New 2018 Clomid AND Femara support threads!

[emshe]

I find white bread, cream crackers, crumpets really good as empty carbs, plus pop tarts!

Stay positive - I am sure it will happen for you soon hun.

Thanks for the advice atomic! x

Good tips Thanks so much!


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[emshe]

Keep eating potatoes and white rice, but yes, add in some white flour/sugar foods (don't go overboard here). Corn chips are fine. Whatever you like and enjoy.

Will do atomic, much appreciated! BTW atomic realised CD5 will be Tuesday (what should have beenCD29) as I only had spotting on Thursday.


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[emshe]

Tomorrow is POAS day, if AF doesn't come before then.

Still zero signs of pregnancy.

Good luck Mrs English! I’ll keep everything crossed for you


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[atomic sagebrush]

Will do atomic, much appreciated! BTW atomic realised CD5 will be Tuesday (what should have beenCD29) as I only had spotting on Thursday.


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Oh so you mean you ended up not having flow till Friday so you are counting that as CD 1, yes?

You didn't just have spotting on Thursday and then nothing since, right?

Sorry if I'm being overly nitpicky I just want to be sure we start the Clomid at the right time.

[MrsEnglish]

Today is POAS day, but I didn't do it this morning because last cycle I tested first thing in the morning then got AF like an hour later, so I decided to POAS in the evening. Well I went through out the morning and afternoon without seeing any red when I wiped. Then in the evening I had some errands to run, so I decided to hold my pee while doing them them the test when I got back home. While running errands, I had the slightest hint of nausea, and I started thinking "maybe, maybe...". I got home, got a plastic cup to pee in, when to the toilet, pulled down my undies and saw bright red spotting. So I didn't use the pregnancy test.

If I don't have a heavy flow by tomorrow evening, then I will POAS before taking Clomid, but I fully expect to wake up to real AF. So I'm not 100% out yet, but I'm pretty darn close. In my mind I'm already preparing for the next cycle.

[MrsEnglish]

On the bright side, now I have an opportunity to really buckle down and lose weight before getting pregnant with #2. I'm still about 4 lbs heavier than I was before getting pregnant with #1, and my weight hasn't changed since January. Losing a few lbs will help both my girl sway and my body image. Also this whole time I have been eating a lot of things that PCOS women really shouldn't eat when trying to conceive, and I'm going to change that now. The time I got pregnant I had both Clomid AND PCOS diet going for me, I've been hoping Clomid would work on it's own, but it looks like I probably need the diet too.

[emshe]

Oh so you mean you ended up not having flow till Friday so you are counting that as CD 1, yes?

You didn't just have spotting on Thursday and then nothing since, right?

Sorry if I'm being overly nitpicky I just want to be sure we start the Clomid at the right time.

Thursday- spotting mainly when wiping.

Friday ( early hours of morning first real lay noticed bleeding on pad when I went to toilet) & medium bleeding all day

Saturday heavy heavy bleeding

Sunday medium bleeding

Monday this morning light bleeding (today is when AF was due as per my regular 28 day pattern)

So yes I take Friday as CD1, is that right?


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[emshe]

On the bright side, now I have an opportunity to really buckle down and lose weight before getting pregnant with #2. I'm still about 4 lbs heavier than I was before getting pregnant with #1, and my weight hasn't changed since January. Losing a few lbs will help both my girl sway and my body image. Also this whole time I have been eating a lot of things that PCOS women really shouldn't eat when trying to conceive, and I'm going to change that now. The time I got pregnant I had both Clomid AND PCOS diet going for me, I've been hoping Clomid would work on it's own, but it looks like I probably need the diet too.

I’ll keep hoping for you Mrs English.

But if not here’s to a great new cycle & best of luck to us this new cycle!!!!


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[MrsEnglish]

I’ll keep hoping for you Mrs English.

But if not here’s to a great new cycle & best of luck to us this new cycle!!!!


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Thanks so much for the support! Unfortunately, I am out this cycle. What is really cool about next cycle is if I get pregnant next cycle I won't know whether I'm having a 2018 baby or a 2019 baby until the baby is born! I'm guessing that I'll ovulate around April 15, and I put that into an online calculator that calculates due date based on ovulation date, and it said my due date would be Jan 5, 2019, but I went a little early with my daughter, so if I went as early again it would be late 2018.

Good luck to everyone else on conceiving this cycle!

[atomic sagebrush]

YOU NEED TO STILL TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST EVEN IF YOU GET YOUR PERIOD BEFORE TAKING CLOMID!!

I know you said you would but I just want to stress that for anyone casually skimming this thread. This is MANDATORY. You guys, take this from someone who has actually had this happen, you can have a completely normal period (or what seems to be a period, anyway) that lasts several days and is normal/heavy, and be pregnant the entire time. Since taking Clomid while pregnant can cause your baby serious harm, you MUST take a pg test every month even when there is bleeding that you are 110% sure is AF. You can lose a twin, you can have placenta previa, you can have heavy implantation bleeding or a SCH, you can have bleeding from cervical erosion or injury or a fibroid, or just a "confused" part of your lining that comes off even as a pregnancy is getting started. PLEASE take a test before starting Clomid!