provera, clomid & me

[foreverpoppy9]

I am 23yo and my husband and I got married in June of 2007.  However we will have dated for 8 years in April this year....yes high school sweethearts :)  My entire life I have had irregular periods.  When I was younger I had extremely heavy flows and painful cysts on my ovaries.  They put me on birth control when I was 15 or 16 to regulate my periods which helped emensly.  I didnt miss a day of school after being on the pill due to my horrific periods. I went off the pill this past october and we have been trying to conceive since then.  However I hadn't gotten my period until now since Christmas.  It makes it kind of difficult to get pregnant huh?! :(  So I went in to an OB dr. and he did some tests and he said my testosterone levels are slightly elevated and I might have PCOS.  Ok, now at least I have a reason why we can't get pregnant and there are no periods. So he prescribed Provera and clomid to help us out.  I took the pill for 10 days and on the 11th day i got my period which would be considered day 1 which was Saturday.  So i started my clomid on monday (day 3) and will take it through day 5 (friday).  My period started off kinda light but now it is in full force!  Last night which yesterday morning was the first day i took clomid I got severly dizzy and lightheaded in the evening.  I had to immediately sit down and couldn't open my eyes b/c everything was spinning.  IS THIS NORMAL? I went to bed and woke up for work and felt dizzy all over again.  I decided to stay home b/c I am an operating room nurse and it would be no good being dizzy and unable to function in a high stress environment like the OR.  Will I get this dizzyness every day i take the clomid?  

Also, I go in to get blood drawn on day 21 to see if I've ovulated.  Will that blood test also be able to tell if i'm pregnant at that point or is it too early?  I'm so anxious and excited for day 21 to come. What are the chances I will get pregnant the first time around?
My dr. gave me some tips to help the process and I've done them.  I take a prenatal vitamin and have been since october with folic acid. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I limit my caffeine and I"m "destressing" my life.  Any other thoughts.

I hope you can shed some light on our situation.

[alexpgreene]

hello there firstly i share pcos and have been through what you have the clomid and the injections etc, i have never had any trouble whilst on clomid it just didnt work for me i ovulated but nothing worked. i ended up having the cysts well some of removed through key hole surgary but 2 weeks after found out i was 6 weeks pregnant this was totally naturally no clomid at all.
I was told i would not have children without ivf in the end but proved them wrong and have 2 children both born the same day just 2 years appart.
i found i was so stressed by the whole thing and think this is why i didnt concieve sooner i would want everytime to be the time i fell pregnant and constantly thought am i pregnant.
I used to have no periods or 2 in a month and sometimes i bled every single day my specialist said you still ovulated regardless.

My advice is try not to worry stress is a major factor i believe. Relax and try to be natural and not think ' this time could be the time'
this goes for your partner too.

I wish you luck and wish good news your way soon.
:o)