Blondie, in that case I'd certainly be pushing for a referral to an FS, or a gynecologist at least and start looking into clomid. For me, 6 months on metformin was enough to see that it clearly wasn't enough to restore any semblance of menstrual regularity. I also only had one go at clomid and decided that wasn't the answer either - severe anxiety problems as side effects that had me off work for a week and it didn't make me ovulate! You've certainly been much more patient than I was, but it does appear to be time to move on to something else now, sadly.
Kristie, I've heard of women ovulating within days of taking metformin for the first time, but in more severe cases of PCOS, longer is usually needed. It's good that you're not having trouble with side effects. What dose are you on at the moment, and what does your doctor want you to get to?
Hi everyone. DH, DS and I have all had colds and coughs the last few days - I'm exhausted and we can barely manage to force ourselves to BD at night... not very romantic I'm afraid!
Kazz, did you manage to find out anything about clomid being cumulative? I googled it but just came up with lots of stuff about side-effects being cumulative. Are you in the TWW now?
Hello everyone...
BW- i am gradually workin my way up to my dose of 1500mg over 3 weeks. Is this amount the usual dosage that ppl start on?
Also just a general question what are some sure signs that ovulation my be about to occur... Im new and not very knowledgeable about these kind of things.
1500mg seems to be a fairly standard dose for PCOS. It may freak out some pharmacists as the usual dose for type 2 diabetes is only 1000mg. I'm not sure why the difference, but I do know that my first specialist only put me on 1000mg, and I got nowhere until I changed specialists and he upped it to 1500mg, and then the weight came off. Just be careful - sometimes it's better to go two weeks at one dose before you increase. Your side effects will be the best indicator of how you're going, though. Don't push it if you're not feeling well.
The most obvious sign that ovulation is going to occur is egg-white cervical mucus. It looks exactly like raw, clear egg white. It's very stretchy. If you're on clomid it may reduce cervical mucus, so you may want to be using something like OPKs, but I honestly found them to be more stress than they were worth. You may want to check out fertility friend - lots of great information there.
I googled about the clomid thing and from what I've read I think that it stays in your system for a up to a month or more then gets excreted....., so I guess it doesn't really cause the next cycle dose picks up where the last one left off.
My DH and son have been really sick also, to the point where my DH couldn't meet the challenge when I O'd, very frustrating as I think the clomid is making me super horny...
I am in the TWW but sceptical of a BFP.
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