TTC - Clomid Thread

[MamaMaiasaura]

Hi just wondered if people ttc on Clomid wanted to join this thread unless i have been stupid and missed one.

We are due to fertility clinic on 22nd and expect to go on clomid again.

We have 2 dc. Ds1 is nearly 9 and was concieved without fertility help. THis was a big surprise as have PCOS and was told would never conceive naturally.

Ds2 was conceived after 1 course of clomid 50mg. My day 21 test was awful and still no period after 45ish day. Was put on progesterone to induce bleed. Didnt happen as was pregnant.

Was also on metformin but not currently, waiting for all clear next week. I have dodgy lft generally on medication and also bfing.

Ds2 is 1 now and still breastfeeding. Hoping this will not hinder any treatment as really want to continue this too. I am now 33 so fertility decreasing too.

I dont have a cd currently as all up the shoot so waiting to see what happens really.

Hi Brandybaby its really hard isn't it, I know that my husband and I were trying over 2 years ttc and I was then 37.
I notice from your profile that you're 21, you've got lots of time on your side. I get the feeling that you know you should try not to stress so much but it is difficult I know!

I'm a great believer in "whatever will be" You're doing the right things to assist mother nature, try be kind to yourself and give yourself a little space too (thats not meant to be a criticism honestly!)

hi ladies how are u doing i have my first appointment on weds ferilty clinic. can anyone help how long after our first appointment do u get starton clomid. and when u need something to help bring on a period. do u get clomid first month as well

Hi ladies,
Clure i really do agree with you on the "whatever will be" things all happen for a reason and when the timings right and its meant to happen it will, well thats what i try and tell myself no matter what i may think.
well i'm on cd 10 and my partner home this weekend and next weekend so hopefully if i've planned it right i should be ovulating next thursday to sunday hopefully!!!!!! noing my luck though it wont work like that.
How's everyone else doing??
Take care ladies xxx

hi all hope your all well.

happy birthday mummycat hope your having a lovely weekend and enjoying every mouthfull of your cake, how was singin the rain?

hi sissy sounds like you have had a stressful few years, i somehow do believe that your body also knows this and now that you are in a happy relationship things will happen for you

lisalou brilliant news that you ovulated , dont forget good sperm can last between 5-7 days so you will be fine,seems to me like you are on your way to having a baby fingers crossed.

brandybaby im on your side, im only 24 but feel exactly the same, all i have ever wanted in life is to have a large family, but we have started young and at least we know that we need help to concieve. ive relised it will happen when mum is ready. thats what the midwife told me after mc, when you learn to believe that it will happen your body will relax and it will happen, just keep believing in yourself. (just trying to keep people positive and myself

hi millymolly my dr refered us to clinic last june, saw the gyno, basically said what i new that i have pcos and had to lose half stone, so i lost half stone in 2 weeks, told my gp, he phoned cllinic to tell them and he was aloud to give me 6 months of clomid and northisterone (to start period) there and then so that was 2 weeks later. this time round i just phoned the clinic told them i was ready to start again, and they said all was ok, ordered northisterone prescription online from gp's and im off again. You just need to push for it if they dont give it to you within a weeks or so, theres no reason why they cant.

im on my 2 weeks wait now, and my hubby has gone away till monday so a quiet weekend in for me. although got the girlfriends over tomorrow for a film and takeaway...

so do i ask my gp or the fertilty doc for northisterone. and do i have to wait to take clomid or can you take them both at the same time?. cheekymonkeywanted trying to get as much information before i go up. see when i had it first time i was ovulateing one egg got clomid and fell preg second month of treatment. with my twins. but this time am not ovulateing at all this time no period so am hopeing they will give me something here hopeing am geting really nervous my appointment is this weds morning

Hi Brandybaby,

I've been where you are and it really isn't nice at all, I do recognise that scary feeling. BTW I never told my parents that we were ttc at that time.

My counsel for what its worth still stands, am glad you accepted it in the spirit it was written. All this over analysing (and you have certainly over analysed ttc) will only make you even more anxious than you already are. It becomes a vicious circle.

You need to find things to occupy you outside of working and keep you busy without focussing on ttc all the time. Have a mini vacation away together, get away from your immediate surroundings for a short time. Look into having accupuncture and some other therapies (reiki for instance) to relax you. Address your anxiety issues re ttc properly through talking with a subfertility counsellor and also find a chapter of a subfertility support group near you. You need to talk to real life people too. You need to also get away from the ides that you're "wasting" months; you are truly not doing so.

