clomid?any advice?

[Baileeboo77]

Been trying to conceive since October 2011. Then miscarried December 19th of December 2011. Yet still no luck with a bfp. How did you ladies go about getting clomid? Has it helped? Any advice is greatly appreciated

 

[MrsBroodyPant]

Hi
Sorry about your mc.
Ive just started clomid so dont know much about it yet but i got it from my fs at the hospital xxx

 

[mojo86]

Hi there I was given clomid from my FS after the doctor referred me to them. I highly recommend clomid!! Good luck xx

 

[MrsClarky]

Welcome and good morning!

I took the prescribed Clomid from cd3-cd7 to start ovulation. I have also been peeing on opk tests every morning since but I have not shown LH surge/ovulation yet. I am on cd16 today...and have a scheduled blood progesterone test next monday. I have had lots of cramping the last couple of days so I am still hoping for ovulation...but it might not happen this cycle. If ovulation did not happen, my dr said she would up my dose for next month. Hope this helps!

 

[pvsmith12]

Hey, I am so sorry to hear about your loss! I was looking at your tickers... did you miscarry on your wedding day?

I went to my family Dr after 1 yr of TTC and still no bfp, so she referred me to a gyno... who took a year to prescribe me clomid. Although most Dr's will prescribe it if you ask for it. I am currently on cycle 7 (just coming out of a 3 month clomid break), and I am up to 150 mg. Not sure yet if I ov'd, but the only complaint I have with them is the hot flashes! Although they are well worth it considering what may come out of it.

Good luck! Hopefully your Dr is cooperative.

 

[Baileeboo77]

Thanks ladies hopefully he will take me seriously. Hubby and I went and got a good.multi vitamin and 1000mcg of folic. Hopefully this helps ! If not im going to make an appt for around March so I'll give these vits around 2 months. Yeah I miscarried my wedding night, what a way to spend the night ya know

 

[pvsmith12]

Oh Bailee, I am so sorry to hear that. That is a terrible way to spend your wedding night.

 

[jenkb123]

Baileyboo - I am so sorry for your loss. It must have been especially hard to lose your baby at a time that is supposed to be so happy!!

I have had positive results with clomid. I am 37 (and my husband is 41) and we are ttc #1 (neither of us have any children). We started ttc as soon as we got married a year and a half ago. Due to my really long cycles and our ages they started looking at infertility issues about 7 months ago. My cycles were 50-60 days apart and I would often bleed for 3-4 weeks straight. They did a bunch of testing. My progesterone tested low. A theory was that due to low progesterone my body wasn't getting the right signals about when to start and stop bleeding. I was given Provera (progesterone supplement) to kickstart my cycle. After the Provera I had 2 months of more regular cycles (about 30 days between, bleeding for a week). When the next cycle did not come when it should (and I was testing bfn) they decided to try clomid. I took Provera first to force cd1 and I took 50mg of Clomid from day 3 -7. We then did follicle tracking to see how things were progressing. The first day I went in for tracking (on a Friday) they said I had two follicles that looked promising and that that they expected I should ovulate by the time I came in for the next appointment (Monday). When I went in Monday nothing had happened. Again they said any minute. I went in Wednesday and again nothing had changed. At this point they figured that I might not ovulate on my own. I was given an HCG shot (10,000mg) to help force my body to ovulate. When I went back in Friday one of the follicles had collapsed which they said indicated ovulation. Due to the HCG shot I had to wait longer to test as a bfp would likely be the result of the leftover HCG from the shot. When it was all clear I had a real bfp and was ecstatic!! Unfortunately I had a miscarriage and lost the baby which has been very hard (but not related to the fertility treatments....it was just one of those unfortunate things that can happen to anyone). The fact that we figured out a way to get a bfp is still a very positive thing. I have to try and focus on that.

I hope that clomid works for all of you!! Have any of you been given the option of follicle tracking. I would highly recommend it if it is available. Without the tracking we wouldn't have seen that I wasn't ovulating on my own and I wouldn't have been given the HCG shot. Without the shot I don't think it would have worked. I am hoping that it will work for me again. I just got my first af after my m/c and was anxious to try again. Unfortunately I can't get the tracking this month due to Christmas holidays but I will try the clomid without it and see what happens. If it doesn't work I will try it with the tracking again next month.

 

[Baileeboo77]

Well yay for your bfp but sorry about your loss . I have gotten positive opks so I hope I ovulate im just so confused. What if its me what if its hubby or it simply could just not be the right time who knows! All I know is I want my bfp!

 

[Baileeboo77]

Yeah pvsmith it was a great but horrible day.

 

[pvsmith12]

Jen, sorry to hear about your loss, but that's great news that you found a way to make it work.

