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

[lilyannabella]

Hi ladies

I'm new to this thread although not new to the board.

Very brief background - went off the pill in August 2011 and didn't have a period until April 2012. GP doesn't seem bothered, although I did push to go for scan in February this year. Right ovary is cystic, but left ovary and womb are normal. GP says blood tests indicate PCOS, specialist isn't convinced and neither am I. I have no symptoms at all and my bloods don't have the required ratio difference. I sometimes think GPs are too quick to 'diagnose' PCOS, although as yet, I've still never had an actual diagnosis. Skip to 3 weeks ago, I went home to South Africa on holiday and I paid to go private. My GP took one look at my bloods and said that I don't have PCOS and referred me to a specialist. The specialist, likewise, didn't even have to scan me, he looked at my blood tests and chart and said that it's clear as day that I'm not ovulating and he'd be very surprised if I had PCOS judging by my test results. So he prescribed me Provera (it was CD46 by then and nothing had happened) and Clomid.

So I'm on my last day of Clomid today at 100mg a day. I have no side effects at all, thank goodness! I'm going to a specialist appointment on the 6th June, which will coincide with CD14, which I hope won't be too late for them to do a scan to see if the Clomid has worked.

So not sure what to expect from here on in... hopefully the Clomid will give my ovaries the sucker punch they need to start working!

Well let's see what happens I'm supposed to go for a scan on June 6 as well! That will be CD 13 for me. Hope we get those eggs!

 

[BiltonBaby]

Hi GalvanBaby, best of luck to you! I will be watching to see how it turns out for you as I too am ttc after a tubal reversal.

 

[StayHopeful]

I have a question ..How does my RE/FS even know that I am ovulating? He doesn't do blood tests. I get the scan. He sees follicles. I trigger with ovridel and then we wait? Does Trigger guarantee ovulation?? I don't ever get the EWCM and he tells me not to pay attention to OPK's because of the Clomid..I just hope I haven't wasted the last three months..when the problem could be I am not ovulating...

I am just concerned because I am 7 days post IUI and I feel nothing

~Angie

I don't do the trigger shot, but I have more than one scan until it shows I've o'd. That just seems to be how my doctor does it.

 

[Hopeful42nd]

The trigger shot should be high enough levels of hormone to make the follicles rupture that are mature. I wouldn't worry, IUI is more about timing and a bit of luck of the draw. How long after trigger are you having your IUI?

 

[ababyfor jlg]

I am currently on 2ww on my first 50 mg cycle... good luck to you!

 

[katiekapow]

Hi ladies! I'm new here. I've been using Chlomid and thought some support would be wonderful. I'm not up on all the abbreviations and lingo yet so please forgive me. (^_^)

I'm on my second round of Chlomid, taking 100 mg CD 5 - 9. I'm on CD 29 today and I just started spotting on CD 27. I did have a blood test result from blood work done on CD 21 that I had ovulated.

My first round of Chlomid started April 3rd, also CD 5 - 9 but on a 50 mg dose. I did not ovulate so they upped the dose this round.

I had a "non viable pregnancy" in January this year, thus the Chlomid help. I'm really nervous right now. With the spotting that started two days ago (dark brown and some dark red) I've also been cramping terribly. The dr said to take a test in the morning but to not panic if it is negative. The spotting is getting heavier now through out the day. My cycles have never been quite regular and this last round I had to take progesterone tabs to get the ball rolling.

I'm nervous for multiple reasons, beyond just the spotting. My dr only wants to try a three month regiment of the Chlomid before doing more testing, but I didn't even ovulate the first round. Also, with my cycles not being regular, I can not tell if this spotting is me getting my cycle or not. And if it is, is a light cycle good enough for the third round of Cholmid? I've been hounding my dr and I feel like a pest lol ~ so many questions. And now I'm rambling here.

Also hi nice to meet you Chlomid ladies. Crossing my fingers for positive result in the morning.

 

[Chabby]

I am currently on 2ww on my first 50 mg cycle... good luck to you!

Me too.

What's the earliest you can do a test? I don't know when Af is due- I don't have a cycle so have to take provera to bring it on.

it's 9 days since I took my last clomid pill and I still feel nauseous! Boobs are big and I'm tired but I know it's only the clomid

 

[ttcasap]

Dr called today and upper my dose to 100 Mg start tonight. I ovulatedlast month but did not achieve pregnancy, curious Astor why the elevated dose. Perhaps attempting to get more eggs to release? Supping my chances to conceive.

 

[StayHopeful]

I am currently on 2ww on my first 50 mg cycle... good luck to you!

Me too.

What's the earliest you can do a test? I don't know when Af is due- I don't have a cycle so have to take provera to bring it on.

it's 9 days since I took my last clomid pill and I still feel nauseous! Boobs are big and I'm tired but I know it's only the clomid

I'm 1dpo today. Fx and that this is our cycle!

 

[GalvanBaby]

Hi GalvanBaby, best of luck to you! I will be watching to see how it turns out for you as I too am ttc after a tubal reversal.

Thanks Bilton! How long ago did you have you TR?

