Hope you are sitting comfortably as its a long one!!
Married now 11 years, was diagnosed with pcos in my early 20's (now 40)
TTC for 6 years after getting married,one very early miscarriage at the start-
actually began to think i had imagined the 2 lines as over the 6 years spent a fortune on HPT
and all negative.
had several referrals to various Drs and hospitals- and all suggested clomid-
for some reason i didn't think i should take it-
mess with nature and all that.
but then gave in-
took about 8 cycles, but not regularly- over the space of a few years.
In Sept 2006 i had decided that i wasn't taking any more, i was going to get fit and lose some weight ( i was only very slightly overweight- esp compared to now, lol) and i would take clomid one last time in the new year.
Well... Feb 2007 we conceived my now beautiful 4 1/2 year old daughter.
Clomid 100mg CD 2-6.
i don't know if it was because i had lost some weight, or if i was more relaxed- as i actually implanted on holiday- and boy did i feel it nestling on down!!
We started ttc fairly soon again as it had taken so long, and again no luck.
so clomid one month- 100mg CD2-6 and hey presto, my now gorgeous 2 /12 yr old little girl.
again i was on holiday when i implanted and also when i conceived.
We took both girls away when dd2 was 8 months, took the grandparents too,
had a fantastic holiday and ...yes you have guessed, i came back pregnant.
Sadly though we saw a heart beat at about 8-9 weeks the baby died and i ended up with a general anaesthetic and a D and C after being rushed to hospital by ambulance.
No clomid this time, and we weren't trying and i was still breastfeeding.
i totally stressed when i found out i was preg for a third time as baby was only 8 months.
not sure if my high levels of stress caused the miscarriage or not, but it wasn't meat to be.
being pregnant had planted a seed though and i wanted to try once more, so took clomid-
this was left over from before and ..low and behold fell pregnant once more on the first round.
Sadly again it was not meant to be- had a scan and no sac could be found- had bloods taken and hcg ws rising- so i was classified as a pregnancy of unknown location.
i was given an injection of methotrexate and started miscarrying. it took about 3 weeks for my hog level to drop to a non pregnant state.
had a long appointment with my gyn consultant to make a sensible decision for my fertility future and he said i should try again if I'm still wanting another one.
At the moment i am pregnant -
no clomid- no holiday, well unless you count a rainy weekend in crieff. I'm very cautious and we are not telling a soul.- (apart of course from you reading this, lol) i have a feeling this one will stick, why i think this i do not know- but if anyone is interested i will keep you informed.