Clomid/Femara Testers - TTC #1!

[Smiler82]

Aw thanks!! I am really excited for this cycle but at the same time don't want to get my hopes up as high as I did last cycle

Hopefully this is the last you'll see of AF for the next 9 months xxx

 

[Starlight2012]

Oh I understand not wanting to get your hopes up too high, but being hopeful is always a good thing (I think that I may have previously gotten that from you!)

Hoping that this cycle will do the trick for us both!

How are other things? I am having a hard time getting motivated at work!

 

[Smiler82]

Haha yeah that sounds like something I'd say It's a real knife-edge situation - positive thinking is great, and I've been doing the meditation cds etc to help me stay positive. But then getting hopeful but getting a bfn is rubbish

I have done NO work today!!! None!! I work at home, went off for a leg wax this morning, did a bit of xmas shopping, came home and made soup for my poorly DH, and been on my laptop for about 2 hours now and just been chatting online instead....I really need to disconnect the Internet How about you?

 

[AmandaWI]

I don't normally ov at all but I ov around cd15 on Clomid. it can have early ov

Congrats Charlie! That gives me so much hope. So far I don't ov on my own either. Dr said I should try Clomid after this cycle if I still don't ov. I really hope it works for me too. How many cycles have you done Clomid?

this was my 5th cycle. I didn't ov on 50mg, then didn't ov on 100mg, then did on 100mg with Metformin, didn't on 100mg with Metformi, then did this cycle on 100mg with Metformin. x

Wow, you've been on a roller coaster! I'm so glad it finally happened for you I have to keep telling myself that even with Clomid it might not happen right away. I wish I didn't have to wait another cycle before starting it.

 

[Starlight2012]

Oh I know, it is so tough to get hopeful then see a BFN. But that is why it is great we have each other who understand these ups and downs !

I managed to do work for about an hour...and here I am again hahah. Any luck on your end? What kind of soup did you make? I have been on a homemade soup kick lately!

 

[charlie00134]

I expected Clomid was going to be all sunshine and lollipops but I was wrong. worked out in the end so don't give up. x x

 

[AmandaWI]

I expected Clomid was going to be all sunshine and lollipops but I was wrong. worked out in the end so don't give up. x x

Thanks!

 

[Smiler82]

Oh I know, it is so tough to get hopeful then see a BFN. But that is why it is great we have each other who understand these ups and downs !

I managed to do work for about an hour...and here I am again hahah. Any luck on your end? What kind of soup did you make? I have been on a homemade soup kick lately!

Well I got one bit of work finished that I needed to do, and I was going to move onto another project but I think I'll start tomorrow!!!

I just made a veggie soup - carrots, potatoes, onion, leek, swede, etc, bit of cumin and coriander and ta da! Done It is pretty much the only recipe I do! My mum bought me some soup recipe books but a surprising number of them have cream in and I want to be healthy

I expected Clomid was going to be all sunshine and lollipops but I was wrong. worked out in the end so don't give up. x x

Charlie do you mind me asking which days you DTD and which day you O'd on your BFP cycle?

 

[charlie00134]

DTD CDs 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 24. Pos POK on CD14 so FF says ov'd CD15. AF was CD1 - 3 with spotting on 4. Clomid CD 2 - 6

Hope it helps someone x x

 

[Starlight2012]

Oh I know, it is so tough to get hopeful then see a BFN. But that is why it is great we have each other who understand these ups and downs !

I managed to do work for about an hour...and here I am again hahah. Any luck on your end? What kind of soup did you make? I have been on a homemade soup kick lately!

Well I got one bit of work finished that I needed to do, and I was going to move onto another project but I think I'll start tomorrow!!!

I just made a veggie soup - carrots, potatoes, onion, leek, swede, etc, bit of cumin and coriander and ta da! Done It is pretty much the only recipe I do! My mum bought me some soup recipe books but a surprising number of them have cream in and I want to be healthy QUOTE]


Mmm that soup sounds great. I agree lots of soups call for cream, and I don't like to add that either. Other good ones I have come across with no cream is mulligawtawny, beef and barley, or butternut squash soup! Mulligawtawny soup was my DH's favorite and great if you like curry

 

[horseypants]

I hate work lately! Soup sounds yum. Just popping in for the update after seeing the doc. She ordered a bunch of tests. Then when I left her office, af got me! I'm glad.

 

[Lucy529]

horseypants-

 

[Breaking Dawn]

DTD CDs 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 24. Pos POK on CD14 so FF says ov'd CD15. AF was CD1 - 3 with spotting on 4. Clomid CD 2 - 6

Hope it helps someone x x

Congrats charlie...thanks for the advice,.

I may just end up following this....as we were going to start BD every other day as of CD 9/10. Im on CD6 today ..day 3 of clomid.

 

[charlie00134]

horseypants - sorry the witch got you


breakingdawn: glad I can help, it's basically the smep I've been following x

 

[Smiler82]

Thanks for sharing Charlie! We also did SMEP last time but it didn't work for us. This time we decided to see if just every other day is better. I do worry a little about my DH's sperm...his results came back ok last year, but he doesn't always look after himself that well

Horseypants I'm sorry AF arrived But I guess you must be glad to just know where you are now. How long til you get your test results?

Starlight - mm butternut squash! That's a good idea. Might try mulligatawny (sp?!) too - I had a shop-bought one recently and it was ok but not great. Homemade is def the way to go

AFM my temp rose this morning so I don't know if I ov'd yesterday. I only got a +OPK yesterday though so I'm not sure. I've been a bit under the weather this week so not sure I can rely on my temps that much!

 

[charlie00134]

it was sort of smep, sort of when we got chance lol

 

[Starlight2012]

horseypants - sorry to hear that AF arrived what types of tests are your doctor running for you?

smiler - Hope that temps can confirm or O or that it is right around the corner! this is a great recipe for mulligatawny soup if you wanted to try. very hearty so eats like a meal! the only change i made was that i didn't add the cream, and didn't even miss it!
https://allrecipes.com/recipe/mulli...y soup&e8=Quick Search&event10=1&e7=Home Page

AFM - I am just finishing up my last 150mg clomid today, and will be going in for first folly scan on Monday D10. hope my follies get growing!!

 

[Smiler82]

Ooh thanks Starlight! I will give that one a go. My DH has coeliac disease and Mulligatawny was always his favourite soup but the tinned stuff is no longer gluten-free. And how embarrassing I always thought it was a Welsh soup not Indian hahahaha

I hope your follies get going quicker this cycle Starlight! Got everything crossed tight for you x

 

[Starlight2012]

Yes do give it a try - it is also great that you can make sure it is gluten-free so your hubby can enjoy it I think the soup may be a mix of welch with some indian influences, so I don't think that you were totally off!

Yay for it being Friday!!

 

[Breaking Dawn]

Hi Ladies..yay its fridayyy!

Today is CD8 and last day of clomid!

I'm planning on starting OPKs on CD10 does that sound right?