[Ricochet]

I'm wondering how much stress from work plays a roll on not getting pregnant? My job has me soooo stressed. My husband says I should take a stress leave. I'm just scared my job might not be here when I come back.

[Kris79]

Stress can play a major role as it can slow down ovulation or keep you from ovulating. Usually it's not the only factor in someone not getting pregnant, but it can factor in, especially if you already have something working against you fertility wise.

I'm sure it's hard to weigh your options since having a job and keeping it is very important, especially these days.

I have found I have to consciously remind myself to just relax. Sometimes relaxing music or exercise are things that I find have helped. You just have to find a way to decompress, but I know that can be hard. Good luck to you!

[Ricochet]

Well I took a few days off of work. I just need a few days away from that place. I really wish I could stop myself from getting strssed but I can't. After the week of taking colmid when should you get a home pregnancy test to see if you got pregnant?

[Dree]

My Dr. told me to expect a period on Day 28, and if it hasn't shown up by Day 32, do a test. All depends on your Dr ... and I haven't been able to follow that timeline to date myself, as I have bloodwork done on Day 21, which so far tells them I haven't even ovulated. So I haven't had to wait until Day 28-32.

[Sabene]

The timeline for conceiving and having enough hormones present to show positive on a HPT are something like this: take the clomid for days 4-7 of your cycle (or something like that depending on dose), wait for ovulation which generally happens around day 12 (unless you are given a shot to cause ovulation) and THEN have sex or IUI 24 and 36 hours after ovulation (with IUI, usually just one injection on either time frame depending on sperm quality). Then you must wait. Even if conception happens immediately (which it probably wont since the egg has to travel down the tubes, find a sperm, then travel down through cervix into uterus) it takes another 6-10 days for implantation to happen. After implantation, then it takes several more days for your body to create enough of the right hormones to be detected on a HPT. Generally, there are two weeks to wait after ovulation for all the magic to happen. If you take a HPT too early while on Clomid or other fertility drug, you are very likely to get a false positive on your test because these drugs are there to trick your body into making the right hormones to create and release an egg which are to be replaced by a continued supply if you conceive. If you don't conceive, the hormone level drops and you get BFN. If you are prego, the hormone levels sharply rise and you get a BFP.