clomid club

[babyloulou]

They say every other day throughout the beginning of the cycle- then when you see a positive OPK BD on that day- then again the day after on ov day- then once more the day after for insurance xx

 

[keepsmiling]

so i shud be covered thn
good good xx

 

[lisaf]

Hey all,
BFN this morning (10dpo). That low progesterone test really deflated me though. I just don't think there is any reason to hope... ok thats a bit of a lie because I took 2 tests this morning I've had a couple of slightly nauseous moments but I think they are mostly in my head.
Temp went up a tiny bit and boobs finally started hurting. I just don't think I can stand to get my hopes up again, you know? I'll keep testing because I'll need to go get the progesterone supplements if I am pregnant.
Not much cramping today.. guess that could be a good sign, right? That it stopped? But the day is VERY young for me still so we'll have to see. Last cycle my spotting showed up by the evening of 10dpo so there's a chance I'll be seeing that today, if not, then I'll see it tomorrow or maybe the acupuncture will help keep it away. I just want it to be Friday already so I'll know.. I'm tempted to beg the doctor for a blood HCG test so I can get a definitive answer but I don't want to throw money away on that just yet.

Thanks for the support you all.. its so good to have others who care about your cycle like this and its a nice distraction for me to care about your cycles too.

to early to test that hun x x x

Lol, but if I dont test early, I don't get to test at all!
I just hear about all those early positives and want so badly to get one early myself... don't get me wrong, I'll take whatever I can get... I just also am worried about my progesterone so I feel like I need to know as soon as its possible to know so I can get that covered.

Cramping is back a little but very mild and just feels like pressure.
Just want to bang my head against the wall though because its so frustrating to get these little wisps of hope but know that it means nothing at all until a BFP comes up.
With the cramping I've had for the last several days, wouldn't I have enough HCG to test positive? And if I don't test positive, doesn't that mean these symptoms are pretty much in my head or unrelated to pregnancy?

 

[VickyLou]

Hey lovely ladies i see you have all been busy in here i had so much to read lol and now i cant remember what i have just read lol.

Hope everyone is ok? No bfps yet?

Feeling a little lost this month without the clomid.... Although still getting the mood swings and cramps i was getting while i was on it?? FS said i wouldnt feel anything this month as it doesnt take aawhile to get out of you system but i think thats rubbish cause i feel like i have taken it.

PMA all xxx

 

[caz & bob]

Hey lovely ladies i see you have all been busy in here i had so much to read lol and now i cant remember what i have just read lol.

Hope everyone is ok? No bfps yet?

Feeling a little lost this month without the clomid.... Although still getting the mood swings and cramps i was getting while i was on it?? FS said i wouldnt feel anything this month as it doesnt take aawhile to get out of you system but i think thats rubbish cause i feel like i have taken it.

PMA all xxx

it dose work after you have stoped it google it x x x

 

[keepsmiling]

hey vivky,,, i was denied clomid cos my bmi is too high at 31!!!! im so upset xx
how r u xx

 

[lisaf]

Hey lovely ladies i see you have all been busy in here i had so much to read lol and now i cant remember what i have just read lol.

Hope everyone is ok? No bfps yet?

Feeling a little lost this month without the clomid.... Although still getting the mood swings and cramps i was getting while i was on it?? FS said i wouldnt feel anything this month as it doesnt take aawhile to get out of you system but i think thats rubbish cause i feel like i have taken it.

PMA all xxx

There doesn't seem to be a consensus on this... some claim there is a bit of a lingering effect but others say there isn't.
I kind of relate that to the linger effects of bcp... some doctors say its totally out of your system after 2-3 weeks... but there is clear evidence that it can have linger effects on your body for months later.

So maybe the Clomid got some eggies started last time that weren't ready to pop off, but they were far enough along that your body will be able to carry it through?
My doc thinks sometimes your body can 'remember' how to ovulate on its own after a few rounds of Clomid... of course I kind of think he's an idiot for other reasons but maybe he's right on this one?

 

[DragonMummy]

KS keep on at them - mine was 32 when I went and they gave it to me. Besides getting it back under 30 will only mean losing a stone - that should be a doddle!

 

[caz & bob]

Hey lovely ladies i see you have all been busy in here i had so much to read lol and now i cant remember what i have just read lol.

Hope everyone is ok? No bfps yet?

Feeling a little lost this month without the clomid.... Although still getting the mood swings and cramps i was getting while i was on it?? FS said i wouldnt feel anything this month as it doesnt take aawhile to get out of you system but i think thats rubbish cause i feel like i have taken it.

PMA all xxx

There doesn't seem to be a consensus on this... some claim there is a bit of a lingering effect but others say there isn't.
I kind of relate that to the linger effects of bcp... some doctors say its totally out of your system after 2-3 weeks... but there is clear evidence that it can have linger effects on your body for months later.

So maybe the Clomid got some eggies started last time that weren't ready to pop off, but they were far enough along that your body will be able to carry it through?
My doc thinks sometimes your body can 'remember' how to ovulate on its own after a few rounds of Clomid... of course I kind of think he's an idiot for other reasons but maybe he's right on this one?

your charts looking good hun x x x

 

[keepsmiling]

its got to be under 29,, im not annoyed at that im just annoyed at hom he sed it, but i do want to give it the best chance of working, and maybe im ovulating on my own? i always thought id ov on the 2nd week so we used to have sex on day 14-18,, but as it seems in only ovulating today, maybe weve been doing it at the rong time!!! xx

 

[Britt11]

Britt - how do you know you ovulated after the temp rise? was there anything going on that might have made your pre-o temps higher for some reason? now I'm all nervous that I'm ovulating later, lol (which makes my LP shorter too - yikes!)

