Clomid/Femara Testers - TTC #1!

[horseypants]

haha, starlight, i have so many of them, i need to stop mentioning it!

for you on your 2ww. you will be our third prego?

 

[Smiler82]

Lucy - how you feeling today hun? Hope you got through yesterday ok xxx what news on your temp?

Starlight how many dpo are you? Decided if/when you'll test?

Horseypants sorry you had a crappy day feeling any better?

AFM I'm a little worried.... Iguess it could be the clomid -TMI warning - but AF was really heavy CD1 & 2, CD3 I only needed one pad all day. Then this morning I went to the loo and it's just horrible dark brown yuk. The only other time I've ever had that brown stuff is after my miscarriages. So it's freaked me out a little...usually AF is heavy for a couple if dayx, medium for another couple then a day of light followed by a bit of spotting. Has this happened to anyone else? Could it be the clomid? Worrying it was a chemical....but will never know I guess

 

[moose31]

hey ladies ! Havent posted in awhile but ive been following

10dpo today had positive opk back on CD16.

SS: 3/4dpo L sided cramps, 9dpo back ache sided cramps, today nausea, bad headache and cramps......FX

spoke to doctor yesterday about this months labs... CCCT (100mg CD5-9)
CD3 FSH 7.8 Estradiol 18, CD10 FSH 7.4 Estradiol 120
she said they were great not prescribing clomid next cycle......but having HSG scan if not pregnant this cycle....

 

[Starlight2012]

Thanks horseypants - hope today is a better day!

Smiler - sorry you're feeling worried clomid can do funny things to our bodies so that is probably why your AF is a bit different this month

I am 8 dpo now and I think that I will test at 15 dpo - It is tricky because I am also on progesterone supplements for lining but it keeps AF away even if BFN, , and I won't stop the progresterone until I know I am not pregnant, so I guess that means that I have to test!!

 

[Lucy529]

smiler- i too think that it's the clomid i had not had af for more than three months and i thought i was going to be heavy too but i only needed liners and maybe 4 tampons for the whole time. i got through yest. although it was a little hard but my hubs made it tons better he told me that he had never thought that he could be so happy and that it was thanks to me that made my night tons better and today i keep smiling thinking about that. he always tells me he loves me but last night just felt so nice am all over the place with this clomid
my temp went up but not much but i guess that i have to keep temping to see what happens

horseypants- hope that today is a much better day for you

i am glad that we have a place where we can go and talk to other ladies going through the same thing it makes this so much more easier

:wave: to everyone else

 

[horseypants]

i got kind of happy yesterday and im trying to keep it going through the weekend. smiler, ME TOO. this af has looked more like my mc "spotting" than a real af and it has me totally freaked out as well. i'm thinking best case scenario, it's the signature clomid thin lining but seriously, this could be a chemical, ugh. i've been taking my second round pills anyway - but if this was just af, it should be gone today or tomorrow and this morning was more than yesterday......... i've got a doctor's appointment on nov 28, but that's a ways away. are you seeing your doc anytime soon? lets keep eachother informed .

 

[sara115597]

Hi ladies,

I promised myself I wouldn't take a test until tomorrow morning since my pelvic exam is in the morning....but I gave in and took one tonight. I think it is a !!! Let me know what you guys think. The line showed up right away (very obvious in person, but I am worried because it is a blue dye test) and I plan to confirm tomorrow morning with a FRER.

CONGRATS MICHELLE!!! That looks liek a BFP TO ME!!!!! Soooooooo happy for you!!!!

 

[sara115597]

Well Hope everyone is doing good today!

So had my Vaginal U/S yest and Everything is good. No cysts so I will be starting round 2 of chlomid tomm. 100 MG.

Horsey pants, i'll hope you'll be abel to keep yourself happy through the weekend. I think your so stressed, and I hope everything works out for you soon and you get your BFP!!!

Thank you to whoever initiated this forum group,I completely agree with LUCY529 and I really appreciate having people I am able to talk to who are goign through the same things.

