) but since we are doing everything to have a baby, it seems mad to do something that will make it harder if we do!

Agreed Lulu- though shame, since a new job would have given you something else to focus on for a while.

I made it through the wedding weekend in one piece, though barely. Aside from seeing four pregnant women we knew, I ended up on the same table as the woman who is due when I would have been. I could barely look at her, but managed to keep the tears at bay until I got home. Now on the two week wait...

Pleased you coped with the wedding weekend, tough though it sounds. There was a woman at work all last year who was due the same week I would have been. I hated seeing her and having to chat with her and watch her belly grow. It was agony. Did you manage to have a few drinks and kick your feet up a bit?

Good luck with the two week wait- do you have any plans for not being driven mad by the "am I aren't I" game?? I feel like a freak as I jump about to see if my boobs hurt throughout the 2week wait" I also poke and prod.

Giving myself a stern talking to seems to be working so far. The 2ww is never that bad, since there's nothing you can do to speed things up. What I hate is the moment after you take a test when you realise yet again you have failed. That's much harder to be positive about.

How are things with you- I saw a thread about a laparoscopy? That's our next step, so let me know how it goes...