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Clomid: the story continues...

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StoneBaby · 12/05/2014 16:21

Come and join in for a rant or support.
We're all in the same boat and on clomid...

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ridgway28 · 17/07/2014 12:28

TMI warning on cd9/10 I had clear but stringy discharge. cd 20/21/22 extreamly white and thicker than normal! these are with the pains! I have asked if my dr will give me a call back! just feel like they give me the tablets and to get on with it for 3 months with no clue or support!!! plus I no I shouldnt say this but my consultant doesnt speak very good english so I always come out confused x

AnnieHoo · 17/07/2014 13:11

Ridgeway the stringy clear egg white stuff is the peak fertility stuff so you may have ovulated a few days after that. Could your pains at the end of the cycle be bad PMT?

I know it's really hard when they just give you the treatment to get on with it - no monitoring, no scans, no blood tests. It seems like it's a postcode lottery who gets that and who doesn't. I've had nothing either and have felt really worried and stressed about it at times.

I'm just back from seeing my consultant and always leave there totally baffled. He told me to 'keep smiling at my husband' and when he asked me when my last period was I said "4th of July" and he asked if I had an allegiance with America in some way. He has an eccentric manner, he's caring and likeable and he does get results but he was over the place today.

He told us to "keep going" so I said "so are you not going to refer us for IVF anymore?" and fortunately there as a student there who reminded him he'd filled in the referral form at our last appointment.

I have to repeat back to him at the end of the appointment what he's said to us to check I've understood it right and then I write down what he says after i come out. I also ask for copies of any test results which they hate doing but I don't care!

My DH asked about more Clomid (what a champion!) and managed to get us another month of pills which will be the last for me.

I really hope the Clomid works this month and I don't have to go through IVF.

Kurama, anything today?

It's gone quiet here - are the the only ones left??

kurama · 17/07/2014 14:26

annie no sign of af yet cd33 and havnt tested since yesterdays bfn on ic. had some smoked cheese on a bagel 3 days ago and i keep getting getting flashback tastes of it at random times Confused also keep smelling superglue since using some yest as well.
ive spent most of today trembling and its doing my head in lol.
how are you today annie, ridgway and anyone else still here?

sharond101 · 17/07/2014 16:29

I am still here. On cd6 with clomid and injections.

You are not out yet kurama! Stick in there.

ridgway28 · 17/07/2014 19:13

Anniewho sorry I dont understand they were both different days nearly 10 days apart?

AnnieHoo · 17/07/2014 20:06

Oh yes sorry ridgway read that back again. The pain on days 10 and 11 could be ovulation or your follicles building up to that..? Always best to tell GP and ask for a scan of the pain is too much to cope with. Hope you're feeling better.

ridgway28 · 17/07/2014 20:38

painted my nails washed and cleaned cut the grass trying to take my mind of the pain. if its still here tomorrow im taking my self to a n e had enougj now Angry
how is eceryone else doing? hope dh are taking care of you all
watching one born maybe I shouldnt lol

LondonSuperTrooper · 17/07/2014 21:27

Hi everyone,

I'm still here but feel like a fraud as I'm not on clomid yet. I have my appt next Thursday but doubt they I will be given
Clomid as I haven't lost all of my excess weight :(

The consultant said that my BMI must be under 30. I've brought it down from something like 38 and it's currently at 33-32. I'm very stressed as she may not prescribe clomid and will send me away for another 6 months. I'm gutted as I've got no one to blame but myself. I really need to snap out of all this emotional eating crap :( :( :(

LondonSuperTrooper · 17/07/2014 21:27

Huge apologies for the me me post. I'm just very upset right now.

kurama · 17/07/2014 21:35

london we all need yo rant sometimes.
I think im out now. just seen some light pink cm when wiping so expecting af to hit tomoro.Sad Angry just finished work knees are killing and back in at 8.30 so im off ti sleep! fx for you all Smile

AnnieHoo · 17/07/2014 21:45

London congratulations on your new reduced BMI!! Thanks The consultant will see you have made steady weightloss and it's pretty substantial too. She should be well impressed. I wish I had your willpower.

My BMI is 34 Blush I am blushing because I'm meant to have lost weight but I've put it ON. It used to be 30 but i got all depressed with this ttc business and put on weight by moping around, eating comfort food and drinking wine, hiding away on the sofa every night 'until I get pregnant' and losing my energy for life - it's so hard!

I need to be BMI of 30 (1 and a half stone) for IVF so I've referred myself to the dietitian just so I have someone to report to every week. I just get a weigh and go and it's free.

