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Does anyone have any experience spotting (brown) after a Clomid cycle? This would be normal for any other cycle but I didn't think this would happen with Clomid?

@PurplePumps: I am so sorry it was a rough, day it is so hard to except things that were not part of the plan!! ((hugs))

@lazypanda: I am so sorry! Prayers!!!!

@LindsayInNY: I still had spotting unless I was taking progesterone. I don't know if there is something that a higher dose might get rid of it? Probably worth asking the re for thoughts?

@Kelli_Deluxe: Oh no! I'm so, so sorry! I'm sure disappointment doesn't even begin to describe what you're feeling. Sending you hugs!

@PurplePumps: Ugh. I'm so, so sorry! That's so incredibly frustrating!

@PurplePumps: I'm sorry. I hope things look up soon!

@Kelli_Deluxe: I'm so sorry I was really pulling for you! I think freezing a sample is a good idea, in case you get to a point where you are ready to try again before he is back. I hope that your next apt. will bring you closer to some answers.

No big updates for me this week. My lap is on Thursday, and the fact that I may be finding out that we may never be able to have our own kids without IVF scares the bajeezus out of me. So, I am trying to remain calm, remind myself I have no control of the outcome at this point, and remember that if we have to wait 5 years to afford IVF or adoption, thats what we have to do.

I just committed to taking some of my high school students to Europe in 2016. I alternate between thinking I'm crazy and being super excited I've traveled and flown with kids before, so what scares me to most is the fundraising, because we live in a fairly poor community.

@CupQuakeWalk: I didn't ask but I don't think so. I'll be out of town for work training during the week(s) I would need to be monitored on Clomid.

@lazypanda: See above I think it would help with TI but I don't think my RE will prescribe it if I can't be monitored.

@owlteach: I am not sure of the details of your situation (although I'd love to learn more if you have time to tell me), so I apologize if this is totally unhelpful... but I just wanted to offer you some support. When I had my lap (in February 2012), we had been trying for 10 months and I was in the same situation as you - I was so afraid that what they would find would mean that our only path forward was IVF. My doctor suspected tube issues and endometriosis because of my pain/symptoms/inability to conceive despite very regular, ovulatory cycles - and we had a lengthy discussion pre-surgery about what my options would be if she needed to remove my tubes during surgery. Unsurprisingly, she did find that both of my tubes were blocked with endo tissue, but she was able to clear one and I am was able to keep both tubes.

My doctor gave us 6 months (so really only 3 cycles because I only have one good tube) to TTC naturally before she really wanted us to start IVF... she (and we) was worried that waiting any longer would mean more endo growth, which could very well mean that my tube would become blocked again. I was terrified because we were not prepared to spend the money on IVF and I was not mentally prepared to start treatment, but we agreed to that plan. I got pregnant with my daughter the first month post-surgery that I have O'ed from the "good" side. I believe that CatchAFallingStar also got pregnant (with IUI) the first month possible after she had a lap to remove scar tissue surrounding her ovaries.

So I hope my story will offer you a little hope and make you not feel so alone. It's scary enough to have surgery, much less to know that there is a chance that you doctor might find something "wrong." Sending you lots of ((hugs)) and well wishes for your surgery!

FWIW, my recovery was very easy - surgery Tuesday, went to a wedding Saturday (and danced! and had fun!), back to work Monday. My incisions - especially my belly button - were sore for about 3 weeks, so I had to wear yoga pants and elastic-waisted skirts for a while, but my pain was very managable with Advil within about 36 hours of the surgery.

@CupQuakeWalk: That's a lot to take in. I'm sorry that you are having to deal with that, but I am glad you have some direction and maybe (?) a path forward. As I said to @owlteach: above, my surgery was not nearly as bad as I expected. I have the same hope for you. ((hugs))

@CupQuakeWalk: I hear you, honey. After my diagnosis, I spent a lot of time being really *angry* that my body is so f'ed up. I felt like it had let me down. After I got out of that slump, I realized that I was actually lucky to be able to understand *why* I couldn't get pregnant and to fix it.

@CupQuakeWalk: I have a heart shaped uterus too. My doctor never made a big deal of it. I'm so sorry about the cysts love.

@CupQuakeWalk: that's a lot to process! what sort of scan was it? a regular one or a 3D? do you know if it's on the outer portion of the uterus (bicournuate) or that the inner cavity is heart shaped (septate)? did she give you the measurements of the dip? those are all key pieces to know. is the surgery to get rid of some of the cysts or for the uterus? my understanding is that there is no surgical correction or bicournuate uterus, but septate uterus often requires a resection to get rid of the septum (i just did that). it's SOOOOOO varied depending on the severity of the abnormality, please let the dr go over their findings before you go too far googling & freak yourself out, they may tell you it's better than you think

@CupQuakeWalk: alright, so the lighter color is the uterine cavity, it should look like an upside down pear, it's roughly circled in black. The red circling the darkened area is the septum that shouldn't be there, it should be open.

@mrs. bird: wow. So interesting! Mine looked very similar but it was heart shaped pretty much. I would be very,very interested to see your HSG photo *after* (at the follow-up scan).
I just googled this (since I didn't think to take a phone pic). My uterus looked EXACTLY like photo "C":

eta: for anyone interested: image "A" is a normal uterus.

@SunshineMcC: I had a huge cyst after an IUI/Clomid cycle (was 28mm day before the IUI) and my RE had said they generally just go away. Well, mine ruptured the day after my IUI and I had excruciating pain. I went to the ER, and they found out that mine was filled with blood, not clear fluid so it caused some issues and I had to have surgery the next month. This is not common, though. Usually they are the clear fluid and not a big deal. But yes, it can hurt if it does pop! I would definitely take the recommendation to avoid that if possible! Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions!!

@CupQuakeWalk: Glad you got some answers so you can work towards dealing with these things and moving forward!! Does that many cysts mean PCOS? What will they do in that case, I wonder?

@CupQuakeWalk: really glad to hear you have some answers even though that is such a lot to process!

@owl teach: hugs and hoping yo get the same good news as catchafallingstar and septca did soon.

Well I am 11dpo and started with mild cramps yesterday, my temps are still up but that is most likely the progesterone and now I am annoyed at my self for even having hope for this cycle, plus I am not looking forward to having to test on 14dpo in order to stop the progesterone. I'm usually a wait till AF type of girl!

I will come back later to chat more individually, I just need to whine for a minute. I'm so friggin uncomfortable! I've been waking 3hrs round the clock to take meds, so I'm tired, the antibiotics are making me sick, I have a low grade temp every time I try to do anything, I'm dizzy when i stand up, the bleeding is getting worse not better (through an overnight pad & my pants last night ), digestion feels like it's going to push my uterus out the front of me, the balloon is pushing on my bladder & I can't stop peeing, the end with the valve keeps falling out of my hooha & I have to push it back up there which is uncomfortable. Whaaaa I can't even take any good meds until I get home tonight sorry, I just needed to complain for a minute. I wanna go to bed!