Originally Posted by Lyris

Sorry, do you mean you 'held back' as in didn't have sex during the week she is supposed to ovulate? Because that's the opposite if what you should be doing. I may be misunderstanding though.

Are her periods regular? To give the best chance of conception, the woman's menstrual cycle should be between 28 and 35 days with day one being the first day of her period. If her cycles are very long or irregular she may not be ovulating at all. Although Clomid can kick start ovulation it also turns the cervical mucous acidic and hostile to sperm. There's a good book called Taking Charge of your Fertility that you can see here, http://www.tcoyf.com/. It shows how to identify fertile times in your cycle through watching for cervical mucous changes. Once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.

I had very long cycles before we conceived my first daughter, but no obvious reason for it, according to the doctors I saw. I started seeing an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist and brought my cycles from 80/120 days down to 35. My daughter was then conceived straight away.

Is your wife a healthy weight? To much body fat stops ovulation, as well as too little.

There's lots you can do. Start exploring other treatment options, such as acupuncture and naturopathy. And I agree with others, encourage her yo get a job and lay off the alcohol. That won't be doing her any good at all.
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