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

[Crazydoglady123]

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!

@Ronnii did you do one today?

My period is very weird. I seemed to have stopped bleeding altogether today so was only two days! AF kind of sunk in yesterday mentally and I felt pretty down last night not helped by recent pregnancy announcement from a friend (not their fault, they don't know we're TTC). Feeling better today. Have booked an acupuncture session for Saturday 💪 Hate acupuncture but it worked for getting my periods back after the depo and keep hearing good stuff so decided to try it again. Also bought some Myo-inositol to try until the IVF starts, some digital OPK's and some Preseed! Kind of giving my body one last shot to sort it's shit out and do it naturally 😂

@Crazydoglady123 I used 2g - 3g of Preseed when DTD and I lay on my back with my hips elevated afterwards (put my legs up on the headboard to help the little swimmers go in the right direction) .. might be an old wive’s tale, but who knows if it’s what worked for us?!

@Suki2020 it’s great that you’ve confirmed ovulation! Knowing the Clomid is working for you is a big step in the right direction

@Ronnii keep us up to date .. hope you get your BFP! 🤗

Yep BFN this morning, tho I gave it a long look lol.

I do the old wives tales too. Anything that might help is good.

Still early days @Ronnii!

Thanks ladies! Any other tips that's different I can try? I've read pomegranate juice and keep seeing about Brazil nuts so going to have a read 🤓 I want to do everything I can these last couple of natural cycles

@Crazydoglady123 vitamins and Brazil nuts for OH too

Hi girls how are you all doing?

I'm okay 🙂 I'm day 32, trying not to expect much but keeping an eye for symptoms.

How about you @Suki2020 ? I think we were a similar place in cycle day.

@Ronnii I’m CD28 and 9DPO, no symptoms just very heavy tender boobs but that’s normal for me after ovulation.

@Ronnii @Suki2020 have you done any more HPT yet?

I'm CD5 and we DTD today first time in over three weeks and was okay actually so at least we can try this month 🙌 I had acupuncture too this morning and not as bad as I remembered so booked again for next Friday

@Crazydoglady123 that's good. AF has left the building.

I do have some news, I've been doing the cheap test and was gonna reply on here that they must be broken lol cos nothing. Dug out my last clear blue this morning which has come up BFP. My partner is asleep after crawling into bed at 3am from gaming so that's where I'm at.

@Ronnii omg congratulations! I'm so happy for you both! This will be your OH best Valentines Day ❤️

@Crazydoglady123 thanks. Yes quite the day to find out! 🤗

@Ronnii congratulations 🎉 how many DPO are you now? Very exciting news for you both great day to find out.

@Crazydoglady123 glad dtd isn’t painful for you anymore. I won’t test unless af is late it’s too disheartening getting bfn.

@Suki2020 I think I'm 10-12dpo. I didn't do opk but going by When EWCM stopped I think that's about right.

I've ordered some digital tests so I can see it in writing 😄
I'm also sorry if I triggered anyone today, I've experienced it so many times myself. Wish you all well and enjoy your valentines xx

@Ronnii don’t be sorry hun, everyone deserves to be happy and share there exciting news, we are all happy for you

@Ronnii brilliant news! Congratulations 🎉

Glad everyone is doing well! x

@Ronnii I genuinely feel on Mumsnet we're all on the same team. Hopefully soon we'll get our BFP's. I'm so pleased for you, honestly

@Suki2020 when is AF due again for you?

Yes I wish I had discovered Mumsnet sooner 🥰

@Crazydoglady123 af is is due Thursday/Friday.

@Ronnii hey! How are you getting on? You getting many symptoms?

@Suki2020 @Crazydoglady123 how are you both doing?

Hey, I'm okay thanks @HT1507. Feeling very up and down emotional at the minute and just counting down days for things to start getting back on track. How are you doing? How was your scan?

@HT1507 sorry just read it is tomorrow. I had in my head the 16th. How are you feeling about it?

@Crazydoglady123 🤞fingers crossed it's a good cycle for you. I saw you on the 'bus' thread, nothing weird just browsing through threads lol, but I found that thread really good, I couldn't keep up with the convo so dropped out a bit, they didn't know much about clomid but lots of IVF knowledge and a good vibe, defo a good thread.

@HT1507 lots of aching down there and sore boobs, doing alright tho. Good luck with your scan. I'm going to call doctors today and discuss a scan or go private if not. It's taken a while to change my head from TTC and believe this.

Hi @HT1507 yeah I’m ok thanks, 13dpo now so just waiting to see if AF shows up in the next couple of days. How are you doing?

@Crazydoglady123 how are you feeling today? Hope you are having a better day. Here if you want to chat

@Ronnii yeah I had a few low days over the weekend and was finding it hard to cope amd take my mind off it all and stumbled across that thread and it made me laugh and seemed quite light hearted so what I need at the minute. I keep calling the IVF clinic for a cancellation as I just want to get the ball rolling sooner (before I loose my mind also!) So pleased you're doing okay though! My private scans are £90 but worth every penny. My scan with my NHS fertility clinic is next Wednesday and it can't come soon enough!

How are you doing @Suki2020? Any signs? Btw, on your Clomid thread re the endometrial lining its recorded the thickness on a scan. Mines always been internal so not sure if a regular one can measure it or not