Success after IF

Clomid when already ovulating

Hi all,

I popped over from the trouble TTCing board to poll women who have gotten pregnant from clomid.

We've been diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I've aced all my tests and my husband has super sperm (a.k.a. REALLY good test results). We wanted to start with the least invasive option: clomid. I ovulate on my own every month, no problem, but the idea, as I'm sure you all know, is that this will make me pop out more eggs and up our chances. It didn't work the first month. We're going to try it for 2 more months and then move on to IUI. But I just read that clomid has really low pregnancy rates for women who are already ovulating. The pregnancy success stories I'm seeing are all from women who took it to get them to ovulate. So now I'm really depressed. Will someone please tell me they've heard of "already ovulating women" getting pregnant with clomid? Thanks

Re: Clomid when already ovulating

  • I did not have great success with clomid.  I do ovulate on my own and we were using it as a way to get one more egg each month to up our odds of conceiving.  I did six cycles of clomid and timed intercourse with no pregnancies.  Then, I

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  • I ovulate every month on my own as well, however I was put on Clomid to try to lengthen my luteal phase and also to produce an extra egg or two during ovulation.  Combined with IUI, we got pregnant.  Good luck to you.  
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  • Hi, I ovulate on my own and my Dh was diagnosed with low sperm count.  We took clomid to get pregnant.  The first month, I was on 50 mg, but I got 4 follicles as shown on a transvaginal ultrasound.  We did not want to risk having multiples,

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  • I O on my own and had success with Clomid+IUI.
    IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
    2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
    BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
    Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
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  • Thanks everyone! That gives me some hope. I was really running out.
  • I ovulated on my own once every other month, but there was no underlyhing reason found and they diagnosed me with unexplained infertility. After over a year of TTC, we tried clomid (without IUI) and it worked on the first try! Clomid's succes rate is actu
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