Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Support Group
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My gynecologist had me on Clomid for a year, I was on 100mg & that dose got my periods to come back on there own. But I wasn't getting pregnant on it, so my gynecologist wanted to switch me to the Femara fertility drug. She went ahead & put me on the second higher dose 2.5mg of Femara I think because I was responding to the 100mg of Clomid. And she wanted to start me out with a little higher dosage of Femara I'm thinking so that I would be more likely to respond to it & be able to get pregnant on it sooner. She also has me on 500mg of Metformin, so I'm really hoping & praying that with switching from Clomid to Femara, that it'll make a bigger difference & I'll be getting pregnant on it. So what I want to know from you ladies, have any of you switched from Clomid to Femara & did you notice a difference between the two fertility drugs? Did Femara actually work better for you & allow you to get pregnant, compared to Clomid? My doctor agree's that Femara can be as affective & get you pregnant like Clomid does. I do have PCOS so of course I have to be on fertility drugs. So what are your stories & did it work better to switch from Clomid to Femara for you? I wish all of you good luck & I hope it all works out for you.
melissaw27
I just wanted to wish you good luck. This is my first month on Femara, I was on Clomid 2 years ago for several months up to 200mg a day. I will tell you Femara is much nicer, I didn't have the crazy side effects (aside from some dizziness). My hubby and I are doing our first IUI with Femara and a trigger shot. I go in tomorrow for day 12 u/s to see how my follies are doing. One thing I will say is to make sure your dr is doing ultrasounds during your cycles. My ob was not while I was on clomid and I felt like I wasted my time and money. My RE is much more thorough. I'll let you know how I respond to the Femara after my u/s tomorrow. I have heard of several success stories with femara, including a college friend that now has twins!
deleted_user
I just picked up my rx for Femara yesterday after trying several failed attempts with Clomid. I am also taking injections of Bravelle. I go wednesday to have my follicle study so am praying for good results! My dr told me that women with PCOS respond a lot slower to Clomid so he is hopeful that high doses of Femara and Bravelle will do the truck. Good luck to you!! I hope you respond better to Femara!
deleted_user
I am surprised you were on Clomid for so long. My RE told me generally after 6 months if it hasn't worked it's time to move on. I did switch to Femara at some point while ttc, but I also used it in conjunction with injectibles. I did get pregnant eventually from this combination. My RE told me that the Femara tends to pull out the best eggs for fertilization. Good luck!
deleted_user
How long did it take you to get pregnant after you switched?
deleted_user
Everyone is different. I have endometriosis also. Once I had laproscopic surgery to remove it, I was able to get pregnant with my first cycle after the surgery. I also did IUI with the Femara.
deleted_user
I want to wish you good luck also....I was suppose to start Femara after a long time use of clomid but my RE switched me to 2000 mg of Metformin 1st for 8 wks and we were supposed to start using Femara but we got pregnant in 2 months just on Metformin. I did a lot of research on Femara and the side effects of the Femara were a lot better than the clomid. I had every horrible sife effect that Clomid has to offer.
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