Clomid Buddies (moved to LTTTC board)

[sarah2211]

Thanks Nita, most days I lose sight of the baby at the end and just want 1 follicle to release. It feels so cruel.

That sounds promising from your doctor. I'm sure she's really empathetic too. My doctor just gave me Clomid and 50% chance of being pregnant I'm 3 months. It's been 2 and a half months and I haven't ovulated once.

My doctor actually wanted me on 75mgs not 100mg. We emailed the nurse and pleaded our case because my DH will probably be deployed in January. They weren't keen on 100mg so I don't think he's in any hurry to get things moving. Basically the nurse said 'how sad' but too bad about him being deployed.

Fertility treatment is stupid. Sure the aim is to get you pregnant but the longer you're not, the more money they make from you.

 

[Norelisa]

At hospital.

1. Not recommended doing xray when on clomid as it can harm the mature eggs.
2. Thin lining. Dr said progesterone would help. Will look into what else I can do. Was 7 mm on cd11.
3. 2 ripe eggs ready to ovulate.

Question is, trigger or not?? I am waiting for opk at Dr office now. Might go back tomorrow for trigger, he recommended doing trigger in the morning. It's now 1 pm Thai time

 

[Norelisa]

At hospital.

1. Not recommended doing xray when on clomid as it can harm the mature eggs.
2. Thin lining. Dr said progesterone would help. Will look into what else I can do. Was 7 mm on cd11.
3. 2 ripe eggs ready to ovulate.

Question is, trigger or not?? I am waiting for opk at Dr office now. Might go back tomorrow for trigger, he recommended doing trigger in the morning. It's now 1 pm Thai time

No trigger, positive opk at Dr office ) will start progesterone in pill form on Saturday..

 

[sarah2211]

That sounds promising norelisa. It's exciting to know that you're going to be ovulating very soon! Get BDing!

 

[Nita2806]

Thanks Nita, most days I lose sight of the baby at the end and just want 1 follicle to release. It feels so cruel.

That sounds promising from your doctor. I'm sure she's really empathetic too. My doctor just gave me Clomid and 50% chance of being pregnant I'm 3 months. It's been 2 and a half months and I haven't ovulated once.

My doctor actually wanted me on 75mgs not 100mg. We emailed the nurse and pleaded our case because my DH will probably be deployed in January. They weren't keen on 100mg so I don't think he's in any hurry to get things moving. Basically the nurse said 'how sad' but too bad about him being deployed.

Fertility treatment is stupid. Sure the aim is to get you pregnant but the longer you're not, the more money they make from you.

I am so sorry to hear about your nurse not wanting to get you pregnant immediately. I have to say my Gynae is very empathetic and at our last appointment she said no one want to wait, if you want a baby you want it now, thus she have given me the Clomid and this cycle she said 100mg without me having to even ask, just called me and said my prescription is ready for pick up. have you maybe considered seeing someone else?

 

[sarah2211]

It does sound like you've got a great specialist. My doctor did say something similar about how we wanted to be pregnant months ago and no one wants to wait. But he said we should take a 'considered approach' because I'm still young.

This is the second specialist we have seen. The first said I was ovulating, when I wasn't. So we saw the only other specialist in our area. He's our current doctor. We would have to travel 2-3 hours to see someone else and it'll still be under the same clinic.

 

[Nita2806]

It does sound like you've got a great specialist. My doctor did say something similar about how we wanted to be pregnant months ago and no one wants to wait. But he said we should take a 'considered approach' because I'm still young.

This is the second specialist we have seen. The first said I was ovulating, when I wasn't. So we saw the only other specialist in our area. He's our current doctor. We would have to travel 2-3 hours to see someone else and it'll still be under the same clinic.

I am so sorry. I am in the privileged position where we really have 100s of Gynae's to choose from. I would say in a area where I dont need to drive for more than 30 minutes there are atleast 15 listed that I could choose from. I really dont think its the specialists choice whether you want to wait or have it happen immediately - they need to let you choose. I told mine we have been trying and I want it badly now and she said lets make it happen. I want to have babies before I reach age 30 - and we are thinking of having 2 - 3 so really 6 years are not that long to try.

 

[Norelisa]

Question 1: My Dr told me to bd tomorrow and Friday ONLY - not tonight.. Should we still bd tonight too?

We haven't bd-ed since last cycle as he has mainly been away + I had my period the weekend we had together, haha..

I got a positive opk at dr office (mine was negative when tried at home, might be bad quality, he said it happened to others.. Only have two options here, expensive and cheap, haha)..


Question 2; I have read that there are many things one can eat to try to get a ticker lining. Some of it I can easily find here (pineapple - though it makes my tongue itch!) and brazil nuts... So I went on to buy brazil nuts. Should I wait until I o-ed to try to ticken the lining? I did get 10 mg tablets to take three times a day of progesterone.. For 14 days, to be taken from Saturday. He was pretty sure I would ovulate before Saturday, but I just hope I'll get a temp rise to confirm it...

Superstar question: How much should I eat of these brazil nuts? A nut a day?

