Femara and Ovidrel?

Re: Femara and Ovidrel?

• StacyLH24 member

  June 2014

  I found the side effects of Femara to be minimal. I had a headache and that was about it. With Femara it is reasonable to expect 2 follies, maybe 3. I never had more than 3. The Ovidrel gives me very sore boobs around 5 days after I use it. I didn't have success, but I used Femara before my surgery and wasn't going to have success no matter what I used. Good luck!

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• ATXmommas member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  I used Femara + Ovidrel, but actually conceived on cycles that we chose not to trigger. I only had one dominant follicle with Femara, but that's all it took for me to conceive twice.
  
  ETA: I didn't notice any symptoms with either, but I'm in the minority of individuals who didn't experience side effects with progesterone, so perhaps my body just isn't that sensitive.

  

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• gothammattox member

  June 2014

  Thanks all, sometimes knowing others have been there and done this helps a ton:)

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• shelly2314 member

  June 2014

  We used clomid and ovidrel for our first 2 tries...but the side effects from the clomid were ridiculous and my body went crazy making eggs

  For the last 2 cycles we used femara and ovidrel. The side effects were almost none (did have a few headaches but nothing serious). Nothing the first time but the second time we conceived our twin girls (not from the femara more than likely....there are more than 5 sets of twins currently in my family)

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