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So today is either day 26 or day 2 of my cycle- My DH and I are planning on doing an IUI this month, with Clomid, supposed to start on Day 3 with the meds this time. Yesterday AM went to the bathroom and thought AF had arrived early on Day 25. No cramping or anything, just blood. Rest of the day little to no spotting- today, little to no spotting. Called RE's office and talked to nurse to find out what to do tomorrow with the Clomid- she asked if I could be PG- I thought it was a dumb ?- we are trying aren't we, that is why we are at the RE's office right?!?! So long story short- said I should take a pregnancy test tomorrow and if negative and no AF by "Day 4" or whatever you want to call it, she will call in an order for a blood test. I can't bring myself to buy another PG test, because I don't want to get another BFN- and am frustrated because I just want to be normal and want to know when Day 1 is- this is our one shot at IUI and I desparately want it to work, but when I don't know when Day 1 is, I find it hard to think it will.
Any advice? Suggestions?? I just want to scream and cry all at the same time!! Why does having a baby need to be SO hard???
Any advice? Suggestions?? I just want to scream and cry all at the same time!! Why does having a baby need to be SO hard???
deleted_user
I would take the HPT, then at least you will know. I would hate for you to miss a cycle. And you can NOT take clomid while pregnant. If your estrogen was low this last cycle you may not have very much blood.
SharynMarie
Can they go ahead and do the blood test today? Why make you buy another preg. test? I can see why you are frustrated. Good luck on making some sense out of your cycle!
Greener06
Woke up this morning at 3:00 with cramps and heavy AF- she has arrived. Today is then day 1 I presume- have to call RE's office to double check that's what they want me to do. Can't afford to screw up this cycle, knowing it is our only IUI we are trying. Please keep praying for us, that this month will be the one.
deleted_user
I get on and off spotting too and always count from the first day of full on, without a doubt AF, flow. It is so frustrating though and I know that feeling of worrying about which day exactly is day 1. Definitely sounds like today is your day 1. Good Luck!!
deleted_user
You've just described my very own frustrations. AF is so unpredictable for me I hardly know what day I'm up to. This has really messed us up when we've been trying - even though we've tried to cover for all possibilities. However my doc didn't seem concerned. I wanted to scream at her! And I know exactly how you feel not wanting to buy another PG test. Are you keeping a chart? I assume you are. Even though my doc ignred it (I'm changing docs) I found it helpful to mark which days were actually AF and which were spotting. I ended up with like 2 days spotting, 2 days nothing, 1 AF, 2 spotting, 1 nothing, 1 AF or something. Not exactly that but that's kinda how weird it was. I wanted to shove it in my docs face and scream 'this isn't normal - what's happening? what day am I up to?'. I think it's worth investigating and trying to sort out because I am still convinced that that's part of our problem. I don't have the added complication of meds yet (other health issues mean I can't try right now) but I don't look forward to it. I would try to focus on sorting out the crazy cycle first. Just my opinion. I hope whatever you choose to do works out for you.
deleted_user
I have this problem quite frequently actually. My periods are irregular and sometimes I wont get one for 6 months. Every once in a while I get a little spotting but it doesn't count as a period.
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