Take the pressure off both of you and make sex fun again, it will become a chore otherwise and having sex every day can become a chore given time and that can put pressure on your relationship. Having sex every day is also not actually necessary to become pregnant. It can weaken sperms in terms of quality. If you still want to take robutussin this makes you feel like you're doing something but you don't really know what effect it is having if any on the clomid. Its never been proven. Again doing this is putting pressure on yourself.

BTW I don't particularly agree with the premise put forward by the midwife that saw Cheeky that if "when you learn to believe that it will happen your body will relax and it will happen". It does not always work like that (the thread on here called "yes we have tried relaxing" is proof of that too). In my case at least, without medical intervention in terms of fertility treatment which ended up being quite in depth I would not be a parent.

I still do not feel you've been adequately investigated and you were only given clomid by the doc without any proper diagnosis beforehand. That does concern me. What will the doc do if clomid is ultimately unsuccessful?. That's what I would start asking her about now and that would be the only ttc issue I would be focussing on.

With best wishes

Attila

hi millymolly,

dont be nervious, in my case the drs are lovely, just wait and see what the clinic has to say first. obviously i dont know your full history. i was only having a period every 2-3 months, i let myself have one natural period after mc and then waited 31 days to see if another one would come the next month to start clomid, when it didnt i just informed clinic and they said i could take northisterone, as i didnt want to wait what could be another 2 - 3 months for a period. If you get given northisterone, in my instance you take 3 tablets a day for 10 days and then a fake bleed should happen 2-3 days after you last tablet. Then for me i was told to take clomid on day 2-6 of my period (but i know some people take them on different days)

discuss with the clinic all your options, and that you think you need something to start a period. in my case the clinic sent my gp a letter confirming things and then he just gave me the prescription. but i dont see why the clinic couldnt give you the tablets or at least the prescriptions. But write down all questions you want to ask and take them with you. sometimes they can be short on time. But dont worry, see you appointment as a step forward to having another baby because it is, and just ask them anything you want no matter how simple it may seem. You will be fine

regarding my comment earlier, i didnt mean to say you just need to relax and it will happen, as i know myself i will always need medical intervention, i just meant to say it will all help, your body also knows when you are stressed etc... thats why some peoples periods stop altogether when they are stressed,underweight/overweight etc... its telling you the times not right, basically it takes work on both sides medical help and self help ( i believe, and im not a hippy of any sort lol! ) didnt mean to offend anyone. we have enough stress in our lives without stress on a TTC Tread???

hope we are all having a stress free weekend.

Hi guys,

Sissy i am only 28 so do have some time on my side but DH is 38 this year and he doesnt want to be an old dad. If we were the same age i think i wouldnt be so upset about the time its taking (5yrs so far) but we are going more on DHs age then mine.
God im so sorry for your stresses in life you have had a hard time of it, what a B**d your ex was not to tell you about his infertility issues. Hopefully now you are happy and relaxed it will help.
My biggest issue is that when i fell with DD i was on the pill and never expected it and i just thought it would be the same this time around, and then i wonder if i am being punished fo just assuming and thats why nothing, it just doesnt make sense to me.

CMW i understand exactly where you are coming from re the relaxing thing, i agree that the more relaxed and happy you are the best chances you have. Try very hard to do this myself doesnt always work though!!!! .

Brandybaby. You do need to make TTC abit more fun and not just a chore as that can put such a strain on the relastionship but i do understanmd how you feel and sometimes when people tell you just to relax you want to hit them very hard, like its that easy. Ive started aguing with people that say that to me now and telling them to shut up coz they just dont know what they are talking about.
Have you considered using Preseed whilst on clomid its the only lub that is the closest to the bodies CM all PH balanced and everything helps the little buggers to swim. Its worth a try.

Right well i had a drop in temp yesterday so Ov should be here in a few days and then onto the 2ww thats the part i am dreading.

Ladies

I have bad news. I got my period very lightly today... I mean really light(it?s barely there). But I did get it. I wasn?t as upset and down as I thought I was going to be. I think I kind of already knew that I wasn?t pregnant. I didn?t feel like it and I had no symptoms. I will try one more month on clomid... And they I will let nature take it?s course, hopefully it will happen sooner than later.

Clure

Thank you for your kind words. I didn?t even know I had a profile! (I?ll have to check into that). I?m 24 years old though. It is so hard... I know that you are sincere.

cheekymonkeywanted

Thank you for that...I?m 24 as well. I have always wanted a large family as well. I know now these past few days... That I need to relax more. You ladies are so right!

