Did you get PG on metformin and/or clomid?

WickedChickk

Ive been taking metformin for 6 months and just started my first cycle of clomid today. Im really hoping these will work for me. please reply with any stories of success or even if you didnt get pg on these, please let me know what did the trick for you! Im starting to lose hope, so im in search for success stories to keep my hope ups!

KatieKim0815

Met helped me a lot!! I didn't do clomid. I found accupuncture really helped me too. 

WickedChickk

Met alone wasnt doing anything for me, so im hoping adding clomid will do the trick. I have heard good things about accupuncture.. but it makes me nervous lol does it hurt?

tobysnuggles

I was on progesterone to regulate my cycle for 4 months. I did acupuncture for 2 of those months which like pp said really helped. Then I took 50mg of clomid and was pg after that first cycle!

tobysnuggles

From someone who got her ears pierced at 18 and almost passed out I was terrified by the thought, but no acupuncture didn't hurt. By the End i was letting him put the needles in my face even! That wasn't for fertility though so no worries  

mandamartir

Got KU on Met - endo took me off BC to do PCOS testing and then put me on Met without warning me and a month and a half later I got pg. Endo originally told me it would take some serious intervention for me to get pg too so GL!!

libby_james1

After 2 miscarriages in the past 2 years, and problems conceiving both times, my doctor put me on Clomid and Metformin, and I'm now 15 weeks pregnant after only 2 cycles of Clomid and 3 months on Metformin! I know how frustrating it can be when you're having infertility issues...just hang in there and when it's meant to happen, it will! Wishing you all the best!

 

 

jennypasadena

The first time I got pregnant, it was on Clomid + HCG.  I lost that one at 9 weeks, unfortunately.  This time, I took Metformin + Clomid + HCG.  The first pregnancy happened on my 3rd Clomid cycle, and the 2nd happened on my 5th (after starting over again).  

We had been trying for over a year on our own with absolutely no success.  I think it was a combo of the meds and me losing a bunch of weight that led to getting pregnant. 

KatieKim0815

WickedChickk:

Met alone wasnt doing anything for me, so im hoping adding clomid will do the trick. I have heard good things about accupuncture.. but it makes me nervous lol does it hurt?

No. It really doesn't hurt. It is the most relaxing thing. I loved it. Do go to someone who knows about accu for fertility though! I did two rounds of Accu and it worked for me! 

amb5353

I was on metformin for over a year I think and stayed on it for the start of the pregnancy. Originally I was doing the clomid and met but my body didn't do what it should with the clomid. So I moved up to injections and IUI. We got pregnant with the first cycle of injections and IUI but it didn't stick. We m/c at 5wks. For us it took a while to get the right medications, the right combinations of medications and the right dose for the injections.

I tried accupuncture once and it wasn't to bad.

I started working out before becoming pregnant this time. I haven't been able to do it much now that I'm pregnant but I think that the eating better and weight loss helped along with the medications and such.

ngarden01

After TTC for 2 years - I finally was put on a round of Clomid. I got pregnant right away (which unfortunately ended in a miscarriage) I waited around for my period almost 3 months until the doctor  put me prescribed me another round of Provera (to make my period come) and Clomid. 3 days into the Provera, I got this funny feeling and took HPT. I guess we made a baby on our own!

MichelleL1118

DS was conceived on the 3rd monitored cycle of clomid, with a trigger shot to force ovulation.  

ateach

I was on Met for a year, and it didn't do much to help ovulation. I took Clomid for 2 cycles 50 mg the first and still ovulated very late and 100 mg the second and here I am!

AnonnAni

How long were u on the metformin? Its a cumlative drug in most cases an can take up to 6 months to affect fertility.  i was on it wen concieved my son and this child after having iui and ivf failed but being on only metformin worked for me both times. And on  a high dose merely 50mg of extwnded release a day. 

nealbl

I got pregnant on my second round of clomid. 

CatnipTrinket

If it hadn't been for Metformin, I don't think I'd be pregnant right now. I can't know for sure if it was the Metformin alone that did it, but I know it did a LOT to help!

I have PCOS. It went uncontrolled for my entire reproductive life. I finally found a doctor who understood what it was and how to treat it, so she put me on Metformin. I began losing weight I couldn't get off even with my best efforts without even trying. I lost about 35 pounds total, but then the weight loss stopped and I couldn't seem to get anything else off, Metformin or not...

The doctor had me on birth control for the first 6 months I was seeing her. She wanted me on it to keep my insides cleaned out, since I just couldn't have a period on my own. When I first went to see her, I had gone a year and a half without having had a period. I went off the pills, and my first cycle off the pills, I had a period on my own. I had a regular cycle of about 30-32 days every month thereafter, and my BBT charts showed I was ovulating. I was so happy!

But I never did seem to get pregnant for some reason...

We had my husband checked out, and his count was low, there was bad morphology, and bad motility. That was a really heavy blow to me. I was already dealing with so much with my own infertility problems, and then they tell me he has infertility issues too!!

We got him on some vitamins and supplements, though. I don't really know if it worked to make his numbers better. We never got him checked again after that first time.

I did use some extra little tools, though. I tend to credit the Pre-Seed lubricant with my pregnancy, because I never seemed to have eggwhite quality CM on my own. I also used the Instead Cups. 

Obviously the combination of Metformin, the Pre-Seed, and the Instead Cups worked. But, seriously, I don't believe it could have ever happened without the Metformin. That stuff is my miracle pill! 

sonaliagrawal

Clomid baby here! But no met. I had fairly regular (35-40 days) cycles, but clearly had some issues with my follicles releasing egg, and thats why the RE suggested clomid as the first medication to work with.

