2WW - for those TTC-ing


Hey ladies, CD3 today.
I have been taking Metformin for a week and Red Raspberry Leaf Tea for a couple of days.

There's one thing I need you ladies' opinion: Shall I or not to take clomid for this cycle?

Actually I am trying to lose some weight and just joined a fitness group.
Additionally, since I have just started Metformin, would that be better if I were to "let my body to get used to it first, so it could function well in future" or I should start Clomid asap?

Dr. Loh prescribed me Metformin 2 months and asked me to take Clomid this cycle though.

Urgh!!

Dilemma.
 
Cantaloupe said:
Hey ladies, CD3 today.
I have been taking Metformin for a week and Red Raspberry Leaf Tea for a couple of days.

There's one thing I need you ladies' opinion: Shall I or not to take clomid for this cycle?

Actually I am trying to lose some weight and just joined a fitness group.
Additionally, since I have just started Metformin, would that be better if I were to "let my body to get used to it first, so it could function well in future" or I should start Clomid asap?

Dr. Loh prescribed me Metformin 2 months and asked me to take Clomid this cycle though.

Urgh!!

Dilemma.
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I dun think anyone will try to lose weight when ttc. Unless you are seriously overweight. Normally people will exercise when ttc to obtain a healthier body.

For me i will listen to doc. If i dun plan to listen to him, then why see him at the first place?

Btw u can try ACV, i lose 1.5kg in a week. Then again my body belong to high metabolism.not sure it really works
 
pixie ng said:
I dun think anyone will try to lose weight when ttc. Unless you are seriously overweight. Normally people will exercise when ttc to obtain a healthier body.

For me i will listen to doc. If i dun plan to listen to him, then why see him at the first place?

Btw u can try ACV, i lose 1.5kg in a week. Then again my body belong to high metabolism.not sure it really works
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I did not say I don't wanna listen to him, I did consult Dr. Loh for his opinion, he said either way is fine.

I was just in a dilemma.

My cycles went a little haywire for the past 2-3 months, moreover, I was prescribed Metformin and I have had some serious side effects which could be a sign that my body is trying to adjust to the medicine. I am just hoping my body can be back to normal before I trying again.

Thanks for your input though.
 
Cantaloupe said:
I did not say I don't wanna listen to him, I did consult Dr. Loh for his opinion, he said either way is fine.

I was just in a dilemma.

My cycles went a little haywire for the past 2-3 months, moreover, I was prescribed Metformin and I have had some serious side effects which could be a sign that my body is trying to adjust to the medicine. I am just hoping my body can be back to normal before I trying again.

Thanks for your input though.
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just follow his instruction. what problems did u have from metformin ?
 
Cantaloupe said:
I did not say I don't wanna listen to him, I did consult Dr. Loh for his opinion, he said either way is fine.

I was just in a dilemma.

My cycles went a little haywire for the past 2-3 months, moreover, I was prescribed Metformin and I have had some serious side effects which could be a sign that my body is trying to adjust to the medicine. I am just hoping my body can be back to normal before I trying again.

Thanks for your input though.
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Why don't you email him and ask for his opinion?
 
gammahedging said:
just follow his instruction. what problems did u have from metformin ?
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First two days had very bad diarrhea and headache, - appetite, nauseous, bloated.
Third day onwards, things got better, on and off will have symptoms like nauseous and bloated, headache too, but not as bad as the first two days.

I am thinking if that's due to the time when medicine was taken.
I took it 5-10 minutes after meal on the first two days, then the rest of the days I took it with meal.

Thanks for your kind opinion :)
 
veraine said:
Why don't you email him and ask for his opinion?
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I did send him an email last Monday, but there's no reply.
I was thinking it might not be too good if I were to bombard his mailbox daily, so I waited a few days.

I have sent him another email today and hopefully I am able to receive his reply soon.

Thanks for your kind opinion :)
 
Kitty88 said:
Usually we get a positive opk it will have ovulate sometime back before we test it?
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I use clearblue ovulation.normally smiley face means ovulation will comes within 2 days. If you bbt, a rise in temp means O.

U need to get your hubby soldiers before O to standby :)
 
today is CD13. i tested opk strip from CD10 till today but negative..result should be immediate right? only faint line seen after 5-10 mins so i assume its inaccurate.

is it possible of not ovulating after menses over?
 
