Another messed up month

After all the stress and chaos last month with hubby being in hospital for 11 days I was obviously disappointed but not surprised that it still was not our month ttc wise, despite it being apparently perfect with the Clomid giving me my positive ovulation test result on cd14 and then the cycle being the 28 days it is meant to be.

But this cycle has gone a bit crazy. I took exactly the same dose of Clomid - 50mg, on the same cycle days cd2 to cd6 and as hubby was feeling better we were able to...try more regularly.
I started doing my opks from cd10 and around cd12 I got what I thought might be a positive (Although it did take a little while to show up on the strip)
Then a week later I got 2 days of faintly positive cheapie pregnancy tests, which has happened to me before more than once when I am ovulating.
But then ANOTHER week later I got 2 days of positive opks, this was pretty late in my cycle though, cd24 and cd25.
Unfortunately by then hubby had given up for the month as far as triyng to conceive, he says he is just really tired but I think he is finding working and all the worrying about his health and various scans etc too much.
Plus he does have a habit of staying up late. (Which I am trying not to get annoyed/frustrated about that as I know he IS worried about himself right now)

Anyway as I have no definite idea of when I might have ovulated this cycle I cannot count days past ovulation and so have no real idea of when I might be due to start my next cycle.
I am wondering whether I might need to increase my Clomid dose for next cycle as if I did not ovulate until this weekend it means not only that as we have not ...tried for 4 days before then so have missed it, but also that the Clomid has not helped me to ovulate earlier this month and I am already back to being irregular and having a long cycles which is not good

Hubby is worried about the idea of me taking a bigger dose as I am having lousy side effects on the dose I am on, but the way I see it I cannot feel much worse, but at least if I take a bigger dose and it does the trick then I won't have to take it any longer.

I guess it is another case and of wait and see this month, but I am not expecting good news....

Not sure what's going on

Not sure whether this really counts as much of an update really but here goes...

I am on day 16 of my second cycle of taking Clomid fertility drug.
I have been testing with my ever faithful cheapie ovulation tests since day 10 and still not had what I would consider a positive result, especially considering I had a very obvious positive on them last month on day 14.

We have been trying regularly of course, but I can't help worrying that I am putting myself through all the horrible side effects I am getting on the Clomid for nothing!
The side effects were even worse this month, migraines, hot flashes, dizzy spells, insomnia and cramps.
I tried to register as a blood donor and was told I cannot donate blood until I have been off the Clomid for 3 months!

So as I am unable to count days past ovulation I have no idea when I might be able to take pregnancy tests and also no clue when my next cycle is due to start.

So frustrating, but I guess it would feel even worse if I was not so focused on my hubby getting well.
He is still having various tests including another CT scan and also a camera down the throat and various blood tests.

It will be my birthday in about 2 weeks so I guess that would be as a good a day as any to take  a test IF my next cycle does not start of course.

Yet again I cannot end my blog without mentioning the tragic loss of yet another icon.

RIP Whitney Houston
1963 to 2012

No surprise but still disappointed

As you can probably guess from the blog title this is not my month either.
I started spotting a couple of days ago, typically straight after taking a pregnancy test.

As always there was that little glimmer that maybe the test and the spotting were wrong but  I have to accept they were not wrong and that despite the good news of being told the Clomid had worked and that I had definitely ovulated and that we had timed everything right, I am STILL not pregnant.

So as tomorrow will be cd2 I will be starting my 50mg dose just before bedtime.
Hopefully  this month will be a bit easier as at least hubby won't be in hospital and will be with me.
One good thing I can say about Clomid is, fingers crossed it seemed to bring my erratic cycle back down to 28 days (Just hope that lasts)
I have just realised that if this new cycle also lasts for 28 days my next cycle will be due to start (or not) on my birthday!!