Femara Friends!

[Prayerful]

Hi Sugarpi! I don't think we've heard from you in a while (unless I just missed your posts). Sorry to see you are still at it. I hope doc has good recommendations for you on Monday.

Hi PDubs. Good luck on Femara. Hopefully you will be one of lucky ones that get a BFP on the first round!

Karen, it is good to see things are moving forward with the adoption!

AFM - Things are not going well on the IVF front at all. Delay #1 was back in June when the clinic was closed for "routine maintenance." Then there was Delay #2 when E2 level was too high and I had to wait a week to start stims. Delay #3: E2 more than double what it should have been after 3 days of stims, so I had to stop stims and recheck in 2 more weeks. Now E2 level is still too high and my follies grew when they weren't supposed to. So this cycle is canceled. I have to wait for AF to arrive, then go back on BCPs and start all over again. So upset and disappointed!

On a positive note though, we got our first IVF donation! It was 1/3 our stated goal, which means it was actually about 1/4 of the total price for IVF. What a blessing!

 

[~Brandy~]

Hi Sugarpi! I don't think we've heard from you in a while (unless I just missed your posts). Sorry to see you are still at it. I hope doc has good recommendations for you on Monday.

Hi PDubs. Good luck on Femara. Hopefully you will be one of lucky ones that get a BFP on the first round!

Karen, it is good to see things are moving forward with the adoption!

AFM - Things are not going well on the IVF front at all. Delay #1 was back in June when the clinic was closed for "routine maintenance." Then there was Delay #2 when E2 level was too high and I had to wait a week to start stims. Delay #3: E2 more than double what it should have been after 3 days of stims, so I had to stop stims and recheck in 2 more weeks. Now E2 level is still too high and my follies grew when they weren't supposed to. So this cycle is canceled. I have to wait for AF to arrive, then go back on BCPs and start all over again. So upset and disappointed!

On a positive note though, we got our first IVF donation! It was 1/3 our stated goal, which means it was actually about 1/4 of the total price for IVF. What a blessing!

I am so sorry to hear that you're having so many issues But very happy to hear something did go right for you!

It will happen

 

[Galen]

Prayerful! Just read about your donation! That is incredible! Now it all starts to come together....

Hi all! Good luck to the new ladies!

Sugarpi- I hope your consult goes well. There are definitely options before IVF...what about a hybrid cycle, femara + injects? Maybe you just need to get 2 or 3 follies out there instead of 1? Have you done any of those yet? I don't recall...

Karen and Lola- hope all is well with your current and forthcoming little ones!!

I had my egg retrieval today. Got more eggs than I anticipated...here's hoping the rest of the cycle continues to go well...

 

[sugarpi24]

Prayerful! Just read about your donation! That is incredible! Now it all starts to come together....

Hi all! Good luck to the new ladies!

Sugarpi- I hope your consult goes well. There are definitely options before IVF...what about a hybrid cycle, femara + injects? Maybe you just need to get 2 or 3 follies out there instead of 1? Have you done any of those yet? I don't recall...

Karen and Lola- hope all is well with your current and forthcoming little ones!!

I had my egg retrieval today. Got more eggs than I anticipated...here's hoping the rest of the cycle continues to go well...

Good luck on your cycle!! Sounds good so far

Yes I have done injections and femera and I had several good eggs 2-3 at least but it got to expensive so we stopped. But femera makes me have at least 1 egg and hubbys sperm is all good...so I don't know why we would change anything. But we will see Monday what the doctor has to say.

 

[karenh]

Prayerful: I am so sorry you are having so many setbacks, that is so frustrating. I hope that everything gets on track and you get your little miracle. That is awesome about your first donation! I hope they keep coming!

Galen: Congrats on your retrieval! How many did you get? How many fertilized?

AFM: I am just waiting for my social worker to get back on vacation to review some paperwork and see if we can move on to our training and our home study. We are slowly making progress. Also, I am almost ready to order the puzzle! I have decided it will just me my family, because it was like pulling teeth to get DH family to participate, and I was tired of waiting. Now my dad and I are working on the layout and then it will be ordered! I can’t wait!

 

[PDubs10612]

So went to FS today and had my CD3 B/W and U/S...they told me I had no follicles...but I heard them measuring them during the U/S so I asked "none or none large enough to mature in time?" they said, not large enough...I distinctly heard them say 1.5, 5.3, 0 and 0...so I guess I had 4...and they see both ovaries, but both are very small...I am a wreck..will be spending the day researching "follicles" today...me and DH are going to talk tonight about possibly starting the adoption process sooner than January as no fertility process is going to help me if I can't even produce follicles...

