15 years ago I had Clomid, at the time I was 23 yrs old.
Clomid worked for me on the 3rd dosage (100mg).
We had a girl.
Then 10 years later we tried again
but this time Clomid didn't work,
but it must have jumped started my system into having O
and periods because 6 months later I got pregnant w/out
using anything and we had a boy. Now I'm trying again,
just had a miscarriage two weeks ago and got pregnant unexpectedly.
The Dr. put on 50mg of Clomid to try.
I'm 37 now and a bit scared because of my age.

I have been reading this site for the past few months, when I began looking for more information on Clomid. I has been a tremendous support even though I didn't sign up until now. It helps so much to read what everyone else has been through.

I am not too familiar with abbreviations, so bear with me. My husband and I started seriously trying to get pregnant in Feb 99. I had a miscarriage in July 99. We tried again until Feb 00 and then went back to the Doctor. He suggested Clomid because of some mid-cycle bleeding. Due to some relationship issues, we stopped trying until May 00. We worked things out and really decided we wanted to move on into parenthood.

Started taking Clomid in May 00 and June 00. And I felt nothing. No signs like I had the first time I got pregnant. The first time I felt a twinge in my side at about my O time. Then 7 dpo I had a backache similar to when I was getting my AF. Then I began to get really tired around 13 dpo. So anyway, nothing for two months. Went back to Doctor and he checked my FSH. He gave me a level of 16, which for my age of 29 he said was too high. Meaning my ovaries are working harder and not functioning as well. He said we probably got lucky last time. He gave me another cycle of clomid and said we could either continue on this program or I could go to the fertility specialist. As we were considering, everyone around us was announcing their pregnant. Very discouraging and I was ready to at least investigate what I could do to improve our odds.

So the July cycle of clomid I had EWCM on day 13 of my cycle, so I felt encouraged. We had DTD since Day 11. On day 14 I felt like I was getting my AF... crampy, backache and then at about 1 pm I felt the twinge again like I did the last time we were successful. Only this time, I realized it was my O I was feeling. We had DTD on Day 14 so that night I told my husband about O and we DTD both Day 15 evening and morning of Day 16 (go for it while the gettings good). Then it was waiting. Torturous. No backache on day 7 dpo, no tiredness on day 14 dpo. The only symtom I had was my breasts were sore every evening after 10 dpo. But I didn't think that was enough. Finally today, at 17 dpo, I took the test and it came out positive!!!!! I am so happy and scared. I called the doctor right away and he put me on progesterone because of my previous early miscarriage.

I just want to say thanks to all the women who shared their story on here and if I can offer any info, it is that I feel different this time.
So what does that mean? Who knows!

Wednesday, 2 August 2000, at 3:21 p.m.
Well, last night I had crampiness and some red spotting. It was cd 27...usually I spot from cd 24-27 (about) and it's brown, so i got pretty scared. The bleeding stopped at night, but now I'm spotting again more brown this time and I have LOTS of EWCM...don't know what that means.

I had another + Confirm hpt this morning, and my blood test came back with HCG in the 70's. My dr. said that the normal range for someone NOt pg was less than 5. Maybe there's hope. He said if I'm m/c, nature is taking is course and there is nothing to be concerned about right now. If not, he said there is a good chance this is implantation bleeding and he scheduled another blood test for next week.

Wow...from going 8 months with NO +, to this week with 4, I'm baffled. I have come to terms with it though...if I am, I am. Oh...I might as well give it up, I'm just PRAYING that I'm truly pg.

Does anyone have any information about those HCG levels (CLICK FOR LEVELS?
What were yours if you have been pg (early pg??)...

Thanks for listening...

Kristine

Posted By: Lissa ttc#1, cd27, cy9, 3rd cy clomid
Saturday, 26 August 2000, at 10:47 a.m.
Anybody interested in a sucessful clomid treatment? It's long! (m)
Whew, what a day yesterday (11 or 12 dpo). God is awesome!!! DC (dear cat) decided to get a hairball at 3am, she�s a persian (long hair). I nudged DH to make sure she wasn't on the carpet, of course I couldn't just bolt out of bed, it would mess up the whole temperature thing (like I have never messed it up before). So while he was cleaning up the hairball I took the Early First Response. At 3:20am we had results. After being so use to � tests I had to get DH to confirm that I wasn�t imaging the second line. Second line was then confirmed! We were excited but wanted to keep it contained until we had the Dr test. I had the quantitative test done plus a progesterone check. Both came back later that afternoon, quantitative was 44.3, progesterone was > 40. The nurse said I won the queen of impatience award for testing that early, but hey, it was worth it. EDD 5/7/01

