Femara Friends!

[TLB1986]

So I went to my Doctor this morning and she said that she isn't familiar with Femara. She wants to do some research before she will prescribe it to me. Now I have to wait until next Wed. I hope she finds that it's a good option. On the up side I got a positive opk and we last night. So fingers crossed.

 

[~Brandy~]

So I went to my Doctor this morning and she said that she isn't familiar with Femara. She wants to do some research before she will prescribe it to me. Now I have to wait until next Wed. I hope she finds that it's a good option. On the up side I got a positive opk and we last night. So fingers crossed.

Wow what kind of doctors are you going to if they aren't familiar with it? Congrats on o!

 

[ZKinsey]

TLB1986....I have a friend whose doctor had never heard of Femara and would not prescribe it to her. She put her on Clomid, which she had terrible reactions to. Her Dr. sent her to a fertility specialist, and he immediately put her on Femara! Hopefully your doctor finds the info she needs to approve you! Femara is a miracle drug

 

[ZKinsey]

Just checking in on everyone. Glad to see some new BFP's and new adoption adventures taking place! Hope everyone is doing well

 

[TLB1986]

So I went to my Doctor this morning and she said that she isn't familiar with Femara. She wants to do some research before she will prescribe it to me. Now I have to wait until next Wed. I hope she finds that it's a good option. On the up side I got a positive opk and we last night. So fingers crossed.

Wow what kind of doctors are you going to if they aren't familiar with it? Congrats on o!

I had went to my Family Doctor. I tried to get in to see my OB but he is book for months. Fingers Crossed that she will give it to me.

 

[TLB1986]

TLB1986....I have a friend whose doctor had never heard of Femara and would not prescribe it to her. She put her on Clomid, which she had terrible reactions to. Her Dr. sent her to a fertility specialist, and he immediately put her on Femara! Hopefully your doctor finds the info she needs to approve you! Femara is a miracle drug

I hope she does too!! I don't want to do Clomid as I have Endo and I have read that it will make things much worst for me. She said that she usually will prescribe Metformin but I just googled it and the side effects are crazy. I guess I will just have to wait and see...

 

[LolaM]

hes doing great, he isnt sleeping well, but hopefully when he gets used to the place he will. Hes sleeping mostly through the night, just a wimper here and there but he puts himself right back to sleep. Hes eating rice cereal with us at dinner time. Im thinking about adding a morning cereal feeding for him but daycare would have to do that, so im not sure. Bought a new pool seat for him, tomorrow we will hangout pool side.

 

[LolaM]

TLB1986....I have a friend whose doctor had never heard of Femara and would not prescribe it to her. She put her on Clomid, which she had terrible reactions to. Her Dr. sent her to a fertility specialist, and he immediately put her on Femara! Hopefully your doctor finds the info she needs to approve you! Femara is a miracle drug

I hope she does too!! I don't want to do Clomid as I have Endo and I have read that it will make things much worst for me. She said that she usually will prescribe Metformin but I just googled it and the side effects are crazy. I guess I will just have to wait and see...

I took Femara and metformin together, the side effects of metformin are icky but i did loose 10 lbs and i have kept it off even after stopping the medicaition. It worked the way it was supposed to the first month I just didnt get preg. I didnt find metformin to be completely unbearable.

 

[~Brandy~]

I am trying not shake right now.... But there is a line without having to take the frer apart... It came up within 2 minutes of a 4.5 hour hold with nothing to drink!!

Not calling it a BFP until this darkens but I am so happy right now!!

I am 4DP5DT!

Now going to see if I can get a pic with it showing!!!

 

[J_Lynn]

TLB1986....I have a friend whose doctor had never heard of Femara and would not prescribe it to her. She put her on Clomid, which she had terrible reactions to. Her Dr. sent her to a fertility specialist, and he immediately put her on Femara! Hopefully your doctor finds the info she needs to approve you! Femara is a miracle drug

YES it is! I will forever swear by it now ... lol

 

[J_Lynn]

TLB1986....I have a friend whose doctor had never heard of Femara and would not prescribe it to her. She put her on Clomid, which she had terrible reactions to. Her Dr. sent her to a fertility specialist, and he immediately put her on Femara! Hopefully your doctor finds the info she needs to approve you! Femara is a miracle drug

I hope she does too!! I don't want to do Clomid as I have Endo and I have read that it will make things much worst for me. She said that she usually will prescribe Metformin but I just googled it and the side effects are crazy. I guess I will just have to wait and see...

