Soy help PLEASE! Don't want cycle to be cancelled.

[TechGrl524]

Hi ladies. I'm on CD 13, and took 50mg of clomid this cycle. Today the Ultrasound only showed 8mm follies. I go back Wed to check again and if there's no growth, this cycle will be a loss. I have awesome 8.5 lining right now. I've read in the past about some ladies taking soy mid cycle to help, what do you think? I took soy before when I was first dx with PCOS and first month of Met and that was the only cycle I ovulated...but that was at the begining of the cycle. Just trying to figure out a way not to lose this cycle. TIA!

[Toots192]

Hi! I'm sorry I don't have any help for you TechGrl but I am also interested in learning more about soy if anyone knows more about it. I tried doing some internet searching but I can only read bad things about it. I came across a dietian's page who specializes in pcos and she even said she doesn't recommend it for people with fertility problems. But a ton of people on this forum take it so I has to do something right? What exactly does it do? Does the estrogen cause ovulation? I thought pcos'ers had too much estrogen? Why take more? I guess I'm just confused about it...

[Toots192]

Also, does soy milk have enough soy in it to be of benefit or do you have to take the pills? How many glasses of soy are equivalent to the pills?

[JaneenRice]

This is my first month trying Soy so I don't have any first hand advice. I dont' think you can get enough drinking milk though. I am taking 65mg Soy Isoflavones on CD 5-9. I bought the pill form at Rite Aid.

[DCBailey]

Soy could help you but maybe not as quick as you would like it too for this cycle.
It cant hurt and even if you O later its better than never. I think most cysters that do a soy/clomid combo will take maybe clomid for example CD 1-5 and then soy 6-10
something like that.
Good luck to you..hope your follies grow more so this cyle wont be cancelled!