Clomid - TTC

Hi ladies,
I just wanted to ask, today I took my very first clomid tablet and was wondering if yous know if there is very much success rate of falling preg. on your very first cycle??

Hi LisAnn

I am about to start with the Clomid, i would love to know how you go with it. If you have side effects or even better get pregnant.

Good Luck:D

i concvied 3 times with this- first angel baby then my son, now my little girl due in june.

i found my side affects were bad with #1 but i took tabs at night for this one and it was a lot better.
so the answer is yes- i convceid each time- i have pcos and was on met for #1 and #2 but not this one

baby dust to you both

Hi LisAnn,
I have just found out this morning that I am pregnant. I used clomid this cycle and it has worked first time! I also have PCOS and endometriosis.
Good luck

There is a ttc/clomid thread where you can speak to other people currently taking clomid. When I joined one of the girls fell pg on her first cycle after trying for about 2 years I think. I fell pg on my second cycle and after 2 years of trying for a successful pregnancy I finally got a sticky one. I didn't get many side effects, just slight nausea on the last day & slight headaches. Good luck and I hope it works for you.

here is the ttc met clomind thread

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...l#post1641367s

Hi Ladies,
Thank you soo much for your replies, they have given me faith that i might still not have to wait too long! And congrats to erybery, that is awesome news!
I have just, what I think, hit ovulation?? (doesnt ever happen obviously due to pcos)... but i had sore boobs for the first time ever and wierd feelings in my belly...
Not sure though if we 'tried' at the right time, but im glad I can feel the effects of the tablets at work. I guess its just fingers crossed from now on!
Tammara let me know how you go. I had no horrible side effects at all which is great!
Thanks again,
Lisa x x

Hi,

I have used Clomid (also known as Serophene) for my PCOS. It took 3 goes before I ovulated, with an increase in dose each time. They generally start you out on 50-100 mg, and then bump it up if necessary, with 200mg being the highest dose.

On average, the percentage of women who ovulate using Clomid is very high, in some cases over 85%. The percentage of women who fall pregnant is obviously less than that, but can be as high as 60% of those who ovulated. It's important to know three things though:
1. Clomid is used for a maximum of 6 "cycles" only. If you don't ovulate on this, other medications will be tried.
2. In about 30% of cases, Clomid causes "hostile cervical mucus" which is actually toxic to sperm. As far as I know there is nothing you can do to stop this, but I use a sperm friendly lubricant called Pre-seed (available at Lullaby Conceptions online) just in case.
3. Clomid can have side effects such as bloating, fluid retention and moodiness. My specialist, when I complained about these symptoms, replied "Good- it means it's working!". However if you get serious swelling or weight gain over a few days go to hospital asap as your ovaries have been "hyper stimulated".

I actually got pregnant from Clomid the first time I ovulated - unfortunately I'm now waiting to miscarry (HcG levels no longer doubling at 6 weeks). As far as I know this has nothing to do with the Clomid though.

I wish you the best of luck, and hope this helps.
Faith

Hi there, I am new at this... I am about to take clomid again. I had really bad side effects last time. I am going to take it at night like others have suggested. This will be my forth go at clomid after a two year break. wish me luck!!:

Hi,

I have been taking 50mg clomid for three cycles now and still no luck. I am doing acupuncture and am on 850mg of Metformin for my PCOS. With my Clomid I have been getting severe depression which makes me want to choke something, or sink into a black hole of nothingness. :crying: I am slightly overweight, feel tired all the time, and have a cycle that is all over the place. We have been trying for 2 years and am seriously over being let down, once again. I have watched friends fall pregnant and give birth over and over, and am the 'babysitter' of everyone else's miracles. At this point I am wondering, what is after Clomid? I have a perfectly fine Uterus, my eggs are okay, it's just that my ovaries refuse to release them. Do i do IUI? Is there a final step i can jump to?

