OK Ladies - CD 1 for me (boooo!!). Need some advise tough. With DS, I conceived on second month of clomid 3-7 (50mg), but don't remember the specifics other than I Oed CD 19 the first time and CD 18 the second time. Note: I'm on clomid for long (45-70) day cycles - never usually O before CD 35.
Now on to trying for #2:
This time around, I just finished my first cycle of clomid (50mg). On that cycle, AF started around 9pm one night, and I counted that as CD 1 since it started of strong. I take clomid at night before bed, so when I took it on CD 3 at night, technically I'd only had AF for ~48-50 hours but it was CD 3 (does that make sense?)
I Oed on CD 18 with really sharp O pains for 48 hours. So the upside is that at least it's working with respect to getting me to O and seems to be working in the same way it did last time (same O day)! So that's good.
OK so now on this second cycle, I just woke up to AF that was brown at first wipe then bright red a few minutes later (sorry TMI). So I probably started over night. Here's my question:
I know today is technically CD 1, but for clomid purposes should I start late tomorrow night or wait an extra day (to CD 3). If I start late tomorrow night it's more like waiting ~44 hours which is more like I did last time. If I wait until CD 3 it's an extra 24 hours, ya know? I know some people take clomid CD 2-6 as is anyway, so it won't harm me, but I also don't know the reason I'm not conceiving. The sharp O pains make me think I had big follicles but who knows (I'm not monitored until this cycle starting CD 11).
Any advice much welcomed!
Now on to trying for #2:
This time around, I just finished my first cycle of clomid (50mg). On that cycle, AF started around 9pm one night, and I counted that as CD 1 since it started of strong. I take clomid at night before bed, so when I took it on CD 3 at night, technically I'd only had AF for ~48-50 hours but it was CD 3 (does that make sense?)
I Oed on CD 18 with really sharp O pains for 48 hours. So the upside is that at least it's working with respect to getting me to O and seems to be working in the same way it did last time (same O day)! So that's good.
OK so now on this second cycle, I just woke up to AF that was brown at first wipe then bright red a few minutes later (sorry TMI). So I probably started over night. Here's my question:
I know today is technically CD 1, but for clomid purposes should I start late tomorrow night or wait an extra day (to CD 3). If I start late tomorrow night it's more like waiting ~44 hours which is more like I did last time. If I wait until CD 3 it's an extra 24 hours, ya know? I know some people take clomid CD 2-6 as is anyway, so it won't harm me, but I also don't know the reason I'm not conceiving. The sharp O pains make me think I had big follicles but who knows (I'm not monitored until this cycle starting CD 11).
Any advice much welcomed!
