TTC - Clomid Part 3

[stac14]

Follow on from the old thread for people trying to conceive using fertility treatments.

Hi all!

Clure what are you gonna do? If I could help I would but can't even do it for myself! Feeling pretty bloody useless!

Thanks for all the moral support - my brother rang me at half 3 yesterday to tell me about his son! Said he thought mum would pass on the message (which she did I suppose, it was the fact that the news wasn't kept off facebook till all knew & the fact that we didn't even know she was in labour even when mum had phoned my bro in the middle of it for a general catch up chat & he said he couldn't speak now) & that he didn't realise he's upset me. He was also surprised that I hadn't gone up the hospital so I explained that mum had invited me as an after thought but I couldn't leave work early anyway.
He apologised a lot but was unaware of what had happened.
I also text my sister yesterday to explain to her how I was feeling - that it felt like cos I can't have a baby they don't want me around & that they make me feel like I'm letting everyone down.
Mums comment on it all is that as far as she's concerned I found out the same time as them - not her fault that I'm in class teaching!
So as you can prob tell more issues with my mother! The year started with her causing problems with my wedding & ending with her making me feel crap about not having a baby! She's so insensitive!!!!
Anyway going to meet my new nephew tomorrow (who has an awful middle name - it had to be named after her dad's middle name cos the baby has my bro's middlename that also happens to be my dad's middle name & it's first name is very chavvy lol).

Thanks for listening to my rant!!!!

On another notethink I might be ovulating at the mo but also had very sore boobs for the past few days (could be hormonal or stress).

Must say I got something in the post that made me smile -it was a pic of one of my goddaughters (her 1st xmas) on a card with her little scribble inside - so proud.

Hope everyone's weekend is going well.

hugs & fairy lights of baby dust *

clure have they offered you a new appointment to discuss your options? Wish i could help you hun. Your in my thoughts. X

fairy at least your bro has had the decency to contact you. Hope you have a great time meeting your nephew.

jobob how are you huni?

Got tree up today, it's lovely makes me feel xmassy xxx

fairy glad you sorted it with your bro, its not a nice feeling to be falling out with people. Your crimbo card sounds lovely!

stac I'm fine thanks,af arrived the day after I posted about it being missing! Was blaming the clomid for feeling quite tearful about not being pregnant for another christmas and then realised I hadn't started taking it! What an idiot - had to laugh at myself!

How are you feeling? Have you managed to keep it quiet? Can you get away with saying the big grin is because you're looking forward to christmas?

xxx

hi thanks so much for all your thoughts, it means a lot. Have contacted a private clinic and thinking of having a set of bloods and the AMH test done just to really give a clearer picture, waiting for them to contact me now.

We too put up our tree, DD SOOOO excited. We saw her as an angel in her first school christmas nativity, never heard "little donkey" sound so good!!!

baby dust xxxxxxxxxxx

Aww bless all the little Nativity irst timers! Keep us posted on how youa are going Clure - sometimes private can get it started.

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!

Baby dust ***

Hey jobob We have told quite a few people and by the time xmas comes I will be nearly 11 weeks so will probs just let the cat out of the bag lol. Are you going to take clomid now af has come on?

clure you sound more positive than earlier, fairy is right you will probably get far more answers by going private and better results. DD must have been gorgeous at nativity. I love all that stuff at xmas DS and step DS are way too cool for any of that so really miss it.

fairy I'm sure you will have a lovely day tomorrow

Well I am off to bed as I am totally knackered. Take care oxoxoxox

Hi stac yes I'm now on cycle 2, day 3, with clomid. The most amazing thing is for the first time since I had my angel babe last March my period has only been mega-heavy for 1.5 days, instead of the usual 4-5, which I'm assuming is the clomid helping to finally give some balance to my hormones. HOORAY! Thats made my christmas!

DS was Cow 2 in his nativity - they do some great songs, don't they? If it wasn't for the fact its about someone having a baby.....LOL!

Clure had to look up the AMH test to see what it was, but looks like a good one to have done. We're lucky here that you get the same guy, private or not and he is great. Private is just a bit quicker. Hope you get an appointment really soon.

fairy how are you after meeting your nephew? I usually feel kind of happy-sad with these things. You going to dish the dirt on that middle name?

thislittle where are you? hope everything is ok with you.