Here is my history: 30y/o, ttc #1, 9 cy, this was my 3rd cycle on clomid. I was on clomid because I had low progesterone, .1 to be exact, so no o. My cycles were 28 � 40 days. The SA DH had done showed he was slightly above average in count, swimmers, etc., whew! First cycle on clomid progesterone was up to 16. Tried robi second cycle on clomid didn�t seem to do anything. Decided to have a post coital done (without using robi) third cycle since we hadn�t conceived yet. That was on day 15, 1 day after + OPK (all 3 cycles on clomid I had +opk on cd 14), and results were good 80% were still swimming! The Dr that I go to doesn�t go overboard with monitoring so DH and I were feeling like we kind of on our own, so we were shocked when nurse asked if we wanted an u/s done that day as well. Of course we said yes. All looked good, even saw the big follicle. She predicted that I o�d that morning. We BD on cd 9,10, 13,14,and 15. I had o pains mainly on cd 15, real sensitive while walking, sitting but didn�t bother me while BD.

Early PG symptoms: While on clomid my nipples were always sore after o, nothing like PMS soreness, worse!
This cycle was similar but different.
The soreness varied at different times but they weren�t as sore or like rocks like the past cycle.
About 3 or 4 dpo (cd 19) I started feeling flush, next day flush and heart burn.
I have felt flush everyday since and heartburn comes and goes. This past week, cd 21 � 26, I have been very hungry, thirsty, and not sleeping through the night.
Eating and drinking lots.
Peeing almost hourly.
On 10 or 11 dpo, cd 25, I felt strong nausea, almost lost it, head ached too. That�s what got me very suspicious so bought the Early 1st Response and tested the next day. Very nauseated that day too. Took a half day off from work to celebrate the + test and slept hard for 2 hours! I was never good about the temperature thing, would take it daily but not always at the same time, then gave up cd 16 � 19 because cd 13 was 98.4, 14 98.2, 15 98.0, was frustrated and relied on seeing the follicle to determine o instead. Started temping again cd20 (98.6) out of curiosity since the day before started the flush feelings. Don�t really think I had any implantation symptoms, had a one temp drop but wrote that one off to taking it two hours earlier than usual. If anything, I had very very slight cramps on cd 20.

Any questions? :)

Posted By: DebiM & little miracle #1 (after m/c 4/00)
Friday, 25 August 2000, at 3:54 p.m.

Yes Amy, I'm pregnant!!! + hpt, still waiting for blood test results...
In Response To: Did I miss something...I haven't been on the board much today. Do I need to be shouting CONGRATS!!nt (AmyW, ttc#1, cy 20, cd 11, no clomid this cy!!)

Feeling great, sore bbs, lower back pain, hot flashes, queasiness, etc. But glad to be having symptoms. ++++++++++ thoughts!!!

Posted By: Lauren, cy 50, cd 29, 14 dpo
Friday, 25 August 2000, at 3:26 p.m.
2nd faint positive. This time with ept. (m)
I can't believe it. I've never had anything that even resembled a positive before. I'm planning to test again tomorrow am. Please send positive thoughts and prayers our way. Thank you all for your support and kind words.

Posted By: Sheniqua
Friday, 25 August 2000, at 4:19 p.m.
I am Pregnant
ttc #1, 1 cycle clomid, beta hcg 400

Hi ladies,

I got the news on monday. i have been so busy have not had time to post.

Anyway i am due May 1, 2001

Baby dust to all~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!!

I AM PREGNANT.....!
I am 5 weeks pregnant. I took clomid for one cycle, ttc #!, since last year October. My due date is May 1, 2001. I got a lot of help from this site. I particularly liked the one about putting a pillow under your butt after ddt for about 30 minutes, that makes a lot of sense.

Anyway I wil be on the board now and then, I just checked my email since a two weeks because I have been very busy so I will check your information and send you the corrections if any.

Thanks for a wonderful site.

