Trying to conceive baby #2. Clomid again? Looking for some buddies x

[xxx_faithful]

I booked my doctors appointment for the 25th to ask for clomid. I'm so scared hell say no. Think ill cry if he does!

Why would he say no? Your concerns are all legit, i would be a lil anxious too. Just because you never know what different Dr's will say. There's always other Dr's, i would keep trying until you get the result you want. But hoping this Dr will have no dramas giving you a clomid script. Will you start straight away?

So glad i have other girls along with me on this journey.. had a bit of an emotional day yesterday. WEIRD because i dont get upset, ever. Im always happy and optimistic. (I have a no complaining policy with myself lol) Guess my previous struggle to conceive my first child got the better of me.. the longer your on clomid the decrease in effectiveness, so theoretically your best chances to conceive on clomid would be the first few cycles i would assume.

XXX

He could say no because
*im overweight
*i have managed to ovulate on my 2 months ago (chemical)
*im only 8 months post c section/ very traumatic birth (2 blood transfusions) and no I'm not wanting a vbac I want a 2ndcs
*or he may tell me I should go and see a fertility specialist again (expensive and several month waiting list)

I don't know wether to phone him and suss out wether hell do it first before I go in, or if he's got less chance of saying no if I just turn up for an appointment.

Yep! got ya right there with you. Thanks for going into detail, now i know your thoughts hey.. I'll put it on my prayer list for you! So sorry to hear about your traumatic birth i dont know alot about c-sections.. did you have a blood transfusion because you lost alot of blood? Where about's are you located for the long waiting list? The longest i had to wait in my previous town i lived in (brisbane) was 3 weeks. I wonder how long the waiting lists are in America now that i live here..

Tell us how you go!

 

[babydust1]

Eurghh I feel really down today :-/


I have flu & just generally peed at everything ttc and stuff I dunno I think ita because it took 5 years for the first im not willing to wait that long this time :'( I feel very anxious that it won't happen naturally, im going to register for another doctor tomorrow. X

 

[babydust1]

I also try not let it get to me and I said id be pretty laid back this time about it and just hope but im not because I know how long it can be I feel angry with my body :-/ sorry ladies only know that you'd will know what I mean xx

 

[RedRose19]

i think accepting its not in your control and to just enjoy life as it is so not to get stressed because stessing def does not help, i read a thing in a paper once about how they told women who has been told they could not get pregnant that they had been "cured" but they hadnt done anything and many of these women had pcos and even some with missing tubes! they believed there body would get pregnant and low and behold 80% of those women got preg naturally it was amazing to read, i just mean try remain as relaxed as possible just know no matter what it WILL happen again xx

 

[hopefulfor1st]

I booked my doctors appointment for the 25th to ask for clomid. I'm so scared hell say no. Think ill cry if he does!

Why would he say no? Your concerns are all legit, i would be a lil anxious too. Just because you never know what different Dr's will say. There's always other Dr's, i would keep trying until you get the result you want. But hoping this Dr will have no dramas giving you a clomid script. Will you start straight away?

So glad i have other girls along with me on this journey.. had a bit of an emotional day yesterday. WEIRD because i dont get upset, ever. Im always happy and optimistic. (I have a no complaining policy with myself lol) Guess my previous struggle to conceive my first child got the better of me.. the longer your on clomid the decrease in effectiveness, so theoretically your best chances to conceive on clomid would be the first few cycles i would assume.

XXX

He could say no because
*im overweight
*i have managed to ovulate on my 2 months ago (chemical)
*im only 8 months post c section/ very traumatic birth (2 blood transfusions) and no I'm not wanting a vbac I want a 2ndcs
*or he may tell me I should go and see a fertility specialist again (expensive and several month waiting list)

I don't know wether to phone him and suss out wether hell do it first before I go in, or if he's got less chance of saying no if I just turn up for an appointment.

Yep! got ya right there with you. Thanks for going into detail, now i know your thoughts hey.. I'll put it on my prayer list for you! So sorry to hear about your traumatic birth i dont know alot about c-sections.. did you have a blood transfusion because you lost alot of blood? Where about's are you located for the long waiting list? The longest i had to wait in my previous town i lived in (brisbane) was 3 weeks. I wonder how long the waiting lists are in America now that i live here..

