TTC - Clomid Part 3

[stac14]

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

Hi all,

Clur - I had to have all those tests done when I had my first visit to specialist - I wasn't expecting the blood tests & internal swab!!!! lol.

Paddington - know just how you feel!

Stac - Congrats to dh!

Must say I'm being a bitof a der-brain at the mo with my dates - I said the other day I was on day 11 when actual fact day 11 is today!!!!!

Popped up hosp yesterday afternoon to ask advice as to when I'll get the results of my blood test & if I can have an ovulation scan & the clinic was closed - half 4!!!!!!!

Oh well, gonna give the secretary a call on Mon as I now had her number as I went to ante-natal to ask! (which reminds me - they must make a packet with the prices they charge for scan photos!!!!!!).

Hope eeryone has a relaxing weekend, I've already finished my planning for school next week & did 40 mins on the Wii! Go me!

Baby dust to everyone

Hello everyone.

im really after lots of advise.. first time on here,nd not sure of all the abbreviations! lol.

im lead to believe i have POCS,i havent had a period for 2years,so they have me provera.which i took for 10 days and hav my period on the 14th day!
im on day 12 of my cycle(never been so exited to have 1!!lol)and took 100mg clomid,ive also been taking metrofomin 1500mg,i had an internal scan on friday, 1st 1 and said that my folicals are small,they are 6 she said they should be 18 or above to realse eggs(not sure if that mm or what)
to be fair, i havent been given much advice and find it a little frustrating!

i was sick on the clomid. ive constantantly felt un energentic/tired since taken medication.(im genreally quite energentic gym person)just fell like want to curl up on the sofa every day!also feeling dizzy.and was getting massive headaches.whcih have stopped now for a few days!

ive seen comments of here of people releaxing!!?? Gym or chill? lol

really open to loads of advise girlies. x

Hi CSparks . wow 2 years is a long time with no period! I went a year and felt so ill, at the time I was told it was down to stress but after lots of investigating I was found to have stage 2 endometriosis and PCOS as my periods are really irreguar. I too was induced a few months ago but was given northistine and am now on my first round of Clomid. I too have felt like rubbish since taking them and am lead to believe that this is quite normal although the doctor never mentioned anything so glad I had the advice on here! I have had some killer headaches and feel really sick alot but just hope its all worth it! With regards to the relaxing bit, I think most people are refering to ttc in general. It is so hard to relax whilst going through all this rubbish but its the best thing to do when trying to have a baby, so basically the less you stress and worry about it all the better (easier said than done tho). Hope this helps and good luck x

Nothing much new here, just got some lovely stomachache almost all of the time. My dad had a stroke yesterday tho so not had much time to think of much else!

Hope everyone else is ok? x

Hi Csparks,

I felt awful on the first month of clomid same symptoms as you said. 2nd month was dizziness but this month no symptoms at all so it does get better.

Hi everyone else!!!!

Thanks paddington and fairygodmother I am just looking forward to being able to let him drive for a change lol

Hope you get some decent info at the cons paddington what day you there?

Welcome to the thread csparks 2 years without af must have been so frustrating I was 9 months before they gave me northisterone. I have pcos, did 6 rounds on clomid with no success and I am now on 1500mg of metformin and will take the clomid on next cycle. I was advised to take clomid at night to ease side effects and it worked for me, didnt take them away completely but it was better than when I took them in the morning. I'm sure you will find loads of support on here hun

Hows everyone else? I am still stripping ds bedroom, who invented woodchip?? the stuff is terrible to get off thankfuly dp is being good lol xxxx

welcome csparks, hopefully your symptoms should ease as your body adjusts to the meds. I always find a ferocious amounts of exercise helps me to get out my frustrations!

hi stac, good luck with decorating - stripping is an awful business!!
Hope rest of you are good.
I have spent a lovely day with my in-laws, and my DD getting to know her little cousin. Little bit sad to see DH with my DD and her 1 year old cousin both on his knee. Thinking how lovely it would be for DD to have a little brother/sister.... oh well!
I'm currently on CD 51, may have to give the provera another whirl to get a period. Was hoping the reflexology may help.

have a good week all x

Hi all,

Had some long needed good news from consultant - I didn't ovulate in Aug but did in Sept so I should do any time now!!!!!

So relieved & feel like a 'proper' woman!

Asked about day 12 scans to check when I'm ovulating & was told they don't do them in my health authority! Oh well worth the try.

bay dust to all
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baby dust to all **

Fairy - thats really positive. Pleased for you xx

hi all stac wood chip is a nightmare! Am seeing cons on fri then going to my gp as i've put off going about my sore throat for weeks and finally im giving in. Im also seein my natural doc next wk to see what she says about the whole thing. Anyone else seen a natural doc? Hope everyone is ok shame the weather is dire x x x

Hi Paddington,

I was seeing a chinese herbalist - he said we needed to get my p regular. The acupuncture did kinda help - got it down to 35 days!

Thats about it really.

Thanks Clur

Baby dust to all
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Hello everyone, I've been away for a while hence no post.
AF arrived last month 15 days after finishing the clomid, so quite a short cycle I think?
On the second round of clomid now but started it quite late in my cycle so not sure when I'm supposed to be ovulating.

