Vitamin C

Hi again. It's been almost five months since I wrote last, and guess what? Still not pregnant. To sum up the past few months of trying, it's been...well, trying. First it seemed that I wasn't ovulating (according to the ovulation predictor kits I was using--known as OPK's in the trade), and then that I was, but late in my cycle. The problem with ovulating late is that, first of all, it apparently means your eggs are potentially of lower quality once they make their way out. Second of all, if one gets fertilized, there is likely not time for it to implant in the wall of the uterus before your next period starts. I suspected that I was dealing with what is known as a luteal phase defect, the luteal phase being the time between ovulation and the start of your next period. This phase is supposed to be at least 10 days long for you to have a chance of implantation, but ideally more like 12+. Mine were coming in at around eight days. So, after consulting with a doctor when we were in New York at the beginning of March, we decided that I would start on Clomid, a fertility drug that often makes anovulatory (non-ovulating) women ovulate, and straightens things out for us late o-ers. I was worried about side effects, which can include nausea and depression--and reading online about other women's experiences did little to allay these concerns--but ended up experiencing very little in the side-effects department myself. So that's a plus, if nothing else...