Irregular Cycle Sisters

[wanting2010]

Sorry AF arrived dandy, but it's a definite plus that you ovulated. Are you taking Clomid again?

My OB/GYN is referring me to a specialist. I spoke with the nurse this morning and she said I should hear from their referral department in a few days.

 

[dandybrush]

im waiting to hear bak from the gyn to see if i can start the clomid again...

 

[Carhar]

Fx for you wanting x

Dandy -I hope you're back on clomid as you ov'd with it x

I hate this waiting.... X

 

[wanting2010]

Well...I heard from the referral department AND the specialist this morning. They had a cancellation this afternoon and asked me if I wanted to come in. DH and I are both off work today so we are jumping at the chance! Getting ready to leave soon. Wish me luck!!

 

[Carhar]

Good luck! Yay, I hope it goes well. Let us know how you get on x

 

[Coco14]

Wanting, that's great! GL

 

[dandybrush]

yay wanting let us know how you go

well the gyn said not to go bak on the clomid she wants to see me again, i think we are gonna organise to see the natural fertility pple instead, im sick of this on off crap the gyn is doing, she prob is gonna say she wants me to do something else instead of the clomid im not ready to go to surgery yet

 

[Carhar]

Dandy, how many cycles of clomid have you had?

 

[dandybrush]

2

 

[Carhar]

That really doesn't make any sense! I've got 3 cycles of clomid then I'm going back in Sept to see my fs. I thought that was too few.

I'm not sure if I'm right but I thought it could take a couple of cycles for clomid to really kick in.

I'm sorry, I hope your fs sorts herself out x

 

[dandybrush]

mmm well im not making the appy she wants im going to make an appy with the natural fertility pple for in a few weekends time

 

[Carhar]

Is she for real? My reflexologist wouldn't treat me whilst I am on clomid as it unbalances your hormones to get you to ovulate.

It seems ludicrous to unbalance your hormones, then balance them to potentially unbalance them with a further clomid round. I def feel your frustration x

 

[dandybrush]

well hopefully i wont have to do clomid again im gonna go the natural way for a bit and hopefully get my bfp, then it might be that i have to do the laprascopy and iui next

 

[Carhar]

I hope it works out for you. I ov'd with soy and reflexology just before I started clomid x

 

[Carhar]

Oops, thought your fs wanted you to go to naturalpath then start Clomid again.

Note to self... Must read posts properly

Def wouldn't advise mixing clomid with it though x

 

[wanting2010]

Hey girls! Well I went to my appointment with the specialist today and it went really well! I really liked the doctor- he was super nice and super patient, explained everything thoroughly and made sure we understood what he was saying...gave us plenty of opportunity for questions, etc. The nurses were incredibly nice, too. It was a great experience!

He wants me to try Femara (letrozole) instead of Clomid because he said he has had better success with Femara and prefers it to Clomid. He said the side effects should be much less than what I experienced on Clomid. He's going to monitor my first cycle and then if I respond appropriately to it, he will give me 2 more months worth without monitoring. After that, if I'm still not pregnant, our next step is injectibles, but he told me that he really believes that Femara will work for me. He said it's a great sign that I did ovulate twice on Clomid and did get pregnant on it once, so it seems like my only issue is an ovulation issue. I don't have to have an HSG done and my hubby doesn't have to have a SA done because he said it appears that my tubes are open and DH's sperm are good since I got pregnant recently. He also gave me a coupon for the Femara.

So- I'm on Provera to bring on my period and then I will be taking Femara. I will have to double check on what the exact dose is when I pick up my prescription from the pharmacy, but if I'm remembering correctly it's 5 mg CD 3-7. He said that's the middle of the road dose, starting from 2.5 and going up to 7.5.

I'm feeling very encouraged and positive right now! I am so hopeful that this will work, but if I've learned anything from taking Clomid, it's that a "miracle drug" that works for everybody just doesn't exist. I'm not going to let myself get my hopes up TOO much because I am so familiar with being crushed when things don't go how I hoped. But, I'm definitely feeling like this could work and maybe, just maybe, I will be pregnant soon!

 

[Carhar]

There's some really good posts on here about femara. Gl wanting, I have my fx for you x

 

[Coco14]

Great news Wanting

Wishing you lots of luck dandy

 

[WhisperOfHope]

hi ladys i hope you are all ok going to read back in a sec, been feeling very down in the dumps lately found out my little cus is 13 weeks preg she wasnt even trying and was on the pill. but she did give me a major dose of pma last night telling me that her mum my aunt has EXACTLY the same problems i do the long drawn out cycles with sometimes no ov at all , she was put on clomid and 2 cycles later fell pregnant with crystal almost 21 years ago that was and i seem to take ater my aunt in everything, my weight, my eyesight, my joints(arthritis) and now my fertility

 

[Carhar]

I'm sorry you were feeling down, but hope you're feeling better about it now

I see it's not long til you're back in MK. I hope you bring some sunshine with you x