about to try Clomed, Clomid?

[Shami]

I've seen it spelled both ways.
My history is this:
Just turned 42 years young! LOL
I have had 3 pregnancies in the past 4 years.
2 miscarriages and
1 beautiful almost 3 year old just fully weaned her a few weeks ago.


It's been almost exactly 1 year since my last miscarriage and we haven't conceived, yet. Cycle needed some straightening out with progesterone cream. That did the trick within one month of the cream. It was my Luteal phase that was too short. Now I am like clockwork.
I have always used the ovulation strip predictors and felt that was good and helpful. However, I have ovulation pain so I know every month when I ovulate.
Yesterday I went to see my gyno. and he did an ultrasound. I had three days of mild pain after my period and he said there is a small cyst still there from last months egg. It will prob. dissolve in a month. He also saw that my uterus was smooth, which is good. And the coolest thing is that he saw the next egg that is growing for this month. He said that it is exactly the size it should be in the cycle. Yay!

So, he said that Clomed can help you get better quality eggs and it would increase my chance of pregnancy by 6-8%.
Any one else take Clomed and what was your experience?

[dot1]

I just got a script for clomid also (see http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1271673
Haven't taken it yet...still waffling. The twins risk (10% of live births on clomid) makes me hesitate. Would love 2 babies but worry about the risk of complications. Then part of me says, "go for it".....every month is one less egg, and risk of miscarriage increases every year, whether using clomid or not...

I have a 3.5 yr old and weaned 3 months ago...had been TTC over a year and thought it might help. (she was more or less ready...)

I was also told my egg quality is probably poor (I have longish cycles 32-25 days, about one missed period per year and a luteal phase of only about 10 days based on OPK's). I was told that clomid would help that. I asked about progesterone and was told that it won't help me conceive by helping the corpus luteum produce more progesterone. Was told it's generally only recommended when there's a history of 2-3 miscarriages or more. However, like you, the clock is rapidly ticking and I don't want to waste time on miscarriages if progesterone would help!

I'm not really understanding how clomid would produce a better quality egg....versus just producing more and simply upping the odds of a good egg. Did you get an explanation of this?

[Shami]

Originally Posted by dot1

I just got a script for clomid also (see http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1271673
Haven't taken it yet...still waffling. The twins risk (10% of live births on clomid) makes me hesitate. Would love 2 babies but worry about the risk of complications. Then part of me says, "go for it".....every month is one less egg, and risk of miscarriage increases every year, whether using clomid or not...

I have a 3.5 yr old and weaned 3 months ago...had been TTC over a year and thought it might help. (she was more or less ready...)

I was also told my egg quality is probably poor (I have longish cycles 32-25 days, about one missed period per year and a luteal phase of only about 10 days based on OPK's). I was told that clomid would help that. I asked about progesterone and was told that it won't help me conceive by helping the corpus luteum produce more progesterone. Was told it's generally only recommended when there's a history of 2-3 miscarriages or more. However, like you, the clock is rapidly ticking and I don't want to waste time on miscarriages if progesterone would help!

I'm not really understanding how clomid would produce a better quality egg....versus just producing more and simply upping the odds of a good egg. Did you get an explanation of this?

Wow our situations are so similar. I had that same question about the quality. I thought Clomid was all about quantity and the thought of twins just...well...I don't want to even think about it.

Funny story. There is a new young doctor in my gyno's office. He tells me all about clomid and gives me some statics. At the end, I was trying to keep my almost three year old calm and the doc said, oh don't worry about it...I've got 2 three year olds at home. I said, "2 three year olds??" He said, "yep, that's because of Clomid!"
As I picked my jaw up off the floor, the doc said, "Oh don't worry, it's really not all that common to have twins on Clomid"

Uh, huh. Sure.

Let me know if you find out about the quality factor. The way he explained it is that as you age two things can go on in your body. Your signals, which come from your brain and hormones, to the ovaries don't work as well and your ovaries response to the signals isn't as good. So, it just takes a little longer to conceive.
He said 2% of people who come into the office re: fertility issues. Go home and get pregnant within the next month.
Then he said that a typical fertile couple with no issue has an 18-20% chance to get pregnant within the next month.
So, Clomid will bump you up about 6-8% chance to get pregnant the next month.
He's going to draw blood on the first day I take the Clomid and then draw again on the 21 day of my cycle to see how my ovaries are responding to the Clomid.
I'm going to go to the thread you posted, thanks!

[DaisyMae08]

I took Clomid for a couple of cycles while doing IUIs I always ended up with 6 - 7 follicles, but it thinned my lining way too much to support anything. Just be aware that one of the side effects of Clomid can be thinning of the lining so it might be good to think about Femara as an alternative. That said, a friend of mine used it once (with intercourse, not IUI) and now has 9 year old twins. Good luck!