Benched

ttuprincess

Ugh!  I am so frustrated!  I got my biopsy results and apparently I am ovulating (which we knew) but even with the increased metformin and low dose clomid I am still ovulating too early to support a pregnancy.  They said I am about two days off. (whatever that means).  So the next plan is to go up to 50 mg clomid and see if that works.  If not, RE said he wants to move on to injects.  He doesn't want to do more than 50 mg clomid -- something about clomid stimulating the endometriosis to grow back quicker.  I don't know. 

On top of that I leave tomorrow for a business trip out of the country.  I will be back in plenty of time for CD 12-13 monitoring but they won't let me start an increased dose of clomid when I am going that far away in case I have some kind of crazy side effects....so....this cycle we are sitting out.  I am supposed to call when I hit CD 34 if AF hasn't shown up yet. 

I don't know why but I am so upset about this.  I think because we were benched for so long -- 9 months of Lap, Lupron, and bcp to restore what the Lupron sucked out.  We JUST started medicated cycles and got the ball rolling and here we are sitting out again.  Ugh. 

I guess on the bright side, I can enjoy my trip now and not worry about having a beer or a glass of wine. 

Anyways, sorry for the vent.  Hope everyone has a great Friday. 

ETA:  I should probably clarify that I understand WHY they don't want to put me on a new dose of clomid and let me get on a plane and I appreciate them being cautions, but knowing it in my head doesn't seem to help temper the emotional reaction of having to sit out. 

NYCGal276

Ugh!!!  I hate the bench!  I'm sorry you're there.  On a positive note, it sounds like you have a good doctor who has a good explanations and a solid plan for you.  I hope that's reassuring.  Sorry for your frustrations

mmhopeful

I'm sorry.  The frustration is so hard, but I also am happy for you in that you had a good dr. that cares and thinks ahead to possible issues, especially as you are travelling.  Enjoy that glass of wine and think happy thoughts!  I always love travelling......great people watching at airports,etc, right!? 

Take good care of yourself today though.

RunCC37

IntuitiveBlue:

I'm so sorry you're benched.

If the issue is that your lining doesn't have a chance to build up enough before you ovulate, you should ask your RE why you're on Clomid at all. Clomid isn't good for your lining anyway. Maybe I'm missing something, but if the above is correct, if I were you I'd be staying far far away from the Clomid.

Hang in there. 

Boo to the bench I'm sorry you have to be there again, but I admire you for your positive outlook. I was wondering the same thing that IntuitiveBlue said. It wouldn't hurt to ask your RE if you didn't already get the answer. 

ttuprincess

RunCC37:

IntuitiveBlue:

I'm so sorry you're benched.

If the issue is that your lining doesn't have a chance to build up enough before you ovulate, you should ask your RE why you're on Clomid at all. Clomid isn't good for your lining anyway. Maybe I'm missing something, but if the above is correct, if I were you I'd be staying far far away from the Clomid.

Hang in there. 

Boo to the bench I'm sorry you have to be there again, but I admire you for your positive outlook. I was wondering the same thing that IntuitiveBlue said. It wouldn't hurt to ask your RE if you didn't already get the answer. 

We have talked about why clomid a couple of times.  The way it has been explained to me is that the problem they are addressing is that I am ovulating too soon.  They are not trying to bring my lining up to meet my early ovulation but are trying to delay ovulation so it tracks more appropriately with my lining.  I am okay trying one round of 50mg and seeing what happens but after that we are all in agreement that we should move on to bcps to suppress the ovaries at the start of the cycle and then follistim and trigger to get the right timing.  I don't know all the specifics of the injects cycles yet.....I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there.  

Thanks for all the kind words, ladies.   

ttuprincess

Rumbera28:

Ugh, sorry for the bench!  I was also wondering how Clomid can fix early ovulation -- in all of the people I know, it fixed late ovulation by maturing your follie faster.

This cycle I was suppressed from ovulating two days early with Ganirelix shots.   I'm obviously no expert and I'm sure the RE definitely knows what he's doing, but I'm still kind of confused by the Clomid plan.

At any rate I hope that it's exactly what you need to do the trick... drink up for now and good luck!

I didn't ask a whole lot of questions and I probably should have dug in more.  The main thing I heard was we have to sit out this cycle and then I kind of stopped listening.  We are supposed to talk another time or two before the next cycle so I will get some more clarification before starting anything.  I am supposed to call and check in with them when I get back from my trip.  Thanks for all the info ladies.