Tag Archives: Clomid

It’s the same old song

Every morning, en route to my office, my bus drives right by Grant Park, a beautiful lakefront park in downtown Chicago. Hubs and I will be there baking under the steamy August sun this Sunday, as we are every first … Continue reading

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The compromise

This post is too long and all over the place (aren’t you dying to read it now? haha), but so are my thoughts so here goes…. We had a great consult with Dr. Awesome at the new clinic yesterday morning. … Continue reading

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CD8 *updated*

I am now in the hard part of the cycle. The part that has gone badly, so badly, two out of the three times I’ve cycled. Today I am determined to keep a positive attitude. I am tired of being … Continue reading

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Very very interesting

Remember how I wanted my estrogen to fall? It did not. It rose from 305 to 410. My LH is up a bit, too. And my lining grew from 3mm to 4mm since Friday. Remember how I wanted my cyst … Continue reading

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Throw me a bone! *updated*

Okay, so after Googling IF counselors and reading your extremely supportive and awesome comments yesterday afternoon (thank you!), I got a nice surprise. MY PERIOD! I almost posted right then but something told me not to count my chickens before … Continue reading

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Welcome to my world

Hi ICLWers! Thank you so much for stopping by; I’m happy you’re here! To get you up to speed, here’s a quickie version of my TTC history…. After 10 years of BCPs I went off them and never got my … Continue reading

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My heart is breaking

Injects consult 10am this morning: Dr. C said it’s a huge problem that I don’t respond to the Estrogen. Like, super HUGE. I said, “Do you still think I can get pregnant?” And he said, “I really don’t know.” And … Continue reading

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Oh, what a week

This has been a looooong week between my work trip, traveling home, that sucker punch of a monitoring appointment and work. TGIF! I’m still smarting from the no follies/thin lining news, but I’m pretty excited about injects. Clomid and I … Continue reading

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Eh

The nurse said to come back on Monday for more monitoring. It’s annoying, because I know this isn’t going to work. My lining sucks and I have no follies. Just cancel it so we can move on. You know? I … Continue reading

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A Poem About Monitoring Day

Yesterday during the 10 hours I spent traveling home, I had visions of writing a recap post of my amazing trip to the snowy, beautiful mountains of Mammoth Lakes, California. With a kicker about how my follies and ovaries kicked … Continue reading

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