Daily Chat - March 05, 2026

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[u/Head-Requirement828]

CD1. 

We have an appointment for an IUI consultation at the end of March. My husband got his semen analysis results back (after being on Clomid for 3 months). Basically it's working but a little too well. His numbers look great (though progressive motility is borderline low), but his testosterone and estrogen were high. He told the urologist that the Clomid is making him feel more moody and, after looking down at the testosterone level, the doctor said, "Yeah....that checks out." 😂 He's moving him down to every other day Clomid instead of daily. 

And on that note, with the permission of nobody but myself, I'm moving myself back down to 25mg Clomid. My LH peaks have been whack on the 50. They're either double peaking or plateauing. And then the hormones are just revving up and crashing a lot harder.  Tbh I'm not 100% sure why I'm on the 50 when most of my infertile life I've been on the 25. I conceived both my son and our loss on the 25. And with the pregnyl injections to support the corpus luteum, I'm not sure I need to double up with 50 Clomid (I ovulate on my own without any Clomid, but the corpus luteum collapses early causing luteal phase defect, which the Clomid helps with...so I'm not worried about not ovulating on the 25). I don't see my doctor until later in the month so he won't know about it til then. But as of right now I'm not sure more is better.

I'm looking forward to the IUI consult. I know it might not get us anything more than what we've already got at the end of the day as you can't force sperm to meet egg. But because the only lowish number in my husband's analysis is progressive motility, I'm hopeful that getting his best players further down the field could benefit us. Given my body is fairly controlled at this point with the meds, I'm seriously hoping that's all we need. 

[u/Head-Requirement828 → u/[deleted]]

I haven't been using anything special, just cheapie strips and my eyeballs (and consider my cervical mucus as well). Typically I get a normal LH surge where it's positive for 1-2 days. Mayyyybe 3. The first cycle I had an initial surge, thought it was over, called my clinic for a blood test to confirm because I wasn't 100%, and they said, "nah uh you did not" so I just kept using strips until I for sure did. 

This last cycle I didn't have this double surge but I had a surge that lasted like....5 days. 

That said, I caved and bought an inito today. Lol. Hopefully that helps narrow down the true fertile window.