New 2018 Clomid AND Femara support threads!

[ManchesterMrs]

Emshe - I am so sorry to hear that this month didn’t work out. It must be so tough given the anniversary of your losses.

I did failed IVF PGD in 2016 so I know how you feel on that front, plus I am on my fourth cycle trying and I - like you - had a short luteal.

But I just think never ever give up on your dream of a little girl.

I would try one more Clomid round, do the atomic fertility diet. If this next round doesn’t work, just do every 4 days and stick roughly to the principles of the diet. Don’t do opks etc - just leave it up to nature.

You definitely need to do something about your inability to live life for now though. I am with you on that - feel like this is taking up a hell of a lot of headspace so I am not going to do opks etc anymore and will just try and chill and enjoy my boys.

Wishing you all the very best, big hugs xx

[emshe]

Emshe - I am so sorry to hear that this month didn’t work out. It must be so tough given the anniversary of your losses.

I did failed IVF PGD in 2016 so I know how you feel on that front, plus I am on my fourth cycle trying and I - like you - had a short luteal.

But I just think never ever give up on your dream of a little girl.

I would try one more Clomid round, do the atomic fertility diet. If this next round doesn’t work, just do every 4 days and stick roughly to the principles of the diet. Don’t do opks etc - just leave it up to nature.

You definitely need to do something about your inability to live life for now though. I am with you on that - feel like this is taking up a hell of a lot of headspace so I am not going to do opks etc anymore and will just try and chill and enjoy my boys.

Wishing you all the very best, big hugs xx

Thanks Mrs Manchester, if only we could switch the head off!


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[onebigwish]

Hi i took CD 2&3 25 mg. Does anybody know can i continue CD4,5&6 with 50 mg??

[MrsEnglish]

not even close LOL

but of course you can't tell if you're pregnant this soon. The thing is, there is a correlation between being extra "hormone-y" and being more likely to get a pregnancy test that month. So in a month you are high in estrogen and then high in progesterone, you may notice megasymptoms from hormones during and after ovulation that are caused by high hormone levels and NOT pregnancy, but those same hormone levels may make you more likely to end up conceiving that same month. So it can be confusing to people who are pretty darn sure they notice symptoms just after O, but mistake them for pregnancy when in reality the pregnancy does not cause symptoms for another week or so.

Realistically, I know it's probably just because I especially WANT to be pregnant this cycle.

[Hallie]

Hi, I posted this in the my sway forum too but wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences. Af showed up earlier than expected this month so I started taking clomid 2 days ago.
I'm really struggling with the side effects already, I'm having awful anxiety and feel quite panicked, I didn't sleep last night because of this plus hot flushes, which is probably not helping things. My question is should I ride it out? Is it bad for my health to stop after 2 days? I am so worried I'm going to feel like this for the whole month. I don't usually have any pmt symptoms at all so this is all really different for me.
Thank you in advance for any advice and sorry if I sound pathetic , I've never felt like this before in my life.
For clarity I am taking clomid purely for sway purposes and this is the first time I have taken it.
X

[MrsEnglish]

Hi, I posted this in the my sway forum too but wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences. Af showed up earlier than expected this month so I started taking clomid 2 days ago.
I'm really struggling with the side effects already, I'm having awful anxiety and feel quite panicked, I didn't sleep last night because of this plus hot flushes, which is probably not helping things. My question is should I ride it out? Is it bad for my health to stop after 2 days? I am so worried I'm going to feel like this for the whole month. I don't usually have any pmt symptoms at all so this is all really different for me.
Thank you in advance for any advice and sorry if I sound pathetic , I've never felt like this before in my life.
For clarity I am taking clomid purely for sway purposes and this is the first time I have taken it.
X

Hi! Sorry you are having problems. It is not bad for your health to stop after 2 days! If it gets to be too much you are better off stopping. Also if you have moderate+ vision disturbances you MUST stop.

You don't sound pathetic at all, btw. Did you buy it online? If you got it from a sketchy source, definitely stop.

[Hallie]

Hi! Sorry you are having problems. It is not bad for your health to stop after 2 days! If it gets to be too much you are better off stopping. Also if you have moderate+ vision disturbances you MUST stop.

You don't sound pathetic at all, btw. Did you buy it online? If you got it from a sketchy source, definitely stop.

Thank you , yes I did get it online but it is a registered pharmacy. I think I might try and take one tonight before bed to see if that makes any difference. I can't believe that taking something for only two days is effecting me so much , unless it's all in my head and I'm over thinking it x

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi, I posted this in the my sway forum too but wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences. Af showed up earlier than expected this month so I started taking clomid 2 days ago.
I'm really struggling with the side effects already, I'm having awful anxiety and feel quite panicked, I didn't sleep last night because of this plus hot flushes, which is probably not helping things. My question is should I ride it out? Is it bad for my health to stop after 2 days? I am so worried I'm going to feel like this for the whole month. I don't usually have any pmt symptoms at all so this is all really different for me.
Thank you in advance for any advice and sorry if I sound pathetic , I've never felt like this before in my life.
For clarity I am taking clomid purely for sway purposes and this is the first time I have taken it.
X

It's fine to stop taking it and yes it does affect some people strongly that way. You won't feel like this the whole month, only while you're taking the medicine, but you may feel off for most of the month (not this bad, but more hormone-y)

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi i took CD 2&3 25 mg. Does anybody know can i continue CD4,5&6 with 50 mg??

Yes you can

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi atomic,
Thanks as always for the response!
I am doing eggs per week and one serving of full fat dairy but only really started doing this in the last couple of weeks. My luteal phase was short when I was TTC number two - it weirdly lengthened by exactly a day each month until I got to 8 days and then I got pregnant.
Can I get tested for hypothyroid / PCOS etc while on femara? If so, I guess no harm in going to the docs to get stuff tested.
My mum had irregular periods and so did my Grandma (both had chronic infertility) so maybe being a late ovulater runs in the family. I haven’t had one cycle the same yet but then again I only have a few cycles to go on as I conceived my first son on cycle 2 and my second son on cycle 4.
I am fairly sure I ovulate when I think I do. My pos opk, cm and o pains back it up.
I religiously opk. I think I am actually going to stop next cycle as it is causing me too much anxiety. I am a natural born worrierer - for example, my latest worry is that I have really high testosterone/ am hypothyroid or something which is causing late ov and my chances for a girl are doomed.

Yes you can be tested for things while on Femara but you must let them know you're taking it.

Tendencies towards PCO (and the irregular cycles caused by those tendencies, even if you don't have the syndrome itself) can indeed run in famllies.

I think it's a good idea to ditch OPK for now and just BD every 4 days (Mon-Thurs pattern)