mom2binnyc

So I keep seeing twins everywhere! Today just walking the dog around our neighborhood, I saw two sets of twins, both wearing matching outfits. There was some discussion in our baby group about the pros and cons of Clomid (one pro/con being a 5% added chance of conceiving twins). When we first met with our doctor, he said that because I'm young and probably (hopefully!) won't have trouble getting pregnant, he said we should try three cycles unmedicated before resorting to Clomid. But everyone we know and everything we read say that without Clomid, it's really a shot in the dark and you might as well just throw $1000 out the window because it won't work. So when we talked to a nurse recently, she said we should totally do Clomid our first try if we want. Part of me wants to try one time "naturally" (without meds) just in case the fact that I'm a twin and the fact that our donor comes from a family full of twins + Clomid = too many babies. I KNOW that that isn't likely and that Clomid is not one of those drugs that causes those families with 7 or 8 multiples. But I'm still hesitating. So C and I will have to talk more with a doctor before we start our first cycle (which will be soon . . .)

C really has a thing about twins being good luck (like when she met me and I told her I was a twin she was like "oh, of course you are. then it's meant to be!" and every time she has gone on a far away vacation or gotten a new job, she sees twins beforehand. It'd odd). And she would love to have twins, if that's what happens. I would like twins too, but I'm just debating this Clomid thing around in my head. I think we'll probably end up using it, but maybe I'll wait it out until our second cycle (presuming the first cycle doesn't work). It's kind of a hard decision.