One thing to watch for (I wish I'd known this before, even if I did get pregnant rather quickly using the monitor) is that Clomid can affect the estrogen level detected by the monitor so you may not see a peak reading even though you're hitting peak fertility. You may instead get days and days of high fertility without a peak reading.
It did work. She'll be seven weeks old tomorrow and is asleep in front of me.
I assumed that "high" reading meant just that-the beginning of "high fertility" and had sex on the appropriate schedule (for us, that meant every other day because in addition to PCOS, hypothyroidism and short luteal phase, we were also dealing with low sperm count.) We continued this for about a week, maybe ten days, and then waited. Because Clomid can mess with your cycle length, I waited a couple of weeks and peed on a stick and got a positive result.
I think that I may have a short luteal phase. My Taking Charge software tells me this every once a while. Nine days? I'm wondering if that could be the reason for my 2 miscarriages. I haven't been diagnosed PCOS, but insulin resistant and hypothyroid. I'm on Metformin and Levoxothyrine. After 7 years of unprotected sex and NO pregnancies... I've been on them for a bit over a year now and 2 pregnancies in a year. Seems like we are on the right track. I had a D&C last Thursday and am waiting on chromosomal tests on this one.
Mine averaged ten days, which, IIRC doesn't fit the clinical definition of a luteal phase defect, but it's shorter than typical, and probably just too short to get pregnant for me. Clomid can lengthen the luteal phase and I think that's what did the trick for me...I ovulated on Metformin alone and had normal, regular cycles. My thyroid was in a reasonable, though not great place. A too short luteal phase though would probably prevent implantation, not so much cause miscarriage.
I'm glad my story gives you hope. Maybe a picture would help?
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She was about a month old when the picture was taken, too. I've not uploaded photographs recently, but she's not much bigger...she just seems that way.
hi! Thank you for your reply! I'm 26, and I am not on any fertility drugs at this point. My doctor mentioned Clomid at one time, but I'm semi-terrified to try it (mainly because I think my husband would have a mental breakdown if I got pregnant with multiples - they run in my family). I may just pick up the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor... and begin temping.
Clomid has a very low risk of multiples-something like a ten percent increase in the risk of twins, and higher order multiples are even lower. It's still an increased chance, but not as much as some of the other options out there.
If you do have PCOS, there was a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in the last year or two (it was around February or March-I just can't remember if it was 2007 or 2006) indicating that the best chance of achieving a pregnancy with live birth for women with PCOS is probably with a combination of Clomid and Metformin rather than with either one alone.
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I assumed that "high" reading meant just that-the beginning of "high fertility" and had sex on the appropriate schedule (for us, that meant every other day because in addition to PCOS, hypothyroidism and short luteal phase, we were also dealing with low sperm count.) We continued this for about a week, maybe ten days, and then waited. Because Clomid can mess with your cycle length, I waited a couple of weeks and peed on a stick and got a positive result.
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I'm glad to see your story, it gives me hope!
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I'm glad my story gives you hope. Maybe a picture would help?
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I like that the bebe is the smallest one in the photo. hehe
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I'm 26, and I am not on any fertility drugs at this point. My doctor mentioned Clomid at one time, but I'm semi-terrified to try it (mainly because I think my husband would have a mental breakdown if I got pregnant with multiples - they run in my family). I may just pick up the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor... and begin temping.
Thank you!
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If you do have PCOS, there was a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in the last year or two (it was around February or March-I just can't remember if it was 2007 or 2006) indicating that the best chance of achieving a pregnancy with live birth for women with PCOS is probably with a combination of Clomid and Metformin rather than with either one alone.
Good luck.
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