I am also about to start my first cycle of clomid. I have read lots of places that if it doesn't work by 6 cycles its probably not going to, and also that you shouldn't take it for more than 6months because of some sort of health risk (can't remember what. LIFE is a health risk, anyway ). Although having said that, I think that the field of medicine is pretty much a hit and miss, stab in the dark type of exercise - so many weird things can happen and no one really knows why - I'd say that's the reason why there's so many different opinions - because no one really knows!!!!