The clomid thread- if you take clomid please join and ask questions and get answers

[Justwantababy]

that is definatly me all done ! no more for me after these 3 !! was a shock, but its still nice to get it all done in one go ey!

thanks girls ! your congratulations are greatly appreciated !!

it was my third round on 50mg!!! xx

My HCG levels came back at 140 which they said was low but there going off my LMP when infact I ovulated around CD21! So I am really only 4 weeks pregnant and 140 I think is within this range. Anyway, going for another blood test on Saturday and get the results on Sunday to see if they've doubled. Cross your fingers and toes for me ladies, sorry I'm not jumping about doing cartwheels just yet!

Will keep EVERYTHING crossed for you honey. Good luck xx

 

[wantabby]

Wow! Thank you for your story SummerLily! That is so awesome!! H&H 9 months for you and your three LO's!!

 

[MrsHY]

Sumerlily that's immense!! What kind of pushchair do you get for three??? Congrats xxx

 

[Lisa92881]

Thanks for the info. That stinks, I was hoping to start Clomid ASAP. Oh well.

I see you're also from MA!!

Could you not start clomid at the start of your next cycle AND get the hsg done? I can see where your Dr is coming from with not wanting you to get preggers if there's a blockage, but you find out your hsg results instantly.....if there was a blockage (which I hope there's not) you can just not have unprotected sex, so no chance of getting preg, and at least monitor your cycle so you know if that dose of clomid is working. And if there ISN'T a blockage....well you can get busy and you won't. have 'wasted' a cycle!

Hope that makes sense! It might be worth discussing with your Dr anyway. Ooh..also, you are supposed to be more fertile in the months following an hsg....so good luck!

Omg I truly did not even think of asking that. Haha thank you, I will mention it and hope that she agrees to it. I'm not sure though, her thinking is that there's no point to Clomid if there's a blockage (not that she doesn't want me pregnant if there's a blockage). So she might make me wait. But thanks so much!!

 

[Lisa92881]

Hey girls just thought I'd update you with my clomid stats incase someone finds it useful.

usual period length = 50+ days
usual ovulation length = cd40+

first round of clomid though

period length = 37 days
ovulation day = cd22

good luck to the other clomid women

Love this!! Thanks for the info!!

 

[FitzBaby]

Ugh, need help ladies. I have had a splitting headache and head cold coming on. What can you take while on Clomid? Can I take a decongestant? Asprin? HELP!

 

[Jess137]

I'm sorry I haven't been around forever..

Summerlily, I saw another one of your posts in a different area. Congratulations! I love all the 3's BTW!

Question for everyone - has anyone considered asking about trying Femara instead of Clomid, since the risk of multiples is a little lower? I don't know if we could handle 2, much less 3 babies. It's really a catch-22. I have to do fertility meds since I don't O, but if I do use fertility meds, I have a higher risk of multiples.

My doctor said after another month or two, if the Clomid doesn't make me O that she will try me on Femara, so maybe she would be willing to go straight to that. What do you guys think?

EDIT: I read this back and it sounds really bad. Any number of babies would be a huge blessing, but I just don't think we are prepared to raise more than one child right now.

 

[Justwantababy]

Thanks for the info. That stinks, I was hoping to start Clomid ASAP. Oh well.

I see you're also from MA!!

Could you not start clomid at the start of your next cycle AND get the hsg done? I can see where your Dr is coming from with not wanting you to get preggers if there's a blockage, but you find out your hsg results instantly.....if there was a blockage (which I hope there's not) you can just not have unprotected sex, so no chance of getting preg, and at least monitor your cycle so you know if that dose of clomid is working. And if there ISN'T a blockage....well you can get busy and you won't. have 'wasted' a cycle!

Hope that makes sense! It might be worth discussing with your Dr anyway. Ooh..also, you are supposed to be more fertile in the months following an hsg....so good luck!

Omg I truly did not even think of asking that. Haha thank you, I will mention it and hope that she agrees to it. I'm not sure though, her thinking is that there's no point to Clomid if there's a blockage (not that she doesn't want me pregnant if there's a blockage). So she might make me wait. But thanks so much!!

No problem...I'm impatient at the best of times, let alone with super long cycles (I DEFINITELY know that feeling!) so always looking for ways to not waste a cycle!

