New 2018 Clomid AND Femara support threads!

[MrsEnglish]

Boring update for my situation: barely any cm today, but what I did have was mixed -- a bit of ewcm but also thicker cm mixed in there. I did a cervical check and my cervix is very low. CD 15 today, so I'm not going to ovulate early this cycle , but might ovulate "on time" around CD 21. We'll see.

[emshe]

Boring update for my situation: barely any cm today, but what I did have was mixed -- a bit of ewcm but also thicker cm mixed in there. I did a cervical check and my cervix is very low. CD 15 today, so I'm not going to ovulate early this cycle , but might ovulate "on time" around CD 21. We'll see.

Good luck Mrs English!
never boring, love seeing your updates. Of course would love to see your bfp more

[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck for this month Mrs. E!!

[JJ66]

I'm really, really sorry if I'm hijacking a thread here. I'm trying to post a question in the Clomid support thread, so apologies in advance if I'm cutting in! My question is:

My doctor is on vacay (how dare she), and I'm supposed to start my next round of Clomid today (CD3), as I did last cycle. I actually wanted to ask them about switching to Femara, but even worse, evidently she didn't leave notes for next steps should I not conceive. So I have no Clomid to start on CD3.

They said the nurse tomorrow should be able to prescribe it for me, so now I'm wondering: how much different is it to take it days 4-8? I see more people taking 3-7 or 5-9. Does any of this matter? I hate that I have to switch it up now that I've gotten a sense for my cycle on 3-7, but I'll take what I can get.

Atomic, any recommendations if I'm self-diagnosing my new schedule (i.e. 4-8 or 5-9)? How much do the days really matter? And if anyone has anything to chime in terms of switching up schedules, I'm all ears.

[Pbn3]

I would just take it 4-8 if you were told originally to take it 3-7. One day in the scheme of things wont make that much difference [emoji4] From my understanding taking it earlier results in more chance of maturing more than one egg for release, so there's more chance of at least one egg being fertilised (if more than one released) thereby increasing conception odds. Taking it later was thought to improve egg quality but I'm not sure that's even valid anymore...

Atomic will be able to explain further and much better [emoji4]

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[MrsEnglish]

I think the later you take it the later you ovulate, so just be prepared to ovulate a bit later than usual.

[MrsEnglish]

Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to buy a pack of OPKs, despite that I don't usually use them. Yesterday and today's OPKs were very negative. BUT yesterday I had a little bit of ewcm, and this morning I had oceans of it so we made our one attempt this afternoon. I'm hoping that the ewcm is right and the OPK is wrong. Today I think is CD 20, so this is right around the time that I usually ovulate when I ovulate on my own.

[JJ66]

Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to buy a pack of OPKs, despite that I don't usually use them. Yesterday and today's OPKs were very negative. BUT yesterday I had a little bit of ewcm, and this morning I had oceans of it so we made our one attempt this afternoon. I'm hoping that the ewcm is right and the OPK is wrong. Today I think is CD 20, so this is right around the time that I usually ovulate when I ovulate on my own.

Good luck!! Are you going to continue with the OPKs this cycle?

[MrsEnglish]

Good luck!! Are you going to continue with the OPKs this cycle?

I guess so, but my guess is either that OPKs don't work with me, or that I had my peak the day before I started checking.

[JJ66]

Well I just learned that the on-call nurse isn't certified to prescribe Clomid so I won't be able to get it all this month. I want to cry.