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My fertility journey & now starting Clomid - Any advice or experience?

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Crazydoglady123 · 08/01/2021 13:43

I have a child who is 9 and fell pregnant easily. A year or so after I was diagnosed with PCOS after a scan. I suffered with an eating disorder and my periods stopped for 6 months. I then went onto various contraceptives (pill, depo) as my circumstances changed. I then tried the Mirena coil and everything seemed great on it till it disappeared and at the same time I started being in lots of pain so had a pelvic scan (to locate coil) and discovered I had a 6cm ovarian cyst which a few days later I ended up heavily bleeding so was admitted to hospital and had cyst removed. The consultant also removed my coil and upon waking from surgery told me that it'd started to embed in my uterus and it was that which caused the bleeding and pain.

Fast forward to more recent, I'd been on the depo again since (no probs). I stopped it two years ago to TTC with my partner (not my Childs dad) and finding it really, really difficult to conceive :( He has had two sperm evaluations as the first was low but the second was much higher (although slightly low morphology) but the doctors seem to be fine with him now and back looking at me. I've tried ovulation tests (which always showed a surge), I've had a Hycosy which everything was fine and just finished 3 cycles of Letrozole which was a high dose. My 21 day blood test showed my progesterone at 23 and it apparently needs to be over 30 to have ovulated. I'm not due to start tonight Clomiphene. He's prescribed me 100mg a day (day 2-6) so from what I've read again is another decent/high dose but I didn't get to speak to him properly and feel a bit anxious as hear lots of lovely side effects with these! Is it true they're better taken at night? Also online I read that there's a 10% chance of developing an ovarian cyst with these so I'm not sure if I should try and book a private scan after the first cycle to make sure I haven't got one again? I have two rounds of this then another blood test. If I ovulate on it then I'm allowed another 4 goes, if not on the sheet he gave me it said Gondatropins may tried after or keyhole surgery to make holes in my ovaries... Any experience or advice greatly appreciated!

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Crazydoglady123 · 05/02/2021 13:48

I feel like I went a bit next level crazy yesterday 🙄 I ordered this pregnancy blood test kit online as I've felt so confused what's going on atm but I don't know if I want to do it or not or save it. I don't actually know if it's more sensitive to a FRER or what either. I've got lots of CM again. I can't go a full nights sleep without waking needing a wee which is so unlike me and I still have the burps 🤣 I just don't know what's cycle related or cyst related anymore

My fertility journey & now starting Clomid - Any advice or experience?
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HT1507 · 05/02/2021 17:32

@Crazydoglady123 it’s pants that you’re still having to play the waiting game! Does it say how sensitive it is to HCG?

Crazydoglady123 · 05/02/2021 18:46

@HT1507 no it doesn't 😕

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Ronnii · 06/02/2021 22:34

Hope weekends are going okay. My OH wouldn't eat my food tonight so I've had a healthy meal while he ordered kebab. I hate the pcos diet but I'm impressed I resisted lol

@Crazydoglady123 that test looks interesting..would you have to take blood yourself? I'm too squeamish lol.

Crazydoglady123 · 06/02/2021 22:56

What did you cook @Ronnii? My OH moans about my cooking all of the time 🤣 I'm still super bloated so my dinner was bran flakes and raisins 😕 Still no sign of AF either. How are you doing?

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Crazydoglady123 · 06/02/2021 23:06

@Ronnii forgot to say it's a finger prick one but the idea of it makes me queasy so not sure if I want to do it yet

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Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 09:35

Hi ladies how are you all doing? So ovulation has now happened for me according to my temp chart and OPK’s. So just a waiting game now although I’m not feeling very confident about this cycle.

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 09:42

Morning @Suki2020 That's good! I was reading though the other day that OPK don't always work with Clomid so maybe you possibly ovulated earlier? How long are your cycles again normally?

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Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 09:42

How are you doing @HT1507?

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Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 09:51

@Crazydoglady123 my cycles vary from 40-75+days so this one should take me to 32-33days. I’m pretty sure I ovulated day 19/20 has I had cramps on my left side and I’ve never felt ovulation cramps before.

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 09:56

@Suki2020 ah that's promising then! What CD are you now?

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Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 10:04

@Crazydoglady123 CD22, also my temp has risen last couple of days so just a waiting game now. How are you feeling? Still no sign of AF or BFP?

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 10:11

@Suki2020 the frustrating TWW for you now then 🤗
I'm CD32 and still no sign of AF. I haven't tested since Friday. May do one tomorrow but I think I may just leave it till midweek. If it's another BFN I just end up feeling so down about it

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Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 10:14

@Crazydoglady123 it’s really weird and it must be so frustrating for you. You had a scan that showed you’d ovulated though haven’t you?

Ronnii · 07/02/2021 10:40

@Crazydoglady123 veg and pesto 😋 tho I would have added some quorn for him. Muesli is my quick go to, can't beat a cereal. Sorry BFP/AF is still dragging it out for you, Without AF you're still in it tho 🤞

Ronnii · 07/02/2021 10:43

I had the dreaded OH couldn't finish last night 🙄. Other than that I'm good. Today I'm gonna play a lot of fortnite 😂

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 10:54

@Suki2020 yep I had a private scan on cd21 as the pain was awful and the 5 cysts I have are from releasing 5 eggs so technically I was in with 5 x the chance this cycle. It's just hard atm knowing what symptoms are cycle or cyst related! Have our IVF virtual open evening tomorrow too

@Ronnii oooow can I swap with your OH please 🤤 I love every veg and a big plate of it and my OH is so fussy. Maybe with your OH and DTD the pressure is getting to him a bit?

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Ronnii · 07/02/2021 11:21

@Crazydoglady123 haha that's one good thing about this journey, I would never eat this healthy before and I like it too.

Hope the IVF open evening is helpful, good to be prepared. I haven't looked into it much but know it's possibly looming. C'mon clomid 🤞

Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 11:56

@Crazydoglady123 is this your first round of clomid? That’s quick with the ivf, my gynaecologist hasn’t even mentioned ivf for us

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 12:04

@Ronnii well you can't beat eating healthy.

@Suki2020 I'm not eligible for IVF on NHS so this will be private

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HT1507 · 07/02/2021 12:14

@Crazydoglady123 hey! I’m good thanks ☺️

Hubby has been working away the last few days, coming home tomorrow then probably away again for the rest of the week .. luckily I don’t mind my own company, and I have the dogs, but it’s a bit sh*t when he’s gone a while 😢

@Suki2020 it’s brilliant that you seem to have ovulated .. hope the TTW doesn’t drag too much!! I was going to say I hope it flies by but I know it never does lol

HT1507 · 07/02/2021 12:18

TWW** not TTW Hmm

Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 12:47

@Crazydoglady123 how come you can’t get ivf on the nhs? (If you don’t mind me asking)

@HT1507 thank you. How you feeling? What type of dogs do you have?

Crazydoglady123 · 07/02/2021 13:38

@HT1507 yeah that must be hard. I like my own company mind so I'd be loving it atm 🤣

@Suki2020 I already have a child from a previous relationship but this is my OH first

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Suki2020 · 07/02/2021 13:43

@Crazydoglady123 did it take a while for you to fall pregnant with your first?