Any Clomid Round 1 buddies? - Now with testing dates!

[cheerios]

cheerios

Im on 50mg, am going for my bloods on tues so will hopefully find out wed/thurs if I did in fact ov this month or not.

Not liking the side effects but no pain no gain I guess xx

Hey torilou!
Nice! I have my next scan on Tuesday too, so looks like both of us would have something to report on Tuesday! Its soo amazing that you even managed to have a 20mm follicle on your first try of Clomid. Do you have any PCOS or anything?

What side effects have you had?

 

[kelster823]

Morning ladies... welp day two..... I had a bad headache and an upset tummy yesterday but I am not sure if that was from being out to late the nite before so today if I get the effects then I will know for sure it is the clomid

I am a little pee oded though.. I am not getting the 21 day bloods nor any scans... and I asked- I truly think my GYN doesn't want to be bothered with me and wants to send me off directly to a fertility specialists.. I mean I know I am up there in age and do not have much time.. but hell if I CAN get pregnant then maybe I just need a lil help???

anyhoo enough of my ranting. have a great day ladies

 

[torilou]

cheerios

I dont have pcos as far as I know, there not sure if I ov regular or not and he reeled off a load of statistics to me re this, all boiled down to it being once a year chance for people who dont ov regular, dont ask me to quote all the figures as he lost me lol

Side effects for me were a amazing foggy head/headache and blurry eyes, felt a lot of pressure down below as well, only had it whilst taking the tabs and then I was fine but it came back on my surge day and for 2 days after so im guessing thats clomid related as well as never had anything like that before but am fine now, just need to get lining checked again as they werent sure if it was too thin going by the scan.

xxx

 

[lace&pearls]

Hey Cheerios :wave: I think they prescribed me 1500 mg of metformin (3 x 500mg a day) but have been to see my GP since and he said it's ok to start on one tablet a day to see how it goes and gradually increase it!

Did you find anything helped the side effects? I was told to take it on a full stomach, but also I've erad on here that eating fatty foods makes it worse?? x

 

[cheerios]

Morning ladies... welp day two..... I had a bad headache and an upset tummy yesterday but I am not sure if that was from being out to late the nite before so today if I get the effects then I will know for sure it is the clomid

I am a little pee oded though.. I am not getting the 21 day bloods nor any scans... and I asked- I truly think my GYN doesn't want to be bothered with me and wants to send me off directly to a fertility specialists.. I mean I know I am up there in age and do not have much time.. but hell if I CAN get pregnant then maybe I just need a lil help???

anyhoo enough of my ranting. have a great day ladies

Hey Kelster
I have had more frequent headaches actually the past week...so I'm wondering if that has anything to do with Clomid.

And honestly, does your insurance cover visits to a fertility specialist? If so, I would really recommend going straight to one, because most GYN are not specialised in reproductive medicine. And I'm soo glad that I started going to my FS, I find it SOOOOooo much better! THat I'm in good hands. Just my pt of view anyway.

 

[cheerios]

cheerios

I dont have pcos as far as I know, there not sure if I ov regular or not and he reeled off a load of statistics to me re this, all boiled down to it being once a year chance for people who dont ov regular, dont ask me to quote all the figures as he lost me lol

Side effects for me were a amazing foggy head/headache and blurry eyes, felt a lot of pressure down below as well, only had it whilst taking the tabs and then I was fine but it came back on my surge day and for 2 days after so im guessing thats clomid related as well as never had anything like that before but am fine now, just need to get lining checked again as they werent sure if it was too thin going by the scan.

xxx

Oh, once a year for irregular ovulation isn't much! But I do think that statistics are a bit warped though.

I have heard that blurry eyes are a side effect, though 50mg is a pretty low dosage, so my FS said that there shouldn't be any side effects.

I'm excited to find out if you are PG! Do you have a journal or smth?

 

[cheerios]

Hey Cheerios :wave: I think they prescribed me 1500 mg of metformin (3 x 500mg a day) but have been to see my GP since and he said it's ok to start on one tablet a day to see how it goes and gradually increase it!

