Clomid cycle1

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Hi ,

I've taken my second tablet on my first cycle and wondering if anyone is due to start there's soon or are around the same time as me?

I know there's already a clomid thread but I think I'd get pretty lost as I'm new to this so was hoping for people to keep each other occupied as we wait in anticipation!
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Hi @ktl1a I'm getting on ok thank you! I'm due to ovulate tomorrow (I think!) so trying to keep everything crossed and do everything right! I'm drinking pomegranate juice every day as I read that it can help with womb lining, and I've bought a pineapple so I can start eating the core 😂.

With regards to vitamins whilst on clomid, I'm taking Amazon's own preconception vitamins alongside l'arganine and high strength vitamin E, as I read that clomid can thin your lining, and since I usually have quite light periods I figured I would probably need all the help I can get!

The clomid I ordered came with the usual information sheet, I read that you take it from the second day you wake up bleeding (so I ended up taking it on CD3-CD7).

@Etonmess20 keeping everything crossed for you! It sounds positive! But even if this month isn't your month, at least you can get a break next month where you can drink to your hearts content with no guilt! 🥂

@Etonmess20 it depends if you can hold out or not, so hard isn't it! The days seem so long! At least you are having the hycosy, it will definitly be worth it, plus nice to have a month off to relax and have a couple of glasses of wine :)
Oh yeah I didn't think of OHSS! Thanks for the offer, royal mail tracked says they are on the way so should know soon whether they havr the leaflet or not :)
@PukkaTeaAddict ohhhh very exciting! Yes I had read that it thins your lining and decreases your EWCM. I drink POM juice up to ovulation anyway so will continue with that. I eat pineapple (including the core) 1-5DPO and 3 brazil nuts a day to help implantation :) I also usually drink grapefruit juice to help with EWCM up to ovulation but to be honest it hasn't really done anything so i won't drink that this cycle as think it can conflict with some medications. I take vitamin e, b complex, folic acid and ubiquinol so will continue those I think as can't see them hurting.

Sounds like you are doing absolutely everything you can so fingers crossed!

Morning @PukkaTeaAddict thank you, I'm just trying not to get my hopes up. Don't have any expectation of a BFP anymore really lol! Fingers crossed for ovulation for you tomorrow! Sounds really silly but I have a bottle of champagne in my cupboard that is specially for when we get our BFP,not cannot be opened under any other circumstances....I'd quite like to be able to have a little glass of that tbh. Makes me sound mental doesn't it? 😂

@ktl1a I'm normally quite good at holding out but this month feels different, possibly cus I feel different (clomid possibly) so I don't know. I might test in the morning depending on how I feel.

Exciting that your medication is coming, got everything crossed for you!

Well if you do then please let us know how you get on! I'm keeping everything crossed for you! My positive at 15dpo was a crazy strong line and that was with an afternoon wee so the hormone levels were high by then for me :)

@ktl1a ooh, I hadn't heard that it can decrease EWCM. I've used this fertility lube this month, which is the least sexy thing but I've heard good things so I'm giving it a go! I want to make sure we have tried everything in the book before we move on to other options.

@Etonmess20 no way! I have the exact same thing! 😂. I bought some alcohol free Prosecco so that I can drink at least half a bottle if we ever get that BFP! So you don't sound mental at all!

@ktl1a honestly the thought of doing a HPT fills me with so much dread as it's never been good news but it's got to be my turn once surely 😂

@PukkaTeaAddict maybe it doesn't mean I'm not mental....maybe it means we both are 😂 every twinge & feeling today I'm like 👀

@etonmess20 I felt the same about HPT's and still do to be honest! Had no choice as went on holiday abd needed to know if I could drink or not but really expected it to be a negative, we were so shocked when there was two lines, it was just the best moment! But now I'm trying again I am petrified of getting a negative! It's definitly got to be your turn soon and once you get the BFP it will just be the best thing ever!

@PukkaTeaAddict what lube is it? I have tried conceive plus in previous cycle (definitly nothing sexy about the application of it but also just didn't like the feeling) but I haven't tried pre seed so tempted to order some to use alongside the clomid... It's just trying to have that sense of control isn't it :)

Morning @ktl1a the disappointment is just too much isn't it? Eventhough af tells you the same thing it's just easier to deal with (is for me anyway). I'm 14dpo today & still been having cramps on & off. Struggling to convince myself to do a FRER though 😂 I also need to tell the hospital when CD1 is because of my HyCoSy on 1st June

How are you ladies today? @PukkaTeaAddict @ktl1a

Not entirely sure why that's gone bold btw 😂

Morning @Etonmess20 yes deifnitly easier to deal with AF, my hardest time is always about 7/8dpo, I always have a rock bottom day then with the "what if's" then gradually I accept that it probably hasn't happened and by the time AF arrives I have dealt with the sadness to an extent. I saw the email saying you had tagged me and got all excited thinking you had done the FRER lol. Whatever you decide I have everything crossed for you!

