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Wishing health, wealth, happiness and babydust to all in 2009!!
Wednesday 31 December 2008
Tuesday 30 December 2008
Month 1 CD 1
It looks like my cycle has started again already. In my last cycle my period lasted 28 days and I have only had an 8 day break before it has started all over again today. It seems to have such short gaps between the period free bit before it starts over again. Is it any wonder I'm not ovulating?!
So this will be our first month trying to conceive on Clomid. I am not expecting things to happen overnight although of course I would be delighted if it did but I hope it will at least help us along the way and help get me ovulating again and settle my periods down a bit as they have been pretty horrendous lately. I am going to do everything I can to shift my excess weight too as I know that my weight issues will be playing their part in denying me the chance for another baby.
I am due to take my first Clomid tablet tomorrow (New Year's Eve) and I am a more than a little nervous of the side effects. From what I have read on various forums I can expect hot flushes and to become extremely emotional amongst other delights!!
Whatever side effects I get though it will all be worth it to hold our third child in my arms. I swore when I was expecting my daughter now age 6 that I would never go through pregnancy again as I had Hyperemesis Gravidarum (extremely severe morning noon and night sickness) where I spent much of weeks 8-12 of the pregnancy in hospital on a drip as I wasn't able to even keep sips of water down. It is horrible being sick but at the same time knowing that it is a good sign of a strong pregnancy and after suffering Hyperemesis with both my son and daughter I would be extremely worried if I wasn't sick when we have another.
I am feeling very positive about things at the moment and am hopeful that 2009 will bring us our much wanted third child. I would love to spend next Christmas holding our newborn son or daughter in my arms but I don't want to get my hopes up too much either.
I feel confident though in my doctor and if I haven't become pregnant after 3 cycles on Clomid then we have to go back and see him and he will send me for more blood tests to check I am ovulating again and then either up the dose of Clomid or try something else.
Hopefully 2009 will be ours and many other couples trying for a baby magical year. Babydust to all!!!
So this will be our first month trying to conceive on Clomid. I am not expecting things to happen overnight although of course I would be delighted if it did but I hope it will at least help us along the way and help get me ovulating again and settle my periods down a bit as they have been pretty horrendous lately. I am going to do everything I can to shift my excess weight too as I know that my weight issues will be playing their part in denying me the chance for another baby.
I am due to take my first Clomid tablet tomorrow (New Year's Eve) and I am a more than a little nervous of the side effects. From what I have read on various forums I can expect hot flushes and to become extremely emotional amongst other delights!!
Whatever side effects I get though it will all be worth it to hold our third child in my arms. I swore when I was expecting my daughter now age 6 that I would never go through pregnancy again as I had Hyperemesis Gravidarum (extremely severe morning noon and night sickness) where I spent much of weeks 8-12 of the pregnancy in hospital on a drip as I wasn't able to even keep sips of water down. It is horrible being sick but at the same time knowing that it is a good sign of a strong pregnancy and after suffering Hyperemesis with both my son and daughter I would be extremely worried if I wasn't sick when we have another.
I am feeling very positive about things at the moment and am hopeful that 2009 will bring us our much wanted third child. I would love to spend next Christmas holding our newborn son or daughter in my arms but I don't want to get my hopes up too much either.
I feel confident though in my doctor and if I haven't become pregnant after 3 cycles on Clomid then we have to go back and see him and he will send me for more blood tests to check I am ovulating again and then either up the dose of Clomid or try something else.
Hopefully 2009 will be ours and many other couples trying for a baby magical year. Babydust to all!!!
Wednesday 24 December 2008
The Rules of Clomid!!!
I came across these Clomid Rules here. It certainly sounds like being on Clomid is going to be very, very interesting lol!!
The Rules!!!
1. Under no circumstances make any important decisions whilst riding the clomid rollercoaster, minstrels versus malteasers should be the biggest decision you should allow yourself to make.
2. Whilst riding this rollercoaster, please keep your hands and feet to yourself, persons found to be punching or kicking others will be asked to leave the theme park by the management.
3. Height restrictions apply. All persons on rollercoaster must be tall enough to reach the choccie biccie tin that your dh may have inadvertantly placed on a high shelf.
4.PLease secure any loose clothing, jewellery or eyewear, as flying into the "clomid rage" part of the ride may cause these to become loose or to fall and the management accepts no responsibility to any damage to personal possesions.
5. Do not operate any machinary whilst partaking of the clomid experience, any tractor/forklift/road rage is not the responsibility of the management
6.Prior to entering this ride, the management recommends all dvd's such as pretty woman, city of angels, pay it forward, and/or any other tear inducing material be removed from your possesion for the duration of the ride.
7. Coldplay/the smiths cd's are strictly prohibited, as are all other musical artists who fall under the genre "music to self harm to".
8.Your husband doesnt understand you now, nor will he understand you whilst on the clomid rollercoaster. Don't expect him to. Always remember, the day a man understands a woman........ we've lost!
9.Men do not find the sight of a positive ovulation predictor pee stick arousing, waving it in his face whilst shouting "get ur kit off i need your love juice!" is not a recognised form of foreplay.
10.This is a scary ride, be brave it won't last forever!!!!
The Rules!!!
1. Under no circumstances make any important decisions whilst riding the clomid rollercoaster, minstrels versus malteasers should be the biggest decision you should allow yourself to make.
2. Whilst riding this rollercoaster, please keep your hands and feet to yourself, persons found to be punching or kicking others will be asked to leave the theme park by the management.