Did you find anything helped the side effects? I was told to take it on a full stomach, but also I've erad on here that eating fatty foods makes it worse?? x

Hey lac&pearls

Yeah that's what I did too. To stagger the dosage. I started with 500 for 3 days, followed by 500 x 2 for one week. That was no problem. It started becoming a problem when I increased it to 1,500 and then to 2,000mg. I had migraines at 1,500. After one week of intense migraines, I reduced dosage to 1,000mg again. Before attempting 1,500 and then 2,000mg a few weeks later.

Hmmm... I read a lot. Like about low G.I. diet, less carbohydrates, eating bananas. But honestly, I couldn't follow the instructions, because I like eating carbs (although I don't eat a lot of carbs to begin with). I had lots of diarrhoea (sorry if it TMI),but it eventually stopped after 2-3 mths.

I would say, just listen to your body. If you find the side effects too much, go down to a lower dosage first. And get use to the lower dosage, before going up again. And to make sure that you don't get hungry, by eating small snacks in between. I find the side effects worse when I'm hungry.

 

[lauraebrad]

Can I join in? Had the last tablet in my 1st attempt at Clomid last night. Very excited although not really expecting anything to happen. Don't get any scans here, just day 21 blood test so will be in the dark for another 30 somthing days yet!

 

[cheerios]

Hi lauraebrad! Welcome to our Clomid thread! Is there no way you can ask for a scan? Here, they don't do Clomid without a scan....

 

[torilou]

cheerios

Whats a smth? I dont think I am, not positive at all for this month to be honest, think its just been so long I doubt I will be positive about any month xx

 

[keepsmiling]

Who have u ladies told ur goin on clomidXx???

 

[lynne192]

only told my OH and only other person that knows is RE and me i don;t talk about this sort of stuff much with people.

 

[torilou]

keepsmiling

Only my oh knows and a friend who I made from this site actually lol, nobody else knows were ttc so it can be hard not being able to share but at the same time I know it would stress me out more if they kept asking xx

 

[keepsmiling]

I told hubbys stepmum I was goin hospital for tests aess ago n she told some other family members ad I feel really stressed bout it all n iv just denied it all now but I feel bad for lying zx

 

[cheerios]

Oh, I told my hubby, his parents and some very close friends - whom I can trust not to tell anybody and who won't put pressure on me.

Oh girls, I have a 22.5mm follicle! Doc says I'll ovulate really soon. No HCG trigger, but he said I should pretty much ovulate on my own. I'm sooo excited!

 

[cheerios]

cheerios

Whats a smth? I dont think I am, not positive at all for this month to be honest, think its just been so long I doubt I will be positive about any month xx

Hi torilou

"smth" means "Something". I was asking if you had a journal or something.

Oh, I so know what you mean! I'm trying not to get overly excited about having a follicle in there, but its soo hard not to!

When are you testing?

 

[keepsmiling]

Wow cherios that's a big follie u have do u have just one follie then I'm not gain the trigger as far as I no my opk wa almost pos today so looks like il be joinin u ladies in clomid real soon xx

 

[kelster823]

that is awesome news Cheerios.... fantastic.....

tomorrow is my last day.. so hopefully soon the O will happen for me- no side effects at all... starting to have some twinges and kinda sorta sensative ta ta's

as to who we have told... family- especially since my sister in law is also going thru the same thing with me--- so glad to have her around.... all my friends are WELL done having children and all are either in middle school or just starting highschool... we also told CLOSE friends-- they all know we are trying and they are very supportive

 

[keepsmiling]

I think from now on I'll keep my god shut lol and just keep I between me n hubby x

 

[cheerios]

keepsmiling - Yeah, I only have one follicle. That's enough for me! Doc said I had an LH surge yesterday (from bloods) and that I most definitely will ovulate today (probably sometime in the morning). Can't believe once tomorrow starts, I will be on my first ever 2ww!