Tell us how you go!

Yeah by long I mean like a month! Last time I saw dr Steve Raymond at new lambton he's the head of Hunter IVF.
And yes it was because I lost alot of blood- my Bp skyrocketed and because of the irregular pressure blood couldn't filter through the placenta, 2 large clots formed behind the placenta that started pushing it off the uterine wall so I started bleeding really badly, and because my Bp was off I was also bleeding out clots, and by clots I mean it was perfectly round balls of blood....this sounds wrong but the colour and consistency looked EXACTLY like a tin of beetroot, I think they were pieces of placenta coming out too. I got to the hospital within 7 minutes of it starting (I didn't know how bad it was at first as the blood was filling my uterus but by the time I got to the John hunter it was bleeding out and they put me on a bed and within 5 mins I was on the operating table being put to sleep- I'm very lucky I went there and not to another hospital as they were probably the only hospital equipped to handle such a situation.

 

[xxx_faithful]

hi babydust im on day two of soy! i must say the first day i got a horrid headache but i think its my lack of water drinking, ill let you know how it goes

Can i ask where you purchased yours from? How long do you take it for? If it works similar to clomid do you take it on day 3-7 of your period, or anything like that? How much did yours cost?

i got it from my local health shop, im taking it cd 2-6 and im taking 160mg for the first 3 days and 200 for the last two. ive read so many success stories for people that take it like that. it cost me 16 euro for 30.. but i got it for 13 as my mom is a baker for the health shop so she got it with her discount. so basically 13 for one cycles worth tonight is my third night of taking it

Oh okay awesome! thanks so much, ive also researched it. Seems to have great results xx

 

[xxx_faithful]

One week til my appointment I just rang my doc cos I was scared I'd get there and he'd say no clomid as I'm too overweight or it's too soon post c section or something, or cos I actually ovulated myself recently...
So I just rang him and said just letting you know I'm coming in for this next week incase you need to refer to Steve at all first (his friend who's a fertility spec he normally talks to if I need something) and he said no its pretty straight forward I just need to give u a script don't I? You know what to do with it.
Pretty stoked

***AHHHHH**** big breath! haha, So happy for you, i was starting to be a lil anxious for you, must be sympathy anxiety. Thanks God you got the script easily - yay! let us know when you start your cycle xx

 

[xxx_faithful]

I also try not let it get to me and I said id be pretty laid back this time about it and just hope but im not because I know how long it can be I feel angry with my body :-/ sorry ladies only know that you'd will know what I mean xx

Hun im sorry... looks like both you and i were having a downer yesterday. Not sure if it was my provera talking or perhaps the thought of TTC again for the second time really got to me. Just know i get it, okay? friends saying, 'oh just relax', 'it'll happen when it happens' blah blah. The thought of your body not doing what it's supposed to cuts deep for any woman. I get it, and im pretty sure we all do in here

xx

 

[xxx_faithful]

I booked my doctors appointment for the 25th to ask for clomid. I'm so scared hell say no. Think ill cry if he does!

Why would he say no? Your concerns are all legit, i would be a lil anxious too. Just because you never know what different Dr's will say. There's always other Dr's, i would keep trying until you get the result you want. But hoping this Dr will have no dramas giving you a clomid script. Will you start straight away?

So glad i have other girls along with me on this journey.. had a bit of an emotional day yesterday. WEIRD because i dont get upset, ever. Im always happy and optimistic. (I have a no complaining policy with myself lol) Guess my previous struggle to conceive my first child got the better of me.. the longer your on clomid the decrease in effectiveness, so theoretically your best chances to conceive on clomid would be the first few cycles i would assume.

XXX

He could say no because
*im overweight
*i have managed to ovulate on my 2 months ago (chemical)
*im only 8 months post c section/ very traumatic birth (2 blood transfusions) and no I'm not wanting a vbac I want a 2ndcs
*or he may tell me I should go and see a fertility specialist again (expensive and several month waiting list)

I don't know wether to phone him and suss out wether hell do it first before I go in, or if he's got less chance of saying no if I just turn up for an appointment.