Hi Lisa, just because I normally ovulate CD15 and my temps showed CD13, so thought it was the Clomid. Basically when I spoke to the nurse about my IUI, i was concerned about coming in the next morning after my +ve opk b/c this cycle I O'd on the same day....she said and also the FS said dont trust temping, you likely O'd the next day or day after...they are insisting that i come in still after my +ve opk....they have been very successful in helping couples get pregnant, so there has to be something to it....
can you see my previous chart on my siggy?

 

[DragonMummy]

how long were your cycles?

 

[Britt11]

Hi Ladies - can I ask you a quick question (or 2)?

I got prescribed Clomid by FS yesterday and she said to take it CD1 to 5 - is that what you all do? Ive read of people taking it 3-7 or other days - why is that? What difference does that make? Is it if you have a longer cycle you take it at different times?

Also I have a HSG scheduled for my next cycle which means i cant start Clomid til July - do you think I should just start it anyway next cycle before the HSG? The HSG has to be preformed before CD10 so the dye would be out of the womb by then anyway wouldnt it? Should I risk it? What would you do? I know I shouldnt do it but I just want to start clomid and get a BFP..... if Im lucky enough.

Thanks for reading.

Hey Reba,
the FS clinic I am going to has me currently on Clomid and I am getting an HSG (CD9)and IUI done this month lol...I heard that too about concerns of the dye with getting pregnant from someone else but I dont know its different in Canada....they actually want the test to happen soon before the IUI as its suppose to help with the tubes...
I am taking Clomid this cycle from CD3-7 as per the FS, my family doc had me to take it on CD5-9...not sure why the difference and I have always O'd on my own

 

[lisaf]

Britt - how do you know you ovulated after the temp rise? was there anything going on that might have made your pre-o temps higher for some reason? now I'm all nervous that I'm ovulating later, lol (which makes my LP shorter too - yikes!)

Hi Lisa, just because I normally ovulate CD15 and my temps showed CD13, so thought it was the Clomid. Basically when I spoke to the nurse about my IUI, i was concerned about coming in the next morning after my +ve opk b/c this cycle I O'd on the same day....she said and also the FS said dont trust temping, you likely O'd the next day or day after...they are insisting that i come in still after my +ve opk....they have been very successful in helping couples get pregnant, so there has to be something to it....
can you see my previous chart on my siggy?

I read a chat log somewhere with a FS who said that it can take 2 days for your temp to rise after ovulating... which goes against everything else we read.
I also know that some docs get SO stuck on that day 14 ovulation no matter what evidence is shown to them to contradict that...
I don't think anyone really knows.
They need to do a study where they do daily U/S with OPKs and BBTs and see what happens... I'm betting that all scenarios are possible and that it just varies.

 

[VickyLou]

hey vivky,,, i was denied clomid cos my bmi is too high at 31!!!! im so upset xx
how r u xx

Awwwww huni im sorry. Your area must be different that ours then as mine has to be below 35. Just work hard sweety at getting your BMI down like dragon said its only a stone. You could lose that in 2 weeks on the atkins diet. Thats what im starting next week.

Im alright darlin, just feeling a little lost. I thought this is what i wanted to stop trying for a little while but obviously not lol. Oh well. I just have to try and concentrate on other things.

Dont give up sweety, you will get there in the end. xxx

 

[Britt11]

how long were your cycles?

Hey, they were 28days sometime 29 days off Clomid...so very standard and regular....
basically if I o'd on the correct day this cycle than I wasnt in fact late for AF but right on time...

 

[Britt11]

Britt - how do you know you ovulated after the temp rise? was there anything going on that might have made your pre-o temps higher for some reason? now I'm all nervous that I'm ovulating later, lol (which makes my LP shorter too - yikes!)

Hi Lisa, just because I normally ovulate CD15 and my temps showed CD13, so thought it was the Clomid. Basically when I spoke to the nurse about my IUI, i was concerned about coming in the next morning after my +ve opk b/c this cycle I O'd on the same day....she said and also the FS said dont trust temping, you likely O'd the next day or day after...they are insisting that i come in still after my +ve opk....they have been very successful in helping couples get pregnant, so there has to be something to it....
can you see my previous chart on my siggy?

I read a chat log somewhere with a FS who said that it can take 2 days for your temp to rise after ovulating... which goes against everything else we read.
I also know that some docs get SO stuck on that day 14 ovulation no matter what evidence is shown to them to contradict that...
I don't think anyone really knows.
They need to do a study where they do daily U/S with OPKs and BBTs and see what happens... I'm betting that all scenarios are possible and that it just varies.

I couldnt agree more!! I think its very hard to exactly pinpoint O. U/s would be the only way to know for sure I guess....
hope you get your BFP Lisa

 

[lisaf]

Ugh, now I'm having wierd CM... I swear, if my body is just sending me these signs and isn't pregnant, I'm going to punish it... I'm not sure how.. get something pierced maybe... you hear that body? Stop messing with my head!!!

 

[ttcbaby117]

5 days before and a few days after....sounds like you got it covered though. I usually dtd every other day till about 3 days before O then I do it every day....if I can.

 

[mrphyemma]

It really is mind boggling. All these conflicting bits of information could drive you round the bend . I had +opks on Monday and Tuesday and I'm pretty darned sure I have ovulated as the party that was going on in my ovaries has really calmed down today and my cm has changed back to creamy. However there is still the paranoid person inside me questioning my judgement and I'm really tempted to coax DH round to another night of BD when I have already given him the night off. Not sure how it will go down with him though He isn't the randiest of blokes Any advice ladies please?? xx