1st Cycle on Clomid - Page 2

[toothfairy2be]

Indie that sounds great! Those were your measurements from Friday, right? I would guess you should have O'd already. How long are you taking the Estradiol for?  Do you still have EWCM or has it changed to creamy? That is usually a sign for me. although I'm not sure if you are taking estradiol if it will stay EW...

I had 1.96 on the left, 1.5 on left, and 2  at 1.5 on the right. They told me to trigger tonight, IUI on Wednesday at 930am. My estrogen was only 286 which pretty much sucks (supposed to be around 500), so my guess is that my lining also sucks, but I didn't ask. I'm not sure why I didn't respond as well this cycle but I guess I just hope that it thickens up and find a sticky baby in there. I started taking some things to hopefully boost my estrogen. Time will tell!

Keep me updated!

[indie1976]

cbaa - how exciting! is there a reason why you are not on estrodiol? my prescription is to take one every day but i could've sworn the doc said something about first half of the cycle when i met with him. it sounds like you are familiar with it... what have you heard about when to take it? i'm curious what your experience will be like with IUI since that may be in my future... please report back on all the gory details :)

AFM - i'm am going to go ahead and declare that I ovulated sometime around cd11 or cd12 making me now 2 or 3dpo. i hate that i haven't been temping to know this for sure but the rest of my signs all point to cd11 or 12. i would imagine since i can and do ovulate on my own (though i have had some annovulatory cycles this past year) that i wouldn't suddenly *not* ovulate on clomid... but i wonder... if i didn't ovulate would AF come early or late? the annovulatory cycles i've had previously were always really short cycles - like between 17 and 20 days. when i was ovulating (at least according to fertility friend) my cycles are between 24 and 28 days. i guess i'm wondering this because i'm not getting any tests to confirm ovulation and it seems like this would be important information to have prior to going on another medicated cycle?

thoughts anyone?

@sherry how is everything going for you?

[toothfairy2be]

I asked my RE about estradiol and he said that my estrogen was almost at 500 last month and my lining was 6mm which was acceptable for 3 days before ovulation... I just wish I could've had some, oh well. I've been trying some 'natural remedies' to improve estrogen etc, but I'm not sure in 2 days how much of a difference it will make... its supposed to be used the whole time. Oh well. We will see what tomorrow brings. I know a lot about a lot (regarding my knowledge on estradiol), too much time with infertility and TTC forums!

I would bet money that you ovulated this month, welcome to the 2ww. I'll join you there tomorrow, woohoo!

[indie1976]

cbaa - how did the IUI go??

i should be 3 or 4dpo but the only post-O symptom i have is acne (yay). i would have figured i would have sore breasts by now because of progesterone? ugh. i have definitely entered into obsession overdrive.

[toothfairy2be]

Originally Posted by indie1976 

 i'm curious what your experience will be like with IUI since that may be in my future... please report back on all the gory details :)

Gory details-- lets just say the loss of sleep and anxiety this morning was for nothing, it was such a non-event. I'm not sure what it would be like for you, since it sounds like you actually saw your RE for your appts (or atleast another doctor)- I only see my RE to set up treatment, from there on out it is phonecalls from the nurse and visits with techs (phlebotomists, ultrasound). Today I had a nurse- 19 yrs old at best, who did my IUI. I got there, did my copay- she brought me back to an exam room, went over DH's sperm numbers (A+) undress from the waist down- yada yada, double checked that I am who I say I am with the name on the vial of DH's swimmers (again), feet in the stirrups, set up the speculum, and then we just were talking so I would be distracted (my choice), I really felt pretty much nothing, I didn't feel the catheter at all, I felt a teeny bit of cramps while she was actually injecting the sperm concoction (which looked like a teaspoon of water in the little vial), and then ta da, I was done... She said I could lay there a few minutes if I wanted but it wasn't necessary, and she set up my blood test for 2 weeks. So uneventful! I still don't want to do it again... but I'm so glad it was easy.

What is your test day? Mine is the 30th, but I'm like 4 days behind you! I usually get sore boobs too and last time the trigger shot gave me wicked sore nips, but so far they were tingly yesterday and then nothing today... weird.. I have been very crampy today since around noon, hopefully it is all 4 of my little follies bursting to life!

