On first round of clomid...

[norahbattie]

I was told by OBGYN that anything past 14 days is not natural and tends not to work I hope he is wrong

 

[AndreaFlorida]

Hey ladies I'm on my 3rd round...wishing you all the best of luck and to you all....the first 2 rounds were CD 5-9 but this time against my doctors advice I took it night of CD 2-CD 6 and it was MUCH different lots of O pains and twinges and well spotting somewhat heavy with LOADS of cramps....so FX for us all! Lots of love and again praying we all have 's soon!!

I get mine from the OB/GYN on the base where my hubby is stationed...and they don't monitor anything with me either.....so I know how that can get you down. I do however have a new fertility specialist appt January 18th! So goodluck and we can all hang together thats what this website is for!! I'm on cycle 24!

 

[emzy_11]

My OBGYN said no matter when u ovulate in your cycle u still have a chance of conceiving.. It just won't be as strong a chance as others! To me that is better than nothing. I really don't want to have to take clomid again.. I can't swallow the tablets lol!!

 

[norahbattie]

Congrats emzy, glad to see someone on this thread got their I am still waiting for mine. I am currently 11 dpo and still so who knows what is going to happen over the next week. I want to try to relax but its so hard.

How are all the other ladies going on?

 

[emzy_11]

I was told by OBGYN that anything past 14 days is not natural and tends not to work I hope he is wrong

Mine said you have a chance no matter when you O! Turns out he is right! I ovulated on cd26 and got my BFP last week!

 

[Bugbabe77]

congrats emzy! can i say that i am a little bit jealous as well!?! but in a good way.
I'm currently 12dpo - AF due this weekend and was really hopefull but then had a temp dip this morning so am gearing myself up for the witch. BOOOOO!
oh well, it's really heartening to hear that there are people managing to get their BFPs on clomid - have read so many where there's been no BFP after 6+ cycles so you EMZY are giving me hope!

 

[w2bpg]

Congrats Emyz! I am new to the thread. This is my 1st clomid cycle took it days 2-6. I am on CD 17 and still no O. I have my fx that today is the day but we will see. It is encouraging to me that you O'ed later than "normal" and still got your BFP. hoping for the same luck

 

[CHILLbilly]

Emzy- yay it worked....... so happy to see you're pregnant.... after rereading posts and seeing how you thought O was too late...and surprise it wasn't....
Love seeing that!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck to everyone else with their clomid babies.....

 

[emzy_11]

I was hesitant about posting my BFP on this thread as i know it used to make me disheartened when i was going through all this and everyone else kept crossing over to the other side.
But....i feel that my BFP went against everything we have drummed into our heads. I really dont want to be the advice girl but i feel that i need to tell you what lead to this + as im hoping it will give you all hope.

Long story warning!

I was always one of those girls that had to obsessively chart....i mean i would cry if something mucked up my charting. We get so obsessed with monitoring every move our body makes and documenting it. The very thought of not charting made me fret, especially since we were going camping with family over new years and i knew that i would not be able to chart without it being noticed....eg the alarm going off at 6am for a temp check is going to be heard for miles!!
I thought that this cycle was a bust, even though you always maintain a glimmer of hope, as i had not O'd earlier and in fact i had surpassed even my earliest O date. We were still DTD every second day just to be sure but i went out one night and stayed out way too late, when i got home we DTD but i was upset as that now left an even longer gap between romps..lol.
All i wanted for xmas was an egg and turns out i did as xmas eve bought a + OPK and a temp shift xmas day! Yay xmas egg! In melbourne we had freak storms xmas day which flooded our towns and destroyed our cars....this had my hubby and i seperated for most of the evening....so no change for baby dancing. Another blow to my spirit and it added another long gap between session.....i also had almost no CM this cycle due to the clomid so i really didnt think the sperm had any chance for a long life.
When we were away, no charting, and no way to obsess over the TWW as i thought i had no chance, i also wasnt able to test either. That period whilst i was away i was so relaxed. I gave up on all my obsessions...i ate everything i wanted, i had sips of alcohol(im not a drinker) and did everything that we normally wont do in the TWW.

Now any of you that have read my signature know that i hate the words just relax as if i could just turn it on???? But.....i really think going away to my fav place and cutting out the charting really did make me relax and ........BFP!!!!