 

[TLB1986]

So this Friday I will be starting my first round with Femara.

 

[karenh]

So went to FS today and had my CD3 B/W and U/S...they told me I had no follicles...but I heard them measuring them during the U/S so I asked "none or none large enough to mature in time?" they said, not large enough...I distinctly heard them say 1.5, 5.3, 0 and 0...so I guess I had 4...and they see both ovaries, but both are very small...I am a wreck..will be spending the day researching "follicles" today...me and DH are going to talk tonight about possibly starting the adoption process sooner than January as no fertility process is going to help me if I can't even produce follicles...

What did they say can be done about your follicles not being big enough? I haven't heard of this. Sorry. I am so sorry that this is so rough and you have to go through this. If you do go the adoption route, it is also rough, but a miracle. There is a group of us that are going through adoption, and some that have adopted since the thread was started. It is amazing to see families brought together. I hope one way or the other you and your DH will be able to have the family you desire.

 

[karenh]

So this Friday I will be starting my first round with Femara.

Yay! Good luck!

 

[PDubs10612]

The doctor was sick today so the nurse couldn't tell me too much about what I should be doing (or if I should even take the Femara this month) I am going to ask the nurse for a followup appt. with the FS when she calls this afternoon with my bloodwork numbers...as for adoption I sent an email this morning to start the process so will see how it goes...I am in Canada so I'm sure it's different than in USA but still not easy either...my sister started the process a few months ago so at least I have someone I can talk to...2 of my cousins also adopted 2 each so I have some resources

 

[ltrip84]

Hello everyone! I was just looking for some support since I'm getting ready to start my second month on Femara. Can anyone give me their success stories of taking Femara and list any side effects they have experienced?

My first month of 2.5 mg on Femara (along with 1700 mg of metformin and 45mg of actos), I ovulated! That is a huge success considering I only ovulated 1 of the 5 months I took Clomid. I believe I am having more intense S/E on Femara than clomid though. With clomid, I had hot flashes and once my dosage was increased, the hot flashes were more intense and I was irritable. With Femara, it seems I became majorly depressed and I had a few hot flashes with it too (not as bad). It seems the depression got better a few days after ovulation, but it was pretty bad. I cried almost every day. And I mean I SOBBED! lol. My poor OH.

Please let me know if Femara worked for you and any side effects you had. Also, if you have PCOS (I do). I need hope!! After a year and 1/2 of TTC, I don't know how others do it having to try for so long. It's so hard!

 

[ltrip84]

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[karenh]

The doctor was sick today so the nurse couldn't tell me too much about what I should be doing (or if I should even take the Femara this month) I am going to ask the nurse for a followup appt. with the FS when she calls this afternoon with my bloodwork numbers...as for adoption I sent an email this morning to start the process so will see how it goes...I am in Canada so I'm sure it's different than in USA but still not easy either...my sister started the process a few months ago so at least I have someone I can talk to...2 of my cousins also adopted 2 each so I have some resources

That is good that you will have so much support! Adoption is so different from country to country and here in the US from state to state. We have some wonderful ladies from england on the other forum and it is fun to see the differences and similarities.

 

[karenh]

Hello everyone! I was just looking for some support since I'm getting ready to start my second month on Femara. Can anyone give me their success stories of taking Femara and list any side effects they have experienced?

My first month of 2.5 mg on Femara (along with 1700 mg of metformin and 45mg of actos), I ovulated! That is a huge success considering I only ovulated 1 of the 5 months I took Clomid. I believe I am having more intense S/E on Femara than clomid though. With clomid, I had hot flashes and once my dosage was increased, the hot flashes were more intense and I was irritable. With Femara, it seems I became majorly depressed and I had a few hot flashes with it too (not as bad). It seems the depression got better a few days after ovulation, but it was pretty bad. I cried almost every day. And I mean I SOBBED! lol. My poor OH.

Please let me know if Femara worked for you and any side effects you had. Also, if you have PCOS (I do). I need hope!! After a year and 1/2 of TTC, I don't know how others do it having to try for so long. It's so hard!

Sorry, I don't have a success story, other than I have PCOS, never ovulated on Clomid, and did every month with Femara. I did get pregnant my 4th IUI with Femara but it was ectopic. I didn't get pregnant the next two IUIs and we have moved onto adoption. I didn't have nearly the side effecs with Femara as I did with Clomid. I did get a few hot flashes, but that was it. I am sorry Femara wasn't great to you. Hopefully this next cycle will be better.

