This is my first cycle doing any type of treatments and we used clomid 50mg. She had me start taking it day 2 in the evening. During the five days I took the pills I only got moody on the last two days of it. I had no other symptoms to go with it. Its currently day 20 and I get my results in a week (1/23). As I mentioned before in my intro, my husband was sick on the day of my surge and the day after (day 15&16), but we had BMS on day 10,12,17,18,&19. I'm not sure if those days will be enough to get a positive, but we're still hoping. It's hard not to be discouraged though. Anyway, I had two large follicles (larger one at 30 and the other not far behind) and the doctor said that I may experience cramping or twinges during the egg release due to the size. I started getting cramps about two days ago as well as feeling sick to my stomach. The nausea is probably from whatever my husband had though a part of me hopes that it's not. My question for you lovely ladies is "how long can you have the side effects of clomid for?". I know nausea is a side effect sometimes and my mood swings came back in full swing yesterday.. I cried over someone else cutting up my pineapple.. Hilarious to my husband not so much to me.
As far as my periods go, normally its about a 34 day cycle and I don't usually get any warning signs. Occasionally sore breasts, but no cramps unless its a late period and that normally starts after my period has already started. I get moody from time to time, but no where like I did while taking the clomid pills. Because of this I feel like the pills are to blame for the pineapple tears, but I don't know if I would still be feeling the effects after this long.
Any advice or information would be great! I'm kind of just going with it for now and I feel like I will be doing this again next cycle thanks to the unfortunate event, so anything will help.
Re: First month on clomid..
Married: October 2014
Me: 35 DH: 39
TTC since November 2014
Diagnosis: Anovulation from PCOSish without syndrome, Male factors - low motility and morphology issues
April-Sept. 2015 - Clomid and TI - BFN
Dec. 2015- HSG - Clear tubes
Jan., Feb., March 2016 - Letrozole 7.5mg and TI with HCG trigger= BFN
April, May, June 2016 - Letrozole 7.5mg and IUI with HCG trigger= BFN
September 2016 - IVF round #1;ER 9/26 with ICSI on 14 eggs - developed mild OHSS.
Sept 2016 - 12 non-PGS embryos frozen (5 5AAs)
FET #1 Jan 16, 2017 - BFP!- MC at 6W5d
FET #2 May 8, 2017 - BFP! EDD 1-24-2018
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
Cycles 2 and 3 we did 100mg, side effects were obviously stronger, triggered cd 12 and cd 14 respectively. Still got AF by 13dpo while on progesterone. I have mild pcos, my cycles are around 33-40 days non medicated and I ovulate irregularly.
I had a lot of mood swings on the higher dose, lasting a week or more after my last dose. Every symptom I had after ovulation was from the progesterone.
Good luck. Clomid can be a blessing or a curse. I hope it's a blessing for you.
I went days without being moody so I thought that was it but then bam they were back!
DH: 36, No known issues
TTC since 11/2014
1000mg Metformin daily
Oct-Dec 2015: Letrozole 5mg, Ovidrel, TI = BFN x 2
Feb-May 2016: Letrozole 5mg, Ovidrel, TI, Prometrium = BFN x 3
August 2016: Clomid 100mg no response, Letrozole 5mg, Ovidrel, TI, Prometrium = BFN
TTC since 01/2011
07/2013 - First round of testing - CD21 and CD3 blood tests and HSG + multiple SAs for DH
07/2013 - Diagnosis - Anovulatory and DH has very low counts - Referral to urologist for further testing
08/2013 - Urologist showed varcocele veins and testicular defect from birth. Unable to repair
11/2013 - Consult with RE regarding treatment. Benched due to finances
2014/2015 - Took break from pursuing treatment, moved to a new province
06/2016 - DH redid SA as per direction from new family doctor - Counts have increased!!
07/2016 - Consult with new RE - ordered a repeat HSG
09/2016 - Providing no issues on HSG - Scheduled to start first IUI with Clomid
01/17/2017 - First IUI with Clomid - BFP - M/C @ 9 weeks
Come on Baby "B"! Time to come out and play!
I was expecting hot flashes, but never got them. Just really moody for the last two days then the mood swings started up again. According to my DH I'm an "emotional wreck" since those pills. I'm not much of a crier, but this month has seen so many tears haha
Edited for typo