TTC - Clomid IV - A New Hope

[Fairygodmother1]

Hi ya girlies,

New Thread, New Hope.

To Newbies -
We're all very friendly, have had different experiences, are all very wise in the ways of clomid and more adventures to come I guess...

lets keep chatting!!!

Industrial-we-will-get-pregnant baby dust
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grumpy, i agree with the others, if you're taking it on days 2-6 (like me) then if on day 2 you're not sure if its af or not, take a test before taking first tablet. for me this month on day 2 af was unmistakable but had other months when not been sure.

ven, completely understand. found it very difficult to listen to a friend recently gushing about how she easily fell pg 1st month.

we're in a bit of a unique club aren't we, and those not in it definately do not understand!

babydust and best wishes to all.

CD 12

Stace yep it's not heavy now so thats why I think the pain should be gione tomorrow too.

Deb yep last month was my last on clomid as I'm waiting for IVF. I was on it for 6 months, did ovulate but nothing seemed to happen. For some reason he wouldn't up the dosage[hmm.

care it's amazing how many of us that are actually going through this & have the issues we do. My friend is a few weeks away fro giving birth & everyone seems to be clucking around her. DH said I was jealous & was sure people will do that to me but I honestly don't want that. I know how it is on this side of the fence & cos I know how much I want it I don't want to be parading it in others faces. We sit there silently, often crying inside cos we just can't make it happen.

I think I just don't feel I'm doing anything right at the moment....

Change of subject - DH had a great first day at work

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fairy i have just realised how insensative i have been goin on about whats going on with me, i havent forgotten how hard its been to get here and from now on i will be more aware of others feelings. Please everyone accept my apologies. X

evening ladies had my blood results fri mornin and i havent ov my ivf nurse said it could be down to the fact that my cd are all over the place so i will need blood tests on day 21 23 25 nxt cycle to see if i ov if it doesnt happen she will put my dose of clomid
im on cd27 today so hope my af arrives soon so i can get started on nxt stage

Hi,

My bloods got taken this morning & I'm hoping they show that I ov but I'm not sure. Now doubting my recognition of EWCM. CD 21 for me 2day, Slowest month ever, don't think I will be able to cope with this suspense every month

I am certain I did Ov on CD14 and hope my bloods prove this.

If I have ov I will be getting to the point that I am going to be dreading - the peeing on the stick part - my cycles were erratic previously so I might be in for a long wait - do they sell HPT in dozens (hee hee).

Did you find clomid regulated your cycles? I don't have PCOS but did have erratic cycles before.

Stac I don't think you've been insensitive at all hun. In my view I think it's gr8 that you finally got pg and it gives me a boost to think that it could be me soon

Keep Smiling

Hey Ladies

Good luck for the bloods shev it is very hard coping with the suspense every month and each month seems to drag, i find it helps to have things to look forward to like weekends away etc then it takes my mind off it a bit.

Stac your definately not being insensitive, you've been in the same situation as us and struggled to get your BFP so now your just very happy about it and its good that your sharing your happiness. We will all be the same one day

Sending lots of babydust ***

stac it wasn't anything personal - think I just needed a rant & a rave. Went to bed all upset with myself & Dh & best friend were telling me what a a silly moo I was!

I'm sure just as DH said I'll revel in the attention.

Please don't take what I said as anything towards you! just needed to rant where |I know people will undestand!

emmy good luck with the next cycle.

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hi,

stac - just re-iterating what the other ladies say, we are so thrilled for you, thrilled that you want to share your journey with us and give us all hope for ourselves

shev- hope you ov too, my cycles are incredibly erractic, didn;t find clomid helped in that department, but we're all different

emmy - good luck with the cycle

hi to all the rest of you, have had the most full on day, back at school in my new role as year 3 class teacher. Feel like I'm hitting the floor running! Am so pooped that I'm giving my pilates class a miss as it finished quite late and past 2 nights I've had little sleep! So now off to have tea cooked by DH and a soak in the bath after and hopefully will be able to get to sleep ok tonight

babydust xxxxxxxxxxx

Stac, agree with the others. you and the others who have had bfp's give us all hope!

Fairy, i know what you mean about not rubbing it in others faces and thanks for agreeing that being jealous and not always overjoyed for others doesn't make us bad people! (i feel very guilty sometimes!) - i also think though that when i hear people who are pregnant saying 'ive had enough now' i just think i will appreciate every single fat, waddly second of it if it does eventually happen, you know what i mean?