Ovulation kits tests for LH surge. LH is luteinizing hormone.

In a 28 day cycle, LH usually increases around CD12. That's the body signalling the dominant follicle to rupture - that's ovulation. And ovulation usually takes place within 24-48 hours. Textbook will tell you you ovulate about CD 14. That's why if you read the instructions in the kit, they recommend you to BD in the next 24 hours.
 
Feeling very tired lately and thought of trying to make home-made chicken essence.. Read lots of positive reviews on this. Can this be taken everyday? Anyone know?
 
Cantaloupe said:
I did send him an email last Monday, but there's no reply.
I was thinking it might not be too good if I were to bombard his mailbox daily, so I waited a few days.

I have sent him another email today and hopefully I am able to receive his reply soon.

Thanks for your kind opinion :)
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I have heard some of my fren complain on the side effect of metfomin but after awhile it gets better so hang in there. It's good to start exercising as long as not in 2ww is fine.
What email did U ask him? If it's not urgent or answer cannot be explain without diagnosis he won't reply.
 
Jumbo girl said:
I have heard some of my fren complain on the side effect of metfomin but after awhile it gets better so hang in there. It's good to start exercising as long as not in 2ww is fine.
What email did U ask him? If it's not urgent or answer cannot be explain without diagnosis he won't reply.
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Yeah, it gets better each day, sometimes I'll have some loose stool or diarrhea, headache, bloated and nauseous but didn't last long.

Thanks for your kind reminder on the exercising. It is not necessarily that only obese people need to lose weight, both previous and current Gynae told me that weight loss may help especially for PCOs patients.

In the email which I have sent, I asked him about the medicine (clomid and metformin) as well the side effect etc..

Thanks for your kind opinion :)
 
Backtrack abit, I got my first positive opk at 8pm on Jul 12, then a darker positive opk at 10pm on Jul 13. This morning I test at again, the positive is as dark as what I tested on Jul 12. How? I bd on Jul 12 only. What should I do? Although I know that once you get the 1st positive, should stop testing but am quite opk addict.
 
previously i mentioned my clearblue digital opk failed on me terribly but i didnt elaborate how/why
maybe you all can help me with it .... i still have some sticks left so will test this cycle still ...
its strange because it turn to solid smiley no matter which day i test, so i doubt its credibility
anyway i buy it from qoo10, so my husband was wondering is the clearblue "fake"

my cycle is usually 30 days.
so according to the leaflet, im supposed to test during day 10 (for 30days cycle) or day 8 (for 28 days cycle)

my kit arrived late, so for april i test during day 11.
day 11 (negative) and got the solid smiley for day 12. ewcm day 13.
i thought this looks good and normal.

for may, i test during day 9.
day 9 (negative) and got solid smiley for day 10. my ewcm is still on day 13.
so i start to think its weird when i got the smiley so early. i was hoping to see more negative then a smiley during the surge.

for june, i test during day 9.
my first test at day 9, it directly give me solid smiley!!
and just nice i have the gynae appointment at day10 for checkup, the gynae confirmed that i haven't ovulate from the ultrasound scan.
and i got my ewcm on day 14.

i did ask the gynae about this, and she say maybe the kit is too sensitive .. she ask me to buy the normal 2 lines stick instead hahaha
well, anyone experience this kind of thing b4?
 
diamondfericia said:
Backtrack abit, I got my first positive opk at 8pm on Jul 12, then a darker positive opk at 10pm on Jul 13. This morning I test at again, the positive is as dark as what I tested on Jul 12. How? I bd on Jul 12 only. What should I do? Although I know that once you get the 1st positive, should stop testing but am quite opk addict.
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Normally fertility period we will bd every 2 days. That what my gynae advise. Beside using ovulation, i also went for ultrasound scanning. So if gynae determine O on cd14, she will ask us bd on cd12 cd14 cd16
 
reaxys said:
previously i mentioned my clearblue digital opk failed on me terribly but i didnt elaborate how/why
maybe you all can help me with it .... i still have some sticks left so will test this cycle still ...
its strange because it turn to solid smiley no matter which day i test, so i doubt its credibility
anyway i buy it from qoo10, so my husband was wondering is the clearblue "fake"

my cycle is usually 30 days.
so according to the leaflet, im supposed to test during day 10 (for 30days cycle) or day 8 (for 28 days cycle)

my kit arrived late, so for april i test during day 11.
day 11 (negative) and got the solid smiley for day 12. ewcm day 13.
i thought this looks good and normal.