 

[sarah2211]

Nita, it is frustrating. I don't live in a very big country nor do I live in a big city. My fertility specialist doesn't even live here and he travels only once a month. If we go back and see him in December because I'm not pregnant then I'll be asking for some changes. If my DH is deployed, we will be asking about IUI with a frozen sample and/or (if DH doesn't go) switching to femara if I don't ovulate. We would like 3-4 so I don't feel like we've got all the time in the world, especially with DH's stupid career! It does sound like you have a great doctor

Norelisa,if it was me, we'd BD tonight. I've read that every other day was once recommended but now research suggests it doesn't deplete the swimmers, unless you've got a low count. Every day slightly increases your chances, so that's what we do. You can take Brazil nuts right throughout your cycle. Lots of people eat them here because our soil is low in selenium. Two Brazil nuts a day. It can be toxic if you eat too many.

 

[Norelisa]

Nita, it is frustrating. I don't live in a very big country nor do I live in a big city. My fertility specialist doesn't even live here and he travels only once a month. If we go back and see him in December because I'm not pregnant then I'll be asking for some changes. If my DH is deployed, we will be asking about IUI with a frozen sample and/or (if DH doesn't go) switching to femara if I don't ovulate. We would like 3-4 so I don't feel like we've got all the time in the world, especially with DH's stupid career! It does sound like you have a great doctor

Norelisa,if it was me, we'd BD tonight. I've read that every other day was once recommended but now research suggests it doesn't deplete the swimmers, unless you've got a low count. Every day slightly increases your chances, so that's what we do. You can take Brazil nuts right throughout your cycle. Lots of people eat them here because our soil is low in selenium. Two Brazil nuts a day. It can be toxic if you eat too many.

thanks for the tip I will have to stop for today, haha.. addictive little things I'll portion them out I think

Bd tonight, tomorrow and Friday ideally then Lets see what we can make

 

[Nita2806]

Norelisa - If your DH can handle going 3 days in a row I would definitely go for it. My DH struggle to go 2 nights in a row so we try the once every 48 hours way

Sarah - It really does sound like your doctor doesn't have your best interests at heart. And really sad that there isn't any doctors you can go to I just hope you O on the 100mg Clomid

 

[Norelisa]

Norelisa - If your DH can handle going 3 days in a row I would definitely go for it. My DH struggle to go 2 nights in a row so we try the once every 48 hours way

Sarah - It really does sound like your doctor doesn't have your best interests at heart. And really sad that there isn't any doctors you can go to I just hope you O on the 100mg Clomid

Well, we have managed before... but I'll ask him, I guess most important tomorrow and Friday, but if we can squeeze in three times, I am game.. haha I'll do a quick clean here, make it a little more nice being in the bedroom


Sarah: I hope you will O too.. ! Fingers crossed!

 

[Nita2806]

Norelisa - If your DH can handle going 3 days in a row I would definitely go for it. My DH struggle to go 2 nights in a row so we try the once every 48 hours way

Sarah - It really does sound like your doctor doesn't have your best interests at heart. And really sad that there isn't any doctors you can go to I just hope you O on the 100mg Clomid

Well, we have managed before... but I'll ask him, I guess most important tomorrow and Friday, but if we can squise in three times, I am game.. haha I'll do a quick clean here, make it a little more nice being in the bedroom


Sarah: I hope you will O too.. ! Fingers crossed!

I hope this month is the month you get your BFP

 

[Babydust28]

Babydust, your temps have gone back up. When will you retest?

I have tested 8dpo and then again on 13dpo

My temp this morning has gone down again.
I'm getting so fed up now. Wish would just appear so I can move on

 

[Aphy]

So AF never showed and here is why!

 

[Babydust28]

So AF never showed and here is why!

OMG omg omg I am over the moon for you

Wow how amazing!!!!
That dip at 8dpo looked promising and there's why.

Massive congratulations xx

 

[sarah2211]

Wow congratulations Aphy! How exciting! You give me hope that even a chart that isn't looking super promising can still turn into a BFP. Happy and healthy 9 months!

Nita, it's really frustrating. I think our next appointments if we aren't pregnant, we will be pushing for more action. Especially if I don't ovulate this cycle. I'm getting sick of it. Two and half months since we saw the specialist and I haven't even ovulated once.

Norelisa, sounds like a good plan. My DH would be up for it every night if I was keen! Hope the egg pops for you soon!

Babydust, I'm sorry I hope if you're out, then AF arrives soon so you can start again. It's exciting that you're ovulating so as hard as it is, if it's not this cycle it will happen soon!

 

[Rawan]

So AF never showed and here is why!

Congrats Aphy!!

 

[Rawan]

Sarah-hope your doctor will listen and come up with a plan that will work for you! Hope you will ovulate this cycle!

Babydust-hope your af come so you can start new cycle soon!

I've been eating brazilian nuts/sunflower seeds, hoping they will help with implantation.

 

[Norelisa]

Sarah-hope your doctor will listen and come up with a plan that will work for you! Hope you will ovulate this cycle!

Babydust-hope your af come so you can start new cycle soon!

I've been eating brazilian nuts/sunflower seeds, hoping they will help with implantation.

I'm also using sunflower seeds and Brazilian nuts. Sunflower seeds are super cheap here, 58 thb for 250 gr! (1.66 usd). Yesterday I had pineapple juice (no extra sugar added, here in Thailand they always add so much sugar and syrup..)

Alphy: congratulations!!


Babydust: i hope still it would rather be a bfp, but if not let af come already, so that next cycle can begin! I always get a bit down when af arrives, but this cycle I managed to start planning small changes, and keeping my fingers crossed!!


I am so happy to read about positive pregnancy test. Yes, I think we all agree that it might be hard seeing others getting pregnant easily. But here, I think we all have been / are struggling, so it gives us a bit of hope..