clomid club

[keepsmiling]

i am but i c him on tuesday, if i ca just loose another 3lb then my bmi will be just under 31 so hopefully,,, ill cry if not and he might feel bad xxx
iv just whipped out my wii fit lol xx

 

[babyloulou]

You should be fine with that- he'll probably just suggest you lose more- it's only ivf that they're really strict on I think!

 

[keepsmiling]

uh well he just said try n lose abit n we wil c wot we can do,, if he does give it, ill prob wnt strt til the following month wen mt bmi will be under 30!!!!! it will be lol!!!!
be positive and all that, xxx

 

[caz & bob]

my fs didnt ask about my bmi he just said take the clomid and get pregnant if you dont come back so when i go back i might ask if i can go on injections because there stronger because me and the oh have to pay for awer treatment were privet xx xx

 

[keepsmiling]

how cum u have to pay??
if u dnt mind me asking? how expensive is it? xx

 

[babyloulou]

Good luck keepsmiling- I'm sure he'll give it to you- it's the next step xx

Well girls- I have just taken a photo because I want you to see how annoying my OPKs have been for the last 4 days. Look how "nearly" the bottom two are!! So annoying!!

https://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p170/louise540056/Image201055164925.jpg

 

[keepsmiling]

mine r like the top ones at mo, soooo annoyin, i dnt think iv goin to ov this cycle,, im goin to do another opk tnite at bout half 8 tho just incase lol xx

 

[caz & bob]

the 4th one down is the same as the one i did today then end ones look + hun to me xx xx

 

[keepsmiling]

the bottom ones r sooo close to pos, id say ull get a pos tomo xxx

 

[lisaf]

keepsmiling - You mentioned they did 21 day bloodwork but your cycles are 5-7 weeks? Did they actually do the test on day 21 of your cycle or did they do it 7dpo? So many doctors get stuck on that 21 day number. Of course you might have had it done at the right time and just called 'day 21' test in which case I'll shut up! My friend ovulates around day 22 and her doctor did the test on day 21 (no ovulation detcted) then she got tested again 5 days after ovulation and got a result high enough to be on a Clomid cycle even though she was going all natural! Her doctor still thinks her eggs aren't as good quality with such a late ovulation but there isn't much evidence to say that its a sure thing her eggs are suffering from the late O. Another friend of mine got pregnant off a cycle where she ovulated CD45! Perfectly normal, healthy pregnancy too.

Clairy - CONGRATS!!!!!! I have never heard of the progesterone giving false positives... those pregnancy tests detect HCG.. progesterone does not make HCG so I just don't understand that!

loulou - Some of my cycles have had a similar fluctuation in my OPKs... I get a darker one mid-morning, then my evening one is lighter. This happens for a couple days before I get a true positive. You might be diluting your evening urine which could be contributing. Hope you get a dark one soon!!! What times are you testing? What brand are you using?

Mrs Chambers - one reason why they give you provera first is to make sure that you aren't already pregnant and to make sure your body is capable of building a lining up. I'm guessing pregnancy is not a possibility, but there are some women who find out they are pregnant because the provera doesn't work. Its possible you have a lining issue. There are medications that are supposed to help your lining though, so hopefully this can all get sorted out

I'm officially 3dpo now! I'll be testing early and often as usual. If I start spotting at 11dpo again, I won't have much hope though. I'm feeling more 'relaxed' about this cycle than others... think that means it will work like everyone says? I think its just that I don't have all my hopes riding on it... last cycle I felt like it was my 'last' chance because I'd heard that your chances drop dramatically after the 3rd round of Clomid.
Think there is any chance I'd be lucky enough to get early implantation & early BFP?

 

[babyloulou]

Lisa- I test ALOT throughout the day at this point in my cycle!! The last 3 months they followed normal patterns- never had these "nearly" ones for days before my positive! Oh well- I'll just keep peeing on those sticks! :-D

 

[Rudeollie]

Lou you MUST be almost there for a positive honey xxx Those lines are getting soooo good!

 

[keepsmiling]

hi lisaf welll,,, i told my gp that i didnt have reg periods but mostly they r between 5-7 weeks normally closer to 6 lol
wen i had it done, he said to come in 21 days after my period had started,, and on that perticiualr month i didnt have a period for nearly 8 weeks, and the same thing happened the 2nd time even tho i told him bout my strange periods,,
xxx

 

[caz & bob]

i have never heard that lis i no if you take it for a long time it can do somert to the lineing the last time i took it i got cort on my 4th c but whent the hospital they did an intunal scan and it corsed me to bleed but this time 1st c mc then so i hope i get my this month xx xx

 

[keepsmiling]

right im goin 2 say nite to u lovely ladies, got work tnite, xxx

 

[xkissyx]

congrats clairy on the pregnancy!!

lou i hope ovulation happens for you soon lookls like your not far off now

no ovulation for me yet think i'm in for a longggg wait my okp's look like urs were lou a few days ago a second line but rather faint it's defo there but i sooo wish it would turn possitive

hope all you ladies are doing well xx

 

[lisaf]

hi lisaf welll,,, i told my gp that i didnt have reg periods but mostly they r between 5-7 weeks normally closer to 6 lol
wen i had it done, he said to come in 21 days after my period had started,, and on that perticiualr month i didnt have a period for nearly 8 weeks, and the same thing happened the 2nd time even tho i told him bout my strange periods,,
xxx

Yeah, some doctors just have it in their heads that if you don't ovulate by day 21, then your eggs are no good. This is just not true. I think that some people's ovulation gets delayed by something that may affect he eggs. But by no means is it true that a late ovulation is always a bad egg.
I've even heard some doctors insist that luteal phases cannot be any length other than 14 days.. which again is just stupid and untrue and based off that darned 'normal' ov on CD14, 28 day cycle woman!

I had an issue with my doctor's office insisting on day 21 bloods.. kind of a long story though.
I'm not sure what your cost situation is with bloodwork, but since you have such long cycles, you should ask if they will check your progesterone once a week starting at day 21, that way you can catch a late ovulation. Charting your BBT should show if/when you are ovulating though, if you don't already do that.

 

[caz & bob]

night keepsmiling lou i think you might or o hun xx xx

 

[samfitz]

well the bitch got me so im definatly out this month so now onto a new month for me x x

 

[lisaf]

i have never heard that lis i no if you take it for a long time it can do somert to the lineing the last time i took it i got cort on my 4th c but whent the hospital they did an intunal scan and it corsed me to bleed but this time 1st c mc then so i hope i get my this month xx xx

The statistics are all very confusing. I'm sure some of them filter out people with 'other' fertility factors. Some may even filter out women who are overweight.
Here is one of the phrases that let me think that the 3rd round was my last real chance.
"Research shows that about 40 percent of women using Clomid are able to conceive within the first three cycles. About 50 percent of women are able to conceive within six months of use." That basically says that 40% on the first 3 cycles and 10% on the next three.

I also found people saying their doctors claimed 75% of the successful Clomid pregnancies were on the first 3 and 25% on the next 3.

I ran across an article that said that you are more likely to be resistant to Clomid if your BMI is over 25. The article said losing weight is suggested, but I've read elsewhere that if you are resistant to Clomid, Femara usually works.