Ovarian-Cyst.org

I took Clomid and had an ovarian cyst burst. I was really painful, but the pain went away in about a day. It just takes time for the fluid to absorb into the body. The pain scared my more than anything. Once my doctor told me what it was, then it wasn’t as big of a deal.

Has your dr done an ultrasound or anything to see if there is a reason (cyst or anything) that may be causing that pain? Some pain is normal, but very painful is not.

I didn’t have any pain while I was on clomid, I also didn’t get pregnant while I was taking it either. I ended up getting pregnant a month or two after.

Before trying pills and synthetic hormones, you should try diet changes and natural methods to conceive.

For PCOS which may be relavent too you?
"The reason why changing to a diet based on the principles of Nourishing Traditions is the first step in the therapy of PCOS is that your ovaries need the animal fats, and yes, even the cholesterol found in food in order to make estrogen and progesterone, the correct female hormones. Swollen ovaries is a condition analogous to goiter, when the thyroid swells in response to iodine deficiency. Goiters often also result in a hormonal imbalance leading to hypothyroidism. In the case of PCOS, the starvation of the ovaries causes them to become cystic, swollen and eventually unable to regulate the synthesis of their hormones.

The other main dietary trigger for this imbalance is that when the proper dietary fats are missing, they are inevitably replaced by excessive carbohydrate consumption. This results in excessive insulin production, weight gain, abdominal bloating, and eventually will itself cause hormonal shifts. The biochemistry of this process is well described in the book The Schwarzbein Principle which also suggests a diet based on the principles in Nourishing Traditions, along with a restriction to about 75 grams of carbohydrates per day. More good fats and fewer carbohydrate foods should help in restoring your hormones to their proper balance. "
http://www.westonaprice.org/askdoctor/pcos.html

About Clomid
"Clomiphene citrate, also known as Clomid, a common drug prescribed when a woman has difficulty conceiving, works by binding itself to estrogen receptors in the brain so that naturally occurring estrogen cannot be detected by the body. Clomid tricks the body into producing more and more Follicle Stimulating Hormone, causing more follicles (unripe eggs) to grow than normally would. In turn, more estrogen is produced by the follicles, and more eggs are matured. Typically, a woman taking this drug produces double or triple the amount of estrogen (and releases more eggs at ovulation) per cycle compared to pretreatment cycles. In Our Stolen Future, the pivotal work about how pesticides threaten animal and human ability to reproduce, Theo Colburn and her co-authors report that "numerous studies have linked estrogens, even those occurring in the body, to cancer, suggesting that the greater a woman’s lifetime exposure, the greater the risk."

According to a package insert (available from your pharmacist, by request) about Clomid from Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc., one of the drug’s manufacturers, "The majority of patients who are going to ovulate will do so after the first course of therapy. If ovulation does not occur after three courses of therapy, further treatment with clomiphene citrate tablets USP is not recommended. . . . If menses does not occur after an ovulatory response, the patient should be re-evaluated. Long-term cyclic therapy is not recommended beyond a total of about six cycles." Merrell Pharmaceuticals also recommends that the first dose of Clomid be 50 mg.[...]

Essentially, Clomid hyperstimulates one aspect of the reproductive system–which then requires the rest of the system (which was perhaps out of sync before the drug was administered) to grasp for health and wholeness in response to being overstimulated. "
"Rethinking Reproductive Health"
http://www.westonaprice.org/women/reprod-health.html

This is the diet for pregnant/nursing mum’s, it can give you some ideas of a ‘good’ fatty diet. Just smaller portions.
http://www.westonaprice.org/children/dietformothers.html

FDA drug info for Clomid.
http://www.drugs.com/pro/clomid.html

Do your research first, and use it after exhausting all options.
Diet Change, Night Lighting, Charting.

EDIT – Did you look at the sample diet? It needs to be high in ‘good’ fats and full of real vitamins, NOT synthetic.[prenatals are synthetic]