3rd Times a Charm***Round 3 of Clomid (TTC#1)

[Swtshae]

Hope1409, don't count yourself out until AF comes. When is your cycle suppose to start?

I spoke with my OB today and she went over my bloodwork. My progesterone levels were good and showed that I ovulated. I just hope this time around ends with a BFP. She also said that if I start my cycle that I'll be referred to the RE. It was such a bitter sweet conversation. I sure start my cycle towards the end of this week and have had some mild cramping on and off all week. I have no symptoms so honestly, I think I'm out and won't be seeing a BFP. However, I'm staying hopeful and positive. We used preseed this month so maybe that helped and we'll get a

I won't test until AF is considered late. I've done that too much in the past and am tired of jumping the gun early just to be let down. Good luck ladies!!!!

 

[Hope1409]

Hope1409, don't count yourself out until AF comes. When is your cycle suppose to start?

I spoke with my OB today and she went over my bloodwork. My progesterone levels were good and showed that I ovulated. I just hope this time around ends with a BFP. She also said that if I start my cycle that I'll be referred to the RE. It was such a bitter sweet conversation. I sure start my cycle towards the end of this week and have had some mild cramping on and off all week. I have no symptoms so honestly, I think I'm out and won't be seeing a BFP. However, I'm staying hopeful and positive. We used preseed this month so maybe that helped and we'll get a

I won't test until AF is considered late. I've done that too much in the past and am tired of jumping the gun early just to be let down. Good luck ladies!!!!

well tbh i dont know exactly when af is due. last month she arrived on the 1st, giving me a 31 day cycle, but this month i was not on clomid and ovulated i think 2-3 days later so i am guessing af will arrive by the end of the week. i used a frer so i assume getting a bfn is pretty accurate around this time??? i will probably test again thurs or fri if i dont get af before then. i just feel so blah! i thought for sure a miracle would happen and i would fall pregnant this month and all this iui and ivf talk would be old news. im really really scared of what steps are to come. i'm not sure if i have asked u this, but have u had an HSG done yet?

 

[Swtshae]

Yes, I had a HSG done back in April. Honestly, I thought I would be pregnant shortly after that because the doctor said that it helps flush out your system and that women fall pregnant within months of having one done. Here it is 3 months later and still no BFP.

I can't tell you enough how I honestly know how you feel. When I spoke to my OB today, she made it a point to tell me that this is it with her and that an IUI may be the way we go to get pregnant if I'm not this month. I so don't want that stress (I hate to be negative about it before knowing all the details). More than anything I'm worried about the financial burden it may have. I think if I'm not pregnant this time around that we'll just continue to do what we're doing (without clomid) and start the process up again next year. Just want to get through the holidays without having to cough up a lot of money for IUIs and Christmas presents. Plus our anniversary is coming.

I'm trying very hard not to worry about that though. I have prayed and prayed and prayed some more this month and just hope this is our month. Knowing that I ovulated has made my husband day. I just hope I can make his day soon with "I'm pregnant!".

 

[StayHopeful]

GL Hope, I hope that AF stays away! 12 days may still be too early, I know of people who didn't get a BFP until 14dpo even on a frer. It all just depends on when the little bean decides to implant.

Swtshae, ! Don't count yourself out yet, the cramping might be implantation!

I had my appointment with the fertility specialist yesterday and my head is still spinning by how quickly things are moving. She did an ultrasound which showed that I hadn't o'd yet (I got a positive opk yesterday morning) but that I have 3 mature follicles and my endometrial lining had actually thickened up to where it was supposed to be. She actually said my lining was "pretty"... I think that's the first time since I've been on Clomid that I've heard something positive about my lining We looked at DH's sperm analysis results and everything looks good there, the only thing that's not great is the viscosity. But then she did a cervical mucous test (it's called a postcoital exam, that kinda weirded me out a bit) where she tests the cervical mucous to see if there are still swimmers living in it and she said that I barely have any cervical mucous. She thinks that's a result of the Clomid, especially since I've been on it for five cycles now. She said that even though everything else looks great, without more cervical mucous it's very unlikely I'll get pregnant this cycle because the little swimmers just won't get up there. So she suggested we go ahead and do an IUI this cycle because I already have the follicles and the lining, we just need to get the swimmers up to my egg. She does want to do an HSG if this cycle doesn't work, but I guess they only do HSGs before you o so nothing gets messed up. FX I won't need one! So DH and I talked about it (A LOT) and he's hesitant because of the cost, nothing with infertility is covered with our insurance. But we decided to go ahead and do it this cycle. So I went in this morning for bloodwork and they called to say today is the day for our IUI. DH just left to do his part and I'm about to head over there too. I can't believe how fast this is moving. And I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I can't help it!

 

[Hope1409]

Good luck stayhopeful! Please let me know how the iui goes because i will be doing it if af shows her face in the next few days. Afm no sign of af yet. I have pains on my left side where the tubes are and i am so paranoid with every twinge because i am at a higher risk for an ectopic. Im also have left side back pain on and off but im not sure if i pulled something or if its related to ttc. Have any of you ladies experienced back pain thats toward the sides?

 

[Swtshae]

Good luck stayhopeful! It sound like it was meant to be. I hope you get your BFP. I'll also be going that route if I don't get my BFP this month. I'm so nervous all while trying to stay calm. I have had cramps off and on. Just hope AF doesn't show her face.