Please let me achieve my life-long dream of being a mother!!!!!:pray:

dan,lisanne and faith - why dont you join this thread??
it for all girls chatting using clomid met and ttc there are heaps of other girls in there all going thru the same thing- ( i myslef included am a clomid met girl) it's s mmuch better to keep track and support each other that way- you can just join no need to ask etc

IUI is normally the next stop from clomid
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...l#post1641367s

I took half a 50g tablet of clomid and got pregnant with twins.. lost one and now have DD 6 months. I LOVE CLOMID!

Hi
I'm in a similar position. I was put on clomid 2 weeks ago- not yet up to blood test but I was supposed to O last Sunday and we only baby danced once since my fiance struggled with the presure as the process is making me so upset. I don't think I ovulated- I did a HPT last night and it was negative- broke my heart as it does every time, I spiral into depression.

I am worried nothing will work. I have PCOS and two years ago when I was with another man I had an abortion as I was advised to by everyone I knew (apprently being at university makes me an unfit mother) and didn't know at the time how hard it would have been for me to conceive. I have an incling that you need to be on the pill a few months then miss a week or so to be fertile- anyone had this?

I'm so stressed and upset at making the mistake of having an abortion and now being able to have a child with my fiance- while his children constantly remind me I am not their mother too hanging over my head.

I'm loosing my patience and I just want my body to work the way its supposed to.

hi ladies,
i am new to this , i have read all ur activities with clomid n sucess. can any body tell me what is TTC

trying to conceive from what I gather

I'm confused about the luteal phase- can we conceive during this phase- how can we test it for ourselves?

Xpress- ellie is right to this forum for all the abvs https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-acronyms.html

ellie- lutuel phase is after you ovulate till your period comes. so the average is 14-16 days, it can vary - eg mine is 19!! just join in - were all very friendly
and join this thread https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...#post1641367s- heaps of like minded girls going thru TTC with clomid.

I too have a clomid bub! After 2 years of trying with PCOS, my first cycle taking it day 5-9 i fell pregnant! CLOMID is fantastic! so worth the uncomfortable symptoms that come with it.

GOOD LUCK!!!

hi
1 yr9month is running to my married life
before marriage my period were regular but after marrage its slowly gets irregular
2 or 4 days then a week,12,15,17 days
i was diagnose with pcos.my doctor prescribe me glycomet (metformin)500mg then 850mg i m still having that
from 3month my periods r regular n this month i got pregnancy symptoms like sore n tender breast n frequent urine before my period date n after passing date i feeling i m pregnant but i got negative blood test n after 10 days late i got period starts
n today i m going to doctor

I have the same symptoms xpress- let us know what happens at your doc- I'm bloated and my fiance is eating heaps which he thinks is a symptom of me being pregnant as it happened all four other times with his kids. I have a sore tummy- its horrible. Supposedly bloating can be a symptom of pregnancy- i hope I am- nothing more in the world I want than to have a happy healthy child.

Hope those on clomid thus far are having some success! I fell pregnant first cycle on clomid (50mg) but had a m/c at 8 weeks - so I am now taking the progesterone again to induce my period and start a second cycle of clomid, fingers cross it works again!

I felt a bit bleh taking it but it wasn't as bad as I expected.

Hugs to missymooho, I really wish none of us had to go through all this but I guess we are more deserving when we do have a child because we know what it's for things not to just fall into our laps. Big hugs to all of you. Quite honestly there is a part of me that gets really jealous when I hear of someone getting pregnant but its not as hard to hear when it comes from you guys as I know you've been through the same if not worse than me.