 

[Lucy529]

horseypants- YAY!! for being in good spirits we should keep it going for the rest of the weekend at least am going to try to concentrate on the positive and try to let go of the neg.

sara- good luck hun on 2nd round hope that your BFP is right around the corner for us all

ladies did clomid make you all bloated and gassy? sorry tmi but am really bloated the later part of the day and then gassy as heck, it makes me mad bc i feel huge lol

 

[pinksprinkles]

Can any of you lovely Clomid ladies take a look at my chart? I'm clueless as to what's going on. My BBT charts are always super easy to read but this month (1st clomid cycle) is completely weird.

(My FF chart is in my siggy.)

I thought I O'd on CD14. Temp went up (out of the blue) and all of my Clomid side effects disappeared overnight. I went from INSANELY SICK insomnia, vomiting, hot flashes, so much that my doc said maybe I shouldn't take clomid ever again, to totally fine. I also had ovary pain and light cramping. The same day, I had an u/s done and the tech said I had two follicles, one at 18mm and one at 20mm, and she would guess I had probably O'd. Also, I had faulty OPK's leading up to that, so I don't know what my LH looked like the two days before.

I bought new OPK's after the u/s and they showed I was in the middle of my LH surge.

But then my surge lasted another couple days and the pain in my ovaries and light cramping is still going even now.

Even stranger, my temp has been steadily falling for a few days now and as of Tuesday I started getting fertile CM. Today my cervix is so high I can't reach it and that usually happens at O.

I would think that with all my symptoms disappearing overnight along with the temp rise and O pain would mean I O'd Monday. (I really thought I did!!)

Does anyone think I didn't? Does anyone think I may be O'ing again? I know there have been couple studies that show women can ovulate multiple times in their cycles and it can happen many days apart, but none of those studies have also included a BBT study or a CM/CP study. It has all bee u/s)

Anyway, I will keep BD'ing. Though I am concerned about having maybe not O'd yet because my DH is supposed to go to CA next week and I to AL to see our families for Thanksgiving.

Any thoughts?

(Sorry this is so long, I'm trying to include as many details as possible.)

Thanks ladies!!

 

[BeeStrong]

Congratulations to Michelle and Hythorn!!! That gives me hope that maybe I will be one of the lucky ones who falls preggers On the first round of Clomid.

Smiled- so glad you like the meditation! I just love her voice and the music.

I'm in the two week wait now. I know I Od a couple of days ago, most likely Thursday. I got my positive OPK on Monday and didn't test again after the first. I had fertile CM and cramping Monday through Thursday then completely gone on Friday. I also had a big temp dip on Wednesday. Now for the horrid wait. I think it's going to be a long two weeks!

 

[Hythorn]

Thank you so much for your well wishes. I used meditation and visualisation this month and I really think it helped. I have my first scan at the fertility centre on December 3rd with my fertility specialist then I transfer to the obgyn on the 9th of January. I'm praying I make it that far this time.
On a funny note my dental nurse knew I was pregnant a week before I got a BFP. She spotted it last time as well! Which meant that I have been wrecking her head every month since my miscarriage asking her if I looked different this month. I think she's relieved. She also spotted the week before I miscarried as she though I looked grey which means for the next 8weeks if she looks at me at all I will be analysing her facial expressions.... A whole new bunch of crazy!

 

[Lucy529]

Hythorn- congrats it never ends does it LOL if it's not one thing it's an other

:wave: hi ladies hope that you are all doing ok

afm well i think that i did o maybe yest or the night before i had been having some reallly sharp pains in my ovary (sorry tmi) even BD was painful a little my temps i guess will tell in time i just wish it would hurry up and get here already

if anyone wants to have a look at my chart go ahead lol todays temp is disturbed bc i woke up at 2:30 am and then again at 4:30 am and could not go to sleep right away and at 6 when i normally wake up that is what my temp was so i think that i just need to wait and see what you all think?

 

[MrsElsie]

Congratulations to Michele and Hythorn! That's wonderful news, I wish you both a happy and healthy pregnancy, thank you for sharing and inspiring!

