Ok so let's talk Clomid. It's a little white pill that is supposed to help you create life but it's kind of hard to create life when DH is mad at you because your hormones are all over the place and it makes you a little (or a lot) emotional. This is my 7th round of Clomid over the past 6 years and I still have not figured out how to deal with the crazy mood swings.
Any tips? Does any one else have this problem on Clomid?
Hi @meganttc3 I know you said you usually chill on the IF boards. Greeting from another IFer . Typically, in this board, thins are slightly different in one-off post are discouraged. This would work well I’m thr IF thread or chafer stalk/questions.
Please free to hang around, intro on the designated thread, & join in here for more support. TTC can be lonely. IF is even lonelier- so genuinely sorry for your struggles.
Do you have an RE or have you only been working with an obgyn?
It would help if the doctor explained to yh that clomid does magnify mood swings. If the goal is to conceive, it’s a part of the deal. However, you have to do what you gotta do to calm yourself and try to add humor to the equation. That’s what mh and I do. It makes a world of a difference.
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
Join us @meganttc3 ! This board has a lot more organization then the other ones on TB fyi. There are just too many of us to do one off posts and you'll see most get met with a ton of snark (Which is kind of fun) There are a bunch of regulars here so questions definitely get seen in the weekly question thread or randoms thread. We'd love for you to join us!
Whoops sorry guys I thought I was on the IF board. That's normally where I would post but I was lurking here and I wasn't paying much attention.
Sorry! But thank y'all for the support and for being super nice about it.
And for the record I did 5 years with an ob and have moved on to an RE. He's doing "a Clomid challenge" to find out why it doesn't make me ovulate so he can find what will.
@meganttc3 Do you not ovulate at all? Do you have a cycle at all? Sorry, you made me interested when you said you don't ovulate. I am a fellow IFer myself and suffer(ed) from hypothalamic amenorrhea.
I wish you the best of luck!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Re: Clomid sucks!
Please free to hang around, intro on the designated thread, & join in here for more support. TTC can be lonely. IF is even lonelier- so genuinely sorry for your struggles.
It would help if the doctor explained to yh that clomid does magnify mood swings. If the goal is to conceive, it’s a part of the deal. However, you have to do what you gotta do to calm yourself and try to add humor to the equation. That’s what mh and I do. It makes a world of a difference.
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
Was looking for a hello gif and found this :
Sorry!
But thank y'all for the support and for being super nice about it.
And for the record I did 5 years with an ob and have moved on to an RE. He's doing "a Clomid challenge" to find out why it doesn't make me ovulate so he can find what will.
@meganttc3 Do you not ovulate at all? Do you have a cycle at all? Sorry, you made me interested when you said you don't ovulate. I am a fellow IFer myself and suffer(ed) from hypothalamic amenorrhea.
I wish you the best of luck!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!