And there are no frauds here!! I'm on and off Clomid like a yo-yo. It's all part of the 'Clomid journey' and you're just at the start... I'm near the end .. and even the ones that have finished taking it are still on the journey. My friend only got pregnant AFTER she stopped her 6 months of taking it.Smile

Ridgway - hope you're better tomorrow, ooh I watched One Born last night, it was so good...

Waves at Sharon!

God, I've got a job interview tomorrow and I'm SO avoiding reading all the crap by doing this... must go to bed and get my beauty sleep. Brew

ridgway28 · 17/07/2014 21:47

@london everyone needs to let of steam at some point... your aloud and thats whats great about this site.
you have done so well you should be proud and ur only got a little more to go.. hopeful they will see that and ley u on the clomid...Grin positve thinking
if not a friend of mine has done the 5/2 diet. she eats what she wants within reason for five days of the week. and only 500 calories on 2 days. shes lost 4 stone in 6 months!!!! idea for u so u still get ur treats....

dont let the consultant pull u down. u have done amazling well. I have everything crossed for u let me know how u get on?? Wink

@kurama im so sorry to hear af is on her way. are you back on the clomid again tomorrow??? hear if u need to let of some steam...

af due for me on wed or testing friday... just have to see how next week plans out for me....

sending you all postive thought happy dtd those who are at that time lolWink Wink Wink

sharond101 · 17/07/2014 21:47

Cake Brew or if you prefer Wine, big hugs kurama.

ridgway28 · 17/07/2014 21:51

how do u put people name in bold? also I go on here on my phone. so if I forget what people have written and I want to say something to them. I have to xopy the text back up and then read and re post. does anyone else have to do this??

AnnieHoo · 17/07/2014 22:01

Yeah it's not as easy on your phone you gave to remember what people have said!

To make someone's name bold you put a on either side of their name like ridgway * but without the spaces.

kurama · 18/07/2014 07:12

thanks ridgway and sharon yer I will be starting my 6th and last month prob tomoro. nothing yet but af likea to wait till im up and moving bwfore putting in an apperance. I dont really feel anything at moment Hmm despite how hopefull I was the other week reading up on pain I was feeling and hearing it could be implantation. ..... guess not. should be back at specialist next month so lets see what they suggest now......
fx for everyone and hope your all ok today ladies Smile

Gingerbreadlady1 · 18/07/2014 10:51

Good luck with the interview annie

ridgway28 · 18/07/2014 14:09

anniehoo karuma dr have called me today. blood test xome back as ovulated yeah!!!
they said first lot of pain was ocualtion pain. and becuase I dtd before I should be good!!
they said the second pain could be related to implation pain!!!
apparently my progesterone was very high!!!

test on wed as this my due date for af I dont think I can wait is it too early to test????

kurama · 18/07/2014 17:10

yey ridge everything sounds promising so fx for you! id say wait till sun/mon Grin
annie good luck with interview
still no sign of af for me but still getting some pinkish cm when wiping Angry

ridgway28 · 18/07/2014 17:22

kaurma try a tampo to "brake to seal" ive has it before ans it worked for me.

hope the interview went well??? Wink

AnnieHoo · 18/07/2014 20:15

Ridgway that is great news!!! I was going to suggest that to you yesterday but didn't want to get your hopes up!! It might still be too early to test but I can never resist myself. You should really wait until at least monday (2 days before due) to get a line but you never know... if you're progesterone is high you might get a line this weekend. Oh i hope so!!! The pain will be so worth it.

oh and yes thanks I got the job!!! SmileWine

kurama · 18/07/2014 20:24

we normally end up dtd lol. but im confused coz if af is on way wtf couldnt I eat my dinner tonight or drink my fav flavour milkshake. the smell of the bbq pulled pork nearly made me sick. if that smell comes back I will be sick and all I wanted was corn on the cobAngry I hate my body sometimes

ridgway28 · 18/07/2014 20:25

anniehoo thats amazing news congratulations!!!!Wine Thanks Wine Thanks Wine Thanks

sorry to be a pain guys.. but this pain has moved and is so much worse!!! its on my right side right near my hip boan. when I touch there I can feel a lump....

I really sont no what to doSad
if I go back to the hosp this will be the 4th time in 3 months. yet eaxh time ive gone they have found something twice with cysts third was the eptopic!!!!

my dr dont do anything so I do see the point in it!! feeling torn!

AnnieHoo · 18/07/2014 21:08

Ridgway you should go. Always go if you're in doubt. If you are in pain and have a lump that is not normal. They need to see it to decide and they won't mind at all. Better to go and let them decide if it's a priority or not.

sharond101 · 18/07/2014 21:15

Ridgway you have to go you have no option as I see it. What is there to lose?