Sheniqua

Posted By: mitch ttc#1 cd41 17dpo .....got +hpt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, 28 August 2000, at 6:17 a.m.
good morning everyone! ...guess what?! i'm pregnant!!!!! (m) (way long!!!)

good morning, everyone! i hope everyone's having a good day so far!!! i have awesome news to share with you this morning...i am pg! after 2 years of ttc'ing, after going thru various tests and being pronounced as a case of "unexplained infertility" by my re, i am pg! i wasn't going to test until today or tomorrow (today is 17dpo), but dh and i talked about it on friday and decided to test on saturday (15dpo) because i was driving myself INSANE taking my temps each morning...i kept waking up at like 4 in the morning, just anticipating taking my temps. i was completely neurotic! so to save what little sanity was left...we opted to test earlier than planned. and so glad we did!!!

dh didn't believe the first test. i did, and i was bawling my eyes out (no exaggeration!). so we went to CVS and bought a different brand to test again...+++++ the second time...both tests, the 2 lines came up immediately. no waiting either test!

i know this is getting long...but just a little more! i had sore nips at 1dpo (yes, one!), and then my bb's got sore around 12dpo. i was a little more tired than usual, though i wasn't sure if i was imagining it. i laid down every day and took a nap. i also felt a little hungrier than usual...kept needing to snack. my temps were awesome...higher than i have ever seen! hovering at 98.9!!! no nausea, no peeing. and i did feel a little crampy. which really freaked me out. but i kept thinking of chrissy's story and my sister's (who is pg also) - both of them were crampy and felt sure af was on her way. i was scared by the cramps, but at the same time, i didn't really think af was coming. i honestly think i was sensing that i was pg!

took robi. have been doing acupuncture for about 2 months now. used opk this month - i have long cycles (32-40 days) and it's hard to know when i o. we did a different position each time we bd'd, just trying to mix it up and have fun with it! honestly, i think what helped us immensely was just learning my cycles and my body. we've been ttc'ing for 2 years and because of my long cycles, pinpointing o was difficult. we would start bd'ing way too early and doing it too often...we just got worn out. this was our 4th cycle of charting, and i just KNEW that we had timed it right. i just knew it!

also, i think personally, we were finally ready for it. i had a lot of mental and emotional things to work through about becoming a mom. i wanted a baby from day a of ttc'ing, but as each month passed, i got more and more ready. and my focus shifted from wanting to get pg to wanting to be a mom. i think i was finally able to really open up my body and mind and to really allow myself to feel vulnerable. i know that may sound corny to some of you...but for me, emotions were such a huge part of this. during our struggle with ttc, i never once believed that there was anything wrong with me or dh. it just wasn't happening for whatever reason. but i knew in my heart that it would happen eventually. and it has.

so to all of you, whom i have only known for a few weeks, i offer you love and encouragement and baby dreams and dust. you were such a great source of encouragement for me in the short time that i visited this board. thank you all for your wisdom and your honesty and your vulnerability. you inspire me. truly, you do.

sorry this was so incredibly long :)
love to everyone on this board :*
{{{mitch}}}

PCOS success story
Posted By: SheriD
Monday, 28 August 2000, at 5:16 a.m.

Ladies, those of you with PCOS, don't ever give up! I finally got my positive hpt on Friday a.m. I went in for blood work Friday morning, and finally found out Friday afternoon. Exactly four years after going off b/c, I'm finally pregnant!

The clomid/glucophage did the trick for me.

Sheri

I got a +!!!!!! It's been a long time coming, let me tell you. After several early m/c attributed to low progesterone, I finally got my +.

We've been trying since Dec 99. I found this board in July and learned about using baby aspirin and robitussin here.

This month I started on clomid and on cd 21 my progesterone was >40. I was floored and wrote to ask if it's possible to have such a high progesterone and not be pg. Well, I tested this am and it's +. I'm still in shock and still feeling cautious. I'm going to the dr today to beg for bloodwork.

The things I did different included the baby aspirin this month. I also took prenatals all month. By 3 dpo my nipples were very sore and my temps were sky high. Also I had heartburn starting around 3 dpo and my belly swelled up immediately (I look like I'm already 5 months along).

Thank you, everyone for your advice and support!

Debi

JennO, ttc #1, cy 15, 1st round 50mg clomid
We're pregnant!!

We've been trying since April of 99 and had no luck. We decided to just let nature take its course. After about six months I started to feel very fustrated. So many friends got pregnant on their first attempt and everyone at work was pregnant!! I started to do some research and found this site. I had already read TCYF (recommended by girlfriend) and learned additional information about TTC. I decided not to temp and track by CM. My cycles were anywhere from 35 to 55 days.

In Mar 00, we went to my OB and she prescribed an SA for my DH and clomid for me if his SA results were positive. We had the SA and it came back fine. I changed jobs and my insurance changed so I decided to hold off on the clomid.