[sherryvhkb]

Hi sorry ive been MIA. I'm sooo disappointed. I'M rather sure per my chart that I O'd sunday. Unfortunately DH away for the weekend so unless some super sperm survived from thursday night i guess i'm out. I never thought it would be so late. I OPK'D til Friday all negative. I usually get a positive day 12. I never would have thought day 20.
Congrats on the follicles! I hope they are soon to be sticky babes. Isn't it funny how we start thinking aboit our plan for next cycle in the midst of the current one as though thinking there wont be a next cycle would jinx the whole thing!
Good luck ladies ill update if there is any news to share.

PS I'm glad i had the preseed on hand. I did dry up.

[MsDolphin]

Originally Posted by MamanFrancaise 

Hi Indie,

I was on Clomid when TTC my second DD after 10 months of trying without meds. Got pregnant the very first Clomid cycle!  I hope it works as well for you!

 

Very encouraging! Thank you for sharing.

We have been TTC for 10 months and my doc offered to put me on Clomid, I haven't decided yet if I am willing to give it a try. I guess I am afraid of all the side effects.

[indie1976]

cbaa - i'm kind of envious... you got to bypass two big obstacles that i'm worried about... cm issues and cervix! i'm really excited for you, i bet this will be your month! my official test day should be the 26th or 27th but i'm planning on testing on Thanksgiving (even that will a stretch for me to wait that long!)

sherry - hopefully the sperm and the egg will meet... stranger things have happened! and it IS funny how we start planning for the next cycle so as to not jinx things... i'm trying to commit wholeheartedly to the possibility of a bfp this cycle but... that's just HARD, right? i'm pulling for you!

msdolphin - so far, i haven't had any wicked side effects... actually, i find myself wishing i had more side effects just so i could be sure that something was happening!

[toothfairy2be]

msdolphin- I didn't have any crazy side effects... only hot flashes and a day or 2 feeling emotional- but not 'outburst' emotional, just a little off. Good Luck!

indie- I am glad to pass over those 2 things, it is just hard to feel hopeful after so much failure- it doesn't help that I am unsure of the egg quality and my lining.. gah- welcome to the 2ww, right? Are you on progesterone (I forget), I start mine tomorrow- let the side effects begin!

[sherryvhkb]

Hi Ladies,
Any updates? I am CD 28. Usually my af day but since i O'd so late im going to af late. Im just ready to start next cycle. I' m headed out if town for the holiday so i have my Clomid packed.
. I think i'm going to be a non-compliant patient and start on day 3 instead of 5. That also increases your chance of twins. :-)

I am still hoping and wishing for you!!

[indie1976]

hi there!

i just got back into town late last night and am finally back at a computer. i've been checking in on my phone but posting was a little too complicated... anyway!

@cbaa no, i am not on progesterone. it sounds... fun? :) and i totally understand how hard it is to feel hopeful after so many disappointments. i find my most hopeful time of each cycle is actually when i'm on my period! after that the obsessing and doubting begins...

@sherry i'll be curious if days 3-7 make any difference for you! i've been trying to figure out the rhyme and reason for docs choosing 3-7 vs. 4-8 vs. 5-9 and i just haven't come across anything but speculation...

AFM: i am currently on cd 21 and around 9dpo. i tested this morning. BFN. i was determined not to test until thanksgiving but then i realized that i had two tests left instead of 1 and so... i gave in. i had some twinges and crampy feelings in my uterus a couple of days ago that have lessened but still are there from time to time. the only other time that i had that feeling was when i was pregnant last year and so of course, it got my mind racing. but now i'm attributing it to the clomid. also, my SIL (who i haven't talked to about TTC) sent me a text the other day saying she had a dream that i was pregnant. so of course i was hopeful that was some sort of sign. bah. anyway, my breasts are FINALLY sore (another point of obsession for me!) but other than that... i think i lost hope that this would be my cycle when the doc made the comment about how my CF could have been "thinner" and gave me the prescription for femara for next cycle. at that point i just started convincing myself that this wasn't going to be my month. the good thing is i'm not feeling devastated... actually, i feel pretty happy and chipper these days so i'm at least thankful for that!

keeping you ladies on my mind... keep the updates coming!