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend, we've just been to a christmas parade with lit-up floats, which DS loved.

baby dust xxxx

Hi jobob Sounds like the clomid is kicking in hun, fingers crossed for the bfp

yeah fairy you have to dish on the name so I know not to choose it lol, was he adorable? I know it's hard but its a happy time too isn't it?

clure any news on your test hun?

We put the tree up so house is looking a little bit better lol, just neeed to sort the window decorations, why is it those sucker things dont work aarrgghh!! have to find another solution or Santa is going back in the cupboard lol xxx

hi
stac- still waiting for response on test

jojo, thats good that clomid has helped balance your hormones!

here's a weird thing, yesterday and today have signs I may be ovulating, yet I'm on about CD 60 so do you think its just wishful thinking on my part?

Hi all,

I'm feeling happy about meeting my new nephew - I never feel jealous about babies - just the being preg bit!!! Am i weird???

Yeah his first name is Kai - which is ok but Wayne Rooney named his kid that so it feels very chavvy. May also start calling then Rooney & Colleen. lol! The name via his maternal granddad is Richard! Poor thing. lol.

Must say he looks a lot like me as a new born except I was 2lb bigger & longer & not sure who's nose it is but it aint from our side of the fam!

Been having niggle aches down there today & boobs are still hurting big time & swollen. This evening I've had pinky-brown discharge. What can it all mean as I'm on day 26? Can it mean another failed month????

4 weeks till next cons appointment & still not lost enough weight I'm guessing although I am just in to 13st bracket! I hope they will give me IUI that the GP seems to think I'll be getting.

Jobo - good about the clomid working.

Clure - stay strong honey

Stac - nearly 11 weeks already! Thats soo cool!

Christmas pud flavoured baby dust

Hey fairy he sounds lovely, agree about the names lol I am 10 weeks this week hun, it does seem quite quick until I think about how long there is to go lol. Dont want to get your hopes up but could be implant bleed and cramps, I had them with this one.

clure it is very possible your ovulating, my last period was 16th September but didnt conceive/ovulate till about a month later so you never know, get bding just in case

jobob how are you hun? xxx

thanks stac, thats a little bit of hope you have given me

thanks fairy, only a few more get-ups!

babydust xxxxxxx

hi all how are u doing hopeing my af comes on the 22nd so i can start takeing clomid

Hi all

Stac not sure it is implant bleeding as have more brownish gungy stuff today & my stomach feels like it's gonna all come pouring out! Another month of nothing. Can't understand where we've gone wrong...

DH did say that doing all the things that we've been told to doesn't mean that we will get preg - it's still a lottery.

I was talking to my friend earlier & I said to her that at least the clomid has made me regular. Other than last months mystery I've been 28 days! Day 27 today!

Clure only 3 more get ups.

My auntie still aint had her baby yet! She's about a week late & had a sweep a week ago!

How is everyone?

baby dust ***

Nope it's now turned to a proper bleed so Af has arrived.

Any suggestions for my last cycle before my cons appointment? Thinking I might try Ov sticks but apparently they don't work with PCOS?????

Baby dust **

fairy sorry af got you huni, as you say the clomid is making you regular. What dose are you on? I know I shouldnt tell you this but a girl I used to talk to on another thread upped her clomid on 3 of her 5 days then fell pg (know that goes against the docs but who knows) The ov sticks apparantly dont work because of differing hormone levels, they give false readings. Have you tried drinking green tea and or grapefruit juice to help cervical mucus, unfortunately clomid can make it unfriendly to sperm, there is also a lube called pre-seed that is recommended. Also lie for at least half an hour after bding. Can't remember what else, make sure dh doesnt take rasting hot baths that can damage sperm. Sorry for long post hope some of this is helpful xxx

Thanks Stac

I've been going all night without getting up every other day. My does is 50mg - I also think the dose needs upping - I think cons should have looked into that by the 3rd cycle!!!!
I drink a lot of herbal tea as I gave up tea when PCOS was confirmed. Can't drink coffee as it makes me doo-lally!
I'll try the green tea & grapefruit juice def.
DH doesn't take hot baths & splashes with cold because the GP told us that his count was low so we looked into making it higher & that was a tip. The cons actually said his count was normal!
I take pre-conception vits plus omega 3 & vit C. I should rattle around!