Yep! got ya right there with you. Thanks for going into detail, now i know your thoughts hey.. I'll put it on my prayer list for you! So sorry to hear about your traumatic birth i dont know alot about c-sections.. did you have a blood transfusion because you lost alot of blood? Where about's are you located for the long waiting list? The longest i had to wait in my previous town i lived in (brisbane) was 3 weeks. I wonder how long the waiting lists are in America now that i live here..

Tell us how you go!

Yeah by long I mean like a month! Last time I saw dr Steve Raymond at new lambton he's the head of Hunter IVF.
And yes it was because I lost alot of blood- my Bp skyrocketed and because of the irregular pressure blood couldn't filter through the placenta, 2 large clots formed behind the placenta that started pushing it off the uterine wall so I started bleeding really badly, and because my Bp was off I was also bleeding out clots, and by clots I mean it was perfectly round balls of blood....this sounds wrong but the colour and consistency looked EXACTLY like a tin of beetroot, I think they were pieces of placenta coming out too. I got to the hospital within 7 minutes of it starting (I didn't know how bad it was at first as the blood was filling my uterus but by the time I got to the John hunter it was bleeding out and they put me on a bed and within 5 mins I was on the operating table being put to sleep- I'm very lucky I went there and not to another hospital as they were probably the only hospital equipped to handle such a situation.

Woweee, thank God you were okay and had bubba safely 2 blood transfusions that's pretty serious. Glad your okay now. Thanks for sharing hun x

 

[babydust1]

Aww thanks hun I hate people saying relax just relax it'll work no it doesn't!!


It took me five years because my body doesn't do what its supposed to do not because its that I dont relax or that im too stressed!! I hate it when others do not understand me or what I went through!! Five years is along time for anyone and to try again and think you're body still isn't working how it should be and think about doctors not helping you cause he's an arse the type that already has a prescription before U go in and tell em what's up!!!! :'(


Sorry im just feeling sorry for my self ladies and this is the only place people understand. My partner gets me too but its not his body that's failed him its mine... Grr I thought ttc 2 would be easy im only on cd 10 and feel like I wont ovulate! Pfft xx


I thought id be more relaxed this time but I still want this as much as I wanted the first and that's alot so its just the same agonising pain!

 

[xxx_faithful]

Aww thanks hun I hate people saying relax just relax it'll work no it doesn't!!


It took me five years because my body doesn't do what its supposed to do not because its that I dont relax or that im too stressed!! I hate it when others do not understand me or what I went through!! Five years is along time for anyone and to try again and think you're body still isn't working how it should be and think about doctors not helping you cause he's an arse the type that already has a prescription before U go in and tell em what's up!!!! :'(


Sorry im just feeling sorry for my self ladies and this is the only place people understand. My partner gets me too but its not his body that's failed him its mine... Grr I thought ttc 2 would be easy im only on cd 10 and feel like I wont ovulate! Pfft xx


I thought id be more relaxed this time but I still want this as much as I wanted the first and that's alot so its just the same agonising pain!

Hun - i get it. Sometimes it's the bare thought of what you went through that haunts you to think 'maybe i have to go through this again' for baby 2. Noone can help you through it as much as your mind. How did you end up conceiving your baby? Clomid/IUI/IVF? Remember your body has a remarkable way of remembering how to conceive after the first one. It is like muscle memory when you work your muscles via weight training.

I was trying to talk to one of my close friends about it the other day. She on the other hand had no dramas conceiving and has pinpointed the month in which she will try next for baby #2, she is certain she will conceive the first month, as quote 'im super fertile, and my husband is super fertile'. I asked her, what makes you so sure? Meanwhile humbly i say this.. my husband and i dont have any financial concerns, he has a highly educated background and works for decent money in oil, her on the other hand, they tightly count their pennies always waiting for a breakthrough. And so i said to her honestly and as kind as i could.... that sometimes life is not fair, but it doesn't mean things stay the way they are. If you believe you will one day earn $???? money then great you keep praying for that, and i will keep praying for mine, but dont say that you are simply blessed with fertility and that is that. Because i can well and truly say the same in other circumstances.

