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

[haj624]

I should ovulate today, the opk was very close to positive this morning, but I haven't had any ovulation cramps. It seems like everyone that takes clomid gets painful ovulation. I haven't felt anything, does that mean its not working?? I am not being monitored so I don't have any ultrasounds or anything to check my eggs. My question is, do any of you have a lack of ovulation pains that KNOW (proven with monitoring) that you ovulated? I was kind of looking forward to the pain so I would know that it worked

I had ovulation pains 2 out of the 4 cycles i took it....but they werent bad at all

 

[BabyBumpAhead]

I should ovulate today, the opk was very close to positive this morning, but I haven't had any ovulation cramps. It seems like everyone that takes clomid gets painful ovulation. I haven't felt anything, does that mean its not working?? I am not being monitored so I don't have any ultrasounds or anything to check my eggs. My question is, do any of you have a lack of ovulation pains that KNOW (proven with monitoring) that you ovulated? I was kind of looking forward to the pain so I would know that it worked

If your OPK was positive today it may be 12 - 36 hours before you actually ovulate, so they may come still.

 

[Sunshine15]

Babybumpahead & Hopeful42 thanks for the info about Robitussin. So around what CD do you start taking it?

Hopeful42- Congratulations! That's so great & such positive news for us.

Almita, this is also my first round of clomid. I'm actually on day 3 of taking the pills.

Coastdreams, are you noticing the side effects now that you're not taking the pills? Cause I know it's still early for me, only being day 3 of taking the meds but I haven't noticed any side effects.

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Babybumpahead & Hopeful42 thanks for the info about Robitussin. So around what CD do you start taking it?

Hopeful42- Congratulations! That's so great & such positive news for us.

The month I used it I took it 5 days before O day through two days post O. Just to cover the window of fertile time. Your most fertile the two days leading up to O though.

 

[Sunshine15]

Thank you hopeful42nd I'll give it a try this month

 

[corgankidd]

I should ovulate today, the opk was very close to positive this morning, but I haven't had any ovulation cramps. It seems like everyone that takes clomid gets painful ovulation. I haven't felt anything, does that mean its not working?? I am not being monitored so I don't have any ultrasounds or anything to check my eggs. My question is, do any of you have a lack of ovulation pains that KNOW (proven with monitoring) that you ovulated? I was kind of looking forward to the pain so I would know that it worked

If your OPK was positive today it may be 12 - 36 hours before you actually ovulate, so they may come still.

Thank you! I actually started having some slight cramps tonight

 

[littlesara]

question: my doctor gave me a prescription for clomid. i have yet to try it. i tried provera, i never got an AF, and didn't ask for a stronger dose. i'm due to see the doc again tomorrow, to discuss, possible PCOS, or peri-menopause, hoping its PCOS instead. anyways, was thinking of asking the doc for Metformin, and another script for Clomid. question is: i have only had spotting every other month (around the time AF would be due), so when would i start the clomid? does spotting count as an AF? also, last month, after spotting, i tried the Soy Isos on CD3-7 (and could have sworn i felt something a week and a half later) but so far all HPT's are neg......................funny thing is, and I have other posts about my situation: my AF's have just suddenly disappeared within the last 4 months (only spotting every other month). I have no idea where my AF went???? kind of hard to TTC when you don't have a starting point, huh?

 

[elisamarie]

question: my doctor gave me a prescription for clomid. i have yet to try it. i tried provera, i never got an AF, and didn't ask for a stronger dose. i'm due to see the doc again tomorrow, to discuss, possible PCOS, or peri-menopause, hoping its PCOS instead. anyways, was thinking of asking the doc for Metformin, and another script for Clomid. question is: i have only had spotting every other month (around the time AF would be due), so when would i start the clomid? does spotting count as an AF? also, last month, after spotting, i tried the Soy Isos on CD3-7 (and could have sworn i felt something a week and a half later) but so far all HPT's are neg......................funny thing is, and I have other posts about my situation: my AF's have just suddenly disappeared within the last 4 months (only spotting every other month). I have no idea where my AF went???? kind of hard to TTC when you don't have a starting point, huh?

That's pretty much what happened to me. All of a sudden AF disappeared and I would only get some light bleeding every other month. Turns out I have PCOS and I have to admit metformin restarted my28-30 day cycles which then led to clomid! Good luck!