I also went to see an acupuncturist a few days ago and came out feeling much more positive about things. Took a while for me to get any feeling from the needles but then got a really warm tingling around my ovaries.
I've also got some chinese herbal medicine to take (tastes horrible!) and am supposed to be keeping my abdomen warm and covered at all times.

Paddington - do you know what's in your herbal mixture? Mine tastes a bit of cinnamon, asafoetida, liquorice and celery but I have no idea what it actually is?

I guess I've just got a couple of weeks of waiting now to see if any of it's actually done some good...

Baby dust to all

Evening all. Haven't been on for a little while - Stac, Clure, hope you and all the lovely ladies are well, and hello to the newbies.

We're giving it one last whirl before we move on to ivf in December. DH is reluctant to do ivf, but time is against us, so best get on with it, I guess.

Hi Ladies, hope your all ok.

Getting myself all worked up again with the symptom spotting and worrying, really need to chill out but finding it really hard. Ive had REALLY sore, itchy and tingly boobs and know that this could just be the Clomid but am actually thinking of the possibility of being pregnant, cant stop thinking about it!! Having my CD21 bloods on Friday so will hopefully get the result on Monday but feels like a lifetime (silly I know) just praying Ive ovulated.

Sorry for moaning, dont have anyone else to talk to it all about.

Babydust

Hey ladies
How are you all? Nothing much happening my end, just thought I would pop on and say hi. I think I might be oving at the mo, kind of tender so keeping my fingers crossed. We are still trying to get organised for going away on Monday (its mid term here) I have a mountain of washing and we are still trying to strip the house to get it decorated lol

mismischief I know its hard hun but by thinking about it all the time your putting pressure on your body, I do the same stuff (pot, kettle and black springs to mind lol) Hope you get good results on Monday chick

kiwikat Are you getting clomid for this month? Did they offer you anything inbetween clomid and ivf? I was thinking that if I am not pg by my next cons appointment I may ask about IUI - cheaper than IVF also less successful but I dont really fancy goign down the IVF route either.

Hows everyone else? xxxxx

Hi all - hope everyone ok ive not been on for a while so thought id pop in to say hi!

well im now on cd 99!! longest ever by miles but think i will be getting the old witch soon as my bbs been hurting a lot this last week and i mean a lot!!! think its going to be the af from hell but at least i can get back to trying again!! actually feeling quite positive even though have had a ton of BFN's!! well i couldnt help myself you never know there was always a tiny chance i could have ov'd somewhere in that time - seen it has happened to a very few people!

Anyway dp had his swimmers checked end of last week and he now needs to go check his results - when he can find time to get to docs - got my fingers crossed its all fine even if that does mean its all with me at least there are things to try..

feeling very optimistic that i WILL be a mum one day got to think positive! If all else fails there are a lot of children out there that need the love we could give and would love the chance to call us parents....this is my new outlook for the future. obviously would love to get pg but our main wish is to have a child..

Babydust to you all! x x

Stac - I'm going without clomid this round, but have just ordered some preseed, as I've heard that's had some good results. One of the posters on the 40+ thread had a bfp today (yahoo!) so I'm going to give that a go. I don't have the time to put ivf on hold, due to my very advanced years, so if this cycle doesn't happen, then that's what we're doing.

Peju - great attitude, like it. The only way is UP!

hey all good news kiwikat i have preseed fingers crossed am also on a clomid free cycle. My cysts are going down and have good stash of follicles im moving to injections in 6 to 8 wks time anyone done this? Its a good job im epi pen trained least wont be too frightened when it comes to injecting myself. Moving to big hospital too new cons but my current one said and i quote- she is the chinese version of me. Am seeing natural doc next wk pinning hopes on that tbh! How you doin stac? Have lovely holiday. Hope everyone is ok fingers crossed peju. Sorry for big rant have noone to rant too x x x

sorry its all one lump on phone have not worked out how you sort that yet x

Stac - I am trying not to obsess and i tell everyone else not too, sometimes its hard to take your own advice isnt it? have a lovely holiday x

Peju - Im loving your attitude, can you come give me a slap please and then some tips on how you are being so good about it all

Kiwi - Got everything crossed for the pressed route, Ive also heard good things

Paddington - rant all you want hun, we are all in the same boat with not having many people to talk to and those who we have probably dont know the ins and outs of it llike we do lol. Good luck x

Ive just had my CD21 bloods done so I am praying for a big number next week, cant stand all the waiting though!! I feel like im on a rollercoaster at the moment, one day i'm up and postive and the next im feeling down about it all.... its so exhausting!

Hows everyone else? x

hi all
AF just arrived (2 months since my last!) but at least it came naturally without having to resort to provera. So I step back onto the clomid roundabout and hope for the best....hope is fading fast!!

hurrah clure at least you got a natural one. Good luck on this cycle i know the hope fading feeling well x x

thanks paddington x

Hi all,

On cd 19 here! I wanna be positive that we've hit the mark this month but have a sinking feeling! Although we did Bd on CD 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, & 18 (not sure what happened to 16 - think I fell asleep before we got to that lol)!!!!

Wish there was some way of knowing the exct moment!!!!!

Oh well maybe we'll be seeing clomid cycle 4!

Had a bad headache today but that could be aall the stress thats goingon here (another reason why I'm prob not preg!)

Well good luck everyone

baby dust *

is is possible to take too much Robitussin? I seem to have got through a whole bottle in 3 days!