Moral of story is that we all have battles to face, and one battle is not easier or harder then the other. Just because one person makes you feel like you disadvantaged, it's more then likely that they are not so well off in another area, that you are blessed with.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - remember you can be your best and worst enemy, as soon as my friend dropped the 'we're just fertile people' i thought to myself, 'well yes i have had clomid to conceive my baby, but i can be just as fertile too... and i will keep on telling my body that until it listens and does what it's supposed to!'


xxx

 

[xxx_faithful]

Ladiessssss,

I got my first period since since having my babygirl. Starting clomid tomorrow (day 3-7). Will be going for an acupuncture appointment on day 5 as thats what happened last time to conceive. How are we all doing this month? xx

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Hi there
My appointment is Wednesday to get my script so I won't be too far behind you!

Does anyone know what doing clomid on different days does?

My fs said it doesn't really matter, but I've read taking it earlier or later (eg starting on day 2 or 5 either creates more follicles or makes them bigger, does anyone know which way is best?

 

[xxx_faithful]

Hi there
My appointment is Wednesday to get my script so I won't be too far behind you!

Does anyone know what doing clomid on different days does?

My fs said it doesn't really matter, but I've read taking it earlier or later (eg starting on day 2 or 5 either creates more follicles or makes them bigger, does anyone know which way is best?

No im not too sure actually. I have been to visit 2 well known fertility specialists which recommended different days to take it. One was 2-6 then the other was 3-7. If you find out let me know lol. I'm trying 3-7 this month, and might try 2-6 next month.

 

[hopefulfor1st]

I'm gonna go 5-9 that's what my fs recommends and trolling the net seems to be what most people do.
I remember taking it earlier encourages more follies to grow, whereas taking it later (once the chosen follies are already present) just acts as a steroid to them to make them grow strong enough to release. Since women with pcos have numerous follies (more than the average woman) one would assume later in cycle would be better?
Also by this assumption taking it earlier would increase chance of multiples but they won't be as strong, less chance maturing.

 

[xxx_faithful]

I'm gonna go 5-9 that's what my fs recommends and trolling the net seems to be what most people do.
I remember taking it earlier encourages more follies to grow, whereas taking it later (once the chosen follies are already present) just acts as a steroid to them to make them grow strong enough to release. Since women with pcos have numerous follies (more than the average woman) one would assume later in cycle would be better?
Also by this assumption taking it earlier would increase chance of multiples but they won't be as strong, less chance maturing.

Oh awesome thanks for that. Only a few more days to go i have my acupuncture appointment this afternoon. Looking forward to it xx

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Got my clomid!!!!
He's given me 10x repeats of 50mg so even if I have to go up to 100 this time I've still got plenty.
Had a blood test this morning just need to check my progesterone is around nil to ensure I haven't ovulated in the last 2 weeks- if so ill start taking clomid tomorrow!
Weeeee pretty excited!

 

[xxx_faithful]

Got my clomid!!!!
He's given me 10x repeats of 50mg so even if I have to go up to 100 this time I've still got plenty.
Had a blood test this morning just need to check my progesterone is around nil to ensure I haven't ovulated in the last 2 weeks- if so ill start taking clomid tomorrow!
Weeeee pretty excited!

Man you are quick! how do i move as fast as you lol. YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! it will be interesting to see what happens as i never knew you could just take clomid with waiting for a period first. Oh the things you learn from other mums! xx

 

[RedRose19]

cd 12 for me and my opks have gotten darker today so hopefully positive soon then tww for me!

 

[hopefulfor1st]

Got my clomid!!!!
He's given me 10x repeats of 50mg so even if I have to go up to 100 this time I've still got plenty.
Had a blood test this morning just need to check my progesterone is around nil to ensure I haven't ovulated in the last 2 weeks- if so ill start taking clomid tomorrow!
Weeeee pretty excited!

Man you are quick! how do i move as fast as you lol. YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! it will be interesting to see what happens as i never knew you could just take clomid with waiting for a period first. Oh the things you learn from other mums! xx

Honestly we weren't "trying" we were just leaving it with god (no bc) but then when I had the chemical we started getting so excited just to have it dashed and that's when I decided to really try.
And yeah the mid "cycle" (and I use that word loosely as I don't really have one!) thing seems against everything dr google recommends but it's how I fell with my son.