My Journey

wow ferrell me and u are in the exact same boat!! Please keep me posted on ur journey!! What cd are u right now? an when did u do IUI? I would ask the Dr for a hcg shot too, increases ur chances. Also if u don't mind me asking, how old r u?

any other children? Sorry for all the questions, Im nosey:)

BABY DUST!!!

I am on CD 14 today. And you know it might just be my imagination, but yesterday I felt a sharp pain on my left side (ovary) I am thinking I may should "BD" just in case...I dont know..I mean the doc said more than likely I won't O this month, but I have never had that sharp pain like that. I am 28years old and I am not doing IUI until they get me ovulating of course. Then we will schedule that, and yes he is doing the hcg shot cause we want to make sure I release the egg if I finally get one, ha!!

U will Ovulate!! I did!!! Good Luck

Hey Ferrell, I am on the same thing as you this month... but instead of Clomid I am on Femara. How are you doing with the metformin?

So far so good. But its only been 2 days, ha!! The 750 doesnt bother me as much as 1500 does though. So we will see..

Hi ladies, I have started the Metformin today 750mg once daily for the first week, then twice daily for the 2nd week and up until I get pregant. I hope the side effects aren't bad for us!

Amanda, do you like the Femara better? I was just wondering b/c this is my 3rd round of clomid and I didn't ovulate on the 1st or 2nd round. So I was just curious as to what your opinions were.

Thanks so much and lots and lots of babydust to you!!!

Good luck Ferrell. I hope you are well on your way to a BFP!!!

Lots of babydust to you!

I don't really have a "prefernce" between Femara and Clomid; neither have made me ovulate yet :( I did three rounds of Clomid (50 mg, then 100, then finally 150) and never did ovulate. This is my third round with Femara, but this time we've combined it with Metformin, so hopefully it'll make me Ovulate.

The metforminin gave me terrible stomach problems the first two weeks, but now that I've been on it a month it's pretty much taken care of itself. I just hate taking those big horse pills!

I HEAR THAT AMANDA...MET SUCKS, BUT HOPEFULLY IF IT HELPS THEN IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

That's what I keep telling myself! If I get that BFP, it'll all be worth it!! But as soon as I get that BFP, i want off it asap!!

My new Dr said there has been recent studies showing that it is recommending that pcos women stay on metformin thru the entire pregnancy and for life! Don't shot the messenger, I', just telling u what I heard! It hasn't bothered me to much yet, I just started 1000mg today, so we will see.

Like u said Amanda, it will all be worth it no matter what we go thru once we have out healthy babies!!!

LOTS AND LOTS OF BABY DUST TO US ALL*********

ahhhh, no!!! lol. But it'll be worth it... hopefully i'll eventually get 100% use to it.

Yeh you will. I mean these doctors know what they are talking about for the most part and with us having PCOS, then we need to listen. I mean what other options do we have. I think probably you wouldnt have to take it the rest of your life, if the symptoms came under control but if we do, then we do. At least we won't have acne, hair, and be fat haha! I hope I start losing. Im going to start my diet and exercise Sunday, so I think with that, plus this met, that I may be on my way. We can do this girls, just think of our future babies. They are so worth it. We need to take care of ourselves, before we think about taking care of someone else. So just while each of you are going through this process, including myself, we just need to in the meantime work on our own bodies and minds and focusing on that, and before we know it we will all be on here shouting out our BFP's. We have to stay positive through all this, and I know if we do what we need to do, then God is going to bless each and every one of us. He has a plan for all of us, and I think all these years we all have tried to take control of the situation, and in all honesty its not in our control. So being put on meidcations is what we need to do, and its getting our minds right to say ok we need to get this weight off to.

WE CAN DO IT!! Don't look back, today is a new day, Lets BRING IT! ha!

Good luck!!

