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Could ya'll tell me how long it takes for the side effcts to kick in after starting Clomid?
thanks

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Hey guys Alison and Jacqueline how are you.

I finished my provera so am just waiting for AF to kick in then i can start my clom.

i'm so jealous u've got a 3day wkend, lucky you.

Jnt i never had any side effecrs on my 1st round on clom, dunno bout this round that i'm going into. they upped my doses.

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Ladies,

When I first started clomid it was on 1994. I have tried through out the years. In 2004 I got pregnant on clomid and green tea but it was an ectopic. Earlier this year my Doctor up my dosage to 100 mg. To make a long story short I started the beginning of the year stop and start back in July and now I'm expecting.

Keep the Faith!!!

Supernatural BabyDust

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[quote author=Mahogany Heart link=board=13;threadid=3004;start=30#27827 date=1163425905]
Ladies,

When I first started clomid it was on 1994. I have tried through out the years. In 2004 I got pregnant on clomid and green tea but it was an ectopic. Earlier this year my Doctor up my dosage to 100 mg. To make a long story short I started the beginning of the year stop and start back in July and now I'm expecting.

Keep the Faith!!!

Supernatural BabyDust
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Oh Mahogany i didnt know you conceived using clomid....oh gal u give us hope. i am hoping its going to be my turn this month. they have upped my dosage to 150mg. So apart from the clom what else where you taking. please let me know.

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Hey ladies

It is so good to hear that you conceived on clomid. I am on my first clomid cycle. today is day 13 and no sign of ovulation yet,but I still have a couple more days. thanks ya'll
Good luck to all!!!!!!

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Hi Everyone,

I am back from the long weekend and have access to the computer. AF arrived on schedule on Sunday. I got my new prescription for Femara on Friday i am starting that tomorrow. Summer-Maybe we will be starting the meds at the same time this month have you started AF yet? I am doing cd 3-7. Jnt -What cycle days did you take clomid? Last month i took it cd 2-6 and got my surge day 14 ovulated day sixteen so keep peeing on that stick :) your time is almost here. Mahogany heart thanks for the inspiration it is so nice to hear success stories on clomid it gets scary when i read all of the posts from people who are doing IVF. I will talk to you guys later i have to do some research on Femara. Summer wb if you can to let me know when you start meds...

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Ladies
Alison- so sorry that the witch AF decided to rear its ugly head. anyway we will keep the faith for the next cycle. I have finished my provera and am just waiting for AF to show up and then start my clom. I was told to take clom from days 2-6. it is just the same as the first round. You were on clom for how long.I hope we will be cycle buddies, you on your femara and me on my clom that wud be cool.
Jnt- how are u doing gal.
guys my CM is so dry or at times ther is nothing there at all. is there anything i can take to have lots of cm.

P/S Alison- does Femara work the same as clom? i dont think i have heard of it.

Anyway here is to wishing us lots of baby dust.

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Hey Summer,

I was on clomid 2 months she had me take it the first month cd 5-9 and i didn't ovulate until day 19 so that cycle was a bust. I took it day 2-6 last month and o on 16 so taking it early seems like it works best. CM should be kind of dry until a few days before you ovulate then it gets slippery ew. One of the documented side effects of clomid however is drying up the CM. I think the best way to combat this is by taking Robitussein without DM the DM part is the decongestant so that drys things up (seems like a pretty dumb combination of meds to me). Drink a lot of water too. I have heard of people drinking grapefruit juice too around o time but i am not sure if this is an old wives tale or not. There is also preseed (18$ for 6 tubes though) and also some women use eggwhites as lubricant there is a whole website on how to do that (momma kat or something like that you just key word search it is pretty easy to find something like:conceiving using eggwhites should pull it up) be careful if you try that to follow directions they suggest I haven't tried that yet though seems a little scary but much cheaper than preseed. Femara does kind of the same thing as clomid blocking estrogen somehow to trick your body into producing more of the follicle stimulation hormones. I am trying this for two months then going to the specialist for the big guns or more testing. DH is scared of multiple births because oneof our friends had one deformed twin so is not so hot on the injection idea but in my opinion most people with problems are lucky to get one egg to stick and so would
we :) I personally will welcome any miracle. Did you get your surge yet JNT??... I started my meds today Summer so I guess we aren't cycle buddies but close. Take care let me know how the clomid at 150 mg is treating you.

