LTTTC & Taking Clomid/Metformin ~ July 2008 until 2009

[tammara]

Hi girls

Finally AF came this morning so i get to start on the clomid. I am meant to take them day 3 - 7 of my cycle, seeing as it has been ages since i got the tablets i have forgoten if I continue to take the clomid if AF is finished? can anyone tell me if i keep going or stop.

Again a big congrats on the bubby

[Ella'sMum]

Hi Girls,

I'm new to this thread but thought i'd better "jump in" as my long awaited AF turned up this morning FINALLY (35 day cycle for me this last time round, for the last 8 months it's been ranging from 27 - 39 days... So Frustrating).
So long story short I'll be starting my 1st Clomid cycle on Day 3 going thru to 7 and quite frankly I'm Pumped about the whole thing.... It's been a long journey to actually get to a point where i now feel like i have a little control over this TTC journey...
So yeah, cycle day 3 Start Clomid, Cycle day 9 have a HSG Xray (which can't say i'm looking forward to), day 13 start DTD like crazy until cycle day 25 (that's alot of BD'ing)...
So, just wanted to introduce myself and say Hi, hope everyone is having good cycles and the drugs aren't being cruel!

Does anyone know how the Clomid interacts with alcohol, (have girls night out on first day of tab taking, not sure if a couple of drinks is okay or not)!

Good luck to everyone, and Tammara, looks like me and you are on the same cycle, will be good to have a buddy, good luck.

[M22]

hey tam- i took mine on days 2-7 and got scan on the 12th adn the bd every second day from wheneve my ob told me to.
welocem em- congrats on strting clomid!! i found i got more hot flusehs if i drank so avoived it.
hsg- wont be painful but you'll know the reuslt straight away!!

[tammara]

Ellasmum - It will be good to have us on the same cycle and both starting together I have my HSG booked in on the 23rd so hopefully AF will be well and trully gone.

LSK - thanks for that, it has been so long since i spoke to the fs about the clomid i just forgot

[BrusselsSprout]

Hi girls

Finally AF came this morning so i get to start on the clomid. I am meant to take them day 3 - 7 of my cycle, seeing as it has been ages since i got the tablets i have forgoten if I continue to take the clomid if AF is finished? can anyone tell me if i keep going or stop.

Again a big congrats on the bubby

Tammara, yes you continue until you are done with the treatment, even if your period is over YAY!!!!! I am so happy to hear that! lol

EM, I found that when I drank on Clomid I just got warmer...lol...good luck!

Keep us posted!

[kittycat27]

hi everyone,

i am also new to this thread!
i am on a drug called femarra. it works to make you ovulate but a little differently to clomid. i have done 8 months of clomid in 2007 so FS is trying something new.
apparently clomid blocks the estrogen from working and femarra blocks the estrogen from being produced????
blah blah blah is what i think....i just wat it to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is my second month trying it. it did work last month but no BFP after an IUI.
i do happen to have two little embies on ice but am too scarred to use them.
DH and i have decided to do a few more IUI's and see if we can get lucky with them. if not then the embies are there for use. because of my age, FS always uses 2 at a time so it is only one go..
the clomid or clomiphene gave me a few bad symptoms but i get nothing on this new one. i don;t even know i have taken anything! yah..
so, i am probably going ot have another iui next week (lucky 7th!). i am on cd 5 and have taken tablets from days 3-7 just the same as clomid. i have acup booked for monday to help ovulation. i got buzzing ovaries last time so will keep it up for sure....

well let's hope we all get our BFP's together.
GL and let's get BD!!!!! hahahahahahha
michelle

[wantbaby#2]

Well i THInk i have ovulated.Usually i ovulate on day 14 or 15 WITHOUT clomid.Im at day 15 now and have been testing since day 10 or 11? I had a surge on the first day of testing which was too early so i ignored it.Kept on testing and had a surge yesterday (day 14) and my test showed a surge result today as well (day 15).it doesnt matter either way as hubby and i have it covered (know what i mean). I am using the urine test kits....not the saliva one which was frowned upon by my specialist.

I have been combing my clomid treatment with Conceive plus,Vitex agnus(premular) and Elevit.
Also and this is embarassing...can anyone let me in on the abbreviations.I dont understand some of them.....

[Frustrated]

Ok so im on day 27 ( My cycle used to last up to 37 days before starting this time round on metformin & chlomid) , today when i went to the toilet i had brown blood/but it wasnt really blood it was just like gunk but not chunky it was watery like blood. ( sorry i dont no how else to explain), there was quite a bit when i wiped but seemed to go away.I dont think this could be my period being only day 27 and ive had no period symptoms at all. Im so confused..COuld this be my period?

[M22]

F-are you temping? and have you actually o'ed?

hi to everyone else !!

[Frustrated]

Sorry, what do you mean temping? ( Sorry, i'm not really good with abb's )
And yes i def ovud on day 15 got levels back yest from day 21 prog test and levels were at 45.???????

[31becc]

Frustrated - could be your period - I get mine anywhere from 11 days after O' to 16 - so it could be. Apparently you can also get bleeding from when the egg implants in to the wall of your uterous - so there is my answers - I read way too much!

I am now up to day 31 - my specialist has told me to start testing as of yesterday - did yesterday and today and both negative. But AF have still not arrived and I don't feel like they are around the corner. So will just wait now!

[M22]

okay- so your not taking you temp each day? if yo go to fertility friend dot com sign up (free) it's a temping site that can help you track O, bfp and generally helps to get to know yu body better- when i wasn't on met/clomid my charts went up to 96 days!! i will give you the link to my chart. 3dc0b Ovulation Charts
See how my temp stayed high??

your levels seem good

[btlou]

Hi everyone,

After a long wait my doc prescribed provera to bring on AF so that I could start taking clomid. After 9 days it finally started (light). Now it seems to have stopped.
I was told to take it days 1-5 but Af seems to have stopped after only two days of very light flow. Can anyone tell me if this is normal and if I should continue taking the clomid. AF normally lasts much longer than this and is heavier. I'm really not sure what to do.

Good luck to everyone I hope the side effects aren't getting to you. I have been taking the clomid at night but am finding myself very teary...embarrassing as I am staying with my sister in QLD on Hols.