Starting clomid for the first time...any buddies? - Page 2

anselmi · 06-25-2009, 07:08 PM

Wow congrats!

Nytepyre · 06-25-2009, 07:55 PM

Congrats on your BFP KHawk!

I'm thinking I'm not going to O on this dosage, my chart just gets more and more confusing. How are the rest of you doing?

Mandy13 · 06-26-2009, 02:22 AM

How am I feeling…

Stressed, anxious, confused, sad!

I don’t know about anyone else but I really struggle with the confusion and uncertainty associated with PCOS “cycles”!

I’m on Day 20 of my first clomid cycle.

My doctor is not monitoring me so I don’t know if I’ve ovulated (he has told me to do 3 cycles of clomid and come and see him if I’m not pregnant!).

I got a positive OPK on days 15 and 16. But my bbt chart is all over the place and I am so DRY!

No ewcm! Next month I am going to use Preseed and I will take Evening Primrose Oil to try and help this problem!

I guess I just have to be patient and wait to see if my period comes by Day 35…if not…I’ll be taking Provera and starting all over again.

Hope everyone else is going ok!

My advice to myself and everyone else is to stop stressing…it’s not good for our bodies : )

anselmi · 06-26-2009, 10:31 AM

Mandy13, I am totally feeling your frustration!!! I'm on cd22 and havn't oed yet. I am seeing a lot of mucus though, so my dr said to just wait I will hopefully o...im not being monitored either, just call my dr out of frustration of not seeing anything yet! I tried the opks but I saw a ton of positives, so I'm not sure if those things work for me or not. I just gave up on them. I am also temping and havn't seen an increase in my temp yet so hopefully it will come on its own!

As for your dryness...my dr told me to take Vitamin B6 500mg SUSTAINED RELEASE 1 tablet every day and FertileCM 1 tablet 3 times a day from cd11 to 2 days after ovulation. In my previous cycles, no clomid, I had very limited mucus...now when I just wipe I dont have any mucus but if I bear down or have a bowl movement, TMI, its like Niagra Falls!

I know it is frustrating, I am right here with ya, just remember to bd at least every other day and relax! The first month has got to be hard on us who don't o normally!

Oh and I am having a freakn ton of cramps! Today it feels like my bottom is going to fall out...anyone else?

Good luck and LOTS OF BABY DUST!!
We can do it ladies!

bethygirl83 · 07-05-2009, 07:40 PM

Good luck! I took Provera and Clomid for 3 mos and it made me feel fantastic! I know that sounds crazy but I think it was just making me feel normal again. I didn't O the first month but did the following 2. I didn't get pg - we got a little stressed - so we decided to stop and try again in the fall.

Regarding positions - this might sound weird but I read a book at Barnes and Noble about pregnancy and it said to avoid on top or any standing positioning. Missionary was deemed to be the best. And I don't know if this is true or not but it said if you want a boy to orgasm first or at the same time and get him to orgasm as deep as possible with your body tilted (doggie style or missionary with a pillow underneath and legs up). If you want a girl don't orgasm and do the opposite of really deep. It said something about the way the sperm is carried through results in a boy or girl. I don't know for sure though - it was just a book and I have never heard anything else like this before.

I hope that wasn't TMI but good luck and I hope this helps!

anselmi · 07-06-2009, 11:02 AM

I've heard that before with some friends that were trying to get pg. Boy sperm are quicker and girl seprem are stronger so if he is all the way inside of you the quicker, boy, sperm should get there first...my husband knew that so he was as far in as possible every time, I don't care what we have but he wants that boy!
I'm sure God will give him a girl!

Mary237 · 07-22-2009, 11:07 AM

I am also about to start Clomid for the first time. I'm just waiting for Day 5. (Today is supposed to be Day 1).

I am also feeling stressed, anxious, and confused. I know we should try to be relaxed when we are TTC, but it's hard. There's always so much on my mind with PCOS....and taking Clomid.... and trying to figure out when I will be ovulating (since I haven't had a period in so long)....and acne....and what days to try.....so much to think about! It's hard not to be stressed!

I'm trying though!

Best of luck to everyone!

anselmi · 07-22-2009, 11:09 AM

MAry237-welcome! You sound just like me last month!!! This is my second month of clomid but on my first month I hadn't oed in idk how long...I was so stressed about oing and bding at the right time, I didn't end up oing until cd22 and I think it was because I was so stressed out about it..try not to be, it just makes oing harder!
GL!!!