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I also ovulate on my own, have my entire life. Took Clomid one moth and Femara the following two months. Two follicles all three times, ovulated all three times! However, this was my fourth and last month doing an IUI cause I just want a break from the pills, needles, and Dr appts for a couple months. Anyways, I go in CD12 for the IUI and one follicle had already ruptured and one was starting to. No temp shift yet! What the hell????? Now I'm wondering if the follicles even released mature eggs. Both were over 20mm on CD10 so they were definitely ready to go. I am going in for 7DPO labs tomorrow to confirm whether I did or didn't. Just sucks cause it was my last IUI and I feel like it's a bust! I will try IUI w/injectables before I move to IVF at the end of the summer. Some drs do not do monitored cycles, some do. Have you thought about seeing an RE? Mine does my IUI for $350 - $450 and that includes all my ultrasounds.

First off, I'm sorry that you haven't ovulated yet. This is my first (and only) cycle on Clomid. I ovulate very regularly every month between cd 17 and cd 22, with an 11 or 12 day LP. We know that our fertility issue is my husband's 0% morphology, so we thought we would try Clomid to make me ovulate multiple eggs, and give his swimmers a little more opportunity to fertilize an egg before we move on to IVF. I started taking OPK's about cd 12, expecting to get my positive around cd 18. They were completely blank, and I even had a blank smiley face on my CB digital tests on the morning of cd 14. I didn't test that afternoon because it wasn't even blinky, so I didn't think I was even close. Well, I wake up Saturday morning (cd 15) to a pretty big temp spike, and a solid smiley face on my OPK. I was so upset because how could I have ovulated the day before I got my positive test?? Well, the next day my temp went down just a little bit. I wasn't worried about it, but yesterday morning (cd 17) my temp dipped lower, which never happens for me after ovulation. My temperature usually steadily rises for at least the first 4 or 5 days-ish. Also, I never get fertile CM after ovulation, but yesterday I had several gobs of EWCM and ovarian cramps, which made me think maybe I hadn't ovulated. I tried to get DH to BD last night but he was absolutely not into it, so I was really really pissed thinking I had suffered through all the hot flashes and mood swings and he was just going to let this cycle waste away. This morning, I woke up and my temp had gone back up, but it wasn't a spike that you would expect after ovulation, so now I'm back to thinking I ovulated on cd 15, the day before I got my positive OPK. Is that even possible?? I guess I'm 4 dpo today, but my temp isn't any higher than it would be if I'd O'd naturally (maybe even lower, especially yesterday), so I don't even know if the Clomid did anything but mess me up.

I understand your frustration, and I know that my situation is a little different, but Clomid has royally F-ed up my normally predictable cycle too. I think it would be a good idea to ask your doctor about your options if your blood work shows that you still haven't O'd. I hope that you do O in the next few days and that our cycles go back to normal next month.... Good luck, and let us know what the doctor says.

I did 3 IUIs before moving onto IVF. The last one was on clomid 50mg and I never ovulated from what I could tell.. Was so frustrated.. I'm sorry your going through this.. I hope either you ovulate late or the cycle ends quickly for you so you can move in! Gl

Good Morning Ladies!

I am hoping that the doctor will call me today. I have thinking about switching doctors lately. I know there are other OB/Gyn's that offer a lot more services in house than my current practitioner. I'm just afraid to make the switch because I feel like it would be like starting over again.

I had spent so much time researching this topic and it is nice to know that there are others out there that Clomid had the opposite effect for.....actually it's not nice, it sucks!

xomandyxocheyxo did you get your temp spike? I am hopeful that your labs showed that you O'd and your IUI was properly timed! I know the IUI cost is fairly reasonable, but my fear is that my husband will not want to go through with it if we find that is the course we need to take. He already disagrees with the fact that I took the Clomid and I know he's secretly saying I told you so!!! He thinks we can do this naturally, but after 2 years, how can I not start to take charge and try to find a faster way to do this?

RPope84 sounds like we are kind of in the same boat as far as the Clomid goes. My husband has not had a semen analysis yet, and they didn't even recommend it until I ask. The fact that we already have a 4 year old and I got pregnant last year leads them to believe it's not him. However, I pushed for it because I just want to rule everything out.

tubalrevsalttc30 thank you for sharing with us. Did they ever up your dose of Clomid? I always wonder why they start at 50 mg? It seems like most of the stories I have read involve success with higher dosages. However, if you don't ovulate at all, that is probably a different story. I'm terrified that IVF is where we are headed, even though that is probably a little ways off, but I know for sure that we can't afford it, nor would my husband want to take on that financial burden. He's of the mindset that if that is the case, maybe we were only meant to have one. I cannot accept that coming from a large family. My son deserves to have a sibling to grow up with.
Congratulations by the way! My son's due date was August 11th too, but he ended up coming on the 12th.

I hope you can convince your husband of how important this is to you. I couldn't imagine only having one child either, and since you've been pregnant before, and had a successful birth, then I'm sure that you can do it again. IUI's are very expensive at the clinic we go to because they monitor you pretty closely, so we're not going to bother with that. We will be doing ICSI IVF some time later this year, but until then, we're going to continue to try as hard as we can to conceive naturally. We can't really afford it either, but we'll do the financing plan. It was hard to swallow at first, but then I started thinking like, we have no problem financing a car or a boat. Why the hell are we having a hard time spending the money to make our family lol. We don't really have much choice though. I'm not taking Clomid again because it seems to have made my cycle worse instead of better. This morning my temperature was down again. Not near the cover line, but by 5 dpo, I'm usually almost half a degree higher than I am now. I'm frustrated....

