Femara Friends!

[MrsCompass]

Cridge/MK .. what is CF?

AFM - I went in for monitoring this morning and I have 1 follicle on each ovary measuring 0.9. About an hour ago, my Nurse called and my she said that my Doctor wants me to take another 5 (2.5mg) of Femara to get more follicles going. I'm liking the aggressive approach that my Doctor is taking. I think she's trying to go for superovulation with Femara lol!

 

[MKHewson]

Cridge/MK .. what is CF?

AFM - I went in for monitoring this morning and I have 1 follicle on each ovary measuring 0.9. About an hour ago, my Nurse called and my she said that my Doctor wants me to take another 5 (2.5mg) of Femara to get more follicles going. I'm liking the aggressive approach that my Doctor is taking. I think she's trying to go for superovulation with Femara lol!

I interrupting CF as CM...or well one in the same LMAO.

 

[sugarpuff]

yay for more BFPs !!! big congrats


CD's as of Jan 23, 2012
Beaniekins ....................... ? (waiting)
Butterflysr........................42
Charisse28 ........................16
Chiles .............................22
Chook ............................ BFP January 2012
Cooch..............................36
Courtneycvt12...................26
Cridge ..............................32
Iwantmyturn.......................22
Jam...................................BFP January 2012
JChic.................................20
LolaM ...............................17
MK .................................. BFP January 2012
Mommyagain .................... 4
Mrscompass ...................... 8
MrsStinski...........................6
s08 .................................4
SDState............................39
Shareena ......................... 33
Sibling Wishes .................... 16
Sugarpuff ...........................14
Tiffany231..........................44???
Zadeebug............................?

i accidentally seemed to had missed a few days

 

[MrsCompass]

Are you ovulating soon, sugarpuff?

 

[sugarpuff]

Are you ovulating soon, sugarpuff?

yeah i ov'd yesterday - it was massively painful and i woke up absolutely roasting in the night so i am definite that it was yesterday. i wonder how long i'll manage to hold out till i break out the tests, i'm a chronic poas'er

 

[zadeebug]

yay for more BFPs !!! big congrats


CD's as of Jan 23, 2012
Beaniekins ....................... ? (waiting)
Butterflysr........................42
Charisse28 ........................16
Chiles .............................22
Chook ............................ BFP January 2012
Cooch..............................36
Courtneycvt12...................26
Cridge ..............................32
Iwantmyturn.......................22
Jam...................................BFP January 2012
JChic.................................20
LolaM ...............................17
MK .................................. BFP January 2012
Mommyagain .................... 4
Mrscompass ...................... 8
MrsStinski...........................6
s08 .................................4
SDState............................39
Shareena ......................... 33
Sibling Wishes .................... 16
Sugarpuff ...........................14
Tiffany231..........................44???
Zadeebug............................?

i accidentally seemed to had missed a few days

I am cycle day 2

 

[siblingwishes]

CD's as of Jan 23, 2012
Beaniekins ....................... ? (waiting)
Butterflysr........................42
Charisse28 ........................16
Chiles .............................22
Chook ............................ BFP January 2012
Cooch..............................36
Courtneycvt12...................26
Cridge ..............................32
Iwantmyturn.......................22
Jam...................................BFP January 2012
JChic.................................20
LolaM ...............................17
MK .................................. BFP January 2012
Mommyagain .................... 4
Mrscompass ...................... 8
MrsStinski...........................6
s08 .................................4
SDState............................39
Shareena ......................... 33
Sibling Wishes .................... 16
Sugarpuff ...........................14
Tiffany231..........................44???
Zadeebug............................2

 

[Cridge]

Cridge/MK .. what is CF?

Yes - Cervical Fluid. Most people call it CM - cervical mucous - but years ago I decided I don't like the sound of that, so I call it cervical fluid. When I'm typing my shortcuts, that's just what I say in my head and it comes out "cf". I hate to confuse people, but it's pretty automatic. Sorry!

So am I getting it right that you're taking 10 days of femara? I'm so glad your doc upped your dosage mid cycle - I think some docs are afraid of doing that and they just give up. So for your doc!

 

[Chook]

Congratulations mk! I'm so happy for you. Wishing you a fantastic 9 months xox

 

[s08]

Congrats MK! Its nice to see some bfp's here...gives us all hope!

