clomid club

[Lisa92881]

Hey girls, for those of you who have taken multiple rounds of Clomid...

I took it days 3-7 this cycle, last cycle was 5-9....but it seems like I'm going to ovulate even later this cycle?? Is that possible?? Or is it just not going to work??

 

[Helena_]

your opk will probably just magically turn positive soon. Wait for it!

 

[Lisa92881]

your opk will probably just magically turn positive soon. Wait for it!

Helena I love you....I needed to laugh, thank you! Magic is definitely what I need at this point!

 

[mk8]

hey girls, hope youre all enjoyin the rest of the weekend! im having a teeny meltdown right now. on cycle 3 and keep wondering what if this cycle doesnt work either. sigh. my doc said he would schedule an hsg if nothing after round 4 (he didnt want to do an hsg before clomid- cost issues i guess). i want the hsg to reveal that everything is fine but what next? the doc said if theres a problem, they will "fix" me via surgery- i imagine if they see endo, polyps, fibroids, scar tissue etc (am i right in thinking that the hsg can pick up those things?) but if the results show everything is ok, im "on my own". what does that mean? ive read some people do a lap but i wonder whether it makes more sense to go straight to iui or ivf. what are your thought ladies.

hope you are all feeling less neurotic than me today.

take it easy ladies.

x

 

[zimmy]

mk8 - I had to have an HSG and a lap before my doctor would even consider prescribing me Clomid. Everything turned up fine - no issues. I've just started my 4th round of Clomid, out of 6 total. Not sure what the options are after this, my Doctor wants me to make another appointment after all 6 rounds. IUI and IVF are out for me though, DH does not want to

 

[kel21]

hey girls, hope youre all enjoyin the rest of the weekend! im having a teeny meltdown right now. on cycle 3 and keep wondering what if this cycle doesnt work either. sigh. my doc said he would schedule an hsg if nothing after round 4 (he didnt want to do an hsg before clomid- cost issues i guess). i want the hsg to reveal that everything is fine but what next? the doc said if theres a problem, they will "fix" me via surgery- i imagine if they see endo, polyps, fibroids, scar tissue etc (am i right in thinking that the hsg can pick up those things?) but if the results show everything is ok, im "on my own". what does that mean? ive read some people do a lap but i wonder whether it makes more sense to go straight to iui or ivf. what are your thought ladies.

hope you are all feeling less neurotic than me today.

take it easy ladies.

I'm not sure what an HSG test is, before pregnancy, but I can tell you that endo can be suspected but not confirmed without "going in"! It was suspected in me for at least 10 yrs, but until I had a lap they couldn't confirm. It was then that they discovered I had very severe endo (bad enough to fuse one of my ovaries to the outer wall). After that I went on Lupron, which is supposed to slow the growth of endo by putting you into early menopause. After that instead of going on clomid right away I let my DH talk me into not doing it. That was over a year ago, and I finally talked him into giving it one last go on clomid. So here I am. Sorry that was so long! LOL Hope everything works out for you!

 

[kel21]

Sorry, for some reason I have issues with the quote button!

 

[Lisa92881]

Mk8 - Yes, the hsg can show polyps/fibroids....that's how they found my polyps. But, as you know, my surgery to remove those was a piece of cake.

 

[Feb4th2011]

Hey ladies, I just wanted to drop in and tell my story!

This was my first month on Clomid I took it CD 3-7, I had no symptoms of OV. My CM was non existent. From day one of the clomid, i had a small twinges in my abdomen/ovary area. We BD every other day from CD 11-23. I did blood work on CD 23 to check my progesterone and on CD 26 my Dr. confirmed that with a level of 37.1 I did ovulate! Curiosity got to me and on CD 27 I tested and got my BFP. I have PCOS and struggled big time with crazy cycles 26-77 days... I'm still in shock!

Congrats!! So you don't know when you ovulated?

I'm 12 dpo and got a bfn BUMMED!!! Cramping on and off since 5dpo!!! Lower back pain and everything! What gives, clomid ladies? Is this normal for clomid?

No i really have no idea when i ovulated...

 

[mk8]

Thanks ladies. Kel- did you ever have any ultrasounds to detect endo? Hope everything works out for you!

Zimmy- thanks. Wishing you all the best this cycle! I assume dh sa turned out ok? Have you done a post coital test? Are you responding well to clomid?

Lisa- oh if course!!! Hun, did you ever have an ultrasound before the hsg to look for fibroids/polyps?