Have you heard from your doctor? I think if you don't like them, you should definitely switch. I'm not sure where you are, but around me, there are a ton to choose from. This is the most important doctor in our lives right now, so you want to make sure that they have your best interest at heart, and they're going to do everything possible to help you achieve your goal. I think some doctors get desensitized to situations like this because they have to deal with it every day, but this is your life and your family, and it's the most important thing to you in the world, so they need to understand that and keep that in mind. Good luck to you. I hope it happens soon!

I didn't hear from the doctor today...really bummed. I hope I hear tomorrow. Last week they got back to me about my test results the very next day, but the nurse is on vacation so maybe the doctor won't even call!

IUI's are not too pricey in my area. I live in southern Maine. It's about 400 give or take. It's hard to broach the subject with my husband sometimes. He can be very black and white. Money is definitely the major issue for him.

I think if they won't give me the Provera to jumpstart my cycle and get out of this hell-hole cycle I'm in right now, I will call another doctor. It's the least they can do for me at this point. I've been patient and done everything else they've asked of me. Now it is my turn to ask something of them.

I keep telling myself that it is not the Clomid's fault. I think I had a really stressful month. Work was crazy (I am a teacher so when is it not crazy :) and I just wrapped up my master's degree program. I think I have to tell myself that this is the cause so that I can keep the hope alive that Clomid will be the helpful drug it is supposed to be!

Did your doctor ever talk about switching over to Femara? I read that this sometimes works when Clomid does not....I'm trying to be as educated as I can be so that when I ask I don't sound like I don't know what I'm talking about. I was offended when they suggested I do another Progesterone test in case I missed my ovulation...like I'm some newbie???? I've been testing and peeing and checking my cervix, and temping for 22 months!!!! I'm a professional for God's sake. I just feel like my doctor doesn't take my situation seriously. I'm 33 and I want at least two more kids...hence my feeling of needing to get pregnant now. I'd rather not hit the 35 year mark and worry that my age is now a factor too.

Well...no....my doctor never told me to switch to Femera because I never asked her. You may think I sound like a crazy person, but the Clomid I took this cycle was my cousin's. They had extra and offered it to me. My RE offered to do a couple Clomid cycles with me, but they require monitoring and the cost per cycle is $800. So, I decided that I would take the 50mg of Clomid from my cousin since the RE was going to give it to me anyways. I'm certainly not going to tell him that I took it already... I had thought about emailing my OBGYN and asking her if I could try a couple cycles of Clomid, but after it F-ed up this cycle for me, I think I'm just going to go back to normal and hope my body forgives me and regulates quickly.

I totally understand feeling the need to get this going. I'm 31, and I'd love to have 3 kids. I'm not sure it's gonna be in the cards for us if we don't start cooking one soon... I hope your husband can begin to understand how important this is to you, and gets on board. Have you tried putting him on any supplements to boost sperm health? They expect us to do all this stuff to ourselves to make things work, but when it's not our issue, all the vitamins in the world, and the strongest ovulations ever are not going to help.

Well...no....my doctor never told me to switch to Femera because I never asked her. You may think I sound like a crazy person, but the Clomid I took this cycle was my cousin's. They had extra and offered it to me. My RE offered to do a couple Clomid cycles with me, but they require monitoring and the cost per cycle is $800. So, I decided that I would take the 50mg of Clomid from my cousin since the RE was going to give it to me anyways. I'm certainly not going to tell him that I took it already... I had thought about emailing my OBGYN and asking her if I could try a couple cycles of Clomid, but after it F-ed up this cycle for me, I think I'm just going to go back to normal and hope my body forgives me and regulates quickly.

I totally understand feeling the need to get this going. I'm 31, and I'd love to have 3 kids. I'm not sure it's gonna be in the cards for us if we don't start cooking one soon... I hope your husband can begin to understand how important this is to you, and gets on board. Have you tried putting him on any supplements to boost sperm health? They expect us to do all this stuff to ourselves to make things work, but when it's not our issue, all the vitamins in the world, and the strongest ovulations ever are not going to help.

Oops, lol. Sorry for the double post...

I don't think you are crazy at all! I am sitting here on my computer looking up whether or not I can buy Provera without a prescription! Turns out...you can, but I'm hoping she will call me today and I won't have to go down that road.

I've bought him folic acid and a multi-vitamin but I'm not so sure he has been good about taking them each day. He tends to rely on me to remind him of EVERYTHING! I guess he's like my second child lol. I haven't actually ever mentioned to him that I would be interested in an IUI because I am waiting for that to be our "only option". He didn't agree with me taking the Clomid, let alone taking Provera and then Clomid again but he said he won't tell me what to do. He thinks we can do this naturally. I blame myself a lot. That it's my constantly thinking, worrying, researching, in essence, stressing about it that has kept it from happening. I think it might even get worse now that I'm done my master's so I have way more time on my hands to fret.

I hope your body forgives you too! I am hoping that I can just chalk this month up to a learning experience and start over in May. I will update you once/if I hear from the doctor today. Should be interesting! Keep me updated with how you are doing too!