CLOMID

[Nurse Jess]

I JUST STARTED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME 3 DAYS AGO AND I HAD A TEMP YESTERDAY AM OF 97.8 AND TODAY IT WAS 98.1 .4 DEGREES HIGHER SHOULD I HAVE SEX TODAY OR IS IT TOO SOON? THIS IS DAY 8 OF MY CYCLE. IS IT JUST THE NEW HORMONES OR COULD MY BODY JUST HAVE RESPONDED QUICKLY? ALOS COULD IT BE THAT I MAY OVULATE MULTIPLE TIMES?THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE!!

[azjen]

I have been on clomid for some time and I have not always been consistent about checking temps (my doc seems to think it causes more stress than it's worth).  But I don't think that slight of a rise would indicate ovulation.  I would suggest using OPK's to check for ovulation as that will give you a better idea.  I was told by my reproductive endocrinologist that once you have a positive OPK, you should have sex within 24 hours and again within the next 24 hours.

[Angela75]

I actually took Clomid to help in ovulation. I didn't ovulate until days 25 where normally it is day 14 or so. If you have been recording your temperature since the beginning of the cyle and then you began taking Clomid on the 5th day after your cyle began then there is a possibility that you could ovuluate early. If you have been tracking your temp on a regular basis before you began Clomid you should know pretty much what your norm temp should be. If it is rising then you definitely could be ovulating. I conceived on my first attempt using Clomid. We lost our first child when she was 4 1/2 months (January 2, 2003). I really wanted to have another baby. My system was very screwed up and the doctor gave me provera and the said to take Clomid on the 5th day of my cyle. We are pregnant with TWINS. Don't let that scare you. It runs in my family, but I feel the Clomid help me to ovulate when I had not ovulated in 2 months. Good luck!!!!!!