1st clomid cycle of 50mg - egg didnt release from follicle / dissolved / something like that 

2nd clomid cycle of 100mg - 1 egg, iui and we were pregnant!

Husband's sperm was all good with mobility and motility.

LexiSophie55

I was put on Metformin after going off b/c and no period for a few months.  A few months later, I o'd and was pregnant.  That ended in a m/c.  I then used clomid because my body was having a hard time getting back on track.  That also ended with me pregnant, but another m/c.  I then  O'd on my own (we were told to avoid) and then Clomid after that again....and that's my current cycle.  However, they don't believe clomid was in my system when I O'd this cycle....CD24.  SO - I think I did it on my own again.

Met helped a ton for me.  I wasn't overweight 5'4" 145 ish - but I did lose about 10-15 pounds and that's when I seemed to be at my best, ovulating wise. 

 Good luck!

vanessaran

I did 3 cycles of fertility treatments, all the same.

This included 5 days of 50 mg of clomid, a trigger shot (Ovirel? Ovidrel?), and an Intrauterine Insemination.  

The third round was the charm!

babydoll7387

I started off on metformin in October of last year, but didn't stay on it long due to horrible side effects. I started my first round of Clomid in November (50mg) and it didn't work so my Dr. immediately gave me the 100mg dose without my cycle being over, and I had a follicle and O'd but didn't get pregnant. Took another dose of Clomid 100mg in December and got 2 follicles and ended up getting my BFP on New Year's Day My husband and I had been TTC for 4 years prior to that, so I have no doubt that if it wasn't for Clomid we wouldn't be having out little boy in September. Good Luck!!!

AndBabyWouldMake5

Stick with it girly, they end result is totally worth it!

We did a total of 6 IUI cycles with Clomid for undiagnosed infertility, there was literally no medical reason why we weren't getting pg.  The clomid worked great for me, I was getting 4 to 8 follicles each time.  Within those cycles we took a summer off b/c I couldn't get to my monitoring appts.  We decided to go ahead with IVF and had a cycle off to get all the blood work and paper work done and were waiting to get my period and it never came.  Apparently this little girl decided it was her time to appear.

Depending on your diagnosis both of these medications can work miracles.

Doodles0212

I got PG my first round of clomid 50mg

WickedChickk

Thank you all for replying! Im really hoping ill have a success story soon! I think im going to give accupuncture a try! i found someone cclose to me that does it for fertility so im going to try that next week! im super nervous but excited at the same time! Ive been on metformin for 6 months now and by its self didnt help me ovulate at all.. I use answer brand opks Ive heard of lots of women who had been ttc longer than i have and had success with clomid so im pretty confident ill be pregoo by dh birthday in sep lol dh and i had a seriouss talk about the possibility of a multiple pregnancy and we're kind of liking the idea of twins lol So im thinking my next apt when we are going to talk to the doc about that and he is going to start montoring me as well.. Honestly tho i dont care how many babies i have lol i could be preg with quads and id be thrilled! dh would probably be pretty scared lol even tho he sayss he wouldnt be lol Im really hoping i get preg this cycle! Itd be such an amazing surprise to go to the doc for my blood work and ultra sound nd for them to be like cycle 1 waas a success! lol i cant wait to finally experience the feeling of being a mommy and to make dh a daddy )

hmontty

I've been on met for about 10 years. I did not start it for pregnancy but only for PCOS. However, that being said, even with my PCOS, it has given me regular periods, and I get pregnant at the drop of a hat.

 

hmontty

WickedChickk:

Met alone wasnt doing anything for me, so im hoping adding clomid will do the trick. I have heard good things about accupuncture.. but it makes me nervous lol does it hurt?

Not at all. I did it to try to get DD to drop when I was about 39 weeks pregnant with her (trying to avoid a C-section). I went to several sessions. It was not at all uncomfortable.

hmontty

CatnipTrinket:

If it hadn't been for Metformin, I don't think I'd be pregnant right now. I can't know for sure if it was the Metformin alone that did it, but I know it did a LOT to help!

I have PCOS. It went uncontrolled for my entire reproductive life. I finally found a doctor who understood what it was and how to treat it, so she put me on Metformin. I began losing weight I couldn't get off even with my best efforts without even trying. I lost about 35 pounds total, but then the weight loss stopped and I couldn't seem to get anything else off, Metformin or not...

The doctor had me on birth control for the first 6 months I was seeing her. She wanted me on it to keep my insides cleaned out, since I just couldn't have a period on my own. When I first went to see her, I had gone a year and a half without having had a period. I went off the pills, and my first cycle off the pills, I had a period on my own. I had a regular cycle of about 30-32 days every month thereafter, and my BBT charts showed I was ovulating. I was so happy!

But I never did seem to get pregnant for some reason...

We had my husband checked out, and his count was low, there was bad morphology, and bad motility. That was a really heavy blow to me. I was already dealing with so much with my own infertility problems, and then they tell me he has infertility issues too!!

We got him on some vitamins and supplements, though. I don't really know if it worked to make his numbers better. We never got him checked again after that first time.

I did use some extra little tools, though. I tend to credit the Pre-Seed lubricant with my pregnancy, because I never seemed to have eggwhite quality CM on my own. I also used the Instead Cups. 

Obviously the combination of Metformin, the Pre-Seed, and the Instead Cups worked. But, seriously, I don't believe it could have ever happened without the Metformin. That stuff is my miracle pill! 

Up until talking about your husband, this was me exactly. However, it turns out I had a separate issues of low progesterone production, so I needed prog. to conceive in the end. But with both met. and prog., I conceive extremely easily, as it turns out...

beccabride2be

got pregnant on first cycle of 50mg of clomid!!