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Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You?
Using Clomid Could Help You Conceive
By Gail Johnson
Roseff generally starts patients on 50 mg. per day for five days during a menstrual cycle. If a woman has her period, she takes one tablet per day for menstrual cycle days three through seven. If she doesn't get her period, then one is brought on (after a negative pregnancy test) in order to be able to start Clomid therapy.
Feldman's doctor determined she was not ovulating regularly so her doctor started her on 50 mg. of Clomid. "I also took ovulation tests along with taking Clomid," she says. "It really helped me feel more in control – or at least have an idea of if it was working or not."
"It's critically important to assure ovulation has occurred during the Clomid cycle," Roseff says. "I use sensitive ovulation predictor kits, blood progesterone levels and an endometrial biopsy to confirm appropriate ovulation and cycle adequacy." If ovulation has not occurred on the 50 mg. cycle, the dosage is often increased to 100 mg. per day (for five days) the following cycle. If ovulation has occurred, but if pregnancy is not achieved, the dosage that induced ovulation is maintained each cycle thereafter.
Dr. Roseff says the side effects associated with Clomid include multiple pregnancy, hostile cervical mucus, hot flashes, mood disturbances, headaches, visual disturbances, ovarian enlargement and hyperstimulation syndrome, and possibly increased risk of some types of ovarian cancer.
Gayle Halverson experienced several side effects during her first cycle of 50 mg. of Clomid. "Iwas slightly dizzy on days four and five," she says. "I also had hot flashes at night while I was sleeping. I woke up several times during the night overheated. I'm on my third cycle and the side effects have definitely improved."
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Re: Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You? by anonymous on 12/11/2008 10:51AM
I feel the frustration every month too. I am a diabetic so I have to have my blood glucose very tightly controlled. I totally understand about crying every month when my period comes as well. I have pcos. I was just diagnosed with it 3 months ago. I am only 28. I thought the same, "Throw out the birth control, and I'll get pregnant." Well that didn't happen, and with me and my husband trying and doing every thing right a year and one lost, and I'm more depressed than ever, so I hope soon I will get on Clomid and it will do the job. Baby dust to all here. Good luck......
Re: Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You? by anonymous on 12/03/2008 06:43AM
Hi.I am from India. I have PCOS, and may be due to that I don't ovulate. My periods have always been irregular. On showing the doc, he gave me medicines and asked me to take the follicular test. After 12 days of the test, today, the 13th day, there is just one 18.7 mm follicle in the left ovary. I started thinking I am infertile and to not have a baby would simply shatter me. After reading about Clomid, I do feel hopeful and optimistic. Hope we all come out of this and conceive. So happy conceiving, and keep trying!
Re: Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You? by HH on 12/02/2008 09:43AM
I share the frustration of everyone else and the feeling of, "Why they heck is it so easy for all of my friends?" I never imagined it would be difficult to get pregnant. We've been trying for a year with one miscarriage. It is such a roller coaster. Every month I cry and feel awful when I get my period. Then I feel hopeful during the month when we are doing all the right things at all the right times. Then my hopes are crushed when my period comes along again. It is very difficult to deal with feeling like you are doing everything right but not getting results. My husband is having his sperm tested this month, and then we are going to try Clomid and hope for a miracle. Good luck to everyone else.
Re: Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You? by anonymous on 11/29/2008 02:53AM
Seventh month on Clomid. First 6 months was at 100 mg. Ovulated but no pregnancy. Upped it this cycle to 200 mg. Also trying egg white and Preseed. Hopefully this is MY CYCLE. Lots of baby dust to all.
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Re: Clomid: Is this Fertility Drug Right for You? by anonymous on 12/18/2008 10:15PM
Just letting some of you know not to pin all your hopes on Clomid ... it may not be right for some of you. I have been through two cycles of Clomid and got pregnant both times but also miscarried both times. Clomid may help you conceive, but it doesn't guarantee the fertilized egg will implant in your uterus, which Clomid can adversely effect. Talk to your docters about Clomid potentially causing implantation problems. Good Luck to all of you, and in the end, it's all in God's hands. We just have to trust our dream of motherhood to Heaven.