TTC - Clomid Part 3

[stac14]

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

Right, feeling more sane today! Off for day 21 bloods to check ov happened then to work, last week as starting new job soon so will be really busy tying up loose ends.

Thank you Fairy and Geezette for your advice about research-have sworn off google and the early pg threads!

Hope the Clomid symptoms aren't too bad today Milly and Geezette?

Popsy I wish you hadn't mentioned the cheesecake-I have been dreaming about it ever since-is it hard to make?

Hi Peju and Stac and everyone else I haven't mentioned!

I am writing this down so I have to stick to it-I am not going to symptom stop, not going to research stuff, NOT going to POAS unless I am definately late and have some reason to believe that is significant. That means nothing to do until next Weds at least.

Cheesecake flavoured baby dust*

Hi all,

Convinced I'll be on tomorrow. Boobs only a little sore, heavy & niggly feeling down there & almost like I need a wee when I don't! Still quite moody swingy!

Had a fantastic day at school. Last term we were studying the Arctic & Antarctic and have been trying to make milk bottle igloos. Well today we decided to make the real thing using their trays as brick molds. We were out there all day & it was amazing! Although I've had a hot bath I still feel cold to the bone!

Cheesecake flavoured baby dust

Hi all!

Fairy That sounds so much fun!! Wish I had a teacher like you when i was at school! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Venetia Took first tablet today and got a headache but otherwise all other symptoms have settled down thanks hun.

Hope everyone else had a good day xxxx

Fairy sounds like you had a great day. We had a buildings theme day. We could have gone outside to make igloos.... but we didn't Hope Af doesn't arrive.

Venetia cheesecake is lovely and sooo easy to make. Just a biscuit base, the combine mascapone, cream cheese, cream, melted white choc and then raspberries (its very low cal ladies )Its delicious

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Hey ladies

fairy it may not be af hun, your day sounded fab. I really wanted to go sledging but not allowed

popsy do you just use butter to bind the biscuit? Do you do loads of baking? DP has been on at me for ages to do some but I dont know what to make lol

geezette hopefully the headaches subside, did you take them at night?

clure how was your day?

ven fab your feeling better hun, I have stopped whinging at DP too lol

jobob you still on snow days? ds is gutted his school isnt shut, think we are heading for the big thaw lol

Well the kitchen and bathroom are nearly finished, just flooring to go into the kitchen and the shower has to go in. BIL is going to wallpaper for us so need to go shopping yay lol Hope alls well xx

hiya

stac - its a nightmare for you getting those big jobs done, we had our bathroom done last easter and it was a complete nightmare (as we only have the one loo we had a few wee's in a carrier bag secretly in the bedroom as too embarassed to ask the workman to leave the bathroom You did right to leave the sledging, can't take any risks

popsy - you sound busy! I made some banana loaf with DD from the cbeebies programme I Can Cook. DD enjoyed making (and eating it) DH polished it off tonight. Sometimes is tough being vegan!

fairy - the igloo was smashing, year 5 had a real treat!!

hoping the rest of you are in good spirits and not too symptom ridden

off to bed xxxxxxxxxx

Hello All,

Well AF arrived last wednesday and with it a sick bug (quite literally the same minute!!). So have been a bit off colour. AF was really heavy and very painful and is now ending with brown blood which please someone correct me if i'm wrong but that means it's old blood which makes me cry as it's taking me back to my bad Endometriosis days. Thought having had DD that this will hav stopped. It therefore doesn't hold out much hope of conceiving and not even on clomid. I just finished my 5th tablet (yesterday). So now i'm afraid i'm going to need another operation to free things in order to get everyting working properly.

SO... and this sounds very positive... in the meantime i am concentrating on becoming thin and gorgeous (think i can achieve the thin bit easier than the latter!). If i can't be pregnant i'm going to be thin. Strange compromise but who knows what may happen if i take my mind off it. ANYWAY i'm secretly so don't tell anyone!!!

Aww pink hope its not endometriosis, I usually got brown stuff at the end of af and I dont have it. Well done on the positivity, weight loss helped me and I'm sure your already gorgeous

The day they ripped the bathroom out I was at my aunts clure as my bladder would never have coped with not being able to use the toilet, also with the doors being open constantly I would have froze lol. The good thing is everything will be sorted for the baby so I shouldnt have to go through anymore major work after the decoratings done. So looking forward to using the shower lol

How are the rest of you ladies? fairy hows your cold? Are the igloos still there?

sugar coated baby dust to all **

Hi all,

Stac The igloos are almost no more - big thaw going on. The cold is still circulating & feel I'm coming down with another one. Feel very dehydrated today & the niggles are turning to pre-af aches...I'm convinced it's not my month. Keeping positive cos got the cons on Thu.

