Thank you guys so much! This has helped me to realize that maybe Femara is a better option. I'll do some research on it.
Dnikki, how'd your appointment go?
I tried it for one cycle and it gave me night sweats so bad that I didn't sleep for 2 weeks.....I never took it again and decided I'd rather sleep than speed up the process! :o)
I also read multiples are more common due to the fact that it makes you release more eggs each time, but i also read you can only be on it for about 8 cycles are it then increases your chances of ovarion cancer (just something i read so you may want to ask someone who knows more). It does seem to work pretty well though as i heard of many women on this forum using it and being successful. Good luck.
I took Clomid 50 mg, and got one mature egg each cycle, no pregnancies. As soon as I switched to 100mg I produced 3 mature follicles and got pregnant the first month on 100 mg. I really believe that the clomid producing more follicles made the difference for me.
I will say, I had a lot of side effects. Hot flashes, sore bb's, but worst of all, and dh would agree- mood sings. I would cry and then in a second be screaming. It made me get so angry. About 3 days after my last pill I would start to feel angry. Little things, like dropping a pencil would make me feel like I was going to erupt. I would get so angry I would shake and turn red, I put my poor DH through more than he should have to deal with. But, I swear that the 100 mg worked for me!
I did 4 cycles of Clomid with no success and it did make me really crazy feeling...I got pregnant obviously on my own about a year after those cycles, and Im not the first person that Ive heard of doing that....also I had that dye put in my tubes around the same time, maybe that cleared things out. It was pretty painful and they said maybe I was a little clogged up in my left tube
Joy: I also have high testosterone and did take clomid for 8 months. My RE put me on low dose decadron to take before bedtime to lower my testosterone levels but keep my progesterone levels. I wasn't real B****Y but I could tell when my mood was changing. I ususally dropped 2 eggs each month. I got my BFP in April but resulted in early m/c. I took Femara this month so we'll see how many follies (and their quality) I have on Monday!
Good luck to you, and if you have any questions, feel free to pm me anytime :)
Hugs :)
i used clomid to fall preg with 3 of my four children. fell preg, 1st round with my 8 yr old, 2nd round with my 2yr old and 4th round with my bub that im pregnant with now. no twins 4 me but i was bitchy and i did put on weight.
Well I was on clomid for 3 cycles and I just got my BFP on last tuesday! The doctors told me that it wasn't working because my progesterone was still low, but turns out they were wrong! I did have someside effects too, being very irritable was one of them, hot flashes, sore bbs, and bad o pains. but it was all worth it! As far as multiples,I go for my u/s in a couple weeks, we are hoping twins but its ok if not. Do you have problems ovulating? That was my problem, I have PCOS. Good luck!
I know rachie204 got pregnant with it her first or 2nd cycle I believe. I don't want to speak for her, but it seems like she wasn't on it for along at all when she got her BFP. I have also heard that multiples are more likely with it as well. I believe BrownEyedGurl got pregnant with Clomid and she is of course carrying twins, but I don't know if they run in her family or not.
i heard multiples are likely too because you drop more eggs on clomid. i would strongly suggest you pop into the fertility forum and ask this question, many of the ladies there are on it and are such sweet ladies. i also beleive they told me about femara, which is the same thing as clomid but less side effects, so less mega "B"ness you could say.