Clomid Sway

[aparker528]

I had a chemical pregnancy this month : / I ovulated late (CD 20) and my midwife assumes that the egg was just too overripe to turn into a successful pregnancy. I have clomid and provera in hand though for an october sway. I am going to do the LE diet (try to lose weight) - I was already super dry without taking clomid so I was thinking olive oil as a lube? We are a little confused about when to DTD... my DH won't FR on his own... he is fine with abstain though. So when to DTD and also what else should I do with a clomid sway? Thank you so much!!

[auroara78]

you may need to take even a little preseed to concieve with clomid. Pre-seed is thought to sway boy on its own, but combined with clomid, it seems the clomid can be more effective still and help concieve a girl. (Sweet sister took both and has a girl due in Dec!) still clomid on its own is no magic bullet.

sorry to hear about the chemical :(

[onehealthybaby]

I am going to sway with clomid this week. I am very nervous as I have high hopes but know its not 100%. My diet is drastically different than it use to be (I barely eat anything till 2 PM, very little meat) but not great as I am eating mostly crap (like cheese pizza, crackers, cookies, etc. I don't think I am low enough calorie wise, but I am lower than I use to be. I am taking aspirin and drinking diet soda (not caffeine free - [probably should switch it), using rephresh every three days and have some lime ready to go in a lime tampon. I am usually very fertile (just had a mc from DTD at least 5 days before ovulating or from a pull out near ovulation).

Any other last minute tips? I have the clomid because I was going to do ericcson but just changed my mind.

[pearl]

I took Clomid 50mg one cycle and pregnant with twins- girls but no preseed for me. I guess it did help me to conceive girls:) I also was on LE diet for 10 weeks.

[Meme]

Pearl: What did u do to sway for a girl when u were on clomid? Trying the same :ttcgirl:

[Mum23boys]

My friend has been given clomid 50mg but her doc told her to take 2 tabs a day cycle days 5-9 or 3-7 ( i cant remember hich but both number sring a bell for some reason - why would she start on 100mg not just on 1 x 50mg - she and i are confused and her doc is away at the moment - she doesnt have long standing problems and already has 2 children naturally)

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm so sorry to read that. :(

Just to put your mind at ease, not to quibble with your midwife but ovulating on CD 20 is not even considered late ovulation and prob. had nothing at all to do with your chemical. Concerns about overripe eggs are typically in women who take 2+ months to ovulate, not 6 days past "normal" (which is not even "normal" for many of us anyway). I just don't want you to get too stressed if you O a few days late in future because it doesn't hurt anything at all to O even 2-3 weeks later than "normal".

I don't think olive oil is the way to go. Sperm is not designed to swim through olive oil any more than it is RepHresh or any other lube. People see olive oil as natural and therefore safe, but that doesn't mean it's going to help you conceive - if olive oil helped us get pg, we would make olive oil and not EWCM LOL. If you need anything for dryness, I really urge you to go with Preseed/Conceive Plus, even tho they tend to sway blue, because you may need just that little bit of a boost both for lubrication and to help the sperm survive. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/7997-swaying-clomid-swaying-under-special-circumstances-part-2-a.html

When on Clomid, it's best to DTD to get pg quickly and not try to use a lot of sway tactics (if you really must, you can try a few sway tactics the first month or two but then drop them.) So I personally would urge you not to do either abstain or FR and just to TTC 3 times or so at positive OPK.

[atomic sagebrush]

My friend has been given clomid 50mg but her doc told her to take 2 tabs a day cycle days 5-9 or 3-7 ( i cant remember hich but both number sring a bell for some reason - why would she start on 100mg not just on 1 x 50mg - she and i are confused and her doc is away at the moment - she doesnt have long standing problems and already has 2 children naturally)

Her doctor may know something regarding her numbers that we don't know. But as a general rule, I agree that it isn't a great idea to start off with 100 mg unless you're certain that 50 won't work for you.

Clomid can be taken days 3-7, 4-8, and 5-9, they all work.

[atomic sagebrush]

I am going to sway with clomid this week. I am very nervous as I have high hopes but know its not 100%. My diet is drastically different than it use to be (I barely eat anything till 2 PM, very little meat) but not great as I am eating mostly crap (like cheese pizza, crackers, cookies, etc. I don't think I am low enough calorie wise, but I am lower than I use to be. I am taking aspirin and drinking diet soda (not caffeine free - [probably should switch it), using rephresh every three days and have some lime ready to go in a lime tampon. I am usually very fertile (just had a mc from DTD at least 5 days before ovulating or from a pull out near ovulation).

Any other last minute tips? I have the clomid because I was going to do ericcson but just changed my mind.

Caffeine is fine while TTC pink, the idea that caff sways blue has been totally debunked. If anything, higher caff intake may even sway pink.

Eating junk food is good for TTC pink - it worked for me!

I answered this in another thread already but for anyone who didn't see it, I STRONGLY advise against using lime tampons with Clomid (makes it very difficult to get pg) and I don't love RepHresh with clomid, but if you want to try it for a month or two just to see if you get pg, that's up to you.

You should also not mix and match RepHresh with lime tampon anyway because it may cause pH spike.

[aparker528]

Oh gosh! Dtd EOD and preseed? (breathe, breathe) maybe I will be wet enough & won't need anything FX!

[aparker528]

Oh yeah, and my prescription is for 50mg of Clomid too (but no blood work was taken) I just told told my dr that I wasn't ovulating & he wrote the script : \

[aparker528]

So what about canola oil? Would that be okay?

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh yeah, and my prescription is for 50mg of Clomid too (but no blood work was taken) I just told told my dr that I wasn't ovulating & he wrote the script : \

That's ok with 50. When you start getting up to 100 or esp. 150-200, then OHSS becomes a concern and it's more important to monitor.

[atomic sagebrush]

So what about canola oil? Would that be okay?

Oil is oil and not what sperm are good at swimming thru. you can give it a try of course, but honestly I'd rather see you do Sylk or KY.

[aparker528]

Wait, now I'm confused. I thought you didn't wait Clomid users to use jellies at all - much less sylk. Am I wrong?

[Mum23boys]

Found this on an old post about frequency / timing etc thought it might help you

On Clomid it's best just to DTD to get pg and not worry about frequency. You are already doing a lot to sway and I don't want you to cut down on your DH's sperm count too much. I BEG you not to do cutoff with Clomid. You will not get pg and you can only be on Clomid a couple of months before it really reduces your odds of conception at all - don't waste a month on Clomid trying to include sway tactics that don't sway (timing) or don't sway much (frequency). I'd simply BD every other day nd then aim for 3-5 attempts in your fertile microwindow of O-2 through O day.

[atomic sagebrush]

Wait, now I'm confused. I thought you didn't wait Clomid users to use jellies at all - much less sylk. Am I wrong?

No, you're right, but I don't think the oil is any better just by virtue of being "natural" and may even be worse (plus it causes YI). I would prefer if you used nothing, and if you need lube, use a TINY amount of Preseed/conceive plus, and if you really really don't want to do that, use a TINY amount of KY/Sylk.