Emmy sorry to hear that - how did you get your results, did you ring up? I had a blood test last month but don't know the result yet.

Shev, sending you a virtual timemachine over the airwaves. clomid for me last month didn't seem to change my cycle length too much, though i was significantly heavier than other months.

had a great morning, using this visualisation trick from a book i read about giving a loudhailer to the positive voice in your head to drown out the negative. however after a shitty afternoon think the loudhailer man has left the building.

off for a hot bath too with a bar of dairy milk.

hi to the rest. hope i'm not too depressing tonight.

glad you guys are here.
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fairy wasnt taking it personally, just realised how hard i used to find it especially when af had came and wanted you to know that i wasnt meaning to be all gushy. Totally understand the need to rant you have all been there when i needed to, so want to be here for all of you. X

Thanks to everyone else, thought i may have been becoming over bearing lol x

Stac been on tender hooks that I'd upset you!

care OMG! know exactly what you mean. My friend was moaning she doesn't know why she bothers looking at clothes any more - nothing fits! ARGH! I will love every fat second of it! If we end up on the IVF train then it may be the only time I get to feel like that! I want the feeling of him or her kicking my ribs/back/stomach/etc & moving around. But I also want to be totally selfish & keep it all to myself (well almost - think DH can't wait to see him/her moving, feel a kick, see an ultrasound etc).

Cor, better shut up now or I'll be in tears! It's gonna happen for us all soon!

lady how's af? No pain today & getting much lighter!

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Hey all,

Thanks v much for the helpful msgs yesterday. I spoke to the consultant's secretary today and she put me through to the head nurse in the IVF unit. The nurse called me back and said that the cons had put on my notes that he wanted to see me after 1 cycle so I asked why and explained that if I was taking clomid on days 2-6 then I'm due to take it tomorrow and I don't want to have to wait a whole month. She's agreed to speak to the cons tomorrow, get him to look at my notes and then ring me to tell me if I need to see him or not.

I also mentioned to her that each appointment with the cons is £170 and I didn't really want to pay for an appointment only for him to tell me that the clomid had worked and to continue with the same dose... Felt a bit tight saying that but it's alot of money for 15 minutes of chat!

Oh, and I've had to go private because I've got a 2 year old DD and my local PCT won't fund any fertility treatment if you've already had a child. I've got PCOS but managed to conceive DD just on metformin (she's my little miracle!)

Right, will stop waffling on. Thanks again for the advice and support yesterday.

fairy you havent upset me at all, I thought I had upset you with all the talk of baby. Glad we're ok, have been waiting all day to see if you post lmao, typical hormonal women. Totally understand why friend is bugging you, as we have said before there are deserving people (as we say) and the ones were it lands in thier lap. We dont take the gift for granted

reallygrumpy I have a ds, so we were only funded for 6 months of clomid, after which we were advised to go straight to ivf which we werent ready for yet. I asked for metformin as it can be prescribed for pcos not just infertility and my gp gave me it, I got bfp after two months, if it worked once it may again, ask you gp about it. Keep in touch and let us know how you get on at the cons

Just to add to what you have all been saying about enjoying every last minute of it, I can safely say you will it will happen for you all ***

Reallygrumpy I have PCOS too. I got clomid free (except paying over 7 quid for a prescription) and only entitled to 2 free goes on IVF.

Sure it'll be different if we decided to go a 2nd time (thats when we conc the 1st lol!)

pop in any time!

Hi all.
Shev I agree the wait is the hardest bit, hope the bloods are OK.

Stac I know everyone else has already said it but thought I'd chime in too, I personally like hearing how you and popsy and the others are doing. It gives me hope when I know you have got there that I can too!

Clure hope you slept better last night, I occasionally have bouts of insomnia which are pretty bad, worse recently as I have so much to think about as I lay awake!

Carebear I like the visualisation idea, think I need a gag for the negative voice as well as the loudspeaker for the positive ones!

Fairy I have been ranting and raving on here quite a bit since I joined, and am always happy to provide sympathy and support for others doing the same. I guess lots of people in our situation can't say all the stuff we are thinking out loud and have to put on a brave face quite a bit, like you said the other day. Rant away as much as you need to, heaven knows I do! Having said that hope you are feeling a bit better now.

reallygrumpy sorry that you are having to pay for all your advice, stick around if you need support.

Hi to everyone else! I have got myself on an even keel again and am now going to try to have a positive month. I am trying to tell myself whatever happens this month the IUI is happening and I shouldn't put too much pressure on myself.