Attlia

Thank you for your support. The robitussin is to help make cervical mucus a less hostile environment for the sperm (because clomid makes women?s cervical mucus hostile). I think I will try acupuncture this month... How often do you go to that? I have never gone before. Thank you for all the ideas and your kind words. I?m going to give my doctor a call. Do you think stress can really effect a woman from becoming pregnant? I think I need to focus on something else then getting pregnant and starting a family.

ray81

I started taking robitussin for the past two cycles of clomid to help with my cervical mucus... Where could I get preseed from? From talking to all the ladies on here... I know I need to calm down and stop obsessing over getting pregnant. It?s just so hard, because I think that I?m never going to have a family! I will try and do better this month to work on that...

Brandybaby so so sorry that your period came. Really feel for you right now.

I'm still waiting for my period so that I can begin clomid. My last period was 5th January. If it doesn't arrive this week will go to GP and try to get provera. Think I'm beginning to sound like a stuck record with my updates!

Hello to all the rest of you and hoping you are having a good weekend. I've done another hard run yesterday and resting today. Going to make cakes with DD- cleaning tools at the ready

Hello Brandy (((hugs))) Sounds like you have a plan. Maybe relaxation should be more of a focus for all of us. I went for acupuncture a few years ago and it was very effective in relaxing me. I felt exhausted after each session, which is beacuse I was exhausted, but not letting myself feel it I think. Would like to go again, but it wasn't cheap.

My birthday yesterday was lovely. Have forgotten about grapefruit juice and green tea this month until now and it's probably too late to start taking it. Didn't really notice a difference when using it tbh. Think I will try and get hold of some pre-seed for next weekend.

It's my mad dash to FC on Friday - 8am appointment and then mad dash to work where a heavy day lies ahead - so that's not exactly relaxing!

Feel positive at the moment - spring and sunshine help I think

Baby dust everyone *

Brandybaby,

((((((((brandybaby)))))))))))))

No harm in giving accupuncture a go - try going say once every two weeks. Do find a properly registered person though. It won't cure any underlying fertility problem but it will relax you. Stressing out about ttc won't help with ttc at all; you just tie yourself up in knots.

Would also look into keeping yourself occupied with things (work etc) other than ttc. A short break away somewhere would do you good and take the pressure off.

Longer term as well I'd advise you to seek a second opinion.

With best wishes

Attila x

mummycat

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday!.

Attila x

Hi ladies,
Well on cd 12, so hopefully should be ovulating end of next week/ weekend. We will see.
Ho'ws evryone doing? have you had a good weekend?
xx

Attila you do give out really good sound advice here thank you

mummycat glad you had a nice birthday, sorry forgot to wish you so. Glad you sounding positive. I agree that the lovely weather helps. i had a fab time at country park with DD earlier, really felt good being out in the sunshine

Just been looking at cute outfit bought for sisters DS that she expecting. Its a mixed bag of feelings

Hi to everyone else and hope you all in positive spirits

hello all,

Brandybaby, we will get there im sure although easier said than done to relax i know. since mc i have been more relaxed about it because i relised some things are out of our hands. im more concerned now over trying to keep a baby! do you only have one more month of clomid left? or you just want to give it a rest...

D20 for me and ive had a slightly painfull lower back today and i now have heavy breasts and sore nipples so fingers crossed. although i dont fall for any signs until i get a big fat positive on a test or 3...

im booked in for an all over body massage on wednesday so i cant wait only ever had a back massage before. going to be sooooooo relaxing. Hubby back tomorrow woohooo!!!! anyone else ever watched creature comforts..brilliant!!!

keep the sunshine coming

Just thought I'd update the list for everyone to see. Sounds like everyone is feeling chirpy!

Clure - step away from the baby clothes - you'll drive yourself mad! My sis was round here on Sat and I managed to chat about one or two preganacy related issues calmly and survived!

However, started sobbing yesterday after DH told me that our friends - who are very unsure about wanting a baby - had their 12 week scan last week - just want to shout at them and tell them how lucky they are!

Two of our Year 10 students are now pregnant - so they must be 14 or 15 and scared and having to go to a special school girl maternity unit now. Strange old world ...

Cheekymonkey Massage sounds great. DH and I are goping to have 3 hours at the spa bit of local hotel on Sat. Looking forward to it.

Have ordered some pre-seed - hope it gets here for the weekend. Started to BD already now.

