Clomid: Day 1

Yesterday was the first dose of this round of clomid. I even took some silly pictures to commemorate the moment. [See attached photos]

I took the pills in the evening with dinner. I've heard the side effects can be nausea, headache,

vomiting, depression, etc.. so I decided it would be best to take them in the evening to try to avoid those symptoms all day.

I am sureeeee glad I decided to take them at night! About an hour or so after taking the pills I started to feel nauseated. I hate that feeling, although I tend to get waves of feeling nauseated quite often so it's not THAT big a deal. (I sure hope I feel that way when/if I have morning

sickness when I'm pregnant. *Notice I said WHEN-- not IF-- I am pregnant. I am trying to stay positive*) I also got really sleepy, but at the same time I was to restless to go to bed. (Not to mention child #1 would not go to bed until 2:30 AM!!) The other symptom I experienced was depression.

Ugh.

Depression.

If there is one emotion I HATE feeling, it's depression! I wouldn't say I am a depressed person and need to prescribed "happy pills" (even though my Dr in Virginia DX me with depression (as an explanation for my weight loss) back in the beginning of 2008 and prescribed me Paxil, which my Dr's here in CA kept refilling, until my new Dr. said "no more!" after seeing we are TTC. Apparently Paxil is linked to lots of birth defects- thank you to my Dr's that knew I was TTC last year and kept prescribing it to me! :))

Anyhow- back to depression.

It's a horrible emotion. It takes over you and you don't feel like yourself. I hate it. I hate having an enormous urge to bawl my eyes out, yet I have no idea why! I hate hate hate it.

But that is how the clomid affected me. Nauseated, sleepy yet restless, and depressed. And guess what? That was only day ONE out of FIVE!

Clomid & Metformin = My drugs of "choice"

Accepting my fertility drugs like it's an award.