Clomid Buddies (moved to LTTTC board)

[Nita2806]

Thanks for the advice ladies, this thread has helped me so much in the last couple months . decided to do some research on my doctor and her success rates, since getting a second opinion is not going to happen for at least the next 6 months, unless I get referred to a specialist which I highly doubt will happen any way. I am also reading up on Studies about Ovarian drilling and success rates. Last night dearest Mom in law asked if we should not invest in a family car now.. (have not told them about our ttc journey yet) - I actually just want to get my head around everything and figure for myself out what to do.

Sarah - I don't understand temps and how it works but yours dropping so low seems really weird. I hope its your body gearing up for O

MsaC - FX for you.

 

[BelleNuit]

Sarah with your temps dropping like that I'd say that your gearing up to O! You even have fertile cm which is a great sign!!

I hope you can sort out DHs sperm freezing. That would be so stressful!!

Well my OPK was negative yesterday at CD 11, the last time it was negative on CD 11 was in the summer when I O'd 2 days later than normal. Might go positive today. Either way looking at a CD 13 or 14 O would be my guess!

 

[rickyandlucy]

Temp still elevated this morning. 5th morning in a row. Yesterday and today's temps should be accurate too. I never got a positive LH test, but according to my temps it looks like I may have O'ed after all. They aren't particularly high, but above cover line and in line with temps in previous cycles. Haven't seen a spike within it yet though. Experiencing some runny CM last night and this morning that I don't recall ever having before. Pinkish like it is tinged with blood just a little bit. I wouldn't call it implantation bleeding, because it's not like bleeding, but apparently implantation discharge can also be a thing. When I did a search to check out the CM I noticed another possible pregnancy symptom at 5 DPO (which I may or may not be) is increased (TMI alert) flatulence, which I have also been having last night and this morning, lol.

I am so confused. I don't know if it's all in my head, wishful thinking, or what. This 2WW is going to suck even more than usual. I literally have no what I am waiting for, AF or BFP, lol.

 

[LoveCousar]

Well CD 14 & still no signs of Ovulation detected. My cycles are all screwed I don't know when or if I'm even going to ovulate #bummer

 

[LoveCousar]

Ricky&Lucy - Fx that that's a baby implanting ❤️

 

[Rawan]

Sarah-I understand how frustrating it is when your partner is not there and you get positive OPK...happened to me many times due to my dh work schedule...I felt frustrated and helpless...hopefully you can get your bfp soon before freezing any sperm!

Belle-good luck this cycle!

Nita-good luck this cycle!

This cycle we bd once 3 days before I ovulated..not feeling too hopeful...last cycle we bd many times during my fertile window and still bfn...I am thinking that if by the end of this year still nothing...maybe I will really consider IVF next year...was just talking to a friend and she mentioned she gets pregnant very easily...I just want one healthy baby...
Still feeling stressed and frustrated...

 

[sarah2211]

Nita, I would definitely do some more research and try and make some sense on your head. Could you ask your fertility doctor to run those blood tests? And maybe you could say you aren't feeling very comfortable with the idea of ovarian drilling just yet, could she try Femara first and maybe a monitored cycle. You can stall the lap until you're ready.

Belle, yes my temps have dropped but my 50mg/no O cycle did the same. I also had fertile CM then too. I'm feeling a little more positive because BDing was quite sore last night, so hopefully that means there's a few eggs on my ovaries. Last cycle I had heaps of fertile CM and this time not so much though (took mucinex both times). Who knows? Weird about the OPK, maybe it's a slightly later O?

Rawan, it's happened before for us too. He goes away a lot for 3-7 days at a time (and often for weeks and months on end too) and I'm scared he's going to miss my O. Luckily he hasn't missed too many.

So we have an appointment for DH to give his sample on the 19th December. They said they can get between 1-3 IUIs per sample but it depends on how much he produces. Unfortunately they won't until they have the sample and even more unfortunately, he won't have time to anymore samples. I guess a few goes (I'm expect 1-2) is better than nothing. Part of me thinks 'let's just go for IVF' because of the odds of that working.

 

[Ask4joy]

Love - on my first round of clomid I didn't O until CD19. Round 2 CD15 and this month CD14 after trigger on CD12. Don't give up hope!

MsAC - I'm also 5dpo!

Sarah - good luck with the sample freezing!

Nita - I agree with the others about getting blood work done before moving forward with surgery.

 

[sarah2211]

Thanks Joy.

Any of you ladies had creamy CM just before O? I'm 15 DPO and ovulated last cycle at 16 DPO. I've had a few ovary pains and a little bit of watery CM up until today. Last cycle I had heaps of CM and this cycle I've got hardly any. I took Mucinex both cycles.

