AF late and bfn

[Honeybug]

What in the world is going on?

Monday (cd 26) I had bright, red blood when I wiped so I just thought "oh I'm getting AF early" so I went bought new pads and decided to get this months clomid at the same time. That bright red turned into black, tarry discharge which is normal for me and also a HUGE sign that AF is coming. AF was due Wednesday (cd 28) and the discharge stopped midday Wednesday with no AF at all. Still nothing this morning so with fmu I tested (cd 30) and it was a bfn!

What is going on? My other clomid cycle was 28 days and I NEVER go longer, if anything my cycles like to quicken up on my by getting shorter. Any ideas or advice?

[ksmom]

Do you chart temps?

[maidentomother]

I would like to see a chart too. What CD do you think you Oed on?

[atomic sagebrush]

I think you either had a short AF or it got going for a minute and then stopped. I would have sex with female O and eat a spicy meal with some garlic in it and see what happens.

i would call doc's office and see what they want you to do. They may want you to hold off and see what happens. Remember you can start Clomid as late as CD 5 if you need to hold off and see what develops.

[Honeybug]

Sorry about the late response....work has been crazy busy!

Thank you for your replies Maidentomother and ksmom - I've actually stopped temping as I was getting obsessive and figured it would only help me ttc if I tried to relax lol usually I o around cd12-cd14

Atomic - you were right about my dr wanting to hold off, I phoned on the fri and was told to test again on mon if af didn't show up, it was another bfn so I phoned the dr back, the nurse did give me a blood requisite but told me to hold off to get the blood drawn until tues as af would be a full week late then. AF reared it's ugly head later that night haha. So my cycle was 32 days long, I must say that was definitely a shock as my periods, if anything, "quicken up" on me by getting shorter!

I am starting clomid tonight but am going back to the 50 mg (rather than the 100) as I had GREAT results with that dose and honestly I'm kinda at the point I just really want a baby It's a hard, hard balance as we've been ttc for what feels like forever and we both want another baby but I don't want to feel like I've "wasted" my year by losing all I've done thus far by swaying blue too much, if that makes any sense? As per our last convo, Atomic, dh and I are going to bd every 3 days, with female o, and lay 15 min on back with legs/hips up and then 15 min on tummy, and of course I'm still on le

Thank you ladies and Atomic so much! I cannot even begin to tell you how much you all have been a blessing in my life throughout this journey. And Atomic your research and knowledge never ceases to amaze me! Thank you, thank you!

[maidentomother]

Maybe the 100mg extended your LP? That's my guess. You msy have popped 2 eggs so higher hormone levels, longer LP. I fear that is what happened to me this cycle! I'm 13dpo, BFN last night.

Fx for you this cycle! I hope to join you soon.

[atomic sagebrush]

Honeybug remember though, the Clomid is a great pink sway tactic - even if you can't have it all "ideally" for a pink sway you are still going to have a very strong pink sway.

Thank you so much for your kind words and I am fully expecting a BFP for you any time now.

[Honeybug]

Another month out Bumping this to give an update and I could really use some advice......

This will be my third consecutive month on clomid (4th total) and my OB says he will not refill my prescription after this month as he would like to try femara for up to 3 months, if I do not get a bfp this month. I'm not really sure how I feel about that seeing as I really only started taking the clomid to help with my sway
Is there an essay on femara? I did look in the Index but couldn't see one listed

For this month.....what should I do? I really, really want to just get pregnant but don't want to feel like I've wasted the year swaying so hard to just drop it all but I really want to take advantage of my last month of clomid.

Honestly I'm leaning to SMEP or e3days, plus an extra attempt at +opk. I also need to decide if I will stick to 50 mg or bump it back up to 100 mg for this month?

Atomic or anyone I would really love to know what you would do in my situation

[maidentomother]

I would stay at 50mg. I think Femara is great for pink and a great med overall. I wish my dr would give it to me!

I would do E3D unless you've done that last cycle. In which case I'd BD from AF through O.

I'm concerned that your timing may br off. Maybe you were Oing later than you think on Clomid. Have you been BDing after when you think you Oed to cover your bases?

[MyByC]

I had the same issue while on Clomid so I stopped it. It messed up my cycles...like really bad!


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