PinkSprinkles - I'm pretty confused by your chart too. You can definitely have cycles where your body gears up to ovulate but then doesnt actually produce an egg, so you get all the symptoms (temp rise, OPK, CM) but the temps dont stay up. This happened to me a while ago and I had two OPK surges in that (quite long) cycle. My doctor has advised me not to temp as he thinks it just ends up stressing us out and can be affected by quality of sleep among other things, but I think it is good to have a point of reference.

I've just caught up with the thread as have been out of town for a week. Am still waiting to ovulate. Good luck to everyone I hope we get some more BFPs soon x

 

[Breaking Dawn]

hi ladies,

I've just read your entire thread to get an understanding of TTC#1 with clomid.

I just found out that when I ovulate the follicle size is approx 15 mm, whereas it should be 17-18mm. This may have been the cause of my chem pregnancy in october. My dr would like to start me on 50 mg starting next cycle..i am waiting for AF to arrive on Wed.

This past cycle that's almost ending i had numerous u/s to track follicle growth, bloodwork, an hsg and a sono. everything else looks good except the size of the mature follicle. this past cycle i ovulated on nov 6th and the follicle was measured at 15mm...we did BD around O-day but after learning this news...i'm not holding out hope on getting a bfp.

Can you offer any tips and/or advice for new clomid user?

I've read so much:
- take it at night to avoid symptoms?
- it dries up CM? how do you fix this?
- ovulate naturally but use clomid - any impact on Oday?
- opks..false positives?

thanks so much for your help ladies....i'll most likely be joining this thread for next cycle 1st time using clomid...

 

[charlie00134]

Hi, I'm 3dpo on my 5th cycle of Clomid, TTC 44 months. I've only ovd once before but I think I have this month. D21 bloods on Thursday. AF due 1st Dec if I ovd going to try hold off testing until then.

 

[Smiler82]

Hi Ladies

have been away for a few days, nice to get away! Want to say a big THANK YOU for putting my mind at ease re weird bleeding.... I think it sounds like a side effect of the clomid. I'm not letting myself think it was anything else now. I'll never know so I don't want to muck up this cycle and have just finished my 3rd round of pills. CD7 today so will crack out the OPKs soon

Hythorn - that is so interesting to hear you used meditation and visualisation the cycle you fell pregnant I've just started doing it and it's helping me already, so FX!

Beestrong - yeah I find the track so relaxing, almost to the point where I can't sleep now without listening to it first! Am really enjoying it

Pinksprinkes - I am also confused by your chart I'm really sorry but I haven't got much input for you...it could just be that you've not ovulated yet but your body is trying, as MrsElsie said. Did you say you had faulty OPKs before? You sure these ones are ok?

Lucy - what was your temp today? I hope it's given you a clearer indication! I had bad pains last cycle too, and BDing was very painful the night I ovulated. FX this was it for you

Starlight - not long til testing! How are you feeling?

Horseypants - how is everything with you? Have you finished your latest round of clomid yet?

Breaking Dawn - hello! I cant answer all your questions but I will say:
- taking clomid at night has just been giving me night sweats and some days find it hard to get to sleep as I'm too hot! I'm thinking that if I'm not pg this cycle, next time I will take it early evening instead. But I've not really had any other symptoms so other people who get more side effects than me may think differently!

- We've been using PreSeed, or you could also try Conceive Plus to combat dry CM.

- I don't ov regularly so can't really say but I have read some ppl on here find it can actually delay ovulation when they first start on it

- not sure about false OPK results, never heard this! Anyone else?

 

[horseypants]

I finished my second round of pills and am unsure I should have ever started it! I had a very wierd, light af that reminded me of the spotting i had during my last pregnancy (which did not work out) more than a real af. i'm still not sure it has completely stopped, gr. mood is good though . hugs everyone, and welcome charlie and others. i've got some updating to do with our front page but have been procrastinating.

 

[charlie00134]

I'm having a nightmare day today. Because I don't have natural cycles at all all of the normal symptoms are killing me. I'm so crazy emotional today that I feel as though I may breakdown in tears over nothing. I hope it's all worth it.
Hope everyone is good x

 

[horseypants]

charlie, i know how that is. i have long cycles too. do you chart/temp? i started that and it's saved me from going all the way nuts