Metformin isn't bad. The only side effect I had was the constant diarrhea I had for about a week and a half while my body was getting adjusted to it. It's not bad though, all those horror stories I read online about it made me a bit cautious about it too, but it's seriously not bad at all. It just takes your body a couple weeks to normalize after getting on it. Don't eat any greasy, or super sugary foods and your belly will be happy with you in the adjustment phase lol

 

[Prayerful]

TLB - Femara is not FDA approved as a fertility medication so most family docs don't know much about it. I do hope she agrees to prescribe it after she has done her research though! Femara is supposed to be great for those with endo.

Lola - That sounds like fun! Enjoy!!

Brandy - Congratulations! I knew it would only be a matter of time for you!

AFM - I finally made the decision to and actually did tell my mom's entire side of the family tonight (via our family website) about our struggles. I didn't say it in so many words but most will likely be able to assume that it was infertility I was eluding to. Even though I didn't come right out and say it, that was such a scary step for me to take. I just felt like the prayer support I would receive would far outweigh my desire not to share. I'm still second guessing myself but when it comes down to it I know it was the right decision.

 

[~Brandy~]

TLB - Femara is not FDA approved as a fertility medication so most family docs don't know much about it. I do hope she agrees to prescribe it after she has done her research though! Femara is supposed to be great for those with endo.

Lola - That sounds like fun! Enjoy!!

Brandy - Congratulations! I knew it would only be a matter of time for you!

AFM - I finally made the decision to and actually did tell my mom's entire side of the family tonight (via our family website) about our struggles. I didn't say it in so many words but most will likely be able to assume that it was infertility I was eluding to. Even though I didn't come right out and say it, that was such a scary step for me to take. I just felt like the prayer support I would receive would far outweigh my desire not to share. I'm still second guessing myself but when it comes down to it I know it was the right decision.

Aww thank you!


I am sure you made the right decision. You can use all the support you can get We all can.

 

[karenh]

Brandy: Congratz! I really hope this is it for you! Congratulations!

Prayerful: The prayers will be so worth it. Congratulations for having the courage to share.

AFM: We had our orientation interview this afternoon and it went well! Now to start on our paperwork and training. Will update my blog tomorrow.

 

[Prayerful]

Glad the orientation went well Karen! Looking forward to reading your blog tomorrow. How long do they predict the process will take?

 

[J_Lynn]

TLB - Femara is not FDA approved as a fertility medication so most family docs don't know much about it. I do hope she agrees to prescribe it after she has done her research though! Femara is supposed to be great for those with endo.

And PCOS They say for whatever reasons, clomid just doesn't help women with PCOS very often. Femara on the other hand, really works amazingly well. Everyone I know in real life who has PCOS tried clomid first with nothing - then within a few cycles of Femara ... BFP. It's so weird.

 

[J_Lynn]

Brandy - any updates?? POAS again?? Pics?? lol Post it!!!

 

[~Brandy~]

Brandy - any updates?? POAS again?? Pics?? lol Post it!!!

Yes its much darker this morning


I updated my testing thread

 

[karenh]

TLB - Femara is not FDA approved as a fertility medication so most family docs don't know much about it. I do hope she agrees to prescribe it after she has done her research though! Femara is supposed to be great for those with endo.

And PCOS They say for whatever reasons, clomid just doesn't help women with PCOS very often. Femara on the other hand, really works amazingly well. Everyone I know in real life who has PCOS tried clomid first with nothing - then within a few cycles of Femara ... BFP. It's so weird.

That was me if you replace the BFP with egg. I never ovulated on Clomid and I went up to 150. I ovulated the first month with femara. I had to go to my RE to get it though.

 

[Galen]

Karen- Fantastic! Onward and upward!!

prayerful- I think you prob made the right decision, even it feels uncertain yet. Props to you for having the courage...that is a big, personal, vulnerable feeling, scary step! I have been a bit more open about proceeding with IVF this time around- whereas last time I told virtually no one outside our parents. I'm not telling everyone I have a conversation with, or posting about it on social media or anything (does this count?!)...but it does seem to feel a bit lighter- the burden of it- since I'm not trying to keep it so tightly under wraps