clomid success?

[rachie12]

Hi, im on my second month of 50g clomid hoping it works this time, i have been trying to become pregnant for 2 years now i already have a 3 year old daughter and they are not sure why im struggling to become pregnant again. I would love to hear some good news about clomid i dont think i can take anymore negative tests :( The hospital have only given me 3 months of 50g and said if it does not work they wont give me anymore! so i dont no what they do next. i havent really had many side effects from it just headaches. If anyone can let me know there experience that would be great thanks
Rach xxx

I have had brown spotting which is either implantation spotting or hormones messing up...watch this space! I am symptom spotting like crazy but am only 8dpo. How are you getting on?

Hi Alexandra, hope its good news for you, how did your test go? did tehy sau you had ovulated?

I finhsed my first clomid round on monday so am now on day 9, im going to try ovulation tests but as my periods are so all over the place im notsure when to start testing - everything is so confusing. Its only my first month but id love good news

Clomid definately effected me, i was so moody at the weekend whoch is really unlike me and im so touchy and teary at the moment - sure its just a side effect of clomid :o( x

They did littlemiss! It's difficult to get blood test results as they don't post them out, so I had to phone and they wouldn't tell me! So I begged and she said she can't tell me the amount but she said it has to be over 30 and it was. Have asked my GP to request a fax with the results. Anyway woop I think it all looks quite positive with the ovulation stick and blood results, so hopefully ovulation did happen!

If I were you, I would do clear blue digital ovulation tests every day from day 10 if I were you, twice a day if you can afford to (cheaper to buy off amazon) and aim to dtd every couple of days.

Sorry it made you moody have to say, I didn't notice a difference maybe I'm a moody cow anyway haha! I was really emotional but I usually am, especially since ttc. I hope I get a BFP and you're soon behind me! Let me know what your cm is like as you go along (is that a weird question haha!) oh and eat really well, with Brazil nuts for your womb lining

Alexandra you have been so helpful to me honeslty I cant tell you!!!

SSoooooooooooo pleased it has worked fro you and you are ovulating - whooppp!! you are almost there - exciting couple of weeks!!

Right i am going out tonight to buy clear blue and will start tomorrow (day 10), i actually went to asda last night but all they had was 'sure sign'? anyway I bought it regardless but its not very clear, it says.......

1. you get a line on the right hand side to show its works - got that!

2. then the line on the left, well, if you dont get a line on the left it is negative, sounds simple?

3. however if you do get a line on the left providing it is as dark as the one one on the right you are ovulating yey!!! but if its the line is there but is lighter than the line showing it worked its a negative. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Well i did it, got 2 lines so started to get excited but the one of the left was slightly fainter so im guessing it was a negative - boo!

Ill defo go out and get cleare blue, smiley face is so much easier to read ha ha x

Oh yeah I got cheapie sticks like that from amazon, no clear blue is better, you get a smiley face or no smiley face - simple!

I think the ovulation sticks are even more important for you as you're not being scanned, and then if you get your smiley face, try and get day 21 blood tests done 7 days later. Your GP can maybe help if you don't want to pay the private hospital for that. I got my smiley face at midday so I will test next cycle at 11/12pm (midday) and each evening. Only last a few hours apparently.

I honestly am so excited about clomid! If I get preggers on it, it will be so ironic, as I never take medication, I won't touch paracetomol, have always banged on about how we rely on western drugs too much etc. If this works for me, I will seriously eat my words haha!

Women on clomid should be monitored; it is poor practice not to be monitored at all and its quite powerful stuff. No monitoring means that you also have no idea of whether its doing what it is supposed to be doing (clomid's main job is to make the ovaries work harder).If you are not being monitored then ask why.

Please do not waste your money on using OPKs whilst using clomid!. Clomid can increase the production of LH; the kit could likely just end up reading that increased level so misleading you further.

Alexandra6 - will keep my fingers well and truly crossed for you.

I agree attila though I think littlemiss is private and the scans are very expensive, that's right isn't it littlemiss? Don't suppose you can get the scans on NHS and the rest on private??

I have to say, I found both helpful, the scan to see the follie growing and the OPK which I THINK was accurate for me, the only smiley face I got was that one morning. Really tricky to detect ovulation otherwise, EWCM dries up on clomid - I did get cramps on one side which is another indication to look out for.

I guess a way to "prove" the OPK worked is the day 21 test 7 days later?

Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed attila

Alexandra

Internal ultrasound scans can and should also be used to check if an egg is actually leaving the ovary.

IIRC max dosage re clomid is 250mg and it is usually taken for a maximum of six months.

