TTC & Taking Clomid &/0r Metformin ~ July - Oct 2007

[MUM2JADEN]

MGM,

What a brilliant surprise, I am so happy for you babe.....it lifts your spirits when there's news of a pregnancy, I hope everything goes well for the next 9 months, just sit back and enjoy the ride.

I finish my clomid tommorrow, and then down to business, hope I can join you with a BFP.

Kazz


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[mgm]

Thanks Kazz! I just want to get through the first trimester, then I'll really celebrate. Have a three-week teaching round coming up which should help some of the time pass quickly... I'm feeling pretty tired already, but that may just be because DS has been sleeping really badly.

Good luck with this round of clomid - I'll be waiting for you to join me soon.

[lismith25]

Hi ladies just to keep you posted af has arrived.....a mixed bag of emotions I guess. I couldnt resist and did a test last night and as normal it tempted fate. I think maybe after 7months of nothing I was ready for a clear out.
But hey....now onwards and upwards with fresh eggs, lets see if the next cycle can be more successful

Kazz - hopefully number 3 will prove lucky for us both.

[Indadhanu]

Lismith: big *hugs* I'm sure the next round will be better and you'll get your soon. Hey, at least you ovulated this time - thats a good sign

[kellrobryan]

can you please tell me what signs do you get when you are on clomid to say that you have O'd
i have had sore tender nipples that was in the middle of the cycle so does mean maybe i O'd
please help
kellie

[on tra_k]

Hi everyone ... I've been a regular in the 6month+ thread and tomorrow I'll be starting on clomid. I look forward to gettting to know you all.

Alisia, I've read a little of your journal ... and now you're so close to the first IUI. Everything crossed for you for tomorrow. Good luck

Lis, I guess your done with the pills for this cycle and getting warmed up for the BDing ... good luck with ovulation and with catching that egg.

Kazz, I hope you've caught your egg and that the TWW passes quickly.

Me ... I already have one beautiful daughter. We haven't used contraception since DD was born and began seriously trying (charting & actually DTD frequently ) about 9 months ago. Being generally impatient, I got a referral to an FS and found out that there is actually something wrong ... what ... long erratic cycles are not NORMAL ... hmmmmm. I'm very excited that clomid is a chance to fix the problem and give my somewhat underperforming hormonal system a bit of a kick ...

[kristie86]

Hi everyone,
just a bit emotional at the moment... i have been on metformin 1500mg a day for about 8 weeks now and nothing has happened at all, i havent got af or ovulated or got a bfp just wondering how long should you give it till you try your next option. Also had my first doc's appointment last week for the first time since i started it and i was expecting some blood tests or somthing to check my levels but she did nothin just told me to come back in about 2 months and dtd regulary. Is that what she was supposed to do or should i have had some tests? I am just so confused about all this assited conception and i have no one to ask. And to top it all off i found out today that my sil is pegnant again with her 2nd child and her first isnt even 10months and not wanting to be nasty but she doesnt really do that great of a job with her first and it just makes me upsett when ppl like that can just think about gettin preg and it happens and then there is me who really really wants a child and it feels like it is never goin to happen for us...
Sorry about the long rant i am just so upsett right now and i should be happy cause i am goin to be an aunty again but i just cant be happy about it even though i try.

[principessa76]

Hi kristie,
Sorry you're feeling so sad at the moment. I know it can get hard when others seem to get pg so easily and others of us don't. Its just the way it is though and for me I just hope that this is the only bit of bad luck that DH and I have in our lives. I was just saying to my DH yesterday that it doesn't seem fair that we have to go through all this. Friends of ours just had their no. 2 yesterday and both of them have some serious health problems and are on some hefty medications but they still managed to conceive both times very easily. DH and I are health conscious and healthy and yet we need assistance - admitedly its just cos of me though. I think you've just got to know that you'll get there in the end if you want it enough and you'll treasure your special baby all the more.

Regarding your Metformin - are you under the care of a FS or just a GP? If you're not seeing a FS then I would recommend you get a referral. If you are seeing a FS then I think perhaps you need to ask some more questions and take control yourself - you may even be better off changing FS if you're not happy with how you're being managed.

Have you been diagnosed with PCOS? From what I've read Metformin is used to help control insulin levels and this can help with some forms of PCOS where the condition is worsened by insulin resistance. Has this all been properly investigated for you? Some PCOS is not associated with insulin resistance. If this is the case for you then the Metformin won't work and you'll need the Clomid to make you O. If you've been on the Metformin for 8 weeks now and no O then maybe its not going to work for you. Me, I've had very looooooong cycles and my FS picked up a few small cysts on my ovaries when she did an U/S. To make me O she's put me on Clomid. I don't have PCOS and I don't have an insulin problem so Metformin was never going to do anything for me.

Hope you feel better soon and good luck with the next step in your TTC journey

[lismith25]

Hi ladies.....
After reading Kristie's blog, I thought I had to write something...... I realise it probably wont help but we all have those moments and you cant dwell on them because they can cause serious damage.

A friend who got married on the same day as us, must have fallen pregnant on her honeymoon and now has a bouncing boy and my darkest moment was when i met an old colleague in the street who told me she was 4 months pregnant and rubbed my stomach and asked how i was going. I couldnt say I was happy for her and just walked away and burst into tears.....that was my moment...the one that made me realise..i threw out my ovulation charts and I haven't bought an OPK since. I cant go back to that, I didnt like what I had become.

