Clomid is a fertility drug that helps many women who have a difficult time ovulating and is usually the first drug that is tried. It is a pill that is taken on specific days of your cycle. Timing is everything. I took Clomid for seven months- it was horrid! The side effects are horrible and it made me feel like crap. I started on the lowest dose and eventually worked towards the max amount. Out of seven months I ovulated twice but never conceived. I believe that was the hardest two months ever. Finally, my body did what it was suppose to and I still couldn't get it right. After doing some research it turns out that even a healthy women with no fertility problems only have between a 10 and 25 percent chance of conceiving even when everything goes well. That means couples can take anywhere from four months and ten months to get pregnant if actively trying- so please ladies do not give up hope especially if you work right. Again, timing is everything.
Depending on the person of coarse depends on your side effects. Lets just say for me when a product says that only 3% of women had nausea, headaches, backaches, and ..... I am in that 3%! Some side effects of clomid include breast aches, headaches, hot flashes, mood swings, bloating, weight gain, and with any fertility drug- twins and multiples. Oh man, the hot flashes and mood swings were horrible! I was so hot that I would wake up in sweat and during the day it was bad. I could feel them coming on. I would look down at my legs and arms and I and my co-workers would be able to watch my skin turn pink. It was very uncomfortable. My husband is the one who can vouch for my mood swings. He was a trooper but its like I could not control myself. Later on, he would tell me stories about me as the "clomid b*tch" that came out frequently. And then not to mention the weight gain and headaches. Weight is a bad issue for anyone with PCOS and then to add on to that issue was not a good thing. But through it all- if I could do it all over again I would. Having a healthy baby is most important to me and I would go through every headache, pound I gained, and every hot hot hot flash I experienced. This road has I believe, made me stronger in the process and know that when our time comes to have a little one it will be the most wonderful and special experience in the world.
I am always googling sites to help find answers to my problems and it is nice to know that I am not alone. So here is a website on clomid. It is full of wonderful information from reason for needing it to how to take it to side effects.
http://infertility.about.com/od/clomid/tp/clomid_information.htm
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Great website
Here is a great website about PCOS and everthing you would ever want to know about it.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/polycystic-ovary-syndrome.cfm
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/polycystic-ovary-syndrome.cfm
This is Me
After going to the doctors again today I was told that I should write down and share my thoughts, wants and worries. So I decided to start this blog to help me express my feelings about my fertility issues.
So here is some background of our long windy and bumpy road. My husband and I have actively trying for a little one for about three and a half years. Once a year and a half had passed with being unsuccessful we started looking into fertility help. Thankfully I have Kaiser and here in Sacramento, California they have a great fertility clinic that has been helpful to many families. Unfortunately, insurance does not cover much. So, first was the mass of information and then the mass of tests. I had no idea I had that much blood in me and what painful other tests that I had to endure. My wonderful and supportive husband has also been through his tests- though I think his was a little more easier and fun but that is bedsides the point.
Well, the good news- my husband is perfect. His little men are strong and active. Me on the other hand... The doctors found that I have PCOS- polycystic ovarian syndrome. There are many side effects to this syndrome/disease that actually answered questions to some of my other health issues I am having. Pretty much PCOS means there are many cysts on both my ovaries. Normal women may have one or two follicles on any given month. Those follicles once matured are an egg that is ready to be fertilize so they "pop" off the ovary- which is when ovulation occurs. My follicles do not mature which means they stay on my ovary become cysts. Let’s just say I have 22- 25 on each ovary. Since these follicles/ cysts do not mature they do not pop off. No ovulation means no chance of conceiving, no conceiving means no pregnancy. PCOS also affects insulin, blood sugar, being overweight, thinning of hair, and many other fun things that a 26 year old should not have to worry about.
So, we have survived two years of knowing I have PCOS and trying to come to terms with knowing there is not a way to "fix" it. It has been hard but even more difficult than having health issues is that knowing that I cannot have a baby on my terms. I really thought this road would get easier but after all the knowledge, research and doctors appointments I have gone through it only seems to get harder and more frustrating. But the key out of all this is that we are not giving up- ever. Just praying ever is not forever.
So here is some background of our long windy and bumpy road. My husband and I have actively trying for a little one for about three and a half years. Once a year and a half had passed with being unsuccessful we started looking into fertility help. Thankfully I have Kaiser and here in Sacramento, California they have a great fertility clinic that has been helpful to many families. Unfortunately, insurance does not cover much. So, first was the mass of information and then the mass of tests. I had no idea I had that much blood in me and what painful other tests that I had to endure. My wonderful and supportive husband has also been through his tests- though I think his was a little more easier and fun but that is bedsides the point.
Well, the good news- my husband is perfect. His little men are strong and active. Me on the other hand... The doctors found that I have PCOS- polycystic ovarian syndrome. There are many side effects to this syndrome/disease that actually answered questions to some of my other health issues I am having. Pretty much PCOS means there are many cysts on both my ovaries. Normal women may have one or two follicles on any given month. Those follicles once matured are an egg that is ready to be fertilize so they "pop" off the ovary- which is when ovulation occurs. My follicles do not mature which means they stay on my ovary become cysts. Let’s just say I have 22- 25 on each ovary. Since these follicles/ cysts do not mature they do not pop off. No ovulation means no chance of conceiving, no conceiving means no pregnancy. PCOS also affects insulin, blood sugar, being overweight, thinning of hair, and many other fun things that a 26 year old should not have to worry about.
So, we have survived two years of knowing I have PCOS and trying to come to terms with knowing there is not a way to "fix" it. It has been hard but even more difficult than having health issues is that knowing that I cannot have a baby on my terms. I really thought this road would get easier but after all the knowledge, research and doctors appointments I have gone through it only seems to get harder and more frustrating. But the key out of all this is that we are not giving up- ever. Just praying ever is not forever.
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