Hopes are high....preparing for a let down.

LilTickles · January 2011

My husband and I have been ttc for 5+ years. In the beginning I was told that my weight was the only factor working against me. At 26, I was 340 lbs. So in an effort to become pregnant and better my life all the way around, I had gastric bypass in 2008 and have lost 160 lbs. Afterwards I was told I had 0 fertility issues but was put on clomid cycles to help. My husband also had fertility testing done and found 0 issues.

In July of 2010 I had surgery to remove severe endometriosis. Once they had discovered how bad it actually was they guessed that was the factor behind my inability to conceive.

In September I started taking clomid again 50 mg on days 3 through 7. I run a very regular cycle of 28 to 30 days. My cycle started on Dec. 11th (day 29 of previous cycle). I started clomid on Dec. 13th (day 3). I began using an ovulation kit on day 11 through 19 and never got a positive read. (We continued trying as instructed regardless of the test results). On day 19 I noticed my breasts were extremely tender and on day 21 I began to run a fever of 99.9 (low 98 is my norm). The evening of day 22 I began spotting, at first it was a bright red, but later a brown with some dark red mixed in. It does not have the flow of a regular period. My periods are always very regular, strictly between 28 and 30 days even while on a cycle of clomid.

I called the answering service last night and had the doctor on call paged. She instructed me to take a pregnancy test, she feared that I had become pregnant during my last cycle of clomid and was have difficulties. That was not the case as the test was negative.

Today on day 23 I still have a small amount of discharge that is mostly brown in color and does not require a pad or tampon. Most often it's not there when I wipe, only when I "search" for it. This evening I'm experiencing very low, mild cramps.

My hopes are so high regardless of my past experiences.

Any insight would be very much welcomed. Sorry this post is so lengthily.

tosh24 · January 2011

LilTickles:
I called the answering service last night and had the doctor on call paged. She instructed me to take a pregnancy test, she feared that I had become pregnant during my last cycle of clomid and was have difficulties. That was not the case as the test was negative.

Firstly, I am sorry for everything you've gone through. Hope is such a funny thing - no matter how much you want to believe you don't have an ounce of hope left in you, it's always hiding out somewhere. I hope you can figure out what is going on.

This part of your story kind of caught my attention. Is your doctor not monitoring you? I would assume that if you were having CD 3 bloodwork/ultrasound, something fishy with your levels would have turned up if you had in fact gotten pregnant last cycle. I really hope you are being monitored properly, as Clomid can have serious side effects.

Good luck with the rest of your ttc journey

LilTickles · January 2011

Unfortunately, I am not being monitored due to lack of insurance coverage. My insurance only covered up to diagnosis and anything after even bloodwork is considered treatment.

The test came out accurate anyways, AF reared her ugly head in full gear Monday night.

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