Hi
I hope I am not intruding but I would love to get some advice/information from you guys. I have just started my first round of Chlomid (serophene). I am taking 100mgs and I am on day 4. This is the first step in what I hope will be a short assisted conception journey!
I have posted about my "issues" elsewhere on these forum pages but basically, I am 39 (biological clock ticking loudly - I have an 8 year old but have been trying for another for a couple of years now), I have PCOS, Adenomyosis, endometriosis (My FS suspects but not confirmed), etc, etc
I am seeing Dr Kate Stern at Melbourne IVF and she has been really good so far! She wants me to do three cycles of chlomid, then go straight into IVF. It has kind of happened in a blur so it is a little overwhelming.
The chlomid isnt as bad as I thought. Slightly queasy a couple of times but nothing bad. Reading some of the posts on this site and it seems 100mg is a high dosage. Did anyone else start on this??
I was also thinking it would be better to try more than 3 cycles before moving onto IVF. Has anyone got any advice around this??
Hi n2l and welcome! You would be most welcome in this thread. Many of us have been here for sometime, and all can offer you support and advice about clomid.
I'm glad you said Kate Stern is good becasue I'm waiting for my first appointment with her!
Most people start on 50mg, but by my second cycle I was on 100mg and I have been ever since, so I wouldn't worry. The chances of Overstim. are much lower on clomid than other fertility meds.
If clomid is triggering a good response, your FS might give you an extra cycle or two, but hopefully you'll fall pg in the first rounds and it wont matter!
Best of luck,
Bec
I have typed up two other posts but messed up in posting them - baby brain big time!
Bec my progesterone levels starting from about 4 weeks were:
25/2 - 9
1/3 - 21
7/3 - 31
they were low levels but i think this was due to ivf.
Rhi, hope you get some good results from your blood tests and they can give you some answers to your m/c and there is a simple solution to get your bub. Im going to TRY and post now
Thanks Bec! Yes, I am finding Kate good. She is direct and no BS. Which I like. She is rushed (obviously very busy) but I was referred to her by my oncological gyno - Professor Michael Quinn (from the Women's) and he is an angel so anyone he recommends must be good!
PS the BIG question....where did you find an other half who is "perfect in every way"???!!!!
Hello n2l and welcome to our thread Hoping you fall pg on Clomid and you don't have to worry about doing IVF. Sounds like your FS is on the ball. I was on 50mg on CLomid & the progesterone levels were good on that level so I stayed there but unfortunately didn't fall pg.
Bec - In relation to your q re: prog levels, I have no idea but I think that Dr Kate might suggest taking/inserting progesterone to sustain a pg if it is of a concern. I remember asking my OBS/GYNO about that & he said it's sort of a catch 22 b/c your prog levels start falling as soon as you start m/c, so if they check your prog levels it may be a not so correct reading anyway - if that makes sense. Sometimes it is too darn confusing :S
Keli - Hi, hope you are well & thanks for your thoughts
I got a copy of the FS letter that he sent my GP & it says he will be testing for recurrent m/s, so that is good to know.
HI all, sorry for the quick one yesturday, had to get back to work otherwise in deep s***. My day didn't get any better and continued at when I got home at 6:30. Dh was on the phone and had been for some time and nothing had been done with dinner, so I had to make it (sorry prob not that bad, but not with the day I had). Any who, so had dinner watched TV for a bit and then went to bed. I don't know when DH came to bed, as I was asleep. He asked me before going to work this morning if I am feeling better and was going on (cranky arse b*****, I reckon he was thinking with the tone of voice he had). Yes I am feeling better was just having a bad day, hoping today is good, only a short shift today and it is fri, so always makes things seem better. Anyway, to get onto some persies after that little rant (sorry).
n2l welcoome to this wonderful thread, I can't tell you enough how much support and the great advice these ladies have to give. 100mg, isn't a high dose, I went up to 150mg before changing to what they call a Modified Cycle. DH and I only had 3 cycles of clomid as well, due to it not doing a damn thing to help me ovulate and our FS doesn't think it will, we decided to move forward to the next step. Hopefully the clomid will work for you and you won't have to worry about IVF. GL hun.
Keli, that is so cool, I just cant wait to be feeling that. With the ticker idea, I was going to do one of those, but my cycle isn't exactly easy to follow, due to having to have provera to bring on AF, so it is all over the place for one of those, so that's why I have my anniversary on mine.
Bec hopefully your new FS will be able to explain it all, if not I would just come out and ask her what the levels mean. No harm in asking I reckon, they are there for help and support and to answer our questions. Hopefully you o over the weekend and will be able to spend lots of time in bed
Rhi that is good news that they are going to test you, hopefully they will be able to find out why and then soon you will have a sticky baby. GL DTD over the weekend, lol.
Hello to everyone else that I have missed, but can only see what is from this page, sorry.
Nothing new to report here on my cycle, still waiting for AF to show herself and it better be soon. I am going out of my mind here just waiting for something to happen. I don't know what is going on with me, my moods have been like a yoyo going up then down, and I'm not on any medds at the moment hahaha, just can't wait for them to start and see how I go. I think DH might be spending lots of time downstairs in the garage working on the cars, when I am on the clomid and injections, lol.
Well hoping everyone has a great weekend , if I'm not on here during it and GL to those who are trying to catch that little egg. Baby dust to all.
Just quickly on the cycle suggestion. As my cycles are never the same length a ticker wouldn't work for me. But I have my FF chart in my sig and that is always up to date on where I am in my cycle.
Thanks for the lovely warm welcomes everyone! I really appreciate it.
I have a couple of questions hopefully someone can help with...
I have read clomid doesnt work well for women with PCOS...I have PCOS so it seems counterintuitive my FS has put me on it. Has it worked for others with PCOS on this forum??
I cant remember what my FS said at my appointment on Monday (d'oh!) but my last clomid day is today. I have an appointment for a scan on Wednesday. I am pretty sure this is to see if follicles are stimulated (correct me if I am wrong). If all is well re: follicles, do I have the injection (not sure exactly what it is) to induce ovulation there and then?? Or is that a few days after???
My "normal" (yeah, right!) cycle is about 45 days at the moment (it changes all the time). How long after the injection will I ovulate?
Apologies, my brain is custard and, apparently, I was not listening closely enough to my FS when she explained it to me.
Hi...Can anyone join this thread????
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