Clomid Question

moore1021

Hi girls I haven't been on in a while but I started taking clomid and at 50mg I did not O, I currently finished 100mg and I am waiting to see if this will make me O.

 My question is if 100mg doesn't work will they try another dose of 100 or will they move up to 150 or even 200? And where do they stop when they realize that clomid might not work for you?

 TIA.

Nikki1007

If 100 does not work they will either suggest 150 or injects. 100 did not do it for me so this cycle I am on 100mgs of clomid plus Follistim.

staycee

moore1021:

 

 My question is if 100mg doesn't work will they try another dose of 100 or will they move up to 150 or even 200? And where do they stop when they realize that clomid might not work for you?

 

I don't know your particular docs protocol.    These are questions for them.

Personally for me, my doc only tried one cycle of 100mg clomid for me and through monitoring noticed that even though it gave me 2 follies, it thinned my lining too much for any fertilized egg to try to implant in.   So, found out it didn't work for me.

please make sure your are having u/s's while on clomid

moore1021

Staycee- I was thinking that if 100mg doesn't work that I was going to ask him to do an u/s next time so it can give me a better idea of what is going on. When I asked him to do it previously he said he didn't like doing them because it puts too much pressure on the woman, he also said he would do it only if there was some problem that he noticed. Who knows, I have been looking for another doc but I feel confident in him even though he isn't doing monitoring by u/s.

 Do people have a better response with femara than clomid? I have been reading up on it and I heard it does. Has anyone had any experience taking clomid with no results and then taking femara and it did work for you?

 

staycee

moore1021:

Staycee- I was thinking that if 100mg doesn't work that I was going to ask him to do an u/s next time so it can give me a better idea of what is going on. When I asked him to do it previously he said he didn't like doing them because it puts too much pressure on the woman, he also said he would do it only if there was some problem that he noticed. Who knows, I have been looking for another doc but I feel confident in him even though he isn't doing monitoring by u/s.

 

 

I would run quickly away from this doctor.   No way I would trust a doc that thinks the proper protocol puts "pressure" on the woman (what does that even mean).

Please find a new doc fast.    What if you are like me, danse, sharra, and numerous others that have the thinned lining?   You'll never know and are just wasting time.    Plus there are other side-effects you won't know about without monitoring.  OHSS?   google it.

moore1021

Well when this cycle is done I should ask him to refer me to someone else. I got a referral to him so maybe he knows of other specialists in my area.

 I know you are in my area in CA, did you need a referral to your specialist you went to?

I think you are absolutely correct I should be looking into someone else. I just don't even know where to start again.

yogisunam

I am very curious wtf your doctor means by putting pressure on the woman. To me the u/s's are the best part, and I can see for myself what is going in my insides.

Ditto staycee, find a new doctor!

moore1021

I guess sometimes it just seems like you are in a losing battle I feel like finally when something is looking positive there is always something pushing you back. It took over a year to even get clomid and now it isn't even working I can't believe I will be going on 2 years of ttc this year.

 

staycee

I have Kaiser and Kaiser is pretty much it's own system.   We originally got our referal to the RE from my primary care doc after DH's SA was bad.

Look into Reproductive Endocrinologists that are covered by your plan.   Some insurance don't require a referral.

moore1021

I guess it was a lot easier than I thought. I have an appointment tomorrow with my primary so he can refer me to a reproductive endocrinologist, hopefully this will push me 2 steps forward to getting the treatment I really need.

 

Thank you.