Fertility Drug- Clomid

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