for may, i test during day 9.
day 9 (negative) and got solid smiley for day 10. my ewcm is still on day 13.
so i start to think its weird when i got the smiley so early. i was hoping to see more negative then a smiley during the surge.

for june, i test during day 9.
my first test at day 9, it directly give me solid smiley!!
and just nice i have the gynae appointment at day10 for checkup, the gynae confirmed that i haven't ovulate from the ultrasound scan.
and i got my ewcm on day 14.

i did ask the gynae about this, and she say maybe the kit is too sensitive .. she ask me to buy the normal 2 lines stick instead hahaha
well, anyone experience this kind of thing b4?
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Nope. I bought mine directly from amazon. And my O is quite fixed. So i will test 3days in advance. Normally 2nd or 3rd stick will give me smiley face.

For me cheap strip type don't work for me coz i seldom see any double line. But maybe it works for u. U can try n see how
 
reaxys said:
previously i mentioned my clearblue digital opk failed on me terribly but i didnt elaborate how/why
maybe you all can help me with it .... i still have some sticks left so will test this cycle still ...
its strange because it turn to solid smiley no matter which day i test, so i doubt its credibility
anyway i buy it from qoo10, so my husband was wondering is the clearblue "fake"

my cycle is usually 30 days.
so according to the leaflet, im supposed to test during day 10 (for 30days cycle) or day 8 (for 28 days cycle)

my kit arrived late, so for april i test during day 11.
day 11 (negative) and got the solid smiley for day 12. ewcm day 13.
i thought this looks good and normal.

for may, i test during day 9.
day 9 (negative) and got solid smiley for day 10. my ewcm is still on day 13.
so i start to think its weird when i got the smiley so early. i was hoping to see more negative then a smiley during the surge.

for june, i test during day 9.
my first test at day 9, it directly give me solid smiley!!
and just nice i have the gynae appointment at day10 for checkup, the gynae confirmed that i haven't ovulate from the ultrasound scan.
and i got my ewcm on day 14.

i did ask the gynae about this, and she say maybe the kit is too sensitive .. she ask me to buy the normal 2 lines stick instead hahaha
well, anyone experience this kind of thing b4?
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hi there, did you test with the first pee of the day? Usually the test results are most accurate then than throughout the day due to the concentration of the pee. I usually start testing the day my menses ends rather than follow the recommended day 10 or 12...

Cb opk has been quite accurate for me, this month I verified it with the gynae and it was the exact same day as the registered solid smiley...
 
opk is different from pregnancy test kit. Don't test with first urine pee. Its advice to test 2 times per day - early afternoon and night to monitor the surge of your LH.

Some ladies LH surge can come and go very quickly within a few hours, some last for 2 day. those with more than 3 days LH surge maybe due to pre-existing condition e.g PCOS or taking medication that reflect false LH surge.

Anyway reaxys..if you are not sure, just go buy from watsons and test again, maybe your Qoo10 one is really fautly. There are always bad batches around.
 
yogini said:
opk is different from pregnancy test kit. Don't test with first urine pee. Its advice to test 2 times per day - early afternoon and night to monitor the surge of your LH.

Some ladies LH surge can come and go very quickly within a few hours, some last for 2 day. those with more than 3 days LH surge maybe due to pre-existing condition e.g PCOS or taking medication that reflect false LH surge.

Anyway reaxys..if you are not sure, just go buy from watsons and test again, maybe your Qoo10 one is really fautly. There are always bad batches around.
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For clearblue ovulation kit, you have to test with first morning urine.

For strips type, is afternoon urine. If i remember correctly is btw 10am to 2pm
 
missus_wong said:
I don't think it's an issue, I +opk on Saturday and my gynae advised me to bd sat-wed. haha!
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Ya lor...eh..rule of thumb..when in doubt..just do the deed.