Big hugs Pink - I've had a couple of bad afs since being on clomid - the most rememberable one was end of Sept - I was in agony, loads of clotting & very heavy & painful. I get brownish blood at the end too & since being on clomid its 28 day cycle for me so can't be old blood!

How is everyone?

Tea & biscits flavoured baby dust
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Hi all,

Last few days at current job so spending all my time saying goodbye, so sad, as I really like it there but need to move on.

pink I have brown at the end of AF too, and I don't have endometriosis-seem to have had every bloody test known to man so am sure they would have found it if I did!

stac I have every sympathy with the house stuff, we had a lot of building work done about 6 months ago-there were times when had to go out and sit in a cafe because I was so outnumbered by builders with awful taste in music, bt at least we can live in the house and have heating this winter, so can't complain!

Clure can you post a picture of the igloo-I'd love to see it?

Fairy either way everyone here is there for you, hope the appointment goes your way.

popsy no prizes for guesing what we are having at the weekend-I am going to make the cheesecake, will let you know how I manage (my cooking can be a bit hit and miss!)

Chocolatey baby dust

Am an idiot! Fairy can you post a picture of the igloo, seeing as you built it-brain not working so well this evening....

Thanks everyone

Stac ooh a new bathroom how exciting (well when it's finished it will be). Well hopefully the diet will make me feel better. I'm not big i'm a size 12 and need to get back to being a 10 so here goes. Fat club tonight (as i call it) otherwise known as Weight Watchers.

Fairy thank you! Good luck with the appointment on thursday. Hope all goes well.

Venetia A new job, now that must be exciting and allows you to concentrate temporarily on something else?!?!?!?!

So baby dust here we go * Mmmmm so must start getting interested in sex again as on cd8 today and need to get DH interested again without thinking i'm just doing it for a baby which of course i wouldn't be would i????? Ha ha...

Anyway must end on this because i'm desperate to see it in someones message x

pink I would love to be a size 12 lol. I used to call mine fat class. Kitchen and bathroom are gorgeous even without wallpaper lol

fairy you all organised for tomorrow? What times your appointment

venetia must be a mixture of happiness and sadness with the new job eh? The building work is complete thank goodness

Hey clure jobob popsy kiwi and milly how are you all doing? hope I havent missed anyone. Anyone snowed in again? Think its starting to that here now yay!!

pink
I have brown blood at the end of AF and I have been 'spring-cleaned' and no problems found, I think its very normal.

I'm on CD 7 and DH is off with a chest infection, coughing his guts up, so pumping him full of echinacea in the hopes it will make him feel like 'it' soon

fairy we have GOT to see the igloo

stac lucky you new kitchen and bathroom! Great to get it all done now. We've done houses up for 9 years in the past and now we've finished its great - no dust! Apart from new dust, which is rather annoying {hmm}. Never used to bother with dusting before, there was no point!

clure had to laugh at your wee-in-a-bag! Had visions of those stupid carriers with the little safety holes in! {grin}

We were back to school on Monday, could pick up 15 mins early on Tuesday as we had sleety snow and today has been lovely sunshine(sorry, but it has, actually I'm not sorry lol) and 8C, so I've been in doing reading with DS's class.

toasty babydustxxx

Hi all. Hope everyone is okay today. Didn't manage to get near the computer yesterday as DH was doing his 'homework'!

Clomid symptoms have settled down quite well. Just some hot flushes during the day otherwise all gone. I have carried on taking them in the morning, as I was worried I would forget them at night - after about 7pm I am absolutely useless!!

Stac had lots of snow here again this afternoon and they say it gonna keep snowing during the night! I've had enough of it now!!

Babydust xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi all, i've been on clomid now for 3 months, i've started spotting today so think AF is here. I'm really upset because now I've only got 3 months left to get pregnant, the thought of not getting pregnant in the next 3 months scares me. I really want a baby. The only option after this is IVF but I know its expensive. Anyone else in the same position? Does anyone know how much IVF costs?
Babydust to all xxxxxxx

Hi becky If your in living in England you know get three cycles of IVF on the NHS. As long as you and your partner do not have children together you should qualify for this. Thats what I was told by my FN anyway. Good luck. Keep positive!!

