I tried clomid and I was a crazy girl on it and I had no good cervical mucous. I thought about trying letrazole and probably would have but I was so lucky to get pregnant before my first RE appointment. My ob's nurse said that letrazole tends to have less side effects than clomid but has the same action.
I am on metformin and when I take it twice a day, I have 32 day cycles and without it I have 45 day cycles.
When I got pregnant I was drinking soy milk on a regular basis and I was on saw palmetto, primarily to clear up my acne. I tried soy to ovulate and I am fairly certain that I ovulated with.
Honestly, I was getting to a point where I was willing to try anything.
Oh yeah, I found that months where I took soy for longer, a couple days at a high dose and then low doses through the rest of the cycle I had better cervical mucous.
Take care,
Carrie
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mc - July 07 mc - Feb 08
DD - Brianna, June 1, 2009
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Here is my story. Do lots of research. Try new things. Change doctors if needed. Advocate for yourself. For many of us cysters getting pregnant is a longer process. Have faith and patience.
1/07 off BC—no O
8/07 PCOS diagnosis, non-IR, thin cyster, 5'0, 130 lbs
9/07 Clomid, 50 mg—no O
10/07 Clomid, 100 mg—no O
11/07 Clomid, 100mg—no O
12/07 referred from OB to RE—more tests & labs—all in the normal ranges
4/08 Follistim, 75-150iu—overstim Canceled cycle
5/08 Follistim, 50-100iu, IUI, 2 follies, HCG trigger shot—BFN
6/08 Took a break—totally burnt out! RE pushing IVF…not ready to go there yet.
6/08 Went Natural. Diet & Exercise, Metformin, 1500 mg & Supplements---Chromium, Calcium, B-complex, Vitamin D & Cinnamon
Started Adoption process.
8/08 Totally surprised……. BFP!
11/08 At 20 weeks pg. now! Everything going well.
For me, just one round of clomid 100mg and I got pg with my twins. I thought it would be just as easy the second time around. Unfortunately, not so. I tried clomid 50mg for 4 rounds and finally got pg on the 4th. I miscarried at about 6 weeks. It's been almost two years since then and I've tried clomid, femara and now clomid plus injectables. I'm o'ing just not getting pregnant. I wonder if something is wrong with my tubes even though my HSG came back normal. Anyway, I'm just rambling now. But for me, clomid got me pg twice.
__________________ Me - 32, DH - 32 twin girls - 6 conceived on 100mg Clomid TTC #3 since 10/2005
1500mg Met starting July 2008
4 rounds Clomid, BFP 4th round, m/c 01/2007
4 more rounds Clomid, O'd but all BFNs
5 rounds Femara, O'd but all BFNs
3 rounds Clomid/Follistim, timed BDing, all BFNs
Break from meds, miracle BFP 2/19/09, It's a girl!
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Thin Cyster using Femara here. Responded perfectly and quickly to it without any side effects. Even if its not a bfp, at least we know a good protocol to use next round.
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Me(31) DH (32) TTC #1 since Dec 07 au natural with long cycles BFP Sept 08, M/C Oct 08
Femara Dec 08- Feb 09 = BFN Femara/IUI #2 = BFP March 09!
I JUST got my BFP but I was using 100 mg clomid and accupuncture. This was my second round of clomid, the first round was 50mg and I didn't ovulate. This round on 100 mg my progesterone at the CD21 blood test was 17 (and that was 4 DPO based on my temp chart) so the nurse was happy about the "good strong" ovulation.
My only symptoms of PCOS are raised testosterone, NO periods/ovulation, and acne.
I think accupuncture helped. I started doing it on CD 2 this cycle on the advice of a friend whose sister had had success with it. I go see him every week, and will continue doing it. At the very least it helps with my stress and anxiety around the infertility process. My first time I didn't like it that much (hard to relax) but now when I go I fall into a deep meditative relaxed state and I love it.
__________________ Me: 29 DH: 38
Married 9/16/07, TTC since June '08, Dx with PCOS August '08
Clomid BFP 12/09/08!!!
EDD: Aug 22, 2009
Introducing... Langston James born July 7, 2009 due to HELLP at 33 weeks 3 days at 3lbs 3.5oz via c-section.
For me I do ovulate on my own- its just VERY infrequent. We got our first bfp with no meds or anything, fate was with us that one time I happened to ovulate when DH got home from his last deployment..
This time we've been trying for 6 months now, I have only Ovulated once in those 6months and last was last cycle. I had taken 150mg of Soy, we didnt get bfp from that one unfortunately..
I did the same this cycle- 150mg of soy again and I was supposed to have ovulated on the 12th.. Im still waiting.. i dont think it will happen..
I have an appt with my OB on the 6th of Jan. hopefully I can ask about getting onto Femara..
also my only symptoms are raised testosterone, acne, very rare ovulation
I am pretty skinny, 5'7 at 120lbs so I dont know what drug options are open for me but hopefully something will work..
I tried several rounds of Clomid at even the highest dosage and never ovulated consistently. When I switched RE's he suggested that we try Femara/Letrozole. The first round I took 2.5 mg and did not ovulate. The second time (and a 6 month break) I tried 5 mg and just got a BFP. I will recommend it to anyone! I had no side effects like I did with Clomid, my uterine lining was thicker (better for baby to make a home) and my cervical mucus was better. It's a miracle! I thought I would never get pregnant!
- Laura (27)
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Me (27)/DH (26)
Dx PCOS in 2003
married DH in 03/2006
2 fur babies - Winston & Ivy (kitties)
TTC #1 since 05/2007
Several round of Provera & Clomid (some with HcG injection) - O'd very sporadically
Switched to Letrozole/Femara
04/08 - Letrozole @ 2.5 mg - did not O
(Took some time off from TTC) 11/08 - Letrozole @ 5 mg - BFP!!!! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
For those of you TTC or who got your BFP 
