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

tigerschick. We kinda of lost the romance with the ttc.. dp viewed as a mission pmsl! When we got our positive he congratualted his 'super sperm' lol

Hi Wizzywig - we are ttc no 1 - on mo th 15 and started my first cound of clomid yesterday. Am on 50mg per day and if day 21 bloods this month are low again they'll up my does to 100mg and we'll see how I get on from there. Consultant thinks I have mild PCO as day 21 tests show am not ovulating every month and I also have a tilted uterus and had a LEEP excision on my cervix 3 years ago. Consultant reckons a combination of all 3 has stopped us from getting our BFP before now. Hubby has super sperm so everything's alright with him!

If no luck after 3 months on clomid we'll start IUI in January.

what stage are you at?

(((Flosspot pops her head round the door and waves hello))))

Hi flosspot how are you doing?

Hi all im new to this thread just took my last clomid for this months cycle feeling a little moody and excited at the same time. i have been reading all your stories and they are a great support to me. i have had many problems with my gyne as my partner has a child from a previous relationship and they will not help me financially as they say i do not meet there criteria. so i begged a new gyne for the clomid and he give me them as easy as that. im so worried at the moment as i am currently waiting to go into hospital as i have a blockage in one of my fallopian tubes the NHS will pay for that but any other treatment i have to pay which is really hard as i am a second year student nurse. does anyone have the same probs as me and has been successful in getting preggers as i would love to hear as it cheers me up no end. Thanks for listen. xxx

hi beena, im on day 13 and as soon as my next cycle starts then ill be on clomid. hey shazbot, we'll keep your spirits up. we've all been through the highs and lows (and there are plenty of those on clomid)

Hi there everyone hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend....hooray

Saw your post Beena. I am just about to start on Clomid (Tuesday next week !) Do you know anything about it like side effects and so on. Thought I may have ovulated last month naturally but not such luck . It is so hard to do the regular bd every 2 days. Nice in the obvious way but difficult in others .

Hi all

Just a quickie - does anyone else get achy boobs a few days after taking Clomid? Both cycles so far I have had really achy boobs from about CD12. Last cycle it went on til about CD32, I'm not sure how long it will last this time!
Not hopeful for my scan tomorrow - got a negative OPK this morning.

Hope everyone is well and happy

Hi tigers - no I don't get any physical symptoms on Clomid (get the emotional ones though ) I actually found that Clomid has taken away my usual pre-af symptoms (which was heavy boobs and backache) so I don't have any clues that she's on her way now.

Actually thinking about it my skin's been a lot worse on Clomid. I look like a 14 year old

Nomore- I was exactly the same. Still having awful spots!!! It'll be worth it though....

flosspot sprinkles serious amounts of babydust on everyone *

I haven't read the thread but can i ask a question?

I was eventually diagnosed with pcos after ttc for years and going through all the hospital tests. I was prescribed Clomid and conceived my ds after 4 cycles. Ds is now 20 month old and we're thinking about dc2 but yet again i'm not having periods regularly so not ovulating.

Could i just go to my GP and get prescibed clomid again or would i have to go through all the tests etc again?

Phoenix
xx

hi countess, i dont have pcos as my problem is that i dont ovulate but what i did was i waited til my son was 6 months, then i asked the gp to do a day 21 blood test for two consecutive months to see whether i still had problems.i dod so he referred my tro my gynae and i didnt have to go through another lap and dye, scans etc. he just gave me clomid again. i was worried that i would have to start from scratch again with all the tests but i didnt have to

Oh thanks for that Wizzy that sounds good

Well, it's sex for the fun of it in the tiger household again this month
Ovaries as polycystic as they were before. At least this time the specialist was less enthusiastic about the fantastic teaching resource my scan made!!
I've been given a script for more progesterone and course of 100mg clomid. Will start progesterone in 3 weeks if period doesn't show up before then - not likely to as I haven't oved!

Anyway. Took dd to the zoo for the first time today, which was really nice - tho the gorillas scared her.

Hope everyone is well and happy

((hugs)) tigerschick, you might ov later in cycle tho hun. xx

Pheonix - I spoke to my consultant about the same thing (as in how to get prescribed clomid) as am currently preg thanks to clomid. We also were ttc for some time and I have PCO. Consultant said it is likely that gp can then just prescribe. If he doesnt I am to contct the consulatnt. hth x

Hi,

Has anyone here experienced problems being prescribed Clomid because they are 'fat', I am not seriously overweight just a bit fat - but my Gynae once suggested that I would only get fertility treatment if I slimmed down. Do you think this is a con - designed only to give Clomid to a small number of women or do you think it is a bonafide idea? The reason I say this is because if I starved myself I could get to the desired weight but maintaining it is another question - as I am at the moment I am plump but ata a stable weight - one that I can live with. I also have PCOS so therefore losing weight is nigh on impossible. I will be honest I am tempted to buy Clomid and use anyway but I am a bit of a chicken and would be interested in any info from people who have used it first.

Evening

Awen - thanks. TBH DH has a d+v and has had it for about 4 or 5 days so he's not up to much ... if I had oved I think I'd be tearing my hair out by now!

heartmoonshadow - sorry, I'm not an expert so can't help with your query. I also have PCOS and am, for me, slightly over weight but the specialist seemed happy with me - the thing is, it varies massively from area to area and also from consultant to consultant. If you are concerned then I'd suggest asking for a different specialist, or going for a private consultation. Whatever you decide to do I wish you all the luck in the world

Hope everyone else is well and happy

Heatsandmoon - I have to say that i think having healthy bmi helped with conception in my case. Very hard to keep a lid on weight when having PCOS but was prescribed metformin which also helped.

Tigerschick - poor dh hope it gets well soon and that you dont catch it. x

Like the name Awen - hmmm, must think of one soon or it'll be too late ...

Oh - don't let dh hear you sympathising, he's already telling me that he has bird flu and all sorts! And he's bragging about having lost half a stone!

They always have some mortal illness when they have a sniffle.

I know!
But I'm lucky. DH has to be pretty darn ill before he admits it, he's fairly macho about these things But then he milks it, mostly in a jokey way, tho

my dp is a complete wuzz when poorly. He makes heavy sighing noises just to make sure i know he is pooryl too! lol

heartmoonshadow When I went to the hospital before seeing the gynae I saw the nurse who took urine sample and took height and weingt. She worked out my BMI as 27 (25 is the top end of 'healthy') so I a officially overweight, but the didn't say anything about it being a no-go. Can't be as I'm on cycle 4 of 6 months of Clomid. I'd go to the docs first - remember Clomid is prescription only for a reason - you want to be monitored to make sure it's working/not over-stimulating you Don't know if being overweight is bad for IVF etc though, maybe that's what your gynae meant? Best of luck.

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