I haven't been given the option for follicle tracking, we know that I don't Ov and that's why I am currently on Met & Clomid. I did have to take provera to jump start this cycle - and AF lasted 9 days... I wanted to cry. My theory, however, is that it will all be worth it if I get a nice .

 

[jenkb123]

Baileyboo - You are doing the right things....continuing to try, investigating things and looking for the next step and now adding the clomid. Keep trying!! I felt exactly the same way you did. It is possible to find the right formula for your body to get that bfp!! I have my fingers crossed for you that this is your month!!

PVS - you are right....it will all be worth it for a bfp!! If you know you dont ovulate do they give you the HCG trigger shot?? I know my doctor said upping my clomid amount (from 50 to 100mg) could also be an option for me to cause ovulation without getting the shot. So I think the clomid itself can also make you ovulate. She said it was best to have the lowest dose of clomid possible because higher doses do cause your uterine lining to be thinner which can affect implantation. So I think I will try 50mg again since it did work once.

 

[Baileeboo77]

Yeah I know another huge reason has to be my 40lb weight gain. It took me one cycle my first attempt and now its been almost 12 months no bfp.

 

[Baileeboo77]

It sucks how badly we all want a baby yet it comes so easily for others

 

[jenkb123]

I know what you mean.....I get angry when I hear people complaining about pregnancy related things....I want to be pregnant so badly and so many people take it for granted. A girl that I worked with got pregnant unexpectedly (a little more than 9 months ago....she just had her baby). I remember trying to act like I was happy for her while inside I was felt resentful (and jealous) and thinking how unfair it was that I had been trying unsuccessfully and wanted it so badly and she didnt even want to get pregnant. I hate feeling like that!! I truly want to be happy for people who easily get their bfp's!!

I think it will just make us appreciate it that much more when it finally does happen!! While I now know I can get pregnant I have a much harder time believing that I will actually have a baby to bring home with me.

 

[pvsmith12]

Jen: I haven't gotten an HCG Trigger shot, and my Dr hasn't suggested one. I am currently on 150mg of clomid (first cycle at this amount). So we are super hoping it works. DH's medical used to cover clomid, then his company changed to a plan that was "exactly the same just cheaper." ... Clomid is NOT covered now, and it costs an extra $16 every 2 weeks... So this dosage of clomid cost us $104. Although it is well worth it.

Argh. I know what you guys mean about people complaining about being pregnant. I actually had to red-list the whole baby/ttc topic with one of my friends. She just got married in September (to her gf of like 7 mths), they are on welfare, and every month she says that they are "broke" and "can't afford groceries". WHY DO YOU WANT TO BRING A CHILD INTO THAT?!?!?!

It infuriates me. Before they even started ttc she said she was so excited she wanted to go buy baby things right then, then she asked what I thought. I told her if there is one thing I learned it is to NEVER get your hopes up, you just never know what cards you are going to be dealt. Do you know what she said to me? KNOWING what DH & I were going through in regards to fertility issues? "DW's family is pretty fertile, so it won't be an issue on that end." I felt like crying. Some people can be sooo insensitive.

Another incident happened when I wasn't around. My youngest sister, who lived with DH and I for a year or so, was working with this younger girl who got knocked up and would spend the entire work day complaining about being pregnant. My sister came home one day and told me she had had enough and snapped. She looked right at the girl and said "If it's that bad maybe you should have thought about that before sleeping around, and I am sick and tired of having to come to work and listen to you b***h about being pregnant - then have to go home and have my sister cry because she is trying and can't get pregnant." I was very proud of her. She said the girls face dropped and she didn't say another word all day.

Haha. Just realized I wrote a book, sorry ladies. I do agree that when it (finally) happens for us ltttc'ers we will appreciate it wayyyyy more than the "oopsie" babies. (Not saying that they don't cherish their LO's, but you know what I mean.)

 

[Baileeboo77]

Its seriously annoying, well my friend got pregnant and her hubby is in the military. This was a total accident for them anyhow. We were riding in the car one day and speaking about my wanting a baby. She looked over at me and said, when I found out I was pregnant with Audrey I secretly hopes I would have a miscarriage. I was like wow how selfish(keep in mind her daughter was like 6 months at this time!) Oh that Shit pissed me off I wanted to also her. How dare she say that!

 

[Baileeboo77]

To hit her *

 

[pvsmith12]

Oh wow Bailee!! The fact that you didn't go up one side of her and down the other is amazing. I would have LOST it on her. I cannot fathom how people can even think like that. It's crazy.

 

[Baileeboo77]

I know! Like if she felt that way why the hell would she,admit it !!!!