Sorry for the long story but i just want you all to know that: No matter how much CM you have, no matter what days in your cycle you DTD, no matter if you chart or not and no matter what day you ovulate.........it can happen!!!!

Stay positive. This cycle was the worst cycle ever for me as i was not intune with anything...but it worked!!!

 

[jm823]

I am crazy with charting.... trying to relax is hard i need to throw away everything and go to a remote island with OH lol... wishful thinking!

 

[emzy_11]

I am crazy with charting.... trying to relax is hard i need to throw away everything and go to a remote island with OH lol... wishful thinking!

hahaha it is really hard. There is no way i could have done it whilst at home. I needed to be secluded and around people so that i couldnt do it. I think relaxing is not so much about doing something to relax but rather finding small ways to take your mind off things that make you have and shifting your focus onto that. Don't get me wrong i was still always thinking babies but i didnt have anything to focus my obsessing onto like charting.

I have also read that women who have a HSG test are sometimes more fertile in the direct months after the test which is funny as that cycle i had one done. Something about the test flushing the uterus and tubes with the dye cleans them out. I would not wish the pain i had during that procedure on anyone but if that is what it takes next time then i may consider it....this time with alot of sedation though!!!

 

[CHILLbilly]

the only women or ppl who can tell me to relax are LTTTC'ers... LOL

i agree...i had a last year and it was on the cycle before our trip to fertility specialist to try IUI.... i didn;t think it would work.......but it did!! was sooo happy but unfortunately it ended at 8 weeks with a freak partial tubal..implanted at the top part of my uterus......
that being said..i plan to relax these next clomid cycles and just bd every other day until I test!!!!! LOL
no 2ww symptom spotting..just gonna live life and be positive about making a baby!!!!

 

[heavenly]

Hey guys

I am my first cycle with Clomid.

Been TTC for 4 years, I am 46 on Tuesday and OH is 35. My FSH is 6.2 and OH has some abnormal forms so FS said to give Clomid a go for 4 cycles. If that doesn't work, we will be looking at IVF/ICSI.

50mg Clomid on CD2-6. My ClearBlue Fertility Monitor showed a High yesterday and today (CD9 & 10), so hopefully a Peak is around the corner! I have a scan with my FS on Monday (CD13), so hope it gives me some info!

Had no side effects so far.

Good luck to all you lovely ladies. xx

 

[norahbattie]

Welcome heavenly

Thanks for giving us hope emzy with your story, unfortunately the big bad witch got me yesterday or at least I'm sure it's the witch! It started with some pinky discharge (sorry TMI) on wiping and today again only on wiping but more brown. I'm pretty sure this is the start of AF as I'm due yesterday but I'll keep you all posted

 

[CHILLbilly]

oooh norah.......don;t want to get your hopes up but brown sounds good!!!! weird as that sounds..haha

 

[norahbattie]

Afraid brown turned to bright red and lots of it, damn stupid I HATE YOU!!!! see you ladies in round 3 for me

 

[jm823]

I will be joining you guys soon as well temps dropping today and us due tomorrow. I really do not know how to remain strong. This constant disappointment is killing me inside I am emotionally tired of it all. Putting on my happy face is not working anymore. What is round 3 going to do differently that 1 and 2 did not? ugh sorry for the rant guys

 

[CHILLbilly]

so sorry to hear you have to start another cycle.... I understand the heartache when yu start a new cycle.... been there for sure.
Be good to youself for the next few days.....
we're here for you!!!!!

 

[emzy_11]

I will be joining you guys soon as well temps dropping today and us due tomorrow. I really do not know how to remain strong. This constant disappointment is killing me inside I am emotionally tired of it all. Putting on my happy face is not working anymore. What is round 3 going to do differently that 1 and 2 did not? ugh sorry for the rant guys

I'm not sure if this will help or not but my dr told me statistically round 3 has the highest success rate that the first two. He always told me not to worry bout round 1 and 2 because he would expect round three to be the lucky time.

 

[mojo86]

Hi ladies I am about to start my first round of clomid (hopefully this coming week) taking provera at the moment to bring on AF then all set to take 50mg days 3-7. Little bit nervous - mostly due to the fear of the side effects lol. I am not having any scanning either. Got to freeze my weekly urine samples and hand them in to the labs after week four for my results. Best of luck and baby dust to you all xxx