LTTTC, want to be buddies?

[PrincessTaz]

Thank you guys, I'm getting there one day at a time. At one time I was convinced that I'd never even be able to get pregnant, at least now I know there is hope. I've heard about soy on here, do you take it along side clomid or by itself. I'm willing to give anything a go, I'm even considering trying the egg white thing next month.

I'm sorry for your loss to babyjla, it's something you can never full get over.

Hopefully we'll all be getting our :BFP: soon

 

[babyjla]

BH2010, ohhh okay. I've never heard of that. Wonder if it would help with clomid if I took them together??? I'll have to do some research lol. The TWW is making me CRAZY. ! I think I'm imagining symptoms lol. I have been having some pms, so I think I'm going to stick it out and see if AF comes or not. Next Thursday will be the two week mark, so we'll see. Only 8 days to go!!
You'll have to keep me posted on the soy thing though. Are there any side effects?

Princesstaz, thanks. Its hard especially when people around me find it so easy to get preggo. My niece breaks my heart every time I see her because she is just so beautiful. Before I went to the dr I have now, I went to a womens specialist around here, and they told me that unless I lost weight I'd never have children. So I tried and couldnt. I thought I was done for, but finally went and got a second opinion. Man I'm glad I did, he found out about the pcos and what not. Whats the egg white thing? Man, ya'll are throwin all kinds new stuff at me lol

 

[PrincessTaz]

Babyjla. I had the same problem with the weight thing and then even when I eventually got diagnosed with pcos I had to lose about 2st just to get put on clomid. I'll give you a link for the egg whites thing, it'll explain it better then me.

https://www.babyandbump.com/trying-to-conceive/761491-egg-whites-conceive.html

 

[babyjla]

!!! Thats nuts! I'm willing to try it though lol!! I mean, it seems legit so WHY NOT. Man, I hadnt ever heard of that before lol. If you try it you'll have to let me know how it goes!

 

[jeoestreich]

I am at the point where I will try anything once. LOL

 

[PrincessTaz]

There's loads of stuff I'd never heard of untill I came on here lol. But like I said, I'll try anything if it will help me get preggers. I think I'm deffo going to try the soy as well.

I love BnB's. There's so much information and support on here. It really helps when you've had useless doctors who don't want to give you any information or help.

 

[jeoestreich]

My doctor is like that. I wished I would have gotten monitored while I was taking Clomid. It kind of sucks to temp in the mornings because I am always up and down.

 

[babyjla]

Yeah. My sister n law is an medical assistant, so she knows a little bit about this stuff. But she's still no doctor lol. She helps with what she can, but it sucks to have to google 90% of your questions because the doc wont answer the phone lol. Me too on the soy thing! Im REALLY hoping this month is it, but I'm skeptical. I dont want to get excited just to be let down, AGAIN. But DANG IT I want a baby haha.

 

[PrincessTaz]

I eventually got referred to a fertility specialist so it's not too bad now. I got monitored on my 1st round of clomid, through internal ultrasounds and blood tests so at least I knew for a fact that I did OV. It must be so frustrating not knowing
They aren't gonna monitor me again now unless they change my dose but if it made me OV the 1st round I'm thinking it will again.

You should be excited, I genuinely believe clomid is a miracle drug. I've also joined the clomid club thread in the LTTTC forum and there's so many success stories on there and lots of women in the same boat. It's worth checking out if you haven't already.

https://www.babyandbump.com/problems-trying-conceive/59439-clomid-club.html

 

[Lizzy444]

babyjla - to answer your questions....

I'm currently on two injections - one is an FSH (Follistim) and the other is HCG (Ovidrel). The Follistim helps build follicles and the HCG helps them to release. I'm monitored at the beginning of my cycle (day 4ish) then again several days later to see if/how the Follistim is working. Based on that, they decide when I do the HCG....and then the two days after the HCG, we bd.

I used to use OPKs (while I'm Clomid and such) but don't anymore as the RE office tells me when to bd. I'm curious what the OPK would show, but haven't tried it!

If I don't get my BFP this cycle, next cycle the plan is to do Clomid...then Follistim...then Ovidrel.

As for having a difficult doctor...I highly recommend changing! My first ob/gyn in this town was awful - we literally played phone tag for 3 weeks, mainly because she only called me on Friday mornings. I finally changed and the new doctor is wonderful - it was totally worth the hassle of switching things over!

