I woke up in a pool of nasty last night. Nope, didn’t have an “accident”, just a hot flash. I finished my last dose of Clomid on CD 7, or Saturday, and it seems as if the side effects are just kicking in. To recap, this is my first medicated cycle, and I took 100 mg of Clomid on cycle days 3-7. I’m currently on CD 10.
Additional Clomid observations:
- Holy-moly emotions. I will freely admit that I’ve been a bit of a mess. I’ve cried every day. I’ve railed against the injustices of life. I’ve written unhappy blog posts. I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping. I will not be attending a viewing of Titanic in 3-D. That’s a recipe for disaster.
- Heavy ovaries. Those suckers seemed to plump up nicely, but, again, I didn’t notice this until after my last dosage. Is this weird? Side effects after you complete the the med cycle?
- Spotting. It is unusual for me to spot after my period ends, but this cycle I spotted for four days afterwards, which took me to my final day of Clomid. I’ve surmised that this could be a product of post-miscarriage cycle weirdness or the Clomid. Either one.
- Headache. Ugh. Headaches are awful, and hormone headaches are the worst. Well, my cleanse headache was pretty voracious and was completely resistant to any drugs. This guy that is bouncing around in my head is currently hovering on the right side, above my temple. He says, “Hi.”
- I hesitate to even write this for fear of screwing with fate, but did anyone find that Clomid had a constipating effect? I can’t complain. Anything that will slow down the havoc Metformin wreaks on my digestive tract is awesome.
I have an appointment with my RE for an ultrasound on Thursday, or CD 12. I hope I have two awesome follicles. I hope that they are 18 cm or larger. I hope that they say, “Let’s trigger!”. Here’s to hope.
Oh Clomid. My first dose was last night and the Clomid headache/fog has kicked in already
They really are something. Not anything like any other headache I’ve ever experienced. I’m picturing my little hovering headache guy high-fiving your hovering headache guy. Don’t worry, when I read your posts last week I thought “Oh honey, the Clomid side-effects are getting you aren’t they?” but didn’t say anything 
Not weird, most people experience most Clomid side effects after the last dose. My first attempt at Clomid (50mg) I had no side effects until the 4th dose. Not so lucky this time…
Just typing this has gotten me into a Clomid sweat! I’m not complaining though, I love this weather.
Perhaps we can send our headache guys to Catalina.
Sounds like a great idea. I’m in! I was also considering getting headache guy to hover over to a cardboard box and then smashing the box with a hammer. But I was worried that might make my head explode.
Then I started getting really Clomid crazy and stared imagining that with every throb of my head my follicles were growing! God I hope it’s true.
I’ve already planned my day ahead for tomorrow in case the headache strikes around the same time. That pretty much guarantees it won’t.
Have your boobs starting feeling like they are going to fall off? That was a symptom I had last time. I keep unconsciously “checking” (pressing on my boobs in public) to see if they have started to hurt yet…
No boob sensitivities at all. In fact, they both have felt kinda dead since the miscarriage. And floppy. I feel like 7 weeks of pregnancy left me with deflated boobs. Not cool, boobs, not cool.
Here’s to hope indeed! I’m not sure I’m with you about Titanic 3D, though – I saw it this weekend and the resulting emotional catharsis was rather pleasant. (The massive chocolate bar I ate while watching helped too.)
I’ll skip the movie and head straight to the chocolate…
In that case, I recommend two. Massive chocolate bars, that is.
Oh those hot flashes, insane! I sleep with a cold, damp washcloth on my bedside table so I can lay it across my forehead or stomach when a hot flash wakes me up. It helps me fall back asleep faster (I *cannot* sleep when I’m sweating to death as years of summer camp have proven). Good luck weathering all the side-effects and I hope and pray you get to trigger on time. I’m CD11 today, so it looks like we’re cycle buddies!
No such luck on the trigger, Curly Sue. Suck. I hope your follicles are growing nicely these days.
Aw dangit. I’m fearing the same is going to happen with me. Follicles not big enough?