[MsDolphin]

So you ladies got me off the fence I was on, I start my Clomid this week.

We were blessed and got pregnant within months of trying the first time. I am new to the TTC realm. Can anyone give me an idea how Clomid works? Do I need to try to track when I am ovulating? (I've never done that). Do we have to "schedule" sex now? (Never did that either).

Thank you for the 101 course! 

[sherryvhkb]

Well cd29 and a temp drop....:-( oh well

@Indie- i am now poas obsessed for you!!!

@msdolphin- im right behind you

@cbaa- where aaaaare you?!?!???

I know 3-7 is more likely to make more follicles mature at once. 5-10 increases ovulation of the follicle already reaching maturity.
i'm a more is better kind of girl right now so ill be doing day 3.

[sherryvhkb]

[toothfairy2be]

Aww bummer sherry! I'm glad you're doing 3-7 though, more is better

I'm still here, 7dpo today... No symptoms, just getting a cold. I am getting the urge to poas even though I probably wouldn't have implanted yet & have no symptom...

I take that back.. My nips are sore.

[indie1976]

so cbaa... it looks like you are the last hope for this cycle! no pressure :) keep us updated!!

AFM: i've gotten bfn's up to yesterday morning. haven't tested again and don't have any desire to. i know i'm not pregnant even though i probably won't get AF for another 3 or 4 days. my husband and i decided we will try another round of clomid before switching over to femara. i know that my cf was not stellar this cycle and so maybe if i make that my priority this next cycle i will get different results. when i got pregnant last time i had an extraordinary amount of ewcm that cycle. since the miscarriage my best cycles ewcm-wise was when i was overseas and happened to be drinking a lot of green tea. unfortunately, those were business trips where my husband was not present! i had told myself that i would drink green tea during my fertile period this cycle but i never did. also, i didn't start the estrodial until right at ovulation (because i didn't get the prescription until then) and so i didn't get any benefits... SOOOO... this next cycle i am going to be very diligent in my ewcm-making routine :)

there's also a part of me that feels like we should just take a break this cycle and avoid all together since it is christmas and all. we will be vacationing in the mountains with family during my 2ww which means being careful about alcohol and not using the hot tub in addition to the potential of a depressing bfn right around christmas. there's a part of me that feels like, at my age, i can't afford to take even one month off any more but then there's the other part that feels like it might be a good idea. any advice?

hope you all had a great thanksgiving and i'm pulling for you cbaa!

[toothfairy2be]

Thanks indie! I'm sorry cycle 1 wasn't the money shot for you, hopefully next times the charm!

I'm 11 dpo, I haven't tested. I have some symptoms but being on prometrium I can't trust anything. My beta is Wednesday so I may just wait, I'm not sure what to do. So far my possibly progesterone induced symptoms are sore boobs that feel different from my normal sore boobs, more toward the nipple, light cramps right by my uterus, slight nausea/unsure about what food I want to eat, acne lasting more than just my usual day, stuffy nose/post nasal drip. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow...

[toothfairy2be]

As far as waiting out a cycle, I did 3 mos last year & still regret it... What if one of them were the perfect egg or whatnot... Just IMO, but do what works for you.

[indie1976]

@cbaa TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sherryvhkb]

@cbaa test!!!! I am going to same day deliver you a FRER!! But...wow! Good for you if you can hold out til wed. I dont do well taking my bad news from others. I prefer to be alone in my bathroom so that i can react and then reset myself. I am however sure hoping you have great news!!

@indie. I read your thoughts on skipping the month....it was tempting. Then it seemed like a great idea......then day 3 came alone and i popped that Clomid. Ugh. I have zero will power with this.

So i am cd4. Day 2 clomid...and if life and cycle is normal then i should O day 14 in the 8th....problem...last clomid i was late oing. DH is having a medical procedure the 9th.....i scheduled it a month ago thinking it would be post O. Now i kinda wish i didn't do the clomid. I'm searching for something besides a trigger shot to help me O on time....i'm hoping that the day 3 start vs. The day 5 will make a difference.

I have enjoyed spending the past month with you...and cbaa i hope if your around this cycle it is as an inspiration!!!

Please forgive my sloppy text i'm on my phone.