One more round

I'll be doing one more round of clomid (I'm assuming 100 mg) with trigger next cycle (#11), unless this is one of my long cycles. My SIL's wedding is Aug. 8 and we'll be OOT from late Friday, August 1 to Sunday, August 10. If I have my standard CD 21 o and 11 day LP this cycle, then CD 14 of next cycle should be July 30 and hopefully I'd be triggering then. If this cycle is long, we'd just wait and do the clomid on cycle #12 in late August-early September.

I'm currently on CD 14, so I'll probably o next Saturday, July 5 (CD 21).

D has said quite a few sweet things in the last week, especially last night. I love him so much. I'm really looking forward to him being home during the week in another week or two. We're going to Austin for a party for my aunt, uncle and cousin on July 4th.

2/3 DPO

D got home on Friday night late but we had sex on Friday night and on Sunday morning. Based on my trigger and the fact that my temp spike happened on Sunday morning, I o-d around 2 am on Sunday. Our timing should have been pretty good and I o-d early on CD 17. My beta will be on Mother's Day and I should get the results on Monday morning. We were talking last night and we both kind of think that this is our only good chance to get pregnant, since I probably won't be taking any meds again for a while. I am planning to try Vitex next cycle since I won't be on Clomid and it might help me earlier. Tonight I'm going to start my progesterone.

D is out of town :(

D left yesterday for Alabama for the week for work. He'll be back Friday, so my body will hopefully wait until at least Friday before I o (CD 15- early for me, but hopefully the clomid will make it a little early). I just really don't want to waste a cycle, especially a medicated one. I would probably do one more round if I did o before D got back, since obviously there would be no chance due to the timing. I'm pretty sure that I won't o before then, since I get fertile signs generally for 5+ days before and I don't really have anything showing fertile yet. I finished the clomid on Friday, and I started my estrogen on Saturday. My follie check u/s is on Wed.

In other news, my high school reunion is on my 28th birthday. D is being weird and saying that he doesn't want to go, but hopefully it's just him not wanting to plan so far ahead.

Still spotting

I thought that I was going to be lucky and only have a 6 day FP (including spotting). I stopped spotting on Wednesday, but it started back yesterday and I'm still spotting today. I took my last clomid today and I'll be starting on my estrogen tomorrow. D is off tomorrow, but he leaves for Alabama some time on Sunday and he won't be back until Friday. I'm trying to think positive thoughts about when I'll o (like that D will be in town but it won't be as late as usual), and that our timing will be good.

Feeling bloated

I guess going up to 100 mg clomid gave me bloat. I wasn't really bloated the first two round of clomid but I was only on 50 mg. I'm hoping that this means I get a bit earlier o, but I thought that the first round of clomid too. I've got two more days of clomid, then I start my estrogen. I have my follie check u/s on Wednesday next week while D is out of town, so hopefully I won't o between CD 13 and 15. Hopefully I'll have some good size but not quite ready follies. I guess we'll find out in a week or so. I'll probably start doing OPKs after my u/s to see when I surge since my other signs don't really tell me if o is impending.

"Fun" at the dentist.

Going to the dentist was not fun. Not because I needed fillings or anything, but because I had to come back for my x-rays. I was in the 2ww when I went to the dentist, so I had let them know that there was a possibility I might be pregnant and they didn't do the x-rays then. So when I came in this time, I swear that every person I saw mentioned that I'm not pregnant (as if the cramps and the fact that I started my next round of clomid today would allow me to forget for one second).

D and I have been married and TTC for 9 months now (3/4 of a year). I thought for sure I'd be pregnant by now, not starting cycle #8. Did you notice that those numbers don't match? If I had normal, regular 28 day cycles (or even something close), I'd probably be starting cycle #10 by now. I really hope that this cycle works; it feels like our last chance. I guess if D is out of town when I o, I'll try one more medicated cycle since that probably doesn't count, right? Hopefully, I won't o until D is back in town (hoping for CD 16).

I started my clomid a little later than I intended to, since this is technically CD4 (but I didn't really start FP until late on Friday, so I should be ok, right? Well, the reason that I didn't start last night is that I was waiting for D to go to Lowe's and then we would stop and pick up my meds on the way there or back. Well, he never went. When I decided to go at 5, I got there and the pharmacy had closed at 4. I was pissed, and D just said you can get it tomorrow. Well, I knew that and got pissed at him for not understanding. Later, I explained that what I want him to say in that situation is "That sucks. I'm sorry". Hopefully, he'll remember that for next time.

New cycle started yesterday!

I had my pre-clomid u/s yesterday. No cysts or anything so I'm good to start clomid. I started spotting after the u/s and by the evening, FP had started. I'll be taking 100 mg of clomid on CD 3-7 this time (the u/s tech said yesterday that 50 mg CD 3-7 didn't do much to my ovaries). This will be my third and last cycle on clomid, so hopefully I'll o sometime between CD 14-18. I'm hoping that earlier o will give me a better egg to work with, and maybe I'll get pregnant this time around.

