PCOS Message Board - View Single Post - Anyone's taken Clomid in two bouts within same cycle?

bkb2008 · 04-02-2009, 12:40 PM

I thought I'd post this in case anyone else in the future was wondering....

I asked my RE at the last visit why she prescribed the 2nd bout of clomid. She mentioned that after the first bout, from the U/S and the bloodwork, it didn't seem like follicles were going anywhere, so she gave an additional little boost (triple the dose, but only for 3 days and not the usual 5 or 6). The more recent u/s and bloodwork seemed to show some response with this, coz the number of follicles above 10 increased and the larger ones increased in size (largest one was 24, which RE said was what she wanted).

For the endometrium, not sure if this affects others, but RE mentioned this was my first exposure, and given the long half-life of clomid, my endometrium wasn't affected and too thin. (0.8 or something like that... but not sure what the optimum range should be. She just said it was so-so).

Knighad: Hmm I read both sides of the coin for femara but I guess your RE would prefer to err on the side of caution and not give it just in case. Di you eventually make a decision on the drilling vs injectable? (Would there be fewer visits with the drilling? I figured it would be more since it was more invasive... but less trips to the clinic early in the morning would be so nice!)