hi curley!
im doing alright...just waiting and hoping! finished off my clomid last night, so now the BD'ing shall commence.
i am really hoping that this is my month. the clomid is giving me HORRIBLE mood swings, hot flashes, and headaches. all worth it in the end, of course, but not fun at ALL right now.
are you on 100mg too? I started on 50 mg and got pregnant but then miscarried. I am wondering if the higher dosage will help me get pregnant and stay pregnant?? fingers are crossed. good luck to you as well! are you positive you O'ed this month??
IM on 50mg,
Had a very normal + OPK, but you cant be positive till you do day 21 progesterone!
I have all those symptoms too- eps mood swings!
As far as i have researched, clomid tricks your body into procuding more estrogen and FSH- this helps to grow the follicle that are sitting dormant in the ovaries. If 50mg doesnt give enough stimulation, you go to 100mg etc...
If your body ovualted the egg(s) then you have the usual chances of conception
, implantation
and misscarriage
An increased dosage will give your body more stimulation to grow the egg that is not yet ovulated, so in that way it wont effect your chances of carrying a pg to term. However, you could argue that more clomid could increase chances of ovulating more than one egg- and in that case, if noth are fertilised, you have a higher chance of at least oneof those beans being viable.
The other thing is when you take it, if you take it cd2-6 or 3-7 you are more likely to have multiple follicles develop, but they may not be as good quality as the eggs you may develop if you take clomid cd 4-8 or 5-9. THis is becasue on cd three there is a dramatic fall in FSH, such that the one most mature follicle will be 'chosen' and the others will revert back to an 'in waiting' stage- however if you add the clomid before that has occured, you ca theoretically harness any of the follies that were preparing in those early days.
I hope that all makes sense!
and not too boring!
Good luck babe!
