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[R&G2007]

Hey R&G - I think Soy is the "natural" Clomid...and they even take it the same way - like for 5 days at the beginning of the cycle. Im not sure about the dosage but Im sure other ladies here will be able to help

Why won't your Dr give you Clomid yet?

Hey Maria,

The fertility specialist wont give me clomid until my BMI is under 35, currently 36ish and I have to wait for my doctor to refer me back to her

R&G- I would recommend soy as well you might want to start out at 100mg or 80mg depending on were you buy your pills at. If you get them from walmart then they are 40mg tabs so I would start out at 80mg and work you way up. As far as when to take them it will be totally up to you just take them like you would clomid doing CD2-6, 3-7, or 5-9. GL hun I hope this helps you out.

What tyoe of soy tablets do I need?

 

[LadyofRohan]

Courtney--Ouch poor shoulder! I'm sending ((((healing vibes))))) your way! But hurrah for ovulation!!!

Has anyone taken their Clomid on days 5-9? If so can you tell me what day you usually ovulate? I went in for an ultrasound last week and the doctor said that it looks like the ovaries were preparing to release two eggs but that it wouldn't be on CD14 but later on.

I haven't been temping because firstly I was on a work trip and in a completely different time zone and recently I haven't been getting any sleep . It was royally messing with my chart (started to look like a rollar coster track) and I just gave up. So I have no idea if/when I ovulated!

I did have some low cramping around CD11-14 and today I have an upset stomach. Other than that I really don't have any symptoms. I don't usually check CM because I have this paranoia that I may 'contaminate' things by checking

 

[redrose27]

sma- i am on CD 12 currently I am waiting to O hope its soon.

R&G- It is called soy iso (spelling is longer then that though).

Lady- You wont contaminate anything if you wash your hands before you do it. I have to take my cloimd on those days but I have know idea really.

 

[Courtney1020]

Hi ladies,

Well I had my 2nd temperature rise today. I'm still scared to believe I ovulated though... If that pain I had wasn't ovulatio but a cyst would a cyst also cause a rise in BBT?

My nipples are also very sore and cm is back to totally dry!

I have my bloods next Tuesday...I'm really scared they'll show no ovulation...

Courtney - ouch about the shoulder. Hope you are not in too much pain. But Yay on the ovulation!!! I have a question for you actually - what was the trigger shot for? My gynae never mentioned anything about a shot...

The trigger shot was for ovulation. I had it to make sure that I O. Apparently, some women on Clomid will produce follicles, but they never release! So I am thinking that since I did 7 rounds of Clomid and never got pregnant, my FS decided to trigger my O since I may not have been actually O'ing

 

[Whitbit22]

Hope it works Courtney! I think that was my problem while on clomid. The first cycle I think I O'd on CD 16, but after that I developed painful cysts.

 

[Born2BeAMommy]

R&G2007 I believe she would be talking about Soy Isoflavones that are used like Clomid

 

[MariaF]

Well, girls I have 3 consecutive temperature rises. Does this mean I ovulated? Can anything else cause temp rises? Like a cyst or something?

I have my blood test on Tuesday and Im soooo nervous it'll show no ovulation

My boobs are sore, especially the nipples and I have a lot of creamy CM. But both of these can be from Clomid so Im not reading too much into them.

3DPO - 3 days down, 10 to go!! I would just be really happy if the first round of Clomid made me ovulate on CD19! It's more than I could have hoped for

How are we all doing today?

 

[Whitbit22]

Hi hun. I don't think a cyst would cause a rise, since a cyst would mean you didnt ovulate, the proper progesterone needed for a temp rise wouldnt be produced. Which is why when we get cysts we can go a while with no af while it resolves itself. I think your chart looks great!!

 

[MariaF]

Thanks, hun

I found a new symptom - going for a wee every half an hour Iy's sooo annoying! I notices this lunch time that it was my 5th trip to the loo already!

I blame it all on Clomid and its side effects! But if it worked and made me ovulate - I don't have any problems with that

 

[LadyofRohan]

I think I may have ovulated yesterday

I had some sharp pains on both sides almost simultaneously. It felt like my usual ovulation pains except that it was on both sides instead of one. So I went home and did an OPK test and got a positive! We've been BDing every other day for a while and we BDed last night and probably tonight and tomorrow just in case.

Probability/statistics question for you....if your ovaries release more than one egg (according to the ultrasound I had last week I had two follicles, one on each ovary so it's definitely a possibility) do your chances of getting PG increase from the usual 20%?

 

[MariaF]

Lady - I ov'ed on CD19 too!!! Are you temping?

good question about increased chances - I never thought about it that way...Oh, I really hope so!

I had quite bad pains on CD19 so I was wondering if I was releasing 2 eggs from the same ovary

 

[LadyofRohan]

Maria--sadly I am not temping. I started doing it but then I had a work trip in a completely different time zone and then I had about a week (might have been the Clomid) where I wasn't getting any sleep at all. So my chart looked like a rollarcoaster track by the end so I stopped temping.

 

[redrose27]

WOW ladies that is great news about Ov'ing I hope this is your cycles.

 

[DRIVERA]

IM IN! I LOVE PCOS POSSE lol....

I was diagnosed with PCOS a month ago. I am TTC after 3 years of trying on my own with my fiancee. I am now on my 3rd week of metforming hopefully it works

 

[sma1588]

oh ladies y does this ttc life have to be so compicated? i went to the mall with my mom and seen this super cute travel system.and come to find out my brother and his gf want the same one..... buuuuut i dont talk to them and my mom was saying she wants me to have a grandkid from me and its soooo hard!

 

[DRIVERA]

oh ladies y does this ttc life have to be so compicated? i went to the mall with my mom and seen this super cute travel system.and come to find out my brother and his gf want the same one..... buuuuut i dont talk to them and my mom was saying she wants me to have a grandkid from me and its soooo hard!

omg i feel your pain! my brother and his gf have 2 kids and all i hear is my mom and family asking me when am i going to have one of my own...its hard when people who dont want to have kids end up pregnant and here we are WE WANT TO CONCEIVE and its so hard for us

 

[sma1588]

it is and when we suffer with pcos and arnt ovulating we never know when or whats going to happen with our bodies. it just made me feel kinda bad when she now wants everything i want and will have it before me. all i know is she better not steal the names i have wanted for a very long time

 

[Whitbit22]

it is and when we suffer with pcos and arnt ovulating we never know when or whats going to happen with our bodies. it just made me feel kinda bad when she now wants everything i want and will have it before me. all i know is she better not steal the names i have wanted for a very long time

Thats so awful hun. I honestly wouldn't care too awful much if she had it too, I wouldnt let that stop me getting it. I cant imagine how it must feel, like a slap in the face!

Have you mentioned the names to anyone? I hope not, that would be one thing you wouldn't want to have stolen!

 

[sma1588]

the thing is, they have to do everything "bigger and better" than me so thats y it bugs me. i mentiond the name we wanted before but cant use that one anymore so thats ok but as far as one of them the girls name i will be pissed if they take that one. i think i have said something about that name....oooops...i will sill use that name even if they do have it because i dont talk to either one of them anyways

 

[Whitbit22]

I hate that.. I have friends that do the same thing. Needless to say we arent so much friends anymore. Well thats good then if you dont talk to them you wont care, if you're anything like me