Newbie, TTC a girl while on Clomid

[Star4012]

My temps are already starting to rise only on CD3. [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848] my usual AF temps are in the 97.3-97.9 range.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you so much for the suggestions! So I know that I don't take in a lot of dairy as it is. What foods do you suggest as a full serving of full fat dairy? I was born lactose intolerant and so for a while I didn't touch it at all. Over my life I've built up a better tolerance of it. When I had my youngest son in June 2015, I had to go dairy free since he had a dairy protein allergy. I stopped nursing him when we started our ttc journey in July 2016. And went back to my normal eating habits. I still cant tolerate yellow cheese-- for instance, I can't stomach taking a slice of cheese out of the fridge and eating it... but eating fresh pizza out of a hot oven is just fine. I know, weird. Haha. But a full serving will be fine if you can give me some suggestions. For eggs, is scrambled suggested or egg whites? I'm not into the yolk but can eat it scrambled... and I love egg whites. Is there recommendations for both dairy and eggs that sway girl? Thanks in advance!

Emily

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Can you do yogurt or even ice cream? (I hesitate at ice cream because I'm lactose intolerant and I can't have ice cream, unfortunately) If you can't, then add in more eggs (like 2 per day) Or butter - that's 100% dairy fat haha and doesn't have much lactose in it at all.

I want you to have the yolk of the egg. That's the part that has the good fat in it. So scrambled is fine!

The dairy and eggs in excess may sway blue but right here and now you need that fat to get you ovulating normally. So don't worry about your sway right now. It's like turning a radio dial, right now you actually need to turn the dial a little more towards blue to get you ovulating again.

Refresh my memory, why were you on Metformin and why did you stop?

My inclination is for you to not take the Metformin since I am not sure that is what our issue is.

[atomic sagebrush]

My temps are already starting to rise only on CD3. [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848] my usual AF temps are in the 97.3-97.9 range.

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This can mean you're a little lower in estrogen, did you take the Clomid?

[Star4012]

This can mean you're a little lower in estrogen, did you take the Clomid?

Not for this new cycle yet. Was going to go back to days 5-9

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[Star4012]

Can you do yogurt or even ice cream? (I hesitate at ice cream because I'm lactose intolerant and I can't have ice cream, unfortunately) If you can't, then add in more eggs (like 2 per day) Or butter - that's 100% dairy fat haha and doesn't have much lactose in it at all.

I want you to have the yolk of the egg. That's the part that has the good fat in it. So scrambled is fine!

The dairy and eggs in excess may sway blue but right here and now you need that fat to get you ovulating normally. So don't worry about your sway right now. It's like turning a radio dial, right now you actually need to turn the dial a little more towards blue to get you ovulating again.

Refresh my memory, why were you on Metformin and why did you stop?

My inclination is for you to not take the Metformin since I am not sure that is what our issue is.

Ice cream and yogurt it is lol. and scrambled eggs.

I was prescribed metformin after my first ultrasound... whoever read my results from the hospital put in the notes that it looked like I had PCOS from the photos they got... so my obgyn said that with my bloodwork, excessive fatigue, acne and now the ultrasound results, he felt that I have PCOS. So he put me on a small dose everyday (500mg). I started that Jan 4th and that was also the first cycle that I switched my Clomid to days 3-7... and it happened to be anovulatory... then came my 3rd round of Clomid and I took them again days 3-7 also still taking metformin.... so after this past cycle was also anovulatory, I decided to discontinue the metformin on my own.

I didn't consult it with my doc but if you think it's a good thing to continue to take with my larger dose of Clomid this cycle (plan on taking 100mg days 5-9) I'll start back up.

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[Star4012]

I'm going to call into my doc office tomorrow and just request a blood panel to see what my levels are... and also for a thyroid check. If they won't do it, may be my regular PCP will. I began to think I was having low estergon bc of my temps... under our assumption that, that is going on without a blood test to confirm (only going on temps right now) what I can i do to increase it?

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[atomic sagebrush]

I would try staying off the Metformin. Let's just see what happens with just the Clomid in case the Met is too much of a good thing. Metformin has been shown to lower estrogen and of course Clomid blocks estrogen, so let's just see if it works better without the Met.

Eating more fat will help get the estrogen up.

getting a blood test. Keep me posted!!!!

[Star4012]

I would try staying off the Metformin. Let's just see what happens with just the Clomid in case the Met is too much of a good thing. Metformin has been shown to lower estrogen and of course Clomid blocks estrogen, so let's just see if it works better without the Met.

Eating more fat will help get the estrogen up.

getting a blood test. Keep me posted!!!!

So I called my obgyn office and asked about blood work... And the nurse told me that I had blood work done on 9/16/17 to check my levels and it all came back in normal range... And then I said well, I'd like for my thyroid to be checked and she told me that they checked it on the same day as before and my TSH was .66 which was considered normal in their range. They said they only get concerned if it's below a .35.... so then she said I should discuss my concerns with my doc at my next appt on 2/28/18. So that's the furthest I got with them.

My temps haven't gone too high, which is good!!!

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[atomic sagebrush]

Welll...unfortunately hormones can fluctuate a lot by the month so tests done on estrogen and progesterone in Sept. are not going to help us any now. But, if they won't do anything they won't. Let's give it a month without the Met and see what happens. FXFXFX!!!

[Star4012]

Welll...unfortunately hormones can fluctuate a lot by the month so tests done on estrogen and progesterone in Sept. are not going to help us any now. But, if they won't do anything they won't. Let's give it a month without the Met and see what happens. FXFXFX!!!

I know, it was disappointing that my only option is to wait to talk to my doc in 2 weeks. Urgh. I guess that's the difference when you see a OBGYN than a specialist. My friend who was at a specialist said they have her blood tests monthly. I thought ahead and made an appt with a RE bc they are scheduling into late April right now which would line up with the time that I would be referred from my OBGYN if I don't get pregnant. Hoping that I'll end up having to cancel that appt bc of a pregnancy. 🤞🤞🤞 and thanks for the fx!! I can use all I can get!

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