CD 30 on clomid, o not confirmed

My temperature was a little lower this morning than yesterday, so I don't know yet if I o-d on CD 28 (Tuesday) or if I haven't o-d yet. It's very frustrating to be so late on clomid. I'm going to be attempting to seduce my husband again; hopefully he won't be too stressed out. Even my "normal" o day is late, and the delayed o really sucks. I really hope that 100 mg clomid will work better for me than 50 mg has

Our trying to conceive journey so far.

We have been TTC our first child since our wedding in July 2007. I've been off BC since May 2007, and we weren't TTC. I started charting in June 2007. I'm 27 and my husband will be 26 in 8 days.

I have long cycles and have never ovulated before CD 21. My first cycle charting (6/07) was 46 days long, it was my second month off BC. I didn't o until CD 36, which was the day of my bachelorette party, two days before the wedding. We had no chance that cycle, but we didn't really understand the timing just yet. My second cycle charting/TTC cycle #1 was better, it was only 32 days long and I o-d on CD 21. We had ok timing that cycle, but no luck. Cycle #2 was 40 days long and I o-d on CD 28. Our timing was off that cycle, so we had no chance. Cycle #3 was 32 days long and I o-d on CD 21. Our timing was good, but thankfully I didn't know until after FP started. Cycle #4 was also 32 days long with o on CD 21. Our timing was good, and I thought I was pregnant. I was wrong, obviously. Cycle #5 was not a good one. I was expecting to o around Christmas, but I didn't end up o-ing until CD 33. Our timing was ok, but it was very difficult to keep trying for the extra 10 days. D (my husband) gets to where he's not in the mood, especially after timed intercourse for more than a week. It ended up being a 45 day cycle, and I decided to call my ob/gyn.

When I showed my ob/gyn my charts and we talked about my late/irregular o, she put me on clomid. Cycle #6 was my first clomid 50 mg(and estrogen and progesterone) cycle. I o-d on CD 21 (my normal time...clomid didn't change it). Our timing was ok, but again BFN. My 7DPO b/w showed that my progesterone was 22 (good). The good thing about that cycle was that I had a 17 day LP and I didn't spot at all while I was on the progesterone.

This cycle is #7, and I was on 50 mg of clomid and the estrogen and progesterone again. I had CD 3 B/W to test my FSH. It was 7 (low...which is good). I had an u/s on CD 13 and my large follicle was 15 (not ready to ovulate yet). I think that I finally o-d yesterday on CD 28, so I'm in the 2ww. Our timing was probably good, but after the last 8 months...I'm not too hopeful.

D has not gotten an SA done, even though my dr wrote him an order for it. He says he doesn't have time.

If I'm not pregnant this cycle, I'll be moving up to 100 mg clomid with the estrogen and progesterone.

Small Follices :(

I had an ultrasound yesterday on CD 13 to check my follicles for my second round of clomid.  My largest was only 15 mm (20 mm or larger is what my dr was hoping for and would mean ovulation should be soon).  Next month will be 100 mg of clomid.  My dr. said that there was miscommuncation and that she didn't know that my 7 DPO wasn't until CD 28.  I would have been on 100 mg this cycle if she had known.  Hopefully either this cycle or the next will be successful, because I'm going to take a break from meds if they aren't.  My husband is not ready to move onto IUI or anything.

On CD 3

I got my bloodwork done today and I'm going to start my clomid tonight (FP didn't fully start until late so I figure night would be better this round).  I should have my b/w results on Monday.

18 DPO...I think my period is finally coming

AF/FP is finally coming, I think. This is a good thing, I've been waiting to start my next cycle since BFN on Sunday at 15 DPO and my last progesterone on Saturday. Progesterone got me from a 11 day LP to a 17 day LP. My temp finally dropped today and I started spotting this morning. Cycle #7 should officially be here later today or tomorrow, hopefully. I'll be doing the same regimen as last cycle with 50 mg clomid, estrogen, and progesterone.

Still waiting to start

I hate waiting for FP/AF to start when I know I'm not pregnant.  I took my last progesterone on Saturday night, so hopefully I'll start soon.  I just want to be on a fresh cycle.  My doctor's office said that the regimen would be the same this month, clomid 50 mg, estrogen, and progesterone, since I had good 7DPO b/w.  Hopefully I'll be starting cycle #7 in the next day or two.  I'm also getting FSH tested on CD3.
 

Starting Clomid tomorrow

I didn't o until CD 33 last cycle and my normal o date is CD 21, so my dr put me on clomid (50 mg) CD 3-7 and I will take estrogen (CD 8-12) and progesterone (starting 3 DPO).  My LP is on the shorter side (11 days or so), so hopeful it will help with that too.  I am only on cycle #6 so it's nice that my dr is being proactive.  She said that it might also reduce the length of my period (usually 7 or more days), so that would be wonderful.