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!!!