FutureBabyG, with the Clomid last month, I O'd on cd14, so I suspect it will be the same this month. I'll start using my CB OPK on cd12 (I have to wait 3 days after last Clomid pill). Last cycle, I got my positive OPK on cd13, and had a temp spike on cd 15, which confirmed cd14 was probably it! It could end up being different this cycle, so I'm only guessing, but I suppose I'll find out soon.
Allison
dh and i were ntnp from June- August if i remember right. Then i friends opk. Sept. and found them to be really expensive but knew it would be a while for us trying to conceive and knew my md would want something showing were were tracking ovulation and timing. That's when we bought the cbfm bc in the long run it would be cheaper and more accurate. Since. i work nights temping isn't always an option. Just found out January 1st i will be going to days so that maybe helpful and assist with the baby making.
Everyone probably already said this but what day is everyone testing? Before or after af?
Oh hello savvysaver!! Somehow I missed this post! Glad to see you hopped over, I was hoping you would!
Clomid is supposed to be a miracle worker for a lot of women, so I'm hoping for the best for me too! If you dont O, it will help you to O. If you just O too early or too late (in my case, too early), it helps to regulate you a little better. Some docs even put women on it in hopes of just producing more/better quality eggs. After all, if you have three eggs instead of one, that's three times more chances of getting prego.
Fingers crossed for all of us!! I really hope we see some BFPs this month!!
Oh, and savvysaver, I'm sorry to hear your DH is out of town so much during possible ovulation! That has to be frustrating. As if it isn't hard enough for us already as it is!
Last month (my 1st cycle on clomid), I hadn't yet looked at a calendar to see what day I would probably O. Well, my DH had a trip planned to GA, so I started to think about it, and when I looked at the calendar, I realized that if I O'd on cd 14 like my doc was expecting, then my DH would JUST be getting back in town the very day I O'd. I was SO upset! My very 1st cycle on the med.We were going to miss all those days leading up to O, and then who knew whether or not the egg would even still be hanging around by the time he got home that day. We BD on that Wednesday night (he was leaving at 4am the next morning), but that was four days before my O. He got home around 4pm that Sunday and we BD right when he got home. I confirmed O with OPK and charting, so I know I O'd that day. I wonder now if we just completely missed it, as we definitely minimized our chances of conceiving because of that. It could very well be why I got a BFN last cycle, who knows! I know how frustrating that was for me, so I can only imagine if that was a frequent thing.
Oh hello savvysaver!! Somehow I missed this post! Glad to see you hopped over, I was hoping you would!
Clomid is supposed to be a miracle worker for a lot of women, so I'm hoping for the best for me too! If you dont O, it will help you to O. If you just O too early or too late (in my case, too early), it helps to regulate you a little better. Some docs even put women on it in hopes of just producing more/better quality eggs. After all, if you have three eggs instead of one, that's three times more chances of getting prego.
Fingers crossed for all of us!! I really hope we see some BFPs this month!!
Oh, and savvysaver, I'm sorry to hear your DH is out of town so much during possible ovulation! That has to be frustrating. As if it isn't hard enough for us already as it is!
Last month (my 1st cycle on clomid), I hadn't yet looked at a calendar to see what day I would probably O. Well, my DH had a trip planned to GA, so I started to think about it, and when I looked at the calendar, I realized that if I O'd on cd 14 like my doc was expecting, then my DH would JUST be getting back in town the very day I O'd. I was SO upset! My very 1st cycle on the med.
Hi ERose!
Thanks for the info on Clomid - I am guessing I either don't O or O at a weird time. I took a cheapie ovulation test yesterday (CD7) and got two dark lines. I am not sure if it was by accident or maybe I O extra early. Anyways, DH was at work and of course we had a birthday dinner to attend but as soon as we got home my only plan was to DTD! Still planning on DTD every other day this cycle and I told DH my plan and he is on board! He will only be gone the 14-17th morning so hopefully that won't interfere.
I am sorry about your last cycle, but I know how you feel! My DH travels quite frequently for business in the summer - luckily he doesn't travel too much in the winter. So hopefully after this short trip he won't have to travel again until next summer...
Hoping you are feeling good after starting Clomid yesterday - is it just a couple of pills and then you O?
Yep, its just five pills. The doc tells you exactly which days to take them. Mine are cd5-9, but some are 3-7 or 2-6 (like loubear in this thread). We take the pills for five days, and then you can O within 5-9 days after taking the last pill. Somehow my doc seemed confident that I would O on cd14 or so, and he turned out to be right for my last cycle, so we'll see how this cycle goes!
Ya know, I'm thinking you might be an early ovulater like I was... if you got two dark lines on your OPK on cd7, you could O a day or two later. Did you check to see if the test line got any darker today? I think you're doing everything in your power by DTD every other day anyway, so it doesn't matter too much, but if I were you, I'd still check and see which day the test line is the darkest, and then assume you O'ed sometime around the day after that or so. The only reason I bring this up is because early ovulation was the whole reason my doc put me on the Clomid. Plenty of girls get prego ovulating early, so it's not always an issue at all! But since I had been trying for 10 months, he just thought it was a possiblity that my eggs weren't maturing enough before being released OR the uterine lining wasn't given ample time to thicken before implantation. I think both of those things CAN be a problem for early ovulaters, although not always. Just something to consider. I seemed to be O'ing around cd10 before I got on the Clomid.