 

[Nita2806]

Hi ladies. Phew working all weekend. Since I am not pregnant and only on day 4 of provera i decided to get myself a few drinks to enjoy myself tonight. been so depressed about not Oing so need to let go a little.

Sarah, oh no, creamy CM doesnt sound too positive mine were like that most of the days last cycle. Will you be doing the cd21 blood test again? Are you using opks or just temping?

 

[Ask4joy]

Nita - good for you for letting yourself relax and have some fun. Have one for me too, please! Since giving up gluten, dairy and caffeine, (and alcohol aside from the first few days of my cycle) my only vice left is dark chocolate!

Sarah - I usually have creamy CM up until a few days-week before O and then immediately following O.

So far no symptoms really for me...sore nipples which I didn't get the last 2 cycles on clomid but usually get after O. Lots of creamy CM. After 9 months of ttc most symptoms seem useless to me!

 

[MsAC]

Love - on my first round of clomid I didn't O until CD19. Round 2 CD15 and this month CD14 after trigger on CD12. Don't give up hope!

MsAC - I'm also 5dpo!

Sarah - good luck with the sample freezing!

Nita - I agree with the others about getting blood work done before moving forward with surgery.

Looks like we're testing buddies.

Today at 6dpo I had two very vivid and weird dreams. The first part of the dream was a factory that made fresh hot donuts, we all sat in hot pools as they fell into a hotter pool that ran between us. For some odd reason I was nude.

The second half was me telling my DH about all the donuts I ate and telling him to toss out all my old opks, just to realize the last three I took were actually positive pregnancy tests. Then we were picking out the best one for a pregnancy announcement photo.

Then my DH alarm woke me up, and it took a hot minute to realize I didn't have any positive pregnancy tests :/

So vivid and strange. Now I want a fresh hot donut XD

 

[Nita2806]

Ask - i have given up a lot since we started ttc, and honestly it got me no where. Although i am still cautious at what i eat and drink on times in my cycle, i am letting go a bit more. DH got me lime strawberry swedish beer and chocolates, very unhealthy but we are enjoying it.

I also decided to buy the VIP membership of FF today since my ttc journey is still going to be a while I think it might be worth it...hopefully anyone else bought the VIP membership?

 

[sarah2211]

Nita, yeah I'm not feeling that positive about things. It definitely feels different to last cycle . I am doing the CD 21 blood test next Friday. I did an OPK yesterday which was negative but I'm not really worried about them. I'll just temp and BD each day. I bought VIP membership when it was on sale. You definitely want to be taking your temps to be making the most of it.

Ask, thanks. My CM was looking watery but then yesterday it was creamy. Last cycle I had heaps of CM and this time I've got hardly any, even though I'm drinking heaps of water and taking mucinex. It's actually probably more 'dry' than creamy'. I agree about the symptoms. You can talk yourself into them being BFP and BFN symptoms. Your chart is looking good though.

 

[BelleNuit]

How frustrating Sarah! I hope your O will sneak up and surprise you soon! It's so frustrating when our bodies don't cooperate with us.

I think today is O day for me, but it might be tomorrow. We'll BD again today just in case. Regardless I'm not feeling confident at all this cycle. AF is due Christmas Eve

 

[sarah2211]

Thanks Belle. It's super frustrating. I did an OPK before (midday here) and it's not far from being positive. And I never get positive OPKs (except last cycle). Maybe I'll up the mucinex dose and try and drink even more water. It's weird how it can change so much from one cycle to the next.

I see you're temping again Belle. Is that to confirm O? It looks like you're getting plenty of BDing in. If my cycle is the same as last cycle, AF is due on Christmas Day. Maybe we will both get our BFP on the same cycle... how many times have we said that haha.

 

[LoveCousar]

Hey, Belle, my AF is due Christmas Day. Oh, how wonderful would that be to be surprised with a BFP for the holiday! I haven't checked today yet if I'm gearing up for ovulation, but yesterday there was still none detected. I am definitely trying to remain positive about everything with it being the holidays & stuff. I don't want to be the grinch because of my own personal reasons :-/

 

[LoveCousar]

Sarah - what CD are you on?

 

[sarah2211]

Love, I get you. I'm just feeling so grumpy and grouchy about it all. I don't want to ruin other people's Christmas because of it. I'm CD 16 today and I ovulated on CD 16 last cycle.

 

[Norelisa]

Ask - i have given up a lot since we started ttc, and honestly it got me no where. Although i am still cautious at what i eat and drink on times in my cycle, i am letting go a bit more. DH got me lime strawberry swedish beer and chocolates, very unhealthy but we are enjoying it.

I also decided to buy the VIP membership of FF today since my ttc journey is still going to be a while I think it might be worth it...hopefully anyone else bought the VIP membership?

I think I know that lime strawberry -kopparberg? Like a cider?

I have the ff vip, happy with th, have managed to "forget" I pay for it