Hello!
I'm popping my head in here to introduce myself.
I have one adorable clomid baby (well i guess he's a toddler now - 18mo). Concieved him on the second clomid cycle (first time i O'd in about 10yrs!). And now TTC#2. Have been on clomid for 4 cycles now and no luck. I have no idea when I O! My cycles are usually 30-31 days long. Blood tests on CD21 never showed O, but BT on CD24 do.
This time around I'm using OPKs but trusted them too much this cycle and haven't BD'd since i've not had a positive result (CD20 today:frown: ). Have been testing since CD14. So i don't know if these tests are just inaccurate and have missed the O, or if i haven't O'd, or if it was early Oing, or if I haven't yet (my last hope!).
Getting frustrated with the whole ttc thing now. Everyone else in the world seems to be pg!!!!!
So I hope its ok, if i join in here
LG, glad to have you here! Your blood tests and cycle length would suggest that O is occurring around day 17... Just like I don't have a good relationship with clomid, I also don't have a good relationship with OPKs! (but that could be down to never actually having ovulated, really ). Can your specialist organise scans and/or blood tests to help you know when to BD? Good luck, in any case!
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BW Would you please be able to let me know who the author is of the book? I went to a book shop this morning and could not find it. Maybe I should go to the library and have a look.
LG Hi and welcome to you. It sounds like your having a hard time atm. Hang in there hun and know that we are all here for you. I pray that you'll have a bfp soon.
TwoMums Welcome to you. I have to say that my time on clomid has been quite good. I've ovulated each month and have had mild side effects such as a headache every now and then, a bit more emotional at times and the only major thing I had was I hyper stimulated one month and ended up needing a lap to have an ovarian cyst drained but that wasn't too bad. The only other thing now is my fs seems to think my mucous is now too thick to let dh's sperm through and this is why she has suggested we try IUI soon.
I wish you all the best and hope the side effects aren't too bad for you.
Monnie It's great to see you and your bubba are doing well. Please pop in more often to let us know how you are
Here is the link to the thread where the book was first discussed. The authors are David Rawlings and Karen Looi. I've never looked for it in a bookshop, I ordered mine online. If you google "swimming upstream the struggle to conceive" it will come up as the first link, and you can find out a bit more about the book.
Thanks girls, that puts my mind at ease a bit... i took the last tablet today, and so far so good...no bad side effects really at all, i think i had a bit of a hot flush last night, but nothing too bad...Just hope it's doing what its meant to be doing !! Can using Clomid get you more than one follicle?
Hi all just a quick update to let you know that I'm much more at ease about the IUI thing. Dh and I finally had a talk yesterday and he also read all the info that my fs gave me. I now know that this will be the path we will take in the next couple of months ( March maybe). Dh is actually looking forward to this and knowing that we have a plan in place. He is only worried about the financial side of things and I reassured him that we will be ok once I get a job.I 'm due to do my Austswim certificate in two weeks time so hopefully I'll be able to get a job not too long after that
Anyway I hope you are all doing well and are having a great weekend
Twomums I'm pleased to hear that the side effects are minimal. I hope this does the trick for you this month. I'm not 100% sure about producing more than 1 follie but for some reason I think this can happen and thats what caused my cyst. I'm sure other people here will be able to give you some more info about this.
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). Can your specialist organise scans and/or blood tests to help you know when to BD? Good luck, in any case!
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