X

 

[mrsjennyg]

hi mk8- i had to go through all the IF testing before my doc would consider clomid... including the HSG. that's how my doctor saw that one of my tubes was blocked and then the lap surgery showed it was unrepairable. but without the HSG we never would have known about the bum tube. good luck and keep us posted!

 

[zimmy]

We did have the SA test done, all good there. Never ha a post-coital test though, maybe I'll ask the Dr about that next time. I also have no idea if my body is responding properly to the Clomid - I'm not being monitored at all. I wasn't prescribed it for annovulation, so I guess my Dr is just using a wait and see approach

 

[kel21]

Thanks ladies. Kel- did you ever have any ultrasounds to detect endo? Hope everything works out for you!

Zimmy- thanks. Wishing you all the best this cycle! I assume dh sa turned out ok? Have you done a post coital test? Are you responding well to clomid?

Lisa- oh if course!!! Hun, did you ever have an ultrasound before the hsg to look for fibroids/polyps?

X

I had all kinds of ultrasounds, all the reports would say is endo suspected.

 

[imogenwanted]

hi ladies sorry to drop in and moan, i have a bmi of 37 and was given clomid last month when it was 36 he did not really want me to have it as i shoild have been 35, that was on the 22nd december, well i took clomid 50mg and did not ovulate i am knoe cd40 and still no af and negitive tests, the lady from the clinic rang to day and said due to my weight she would not give me provara to bring on period.

i am so depressed as i feel so hungery all the time and tired, i am ment to be doing lighter life but just cant stick to it this month,

are any of you above a bmi of 3?

sorry to go on and on .

when i do come on she has uped it to 100mg 2-6

 

[cbmd]

imogen - hi welcome...i dont have a high bmi but i would ask why you cannot have provera to start af? i didnt realise it was weight related if you couldnt have it. also you can start clomid without provera, i have and this is how ive been told to take it, so maybe dont worry.
also do you have pcos that is makin you struggle losing weight as then you could ask for different medication to help??
hope clomid works for u first time round
xx

 

[savage1]

Hello Ladies, hope you dont mind me dropping in?

You all seem so knowledgable i thought perhaps you would help me.

I am currently taking Tamoxifen in my desperate bid to become a mum, I go for blood tests on CD2 and CD21. My clinic has written to me today to say the results from my CD2 tests show that my FSH levels have increased to 33.6 which they say is quite worrying. What exactly does that mean?

I thought that these fertility drugs were meant to stimulate my ovaries and therefore any increase in the levels would evidence that it was working? Am i wrong?

Any help would be greatfully recieved?

Thanks

 

[cbmd]

hi savage...i got told i had elevated fsh....11 or something but then was told not to worry as its in the right ratio to the hormone lsh...and it can change levels throughout the month....the basics from what i understand is fsh is like the fuel to make you ovulate or something like that and as you get older you body has to work harder to do this so fsh (the fuel to do it) increases....so naturally with age your fsh would go higher as your egg reserves get lower...sometimes woman can have high fsh earlier than normal....however i got worried then read plenty of women with fsh got pregnant fine......if it helps i actually did conceive my son naturally, it was after a long time trying but goes to show nothings impossible
xxx

 

[imogenwanted]

imogen - hi welcome...i dont have a high bmi but i would ask why you cannot have provera to start af? i didnt realise it was weight related if you couldnt have it. also you can start clomid without provera, i have and this is how ive been told to take it, so maybe dont worry.
also do you have pcos that is makin you struggle losing weight as then you could ask for different medication to help??
hope clomid works for u first time round
xx

Thank you i do have pcos and she said if my bmi was 30 she would give me the provera but as i am over she said i will have to weight as she wants me to be losing weight! which just make sme feel so sad, as i have lost 2.5 stone and now find it hard,

i think i will weight 3 more days and then take it did you just start taking it with out a period
good luck

 

[cbmd]

Yes..I have pcos and no periods at all...my fertility specialist said just assume today is day one...then start Clomid 2-6 ...he said if I don't get a period at end of month ...wait a week then start again...you can be given metformin to help weight loss with pcos..maybe ask your gp about it x

 

[Lisa92881]

Lisa- oh if course!!! Hun, did you ever have an ultrasound before the hsg to look for fibroids/polyps?

X

Nope, I never had an u/s, because there was no reason to suspect polyps or fibroids, no spotting between periods, painful periods, or any other symptoms.