Finally in July I took my first round of clomid. The clomid made me have very painful ovulation cramps. I took clomid on CD 5-9. I tested daily with an OPK and did not have my LH surge until day 22! The ovulation cramps began around CD 14 and got worse as the days progressed. I noticed on day 22 my nipples were extremely sensitive and sore but not my BB which is very different for me. I always have sore BB but no change with my nipples. For the next week, my nipples stayed very sensitive. On 8dpo I noticed my BM changed. (not to be disgusting but the details always interested me!) I am very regular and go quickly every morning. I noticed I had to have a BM twice a day and it seemed very difficult. On CD 8dpo my BB became very sore and my nipples stayed just a sore/sensitive. I started to wonder if I was pregnant but every month I was disappointed and I was not about to let myself do that again. My DH kept saying be positive, but my head kept telling me that I was imagining everything. I also started to have cramps like PMS but I usually don't get those until 14dpo and they only last one day then AF comes. On 13dpo I came home and had my favorite meal (tacos) and immediately got sick!

Since I have so many HPT at home, I decided to take one just so I could rule out pregnancy since we had a wedding to attend in a few days and I wanted to have cocktails. As soon as I peed on the stick, it seemed to look very blue as it moved over the two windows. Before I knew it, I had two blue lines ( I used Clear blue easy). DH was not coming home for another 45 minutes so I wrapped the HPT in a box and paced the house until he came home. As soon as he opened the box, he saw the pregnancy test and was very shocked. He immediately wanted me to take another test (this time EPT) and we got another positive! He wanted to hear it from a doctor though and so I went the next morning and had a blood test. I took the rest of my HPT's just for the fun of it. I got very nervous because the Clear blue easy I took came out positive very faintly and then the line disappeared!! I had read in other success stories on this site that it happens but I still felt unsure. The next day the dr's office called and gave us the great news...It's positive!!

This was the first month I really thought I was not pregnant and I actually am. I am very grateful for this site as it has kept me sane through these many long month of TTC.

I wish all of you much luck and many sprinkles of baby dust!! ++++++++ thoughts are with you all, always!!

chiropractor
Posted By: Jennifer 27yrold, ttc 10months
Monday, 28 August 2000, at 12:06 p.m.

Hello,

I have never posted to this site until now; but have read many of you messages, which has helped me greatly! My DH and I have been trying to conceive our first child for about 10 months now and today we confimed our pregnancy with the doctor. I am in my 5th week. We are extremely excited and I wanted to share something that I had done differently last month.

I know how much your messages have helped me to learn and I hope this will impact some other folks as well. Unfortunately, at the end of July I was involved in an auto accident that hurt my neck. I went to the chiropractor for the first time in my life and he did xrays that showed my hips were not alligned. He asked me if I had problems with my menstrual cycle, which I did. I had been on birth control pills for almost 8 years and went off in Oct. 1999. I was unable to get my period on my own, so my OBGYN prescribed Provera. It worked, however I was not ovulating.

It amazed me that the chiropractor knew that my hips being out of wack could cause this. He said that he could fix it through a series of adjustments. Well, he did because I am now pregnant. I must also tell you that this was my first month on Clomid 50mg from days 3-7. I can't say for sure that it was 100% attributed to the chiropractor but I believe in my heart that it helped. I felt differently. I hope that this can be a natural option for some of you that are having difficulty. If any of you are located in Bucks County, PA, I can recommend him to you.

Good Luck and I will pray for you all.

To all the TTC'ers out there:

I started using this web site when I figured I was having problems about 18 months ago, and then drifted away when I found a group that fitted my specific needs ( I am an observant Jew, which can muddy the waters of infertility). But I always liked to read the success stories. I am now about 4 weeks PG.

The truth is, it just happened. I wasn't taking any herbs, or prenatal vitamins, I was enjoying coffee and a glass of wine each week.

The only significant events surrounded my DH and I moving across state for him to start med school.

We quit our jobs in late May and took the summer off to do a lot of traveling, including going to Israel. We visited a great Rabbi who gave us a blessing, I recited the entire book of psalms while visting Jewish Holy sites around Israel. The DH sought blessings from anyone and everyone. The week we were in Jerusalem, we went to the Wall everyday to pray, and I cried each time. I didn't get PG until 2 cycles after the trip, but it was well worth it. * Click here *for names and locations of holy sites to visit in Israel.

Positive Thoughts to all, do not give up hope.

