What we have here, is a failure, to communicate

Turns out Clomid only comes in 50mg pills and supposedly my doctor's nurse did indeed call in 10 pills of 50mg (so that I could take 2 per day). Those were her words anyway. Not sure where the miscommunication happened but I did indeed only receive 5 pills.

So the nurse is calling in another prescription, which will have to be special ordered since the pharmacy informed me they were fresh out of any more Clomid yesterday. Oh well, I have enough to get through today.

No side effects yet...just continued crankiness from before. Not sure what the deal with that is.

Happy thoughts!

Well, wouldn't you know...

So yeah...wrong dosage was called in. SURPRISE! Even though I said clearly on the phone, "please verify with Judy (my doctor's nurse) that Clomid will be 100mg this time per our previous discussion." I get to my pharmacy...
Side note: did I even mention how much I really do love my pharmacy? It's one of those smaller ones where the people know you by name (not sure if that is a good or bad thing). They're so damn friendly.

Anyhoo, I get my pharmacy, pay, get 3 steps out of the door and think to myself, I better check to make sure it's 100mg not 50. I look down and it's freaking 50mg, 5 tablets. So I walk back in, politely discuss this with the pharmacists, they show me the script and all my doctor, or rather her nurse, called in was "clomid, 5 tablets, day 3-7". She did not specify 100mg. Ugh. So I said I would handle it by calling them tomorrow and they said in the meantime it would be ok to take two of the 50mg tonight since I really need to start it today.

I understand that nurses and doctors are very busy people, but so am I. And I am NOT paying for a 2nd prescription. I will pay the difference (if there is one) between the 50mg and the 100mg but I'm not paying another 5 day, 50mg prescription. Granted, it's only $12.80 but that's $2.56 per pill. And I'm cheap.

If my life were peanut butter, it would be super chunky, not smooth and creamy.

Clomid part deux

Did I ever mention that the medroxyprogesterone makes me really bitchy? I try so hard to control it but man, it really makes me a cranky person. When I get my period on my own I just get emotional and my boobs hurt. The synthetic has quite a different effect on me.

Speaking of being bitchy, I'll be starting the 2nd round of Clomid today, this time at 100mg. That is, if the pharmacy has it in stock (or can find it somewhere else in town). I worry about that. I technically should be starting it today but last time they had to special order it. Not my fault, I got my P. on Saturday and of course my doctor's office is not open on the weekends so I had to wait until today (day 3) to call in. They won't prescribe it to me until I get my P. I had hardly any side effects at 50 mg (except for those damn hot flashes) but double the dose could mean, double the side-effects. We'll see.

Wish me luck.

Got a new kind of pill: a chill pill.

I finished my 7 day dose of medroxyprogesterone on Monday so just waiting for my monthly quarterly visitor to arrive so we can start the next round of Clomid. This time, bigger and better, at 100mg. We've been talking and if the 2nd round doesn't work, we may take a short hiatus from the Clomid. It's only a tentative plan, nothing written in stone. I had a mini-meltdown last week. Side note: the mini-meltdown really didn't have anything to do with the infertility bs. Since my mini-meltdown, I've been doing a lot of thinking.

I was in a good place when I got pregnant the first time. I wasn't really expecting it and things were going well. It was before we were told we'd have to move out of our house, before (obviously) the miscarriage, before things in general started getting a little hectic. I'd really like to get there again before I get pregnant the next time. Not that I'm not in a good place now, I am, but there is so much going on lately (as a whole, not just the infertility) that I don't feel like I'm in the same place as last time.

So, since we're on track for the 2nd round of treatment soon, we're going to go ahead with it. However, if it doesn't pan out, we're going to take a step back and chill out. We're young and there's really no hurry right now. I'm mean, we're still going to do the Clomid therapy, but it just may not be every 6-7 weeks or however long a "round" lasts for me.

Come on ovaries, don't fail me now again!

I'll show you an explanation...

Yeah so, I received an EOB (explanation of benefits) from my health insurance company yesterday from my progesterone blood test. Any EOB I've received in the past for a blood test has shown that the patient owes $0 but this one showed I was responsible for $61. So I called the insurance company and the progesterone test was coded as an infertility test/procedure and therefore applies to my coverage for infertility which is pretty much next to none. I have a $500 yearly deductible that applies and, are you ready for this? A $500 maximum lifetime benefit for anything related to infertility! What a joke. Might as well not cover it at all. Oh, and I even verified with my company's HR department so there is no confusion here.

Soooo, let's HOPE that the clomid works at some point, because I don't think I can afford anything else. Hopefully the clomid works sooner than later so I don't have to keep paying $61 for each progesterone check.

Yowza.

The results are in...

A whopping negative! No ovulation this cycle. My levels were 0.67 which is normal for anything before ovulation but after ovulation they should be 5.0 - 15.0.

Disappointed? Yes. Surprised? No.

Nothing (basal temps, home ovulation tests) lead me to believe that I had ovulated yet so I didn't have high hopes for my lab results.

So now what? Well, apparently my doctor wasn't in today so she hasn't had a chance to review my results. Her nurse told me to wait a week past cycle day 28 (so about 2 weeks from today) then schedule a blood pregnancy test (standard procedure) and then I would go on Provera (progesterone) to induce a period. You take that pill for 7 days and from my past experiences, I get my period about 3 days after that last pill. Soooo, looks like I'll probably start my next round of Clomid around Sept. 24th give or take a few days. The nurse predicted that my doctor would probably want to increase my Clomid dosage to 100mg next round. Gee, I would hope so. I say, let's just up it to 200mg to see what happens, haha. I kid, I kid.

My hormones need a kick in the ass!