02-2-2010 - Update on Metformin

My mood while writing this blog: Feeling great!!

Hello Ladies,

I decided to write an update on my treatment with Metformin. It has been a week since I started my treatment and I have to say that I am feeling fantastic! I wanted to thank everyone for your tips and advice on all this, you guys have really been a God send! So heres my little update! Everyone warned me about the side effects and I have to say I was pretty worried about it. A couple days before starting the medication I had a pretty bad stomach bug (ie throwing up and diahrea) and I still wasn’t 100% when I started my treatment. I took my first dose at 8pm on Wednesday. Thursday morning I woke up super bloated and after Breakfast that day I just felt full for the rest of the day… like super super full! The bloating went down later on that day. That night was the boat party and while I did good eating bland non sugary foods at the party, DH and I came home around 1am and ate pizza and icecream! Aproximately 5 hours after going to bed I woke up and got a little sick. More like pooped my brains out! But then I went back to bed and the rest of this week I have been good as gold! I wake up a little bloated, maybe, but I am perfect… I havent had any problems at all! I mean, aside from that one night… Today I have upped my dose. I will from this day forth take one 750mg pill twice a day-8am and 8pm. Its 9am now and I have already taken my morning dose… So I guess in a couple days I will update again and lets hope that the no side effects things stays the same! I am currently 5DPO and had a nice hop in temperature, all the way up to 98.4! I don’t think I have ever gotten a reading that high unless I have been sick! So, while yesterday I was kinda feeling a little pessamistic today I am feeling so much better and more optomistic! I mean right now there is a bit of a triphasic pattern going on with my chart… lets just hope my next couple days stay up in the mid-high 98’s!

I was going to wait until Valentines day to test (if my luteal phase even lasted that long… I think that would be 17DPO!) so I am pretty sure that I will start testing from 10DPO on until either AF or I get a BFP… because I am weak and I am a POAS aholic! So I guess I am looking forward to 5 days from now! LOL I will be 10DPO and at CD28 at 10DPO… weird… I have never been able to test any earlier than CD35! I cant believe I ovulated at CD18, last cycle I didn’t O until CD24!!!! Anyway, wish me luck guys! I am also sending some good vibes to my cycle sisters and my bfp sisters! Love you guys!!!