3. Height restrictions apply. All persons on rollercoaster must be tall enough to reach the choccie biccie tin that your dh may have inadvertantly placed on a high shelf.
4.PLease secure any loose clothing, jewellery or eyewear, as flying into the "clomid rage" part of the ride may cause these to become loose or to fall and the management accepts no responsibility to any damage to personal possesions.
5. Do not operate any machinary whilst partaking of the clomid experience, any tractor/forklift/road rage is not the responsibility of the management
6.Prior to entering this ride, the management recommends all dvd's such as pretty woman, city of angels, pay it forward, and/or any other tear inducing material be removed from your possesion for the duration of the ride.
7. Coldplay/the smiths cd's are strictly prohibited, as are all other musical artists who fall under the genre "music to self harm to".
8.Your husband doesnt understand you now, nor will he understand you whilst on the clomid rollercoaster. Don't expect him to. Always remember, the day a man understands a woman........ we've lost!
9.Men do not find the sight of a positive ovulation predictor pee stick arousing, waving it in his face whilst shouting "get ur kit off i need your love juice!" is not a recognised form of foreplay.
10.This is a scary ride, be brave it won't last forever!!!!
Introduction
I'm Emma, 29 married to my wonderful dh for 7 years (and together for 11 years) on 14th February. We are very blessed to have two beautiful children, Josh 9 and Ellie 6. This blog will be about our journey to have another child.
For around 2 years now I have been having huge problems with my periods. They are ludicrously heavy and last for over 3 weeks at a time and if I'm lucky I get a week off before it starts all over again. It was driving me insane and I couldn't go on like this. Also I suspected that I wasn't ovulating properly as my cycles were so messed up. Despite not having used contraception in over 2 years I had failed to become pregnant.
We have just moved back from living abroad for 3 years so the first thing I did on our return to the UK was to go and see my Doctor who is also a Gynaecologist. He gave me an internal exam and said that my ovaries felt ok and that he was sending me for the 21 day blood test to see if I was ovulating. He also prescribed me some Mefenamic Acid 500mg which was suppose to help with the heavy periods but after taking them for 3 weeks I could see no point in continuing with the tablets as I was getting a lot of stomach pains from them.
I went for my 21 day blood test last Monday and I got the results back yesterday and it confirmed that I am not ovulating but everything else was normal. My progesterone level was 2 when it should be around 30 or more!! My doctor was brilliant and very reassuring. He has prescribed me with Clomid 50mg which I will take one a day on days 2-6 of my next cycle. If I am not pregnant within 3 months then he wants to see me again and do another blood test to check if I am ovulating then.
The doctor even gave dh and I some advice. He told us to think of it as making love not sex. Also not to stress about having a baby as that makes it harder. I have to relax and he believes there is a good 80% chance that I will become pregnant.
He also suggested I lose weight which I already know and am working on. I have lost 21 lb to date and it has made me more determined to continue losing weight.
My last period started on Monday 24th November and it lasted 28 days until Sunday 21st December. I am now on cd 31 today (Wednesday 24th December). I am not sure at the moment the exact date to expect af on.
I am a little apprehensive about the possible side effects of taking Clomid but it will all be worthwhile if we can have another baby. There is also the fact that when taking Clomid you are at least 5-10% more likely to have twins. Neither myself or dh would mind that. In fact we would both be over the moon with one baby, twins, triplets anything. The kids are also excited about the prospect of a baby brother or sister or both!! Hopefully by next Christmas we will have our baby or babies!!
For around 2 years now I have been having huge problems with my periods. They are ludicrously heavy and last for over 3 weeks at a time and if I'm lucky I get a week off before it starts all over again. It was driving me insane and I couldn't go on like this. Also I suspected that I wasn't ovulating properly as my cycles were so messed up. Despite not having used contraception in over 2 years I had failed to become pregnant.
We have just moved back from living abroad for 3 years so the first thing I did on our return to the UK was to go and see my Doctor who is also a Gynaecologist. He gave me an internal exam and said that my ovaries felt ok and that he was sending me for the 21 day blood test to see if I was ovulating. He also prescribed me some Mefenamic Acid 500mg which was suppose to help with the heavy periods but after taking them for 3 weeks I could see no point in continuing with the tablets as I was getting a lot of stomach pains from them.
I went for my 21 day blood test last Monday and I got the results back yesterday and it confirmed that I am not ovulating but everything else was normal. My progesterone level was 2 when it should be around 30 or more!! My doctor was brilliant and very reassuring. He has prescribed me with Clomid 50mg which I will take one a day on days 2-6 of my next cycle. If I am not pregnant within 3 months then he wants to see me again and do another blood test to check if I am ovulating then.
The doctor even gave dh and I some advice. He told us to think of it as making love not sex. Also not to stress about having a baby as that makes it harder. I have to relax and he believes there is a good 80% chance that I will become pregnant.
He also suggested I lose weight which I already know and am working on. I have lost 21 lb to date and it has made me more determined to continue losing weight.
My last period started on Monday 24th November and it lasted 28 days until Sunday 21st December. I am now on cd 31 today (Wednesday 24th December). I am not sure at the moment the exact date to expect af on.
I am a little apprehensive about the possible side effects of taking Clomid but it will all be worthwhile if we can have another baby. There is also the fact that when taking Clomid you are at least 5-10% more likely to have twins. Neither myself or dh would mind that. In fact we would both be over the moon with one baby, twins, triplets anything. The kids are also excited about the prospect of a baby brother or sister or both!! Hopefully by next Christmas we will have our baby or babies!!
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