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Tasha...
First thing..dont freak out. If you are really unsure, dont start the clomid until after you have spoken to your fs tomorrow. One day will not make a scrap of difference. I usually take it day 4-8. The first time I took it I started day 8-12 (that was the day I got the first prescription). My FS said it didnt matter one iota.
With regards to the endometrium lining, you are correct in saying it needs to be a certain thickness to support a pregnancy, but your FS will measure the thickness when you go for a follicle scan (approx day 14). If there is a problem, there are ways to treat it so it thickens.
The clomid will change your cycle. It may lengthen it. It may shorten it. Your periods may be heavy one month, lighter the next. One thing I have learnt is the taking of clomid is not an exact science. It is guesswork to a large degree, and even your FS (who will be making educated guesses, but guesses nonetheless) may mix it up (dosage, days, etc) until it gets you ovulating. Which, remember, is all clomid does. It's an ovulation induction medication. It doesnt guarantee pregnancy. It merely helps you ovulate.
In closing, I think the best thing to do is relax. Call your FS tomorrow and follow their advice.
Good luck - and have a restful evening.
take care
n2l
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Oh god I feel your pain. At the moment I am cd 73. But before that I got to cd 234 and then I got AF!!
Hope everything works out.
AFM - I am seeing my FS tomorrow and going to be speaking to her about taking provera and then starting clomid. I want to get this rollercoaster moving!!
Sorry for no other persies.. Dont worry though I will hopefully be joining here completely in the next couple of weeks.
Have a good week everyone
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Hi All,
I don't seem to be getting the emails, so I merrily go along thinking no one is posting and then come back to check and there are so many things happening, I have lost track of everyone!
Still no BFP's in here it seems though?? What's with that, surely someone is due!
Lots of newbies - welcome to you all!! You will find the advice invaluable and the support of these ladies priceless. Somehow knowing you are not alone in your sometimes seemingly crazy pursuit of procreation, makes it all so much easier. There are girls at so many different stages in here, and there is almost always someone that knows how you are feeling at any point, and even if they don't, they all sympathise with you all the same.
AFM - Appointment at my OB/GYN on Thursday, so hopefully will be off to the FS before the end of the year, or even more hopefully this cycle of Clomid will work and I can go back to the OB/GYN before I even get to the FS! One can only dream!! Not sure if it's the changing weather, but this cycle I seem to be the incredible hulk. I swear sometimes I must have turned in to a big green monster, because my moods swings are insane and I just feel like crap most the time... *sigh*
Lots ofdust to everyone!!
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
Thanks ladies!
I got a blood test done today by my FS nurse just to make sure I am not currently pregnant then i can start Clomid.
Its so hard to determine when to start it isnt it!??! Ive had bleeding since Friday now but its more spotting than full bleeding so its getting me all confused.
Waiting for FS's nurse to get back to me with the test results now (highly unlikely im pregnant as i have been POAS everyday! with BFN)
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
OMG Tash, I just read your threads and you are in the same situation as me!! AF came on Friday but stopped during the day and only have managed a 50 cent piece of bleed everyday (no bleeds over night)!
All the best at your GYNO appointment
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ShanShan - Thank you heaps for your tip i think your right it is easier to excercise with someone and to vary your workouts i do get sick of doing the same thing all the time, Thanks
RhiChiChi - Thanks i do agree with bec and your self you do have to be in the right head space i was about 7 years ago and lost 30kg in 3 months and kept it off for years. Its so easy to lose the plot its so fustrating and so hard to get into that right head space again goodluck. I'm really really sorry IUI was unsuccessful. I understand completly about being over TTC but please please dont give up i know its so dissapointing but it will happen. Yeah i seem to say that alot it just should not be this hard. Lots and Lots of baby dust to you.
Epayne - Your right we have everything going on with weightloss and TTC it just kind of gets too much sometimes. My mum is usually really supportive she helped me lose the weight before but its easy for her she weighs 50kg. So sorry AF showed up it can be very dissapointing. My hopes and prayers are with you to get pg by xmas.
Tamara - Congratulations on your little boy what a wonderful suprise even though you had to return all the pink, boys are so amazing i thank god everyday for mine. Congratulations again
Keli - Not long to go now its so exciting cant wait for the birth announcement. Wishing you an easy fast labour.
