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!!