Starting clomid in February... buddies?

[brandi91]

RedRose, I know several who have had one and prefer it. I think it may be great!!!!

Sarah, I'm sorry about the lack of O. Some women do ovulate late on clomid. I personally didn't respond to any of my dosages. Do you have PCOS? I know how frustrating the waiting is throughout the month.

AFM, for the first time ever, FF gave me an ovulation pattern! I'm not trusting it though. I just don't want to be disappointed. Plus, I had a restless sleep and woke up at 3:30 and had to use a BBT adjuster, which I don't know if it's accurate.

 

[RedRose19]

thats an amazing temp shift, i hope you got some bd in around then!!

 

[brandi91]

Thanks Red! Unfortunately we haven't BD in over a week to be honest, I wasn't really expecting O. But just ovulation gets me excited. We will see if it stays up.

 

[AngelaALA]

Brandi it does look like O so happy gor you as it shows you have responded this time xx

Dogmommy goodluck with the bloods heres hoping to see a BFP before Xmas xx

Sarah hold out for the bloods then maybe talk about increasing the dosage dont loose face it will happen its just a fine balance to find out what works for you xx

Red no matter what the birth the end result will all be worth it when your holding your baby in your arms xx

Krissie FX and goodluck this cycle xx

 

[dogmommy]

Krissie fingers crossed for this cycle!!

Brandi that's great news! Hopefully next cycle will be yours!!

AFM still waiting on AF should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. Going to wait to test till Wednesday!

 

[sarah2211]

Thanks Brandi and Angela,

I do have PCOS. I'm going for my blood test today to see whether I'm ovulating or not. If I have by some chance O'd, we should be covered with BDing. If not then hopefully the doctor will make a suggestion and we'll be on the right track.

 

[brandi91]

Sarah, I really hope that you ovulated!!! Are you just using OPKS or temping as well? I know that if you are just using OPKs, then you may have just missed your surge. Let us know!!! What dosage are you on again?

I am still having watery CM. I'm wondering why it's not drying up if I O'd. I know CM isn't really a reliable indicator, but still...hubby and I DTD on the evening of CD 20, and according to FF, I didn't ovulate until CD 28 (if I even ovulated). I know I have a nonexistent chance of being pregnant with that, but I may still test just because this will be the first time I can test saying I'm "dpo". Lol.

DogMommy, do you get to start your IVF prep this month? What about you Angela?

 

[brandi91]

Sorry, Sarah, I just saw your chart, which answered my own question. Maybe the descending temps will lead to a pre-o dip. I hope they do!

 

[sarah2211]

Thanks Brandi, I'm temping and doing OPKs. I'm only doing one OPK a day so I know I could miss my surge but we are BDing almost every day and I've got my chart to confirm. I'm just on 50mg but the doctor didn't say what would happen if I didn't ovulate on that dose, I assume they up it to 100mg. It's possible that my chart is heading for O. I'm not sure if I do ovulate on my own but I get a rise usually about CD25-27 however the blood tests and ultrasounds I've had done after I get my temp rise have shown no sign of ovulation. I don't know what to believe.

I hope you have O'd!

 

[RedRose19]

For me what they did was up it to 100mg and when that didn't work they moved onto the injections, they told me if 100 doesn't work then 150 won't either and waste of time. Their point was if at 100mg it's not working at all then your body is just not responsive to Clomid. Hopefully it will work for you , it does for many women!

 

[AngelaALA]

Here's hoping 100mg works for you Sarah FX xx

Brandi I hope you have Od and your temp stays up xx

AFM no news here still waiting for hospital to tell us whether we are eligible for NHS funded IVF or not if Ive heard nothing by next week Ill call them but if this is how long they take then Im guessing we won't be starting before xmas xx

 

[dogmommy]

Brandi I can never go by my cm bc it's always all over the board. Sometimes mine is just different based on what I eat or drink!

Sarah fingers crossed 100mg works for you!

Red that sounds uncomfortable! Does he move around a lot?

Angela fingers crossed you get that phone call soo!

My blood work came back normal so I'm happy about that. Still waiting on AF so I can schedule a HSN. Has anyone had one before??

 

[krissie328]

Dogmommy- that is great about your bloodwork. I have not had that procedure before so I have no insight.

Sarah- when do you expect to hear back from your doctor on what to do next?

 

[RedRose19]

what is a hsn?

this week yes hes none stop moving.. movement since about 12 weeks, kicks about 17 weeks but only this week is it constant

 

[sarah2211]

The nurse rung this morning. I haven't ovulated (unsurprisingly). She said my doctor is away until Monday so I've just got to wait. She said she'd ring me back on Monday, but it's likely provera followed by 100mg of Clomid, maybe a monitored cycle. Also, she said there's a chance I could still ovulate this cycle, but it's probably not going to be a good egg and the chances of it being a BFP are very small.

So basically what I expected, but not what I wanted to hear

 

[brandi91]

I'm sorry Sarah! A monitored cycle is so much better, because if you have a good follicle they can give you a trigger to help you release. I really hope you respond to 100!

Red, that sounds uncomfortable!

Never heard of an hsn....is that the same thing as an hsg? If so, I've had an HSG!

Angela, I hope they speed things up for you soon!

AFM, my sleep patterns have been way off. I woke up at 2 AM and temped because I couldn't go back to sleep and I had to get up for work in a few hours. My temp was 95.66 but with the temp adjuster it was 97.2.

I never know if I should go with adjusted. I know FF says that the adjusted temp may not be accurate, but I feel like taking my temp four hours earlier than normal isn't accurate either! It's always way lower. FF moved my O date back a day, so I don't really know what to think. I'm not convinced I O'd, but we will just watch the temps and see I suppose! CM has just been extra watery. I agree Dogmommy, my CM is always all over the place.

 

[Vankiwi]

I've had an HSG? Not sure what a HSN is.

Sarah although my DD1 wasn't conceived on clomid, she was a CD31 egg, so you never know!

 

[Vankiwi]

Oh I just googled - here we call it an SHG. Very similar to an HSG as far as what the procedure involves. Mine only hurt for about two seconds and that was it!

 

[sarah2211]

I think a trigger is probably not an option. Looking at our clinic's website they are very expensive. I could get 2 IUIs or a third of a round of IVF for the price of 1 trigger! But if they doctor thinks it'll do the trick then we will look into it. A monitored cycle is pretty expensive too and I'm not sure it'll help us actually get a BFP. It'll help us time the BDing, but we manage to get enough in I think!

Anyway, it's just waiting to hear back now.

Thanks Vankiwi, we won't stop BDing, hopefully I will ovulate but I'm not getting my hopes up. By the way, are you an NZer?

 

[Vankiwi]

Sarah yes I'm a NZer!