Clomid: Day 3

I'm still feeling great.  I have been a little more tired than usual, but to me that could be just a fluke and not a side effect because I really haven't been getting as much sleep as I should be.  (Because I got to go to UFC last night!  ahhhhh!)  Halfway done with my meds, then it will be time to start ovulation tests.  I see a lot of peeing on sticks in my future...

Clomid: Day 2

I'm definitely feeling a but more tired today.  But nothing that can't be fixed with a cup of coffee.  I did have a slight headache when I woke up this morning, but it went away without needing to take anything for it.

Clomid: Day 1

As far as I can tell, I haven't had any side effects yet.  Pretty awesome considering some of the more common side effects are:

• Mood Swings
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Hot Flashes 
• Bloating
• Headaches

I'm hoping tomorrow will be more of the same.  I'm thinking that I'm combating the dizziness and nausea and such with taking the medication at night, but who knows.

Moving to the next step

I went in for my Dr. appt this morning and she did decide to go ahead and start me on the Clomid.  I start taking it tomorrow and will take it for 5 days.  She said that it should make me ovulate somewhere between  the 9th and 13th.  Then I go in on the 24th for blood testing to see if it worked.  If it doesn't work the first time, I'll take the same dosage (50mg) again, but I'll come in for blood testing at several points in my cycle.  If that still doesn't work, then she'll up the dosage.  I'm really hoping we won't have to go that far, but we'll see where it goes.

HSG

So I had my HSG today!  and........everything's clear!  No blockages I'm my tubes, uterus looks great.  I made my appointment to go back to my OBGYN for august 4.  So that's when we'll probably start clomid.  Probably won't be able to start til the next cycle though because I'll probably be on about day 7 by then.

HSG today

I'm leaving right now for my HSG appointment.  I'll post afterwards to let you know how it goes.

Results are finally in!

I talked to my OB today and she told me that my blood work shows that I did not ovulate this month and she thinks that I've probably been having anovulatory cycles off and on throughout us TTC.  That's why we're not getting pregnant and my cycles are not normal lengths.  I suppose this is good news since that's something that can be corrected with medication.

My period did start today, weird, because I didn't have ANY PMS symptoms this month.  Usually I have really sore boobs, cramps for like 4-5 days before, I feel like a whale, etc.  But nothing this time.  I still don't even have cramps.  Odd.

Next step:  The HSG.  I have to call and make my appointment tomorrow.  Hopefully they will be able to squeeze me in before I leave for Emma's wedding!  Otherwise, I'll have to wait til next cycle.  After the HSG is done and they know my tubes aren't blocked, I will go back to my OB to be put on Clomid to see if they can get me ovulating.  If after a few cycles of just that I'm not pregnant, she will refer me out to a fertility clinic for further evaluation.

No testing today because I couldn't wait and ended up testing last night.  It was of course negative, like I knew it would be, but I couldn't help getting excited that I was 13DPO and no sign of my period in sight.  My temperature dropped this morning, so I'll be waiting all day for my period to come, I'm sure it will, it never fails.  I'm just really hoping that if I really am not preggo, it will start today so that I can go ahead and schedule my HSG and move forward with this process.  Oh, and I'm supposed to be calling my OBGYN today about my test results from the blood work.  Don't know if I'll get them today, but I called yesterday and left a message asking when I would be hearing the results and they left a message saying "call back tomorrow".  So cross your fingers for me!

Waiting

I got my last blood draw done yesterday...I'm going to be a pro at this needle thing after this is all done!  They said they would call me when they get all the results back from all three draws.

If this cycle didn't work, I'm still going to go in for the HSG, but we probably won't get to try next cycle because James will be in DC.  So keep your fingers crossed!!!

Even though Fertility Friend is telling me to test on the 6th (which is 14DPO and day 27 of my cycle) I think I'm going to try to hold out this time until the 7th.  And I'm only going to test if my temps are still up, because the last 2 times I tested, I got my period either the next day or later that day.