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Hello ladies
I forgot to take this morning I am trying to wait four hour to take it later, but as of yesterday no surge. Today is cd14 but I didn't started clomid until cd6. I don't know if that makes a difference. Thanks for the support. Good luck.

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Hi ladies!

I just finished my first round of Clomid (50mg) this month. My progesterone level was 30 on day 22. Is that about what it should be after taking Clomid?

Thanks! ;D

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Hi Wl102,
I hate for you to get ignored but i am not sure what your progesterone should be after finishing clomid. My doctor is not very good at monitoring these things or maybe she is just trying to save me money. I bet you could do a key word search and figure it out but it sounds like it is high enough to indicate that you have ovulated.

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Hi Alison,

Thanks for responding! After not hearing from anyone I did look it up, and I found a site that said anything over 15 indicated ovulation. I'm assuming mine was a little higher becasue of the Clomid. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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Hello,

So that sounds really great. How long do you have until AF or testing? The tww is the worst. Have you felt any symptoms yet? I can always tell af is on her way at least a week ahead of time. Well lots of Baby dust your way...Have a good weekend and keep us posted

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WI102- will keep our fingers crossed for you espcially if u have ovulated. I didnt ovulate on my first cycle of clom.

Alison- after finishing my provera i am still waiting for AF to turn up and she hasnt done that, although i can feel some pains. She may not be too far away. i hope so ;)

jnt- how are you doing chickie ;)

i hope u guys have a great weekend

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Hi Alison,

AF is due tomorrow and so far I seem to have my normal symptoms indicating her pending arrival >:( So I guess we'll be trying another cycle of Clomid next month. I agree, the tww is the worst, I'm glad its almost over.

Thanks for the well wishes Summer! Good luck to you too!

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HI Ladies,
Back at work and the computer. Interacting with you guys has been so helpful these past couple months thanks :) Anyway, Wl102 at least when af starts you have another chance to make a little miracle. That is how i have been trying to take it because the day before and the day af start is the worst!! Gosh summer your af is taking FOREVER at least you will have the crappy crampy part over before Thanksgiving. HMMM I finished my meds Saturday so now it is just wait and see i need more OPKs before i go out of town for Thanksgiving. Well that is all for now i guess we can all keep each company on yet another cycle. BABY DUST take care

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Hello Ladies

How is everyone. I am on day 20 and no ovulation. Oh well I guess next month. Good luck to all

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Hi guys

My AF is juss taking forever to kick in. Its now 9days and nothing. I am tired of trips to the loo everytime i feel something. Anyway i guess i better be patient.

Fingers crossed Alison for your wait now. So how was the Femara? did u have any side effects at all.

(((((((((((()))))))))))) to you w102 & jnt010. i know it hurts but at least you can try again on the next cycle.

babydust to all of us

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Hi Summer,

I didn't have any side effects with the Femara lets just hope it works ugh it is hard to stay positive... That really sucks your af takes so long talk about holding things up. Jaqueline I am sorry that the clomid didn't work :( It stinks that the doctors start people out on such a low dose when 50 mg doesn't seem to do much for a lot of people. Are you going to take the 100 mg next time? Hopefully we all have some progress here after the holiday weekend.

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[color=Orange][/color]Just wanted to tell everyone:
[color=Red][/color]HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! :)

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Me too, Happy Thanksgiving I 'll be back Monday.

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Hi ladies,

Well the dreaded AF came this week. I'm trying to keep my spirits up and stay positive for my next cycle. I do have a question for you ladies about your experiences with Clomid. I noticed on my first day of menstruation, I had alot of cramping and had alot of tissue pieces which I have never seen before I was on Clomid. Is this normal? Anyone else experience this?

