I started my period on February 29, 2008. Today is my third day and I am starting my 1st round of Clomid. I'm not feeling too optimistic about it because the RE already told me that she has only had ONE 43 year old woman conceive while using Clomid. I just feel that I will be one of the 43 year old "Clomid failed" statistics.

I have been charting my BBT since November 2007. Usually my temps are elevevated after ovulation and tend to begin tapering down a couple of days before my period begins. This month, however, my temps have not tapered down at the onset of my period and in fact have risen a degree each day since yesterday. This is not a normal pattern for me.

I went to the dollar store and bought an HPT and did that this afternoon. I know it's rare, but some women do bleed in early pregnancy and I wanted to rule that out before taking my first Clomid. The test indicated a BFN, so I guess I'm good to go!

Tomorrow we are going to call the RE's office and see if Mike can come in to give a semen analysis. We have not BD'd for three days and hopefully, they will be able to fit him in. I'm hoping his vasectomy from over 2-1/2 years ago has not made scar tissue that is blocking the passage of the spermies. He has been on a few supplements for the last several months as well and I'm hoping that they have helped to improve his sperm count and motility since the last S/A we had done over a year ago.

Hoping for the best, but not getting my hopes up.