 

[MKHewson]

Cridge/MK .. what is CF?

Yes - Cervical Fluid. Most people call it CM - cervical mucous - but years ago I decided I don't like the sound of that, so I call it cervical fluid. When I'm typing my shortcuts, that's just what I say in my head and it comes out "cf". I hate to confuse people, but it's pretty automatic. Sorry!

So am I getting it right that you're taking 10 days of femara? I'm so glad your doc upped your dosage mid cycle - I think some docs are afraid of doing that and they just give up. So for your doc!

I was on 7.5 mg day 4-8 with 1500mg of metformin, which I stop taking as of today woohoo LOL.

 

[LolaM]

So ladies...it was a














https://i44.tinypic.com/2u9ijgy.jpg


It was much darker in real life

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

[Mrs.Stinski]

YAY MK!!!!!!! Im so excited for you!!!!!!

 

[MrsCompass]

Cridge/MK .. what is CF?

Yes - Cervical Fluid. Most people call it CM - cervical mucous - but years ago I decided I don't like the sound of that, so I call it cervical fluid. When I'm typing my shortcuts, that's just what I say in my head and it comes out "cf". I hate to confuse people, but it's pretty automatic. Sorry!

So am I getting it right that you're taking 10 days of femara? I'm so glad your doc upped your dosage mid cycle - I think some docs are afraid of doing that and they just give up. So for your doc!

I have to laugh, Cridge ... I hate the work "mucous". LOL! Good call on the CF

Yes, I am now taking 10 day of femara. I LOVE my Doc. Everytime I see her, she makes me feel like I'm her only patient.

Cridge, do you think by taking 10 days of femara, it's going to make me grow more follicles and release more eggs OR make me ovulate sooner? Or both?

 

[zadeebug]

When is a good time of day to do opks?

 

[zadeebug]

Also how to I put a ticker on here. Obviously I did it wrong.

 

[s08]

I have yet another question. I had my baseline/antral follicle count ultrasound on Saturday (cd 2). The dr found 4 follies on the right and 10 on the left. She also found a cyst on my right ovary, which she suspected might be the reason I only had 4 this cycle. She wasn't worried and instructed me to begin the femara and bravelle (fsh) as planned, and said the cyst will probably just go away on its own. My first femara cycle I had 6 follies on each side on cd 3. How does this compare to others? Thoughts about the cyst? Thanks!

 

[Cridge]

mrscompass - this cycle I took 5 days of 10mg and on cd12 wasn't responding at all. So on cd12 and 13 I took more femara and ended up ovulating a week later.

Femara turns off your body's production of estrogen, which makes your brain go "hmmm.. need to produce more FSH". The FSH stimulates the follies, which produce the estrogen.

SO, in answer to your question... I guess depending on how much FSH it takes for your follies to mature, it could make you ovulate either sooner, produce more follies or just ovulate at all.

S08 - I would think fewer follies/cysts on CD2/3 is what you're looking for. At that point, I don't know that any would be good, but I have classic pcos ovaries so I always have a ton of little follies. Maybe by cd2 the follies are already starting to show up on u/s...???

 

[MrsCompass]

Thanks Cridge - thanks for explaining that. I'm embarrassed that I didn't even know that that's how femara worked. My Doc said, "this is going to make you ovulate." And I say, "GIMME NOW THEN!" .. LOL

S08: I was diagnosed with PCOS but luckily I haven't had a cyst. But in regards to the number of follies... on CD3, I was told I have 10+ on each side and I currently have 1 dominant on each side. But I'm always worried about producing soooo many follicles that won't even mature. I want to save them and don't want to run out of supply.

 

[LolaM]

I have yet another question. I had my baseline/antral follicle count ultrasound on Saturday (cd 2). The dr found 4 follies on the right and 10 on the left. She also found a cyst on my right ovary, which she suspected might be the reason I only had 4 this cycle. She wasn't worried and instructed me to begin the femara and bravelle (fsh) as planned, and said the cyst will probably just go away on its own. My first femara cycle I had 6 follies on each side on cd 3. How does this compare to others? Thoughts about the cyst? Thanks!

I had 3 on the left and 2 on the right, but because of what my dr calls my "difficult anatomy" (i have a didelphic uterus) he stopped looking, that was good enough for him!