 

[babyjla]

Princesstaz - I havent looked at that, but I'm going to. Any success stories I can get help lol. They make me feel good about whats going on in my own body haha. Thats pretty cool though about the monitoring. I think I would have liked to be monitored so I could see if it was working or not and know FOR SURE, instead of using OPK's.

Lizzy - Wow, I hope all of that works!!! And with the doc thing, I want to but then again IDK. I guess it couldnt hurt to search for a new doc. I think I have an attachment because he figured out I had PCOS and got me started on clomid lol. What a loser, I know Keep me posted!!! I wanna know if that works out for you!!

So I was watching That 70's Show, an episode I had seen a MILLION times, and for some reason I lol. This is definitely fueling the I think I'm preggo feeling haha. I have NEVER even felt sad when watching that episode lol. So strange

I like these little smiles haha.

 

[babyjla]

jeoestreich - Have you tried any other methods of tracking your O? Besides OPK's lol

 

[jeoestreich]

I just temp and check CM. That is about it.

 

[babyjla]

I never have good CM. And I've read that Clomid doesn't help that at all either lol. Which is why I was thinking about the egg white thing next month if I dont get a BFP this month!

 

[jeoestreich]

You could always try PreSeed or Conceive Plus if you do not want to try egg whites right off the bat. They are sperm friendly lube that mimics EWCM.

 

[babyjla]

Hmmmm, I think thats a little more reassuring than egg whites haha. I might try that next month if I dont get my BFP this month.

 

[BH2010]

I'm pretty sure that Clomid and soy shouldn't be taken together as they might counteract each other. The only monitoring my Dr did while I was taking Clomid was day 21 blood work to see if I O'd. That's the part that really kinda bugs me about my Dr. He's just not being that proactive in figuring things out. I haven't had any testing done to see if my lining is ok, if my eggs are ok, if my progesterone levels are ok. Nothing. I mentioned the possibility of having endometriosis to him and his answer was "well there might be some but I don't think it should be enough to affect TTC". How does he know? He didn't check!

Ok, end rant. LOL

I found that Clomid totally dried me up too. My last dose was Feb and I still barely have any CM. I thought about the egg white thing too but chickened out and bought Preseed instead.

Lizzy - You may have already answered this and I just missed it, but did you try Clomid first and then moved on to Follistim and Ovidrel?

 

[PrincessTaz]

I'm pretty sure that Clomid and soy shouldn't be taken together as they might counteract each other. The only monitoring my Dr did while I was taking Clomid was day 21 blood work to see if I O'd. That's the part that really kinda bugs me about my Dr. He's just not being that proactive in figuring things out. I haven't had any testing done to see if my lining is ok, if my eggs are ok, if my progesterone levels are ok. Nothing. I mentioned the possibility of having endometriosis to him and his answer was "well there might be some but I don't think it should be enough to affect TTC". How does he know? He didn't check!

Ok, end rant. LOL

I found that Clomid totally dried me up too. My last dose was Feb and I still barely have any CM. I thought about the egg white thing too but chickened out and bought Preseed instead.

Lizzy - You may have already answered this and I just missed it, but did you try Clomid first and then moved on to Follistim and Ovidrel?

It amazes me how usless and inconsiderate Doctors can be. How do they know what is and isn't going to be a problem unless they investigate it!
I'm nearly bought some soy today but I didn't know what dose to get, I'm glad I didn't now though, I've got an appointment at the fertility clinic in Nov so I'll ask them what they think about it. As for the preseed I've heard good things about about but I not sure where to buy it. I worry about stuff like that on-line, do you know ofa any trustworthy on-line retailers that sell it? I think I'd rather give that a go before I try the egg whites.

 

[BH2010]

I bought the preseed from the actual Preseed website. I'm pretty iffy about buying stuff that online too.

 

[babyjla]

BH2010 - I feel ya on the doctor thing, but mine didnt even monitor me on CD21. I havent heard from him since I was calling to see how to use the clomid lol. So I'm kinda like, SCREW IT. Just give me a script and I'll find my own way to solve all this! I had to take provera to have a cycle because I hadnt had one in 5 months, when we had the ultrasound done he said he didnt see signs of endometriosis, so I guess thats good. Have you used the preseed yet? If you did, how well did it work for you?