FIRST CYCLE on Letrozole/Femara!

[MrsCompass]

Sorry, Tiffany. I thought you might be the first BFP on this thread.
But until AF arrives, it ain't over. Hoping for your miracle ...

 

[Tiffany231]

You are so sweet....Thank YOU!

 

[Kyoun009]

Hi KYoun!!! We have the exact same game plan. This cycle is my first one on letrozole, hcg shot and progesterone suppositories. I also took my 2.5 mg of letrozole daily on day 3 to 7. In the last 5 years my periods were regular but long and I didn't ovulate each cycle.

It's nice to know that we're not going through this alone. It's more common than we think. But on the other hand, it sucks that it's this common. I have 7 more days before I can test. Ill be cheering for your bfp!!!

Hey mrscompass, thanks for replying back! Have you had any side effects from the hcg trigger shot? Also what was your dose? I see a lot of people have doses up to 1000 mcg. Mine is ovidrel 250mcg. I am excited/ nervous for my ultrasound on Wednesday. I just hope I can trigger Saturday because I work Thursday and Friday night shift ( I am a nurse). I will def have to starting planning my schedule better. Haha, hope your having a quick 2ww!

 

[MrsCompass]

HCG Trigger shot just made me feel very very bloated. 4 days after the shot, my stomach was swollen! It was pretty scary. lol

No other symptoms from the trigger shot. They gave me 10,000UI (not sure what that means in comparison to yours).

Are you doing u/s in between to check the size of your follicles?

 

[siblingwishes]

Hi Ladies,

I am starting Femara tomorrow! 5 mg/day for CD 3-7. I have a scan booked for Dec 21st (CD 11). I will take the Ovidrel trigger (250 mcg), then we are going to BD like crazy! I was supposed to have IUI, but our bloodwrok was incomplete for DH, so we will have to wait for next cycle for IUI (if we need it). I also take Metformin (just started), DHEA 75 mg, CoQ10 600 mg, Folic Acid, 5 mg, Vit D, Vit E, Vit B6B12 and low dose aspirin

 

[siblingwishes]

Oh and I will have the progesterone gel after trigger as well

 

[MrsCompass]

Goodluck SiblingWishes!!! I surely hope you won't need to do the IUI. I'm hoping our miracle drug is Femara. LOL ... Keep us posted!

 

[Kyoun009]

As far as I know I will just have the one u/s to check how many and what size. Not sure if I will have to go back in if they are too small. I hope not! Have you had to do that before?

 

[MrsCompass]

I was at the clinic every other day, until I ovulated. It was a lot of visit ... not that I'm complaining or anything. Once I ovulated, I only had to go a week after and then a week after that is my pregnancy test which is this coming Sunday.

I ovulated on CD#19 ... I'm currently researching what I can do to make me ovulate sooner and increase ewcm.

Grow follies grow!!! You may find this weird but hubby and I were talking to the follies and one of my visits after the night we talked to the follies, the Nurse found a second mature follie in the left ovary. She was like, "Uhm, I'm not sure where this other one came from!" ... WEIRD I KNOW .. but true story. Hahaha ... talking to the follies worked. LMAO!

 

[siblingwishes]

Wow, well I hope I don't need that many visits to the RE as he is 5 hours away from where I live! I live near Pembroke, ON but on the Quebec side so I have to travel to Montreal for my appointments! Anyway, about to take my Femara - hope the SE aren't too bad!
Kyoun, when is your scan?

 

[MKHewson]

I was at the clinic every other day, until I ovulated. It was a lot of visit ... not that I'm complaining or anything. Once I ovulated, I only had to go a week after and then a week after that is my pregnancy test which is this coming Sunday.

I ovulated on CD#19 ... I'm currently researching what I can do to make me ovulate sooner and increase ewcm.

Grow follies grow!!! You may find this weird but hubby and I were talking to the follies and one of my visits after the night we talked to the follies, the Nurse found a second mature follie in the left ovary. She was like, "Uhm, I'm not sure where this other one came from!" ... WEIRD I KNOW .. but true story. Hahaha ... talking to the follies worked. LMAO!

I wonder if they up'd your dose would it change your cycle. I was on 7.5 previously, then once they added the metformin and my cycle changed from 18-22 days to day 13-15 lol. I havent been on Facebook yet to add you BTW.... I haven't forgotten lol

 

[MrsCompass]

Funny you say that, MK! I'm actually going to inquire about up'ing my dosage. It'd be nice to be "normal" with a 14th day ovulation. And when that happens ... I'll feel like a whole different woman! LMAO!

I tried looking for you on FB but couldn't find you.

 

[cooch]

Hi, I'm on 10mg of Femara all taken day 3 of cycle. It has made me ovulate earlier by a couple of days!! xx

 

[Kyoun009]

Mrscompass- never underestimate the power of positive thinking! I will be praying for you this week.
Sibling wishes- my u/s is tomorrow. Ahhhh, so nervous, but not sure why. Have you had one before? 5 hrs is so far away! Thankfully I have one in the area. Good luck this week!

 

[MrsCompass]

Thank you KYoun! Positive thinking, coupled with prayers is very powerful. I am keeping faith. I woke up with a sore throat today and apparently it could be a bfp symptom!! Can you believe that?! Lol!

 

[MrsCompass]

Wow, well I hope I don't need that many visits to the RE as he is 5 hours away from where I live! I live near Pembroke, ON but on the Quebec side so I have to travel to Montreal for my appointments! Anyway, about to take my Femara - hope the SE aren't too bad!
Kyoun, when is your scan?

Wow! That is quite the distance. But it's better than nothing. Montreal is such a beautiful city!

 

[siblingwishes]

Well day 2 on 5mg of Femara and so far so good, except that I have a head cold which is making me feel like crap, but I can deal with that.

 

[Kyoun009]

Hi everyone! Just gotnback from my scan. I had 8 follies on my right- 2 being 11mm and 7 follies on my left, the largest being 9mm. So I will go back for another scan sautrday morning (cd15) to see how they have grown. Are these kinda small? He mentioned increasing my dosage of femara to 5 mg next month. Does he already think I am out of luck this month? That stinks.

 

[MKHewson]

4 more days till testing...hmmm I think though I may wait it out until I am actually late. I dont want to waste money on pregger tests. LOL I am so cheap,

 

[Kyoun009]

Good luck mk, will be praying for ya!