We have a diagnosis / non-diagnosis of unexplained infertility. We have been trying for nearly 2 years. Last year l did 2 cycles of Clomid, they appeared to work in the sense that my cycle was 28 days, ovulation appeared to happen but no BFP. I’ve just done another cycle but started bleeding / spotting on day 24. The whole thing gave me lots of side effects, mentally / physically l felt dreadful e.g. mood swings, stomach pain every day, sore breasts etc. I don’t get monitored by the hospital, literally just got 21 day bloods during the 1st cycle. Not sure what to do next as the Clomid doesn’t seem to be doing it’s thing and l feel so shit. The hospital aren’t very helpful or knowledgeable so there’s probably no point in going to see them. This is partly why lm so sick of the trying to conceive thing, we never get anywhere really but l always get left feeling ill
We have 3 embryos in the freezer from some IVF last year done privately (as the NHS doesn’t do IVF in our area), we had 2 transferred at the time but they failed. But we need to pay for all of that and obviously clinics are closed at this time. Fiancé has suggested we quit trying, he’s seen how miserable and fed up with the whole thing l am. The whole things putting lots of strain on our relationship. Personally l sick and resentful of never getting anywhere and feeling ill all the time -l had a world of side effects after the fresh transfer failed last year. But conscious stopping will be tricky and at some point we would have to make some kind of decision about them. I’m 40 so can’t even do the, take a break and maybe come back to it in future