Posted By: Crystal23, cy8, cd35, 2nd round of clomid
Thursday, 31 August 2000, at 7:47 a.m.
I AM PREGNANT!!!!!! (m)
I went to the doctor's office yesterday to have my blood work confirmed.
And it was POSTIVE!!!!! It still hasn't sunk in yet!!!!
To top everything all off yesterday,
I went down to the office expecting myself to
get in right away and I had to wait 2 HOURS for my result....
I thought I was going to die!!!!
I had to force myself to keep breathing.
Then he called the lab and I couldn't figure out
what they were saying. Seconds seemed like
hours waiting to hear for that positive or negative.
He told me my EDD date would be the 3rd or 4th of May.

It has finally happened.
I wish all of you who are trying the best of luck!!!!!
Here is some baby dust!!!
~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*

Thanx for all your support here.
It has been wonderful and really helped me through some hard times.

With Luv
Crystal

My History:
We started trying to conceive in December 1997.
In May 1998 I realized af was 2 weeks late. I took a test and it was +.
We confirmed it with the doctor on May 19. That night I started spotting-I had been cramping the whole time, although not too heavy. May 21 they confirmed that I had miscarried-on the ultrasound there was no baby, no sac, nothing. I was devastated and it took my body 2 weeks to finally finish. We waited the appropriate 2 months before trying again. I went on the pill for 3 months that winter because my MIL was dying of cancer. Plus, my grandfather had passed away the month after our miscarriage so we were pretty stressed out. But, by January 1999 we were trying again. No luck. I had gotten on a bulletin board and learned all about charting, etc. I knew I was ovulating but found that my lp was usually not even 10 days long. However, I did not know how to treat that naturally-I hadn't found this site yet. I did take extra B-complex which did help. I was scheduled for an endo biopsy and an hsg but got af early(after praying that God give me that as a sign if he didn't want us doing infertility!!) The next week I found out my insurance had changed and infertility was not covered anymore. Dh & I never timed bd because he couldn't handle the pressure (he has a low labedo). So, every cycle I just tried to get us to bd during O which I usually was able to accomplish. Well, in February 2000 I was sick of ttc-I was coming up on the 2 year anniversary of mc'ing and had already passed the 2 year anny of ttc. So, after bouting with depression I asked my bible study to pray over me, which they did and I felt freedom from the ttc stress for the first time in 2 years. I had only temp'd for 3 months because it was too stressful. In May I started taking Red Raspberry from the ttc store. In June we decided to time bd for the first time.

Cycle we got pg: This was our first cycle timing bd. I had read that if sperm haven't been ejaculated for longer than like 76 hrs or something, then they were useless-I don't know if that's true. CD12-bd'd for the fun of it. O pain CD13-O pain CD14-bd, last day of O pain CD15 CD16 CD17-bd CD18-left for vacation

Symptoms: CD19-bad mood swings (dh says now that was the first day he thought I was pg cause they were so bad) CD20-bad mood swings CD21-Stretching/pulling in lower abdomen; sense of smell very strong; nauseas at meal times CD22-sense of smell and nausea never left CD23-same CD24-nips became sore (usually they were either sore from O or not at all); took ttc test-faint + after about 8 minutes-I was about 10-13dpo (5 days before af was due) CD25-started urinating frequently; took 2nd ttc test-faint but darker + after about 8 minutes CD26-tired;dizzy; took 3rd ttc test-darker and showed in the 3 minutes CD27-yellowish, stringy cm;very hot at night CD28-same CD29-food aversions;pg brain!!; af 1 day late-took 4th ttc test-dark in less than 3 minutes During the following week I noticed breast enlargement, blue lines on bb's, food cravings. I took 5 more tests over the next couple weeks-I think the last one was at 8 weeks!! I did start spotting at 4 1/2 weeks. They found a cervical polyp, a blood puddle in my uterus and my cervix is irritated. I'm now 15 weeks and still spotting-it's been pink/red blood streaked cm when I wipe. It's off & on and I'm being monitored but I've had 2 ultrasounds and the baby is perfect and I've been able to hear the heartbeat every day thanks to the BabyBeat.

I just want to say thank you to MommaKath for creating this site. It has been a blessing to me. All of you women who became alumnae before me-thank you for your encouragement and guidance. And, to all of you women still trying-my thoughts and prayers are with you. I know the road is hard, but stay strong and have faith. I thought after 2.5 years that I was bound to be waiting forever but I was wrong. I pray that you all are blessed soon. And, to those of you who've lost babies-my heart goes out to you. Losing Lily was the hardest experience I've ever been through and that loss has made this pregnancy hard to enjoy. I am thankful to be pregnant and enjoy every minute, but I remember my precious daughter in Heaven every day of my life as well.

:) SaraT