If it ultimately did not work Alexandra, its not the end of the line. Not by a long chalk so please try not to feel totally disheartened if that were the case.
I was not suitable to take clomid at all for my ovulation problems and I am a parent now.

Still keeping fingers crossed for you:).

How did you get there attila

Also my hospital watched the follie grow to 18mm and then stopped when it was mature - how would they have checked if it was actually leaving the ovary beyond that?

Also attila you sound knowledgeable, do you have any idea what brown spotting at 6/7 dpo could be after ovulating on clomid with PCOS?

Thanks

I had a long and almost constant round of blood tests and ultrasound scans and only had one week off visiting the NHS hospital every month. There were also tests done on DH in tandem with my own tests and a HSG (tubal xray).

Clomid was not deemed suitable so injectible drugs were suggested. As the funding for that at that time was not readily available, the consultant suggested ovarian diathermy surgery. After picking myself off the floor in shock I agreed to this op; if this did not work then it would be the injectibles.

The surgery also revealed extensive endometriosis which also got lasered off along with the cystic follicles on the ovaries. I became pg as a direct result of that procedure and we now have a teenager. Although this surgery worked for myself I know of other cases where it has and has not been successful in equal measure. Also no one therapy or treatment will completely eradicate the cystic follicles associated with PCOS so it does return eventually (as did my endometriosis).

The above is a potted version of events and does not give any account of how I felt during this time. Felt very up and down throughout the whole year of doing this; anyone who has subfertility issues has my complete empathy. I found also that knowledge was power and became also unafraid to ask them questions.

Brown spotting is old blood. I would ask your gynae cons or medical person about this particularly if it keeps happening as you are on clomid.

Hi ladies

Alexandra thank you, agree the simple straight answer tests are way more reassuring then deciding if the line is darker etc etc

Yes re the monitoring, I have gone private for my tests as my gp said I had to wait a year until they would even entertain me and we already knew from my 21 day bloods I wasn't ovulating. After my scans and hycos scan all my tubes and 'bits' seem fine with no psco etc and my partners sperm has come back fine so at the moment they just think its an ovulation issue as a result if long time on the pill - I am not producing progesterone. now that i have got the all clear in the other bits (sperm and tubes etc ok) I have been given 50ml of clomid which I have just started.

They haven't mentioned any scans of even offered me them at this stage, the inky monitoring I'm getting is my 21 day blood test? What date are you having the scans to check foilcals?

Hmmmm interesting re ovulation kits. As I am only getting 21 day bloods and have aug irregular periods I really have no idea when I am ovulating so really hoped these night help. If I use daily and are negative (which today's was - although it's wasn't clear blue) surely if and when I get a positive it should be quite accurate do you think?

Sorry for all my questions I'm so new to all this and still getting my head round it. Can't actually believe how the clomid has made me feel, this past couple of days I am so out of character - moody/sleepy etc

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littlemiss were your cycles 28 days long exactly? Day 21 has to be done 7 days after ovulation not necessarily on day 21, so am just wondering if that's the only reason you thought you weren't ovulating, they could have got that wrong? Just a thought.

Yes I would try the ov kits like I said, twice a day. Yes it might not be 100% accurate but it's all you've got without scans, and look out for ov signs.

Glad you got there the first time attila wow what some of us have to go through to get there, hey. I guess I am responding to clomid if I ovulated? They've given me two more months of 50mg but I'm going to just call and book myself in for scans! I do worry that they'll think the clomid isn't working but in reality I suppose it can take lots of cycles even when you are ovulating!

No my periods are literally all over the place. They came back in November then the break between the next one was 8 weeks then the one after was 6 weeks and now clomid which they have said should regulate?

I'm going to test each day at least that will give me an indication

Great that you are responding, just need to catch those eggs now x

hey ladies how is everyone?
i am on my second cycle of clomid, and i am trying to stay positive but its getting hard, im not sure how much longer i can keep smiling for! i am just starting the 2ww and its driving me mad already. i will be having blood test on monday to see if i have ovulated so i am hoping the clomid has worked. im just praying for some good news! xx

Hi Leanne, aw bless you keep positive, it's so hard I know!!

Did you ovulate on your first round? X

Hello again ladies. Its been a while since iposted, so heres a quick reminder. I'm 43...i got pregnant on first round of clomid (100mg cd 2-6) in december but mc end of january. I waited for first af then resumed at the same dose...fertility clinic not wanting to monitor this cycle due to success of the first. On thst cycle i ovulated on cd16...i'm now on cd20 and no signs atall [:(]. Fertility clinic dont want to know and just dismissed me due to my age. DP is in the army and is back to barracks tomorrow after a week off so looks like we are out for this month. Has anybody else experienced an anovulatory cycle and gone on to ovulate in later cycles on clomid?

