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BettieB · Mar 8th, 2012, 22:31 PM

I have been trying to cut down on the caffeine, it is so hard to do that though!! haha. How is TTC going for everyone? I got a positive Ovulation with my fertility monitor today, so I believe the clomid is working it magic!!

babydream87 · Mar 8th, 2012, 22:36 PM

Thats Fantastic Girl!!! I am going for my first clomid scan next wednesday... Hope I get a nice positive result lol.... So not looking forward to the caffeine cut down.. I dont drink to mutch but i drink it when i feel like maccas haha!! Oh well...

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I have been trying to cut down on the caffeine, it is so hard to do that though!! haha. How is TTC going for everyone? I got a positive Ovulation with my fertility monitor today, so I believe the clomid is working it magic!!

BettieB · Mar 8th, 2012, 22:46 PM

What is maccas? haha

You know, my doc is not monitoring me on clomid at all. Not even at all lol. He prescribed me 2 months of clomid and sent me on my way. I do not have another appointment until May 1st!! Should I be concerned about that? It does kind of worry me, ZI have a history of ovarian cysts...

babydream87 · Mar 9th, 2012, 00:08 AM

Maccas is McDONALD'S in Australian lingo lol...

Really?! No monitoring at all... I dont know hun... The second I told them I was TTC and wasn't successfull they sent me to a specialist in fertility I see her once a month... I too have pcos its so annoying... What is your app in May for? Xoxoxo

marie44 · Mar 9th, 2012, 10:02 AM

Babydreams - I think I was a little too strict with the caffeine/alcohol thing when I was on the clomid. It is important to avoid both but if you get to a point like I did with the mood swings, I wish I had stepped away, had a glass of wine and not raged like a lunatic. I will say now that I am on Gonal F and Menopur injections which are a lot more potent than clomid, I'm really not having any mood changes so far which is great. The only side effect so far has been headaches which I can tolerate.

Bettie - How are you doing with the clomid?

BettieB · Mar 9th, 2012, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by babydream87

Maccas is McDONALD'S in Australian lingo lol...

Really?! No monitoring at all... I dont know hun... The second I told them I was TTC and wasn't successfull they sent me to a specialist in fertility I see her once a month... I too have pcos its so annoying... What is your app in May for? Xoxoxo

Ohhh haha That is funny! Maccas, I will call it that today and see if my husband looks at me crazyy

Nope no monitoring at all, though it was kinda strange. MY GP just referred my to a gyn, so Im just seeing an OB right now. So far he just thinks I have a luteal phase defect.

My appointment on May 1st is to see if I have gotten pregnant yet, and if not, then he is going to put me on 100 mg of clomid instead! Yikes haha

BettieB · Mar 9th, 2012, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by marie44

Babydreams - I think I was a little too strict with the caffeine/alcohol thing when I was on the clomid. It is important to avoid both but if you get to a point like I did with the mood swings, I wish I had stepped away, had a glass of wine and not raged like a lunatic. I will say now that I am on Gonal F and Menopur injections which are a lot more potent than clomid, I'm really not having any mood changes so far which is great. The only side effect so far has been headaches which I can tolerate.

Bettie - How are you doing with the clomid?

IM doing great! The worst is over as far as how I was feeling. I also got positive ovulation confirmed on my ovacue monitor yesterday! Just 3 days after I took the last pill on cd 14, which seems way early, but who knows haha

marie44 · Mar 12th, 2012, 09:59 AM

Bettie,
CD14 is not too early for ov depending on your cycle. I have a 28 day cycle and i ov CD11 or CD12 so you must be right on track. Are you going in for monitoring so you know how many eggs you produced on clomid?

The cycle has flown by for me as I got AF 5 days early and I did my trigger shot last night so ER will be tomorrow! They think they have 10-12 eggs but won't be sure until tomorrow. I was hoping for a really big # but they kept cutting my meds down bc they didn't want me to have too many (I guess the risk for OHSS). They said I shouldn't need painkillers but I heard some women have a lot of pain. I guess I'll find out.

mammag · Mar 12th, 2012, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by marie44

Bettie,
CD14 is not too early for ov depending on your cycle. I have a 28 day cycle and i ov CD11 or CD12 so you must be right on track. Are you going in for monitoring so you know how many eggs you produced on clomid?

The cycle has flown by for me as I got AF 5 days early and I did my trigger shot last night so ER will be tomorrow! They think they have 10-12 eggs but won't be sure until tomorrow. I was hoping for a really big # but they kept cutting my meds down bc they didn't want me to have too many (I guess the risk for OHSS). They said I shouldn't need painkillers but I heard some women have a lot of pain. I guess I'll find out.

Yay!!! Good Luck!!!!!!!!!! And may I ask what is the difference between IVF and IVF with ICSI?

marie44 · Mar 12th, 2012, 10:21 AM

Mammag - With regular IVF, they put the eggs and sperm together in a "bowl" and see how many fertilize. With ICSI, they actually inject 1 sperm into each egg so the sperm doesn't have to work too hard. It is sometimes recommended with MFI. It has the same success rate as regular IVF though but can help the "slow swimmers."

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BettieB Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 585	I have been trying to cut down on the caffeine, it is so hard to do that though!! haha. How is TTC going for everyone? I got a positive Ovulation with my fertility monitor today, so I believe the clomid is working it magic!!

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BettieB Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 585	What is maccas? haha You know, my doc is not monitoring me on clomid at all. Not even at all lol. He prescribed me 2 months of clomid and sent me on my way. I do not have another appointment until May 1st!! Should I be concerned about that? It does kind of worry me, ZI have a history of ovarian cysts...

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babydream87 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Posts: 36	Lol Maccas is McDONALD'S in Australian lingo lol... Really?! No monitoring at all... I dont know hun... The second I told them I was TTC and wasn't successfull they sent me to a specialist in fertility I see her once a month... I too have pcos its so annoying... What is your app in May for? Xoxoxo

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marie44 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 658	Babydreams - I think I was a little too strict with the caffeine/alcohol thing when I was on the clomid. It is important to avoid both but if you get to a point like I did with the mood swings, I wish I had stepped away, had a glass of wine and not raged like a lunatic. I will say now that I am on Gonal F and Menopur injections which are a lot more potent than clomid, I'm really not having any mood changes so far which is great. The only side effect so far has been headaches which I can tolerate. Bettie - How are you doing with the clomid?

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marie44 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 658	Bettie, CD14 is not too early for ov depending on your cycle. I have a 28 day cycle and i ov CD11 or CD12 so you must be right on track. Are you going in for monitoring so you know how many eggs you produced on clomid? The cycle has flown by for me as I got AF 5 days early and I did my trigger shot last night so ER will be tomorrow! They think they have 10-12 eggs but won't be sure until tomorrow. I was hoping for a really big # but they kept cutting my meds down bc they didn't want me to have too many (I guess the risk for OHSS). They said I shouldn't need painkillers but I heard some women have a lot of pain. I guess I'll find out.

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marie44 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 658	Mammag - With regular IVF, they put the eggs and sperm together in a "bowl" and see how many fertilize. With ICSI, they actually inject 1 sperm into each egg so the sperm doesn't have to work too hard. It is sometimes recommended with MFI. It has the same success rate as regular IVF though but can help the "slow swimmers."

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