Infertility, Secondary Support Group
"Secondary infertility" is difficulty conceiving after already having conceived and carried a normal pregnancy. Apart from various medical conditions (e.g. hormonal), this may come as a result of age and stress felt to provide a sibling for their first child.
We have been TTC for 18mo. now with no luck. We have done 4mo. of Clomid and all my tests have come back normal, my husband still needs to do his test:)Anyway my Dr. now wants us to try a few months of Femara(a breast cancer drug for postmenapausal women) Some studies have shown it to be more effective than Clomid for infertility, but it is not approved for infertility. Also some studies indicate that women who take it while already pregnant(for cancer) have higher risk of birth deffects, but women who take to get pregnant don't.
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but either way we are going to get him tested and then take a short break from all of the trying for a while. So I thought I'd ask for advice before we decide wether or not to try it.
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but either way we are going to get him tested and then take a short break from all of the trying for a while. So I thought I'd ask for advice before we decide wether or not to try it.
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I was on 50mg&100mg of Clomid. It did not work for me. I then was put on Femara 5mg and also follistim shots and it has worked for me. I got pregnant on the first month. Google it..I did. I actually googled "clomid vs. femara" and I found alot of wonderful information on femara that was very uplifting. My follies did grow as large as on the clomid..I would have 3-4 good size follies and nothing. Good luck I hope it helps
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