Those who swayed pink while using Clomid....come in!

[GT77]

I hear you, it is a hard decision. Do u have to take clomid for 5 days to work, can u take it for 4 days or that isn't how it works? What if I took 50mg on three days and the other two 25mg? The girls that did 25mg did they end up with girls? Ok, so if I am not going to take it on day 2-6. I don't think days 3-7 is that big of a difference anyway. 5-9 obviously is! Which days do you suggest for days 3-7 or 5-9? I may do close to what he recommends this month. My husband would be more understanding to identical twins since that happens it is a split that randomly happens but the fraternal thing he will be more obvious it happened from clomid. I just know 3 kids will be a lot. I think 1 is a lot! I want that girl and I do not want to have any regrets. I rather try with clomid and take a risk, then have 2 boys and never took a risk. Now if I ended up with twin boys i would say that would just be that I was meant to have boys! You guys don't know but I looked into doing IVF this year for family balancing. I spent the whole year really researching it and then I backed out when I realized I would be spending a lot of money for something that wasn't a sure thing. There was way to much money involved to pick out my gender. I then looked into the swaying and now this into the clomid. I do like the idea of the trigger shot and it also helps you get pregnant quicker. I do want to get pregnant fast, and I am going to be trying at the end of May. I would like to have a baby girl, but I want to have a healthy baby girl that is the most important a healthy child whether its a boy or a girl. I have an identical twin sister and I know how special the bond is between a mother and a daughter and a sister, and I wanted to share that bond with a daughter since the bond with a son is just different. I have a niece and she is beautiful and I love being with her, but I just want my own daughter. If I do not end up with a daughter I will not be upset at all! I will know I tried everything to make it happened and it just wasn't meant to be! I now know I can try clomid and not spend any crazy money, but the only risk is I may have twins. If I am meant to have twins, then that is what will happen. I do want to bring that risk down, but I would like the doctor who i pick to know what days I am doing since I could lose the clomid all together if my doctor thinks something is wrong. he can also pull me off the clomid and put me onto something else if he thinks something is wrong because the days 2-6 are not working etc. i am going to tell him my correct days of my period since I am going to be waiting 2 more months. I am due March 24 and the following month another 28 days. I will then call him in April, and tell him my cycles have been longer i can tell him 28 days and one cycle was 29 days, and then tell him I still am still not pregnant and that I am trying clomid next month in May. And, then I will tell him I would rather take it on later days. Do u think the days should be 3 to 7 OR 5-9? I saw two of the girls on here got twins on 4-8, on clomid for swaying only!

[GT77]

I think I should do it on 3-7 and not throw off my body by too much. My body normally would ovulate around day 16/17 or maybe earlier. If day 5-9 u dont ovulate until day 20, then wouldn't I be just throwing off my whole cycle all together?
I get my period 28 days exactly. I was in the doctor office last week on my 18th day, and he said I had already ovulated on my left ovaries.
If days, 4-8 is later in the cycle and so is 5-9, when do u think is the best time for me?
I am 35 going to be 36 in July.

[GeCon]

Personally if you do not need the Clomid to ovulate and are worried about the risk of multiples, I would choose CD5-9. That would mean less, but better quality eggs. I went for a scan today to see the effect the Clomid had and the doctor said I should expect to ovulate within the next few days. I am on CD13 today and have ovulated on CD26 and CD25 the last two cycles whilst on Vitex. Also, if you have a look on Fertility Friend for women who took Clomid, you will find that quite a few who took it CD5-9 ovulated within the 5-10 days after the last pill (which is normal).

One last thing: I realise you do not want to mess your body up too much, but don't forget that messing your cycle up actually sways pink.

[meeks32]

I ovulate on my own and my fertility doctor gave me clomid to bring ovulation back from cd18-24 like I was, to cd 14 like he wanted. He also wanted it will extend my luteal from 10-12 days to 14 days. I didn't have to lie to get it other than saying i'd been trying for over a year (it had been 10-11 months at the time), so obviously they do use it for women that ovulate on their own. He looked at my charts on ff and said I definitely ovulate. I just ov way later than 'normal' and have a short luteal (which I extended with soy iso for last 3 cycles). I left the soy out when talking to him, but he saw all my charts.