I am wondering about my temperature chart. Am on CD11 and it looks like the himalayas! Always do it first thing before anything else, have no idea what is happening, as last month it was pretty much perfect, like ytou would expect. Anyone else got a chart like this?

thanks ven means a lot to know i'm not a pain in the butt lol. I have never charted temps, is there a guide you could get online or from the cons?

shev think the waiting is a nightmare, you will just have to hang about hear so we can take your mind off it lol.

clure did you get a better nights sleep? I've been like that for the past few days, may be the scan praying on my mind

reallygrumpy sorry to be nosey but what area are you from, the ones of us who are on 2nd go got clomid scans etc for the price of the prescription free. X

Morning all.

Down in the dumps today My nephews wife is 2days overdue with her baby and is constantly on the phone for advice - love the girl to bits and am having to jst grin and bare it as I know she ain't really thinking !

I've been feeling cramplike sensations down below since last week - a bit like AF but I'm only CD22 the day. Between that and my sore (.Y.) and being in bed by 10pm i feel shattered, why is it women have so much shit to put up with?

Told blood results won't be back until Friday pm and am stressing out that it's gonna be bad news.

Apart from that my blinking ankle has me in agony - again! Woke up during the night in excrutiating pain. Don't see my consultant until 8th March so am expected to go back to work next Monday and hobble about like a twit. Won't get my MRI results until then either. God, I am feeling sorry for myself eh?

Ok, Ok, rant over - for a little while anyway. Hope everyone's ok Sticky babydust to all you lovely ladies ***

to one of the earlier questions i cant remember who asked i phoned the hospital to ask them what happened with blood to c if i had ov
lots and lots of fluffy baby dust to allxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

im off to the gym now think i need a massive workout today when im there i can kind of forget for a few hours bout the stress and things that come with ttc
speak to u all later hope u all have a wonderful day
cd29 i think the af is just around the corner
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fairy af finished this morning, im usually quite heavy for the first 2 days and in lots of pain but then its fine from day 3. Glad its finised, can get on with the next month of bd'ing, Hope yours is ok. Would be nice to know that was the last one for 9 months? Can keep dreaming i suppose

Shev i agreee, us women have so much to put up with, men have it so easy.

Ven i don't chart my temps, just find it all to much, have thought about it but would most probably forget, the only sign i look out for around ovulation is EWCM and ovary pain. We BD when i notice these signs but its obviously not working.
It would be so much easier if we could get pg at any time of the month and not just around ovulation.

Hope everyone is ok?

Babydust to all that need it

lady i'm almost finished - just a tinge of pink going on now so should be gone tomorrow. Not as heavy this month for me either! DH is chomping at the bit...bless that he's still so enthusiastic for it!!! Yep I think we all deserve 9 months off but only if there was a baby in there! lol.

Clure I know easier said than done but try to chill - but if not pace yourself!!!

Stac think we posted at the same time last night so missed your post. You well deserve your baby & I (we all) want to know how it's going. You are gonna be my guru when I get there!!!

Ven I only look for EWCM. Think my body temp is prob all over the place!!!!

shev we are all having a rant this week. My friend went in to be induced yesterday as her body's antibodies are attacking the baby - she still aint here! Us women certainly go through a lot!

Sticky-industrial-baby-dust
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hi ladies

shev the waiting is a pain and men have the easy ride, dp used to say i was moaning but as i said to him, he wasnt pumping chemicals into his body, that shut him up lol

clure are you ok?

Aww fairy thats a lovely thing to say. Glad af is nearly done. Hows things at work? Hope your friend is ok

lady hope you get you get your 9 month as soon as, hope you all get it, its much deserved for everyone

emmy did they tell you if you ov'd?

Hi to everyone else, how are you all? X

Stac ork has a morale dip. Poor clure has been thrown in the deep end!
I think my friend is fine. haven't heard from her but I sure will when something happens!

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Hello ladies. Haven't been on for a few days as been so busy with work, then too tired when i eventually sit down. Having 10mins now so thought i'd catch up before i start work again
Stac i am glad everyone responed so positively to your post. I am a little scared of upsetting you lovely ladies.I know only to well how the ttc emotions make you feel and i'd hate to upset anyone.
Sounds like a tough week for some of you. It can be so hard at times.Its such a rollercoaster. Big hugs to you all{{}}
Will post properly soon

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Oh Pops don't you start lol! You deserve your little bundle. You don't come under any category of people who upset us!!!!
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