Swaying on Clomid - Swaying under special circumstances part 2

[sugarNspice]

OPKs worked fine for me on Clomid--I got one day of positives, which correlated perfectly with (ie, was one day before) the conception date I was given by ultrasound later.
My RE did say to use OPKs, rather than a fertility monitor, to check for ovulation--I think the LH surge (what they test for) is like normal on Clomid, whereas estrogen levels can be off. I've heard that temps can be different on Clomid, too--I didn't temp that cycle because I was travelling, so I don't know what it did to mine. I should say that my normal pattern of fertile cm was absolutely undetectable on Clomid--without the OPKs I would not have been able to figure out which day I o'd. I o'd 5 days after taking the last pill.
Hope this is helpful....

[Maple]

OPKs worked fine for me on Clomid--I got one day of positives, which correlated perfectly with (ie, was one day before) the conception date I was given by ultrasound later.
My RE did say to use OPKs, rather than a fertility monitor, to check for ovulation--I think the LH surge (what they test for) is like normal on Clomid, whereas estrogen levels can be off. I've heard that terms can be different on Clomid, too--I didn't temp that cycle because I was travelling, so I don't know what it did to mine. I should say that my normal pattern of fertile cm was absolutely undetectable on Clomid--without the OPKs I would not have been able to figure out which day I o'd. I o'd 5 days after taking the last pill.
Hope this is helpful....

Hi Sugar&Spice

Thanks for this info, I was wondering about temps and CM patterns. Did you previously get EWCM around O time, and none while on Clomid?
Great that you O'd only 5 days after the last pill too - was that earlier than usual for you?

Have you got your BFP yet?

All the best! XX

[sugarNspice]

Hi Sugar&Spice

Thanks for this info, I was wondering about temps and CM patterns. Did you previously get EWCM around O time, and none while on Clomid?
Great that you O'd only 5 days after the last pill too - was that earlier than usual for you?

Have you got your BFP yet?

All the best! XX

Yes, I absolutely had a clear CM pattern, every cycle (I mean sometimes more days of EW, sometimes fewer, but always the same pattern) without Clomid. On Clomid, I was the driest I've ever been, drier even than when I'd used Cetirizine/Benadryl for swaying. It was like--on antihistamines, I was dry but could still tell that there would have been CF if I hadn't been using the antihistamines, but on Clomid there was nothing at all. I was so dry that DH had trouble finishing (sorry if TMI) which had absolutely never been a problem for him before.

And yes, it was an earlier o than is normal for me, which was a surprise too.

I got pregnant my first cycle on Clomid, which really shocked me. I'd thought, given the dryness and the fact that we DTD only once, there wasn't much chance. But I do have a long history of getting pregnant really easily. I also have a history of miscarriage (4 in the past year) but so far this bean is still there.

[Maple]

Hi SugarNSpice,

Wow - thats great it happened your first attempt! Very encouraging..
Great to hear of your healthy pregnancy also! Long may that last!

I am CD9 and I finished my last pill on CD7. I had a blood test today to check estrogen and will be having a scan done on Monday (CD13) to see egg/s? I was advised to have sex over the weekend just in case I O early - but the nurse doubted it would happen too soon. I might start using OPK's just in case however..

Enjoy your pregnancy!!

[Mum23boys]

Hi apologies if this has been answered but i cant be ar*ed to scroll through all 9 pages - sorry ¬!!!
I wondered about baby aspirin and clomid - is it good to take or will it thin the lining too much ? Thanks

[sugarNspice]

Maple ~ I'd start to dtd this weekend, for sure. If you took clomid CD 3 - 7, you're predicted to o between CD 12 and 17... So if you wait for the scan on CD 13, the egg might already be gone. (of course many women do ovulate later than this on clomid, but you never know what your body will do unless you've taken Clomid for a while, and can see that there's a pattern). In any case, with the dryness/lack of fertile CM that Clomid can cause, you really want to give the sperm a chance to get up into the Fallopian tubes before the egg comes out, so that they're ready and waiting to fertilize it. And if you're on CD 9 now, I'd def start using opks, again because you're better off taking extra ones too early than you are missing the egg. I get the wondfo ones on Amazon (they're super cheap) so I don't feel bad about taking lots of opks.

Hope you catch this egg!


Mum23 ~ I think (and someone like atomic can correct me if I'm wrong) that baby asprin can actually thicken your lining--it improves blood flow by reducing your blood's ability to clot, so more blood will accumulate inside your uterus. Clomid can cause a thin uterine lining, and baby aspirin helps correct or prevent this.

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi apologies if this has been answered but i cant be ar*ed to scroll through all 9 pages - sorry ¬!!!
I wondered about baby aspirin and clomid - is it good to take or will it thin the lining too much ? Thanks

I understand it's a pain and things aren't always easy to find, but you have to realize that I answer literally 50-100 questions a day if not more, and everything you find too inconvenient to look up, simply inconveniences me instead. I'm sorry and not trying to call you out on it because it is not just you, you were just the only one honest enough to admit it. I think people sometimes forget I'm a real person with a real life and family too. I'm not mad at you or or anything, I just want to let you know.

This is your answer from the Clomid essay : "It is also best to not take anything to dry up your CM with Clomid or make it more hostile. No antihistamine, Sudafed, cranberry, aspartame. The one exception to this is baby aspirin. Baby aspirin may actually help when taking Clomid, even though it does acidify, by helping the fertilized egg to implant in the uterus (Clomid makes your uterine lining very thin and so may make it harder for baby to implant). You CAN take Robitussin with Clomid and in fact you SHOULD do so if swaying blue."

[Maple]

Thanks Sugar!
I am super excited, and look forward to updating you!
I will start POAS.. I just hate reducing fluids - so annoying, I forget!

I hope I catch this egg too!

[Mrs_P]

Anyone been on their clomid long enough to know if it lengths the cycle, 10dpo (day 24) for me and am wondering when to expect AF, i normally only have a 10 day luteal phase although the vitex did lengthen this to 12 last month but shortened my overall cycle to 23 days and moved my o forward to cd12. No idea what to expect this month

Also if Amari or Pearl or anyone else on line with clomid twins happens to notice this, did you get your bfp early with the twins or any other signs of twins early on

[atomic sagebrush]

Vitex can help with luteal phase issues.