Hi girls

I'm having my tracking scan in the morning, CD12. I've been on clomid 150mg this month, CD1-5. Just wondering what I should expect on the higher dose, am i likely to have more follicles or less, bigger follicles?

I usually ov later than CD14 so would this dose make earlier ov more likely?

Any advice appreciated, just want to know what to expect

Im no expert, all i know is that the earlier you take the clomid the more follicles/eggs you get. The higher dose , i would suspect means that you didnt ov at a lower dose so a bigger dose is needed for the same effect to take place as on a lower one.

Usually, you are supposed to ov 5-9 days after the last pill- however, clomid is notorious in delaying ov so ov later than this is totally normal too..

Someone who is more knowledgeble might chime in..but this is all i know

Good luck, chicken!

Hey Mrs R, how did your cd12 scan go? I'm also on my 4th round of clomid and I have really high hopes this month...the wierd thing is I never feel ovulatory pains.

How were your follicles at 150mg clomid? Any better?

Scan went well, had a 13mm follicle and FS told me it's still a little early for ov and to give it 3 or 4 more days.

I thought I would have had more follies, or at least a bigger one but FS told me that this is fine as she doesn't want the follicles to be too big too soon. Everything else such as lining looked good so Im happy.

I'm starting to see a pattern emerging in that I tend to ov a few days later than FS expects so I'll know to cover all bases this month.

Fingers crossed for us ...... 4th time lucky!

Hi ladies, sorry to butt in! I'm on 4th round of 50g clomid this month and have just ovulated today, well I had the injection after the tracking scan and felt the ovulation pain, but I'm still a bit confused by why I'm having the shots and what size the follicles are supposed to be to release a good egg?

I went on D12 for my scan and there was one follicle on my left side measuring 14mm, one on the right measuring 13mm, went back yesterday morning and the left one had grown to 17.5mm so they told me to come back this morning to have the HCG shot, thing is I have been ovulating with just the clomid anyway, and as I've been having this pain all day, chances are I've ovulated without needing the injection?

I just don't know if all this tracking and constant thinking about it is adding to the stress! sorry for waffling but I'm having one of those days where I'm trying to be positive, but wondering if it'll just result in a again! Plus I've felt like I'm getting cystitis all day!

Hope it is 4th time lucky for us!

hey jessica I'm also on 4th round of clomid! I'm exactly like you....not sure why get the hcg.....last month i went too early and like you the follicle wasnt quite ready and then when i went back 3 days later it wasnt there so we think i ovulated myself....so mayb the hcg is just to make sure you ovulate? but you have a good point...what if its interfering more?!

Hi hun, I had exactly the same treatment as you I had to have 1-4 follicles at 18 - 24mm before I got my shot (month 1 - 1 at 18mm and month 2 - 1 at 16mm and 1 at 20mm) The reason they have asked you to go back is to give that follie a bit more growing time, but, there is def every chance the clomid has done its job for you and you OVd on your own (alot of people don't get scans or HCG so this is far from abnormal!). When you go for the shot today, they will prob just check your follie and make sure its not popped all on its own, if not then the shot will make you OV 24-36 hours later Happy BDing

And don't forget, if you do have the shot, make sure you don't test early as the HCG in your system could give you a false +ive

Hi girls,

i have jsut finished my 6th cycle of clomid, 150 day 2-6.........this cycle a bit different, as changed doctors and now see someone at a fertility clinic. this cycle i was finally told i would have my follicles tracked and was offered to take HCG shot (pregnyl) i was estatic to hear this option offered to me, as i have not had my follicles tracked with all my previous 5 rounds, had scans but no tracking, guess it was down to being referered to a consultant that was not very good, very frustrating but you live and learn

as mentioned i am now with a fertility expert and is very good.

i had my follicles tracked yesterday (thursday) cd12 i only had one good follicle on my left overy measuring 13mm my lining was about 5 (was told a bit thin but still time to grow)

i did have about 10 other follicles on each ovary but none were bigger than 8mm quite dissapointing

i thought i was going to go back tomorrow to have another scan but got a call today to say leave it till monday to have scan again, shame really as i would have liked to have know how much they have grown (fingers crossed) oh well....

hopefully monday will bring good news and i can give myself the trigger shot.....i just really pray this month brings good news, i have never shown that i have ovulated on my 21 blood work, or maybe i just ovulated later, i dont know...........

just thought i would share my story with you, and i pray, hope and wish that we all have happy endings very very soon xx

It would be good to keep this thread going if anyone would like? as i have found it hard to find others who are doing the same and to keep each other positive, its nice to talk to people who are in the same postion xx

Hi again girls, thanks for the replies, since having the shot, I've had what I thought was Ovulation pain, but its never lasted this long before, and seems worse today! its even painful to walk! I posted another thread to see if anyone else has experienced the same thing, its just very odd and so uncomfortable! fingers crossed that this difference in my cycle means somethings happening in there!

Hope you're all doing well! baby dust to everyone!

x

Hi

On answering the question why are we given the HCG. I asked the consultant why am I given the shot when they know I ovulate. He siad it is to give a time table when to so there is no guess work. I do worry about having strong drugs unnecessary but they are meant to be the experts.