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Climbing the stairs to fertility

RoccoStarRoccoStar member
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Just had my first US after our first round of clomid at 50mg.

The bad news: my one follie was only at about 13mm i think thats the right unit of measurement

The good news: its on my right ovary which is the side with the "good" tube, and at least i had some response

The plan: four days of 100mg of Clomid combined with estrogen suppositories. of course i am going to be traveling next Sunday when they want me to come back in for a US, so that is pushed to Monday and i'll monitor with OPKs and dtd anyway just in case.

Would love to know if i should expect anything out of the ordinary with these little vag pills . .
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  • Durham1008Durham1008 member
    Not really sure why you need to take more Clomid. 13 mm isn't that far off from being mature. I've *never* been ready for trigger on my first follie check. They just have me come back in a few days...without taking more meds. I'm just a slow grower.
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    imageDurham1008:
    Not really sure why you need to take more Clomid. 13 mm isn't that far off from being mature. I've never been ready for trigger on my first follie check. They just have me come back in a few days...without taking more meds. I'm just a slow grower.


    Wow, i just figured it sounded like it was going to take a lot more clomid to get me to mature a follicle the RE said she wanted it to be at least 18mm. I'm also not sure how the estrogen will affect the follicle growth, but she said its mostly for the thin lining of my uterus.
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    I don't have any advice... Just wanted to say good luck! 

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  • katib77katib77 member
    Yes, the estrogen is for thinned lining (a side effect of clomid).  If it's the little blue pill I refer to those as "smurf cootch pill" because it causes your CM to be blue when you wipe.  As for stair stepping, I have not advice since I've never had to do that.  

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  • babydreams13babydreams13 member
    Just wanted to say good luck.  I took Clomid for 3 cycles but never took it for a second time in a cycle.  I had 3-4 follicles each cycle.  If this cycle doesn't work maybe your RE can start you off on a higher does of Clomid.  I never took the vag pills....but I do take progesterone suppositories which are messy.  Best of luck!
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  • RoccoStarRoccoStar member

    imagekatib77:
    Yes, the estrogen is for thinned lining (a side effect of clomid).  If it's the little blue pill I refer to those as "smurf cootch pill" because it causes your CM to be blue when you wipe.  As for stair stepping, I have not advice since I've never had to do that.  

    Why yes they are! And, why yes they do!  Definitely a new experience for me, thanks for the heads up - not used to seeing smurf blue anywhere down there. 

    Part of me feels excited about today's RE appt. I feel like although I may not be KU at least I can think about loving this follicle . . 

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  • kristi&pkristi&p member

    This is my first cycle stair stepping with clomid. I was on 100mg CD3-CD7, I had nothing that could be measured on either side. I started 150mg clomid CD10-CD14 I just went for my ultrasound, I had one follie that measured at 19.5mm no other measurements. Docotors were happy with the response to clomid with the stair stepping.

     

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  • jschwind22jschwind22 member

    I'm confused as to why you need more Clomid.  I'm not an expert, but I've typically only seen the stair step used when there are no measurable follies at the initial monitoring appointment.  A follie typically grows 1-2mm per day, so if you have a follie that is 13 mm it should be mature in 3-5 days.  What CD was your monitoring appointment on?

    Glad to hear that your response is on your good side.  I hope things work out ok.  Good luck! 

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  • RoccoStarRoccoStar member
    imagejschwind22:

    I'm confused as to why you need more Clomid.  I'm not an expert, but I've typically only seen the stair step used when there are no measurable follies at the initial monitoring appointment.  A follie typically grows 1-2mm per day, so if you have a follie that is 13 mm it should be mature in 3-5 days.  What CD was your monitoring appointment on?

    Glad to hear that your response is on your good side.  I hope things work out ok.  Good luck! 

    The monitoring appt was on CD13.  However, keeping track of my CDs is getting tricky because I think I am supposed to consider yesterday CD3 again due to restarting Clomid. I didn't know that about follies growing 1-2mm per day.  Maybe my follies don't grow without drugs because of PCOS and I'm usually annovulatory (except for this one miracle time after Provera).

    Basically, I don't know enough here yet so I really appreciate the feedback from all of you. Since it was the "vacation RE sub" yesterday who put me on Clomid part 2 I'm going to email my RE and just do a double check on the logic here. I actually have another question about something the vacation RE said but I'm going to make another thread.  

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