@pixie ng , honestly, even if you use morning pee, doesn't make a huge difference for OPK. I tested every single kind of OPKs with first urine, afternoon and late night urine, if positive means positive, faint line negative, no matter how you lun, still negative.
 
thanks guys for sharing!
i will try the opk immediately after i end my menses for this month instead of day10 ... hopefully better results.
ending soon and then the ttc->tww cycle is going to repeat itself again! :rolleyes:
 
reaxys said:
thanks guys for sharing!
i will try the opk immediately after i end my menses for this month instead of day10 ... hopefully better results.
ending soon and then the ttc->tww cycle is going to repeat itself again! :rolleyes:
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Some people would test using cheapie first and when they got a darker test line then they will start using CB Advance Digital, to be more cost-effective.
All the best babe, look forward to your good news! :)

Which cycle day you're on?
 
yogini said:
Ya lor...eh..rule of thumb..when in doubt..just do the deed.

@pixie ng , honestly, even if you use morning pee, doesn't make a huge difference for OPK. I tested every single kind of OPKs with first urine, afternoon and late night urine, if positive means positive, faint line negative, no matter how you lun, still negative.
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Not really. For clearblue morning urine is the most accurate. I would get positive using it.

For those strips type i never get positive before. That's why i stop using it after 2 months n switch over to clearblue

The difference timing in getting the urine had different concentration. Hence diff opk has different timing to follow depending on their 'technology'. That's why need to read instruction manual.
 
Cantaloupe said:
First two days had very bad diarrhea and headache, - appetite, nauseous, bloated.
Third day onwards, things got better, on and off will have symptoms like nauseous and bloated, headache too, but not as bad as the first two days.

I am thinking if that's due to the time when medicine was taken.
I took it 5-10 minutes after meal on the first two days, then the rest of the days I took it with meal.

Thanks for your kind opinion :)
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those side effects are normal :) and that's why some people lose wt with metformin..and that is good for people with diabetes :p
 
yep, i did read the clearblue leaflet, and use the first urine in the morning to test ..
but somehow the results gotten are haywire.
nvm, i'll try again for this month and see how! :)

i have a friend who jus gave birth.
i have 2 friends in their 38 weeks pregnancy.
*envy*
 
reaxys said:
yep, i did read the clearblue leaflet, and use the first urine in the morning to test ..
but somehow the results gotten are haywire.
nvm, i'll try again for this month and see how! :)

i have a friend who jus gave birth.
i have 2 friends in their 38 weeks pregnancy.
*envy*
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if you are free, you can slowly browse the previous post... for the older batch (like me started more than 1 yr ago), they do post their opk up. normally they try 2 to 3 times per day. so you will have alot of examples to see.

i think you need to try a few types of opk to see which one works for u. for me i try opk strips (3 different brands bought online) and clearblue digital ovulation kit. ultimately only clearblue works for me. i never see any positive before for those cheap opk strips even i ovulate. and i do know i ovulate because every month i also went to gynae for ultrasound to check my ovulation timing. so clearblue prediction matches my gynae prediction.

no need to envy..very soon will be your turn...haha... for me, i try for more than 1.5yrs..
 
diamondfericia said:
I got positive opk at 8 pm yesterday, BD and when I took another opk this morning, it become lighter so I guess I maybe ovulating in progress as am having tummy cramps or its just stomachache. Haha!
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I got positive on Monday. Yesterday do feel the tummy cramps too. Today back to normal. Bd on mon. Didn't manage to bd yesterday. Hopefully will get a bfp this month
 


pixie ng said:
if you are free, you can slowly browse the previous post... for the older batch (like me started more than 1 yr ago), they do post their opk up. normally they try 2 to 3 times per day. so you will have alot of examples to see.

i think you need to try a few types of opk to see which one works for u. for me i try opk strips (3 different brands bought online) and clearblue digital ovulation kit. ultimately only clearblue works for me. i never see any positive before for those cheap opk strips even i ovulate. and i do know i ovulate because every month i also went to gynae for ultrasound to check my ovulation timing. so clearblue prediction matches my gynae prediction.

no need to envy..very soon will be your turn...haha... for me, i try for more than 1.5yrs..
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hahaha!!! thanks for your encouragement ... i'll work hard ...
we went for gynae every month? wow ... that must be costly ...

anyway, i think i very noob when i go to the gynae to do my medical checkup, cos its my first time and then im pretty shy about it hahaa :p
i jus said i want to do a pre-pregnancy test to make sure everything is fine since we try for 6mths already.
then there's no follow up questions from her or me.
she didnt say things like, oh then u can come back to me after how long how long of trying
i oso didnt ask her .... so what should we do when im still not pregnant
i think i feel like going in for a medical body checkup and then ended.
 
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