 

[Teasel]

Hello all,

Firstly, GL to all this morning!

This message board has been going for so long, I have read through some of it and gleaned some hope back from the depths.

Where I am at now:
I was prescribed Clomid 50mg CD2-6 after unexplained infertility since coming off Depo Provera injections. Last one was March 2009. First AF was Jan 2010.
Went to GP after 6 months of no joy and she refered us to Gynae after 3 months of 21 day blood tests which all came back low - no O.

Still no real answers. U/S was fine no PCOS or Endo Yay but still no answers :-S
HSG - No leakage from the right side. Makes me a bit sadder TBH

So now I'm on my 3rd Clomid cycle.

I was loosing hope until I read some stuff in this thread. Now I have much hope and will really try not to get too enthusiastic/paranoid this one.

My fears are that I am unsupervised. My Gynae has prescribed 6 months and said book an appointment for 7 months time which I won't need, because I will be pregnant!?!

Also, I am not tracking temp, CM or testing for O. Would like to know if anyone has found it usefull? Or does it just encourage the obsession?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice and much baby dust to you all!!

 

[sue123]

hi all im 4dpo today , hope clomid done its job x

 

[Chabby]

Hello all,

Firstly, GL to all this morning!

This message board has been going for so long, I have read through some of it and gleaned some hope back from the depths.

Where I am at now:
I was prescribed Clomid 50mg CD2-6 after unexplained infertility since coming off Depo Provera injections. Last one was March 2009. First AF was Jan 2010.
Went to GP after 6 months of no joy and she refered us to Gynae after 3 months of 21 day blood tests which all came back low - no O.

Still no real answers. U/S was fine no PCOS or Endo Yay but still no answers :-S
HSG - No leakage from the right side. Makes me a bit sadder TBH

So now I'm on my 3rd Clomid cycle.

I was loosing hope until I read some stuff in this thread. Now I have much hope and will really try not to get too enthusiastic/paranoid this one.

My fears are that I am unsupervised. My Gynae has prescribed 6 months and said book an appointment for 7 months time which I won't need, because I will be pregnant!?!

Also, I am not tracking temp, CM or testing for O. Would like to know if anyone has found it usefull? Or does it just encourage the obsession?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice and much baby dust to you all!!

Hi,
My ob/gynae advises against charting bbt, cm and doing opks (though I ignored her on that one!). She believes you should let the drugs do their thing and not get stressed, and not stress your partner. But I think if not knowing whether it's working or not will stress you out then knowledge is power. So it depends on your personality really and what you think will cause less stress.

Having said that I'm going to be having monthly blood tests on cd 21 to see if the clomid made me O. So maybe if you're not even having those, or scans, you could do opks to check it's working and if you don't get any positive tests you could go back to her within the 6 months in case you need to up the dose?

Personally I couldn't be bothered charting bbt, from what I've read it can take months to see a pattern. But I've seen other people on here swear by it.

Eceryone's different. Good luck!

 

[sugarpi24]

my OB said the same thing about temping...he said its a pain in the ass lol and thatll itll just stress ppl out. and i agree! i stopped temping.

 

[Teasel]

I didn't even ask him about charting BBT tbh, it's only now that I've suddenly realised "Oh no, what if Clomid doesn't work!"
We will have no proof. Then I won't know what's the problem. I go round and round in circles, what if Clomid does make me O, but my Progesterone isn't high enough, etc etc, problem after problem, worry after worry.
That sounds really OTT. I don't think like that ALL the time.
Mostly I'm really happy and chilled. Things are good but then I just get a wave of panic, I guess I'm just in the middle of one :-S

 

[bev_2012]

Hi all,we've been ttc #2 for 4years now,nov 2011 i started on clomid 50mg day 2-6 i ovulated for first 2cycles (shown by bloods) im unsure if i ovulated after that as i didnt see a doctor again till may 2012 i had 6 unsuccesful months and on 18th may went back to doctors and was given clomid 100mg and metformin 500mg,can any one share any storys from taking clomid and metformin as starting to loose all hope x

 

[never2late70]

Hi everyone

Back at work
9DPO and I feel the need to test coming on!

Good luck everyone!

~Angie

 

[MsPeachyP]

Hi everyone I just started clomid this month, getting my cd21 blood test to see if I OV. I'm Glad to join in

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Teasel- really it should be standard for your GYN to set up cd21 blood to ensure that dose of clomid will make you o as you have had problems with that. If it doesn't work some dosage tweaking may be necessary. I never did bbt or cm tracking but I did use OPK's the months I was not monitored to know when I was O'ing. It's important to know when prime time for BD'ing is. I would ask for confirmation of I just do you aren't wasting your time with that dosage month to month if it's not effective. Good luck!

Never2late- ooh exciting. Lest us know when you do, we'll obsess with you!

 

[lilyannabella]

I agree! It's so stressful not knowing for sure if you've o'd. That's why I want to use a digi OPK to see if I actually did. I think most of the doctors aren't proactive because if they were they would have thought about every possible test and scenario to ensure the process isn't stressful on us!!