Clomid/Femara Testers - TTC #1!

[LittleLuLu02]

CD8 today. DAY 4 of 100mg Clomid. Side effects so far just BAD headache but it comes and goes tylenol seems to be helpful.
Question: when should I start OPKs ? how long after last dose do you all ussually ovulate?

I was told after clomid you should ovulate anywhere between 5-10 days after your last pill.

 

[horseypants]

..........And Horseypants have you had any luck with O?

Not yet, arg! Doing my best to update post #1 with updates today .

 

[sara115597]

Hey ladies, Mind if I join?

I finished round 1 of chlomid and my progesterone test showed not consistent w/ the big "O"

I am waiting for AF to come so I can get my U/S to see if I have Cysts but if not, I'll start provera.

I do not ovulate on my own, due to PCOS and am on 1500mg a/d of metformin.

good luck to everyone!

 

[horseypants]

welcome sara and all the new ladies! sara, sorry for the newb questions, but tell us a little bit about provera and metformin. i wonder if that should be on my list..... i did my first round of clomid and am on cd 25 with no sign of o yet!

 

[MrsElsie]

Welcome Sara & Moose.

Moose - clomid can give you false positive OPKs if you start testing too early, so maybe leave it a few days after your last pill. I started testing on day 9 after taking it on 2-6 (although didnt get a positive until day 22) .

My temp went up slightly this morning, but it's usually slow to rise. More worryingly i have started spotting again. This happens pretty much every time after I ovulate right up until AF comes. I think I have a hormone imbalance or lack of progesterone but was hoping clomid would help with it - i really dont think it has had any effect this month.

 

[horseypants]

MrsElsie, is your spotting a lot? Or very slight? Has your doc done any tests?

Too quiet in here today! Ladies, what's the latest?

And what are everyone's Halloween plans?


<--oh, u r making snoman?

And for those of you on the East Coast of the U.S., please stay warm and safe. xo

 

[Starlight2012]

Oh, big hugs hun I hope your doc can shed some light on it. Which day did you O on last cycle?

Thanks
last cycle I O'd on D22, and by D14 my follies were about 12mm (compared to 8mm this month). I will just keep hopeful and remind myself that it takes some time for the body to get used to these drugs!!

 

[Starlight2012]

Horseypants and Mrs Elsie - hoping you both O soon!!!

My brothers are both in NYC and I haven't heard from them since yesterday. I suspect they are without power, but hope that they are okay

 

[Smiler82]

Oh Starlight I hope your brothers are ok too. I've been watching the news a lot today - I don't know anyone in New York but nonetheless it looks pretty crazy out there. Though they had on an NYC cab driver who seems to think that out of the 8 million people who live there, only about 20% of people are badly affected and everyone else is sitting around waiting for the power to get back on. Not entirely sure how he knows this, but hey!

I think I already said didn't I, I have heard of people O'ing on one clomid cycle and not another. I think yeah it is just a case of our bodies getting used to it.

MrsElsie sorry to hear about your spotting, you ever had any tests run? I would def ask about it.

As for me I am hopeful I have or am about to ovulate. I got a +OPK yesterday which is negative today, so hopefully soon. I was really excited after my scan, and really, really excited when I got a + but now I'm just worrying it will turn out to be an LH surge without ovulation!

 

[horseypants]

smiler, i jsut looked at your chart and it is somewhat promising. fingers crossed. have you ever done opks this early in your cycle? i can only see two cycles - this one and the last, where o happened much later. ahhh! that'd be so awesome if you o-ed right on time!!!!!!!!!!! looks about right, if the clomid, when it's working, is supposed to make us o5-10 days after, right! it could be that it WORKED!

me, i'm bummed about not o-ing yet, but i still think i will eventually. i've been googling late ovulation and bfp to tell myself i still have a shot this cycle

Starlight2012, i hope your bros arre ok. give us the update when you get to talk to them. 3 feet of water on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange! It hasnt been closed for two consecutive days due to weather since 18 hundred 80 something! This storm is big news and though it's moved on, I bet the city's only beginning to get back to normal today xo. I guess first the power needs to come back!

Ladies, how is everyone? Any ? lol

 

[moose31]

CD9 today last dose of clomid! BD on CD8 and 9 so far WELL we had too!! lost power due to Sandy and DH work was closed ( i just happened to off work ) Hurricannes are good for baby making

We are all the way up in New Hampshire and got the outside of hurricane (winds 60mph and a few inches of rain). my family in NY state and long island not so lucky they are still without power and under water

 

[horseypants]

ooooh! i bet there will be sandy babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are so right about the good baby making weather! i heard something similar about some other horrible disaster. OH it is this! apparently when the power goes out, there are surges of babies born 9 months later lol

 

[Starlight2012]

Finally heard from my brothers yesterday and they are doing okay. Both their apartments lost power and they have no cell service, so they were planning to head uptown to stay with some other family. I've only gotten short msgs from them to know they are safe, but not sure what state their apartments are in! Will hopefully hear more when they get power back, which I sure hope is soon. It must be crazy over there!

