on clomid, late period but BFN.

[hopingsoon]

I am so stressed out and need some advice/encouragement. I started taking clomid last month because I have not been ovulating/getting my period regularly since going off the pill last June. I took a med to jump start my period, which started on April 9th. I started my 50 mg clomid on April 12th and had a positive ovulation test (!!! first one ever !!!) on April 25th. Now, I am 30 days into my cycle and 14 DPO, but am still getting BFN. I feel so crazy because I don't understand why my period hasn't started yet... I just need my body to do SOMETHING. Has anyone had an experience like this before???

 

[LBNY007]

Hello hopingsoon,

I am experiencing the exact same thing you are! I've been TTC for 1 year as well. My cycles were 28 days with BC, and still were when I went off of the pills. However, a couple months later, cycle went to 35 days... then they stopped in Dec 2011. I started freaking out that I hadn't had a period in two months (and wasn't pregnant).
So I finally went to my gyno at the end of March, and as you did, she put my on provera to jumpstart my period (which started April 7). I also took Clomid 50 mg on days 5-9 and I kept track of my bbt temps - which I've never done before.
I OV'd on April 24, and my temps stayed high - so I knew the clomid had worked! I had two BFN on 11 & 14 DPO
So at 15 & 16 DPO, my temps dropped and on CD 33 my period started!! I had been spotting a week before, and thought maybe it was implatation?? but sadly no.

So now I wait to start my 2nd round of Clomid on Sunday, still using the same dosage of 50mg. My gyno said it usually takes 2 or 3 rounds of clomid to work. I guess you body had to get used to it?? So crossing fingers for both of us!

Have you experienced any symptoms/cramps?

 

[hopingsoon]

thanks for writing me back! i started today too. i guess that's good news because i finally ovulated! i am going to take the 50 mg again this month starting on sunday! we are clomid twins!!!!

 

[LBNY007]

When you took your 1st round of Clomid, did you take it at night? Did you have any side effects?
I took my first pill last night and (same as before) I have a nice headache this morning. Which never seems to go away, even if I take asprin. I actually had my first hot-flash last month, it was the strangest feeling ever, lol. However I got it a week after my last clomid pill.

 

[hopingsoon]

i take mine at night too... 7:30. i actually had a horrible headache too today! yuck! last time, i had awful hot flashes at night. i would wake up all sweaty and gross-- yuck! last night was okay, so maybe this time will be different, fingers crossed!

 

[Baby2867]

I had a regular cycle before clomid, but when I took clomid my period was a week late! So disappointed!!

1st month I didn't do any ovulation testing.
2nd month I did use OPK and didn't ovulate till later, I think day 21. My Dr also gave me progesterone pills. So I think the late ovulation + progesterone can give you a later period.

A major buzz kill! I was convinced I was preg. So disappointing

Hang in there ladies. xo

 

[Niks]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on this forum. I have been diagonosed with PCOS and never had regular periods.... was on BCP to regulate AF.... but stopped it in Aug 2011. TTC since then... Had a laparoscopy an ovarian drilling done on 24th Feb and did have periods since then.

My OBGYN advised me to pick any day and start on clomid 50 mg.... On CD45 and still no AF and BFN.

Now my gynae has prescribed me Provera and asked me to take Clomid 50 mg again after I get my periods from Day 5 to 9... I am not sure though... shouldn't she increase my dose as 50mg definitely did not work for me? I definitely did not ovulate as my Day 21 progesterone was 1.0.

I am so confused as all this is so new to me... and I am tired of hearing be patient... dont stress.

 

[LBNY007]

Hi Niks,

Welcome! I'm sorry for what you've been going through recently, but hopefully your cycles will start to regulate and with the medication that your gyno prescribed!

I think your gyno wants you to begin with a "fresh start" which is why she prescribed provera and clomid. It's possible you didn't ovulate with your first round of Clomid, maybe it wasn't taken at the correct time of your cycle? Did you take the first round on CD 5-9?

Provera will get your cycle back on track! Which is what I had to take myself (see previous post above) and I also took Clomid 50mg on CD 5-9. I did OV during my first round, however my gyno did say that I may not get pregnant in the first month - usually it takes 2 or 3 rounds of clomid.