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Sorry meant now not know!! Told you after 7pm I'm rubbish!!

hi all

beckylou I've just finished cycle 4 of clomid, got 2 more left then it would have to be ivf for me using donor eggs. However I have an appointment on Monday with my consultant to discuss this as like you me and my DH are full of trepidation about the whole thing. I already have a DD who will be 5 in a couple of weeks so i wouldn;t qualify for any nhs funding. I can't really help with advice for costs as I think it really does depend on your clinic. Have you had any tests etc done? Also are you over 35 (sorry not being personal but this does have affect fertility) as Geezette said try to keep positive. This is a very supportive thread

fairy - wishing you luck tomorrow x

jobo hope your DH better soon!!

Fed up of the slushy cold snow now. Have just had a big plate of veggie bangers and mash (yum)

hi stac, popsy, geezette, ven, kiwi, pink

Hi, thanks for the support. I'm 24 and I do live in England. My partner and I don't have any children together although his 2 step children do live with us.
I've had scans, blood test and an HSG test (I think HSG is what they call it, its the one where they put fluid inside you to check if your tubes are blocked). My partner has had sperm test and all is clear with him. They found out I don't ovulate that why i'm on the Clomid. I'm thinking about buying a fertility monitor but they are so expensive and we can't really afford it.
I'm trying to keep positive but we've been trying for 4 years and I know it may sound daft but these last 3 months seem so final, as though its my last 3 chances to get pregnant.
Thanks again for the support.
Babydust to all xxx

Hi ya girlies

Thank you for all your good luck messages - My appointment is half 4 so as soon as I'm home I'll get on with the verdict....

Feeling absolutely pants today - my cold is reemerging, can't get warm, having major af cramps. Also beigy discharge & hints of blood when i wipe (sorry for tmi) so think Af will def arrive tomorrow. not gonna test - if the cons wants it then he can do it! Just snapped at DH cos I'm feeling so rubbish.

I'm armed with my questions & suggestions for cons. Hopefully have some answers.

Welcome becky recognise you from one of the other threads. I'm on cycle 5 of clomid. Cons was convinced it would work but hasn't so far. I don't ovulate due to PCOS but apparently clomid is making me ovulate. DH is all clear so god knows how we're missing it!!!! Have you been left to get on with the clomid. Clure & I have had not scans & only initial 21 day bloods. Bit pants really. Seems that the NHS system is random & depends on where you live.

I had until tomorrow to get pg without any extra assistance & it aint happened! Find out tomorrow what the next step is although GP mentioned that cons has decided to send me for IUI.

We all totally feel for you wanting a baby. I'm ttc #1. So fed up of seeing friends, family & work mates fall preg & have babies! Been married now 8 months & people are starting to ask when I'm gonna 'pop some sprogs'. My reply currently is, 'when they arrive' as not many people know what I'm going through!

geez It does settle down! Thats good news tho.

Jo will upload photos once I find the laptop bluetooth adaptor.

Well here's some toffee apple crumble with custard baby dust
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Hi Fairygodmother1, thanks for the welcome.
I'm ttc#1 too. The gyne put me on Clomid 3 months ago, I went back to see her yesterday and she gave me 3 more months worth of tablets and this time I have to have blood test on day 21 of my next 3 cycles. She told me to go back in 4 months if I haven't got pregnant to discuss my other options. I don't think I could have IUI although I'm not sure why, they've never mentiioned it, only IVF.
I know what you mean about others being pregnant and having babies, they seem to be everywhere. My step daughter wanted a buggie and baby clothes for xmas, I was so broody looking at baby clothes.
The HSG scan isn't really a nice procedure, in all honesty, I nearly passed out with the pain but thats just me. I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to being poked down below . I live in South Yorkshire, so they may have different procedures in different places, I had all the tests done before they gave me Clomid.
Babydust to all xxx

Good luck for your appointment today fairy. Hope all goes well for you.
Will post properly later n catch up, in a but of a rush now.
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hi all
i was on clomid as didnt ovulate and have pcos first they put me on 50mg days 2-6 had scan at cd11 then bloods at cd 21 and cd28 to see if ovulated i never ovulated on the first month so they put it up to 100mg did the scan same and cd21 day bloods never ovulated then cd28 bloods and did ovulate tested 10 days later and i now have a beautiful little girl of 8 months old
it does work try not to get disheartened i no easier said than done

lots and lots of baby dust to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hey everyone

Welcome to the tread becky the ladies are fab on here

fairy i'm sure you will have better answers this time round hun, look forward to hearing from you.

Hows evryone today? Its bloody snowing again, ds is off school so we are having a pj's day lol its that cold dog doesnt even want to go out. Hope your all good xxxxxxx