Hi Calibee
That's awful that they are being so unfair. How many months have they given you? Is it 50ml this time?

Maybe you will still ovulate just a little later? Don't give up hope.

I'm on my first round, my periods have been 6/8 weeks apart although they said clomid should regulate them and I'm still have bloods on day 21?! All very confusing

I'm on day 11 now and still negative ovulation tests hoping I get a nice smiley face next week?

Anyone know how long you can go on clomid for a positive ovulation? Is it a definate not going to happen this month if get to day 20 without it? Xxx

Hi littlemiss, i'm on 100mg which is the dose they started me on. My question was similar to yours about wondering if i'm out having not ovulated by now (cd21). Looking around forums though it doesnt seem that unusual. My dp is in the army though and heading back to barracks after a week off so looks like we may have missed our chance :(

littlemiss I just got a BFP!! Amazing, way too early to celebrate as only 1-2weeks but I have everything crossed! Either way I'm going to stay on here to see how you get on x

Oh my gosh!!! Whoop! Soooooo pleased for you that's amazing!!!!!

What round of clomid was that? Your first? Eeeeeek!!!

What day do you think you ovulated hunny?

AMAZING news xxxxx

Just realised you are round 1 too!!!! That's even more amazing - worked straight away!!! Yey!!!!

I'm in day 11 now and testing 'with my clear blue smiley' but still no little face yet! Hoping for This coming week to get if so I know clomid is working x

wow its great to know that it works! thats great hope you have a happy and healthy 9 months...
i dont know if i ovulated last month and they didnt want me to do the blood test last month but im having the 21 day bloods tomorrow and they want me to have more this month to see if ive ovulated late. its very hard to stay positive, part of me knows this will work and the other part of me just thinks it will never happen! but at least if i know the clomid is working that will give me some hope wont it?! x

Wow, it's reassuring reading that I am not the only one... it's difficult talking to friends as they don't truly understand as they all conceived naturally on all occasions :o)

I am on my first month of Clomid, a week to go to see if it has worked. I def ovulated so fingers crossed.

We have a gorgeous 6 year old boy who was conceived naturally. Fantastic pregnancy but ended in an emergency c section. My husband and I have had tests and all have come back fine, we fall into the 20% unexplained category apparently.

We have been trying for two years with no success. Gynea has given me 3 months worth of Clomid at 50mg and has said IVF immediately (due to my age!) if it doesn't work, but as we already have our son we would not get IVF on the NHS. I am 37 (just) and my husband is 36.

It's frustrating and the feeling when you get one pink line and not two is sole destroying but I am staying hopeful and if Clomid doesn't help this month then we will keep going and then make a decision on IVF.

I am having the emotional side effect and bloating from the Clomid, but other than that I don't seem to have other side effects.

Fingers crossed for everyone on here. It would be good to know what some of the abbreviations are you all use :o)

Hi Leanne

Do you think you ovulate late because your periods are further apart? Mine prior to clomid were 6-8 weeks apart. I'm currently on my first round of clomid and they said it should regulate them? I hope it does but if not haven't got a clue when I will ovulate (if it works and I do). Are you similar? Have they given you any advice?

I've started doing ovulation tests every day (since day 9 and am on day 11 today). I really hope I get a smiley face and ovulate this coming week before my 21 day bloods a week on Thursday but something is telling me it won't happen
They have told me all my tubes are fine and no psco etc it just I don't seem to be ovulating - really hope clomid can sort that

Clogs that's amazing news that you have ovulated - you are half way there!!! Ill keep everything crossed for you xxx

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I've been missing in action!

Firstly a huge congratulations to Alexandra!! You must be so excited?!

LittleMiss after me banging on about early ovulation/smiley faces I only got my smiley on CD14 (was negative in the morning but positive in the afternoon.....was still positive on the morning of CD15) so don't give up hope and Calibee I've read loads of other threads were women are reporting late ovulation on Clomid so I wouldn't worry too much, if it has worked once it will work again I'm sure.

I'm currently on CD17 so will be starting Cyclogest tomorrow in hopes that if I catch the egg I can make it stick! Though if I managed to catch the egg it will be a miracle as I was poorly at ovulation and just couldn't BD.....even if I wanted to I think my OH would have run a mile as I looked v unattractive ha ha!

x