 

[scerena]

Fitzbaby- you should be fine as it's not ovulation yet for you- I'm taking baby aspirin (low dose aspirin) alongside my clomid every day throughout the whole cycle so you should be fine to take something in low doses- paracetamol is fine to take your whole cycle x

 

[jmandrews]

Can someone help?
I am on CD 16 and for the last 3 days I have felt cramping. Today it's worse... My lower abdomin is so sore. I keep getting sharp pains. It even hurts when I pee or cough. I am worried about this. Also everytime DH and I dtd I feel a little sharp pain in my right side. Has anyone else felt this? I still haven't had my LH surge either.

 

[wantabby]

Can someone help?
I am on CD 16 and for the last 3 days I have felt cramping. Today it's worse... My lower abdomin is so sore. I keep getting sharp pains. It even hurts when I pee or cough. I am worried about this. Also everytime DH and I dtd I feel a little sharp pain in my right side. Has anyone else felt this? I still haven't had my LH surge either.

My opinion ~ it's more than likely one of two things.. You are fixing to ovulate, or the clomid made a cyst grow.. This happened to me last month on CD19, I had a 3.3mm cyst on my right ovary and a 1.7 on my left, and I beleive when I ovulated it aggravated the cysts and caused ALOT of pain.. When I would sit down, cough, sneeze, have a BM, sex, etc.. it got better about three days later. When I went in for my scan two weeks later the one on the left was gone and the one on the right was smaller, that is why i'm not on Clomid this month. (residual cyst) He didn't want to aggravate it again.. Cysts won't stop you from ovulating.. they are just annoying and painful..

 

[jmandrews]

oh ok well thats good and bad news... im worried i wont Ov without clomid. I haven't gotten a positive OPK yet so hopefully soon

 

[RainAngel]

I'm gonna stalk a bit. I'm going to the ob monday for what I assume will be the starting of infertility test, and hopefully clomid.

 

[wana b a mom]

good luck RainAngel!

 

[CloverMouse]

Just finished my first round of Clomid... Part of me thought it would be "just the trick" it wasnt. I did ovulate though. I start my next round on Sunday Oct 9th. That will be days 5-9, starting to feel like it will never happen for me. We've been trying since Feb, but my doctor suspected at the time that I wasnt Ovulating, he was right. The good thing was that since he suspected it to begin with he didn't make me wait the year most docs do.

 

[wana b a mom]

Just finished my first round of Clomid... Part of me thought it would be "just the trick" it wasnt. I did ovulate though. I start my next round on Sunday Oct 9th. That will be days 5-9, starting to feel like it will never happen for me. We've been trying since Feb, but my doctor suspected at the time that I wasnt Ovulating, he was right. The good thing was that since he suspected it to begin with he didn't make me wait the year most docs do.

will you be taking the same dosage?
What did the doctor say happened?

 

[TryinFor1]

Just finished my first round of Clomid... Part of me thought it would be "just the trick" it wasnt. I did ovulate though. I start my next round on Sunday Oct 9th. That will be days 5-9, starting to feel like it will never happen for me. We've been trying since Feb, but my doctor suspected at the time that I wasnt Ovulating, he was right. The good thing was that since he suspected it to begin with he didn't make me wait the year most docs do.

What day did you ovulate on?

 

[CloverMouse]

Just finished my first round of Clomid... Part of me thought it would be "just the trick" it wasnt. I did ovulate though. I start my next round on Sunday Oct 9th. That will be days 5-9, starting to feel like it will never happen for me. We've been trying since Feb, but my doctor suspected at the time that I wasnt Ovulating, he was right. The good thing was that since he suspected it to begin with he didn't make me wait the year most docs do.

will you be taking the same dosage?
What did the doctor say happened?

We're taking the same dosage. He said that maybe we just missed it. He told us not to worry if we didn't concieve the first month. He wanted us to try with Clomid for 2 or 3 months, then get DH tested (he doesnt have insurance so we put off the testing) So we have to make this happen this month or it's off to the fertility specialist, which is fine, but I'd rather have this work

 

[CloverMouse]

Just finished my first round of Clomid... Part of me thought it would be "just the trick" it wasnt. I did ovulate though. I start my next round on Sunday Oct 9th. That will be days 5-9, starting to feel like it will never happen for me. We've been trying since Feb, but my doctor suspected at the time that I wasnt Ovulating, he was right. The good thing was that since he suspected it to begin with he didn't make me wait the year most docs do.

What day did you ovulate on?

I didnt actually use the tests to be sure
This month I will be

 

[RainAngel]

good luck RainAngel!

thanks! I'm terrified!