October TTC and 2ww Thread

[Mom25boys]

I'm feeling quite lost and confused. I'm so grateful for my positive, but I took the relaxed chilled out route this time and now I don't know where I am up to. I'm hoping someone can take a guess and help me figure this out. Not complaining, but my FRER seemed a bit dark for an afternoon poas in 9dpo. So I am wondering if I miscalculated.

I can't afford more FRERs and I had only one, so I wanted to double check on a test that came with my ovulation pack. Didn't want to check till Sunday morning but tonight I just caved, duh. I got a faint line. So the hcg hopefully got a bit higher. It was negative on friday. Maybe a shadow.

Heres the information I have. Maybe you can guess for me. Generally I get AF 16 days after my +OPK. Generally, I have a dip in temps the day before my positive, next morning it goes up a bit but still under the coverline, next day it goes way up over the line.

Sunday, September 23, BD
Tuesday, Sept. 25th, + OPK,
Wednesday, Sept. 26th, 96.76°, -OPK, BD
Sore ovarian pain
Thursday, Sept. 27th, 97.34°

I'm not due for AF until Thursday or Friday. So it seems too early to be true. And I'm scared to stop all the swaying. I started eating more and didn't exercise because my left ovary is swollen and has a cyst. My abdomen is inflamed and I am starting to get anxiety.

I'm going to see if fmu is darker and am I supposed to take my temps and poas more to watch it? Or do I just wait until Friday to see a missed AF.

By my other kids I didn't watch everything. Eventually I missed AF for a while, I wasn't regular, so eventually I felt as little off and tested and it was bfp before control lines. This is scary early for me. I feel like I should have waited....



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[Heart desires pink LP]

Sorry about AF hopeful.
Mom 25 boys - just take it easy!. Don't drive yourself crazy by over analyzing the tests. It looks like a good positive to me. Keep testing with the cheapies for the next few days. Once you've missed your AF date, try a CB digital test. You can also go to your family doc and have them run the test in a week or so for your peace of mind.
Take it easy, don't stress, don't carry anything heavy for a while!! You are going to be fine

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[GirlieCat]

I am on my fourth round of clomid, and my OB said he will let me do 2 more rounds before sending me to a specialist. I am currently in 50mg cd3-7 as well! I have very little side affects to the clomid this time, thankfully. Last time I was crazy moody and had the worst night sweats! Why are you only allowed to have it 6 times? I did 3 rounds with my previous pregnancy and became pregnant on the 3rd round, same script. So I guess this is my 7th round so far?! Should I be worried?


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Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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[Noemi2017]

Hopeful im sorry, next month must be succesful

[Boymom287]

Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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Oh boy. Yeah my OB mentioned something about that but said it was disproven yet still raises question, so he would like to proceed with caution. Thank you so much for this.


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[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Boymom,

The typical instructions I was told is because the meds are so strong and increase your chances of ovarian cancer, they try to limit it to 6 cycles in your lifetime but I think you are allowed a few more under rare occasions. Most everything I read says 6.

And I have read that you should not do more than three months in a row without taking a break for a couple months.


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This isn't quite correct. It is 6 consecutive months and 18 months total over the course of your life.

The reason it's 6 consecutive months is NOT risk of cancer. It's because after that amount of time on Clomid, you will render yourself functionally infertile (temporarily) due to the cumulative effects of the Clomid on your uterine lining and cervical mucus.

This is why you guys MUST try every month you have taken Clomid and why you MUST ease off swaying tactics that cut odds of conception.

Now, the past year I've seen several docs have switched over to 3 months before requiring a break. This is new though. Up til 2017 people were regularly being given 6 months before a break and this was the norm since I started paying attention to Clomid back in 2009 or thereabouts. So it may be they've decided on a new guideline for that but I've seen tons of people conceive in months 4,5,6 on Clomid so I think that may be a bit overly conservative.

Anyone who has been on Clomid more than one month you need to gradually stop dropping sway tactics to get pregnant. Please start your own, dedicated thread in the forums so I can help you do that - it's very difficult to answer those type of individualized questions in these support threads where lots of people are posting.

[Mom25boys]

I'm starting to get excited. My dollar test came out positive and I got a smiley on my opk test. Lol. In case you wondered if that worked. Perfectly reliable for hcg apparently. Af is due Thursday or Friday, so I'm still waiting to be really excited.... I have 15 day luteal phase, 16th day i get AF usually.

Freaking out cuz I didn't tell anyone besides DH.

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[Boymom287]

This isn't quite correct. It is 6 consecutive months and 18 months total over the course of your life.

The reason it's 6 consecutive months is NOT risk of cancer. It's because after that amount of time on Clomid, you will render yourself functionally infertile (temporarily) due to the cumulative effects of the Clomid on your uterine lining and cervical mucus.

This is why you guys MUST try every month you have taken Clomid and why you MUST ease off swaying tactics that cut odds of conception.

Now, the past year I've seen several docs have switched over to 3 months before requiring a break. This is new though. Up til 2017 people were regularly being given 6 months before a break and this was the norm since I started paying attention to Clomid back in 2009 or thereabouts. So it may be they've decided on a new guideline for that but I've seen tons of people conceive in months 4,5,6 on Clomid so I think that may be a bit overly conservative.

Anyone who has been on Clomid more than one month you need to gradually stop dropping sway tactics to get pregnant. Please start your own, dedicated thread in the forums so I can help you do that - it's very difficult to answer those type of individualized questions in these support threads where lots of people are posting.

Thank you for this! That makes sense with what my doc has been saying now. I did the math and am fairly certain I am on my 4th consecutive month on clomid now, with 2 more scripts ordered after this. If nothing happens we are going to meet with a specialist to discuss IUI. Praying this is my month! Thank you again


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[Boymom287]

I'm starting to get excited. My dollar test came out positive and I got a smiley on my opk test. Lol. In case you wondered if that worked. Perfectly reliable for hcg apparently. Af is due Thursday or Friday, so I'm still waiting to be really excited.... I have 15 day luteal phase, 16th day i get AF usually.

Freaking out cuz I didn't tell anyone besides DH.

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AMAZING!! Those are dark lines! And I feel like when you get a positive digital it becomes so much more real! Yay!!!


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[Mom25boys]

AMAZING!! Those are dark lines! And I feel like when you get a positive digital it becomes so much more real! Yay!!!


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Which tests are digital? That would be cool

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