Really confused!

[mythyroidlife]

Hi everyone.

I am really confused and I am not sure what to do.

So my wife is on her second month of Clomid and she is 4 days late for her period... happy days you might think but we did a clear blue test yesterday and it said not pregnant.. my wife has said “she has the most painful boobs ever” and she has had some tummy cramps which she said feels like period pains..

I honestly don’t know what to do.

[Lr91]

Hey there - was her period regular before her first round? Also did she have scans in this cycle and If yes, did she definitely ovulate? What mg of clomid did she take?

I have severe PCOS and was on clomid myself (not had a period in years before my first cycle). They told me that depending on the dose I may not ovulate or get a period on 50mg (starting dose) and they may need to put me on 100mg.

I luckily got pregnant first cycle on 50mg and had exactly the same symptoms as your wife ( period cramping and sore breasts - I was sure I will just get my period).

Is it worth retesting and if negative then she maybe didn’t ovulate On this cycle and dose needs to be increased.

Another thing my doctor told me is that the chances of success without a period increase (he even suggested that if I don’t get a period at 50mg we move straight to 100mg before getting a period Or before inducing it to increase the success rate).

[mythyroidlife in reply to Lr91]

Hi

My wife had a scan 1st cycle and a blood test and she definitely ovulated.. this cycle she had all the signs of ovulation (ewcm)

On her first round her cycle was 26 days and before clomid she had a period every month but it varied.

[LCharlton]

It's frustrating, but after nearly 4 years of trying to conceive, I can tell you that at some point, just about every "pregnancy" symptom you can think of can also just be a random symptom of an oncoming period that happened to pop up that month, from nausea to sore breasts to just about anything else caused by hormones. Also, occasionally your period can be anything from a day or two to ten days late (my record, though I'm sure I've heard of longer) without you being pregnant. We just notice these things more because we're so desperate to be pregnant, but they're all fairly normal - and when you're taking medication it's even more normal to get unusual symptoms or delays. I would say give it four or five days then test again if her period still hasn't arrived.

[mythyroidlife in reply to LCharlton]

Thank you, we are going to wait and see what happens in the next couple of days.

I 1000% agree with you, we are desperate to have children and I can’t help but get my hopes up every month.

[LCharlton in reply to mythyroidlife]

I really feel for you, it's so difficult. My rule now is that I won't do a test unless I'm at least a week late because it's so hard getting your hopes up.

[mythyroidlife in reply to LCharlton]

Yeah that is what we are going to do.

I really feel for my wife. As a man I can only do so much and I try and tell her all the time “it will be ok and we will get our turn” but lots of people she knows are getting pregnant and when they talk about it, it’s always 1st month of trying or we wasn’t really trying.. it’s infuriating.. I would give everything I have just to be a father.

[ToughCOOKIE78 in reply to mythyroidlife]

To be honest with you, I don’t believe all these people who ‘weren’t trying’ ‘it happened by chance’ or even ‘it happened while I was on my period’....somehow they want to show others they are so ‘fertile’ in a competitive way....but if we knew the truth....sending love to you and your wife ❤️Keep going ❤️Perseverance pays off Xx