Am I entitled to a "It's not fair" moment????

Christmas Baby dust *

fairy I am sorry and yes you are absolutely entitled to a 'its not fair'. Especially right before Christmas. I'm 38 (and a half!) and the consultant put me straight onto 100mg.
The best thing I can suggest is looking out for your cervical mucous, if you don't already. My acupuncturist goes by traditional chinese medicine and she recommends no wheat or dairy (or in my case reduced - i couldn't give up completely!) and the other thing is to keep your womb warm!

twinkling baby dust xxx

fairy defo go for an its not fair moment!! why dont you call the cons and see if they will increase you for the last dose before your appointment, you never know or if you have spare do it yourself (oops shouldnt be advising that again)

how you jobob? xx

hi all how are u doing am hopeing my af comes on the 22nd or its back to provera how are u stac and clure

hi millymolly i'm good thanks, v.tired and still quite queesy but its all good lol.
Hows everyone else? fairy you feeling any better? clure any news from the private clinic? jobob hows the clomid treating you? XxX

hi

millymolly, hope you get a natural af, fingers crossed that you don;t need provera

fairy, your deffo entitled to a not fair moment. Like you said, at least clomid making you regular. I should also ask cons about upping your dose to 100g. I also use preseed and am going to try grapefruit (although its probably about the only fruit in the world that I detest!!)

jobo, do you take any specific herbs? I don;t eat any dairy but do eat wheat. Its a lottery isn't it!!

I finished school today, did 2 carol concerts and a visit to local hospital with our school choir to sing, it was difficult as I had to avoid the maternity wards and ask colleagues to do those wards. however our choir were fab (fairy you have some stars in your class!!)

Hi guys,
will give cons a call tomorrow and ask if I can up my dose for the last push before app. (Not a-p-p in the teaching sense - I detest that).
I'm ok in myself (almost). I had a bit of a wobble today as I'm not feeling too great, end-of-term-itus where I'm shattered & run down & general periody crap feeling & dodgy stomach. By lunch I was worse for wear & was thinking how the hell was I gonna get through a carol service worshipping a BABY & that fact that it doesn't feel I'll ever get one! I could have cried - especially after thinking how long it took my best friend to fall preg and she lost him at birth! But I took some ibuprofen & felt top of the world by 1.05 (only know the exact time as I was doing the register & felt so much better)!
Def will cut down on dairy & wheat as there is def allergy from both running through my fam (although don't have dairy much really).
Gonna def get more nettle tea in me & will prob try grapefruit tea rather than the actual fruit as I don't like the taste.

Thanks Clure - Mrs H also complimented me on my readers as they were the only ones that had learnt them by heart. Shame neither of their parents were there to see them. Thank god the awful singers from a certain year 3 class are not in choir! I was nearly wetting myself at one stage laughing!

Sparkly baby dust

hi all
clure i take 'nourish' vitamins, from a company over here (jersey) they are online too. They're not cheap, mind you! I nearly fell over the first time I bought them! They include the usual multi-vits, minerals, flaxseed oil, spirulina, lecithin and bilberry extract! I think the wheat bit is it makes your blood 'sticky' which is not good for the womb lining therefore affecting implantation. It is an absolute lottery! I use preseed too.

I found out today that DS, who was Cow 2 in the nativity, was asking DH where to get white tights from....

fairy still laughing at your poor DP splashing his bits with cold water!

stac rather ratty today but then again the dog woke me twice in the night to go out...so probably just tired! I am starting to use the phrase 'its just the clomid talking' and wondering how much I can get away with lol

take care all xxx
baby dust with a sprinkling of icing sugar (tastes better than snow)

fairy you were posting as I was so I've only just seen yours - I'm so sorry to hear about your best friend, but to get full-term and lose the baby is not common so try not to let that cloud your sparkly baby dust. hugs and positive baby dust