To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I was just wondering if anyone had success with taking soy and metformin in getting a BFP?
I did. I got pg on my second cycle of soy in June (m/c) and I have been on 1000mg of Met for over a year. Start out at low doses!! 80mg should be sufficient, then increase to 120mg if it doesn't work. I took too much and it delayed O to really, really late in my cycle.
Plenty of women on this site have had soy babies or BFPs. Melvin'sWifey recently gave birth to a soy baby. I'd say give it a go if you think it's right for you.
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Met 1000mg, vitex, Fish Oil
Clomid 100 mg- 3 rounds, 3 O, 3 BFN
Soy - 3 rounds, 3 O, 1 BFP - early loss
Oct - Jan: Taking a break from actively baby makin'
December 8- Official date for making my comeback into the world of ttc - doctor's appt to start Femara
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Soy isoflavones are taken like Clomid. From what I understand, taking it every day would prevent ovulation. I took it CD 3-7, but it can be done like Clomid (1-5, 3-7, 5-9)
What was cool is that it didn't dry up my CM like Clomid did.
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PCOS, bicornuate uterus, thin cyster
Met 1000mg, vitex, Fish Oil
Clomid 100 mg- 3 rounds, 3 O, 3 BFN
Soy - 3 rounds, 3 O, 1 BFP - early loss
Oct - Jan: Taking a break from actively baby makin'
December 8- Official date for making my comeback into the world of ttc - doctor's appt to start Femara
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I'm trying to decide whether or not to go the clomid or soy route. I go back to my doctor in a couple of weeks to start rolling. I am on Metformin 500mg 2x a day, so I want to make sure that I look at all of my options. Thanks so much for the info, and I look forward to any more that I get. Baby Dust to everyone To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Michelle - So sorry to hear about your m/c To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
And yes OP, I have a soy baby! A Met/Soy baby!
I was on 1500mg Met for a year in combo with clomid, injects, and soy at various different cycles. Then I upped my Met to 2000mg Met a day and on that second cycle of doing that I got my BFP, along with 160mg Soy cd1-5. I agree with Michelle, it doesn't dry you up like Clomid. I did get a couple of headaches but nothing major and certainly worth it.
I did some other soy cycles before, they were 120mg cd5-9 and I did ovulate but it was the bigger dose that I got my BFP with. I used the Soy Isoflavones (spring valley brand) from wal mart.
Good luck!
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I don't know if it's a real success yet but I'm excited and want to share-I *think* I have just ovulated on CD 23 with 120mg soy isoflavones on days 3-7. I didn't ovulate at all before metformin and since I started it, all my other cycles O'd on CD 35. This would be a huge improvement! Need my temps to stay up a few more days to know for sure though.
No harm in trying Soy...only side effects I had were a few hot flashes and maybe the teeniest bit of insomnia.
Good luck ladies!
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Me 28, thin cyster DH 33 Off BCP Oct 2008 Diagnosed after bloodwork and ultrasound in Aug 09 1500 mg Metformin Trying Soy Isoflavones...debating Clomid and IUI
That is about the cutest soy baby I've seen :-) Trying for one of my own.
I haven't had any side effects from the soy isoflavones. I take them CD 5-9. Adding soy to your diet daily can actually cause your O to be delayed or irregular though so stick with the isoflavones.
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Soy Isoflavones 80mg CD 5-9
Low Dose Asprin daily
Prenatal and DHA daily
Considering Calcium/D3 supplement and Myo-Inositol
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I am on cd 19 after taking soy...so far no o...or at least no positive opk...but my ovaries are pulling and tugging. For those of you that were successful, was your ovulation on time?
I did! I'm on 2500mg/ of met a day, and I took 80 mg of soy cd5-9 on the cycle I got this BFP. I think it just helped get a good size follicle going for me. I did have ovarian drilling back in June though.
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I am on cd 19 after taking soy...so far no o...or at least no positive opk...but my ovaries are pulling and tugging. For those of you that were successful, was your ovulation on time?
Ruby, the first month I did soy, I took 120 mg cd3-7 and ovulated on cd9...way early. The second cycle (bfp cycle), I ovulated cd 14-15.
But I've known several of the women on here did ovulated late-ish, especially if they took too much or too little.
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