Just came back from another scan and there was better news than my last visit where I had shrinking follies (not sure how that even works?? haha). On the left, there are two follies that are working hard - both around 10-11mm!!! On the right, all are small, so not expecting those ones to grow, which is great because of the blocked right tube. I am trying not to get too excited but this is great news relative to the shrinking follies from last visit. Next scan is Friday!

 

[blsacevedo]

I'm TTC #1. Just started Clomid today!! Really hopeful about it

 

[sara115597]

Hey Everyone,

Though Id fill you all in, I will be starting provera today to kick start my AF. Day 3 I will go in for a U/S to check for cysts...then day 5 100MG clomid.

i'll keep ya'll posted!

 

[MrsElsie]

Starlight that's really good news about your follies coming out of reverse! fingers crossed they have had a growth spurt by Friday!

Sandy looks awful - the worst I can ever remember in the UK was a gale and not even close to what even a small hurricane looks like, let alone a monster like Sandy. I wonder if Sandy will be a popular baby's name in 9 months!

Good luck Blsacevedo - are you on 50mg? And Sara I hope you get the all clear for the clomid.

Horseypants I've had more tests than I can remember to try to work out what my problem is. I had a hysteroscopy to remove a polyp last month and we hoped that was going to stop the spotting, but it hasnt. It appears that I dont ovulate regularly, and when I do the egg quality is not good enough (hence my miscarriage in Mar) so i dont produce lots of progesterone which then makes me bleed early (only a small amount). I saw my specialist yesterday and he confirmed my day 21 progesterone levels were extremely low (which i knew anyway) and he thinks it likely although I got the LH surge on Friday I probably didnt ovulate, so now I've started spotting. So I didnt even get 3 days of my 2WW! But he's given me 100mg of clomid to try next time. So now just waiting for AF to start next week.

On the plus side I'm off on holiday soon and at least will be able to indulge in a few nice cocktails rather than having to deal with morning sickness if it had worked!! How are things with you?

 

[Lucy529]

Hi Ladies i have been reading along but there is not alot going on on my end at the moment i am still on the provera tom is the last day and then i pray af decides to show up so i can get on clomid

gl to all those starting the 2ww and those waiting to o

horseypants been thinking lots of you and keeping you in my prayers that you o soon if you haven't so already gl hun

 

[horseypants]

still waiting, oh SO grumpy! yay for all your updates. you cheer me up with your good news ....welcome, blsacevedo. adding you to post #1!

 

[Smiler82]

Starlight I'm so pleased for you that you finally heard from your brothers, what a relief. Some of the images coming through are shocking aren't they. But yeah I totally agree there'll be a baby boom in 9 months' time! That's what happened when the credit crunch hit wasn't it, as people couldn't afford to go out

That is also great news your follies have done a u-turn Starlight Really hope it leads to O.

MrsElsie I don't know about doing it whilst on clomid, but I do read a lot of people on here using natural progesterone cream. It might be worth looking into it if you haven't already? I hope the 100mg does the trick, it certainly seems to have worked a lot better for me than the 50mg did.

horseypants did you get to ask anyone about increasing your dose too?

I don't want to be to 'woop-woopy' as I know a lot of ppl on here are feeling quite frustrated at the mo, but I'm pretty sure I ovulated on CD16. Just need one more high temp tomorrow and FF should confirm. I have never ovulated this early, EVER. I really hope you all get to up your doses too xxx

 

[sara115597]

Starlight that's really good news about your follies coming out of reverse! fingers crossed they have had a growth spurt by Friday!

Sandy looks awful - the worst I can ever remember in the UK was a gale and not even close to what even a small hurricane looks like, let alone a monster like Sandy. I wonder if Sandy will be a popular baby's name in 9 months!

Good luck Blsacevedo - are you on 50mg? And Sara I hope you get the all clear for the clomid.

Horseypants I've had more tests than I can remember to try to work out what my problem is. I had a hysteroscopy to remove a polyp last month and we hoped that was going to stop the spotting, but it hasnt. It appears that I dont ovulate regularly, and when I do the egg quality is not good enough (hence my miscarriage in Mar) so i dont produce lots of progesterone which then makes me bleed early (only a small amount). I saw my specialist yesterday and he confirmed my day 21 progesterone levels were extremely low (which i knew anyway) and he thinks it likely although I got the LH surge on Friday I probably didnt ovulate, so now I've started spotting. So I didnt even get 3 days of my 2WW! But he's given me 100mg of clomid to try next time. So now just waiting for AF to start next week.

On the plus side I'm off on holiday soon and at least will be able to indulge in a few nice cocktails rather than having to deal with morning sickness if it had worked!! How are things with you?

Thank you!! I really hope I do also!! as I dont know much about this and have done alot of reading, once I go in for a U/S to see about cysts, if I dont have any, do I start the clomid? Or even If I do have cycts do I also still start the clomid?
I hope your AF comes so you are able to start the clomid! GL!! And yes, cocktails are always needed/ expecially aroudn the holiday season!!!