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Everyone was right about monitoring and clomid!

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My OB put me on clomid 2 cycles ago to help my ovulation (50mg for 5 days).  But the only monitoring she said I needed was a day 21 progesterone to see if I ovulated.  This month the progesterone was 8.2, so she said I ovulated, but probably wasn't pregnant, so I should increase the dose to 100mg next month.  Still did not offer monitoring.  

Fortunately I wasn't happy with her lack of concern or involvement in treating me, and this morning we had our first appt with an RE.  Lo and behold, I have a HUGE cyst on my right ovary, definitely caused by the clomid.  If the cyst doesn't go away very soon, then I won't be able to go on Femara next month (as recommended by RE).  But if I hadn't gone to the RE, I would never have known about the cyst because it's not painful.  I would have possibly gone on a higher dose of clomid again and this could have been a really big problem for the cyst.

I always read about warnings to be monitored on the bump but I always pooh-poohed it because I was on a low dose of clomid and I didn't think it was necessary.  Now I am a true believer that no one should be on clomid without monitoring!  (Actually, I think everyone should think twice about clomid in general cause it sucked).

So if you are on clomid and aren't being monitored, you should INSIST on getting ultrasounds! 

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