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Hi Everyone, it was great to read all the postings from others on clomid. I am on my second month and due to start my period next week. I have sore breasts (I also get this before I start my period) and I have pain in my left side of my belly. Has anyone else had this? I also read that some of you have blood work done. My doctor has me on the clomid for four months and I do not see him in between-Is this normal? Anyway, reading these postings has been a great support-Thanks
Rhonda

Rhonda: My doctor prescribed clomid but is not monitoring me during my cycles. He's a RE so I'm pretty confident he knows what he is doing. I think the monitoring/ultrasounds/blood work is more important for women who aren't ovulating at all or need a shot of HCG (?) to kick off ovulation. I have a lutel phase defect, so I was ovulating before clomid and have a strong LH surge on my own. Hence, no blood work is necessary since about the only thing that causes LPD is low progestrone. FYI, I seem to always have pinching/cramping before I ovulate -- clomid seems to be making it a little worse than usual, but the pain is pretty similar, so I'm not too worried. If the pain is severe or consistent, I don't think it hurts to call your doctor's office and talk to a nurse to see if they think you need to come in. Clomid can, rarely, over-stimulate your ovaries.

Brandy, Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet that was a great surprize. We are 2 weeks apart. I am due 8-21-06. I go to the doctor on Monday to find out if the date is accurate. I am so happy for you. Keep us posted to how you are doing.

Anne, thanks for the feedback. I have been trying for three years and have had one miscarriage and one molar pregnancy. I had corrective uterus sugery last spring as I had a septate uterus. I am feeling really anxious about becoming pregnant and about a week before I am due to start I start calculating dates and recording symptoms. I have been doing this for two years now. I guess these past two months I have been even more anxious because I am hoping the clomid will help me concieve. Is anyone else feeling this? People say, "oh just forget about it and then you will get pregnant." I am finding this very difficult to do. Anyway, Good luck to all of you that are trying as well.
Rhonda

I wanted to let everyone know I had my first doctors visit and it went really good. There is only one baby but everything looks great. I do not go for another visit until 2-14-06. It was really neat to see the baby and the heartbeat. Good luck to all tring. ***********DUST************

Hello. I am headed to the doctor in about 45 minutes. I think I may may had a miscarriage. I have had horrible cramping and have lost all pregnancy symptoms. I have also lost 3 pounds since I got pregnant. I am ten weeks. I hope my baby is still alive and stress from my husband leaving for military training is causing all my other symptoms. Ill let everyone know how it goes.

Talia please let me know how everything goes. Give me any news as soon as you can. I wish you the best.

Talia, I hope everything is ok. Please let us know if you are ok. I am so worried about you. You and baby are in my prayers.

Hello Everyone. I just got my period today with the help of progesterone.I am due to start clomid in a couple of days. I am kind of worried because this is my first and hopefully last cycle. I am wondering what it is going to be like and what side affects I will have. My doctor was not very clear what days to start the clomid on and I was wondering what days you guys started clomid. I was reading many differenct places that you can start it on day 3 and than I read that clomid can be started on day 5. Any suggestions? Thank you and congratulations to all who are pregnant and expecting.
-Ashlee

Ashlee, I started on day 3 and am pregnant off of the first month. You can be really crampy around the time you are ovulationing. Also the mood swings are crazy. I really thought I would go insane. It was worth it though. After I found out I was pregnant all sadness and crazyness went away and was replaced with happiness. Tell your partner to bare with you it will be a roller coaster. Good luck. Please keep in touch throughout your experience. These ladies all are a huge help through the emotional strugle of tring to conceive.

Thank you Sara, I am going to start the clomid on day 3. From all the post it seems like day 3 has the highest amount of success rates. How many days after the last pill did you ovulate. The only problem with me taking clomid on the 3rd day is that my husband wont be home 5 days after the last pill. Do most people ovulate exactly 5 days after the last pill. He will be coming home on the 6th day. I hope thats not to late. I am a worry freak and my doctor being unavailable most of the time I dont really have anyone to turn to and answer most of my questions. Can anyone help me? Thanks.
-Ashlee

Ashlee, I have heard that you can ovulate later than normal. It all depends on your cycle. You should be fine to wait until day six. Tell your husband to be ready when he comes home. I ovulated later than normal, probually day 15. Good luck.

Thanks to everyone who has been praying and concerned. I got to hear the heartbeat yesterday with the doppler. It was around 150 bpm. It was awesome. My mom was wih me and she started crying. The doctor thinks all the pain is coming from stretching of my uterus combined with round ligament pain. Who knows? I go back next Wednesday just to make sure everything is still okay.

Talia, That is great. I heard that over 140 is a girl. I know it is an old wives tale but it is still fun. If that was the start of your pain start preparing yourself now. It gets really fun. You should start experiencing all the fun in June through your due date. OOOOH girl you scared me. I am glad everything is good.

Hey Talia I'm so happy to hear everything is fine. You had scared there for a while. Yeah Sara I heard that too. The faster it is means it's a girl, the slower is a boy. My baby's heartbeat is pretty slow. How about your's sara? You know as many times as I go to that doctor he never tells me the baby heart beats per minute. I always forget to ask because he rushes me out of the room. I'm switching to a different doctor. I have an appt. to fill out the paperwork on the 24th. You wouldn't believe how stressful they make it when you're switching like this. It's horrible, but its worth it if I can get a better doctor.

My doc. said that the heart beat is fast but also did not tell n=me how fast. I am only 9 weeks so she said that she just looks to see if it is fast. I switched doc too. but I just went to another dr. what do you have to do?