Possibly interesting for us overweight/PCOS/Clomid users.

[jessthemess]

Start by saying... I'm comforted by information haha and thats why I chose to do something random like this in my spare time.

So I looked at 200 charts on Fertility Friend of women who were overweight, have PCOS, and are using Clomid, which I am also all three. This is my first cycle of Clomid, actually. My Dr. said it didn't entirely matter when I take the Clomid. I wondered if this was really true.

Theoretically speaking if it doesn't matter what day you take your Clomid than success rates would be similar across the board, right? Even if more people took it one set of days than another, the percentage rate of success should be similar, maybe give or take a few points.

So, okay, I looked at 200 charts, and marked down what days they took Clomid and whether or not they got pregnant. (Things I do not know from the charts which could effect or control the info, the dosage of Clomid taken, and how long they had been using Clomid.) Remember I only looked at the charts of women with PCOS, who were using Clomid and are overweight.

CD1-5: 0% (0/5)
CD2-6: 18% (4/22)
CD3-7: 21% (16/76)
CD4-8: 42% (8/19)
CD5-9: 44% (33/75)
CD6-10: 33% (1/3)
Overall: 31% (62/200)

Kind of interesting. About the same amount of woman took Clomid CD2-6 as CD4-8, but twice as many successfully achieved pregnancy on CD4-8.

Same as with CD3-7 and CD5-9, same amount of people, but just about twice as many successful pregnancies.

Another thing I noticed regarding miscarriage rates. I should have kept better track of the exact number but I believe it was 7 of the 62 pregnancies ended in miscarriage. Of those seven only one woman started Clomid on CD5-9, the other six women started their doses on CD2 or CD3. None on CD4.

Obviously this is just for the sake of something interesting for people like me who like information and not scientific or anything more than crunching numbers for theories sake. But I found it interesting, and it may sway me to take my first dose of Clomid CD5-9.

 

[Myshelsong]

I love this information!!!
Thank you for taking the time and looking into this. I was also wondering this exact thing the other day as I am sure I will be put on Clomid soon.

I am sure it stands to say the same would go with Soy and if I dont get BFP this month will try the 4 - 8 or 5-9.

 

[xxshellsxx]

Thanks for posting that!! I too am comforted by information It's a control thing lol

I will be starting clomid after my lap and dye and have been using Soy for 3 months CD3-7 with no success! Will be interesting to see what days i'm told to take my clomid when i finally get to it!

 

[Tulips19]

Thank you for researching this! This information is soo interesting. I am on my first cycle of clomid after ovarian drilling/myomectomy/losing 33 lbs. I also have PCOS. I took mine cd5-9 so this makes me really hopeful!

 

[Ss83]

Altho I'm not overweight so not in the same group, just wanted to say be careful with this....stick with what your doctor prescribes.
My clinic always advises cd2-6 and they treat tens of thousands of women and their data along with national data is what they use as guidance. Be wary of doing your own surveys! Whether its cd2-6 or cd5-9 there can't be a big difference in the end result or clomid manufacturers and healthcare providers would be strict in the days you have to take them.
Best of luck to you all for that bfp x

 

[jessthemess]

Just to be clear I wasn't suggesting people switch days . Only compiled info and shared it out of interest, which I do hope most people realized.

And also because my Dr. said it doesn't matter when I choose to take it as my cycles are controlled by Provera. She said some Dr.'s suggest specific days for many different reasons, example, to control the length of your cycle, or because they are following their clinic's standard prescription, or because they've researched and believe in the effectiveness of one prescription over another. She said for me, it was up to me, because she didn't believe medically there was one reason over another that a certain prescription should be followed. But that's just my Dr.'s opinion, and I too agree that everyone should stick to what their Dr.'s say. We can still share info though.

 

[Molae06]

Thanks for sharing, I bet that took some time to go through all of that! I have done similar in the past as well, just going crazy, trying to figure something out. When I first started taking Clomid the dr prescribed days 1-5, took that for 3 cycles unmonitored, no BFP, then the next cycle I switched to days 5-9 and ultrasound monitored/trigger shot, BAM! BFP. which ended in early m/c sadly. Since then I took Clomid days 5-9 no subsequent BFP's, recently, the past 3 cycles I was switched to Femara days 5-9, still no BFP. This last cycle I took it upon myself to take it days 3-7, which wasn't advised, just thought I would try something new, I still had a good sized follie, yet, still no BFP...what's wrong with me :: Thanks again for the info!