Going well so far!

The Clomid is going well so far. I am on day 5 today so just have one tablet to take tonight and one more tomorrow and that's it for this month at least.

I haven't had any nasty side effects so far thankfully but I suppose there is still plenty of time for all that.

My cycle is a bit lighter at least which is great in that I don't feel like I can't leave the house for fear of leakage (sorry if tmi!)

My internet connection has disappeared so I am at the library writing this. I am waiting for BT to sort out my broadband and home phone so I can get back online asap!! I had been sharing my sister's broadband wirelessly (she lives next door) bu she's done something and it has knackered it up so decided it was about time I got my own internet sorted so just have to wait for that now. Hopefully it won't take longer that a week or two. I am already having internet withdrawal symptoms. One positive though is that my house should be gleaming by the time I get back online as I won't have the internet to distract me.

Today is C day!!

Well this it, Month 1, cd 2, I am sat at the table staring at my packet of Clomid and about to take my first tablet Yikes!! I am feeling a little apprehensive about it but am hoping any side effects will be more than worth it for the prize that is on offer at the other end if we succeed with the Clomid!!

From what I have read online I am expecting to be much more emotional about things. I often cry at the sad parts in films anyway but I am expecting this to increase ten fold. I had better hope they don’t show the movie Ghost (with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore) on tv anyway as that always gets me blubbling at the end when the angels come for him and he goes into the light.

I have been waiting for the time of the month to start blogging on this blog regularly but from now on will blog daily if I can to keep track of my dates and cycles and how taking Clomid affects me and if any of the Ten Rules of Clomid below are true lol!!

So I had better go and take the tablet and will update later with how I’ve got on today and if there are any side effects already.

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!!!