Please keep me updated and I'll do the same.

 

[StayHopeful]

Well the IUI wasn't too bad... the most uncomfortable part was the speculum. They have to open it quite a bit wider than they do for a pap smear and they have to get it in the exact right place, so it was about 10 minutes of them poking around down there before they actually did the IUI, which wasn't bad at all. I just felt a little pressure for that part. I'm cramping now that I'm home, but it's mostly over my right ovary so I think that may be from the 3 follicles releasing instead of the IUI. I didn't realize that I also have to start a bunch of drugs afterwards too. Tonight I start an estrogen supplement, I start a progesterone supplement at the end of the week and I'm doing a mini-shot of HCG next week. I really hope this is it!!!

 

[StayHopeful]

Oh and Hope I usually get back pain around o and right before AF, it's usually behind my ovaries.

 

[Swtshae]

That doesn't sound too bad at all! Good luck and keep me posted.

 

[Hope1409]

Hi ladies. How has everyone been? Well af got me this past satuurday so i went in to see my RE today. He gave me clomid 50mg (same as i was taking before) except i take it days 5-9 instead of 3-7. He did an us and everthing looked good. He couldnt see my tubes which actually is a good thing so im a little bit more hopeful for this month! Going back next thurs for an us again to see when we schedule the iui.

 

[Swtshae]

Good luck. I hope everything works out for you. I'll be in the same boat as you. The only thing is I don't think I'll be able to see the specialist for a couple of months.

We've decided to just continue to do what we were doing prior to the clomid and everything. I'm going to relax a bit and not use preseed or OPKs and just enjoy my husband. It's a reason why I haven't gotten pregnant yet. Though I don't know what it is yet, I know it's a reason. I'm going back to work soon so I'm just going to relax and enjoy...

 

[StayHopeful]

Hi ladies. How has everyone been? Well af got me this past satuurday so i went in to see my RE today. He gave me clomid 50mg (same as i was taking before) except i take it days 5-9 instead of 3-7. He did an us and everthing looked good. He couldnt see my tubes which actually is a good thing so im a little bit more hopeful for this month! Going back next thurs for an us again to see when we schedule the iui.

Good luck, Hope! FX for you this month! I'm 7 dpiui and took my hCG mini dose today, which means I can't take a home pregnancy test. I have to wait two more weeks to find out...argh!

 

[StayHopeful]

Just got my progesterone level back, 82. That's with progesterone suppositories, but the nurse was still very optimistic.

 

[sasha0430]

Wow lots have been going on this thread since I was here last... Sorry for all of you that AF got...Witch can be such a mood downer...there is not much I can say to make it any better except hang in there and hope next cycle is your cycle.

AFM...I have got my progesterone levels for this month...4.69 ...I am so very bummed that I did not even ovulate. I was on 150mg of Clomid this month...I have appointment with RE on 14th of August it is right about when I start my period so maybe I will not be wasting any time so that we can start something new… I am afraid of the price though...we shell see...

Hope everyone else has better luck...GL and lots of baby dust...

 

[Hope1409]

Just got my progesterone level back, 82. That's with progesterone suppositories, but the nurse was still very optimistic.

That is a great number!!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you! I am going to mention progesterone to my RE next week and see if it will hurt to take it or not. A part of me feels that my progesterone drops too soon after ovulation and that's why implantation can't occur? Just my theory but doesn't hurt to ask, right? I start my clomid once again tonight. Hope this cycle is our cycle!!!

Sasha I'm so sorry about your levels. I have heard other women on here say that clomid never helped them so their doc changed there med to something else...maybe that's something you can ask your doc?

 

[StayHopeful]

Thanks, Hope! I've had my progesterone checked once before and it was 42 without the supplements, but it sounds like all of these hormones are standard for my FS with an IUI. Because my levels are good I don't have to take the second hCG mini-dose, which means I don't have to wait quite as long to find out... The waiting is driving me nuts! I just feel like so many things fell into place this time. Getting in to see the FS so quickly, o'ing 2 days late so it just happened to be the perfect time for an IUI, it actually saved us quite a bit of money too because my regular OB had done all of my Clomid monitoring for the first half of my cycle and my insurance covers it with his office, but not with the FS. So I feel like maybe it's meant to be... But I don't want to get my hopes up!

 

[MLupian]

Hey ladies,

I really need your help. I am still on my tww currently at 10dpo have had AF cramps and backache since 8dpo so of course I tested! I think I got something but don't want to get my hopes up. I also tested 9dpo and this morning they all kind of look the same very...very faint lines.

Shouldn't they be getting darker or is it too soon.

Could it be an evap line 3 days in a row?

I'm going crazy here. Called my ob waiting back for a response to see if I should go do bloodwork.

 

[Hope1409]

i def see something but its hard to tell if there is color to it or not. i have read those tests are famous for evap lines so i would wait and test again in 2 days....hopefully its your BFP

 

[StayHopeful]

I agree with Hope. FX for you!

AFM, I think AF is on her way. I've been cramping all day and every time I go to the bathroom I expect to see AF, but nothing so far. I took a hpt this morning and bfn, but it was a first repsonse rapid result and those aren't very sensitive. My blood test is tomorrow morning so I guess one way or another I'll know for sure then.

 

[StayHopeful]

on my blood test