Hello everyone!
I know that you all like to hear about successes with Clomid, so I thought I would share mine with you.
I always knew that I would have problems conceiving as I was diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 15. I was lucky in that I didn't have many of the side effects, other than irregular periods, and even this was solved when I went on the pill at the age of 20. I didn't think too much about having children, but, to be honest, it was something I was always secretly worried about. Anyway, I got married in May 2004 at the age of 29 and decided to come off the pill to see what would happen. I wasn't surprised to find that nothing did - my periods didn't even re-start. I was terrified that my worst fears would be confirmed and that I would be unable to have children at all. Things were made worse when my husband's identical twin brother announced that his girlfriend was pregnant. Of course, everyone was expecting the same would soon happen for us and I was really scared that it wouldn't. I think the fact that my husband is an identical twin made it even more of an issue for me - there was such an obvious parallel of what we wanted but might never have.
Anyway, I was referred to a consultant gynae at the beginning of this year (having still not had a period) and began clomid. The 50mg dose didn't work, and I took the 100mg dose the next month. This made me ovulate, although I didn't become pregnant. However, the next month's clomid had no effect at all. I was advised to have one more go with 100mg, before upping it to 150mg. I did and it worked! Not only did my blood test show I'd ovulated, but I got a BFP shortly afterwards. I am now 19 weeks pregnant and my baby is due on 11th February.
I feel very, very lucky and am just hoping that everything goes OK. For the record, people may be interested to know that I also did the following:
1. Tried to follow a low-GI diet - although I've never been over-weight, I've read it is benefical for PCOS sufferers to keep insulin levels even.
2. Took 'Fertility-Plus' - a supplement produced by the Natural Health Practice
3. Used Preseed lubricant - easy to find on-line.
I'd like to wish everyone all the very best - it is often hard to be optimistic, but remember that, statistically, the majority of you will become pregnant, if not on clomid, then on injectables or through IVF.
Stay positive and don't give up!
I know that you all like to hear about successes with Clomid, so I thought I would share mine with you.
I always knew that I would have problems conceiving as I was diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 15. I was lucky in that I didn't have many of the side effects, other than irregular periods, and even this was solved when I went on the pill at the age of 20. I didn't think too much about having children, but, to be honest, it was something I was always secretly worried about. Anyway, I got married in May 2004 at the age of 29 and decided to come off the pill to see what would happen. I wasn't surprised to find that nothing did - my periods didn't even re-start. I was terrified that my worst fears would be confirmed and that I would be unable to have children at all. Things were made worse when my husband's identical twin brother announced that his girlfriend was pregnant. Of course, everyone was expecting the same would soon happen for us and I was really scared that it wouldn't. I think the fact that my husband is an identical twin made it even more of an issue for me - there was such an obvious parallel of what we wanted but might never have.
Anyway, I was referred to a consultant gynae at the beginning of this year (having still not had a period) and began clomid. The 50mg dose didn't work, and I took the 100mg dose the next month. This made me ovulate, although I didn't become pregnant. However, the next month's clomid had no effect at all. I was advised to have one more go with 100mg, before upping it to 150mg. I did and it worked! Not only did my blood test show I'd ovulated, but I got a BFP shortly afterwards. I am now 19 weeks pregnant and my baby is due on 11th February.
I feel very, very lucky and am just hoping that everything goes OK. For the record, people may be interested to know that I also did the following:
1. Tried to follow a low-GI diet - although I've never been over-weight, I've read it is benefical for PCOS sufferers to keep insulin levels even.
2. Took 'Fertility-Plus' - a supplement produced by the Natural Health Practice
3. Used Preseed lubricant - easy to find on-line.
I'd like to wish everyone all the very best - it is often hard to be optimistic, but remember that, statistically, the majority of you will become pregnant, if not on clomid, then on injectables or through IVF.
Stay positive and don't give up!
I'm really happy for you both. It definitely spurs us on when we hear a success story! I'm on a clomid break at the moment just taking 1500mg of Metformin so I'm hoping we get lucky on that! Also going to try and follow GI, I bought a book weeks ago but have been to busy - or too lazy - to get started with it!
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fiwi
xxx
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