Have updated list (where's Awen when you need her?) Hope it is right - please shout at me if not xx

Brandybaby - CD 2
Mummycat - CD 9
Stac14 - CD 11
Lisylou - CD 12
TishB - CD 16
Cheekymonkey - CD 20
Alfiemax - CD 27
Awen - CD 30
Dawnii - CD 30
Clure - CD 64
Loulabell - CD 68
Millymolly - CD ??
Ray - CD 13
Sissy - CD ??

Hey ladies
Just a quick message, my e-mail is down just now so wont be on for a while. Hope your all well xxx

BTW I have been getting cramp like pains yesterday and today would that mean I could be oving??
Baby sut to you all xxx

Eveving Ladies,

Hope everyone is ok? XX

BrandyBaby sorry af got you (((HUGS))), I know how dissapointed you must feel. I really hope this month is luckier for you.

I'm going to update the list as I am now CD4. Oh well, as I expected. Also I have got a bacterial infection so am on antibiotics, also have a smear test booked for 17/03. Did you know it has to be between CD10-14?? I'm sure that wasn't the case last time I had one. So.... unfortunately no clomid for me again, but at least by my next af I should be all healthy. God I feel a right lepper lol.

Brandybaby - CD 2
Mummycat - CD 9
Stac14 - CD 11
Lisylou - CD 12
TishB - CD 16
Cheekymonkey - CD 20
Alfiemax - CD 4
Awen - CD 30
Dawnii - CD 30
Clure - CD 64
Loulabell - CD 68
Millymolly - CD ??
Ray - CD 13
Sissy - CD ??

Hope the list is ok girls. I'm going to try and get on here more as I feel like I miss so much when I go AWOL for a few days.
Love and Hugs XXX and of course loads of BabyDust ~ ~ ~ ~ *

Ray and Cheeky, thank you for your sweet words, like they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...?
I am so blessed already, sometimes I feel guilty for even being sad or disappointed that I haven't had another one yet...I just always wanted that big family, and I know that's not in the cards anymore, but one more would be so lovely.

Anyone taking Chlomid - are you crying at silly commercials too? I feel like such a ninny! I assume it's the pill or am I just losing it?!

Hugs to you Brandy - I'm praying and crossing my fingers and toes for you and all of us!

Hey all
Having a few pains today not sure if i could be ovulating, done clomid 5-9 now on day cd13 i think it maybe to early to be, according to calender its not supposed to be until towards the weekend, hope i'm not now as bloke went back yesterday and not home til friday. Could be little niggles from my endometriosis, its so hard trying to work out what pain is what!!!!!!
How are you all?
xx

Ray - I understand about your DH worries about age...from what I've read it is our age that makes the most difference, so you seem to be in great standing!! And he'll be able to be around for his children a long long time! Best wishes to you!

Hello ladies

Alfie - poor you with infection. I hope it clears up quick for you. I didnt know about smear test timing, need one myself so will have to wait till next cycle now.

Mummycat - Happy belated birthday The cake sounded delicious .. any cake here gets snaffled before i get a look in.

Brandy - ((hugs)) sorry that you got period I remember at 24 it was make or break time with my ex as i knew i would want children and he didnt. It was like a clock was ticking very loudly and although i loved him i knew i wouldnt be happy if i didnt at least try for a family. I was lucky that i had already fallen pregnant and that fate or whatever it is guided me a bit. I didnt mean to sound flippant or anything, being a mum is so damn important to some women like us that of course it ties us up in knots. xx

Ray - my dp is also 38 so i know where you arre coming from. I am 33 and 34 soon.. dont know where the time is flying too.

No sign of period here, but if i havent ov'd that isnt likely either. Had lots of CM and stringy too (sorry ) and wonder wehter i am going to ov late like i did last time on clomid. Consultant posted out new presecription for provera and then 150mg clomid. I am paranoid that i'll take provera and no period will arrive and that i will be told to start clomid anyway.. then end up finding out pregnant but problems with baby due to clomid. Sorry for crap grammer there. Just something that is getting to me.
Have CD ordered list if that is ok so we can keep track of everything.

Brandybaby - CD 2
Alfiemax - CD 4
Mummycat - CD 9
Stac14 - CD 11
Lisylou - CD 12
Ray - CD 13
TishB - CD 16
Cheekymonkey - CD 20
Awen CD 30
Dawnii - CD 30
Clure - CD 64
Loulabell - CD 68
Millymolly - CD ??
Sissy - CD ??

Any chance of cycle days for sissy and molly?

I'm cd21!!! Thanks love!