There is no reason or rhyme as to who or why this happens....we just have to accept our lot and let it go....and trust that if it is meant to be..it will be....and of course we can try to help it along and maybe take out shares in the pharmaceutical companies!!!

[MUM2JADEN]

Hi everyone,

Lismith25, I get where your coming from, sometimes our reactions surprise us when we are confronted with other peoples pregnancies and baby stories.....
I have a friend who gave birth to fraternal twins 5 months ago.....she was bragging about having it all over and done with in one hit..... well, that kind of hurt because I have one little boy and we've been trying to get pregnant ever since and can't......I hadn't told her of my inability to conceive at that stage....My reaction was to say I couldn't cope with two at once and felt blessed to just have one....That must have sounded a bit spiteful to her and I only realised I'd said it after i'd blurted it out...... I later found out off her partner that they had been trying for a year to get pregnant, something that she conveniently left out of our conversations......makes me wonder if she did have a bit of help in the trying to conceive department, because she's always saying it was natural....why would you bother....

Anyway I've vented too now......it's good to get it off your chest....

I hope everyone in this thread gets a BFP, because we all deserve it 10 times over......

Kazz


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[KateY01]

Hi girls
Mind if I join in? I'm a lurker in these threads but am feeling quite fed up today.
I am on my 8th cycle of clomid (only 25mg but seems to work) but have been told that you shouldn't do more than 6months by my natropath. Has anyone heard this before as well??
I am concerned that if I go off it I won't ovulate at all!! Am starting to think about IVF but am doing another cycle of clomid and IUI this month and see how we go. Have nearly had enough of doing the same thing over and over though and starting to think I might need to try something different.
Any ideas?
BTW, totally understand about pregnant friends, relatives etc. They seem to be everywhere at the moment. What's going on?? Baby boom!!??
See yas

[lismith25]

welcome all newbies...
Kate -I had heard that after 12 months you a higher risk group for ovarian cancerwhich is why it isnt recommended to go beyond that....I myself am on 50mg and was given repeat prescription for the full 12 months....but it is my Gyno's opionion that clomid is pretty effective and should work well before that. My next meeting with him iF we have not had a bfp is in Nov when I will be in my 6th cycle and we will re-evaluate our plan of attack. But here's hoping it wont get to that

Anyways im at cd15 at the moment and am feeling good so Im taking that as a sign all is well down south and hopefully my is just around the corner...so for everyone, lets hope August is a good month for us all.

Kazz -how are you doing...it must be blood test time already???
Alicia - have you found out if clomid worked for you yet??
MGM - hope things are still looking good for you

Lisxx

[Indadhanu]

Oh, I competely forgot to let you all know!

Hav been in a bit of a whirlwind. Well, we had our first scan last Wednesday. AND I had a 17mm follie! The next day it had grown to 21.7mm!!!!! I had the HCG trigger then, and the IUI in the Friday. Am just in the TTW to find out if it is a sticky!!! Can test next Wednesday 22-08-07, and have th clinic appt. on Friday 24th.

[MUM2JADEN]

Hi there,

Leasha0986 Fantastic news....can't wait to see a BFP!!!!!
Lismith25 Catch that eggie........I'm having as BT tommorrow for progesterone....can test in 9 days.....

Kazz


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[Mrs Jak]

hi Kristie, how are things going now?

[kristie86]

Hi everyone.
Ellas mum: Im still tryin to adjust to my sil pregnancy but i think i am coming to terms with it.

I am just starting to think what my next option is after metformin and how long should i try on the metformin till i try the next option. If someone could tell me what the next option is after the metformin that would be great. The metformin just doesnt seem to be workin for me and it is a bit of a let down cause before starting on it i read so many ppls succsess stories and read about the great statistics. And it seems to be having no effect on me at all.

[lismith25]

Hi everyone having a black day today....things have not been going well and now have found out that I didnt ovulate . Started crying this morning over trivial things and have now taken over crying over my crap body.
And am now quite possibly for the first time since we started trying... i am starting to despair that maybe im just not going to be able to conceive.

I guess this my moarning period, no doubt after a good dose of alcohol, things will seem better.

clomid cycle number 4 here we come

[MUM2JADEN]

Hi there Lismith25, I'm in a similar boat to you, I'm on my 3rd round going on 4th of clomid.....AF is due any day now, as there are too many symptoms to ignore.....I know how you feel.......you get excited at the beginning of every month that this is going to be it, you take your tablets, you do all the right things, have loads of sex, then the dreaded TWW, living with the hope that again this is it.......then whammo narda.....nuthin' it's like a kick in the teeth.....That's why I feel like getting smashed as soon as I can to take away the pain.......In my case it's the not being in control of the situation that makes it so frustrating.....I've done everything I've put my mind to in my lifetime, except this......The question that burns bright for me is is it ever going to happen or not....if I knew it wasn't, then I could just give up and enjoy the other things that life has to offer me, but the not knowing is the hardest.....

Sorry if I've brought anyone down with my vent.....but that's how it is....we must all keep each other pumped and positive along this journey as it is one of the toughest mentally.....When my AF arrives, I'm going to have a bottle or two of champagne for my 39th B'day, then I'm going out to buy an exercise machine, so I can look hot when I turn 40!!!!heheheheheheheh....don't mind me I'm just mad......cheer up Lismith25....

Kazz


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