This is all new to me as well... never thought I would have been TTC for a year and still not be pregnant. Meanwhile I have an older sister who has a 6 and 9 yr old. Then there is my younger sister who just had her first baby on March 23! Patience is something I'm running out of!!!

 

[hopingsoon]

it's so hard when people keep saying "it will happen" or "you have to calm down and relax." haha, i don't want to relax, i feel crazy! it's insane how crazy making all of this is. it becomes an obsession because it feels so out of our control. i had to take the provera to get a jump start too, so hopefully that will get you "cleaned out" as my doctor put it, and on the right track.

 

[Niks]

Hi LBNY007 & Hopingsoon

Thanks for your comforting words... I really really needed to hear those.

In my last clomid cycled I just picked a day and considered it as CD5.
Baby dust to all of us, hope everything works out and soon.

 

[LBNY007]

I agree hopingsoon, it can be so frustrating hearing from others telling us "it will happen when the time is right" blah, blah, blah! I'm so sick of it! And of course the people who tell us are the ones who got pregnant fairly quickly.

Tell me if any of you felt like shi* on mother's day?? It was so hard for me to watch commericals and even read posts on facebook, which were all geared towards mom's and expecting moms-to-be. Ugh, then to top it all off I had to listen to all of my family who were like happy mothers day to my two sisters... and I got "oh your not a mother yet". OMFG, I wanted to scream!

 

[hopingsoon]

haha, yes. we had a family brunch and i was the only woman there who was not a mother. good times. i've got my fingers crossed for this month. i know i've only been taking clomid for one month, but the fact that it didn't work makes me nervous that something else is "wrong." i think the reality is that i need to stop googling things like, "how many clomid cycles before your bfp?" and "what if clomid doesn't work?"

 

[Niks]

I agree with you ladies... I am googling those things a lot lately and instead of cheering me up it makes me more depressed.

As for the mothers day... I dont want it to come unless I am a mother. I had a big fight with my husband on mothers day... as I was so irritated with the whole thing and he started his lecture on how "I should'nt stress and it will happen"

I hope we all get our reasons to celebrate the next mothers day!

 

[LBNY007]

Hi hopingsoon & Niks,

I wanted to catch up on anything new/changed over the past few days?

I finished my last clomid pill last thurs, 5/17. It seems like the second round of clomid was worse than the first time, with side effects - bad headaches and nausea (even though the dose was the same).

 

[Niks]

LBNY007... I am sorry that you had a bad time.

Nothing new on my side. I finished my Provera dose on 21/05 and still waiting for

 

[LBNY007]

Hi Niks,
One lucky thing I actually didn't have this 2nd clomid cycle is any hot flashes... so I suppose that's good??
When I tood Provera, I got my AF 7 days after my last pill. I heard it can take up to a full 10 days after your last pill, so good luck and hopefully you will have yours soon. Then you can start your official first round of clomid

 

[Niks]

Hello ladies

Hows everyone doing?

So the :witch finally showed upon Saturday and I will be starting my official 1st round of clomid on Wednesday.

LBNY007 - Loved the way u said its my "official first round" instead of 2nd round as now I am more excited about this round.


to all of us.

 

[LBNY007]

Hello ladies,
Niks, that's great your AF started... so the provera did work I hope the clomid works for you this month and much baby dust for you!!

hopingsoon, you must be in the same boat as me... the tww! Hopefully the 2nd round of clomid worked for us and we get a bfp! baby dust to us too!

 

[hopingsoon]

hi there!
LBNY007-- i took my last dose on the 17th too. i'm trying to stay hopeful but i'm so discouraged. i am frustrated because my husband doesn't seem to understand how emotional this is, and all my good friends are pregnant. i feel so isolated in this stupid roller coaster. how many dpo do you guys normally test?

 

[Niks]

Hello Ladies

So I finished 2nd round of clomid without any side effects . just keeping my FX'd that I ovulate this time... all of this is so frustrating.

hopingsoon - I can understand how you must be feeling... all of this is so overwhelming some times and more so when every1 around us seems to get pregnant so fast. But keep your chin up and things will turn out fine.

LBNY007 - How are things with you currently?