 

[PDubs10612]

have a followup on CD12 to do more bloods and another u/s but good to start the femara today so hopefully we see some progression, or at least have a chance to discuss options without waiting another whole cycle

 

[PDubs10612]

karenh - visiting your blog now, and also love your michael buble quote

 

[karenh]

karenh - visiting your blog now, and also love your michael buble quote

Thank you! You are so sweet! Good luck with your journey. I hope you get some answers soon.

 

[MMW430]

Hello everyone! I was just looking for some support since I'm getting ready to start my second month on Femara. Can anyone give me their success stories of taking Femara and list any side effects they have experienced?

My first month of 2.5 mg on Femara (along with 1700 mg of metformin and 45mg of actos), I ovulated! That is a huge success considering I only ovulated 1 of the 5 months I took Clomid. I believe I am having more intense S/E on Femara than clomid though. With clomid, I had hot flashes and once my dosage was increased, the hot flashes were more intense and I was irritable. With Femara, it seems I became majorly depressed and I had a few hot flashes with it too (not as bad). It seems the depression got better a few days after ovulation, but it was pretty bad. I cried almost every day. And I mean I SOBBED! lol. My poor OH.

Please let me know if Femara worked for you and any side effects you had. Also, if you have PCOS (I do). I need hope!! After a year and 1/2 of TTC, I don't know how others do it having to try for so long. It's so hard!

Femara didn't work for me, either. Wish it had. I did ovulate every month. We ended up doing IVF. I remember having night sweats with Femara and being a little moody, but that might have been because I was so frustrated with TTC.

 

[karenh]

Hello everyone! I was just looking for some support since I'm getting ready to start my second month on Femara. Can anyone give me their success stories of taking Femara and list any side effects they have experienced?

My first month of 2.5 mg on Femara (along with 1700 mg of metformin and 45mg of actos), I ovulated! That is a huge success considering I only ovulated 1 of the 5 months I took Clomid. I believe I am having more intense S/E on Femara than clomid though. With clomid, I had hot flashes and once my dosage was increased, the hot flashes were more intense and I was irritable. With Femara, it seems I became majorly depressed and I had a few hot flashes with it too (not as bad). It seems the depression got better a few days after ovulation, but it was pretty bad. I cried almost every day. And I mean I SOBBED! lol. My poor OH.

Please let me know if Femara worked for you and any side effects you had. Also, if you have PCOS (I do). I need hope!! After a year and 1/2 of TTC, I don't know how others do it having to try for so long. It's so hard!

Femara didn't work for me, either. Wish it had. I did ovulate every month. We ended up doing IVF. I remember having night sweats with Femara and being a little moody, but that might have been because I was so frustrated with TTC.

How are you?!? Are you finding out if it is pink or blue this coming month?!?

 

[MMW430]

Hello everyone! I was just looking for some support since I'm getting ready to start my second month on Femara. Can anyone give me their success stories of taking Femara and list any side effects they have experienced?

My first month of 2.5 mg on Femara (along with 1700 mg of metformin and 45mg of actos), I ovulated! That is a huge success considering I only ovulated 1 of the 5 months I took Clomid. I believe I am having more intense S/E on Femara than clomid though. With clomid, I had hot flashes and once my dosage was increased, the hot flashes were more intense and I was irritable. With Femara, it seems I became majorly depressed and I had a few hot flashes with it too (not as bad). It seems the depression got better a few days after ovulation, but it was pretty bad. I cried almost every day. And I mean I SOBBED! lol. My poor OH.

Please let me know if Femara worked for you and any side effects you had. Also, if you have PCOS (I do). I need hope!! After a year and 1/2 of TTC, I don't know how others do it having to try for so long. It's so hard!

Femara didn't work for me, either. Wish it had. I did ovulate every month. We ended up doing IVF. I remember having night sweats with Femara and being a little moody, but that might have been because I was so frustrated with TTC.

How are you?!? Are you finding out if it is pink or blue this coming month?!?

Oh, I'm good! We find out on August 20th. I'm dying to know. My mom told me today when I was talking to her on the phone that she thinks I'm having a boy. When I asked why, she said because she thinks I'm carrying low (even though I'm not showing hugely) and that when she thinks about it, she thinks it's a boy. I really can't wait. It'll make all the heartburn, and round ligament pain worth it.