 

[Coastdreams]

LittleSara - I have regular cycles but the length and flow can vary drastically. My problem with taking Clomid is knowing when is my first full day of AF. I can have 4 or 5 light days for instance before I have a heavy day but that could be my only heavy day. So which do I count as my 1st full day? Does anyone else have this problems? Any advice?

Its very confusing and hard to know when to time everything.

Sunshine15 - Today (so far!!) seems to be my first day without side effects. I took my last pill on Saturday night. No nausea yesterday but had the heartburn (feeling like a I had a lump in my throught and swallowing a lot). Will check with the clinic that this is normal as haven't read that anyone has experienced that one!! Hoping the side effects only last while taking the pills, would be horrible all month!!

I am a bit worried about what will happen if they raise the dose though.

When does everyone reckon I should BD? Finished AF day before yesterday...

Any other tips?

Thanks

Claire

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Wow ladies, I don't know how you do it. I am much more thankful to have had a normal cycle each month that only ranged 27-29 days. I really wish you all the best with your ttc journey, it's sounds more difficult that I imagined and you ladies are hopefully in excellent specialists care

 

[Winning]

Hi, just wanted to pick people brains about being on Clomid - how many scans do you have to go for during a cycle? And which CDs are the scans on?

My doctor thought it was 3, but that sounds like a lot? Just wanted to prepare myself, as the place that is scanning me is a 2.5hour round trip!

 

[jme84]

I think it really depends on the doctor. I do not get scans I just get blood work cd 21 to check progesterone. I have heard of people have 2 to 3 scans. I really do wish that my doctor would do the scans I think it provides more solid info then the blood test.

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Hi, just wanted to pick people brains about being on Clomid - how many scans do you have to go for during a cycle? And which CDs are the scans on?

My doctor thought it was 3, but that sounds like a lot? Just wanted to prepare myself, as the place that is scanning me is a 2.5hour round trip!

The normal at my clinic is to go cd 9 to start checking. So scan day 9, 11, 13 etc until they are mature and ready. Since I always O'd later they told me I could start day 10, 12 etc. I had to do bloodwork everyday and scan every other. Hope that helps.

 

[ttcreed]

So I got my HCG levels back today. They went from 7884 on thursday to over 21000 yesterday. They say this is a good sign? I dont know much about this lol i do know I have a kidney stone, and i am not having a good time at all.

 

[Hopeful42nd]

So I got my HCG levels back today. They went from 7884 on thursday to over 21000 yesterday. They say this is a good sign? I dont know much about this lol i do know I have a kidney stone, and i am not having a good time at all.

Wow nice high levels, you are supposed to at least double every 48 hours. So pretty good! How many dpo are you?

 

[kel21]

So I got my HCG levels back today. They went from 7884 on thursday to over 21000 yesterday. They say this is a good sign? I dont know much about this lol i do know I have a kidney stone, and i am not having a good time at all.

Awesome! Congrats, those are nice numbers!! Sorry about the stone though!

 

[kel21]

So does it make me odd if I wish that I would get pains in the left ovary too?

 

[elisamarie]

So I got my HCG levels back today. They went from 7884 on thursday to over 21000 yesterday. They say this is a good sign? I dont know much about this lol i do know I have a kidney stone, and i am not having a good time at all.

congrats!!! hope you pass the stone quickly!

 

[haj624]

So I got my HCG levels back today. They went from 7884 on thursday to over 21000 yesterday. They say this is a good sign? I dont know much about this lol i do know I have a kidney stone, and i am not having a good time at all.

How exciting!! Just curious what fertility issue there were for you guys?? looking for some hope lol

 

[littlesara]

well ladies--off to my doctor appt. wish me luck! i'm hoping i can get some answers as to why i am gaining weight, despite exercising every day. i also want to know where my AF went??? and if i do in fact have PCOS that is causing all these symptoms (hot flashes, weight gain--only in the female area--light AF's or no AF's, hungry all the time, hair growth and having to go pee all the time). i'm also going to ask for Metformin, a stronger dose of Provera and some more Clomid. and..........i'm wearing my stretchies (since i haven't been able to fit into my jeans in 3 months), and a tight t--shirt, which makes me look like I actually have some kind of bump, sis even asked if i was BFP, and i told her no. u think they will notice? or dismiss me like some crazy lady