If yall want to start a Weightloss Group, I am game...Lets all put in our starting weights on Sunday morning, and then every Sunday we all weigh. Just kinda keeps you motivated and accountable. I had started a blog awhile back, but have gotten slack on that to. But my site is:

http://amandaferrell.blogspot.com/

Speaking of which I need to go update. I havent touched it since April 17. ha!! So lets do this together you guys....

Are any of you on fertilityfriend.com???

I am on there to. Let me know!!

Peace,

Amanda

Amen Amanda!

How are you doing??

I am doing ok. I had a bad day today, just didnt feel good. Had the worst headache known to man. Not sure if its a side effect of the met or what. Other than that doing good. How about yourself?

well today has been an aweful stomach day... I've ran to the bathroom 5 times today. Not sure if it's related to the metformin or just something I hate, but either way, not fun stuff!

I started the Femara the day before yesterday, so heres keeping my fingers and toes crossed for a +OPK!

Probably the met girl definitley...Good luck to get +....let me know!!

I don't really have to many complaints on the met...I'm so sorry u are tho Amanda, How long have u been on it now? and what ur mg's?

If I didn't conceive this cycle Dr is going to measure my uterine lining and if he not thrilled w/ it he will start me on femara. How many mg are u on and has it made i O?

Good Luck can't wait to hear about ur ++opk!!!!!

I am on 1500 mgs of Metformin... i've been on it almost a month now (i think!)

I'm on 5 mg of Femara, this is my third round. I haven't O'd on it yet, but this is my first cycle being on it with Metformin, so i'm hoping that will do the trick! I feel very optimistic this round, but i'm fighting so hard not to let myself get my hopes up!

Good Luck Amanda! I just started Met too, only 6th day on it, and it's going okay. Only 1st few days had diahrea but now it's okay. I am suppose to start taking 2 pills a day on Thursday, so I'm sure the diahrea will be back. I am taking 750mg now, then will up to 1500mg by Thursday.

Praying that your combo with the Femara works!

I just found out that I hopefully ovulated on CD30 (my clearblue digital OPK was ++) for the first time ever! This was my 2nd round of clomid, been ttc since last summer, so it's definately been a let down all these months, and then to finally get a +OPK was so exciting. My doc is checking my progesterone on May 20 to confirm ovulation, so hopefully my digital test was right!

Good luck to you and praying you get your BFP this cycle!!!

*****LOADS OF BFP DUST TO YOU*****

well i took my last dose of Femara today, so hopefully i'll ovulate! I pray I do!!!! I got for the 21 day progestrone test in 2 weeks... so we'll see!

Hi Amanda!! Good luck!!! I'm praying for us all that we have a good month this month!! Do you use OPK's at all??

Just to let you know that I was using OPK's and never got a + result, and got my first + on CD 30 this cycle, so I'm praying that these progesterone results will reflect that!! So don't give up and if you can use OPK's, that will help too. You may O late, like I did, so I'll be praying that this new combonation works for you!!

Good luck and keep us posted!!!

******BABYDUST TO YOU AND EVERYONE******

i am not going to use OPKs this month cause I'm just tired of 'em... I need a break from having a P-stick telling me if it's going to be a good day or not! lol.

Did you take hte 21 progestrone test and they tell you you didn't ovulate and then you ovulated on day 30?

Yeah, that's pretty much what happened. My progesterone at day 21 was 0.4 again. And then got my +OPK on CD30.

But now I really don't know what is going on b/c it's 4dpo (supposedly) and I started having this brownish pinkish spotting, so I guess that means that AF is here. I don't really know what to think of it :o( I don't get how you can ovulate on CD 30 and get your period 5 days later...

I'm just so screwed up :o(

I've got to talk to my doctor now, not sure what is going on :(

akt, maybe implantation bleeding....... I would post a question to Dr Q, and see what he thinks.

Amanda I totally agree w/ u on I'm sick of peeing on a stick to know if it's gonna be a good day or not!! That's why I'm not taking hpt until AF is officially late... How r u feeling w/ the MET? body adjusted yet?

baby dust girls***************************