Tash - I agree with nothing2lose i would talk to my FS first. I take mine days 2-6 but my FS has said it did not matter if i started a bit late. Goodluck
mollie86 - Oh my goodness you poor thing i could'nt even imagine how fustrated you must be. Goodluck with FS today hope you get the provera so then you can start clomid. Hope it all works out.
AFM - My eldest son graduated high school on Friday it was so sad (pleased i was not the only one crying) i just cant believe or understand where all the years have gone its really sad. Then i think i will be doing it all over again in 14 years with my 3 year old and that thought just makes me feel really old!!!
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEK
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
Ladies, i just got a call from my FS's nurse! Starting clomid today!!! OMG im excited and nervous at the same time now.
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No you don't have to keep going if it's not what you want to do. Remember I skipped the IUI and headed straight to IVF. The success rate is much higher for IVF as apposed to IUI. From memory (don't quote me on it) I think success rates are IUI 12-15% and IVF 40%.
Some ladies like to do IUI because they are frightened about IVF and IUI is a great start in prep for IVF in regards to all the appointments and scans, jabbing etc... It's also less invasive than IVF as well. But by the time we are done with dildo cams, BT etc who cares who sees our bits eh???
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I just called my FS and he said to start the second round of clomid at any blood, Im CD3 so I start tonight i guess. Ive had light AF, but never this light. So your stating clomid as well, thats great! Good luck with your first cycle!
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I just called my FS and he said to start the second round of clomid at any blood, Im CD3 so I start tonight i guess. Ive had light AF, but never this light. So your stating clomid as well, thats great! Good luck with your first cycle!
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Thanks N2l, I was freaking out. Still am actually. My FS has not requested any scans and i don't see him till 13th December after my day21 progesterone BT. I called and the nurse spoke to him cos he was busy, but i didn't ask about having scans done.
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hello everybody, haven't posted in here for a while.
I am just starting my second cylce of clomid. I hope it works! Just wanting to know, since i was a raging emotional mess last month, do the side effects settle down or get worse with each progressive round of clomid? lol.
GL to everyone this cycle
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
when does the side effects come and how long do they last? i took my first tablet last night and havent felt any difference.
thanks ladies
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Mum2OneSweetBun- I had more emotional side effects during the month than physical. I did have some spotting mid cycle but that was it. Alot of girls get hot flushes straight away but i didn't. It just depends, but iv'e only done one cycle, other girls would have more advice. Hope you don't have any nasty ones!
GL
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Mum2One - Everyone is different of course, but I always find the symptoms start after I have finished the Clomid and the whole month is an emotional rollercoaster. I had the general SE once finished the Clomid (hot flushes was my main SE), but then everything else during the cycle seems to be "bigger" than usual. More emotional, PMS is more full on, boobs can be sorer (I never really had sore boobs before, but I do on Clomid), I even felt nautious around ovulation the first cycle and I am the same this time (4th cycle). I have also found that I am worse each month, but others have said that their first month was the worst. I am sure that my husband would agree though, I am definitely getting worse as I go along!! Pretty much any PMS/Pregnancy/Ovulation SE that you can think of, you will probably feel. Partly because you want to think that you are Ovulating/Pregnant and partly because the hormones are just pumping harder than usual because of the Clomid.
Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!
thanks ladies, really appreciate the support!
Hoping that all us ladies a great Christmas surprise and be UTD! oxoxo
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Yas, I was definately worse the first month and then not bad from there on in. Hope you are lucky and get none!
Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well!
AFM: I started taking primolut to induce a period after I POAS and got a BFN. AF should arrive early next week, so I'm booked in back at FS the following week. Xav will be getting his plaster off that day so I thought I'd kill two birds with one day off!
I'll call back in later,
Bec
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becnxavi- sorry for your BFN. Hope your ok. Good to know it's that the first is the worst.
It's hard to tell if my emotional breakdowns are clomid, or grief from the m/c...probably a combination of both.
FX for BFP's this month, GL to everyone and my sympathy for anyone in the TTW.
Oh, and a quick question for anyone who might know, i had thrush basically my whole TTW (yucky and horrible) can i take the tablet to get rid of it while im taking clomid? I think it's gone but i don't want it to flair up after AF finishes. Anyone had the same problem?
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