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

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hey! i hope that your first month went well.I've been on clomid for 2 1/2 yrs!!!!i did mange to get pregnant this summer but lost my "peanut" in the 10th week.I still am not convinced that i should still be on it after all this this time,but my Dr.is God (in his head).And like a good God fearing catholic i don't question him.lol...Seriously it gave me hope after i got pregnant now at least i know that i can get pregnant,before it was not knowing.I just finished month2 of 3in my cycle and Dr.God says that in the new year we'll probably schedule me for "Ovarian Drilling"(sounds fun huh????"i did talk to a obgyn nurse practitioner wit PCOS and who had her children on clomid and she recommends it for me.she has seen many good things with it...not to mention it's time to get me off the drugs!!! if the drilling doesn't work we will have no choice but to start the expencive treatments.(i'm from Canada so surgery is covered in our provicial health.it's when you go beyond that is when you pay)clomid would be killer if i didn't have the med benefits that i have(thank GOD!!!!)
Any ways let me know how everything goes best of luck...take care!!!!
Dee

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Hi girlies hope ur enjoyin your thanksgiving.

AF finally came for me and in full force, so am happy abt that and will start taking my pills tonight.

Deedee- sorry abt your Doc. they sometimes think they know everything

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Hello,
Back from the holidays. First of all Wl102- sorry you got af :( but this month I did notice tissue pieces ugh! I happened to only have maxi pads at the time so it was quite evident and it has never happened to me either it was grosser than a blood clot. I always have cramps though so i can't say about that. Whoo hoo summer i am so glad you finally get to start another cycle so you are on day two of the meds right? I think I ovulated sometime on Saturday but am not sure. Saturday the lines on the opk were same color and temps were low. Yesterday temps were high and the surge line was darker than control so that was kind of confusing. But I got back in town Saturday afternoon so we bd after the football game was over (go gators ha ha). Deedeela-I know doctors think they are god but at times i swear i know more than my gyn that is why i am going to the fertility specialist here. I have had bad experiences with many an incompetent doc so don't be afraid to switch. I have heard that clomid builds up after a while increasing the negative side effects on your lining. Why do they drill your ovaries? What medicine are you going to try next? Write back if you have time i am curious about what they will do next

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ladies!!! welocme back from Thanksgiving.

Alison- yes i am now on day 3 of my cycle and so far so good. the clinic booked me for my scan and BTs on day12 in december, cant remember the date. So we will see how this cycle will go. i have been praying to the Lord that let it be it , that would be the perfect christmas present ever for us....

Dee- ovarian drilling sounds scary. wat does it do. is it for blocked tubes, sorry for all the ?? :)

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Hello ladies

Hope everyone's holiday was great. I am waiting on AF now. I am on CD26.
For ya'll talking about ovarian drilling. I had it done in May. What the doc. does is drill little hole in the follicals to help jump start your ovaries. It didn;t work for me, but i have read that it can take up to a year. It sounds scary but it really not. I had the Lap., ovarian drilling, and the dye all done all the same time. My doc does what he can to take the pressure off. He's great!
Well the best to all of ya'll.

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how was thanksgiving. hopefully ur all rested

i have now finished my last pills of clom so am now waitng to go for bloods and scan to see if there is anything growing in there.

alison how are you any news

jnt, wio1, deedee where are u ladies.

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Hello Ladies

Well i am a roller coster of emotion right now. I am on day 30 and no sign of AF. I took clomid this month and I am now confused to wheather I read the test right. I have cramped like crazy the past 4 days. Today not yet. My doc had me come in for a pg test but I had 2 neg home test. If someone could give me some encouragement I sure could use it. I just have an horrible feeling he is going to say it is a neg again. I hate hearing those words.

Ladies I hope everything is going better for ya'll. Good Luck summer with this round.

Bye

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ladies

jnt010- with this round oc flom ur on isnt your doc doing any blood tests or scans to tell u wat is going on? with my 1st one they did some scans and lots of B/Ts but of course i ddint develop any follicles and didnt ovulate. but anyway he're s to wishing u some luck and it not over until the fat lady sings..huh.

alison and the others how are u doing?

i go for my scan and bloods on wednesday, i'm juss praying that this round works for me.

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