OT - but need some advice from other clomid mommies

[crisi]

Taking a break is a good idea.

You should see an RE after your break - Clomid will do nothing for you if your tubes are blocked - and could increase your chances of having an epotic pregnancy and harming your fertility further. You need to be monitored. Also, drugs in general are not something you should be taking lightly - eight Clomid cycles are two more than my RE would permit before trying something else - simply because he felt longterm use of Clomid could have longterm negative health consequences. Eight Clomid cycles unmonitored with little other diagnostic work done is shocking to me.

I never got pregnant on Clomid or on Fertinex which followed my six Clomid cycles - we then gave up and decided to adopt since the fertility drugs were making me nuts (which made my husband suffer). I did get pregnant accidentally years later when we weren't trying.

 

[disneybridetobe]

So DH was able to come home for about an hour tonight, and we talked about everything going on, and of course told him that I wasn't pregnant. He wanted to know first thing. Well, we've both decided to take six months off of trying. We're too stressed out, he's gone all week long, and I want to get all the chemicals, and drugs, and horomones that aren't supposed to be there out of my body and try over after our vacation is done with. it's a relief to not have to chart and take my temp every morning!!

I think that's a great idea. I think we're going to take a break, too. The stress is unbearable sometimes, and sometimes I really think thats why I'm not getting pregnant. (Aside from the darn PCOS...ugh) I don't think stress is helping me at all. I still have 2 fills of clomid, maybe we'll try this summer. We'll see.

Isn't it such a huge relief when you stop charting? I hate charting! Hate it!

 

[surfergirl602]

Taking a break is a good idea.

You should see an RE after your break - Clomid will do nothing for you if your tubes are blocked - and could increase your chances of having an epotic pregnancy and harming your fertility further. You need to be monitored. Also, drugs in general are not something you should be taking lightly - eight Clomid cycles are two more than my RE would permit before trying something else - simply because he felt longterm use of Clomid could have longterm negative health consequences. Eight Clomid cycles unmonitored with little other diagnostic work done is shocking to me.

I never got pregnant on Clomid or on Fertinex which followed my six Clomid cycles - we then gave up and decided to adopt since the fertility drugs were making me nuts (which made my husband suffer). I did get pregnant accidentally years later when we weren't trying.

When we get back from our trip, which is the first week and a half of august, I am planning on getting a full work up done, whether this doctor likes it or not.

I have not had eight cycles of clomid, I just used my last dose, which was cycle 5. I could not go any more than that. Every other cycle I had been monitored, just not this last one because we PCSed across the country. So I have no idea how my follicles looked this month.

 

[surfergirl602]

I think that's a great idea. I think we're going to take a break, too. The stress is unbearable sometimes, and sometimes I really think thats why I'm not getting pregnant. (Aside from the darn PCOS...ugh) I don't think stress is helping me at all. I still have 2 fills of clomid, maybe we'll try this summer. We'll see.

Isn't it such a huge relief when you stop charting? I hate charting! Hate it!

I hate it too. It takes over your life and its all you can think about. i want to focus on making plans for summer with the kids.

Heaven forbid you jump out of bed really quick and forget to take your temp. Then eveything is screwed up!!!

 

[disneybridetobe]

I hate it too. It takes over your life and its all you can think about. i want to focus on making plans for summer with the kids.

Heaven forbid you jump out of bed really quick and forget to take your temp. Then eveything is screwed up!!!

OMG so true. LOL Charting isn't meant for people that already have kids! I cant even tell you how many temps were shot because I had to jump out of bed! And yep, it's all-consuming. How are you supposed to NOT stress out if you're charting and using OPK's... it takes up an hour of your day at least, and do to both, its on your mind ALL THE TIME. TTC is hard enough without all of that.

I want to have a good summer w/ my kiddo too... she deserves it. I know your kids do too.

 

[Juliet25]

OMG so true. LOL Charting isn't meant for people that already have kids! I cant even tell you how many temps were shot because I had to jump out of bed! And yep, it's all-consuming. How are you supposed to NOT stress out if you're charting and using OPK's... it takes up an hour of your day at least, and do to both, its on your mind ALL THE TIME. TTC is hard enough without all of that.

I want to have a good summer w/ my kiddo too... she deserves it. I know your kids do too.

Good luck!!! I did three rounds of Clomid in Nov-Jan 2006-2007. I took a break after those cycles and just decided to TTC without charting or obsessing. No luck, but on a whim I decided to take my last Clomid Rx in July 2007 (I conceived DD1 in July of 2002, so I thought it might be a fertile month for me) and it took!

It's so frustrating, I know. But chances are it *will* happen for you. Best of luck!