@ktl1a it's just such a rollercoaster isn't it, especially when you've been TTC for so long. I am very tempted with the FRER, I am thinking maybe tomorrow AM as it'll be better with FMU won't it?
I'm just so grateful to have people to talk to on here that get it x

@Etonmess20 definitly, it's so good to be able to talk to people that understand. To be honest from my experience the FRER is so sensitive that it should pick up HCG if there is any there, particularly by 14dpo. But if you can wait till tomorrow then there's no harm :)

@ktl1a I'll see how I feel tomorrow morning, you can normally tell when AF is on the way can't you? Kind of sad that this will be my last chance TTC for a little while ☹️ although hopefully the HyCoSy will give me peace of mind X

Morning ladies,

Although it's not over until AF comes I think she will be coming at some point, 15dpo today ☹️

This reminds me how much I hate HPTs, feeling absolutely rubbish now 😭

@Etonmess20 oh bless you! Perhaps it was symptoms of clomid that you were feeling? I really feel for you x I know it's hard but try to look on the positive side, you have your HyCoSy coming up soon so you will have more answers/reassurance, plus it makes some ladies a bit more susceptible as it flushes your tubes through so combined with the clomid you have more chance than ever! Perhaps it's time to just take some time to yourself to have a month de-tox from it all? Have a few drinks, relax and try to treat yourself, you deserve it.

@ktl1a I think it must have been. Just feel so stupid for even doing a test, because this is the reason I don't do them.
Hopefully the HyCoSy does have some kind of effect, you'd think to never get even a hint of a BFP in 18 months there's a problem somewhere so maybe there is an issue with my tubes.
Sorry for the moaning, just really gets you down when it's the same time after time ☹️ x

@ktl1a anyway enough of my neggy vibes....how's things with you? x

@Etonmess20 don't worry I completely understand, it was the symptoms that made you do it but at least now you know next time that you will get symptoms with the clomid so wait a bit longer, it's all a learning curve. It's weird as when I was going through the tests I actually wanted there to be something wrong to explain why it hadn't happened, in my head if they found something then they could fix it but it wasn't the case with me, it's just bad luck. But hopefully you will get some answers :)

I'm ok, only on CD4 so nothing much going on yet, when did the side effects/symptoms of the clomid start for you? And do you mind me asking whether you ovulated at the normal time in this cycle or if it was a bit different?

@ktl1a I completely get that, at least if he says I have a blocked tube that he can fix it would explain things then you'd hope that once it fixed it would be fine. It's the fact it's unexplained/nothing wrong that kind of annoys me because you're just left in limbo wondering why you've never had a BFP at all

I would probably say there was side effects while I was taking them, fairly minimal like hot flushes & some bloating etc but then the real side effects started after I ovulated so probably CD16 onwards with sore boobs, funny cramps & whatnot. I ovulated CD14 (well got peak on my OPK then) which is about normal for me. Hopefully AF arrives today although I have heard some people having a bit of a delay on clomid

@Etonmess20 exactly what i wanted, someone to say "this it's what's wrong and this is how we are going to fix it". Hope you get the news you want!

Ok that's good to know, I haven't had any symptoms yet but I will be prepared after I ovulate. I haven't been doing ovulation tests over the last couple of cycles as I know roughly when it happens but I have ordered some cheap ones for this cycle incase it changes with the clomid.

Hope AF comes for you soon so you can focus on the HyCoSy :)

@ktl1a thank you for being so supportive & understanding. I've had a little word with myself & im feeling a bit better ❤️

Yeah I think it's best to have some to hand just incase, do you use the app that reads the cheapy ones too? I was thinking about changing apps but not sure whether that's best when I've on lot ever used one so it already has all my data

Thank you, I hope so too. It's annoying I couldnt get the scan a bit earlier in my cycle so I could still have a chance this next cycle but such is life.

@Etonmess20 I'm glad your feeling a bit better, sometimes you need to let yourself have those moments, I've had loads of them!

I have an app but it doesn't read the cheap tests... which one do you use? Maybe I should download it, even if it's just for that purpose! I wouldn't delete my normal app as it's got all my info in it and I often look back at it (not that it helps!)

That is definitly annoying but I'm sure it will be worth it to reassure you going forward :)

@ktl1a I don't have the app that reads the cheapy OPKs as I use CB Digi ones (only because they're very easy to read 😂) but you see a lot of people sharing their screenshots of the app reading their OPKs
I use ovia & always have so probably best to stick with it

@Etonmess20 oh ok, i might look in to it, i usually use Flo. I have used clearblue before but they are so expensive and I have managed to interpret the cheapy ones before so just going to try that.