However he did mention the risk of twins is higher if you are on clomid and ov on your own. But the lower the dose the lower the risk.

Please DO NOT take odd/mixed doses like you suggested or only take it 4 days. It's designed to be taken in the same amount each day over 5 days and clomid is actually an infertility drug, which when taken for 5 consecutive days only, starting cd 2-5, had the unexpected side effect of treating infertility (also swaying pink) by blocking oestrogen for the 5 days then causing a surge after. Taking it differently can cause long term infertility.

If you pm atomic she will let you know what days she thinks but I agree 5-9 is less risk of twins and seems ok for you.

FYI everyone ovulates differently on clomid so it's not a set thing that 5-9 would mean you o on cd 20. It's 5-10 days after last pill as a rule of thumb.

I personally took soy iso 5-9 and it made me o 6 days late at cd24. When I took it 4-8 I o'd on cd20 and 3-7 on cd18-19. So since clomid works in a similar way I'm trying 3-7 first to see what happens but also because I don't mind the risk of twins.

[GT77]

Ok, so then I do need to do it on days 5-9. I just wish somehow I can get the RE On that page without having to not tell him. I just hate to not be on the same page about the number of the days, because he will then see that the clomid maybe isn't working on me as fast as it needs to. he also didn't want to give me clomid at first but i told him no that is what i wanted.

Is there anyway he would go a little later, that maybe u would have any ideas? Maybe the first month I could tell him I was sick, so I didn't want to mix the two medications together. And, tell him i took it 4-8, but really took it 5-9?
I promise i will take it 5 days in a row and atomic suggests to stick to 50mg.

[2lovelyboys]

This may be a very naive question so I apologise in advance!

How would your Dr know what days you took your clomid?

[2lovelyboys]

This may be a very naive question so I apologise in advance!

How would your Dr know what days you took your clomid?

[GeCon]

I think it is the right thing to try to get your RE on side with all the correct info.

Why don't you just tell him that you done lots of research and you'd like to take it CD5-9 as you feel egg quality is more important to you than quantity? That will show that you know your stuff and I am sure he'll appreciate your honesty. Also, it will make things easier if he wants to do follow-up scans and blood tests as with "wrong" dates confusion can be caused and he might think things are not going as they should when in reality it is just because you took them later than he thinks you have.

[GT77]

He wants to do the trigger shot so I know he will be looking at the growth. He also pushed the other meds. I want to make sure he has me stay on clomid. I'm going somewhere else so ill see what they say this week and the days. I'll be honest see what happens.

[meeks32]

I think it is the right thing to try to get your RE on side with all the correct info.

Why don't you just tell him that you done lots of research and you'd like to take it CD5-9 as you feel egg quality is more important to you than quantity? That will show that you know your stuff and I am sure he'll appreciate your honesty. Also, it will make things easier if he wants to do follow-up scans and blood tests as with "wrong" dates confusion can be caused and he might think things are not going as they should when in reality it is just because you took them later than he thinks you have.

I agree with GeCon.

Be as honest as possible with the other place like you suggested and see what happens.

I personally wouldn't take Clomid unless you need it for some reason, because i've found the side effects to be quite confronting, but I do understand wanting it for swaying and know where you are coming from.

Let us know how you get on with the other doctor. Well done for planning ahead a few cycles so you don't feel rushed.

While you are wanting to 'be honest' with the other doctor, I found, and atomic recommends not to mention swaying as they tend to do one of two things in reaction to it:

1. knee jerk reaction, you asked for clomid so they go on a power trip and refuse to give it because 'they' are the doctor not you (sigh)

2. blame all your fertility issues on swaying and make you 'keep trying' without swaying for x amount of time.

So be as honest as you can about your cycle, but don't push too hard for clomid specifically or if you do, use other research to back up 'why' you want it (such as you've been trying for over a year OR you have a short luteal OR you don't ovulate etc etc).