Update:
I o'ed last cycle but didn't fall pregnant- Af came last week and I have decided not to take clomid again for three months as I am waiting for my new private health cover to kick in (local public hospital is not known for being any good) and am back on the pill (dianne) as I fell pregnant on it last time (over 2 years ago while dating a horrible guy) when I missed about a week or so when I was on holidays and I've heard the pill in the month after stopping to take it can help the fertility system ovulate for some reason- so I'll give that a go and if that doesn't work I'll be back on clomid with the horrible side effect. Is torture passing that 5 day mark in your cycle knowing your not going to ovulate this time aorund and you could have. Just trying to give myself the best chance under the best conditions. I've taken to calling the pill baby killers out of frustration- not a good attitude i know- I still hate myself for going through an abortion- listening to others advice instead of going what I wanted.:rolleyes:

Hi Ellieanna,

Firstly, sorry to hear that you had an abortion due to external pressures - not an easy time for anybody I think but :pray: that you stay positive and hopefully fall pg and have a happy healthy baby.

Even though you didn't fall pg last cycle at least you ovulated you're halfway there! It's a sign that obviously your body responds to the clomid and although you may experience some side effects, it's the least risky (and relatively inexpensive) way to TTC. So maybe it's just a timing issue now? Even though I m/c on my first pregnancy which is obviously not the sort of outcome anyone wants, at least I know that I can get pregnant after two years of TTC with no luck. And if I can get pg once I can most certainly do it again!

Is there a particular reason you are waiting three months? Is this due to waiting periods so you can have private obstetric care? Have you thought about maybe trying another public hospital if you're not to keen on your local one or are there not many around?

AFM I've finished taking the primolut so am now waiting for AF to come to start the clomid again. I didn't experience too many side effects last time although I took it at night. But I had very bad right side abdo pain around O time but I guess at least I knew it was working.

Best of luck, have a great week!

Laura

Yeah I'm waiting so I can go to the local private hospital as my mother had a lot of trouble givng birth to both her children so I want to be in the best most comfortable care- my fiance's experiences with having kids also has him supporting private hospitals- well the one near us anyway. So we're waiting for the private health cover to kick in- not sure exactly how long you have to wait yet- but I'm finding it very hard to wait for. I'm also at uni so many people think I can't handle a child as I have my 'whole life ahead of me' but I'm over listening to other people as it led me to a life changing mistake, which nobody stuck around to help me deal with. I was in shock at the abortion clinic where I felt I was trying to make my eyes scream so they would stop me from goign through it- my signature on the forms should not have meant anything legally if I was assessed properly.

I'm so happy I ovulated and I hope when I try with clomid again it works- although I am still getting stomach pains from clomid and I'm on day 7 of my cycle (the one after I used clomid) and my emotions are all over the place and I'm tired a lot still so maybe I'll ovulate again as it maybe didn't wear off and it takes 2 weeks for the pill to kick in so maybe I'll be lucky- feels wrong hoping I'll get pregnant when I'm planning to wait- but really I just want it to happen- but I know I'll be happier if I get the private health cover too. Just when you want a baby this bad- private health cover is the last thing on your mind but I'm sure once I'm pregnant it will be terribly important, so I'm trying to be very rational.

Even though I have wonderful support from my fiance I feel very alone going through all this unless I am writing or reading on this website so thank you for communicating to me. Infertility is terribly lonely- and hard to go through it when ur partner doesn't feel the same frustration as he has never wanted children this badly before- all his have been conceived on demand practically which makes me feel worse as his ex rubs it in my face constantly and has worded the kids up to think I'll never have kids which made me cry last week and I almost hid in my room all day and missed out on uni- but plucked up the courage to go in the end (had so much practice at bouncing back these days having so much rubbed in my face with my infertility).

How are you dealing with it?

Hi Ladies,
Just a quick few questions if anyone could answer would be great.
Is Thrush a side effect from Clomid ???
I finished my cylce on Wednesday night and noticed on Wednesday I had Thrush, I dont usually get this in fact its been so long I can remember the last time.
Will Thrush treatments affect the sprem if still present ??

Also my doc forgot to tell me when I should ovulate after the last tablet Clomid ???
I took Clommid on days 5-9 of my cycle so im guessing it would be around the 13-14 day that I should ovulate ?? I want to know when I should start trying, today is day day 11 of my cycle so getting excited but anxious as this is my first cycle on Clomid.

Thanks,
Dani