First Fertomid Cycle, New Here

Hi TSC84

Oh my hat you must be over the moon and congrats!! What a success story and it gives me hope that maybe sometimes your body just needs a nudge in the right direction. How many pills did the Doctor prescribe to you and how long were you on for?

You must be super excited for this little one to grow, Congrats again

Hi Cynthia77

I also have the sneaky suspicion that I may not be ovulating, you must be glad that you went to the Doctor and didn't wait much longer. Thank you for starting this thread as sometimes you just need to talk to someone who is on the same boat as you or who has been there before. Congrats !! You must be so happy with your little bean and all the pregnancy symptoms but be wonderful, maybe not the nausea so much

Hi Morgan55

Thank you for sharing your experiences and advice with me and it really helped me understand the process and I didn't have a clue that the egg size needs to be bigger than 1.8cm. I should be ovulating in the next couple of days and we are BD every second day until the OPK is positive and then will BD everyday for the next few days, hopefully it works . Waiting for the doctors visit is killing me and the two weeks feels like ages hand it feels even longer than the tww , but glad then I will know what is happening.

So this is only your second month on Clomid/Fertomid? Maybe your body just needed a kick start for the first month and the second month (now) is going to be the one. Glad that you are remaining positive and I am sure it is going to happen!! Have you ovulated yet or waiting to ovulate?

PS: We have been married for almost a year, my sister is younger than me and just gave birth to her beautiful second child. So I get comments like when are the kids coming, your sister has two already, why are you waiting so long, you should start a family now. I just smile and say we are planning for this year where in my mind I am spitting fire.

2015 Babies here we come .

Hi Jay Bee!

Welcome

With me, because i have been exceptionally anxious given my history etc i was not ovulating. i usually have PCOS but there were no cysts this time.
my Dr got me to do a progesterone test on CD 22 to check if i ovulated and i didnt, He then put me on 100mg fertomid/clomid and it worked. I ovulated and fell preg. Im currently 6 weeks

I think going to your dr is a great start... from there he can/will work out what the problems are ( if any) and will devise a solution most suitable to you....

Good luck!!!

Hey Jay-Bee.................welcome on board.

I tried for a while before I saw a fertility specialist. When I finally did see a fertility specialist I discovered I wasnt ovulating at all...... I was devastated. I got support from here and got treatment. Here I am today 11 weeks 3 days pregnant.

What I am trying to tell you is that knowing the problem is half the solution because then it can be dealt with than you trying in the dark. We are here for you whenever you need to talk, offload or rant.

Hi Jay-Bee!

Welcome to 'our' little corner!

I think it's a good thing that you have made an appointment to see your gynae. It's the best way to make sure that everything is ok.

All I can tell you is my experience (if you care to bear with me )

Hubby and I have been trying since Dec 2013 and in July 2014 I told him that I want to go to the gynae. Whereupon it was discovered that I have an underactive thyroid (also something you should maybe look into) and that my eggs aren't getting big enough.

Eggs have to be minimum 1.8cm otherwise, no fertilization. So that's also something to look for. I also had to go and have an HSG procedure done (where they inject ink into the uterus to see if the fallopian tubes are open) discovered that I have 1 blocked tube and the other one is 'iffy' (I say 'iffy' because of what the radiologist said but gynae seems ok with it).

My gynae then prescribed clomid / fertomid 50mg for Dec 2014 and my eggs became nice and big, got a trigger shot (which makes you ovulate at a set time, usually 36 hours after you got the shot) but still, BFN (caused LOTS of tears) which is why I took fertomid again this month (without trigger shot) and we are now waiting. Should it not work, we're deliberating IUI or IVF.

I think we should go straight to IVF but gynae last spoke of IUI. Personally, I think because the tubes are f#@ked (pardon the French) we should do IVF but two things come into play here, 1. Gynae's opinion. 2. Money factor as IVF isn't paid by medical aids.

Anyway, that's my sob story but we're remaining positive that this is our year and this is our month.

To answer your question, it's good that FSH and Estradiol are going to be tested, it checks to ensure that you do indeed ovulate. The blood test results take approx. 1 week though and that week is SO long.

Ok, I hope that helped and I know it sounds silly but, don't be scared. It's as a friend told me, there is so much medicine can do to help with fertility issues so, don't work yourself up too much.

xx

Hi Ladies

I have read all your posts and have felt all your ups and downs and thought I would pop in and say hi as this is such a great thread

My DH and I have been ttc by using OPK's, temping etc and nothing has been happening and I am not even 100% sure that I am ovulating as I should. So I have made an appointment with my gynae and scheduled for some blood work in two weeks. I have read up that the 3 Day FSH and Estradiol tests will probably be done so that I can get an idea of what is happening or not happening with my eggs.

I am a bit scared as not sure what to expect and hoping that nothing is majorly wrong. Did you ladies have the same tests done or is there other tests that were done on your first visit as well? How long does it take to get your results back?

Thanks ladies