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Clomid users-Does clomid make your cycle longer?
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Lauren
 January 31st, 2006 7:22 PMReport

This is my first month on clomid-50 mg days 4-8.I did ovulate cd 15 or more likely 16 and am currently at cd 28. My temps have been high-99 this morning, but no pregnancy symptoms, just terrible headache yesterday and today and irritable.I also have occasional pain in lower left abdomen. Oh yeah, I did have 25 day cycles. I've gotten bfn's up until 10dpo and then started using opk's since they can also pick up the hcg(and are cheaper!) and there is barely a line. Is the clomid causing the longer cycle or could this be a possible pregnancy?( I really don't have AF or prego symptoms). Thanks.

Tracy
 January 31st, 2006 11:54 PMReport

Could be either/or. I did clomid last month cd's 5-9, ovulated on cd 15, and AF came on cd31. I normally have 28 day cycles. At this point you could be PG or it could just be the clomid. I wish I could tell you more, but until you get a positive HPT or AF, all you can do is wait it out. Let me know what happens. Lots of luck and baby dust!


Lauren
 February 1st, 2006 8:53 AMReport

Thanks for responding. Temp dropped this am so I'm pretty sure af is on the way (again). Glad I didn't waste another test! Good luck to you and lots of baby dust!!!

Tracy
 February 1st, 2006 5:27 PMReport

Still keep me posted, you never know. Clomid has been known to make temps erratic for some people. I don't temp, so I'm no pro. But I am curious to see how things work out for you, and if AF does show, keep your chin up and try again. My sister got PG on her second cycle, so there is no reason to get depressed if the first didn't catch. I say this because I did get depressed and don't want anyone else to waste their energy.


Ann
 February 1st, 2006 8:12 PMReport

Lauren, I am on my 5th round of clomid. It has not affected the length of my cycles, but I've heard other people say that it does make theirs longer. I found some home pg tests at a "dollar store" that are very sensitive (detect 20mIU) if you want to get some cheapies! How long have you been ttc?


Lauren
 February 2nd, 2006 9:28 AMReport

Thanks Tracy about the not getting depressed part-trying to remember that! We lost a baby last April when I was a little over 5months along and have been ttc AGAIN since then-Feb. will be month nine I think.I don't always ovulate on my own and supposedly this Clomid will work.-it just doesn't make me feel great! Still no AF but I have a feeling it will start-temp is lower. Can you say" longer cycle"=torture!
Thanks Ann-I'll head to the dollar tree so I can obsess some more and drive my dh more nuts!LOL!

Tracy
 February 2nd, 2006 9:54 AMReport

Lauren, I would like to say I'm sorry about the miscarriage, but I don't think anything I say could erase what happened. That's a tough thing to have gone through....I'm proud you are still on the path to TTC. I know how you feel about the extended cycle. I thought when I was late last month that there was a chance I was PG. I tried not to get my hopes up, but I think somewhere in the back of your mind, you always do just a little. I didn't cry when AF showed, but instead when I started my clomid again on day 5 I started to fall apart because it made me very depressed. I stayed in a funk for over a week and thought, "How am I supposed to get PG when I am this depressed?" BUT by the time I ovulated, I was on a mission and had sex every single day for like 5 days. I still have down moments, but I'm learning to deal with them, they have become routine. Isn't that sad? I am going to call a therapist my OB recommended just to have someone to help me through this process all over again. I am about 7 or 8 dpo now and going absolutely stir crazy!!!!

Lauren
 February 2nd, 2006 5:17 PMReport

Hi Tracy..I can relate to the routine. My dh HATES IT and told me he doesn't want to hear about it anymore. I kind of understand about the crazy feelings on clomid..I don't know how many months you have been on it. I know this has been my first time and I have been more than up and down and am usually a steady, strong person (been through a lot). I try hard to put it in to perspective and work on other things. I do volunteer work 3 days/week with 1-5th graders, I garden, (and have ripped up my garden and flowers repeatedly and neighbors keep asking me why when it looked so nice!) and I exercise w/my dog-walk and run..she is old, so we don't go that far. I'm even begging dh for another puppy..so far answer is definite NO. I am rambling, and I am probably not even helping, but I am not embarassed to say that I went to a therapist for a while after that terrible thing happened.. we were so devastated. I think my dh needed to go too!If you think someone could help you, then do it, and do little things to make you happy in the meantine-anything that doesn't have to do with making a baby..like buy a new lipstick shade or get a pedicure or whatever or go clothes shopping. ( For the longest time I wouldn't even buy normal clothes thinking I was going to be pregnant really soon and would need maternity.. well that was ludicrous!) At least, that is what I am trying to do. I probably sound completely crazy and make zero sense. I do hope you feel better and realize all of this has nothing to do with you and with what a wonderful person you seem to be. Talking with someone can't hurt and could really help you. Take care,Lauren


Ann
 February 2nd, 2006 5:26 PMReport

Lauren, I am sorry to hear you are having such a bad time with clomid and extra extra sorry about your m/c. It has to be devastating when you were at 5 months. I hope you have a long healthy pregnance this cycle! Have you tested with a hpt again yet? I hope to see you post good news soon!!

bettinainc
 February 2nd, 2006 5:33 PMReport

Lauren my cycle this month was longer. I ovulated on cd 20 and AF came today cd 34. I usually have 29 or 30 day cycles. This will be my 5th month on clomid. I don't know how much more of this I can take. Trying not get my hopes up with longer cycles but you just can't help it. I'm bummed.

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