Femara anyone?

[katina128]

Has anyone used Femara to ovulate? I've done 7 months of clomid while ttc #3 and that's more than enough. My RE has switched me to Femara this next cycle, along with doing an HSG and a SA for DH. I was wondering if anyone has done femara and what were your experiences, compared to clomid.

[Melmonkey]

I took it last year and it is great! No symptoms at all compared to clomid aka the evil drug! I always had at least two follies but we never caught them and were not wanting to pay for IUI. Now we are in a state and my insurance covers IUI, so we have an appt with the RE on the 13th and I really REALLY REALLY hope that he gives me Femara at least if not that then injuctibles and IUI.

I hope that all of us who are struggling get everything that we have been praying for!

I hope that this has helped you and pray that you can catch the eggie.

Melissa

p.s. if you are having the HSG done, take a mega dose of Advil about an hour before you go that way you will not feel so much pain after the procedure, because it does hurt.

[katina128]

Thanks Melissa!! I hope you catch your eggie, too. I definitely will be taking something for pain, probably percocet though, as I already take it for 2 messed up discs in my back. I am anxious to see how the femara works for me. Did it make you ovulate any sooner than on clomid? My re really wants my O date moved up a few days but I'm not sure my body can do it. I seem to take a while to mature eggies. LOL

[Melmonkey]

Thanks Melissa!! I hope you catch your eggie, too. I definitely will be taking something for pain, probably percocet though, as I already take it for 2 messed up discs in my back. I am anxious to see how the femara works for me. Did it make you ovulate any sooner than on clomid? My re really wants my O date moved up a few days but I'm not sure my body can do it. I seem to take a while to mature eggies. LOL

I seemed to O on cd 14, but then again, I am a true 28 day cycle.
It did not make me ovulate any sooner than I expected, I also had a trans-vag ultrasound to see how many were there and a trigger shot to make sure that I would ovulate.

HTH
Melissa

[katina128]

I O late, more like day 18-21 and he wants to move it up. We'll see if it works. I think he might do u/s monitoring but didn't say for sure. He didn't mention a trigger though.

[Melmonkey]

hopefully the Femara will move up your O and you get to catch the eggie.
My doc in Houston did a trigger shot, I don't know what this new one here in WV will do. We are going to talk to him about IUI so he may be doing trigger shots as well, just not sure about what drugs he is gonna give me, hopefully not Clomid, and hopefully Femara or injectibles.......

I hope that we are all posting BFP's have having healthy little bundles to bring home soon!

[Kylie&Logan'sMommy]

I took it to get preggo with DS. It was great, none of the horrible side effects that i got from clomid! I had the trigger with it too. :goodvibes:

[katina128]

Thanks girls!! Good to know. I'm not sure if he'll trigger or not, but I guess time will tell. Now, if AF would hurry up...

[momtoamiracle]

I conceived my son on my third dose of Femara.

By my third round I was ovulating earlier. I also usually ovulate later.

I did another three rounds last spring but no luck. However I have only one tube so my chances are cut in half. When I ovulate on my tubeless side I have no chance.

I'm trying Femara again, this is my first month. I have a u/s tomorrow to see if my follies have grown any. I got really bad headaches and body aches (caused by withdrawal of estrogen) this time. I like it tho because it gives me a more normal cycle.

[katina128]

Well, I start tomorrow. I'm excited but also nervous. I hope I don't get headaches from it, as that's what I got from clomid in the end and I hated it. Mine always turn into migraines. Good luck with your u/s and cycle!!

[Melmonkey]

I conceived my son on my third dose of Femara.

By my third round I was ovulating earlier. I also usually ovulate later.

I did another three rounds last spring but no luck. However I have only one tube so my chances are cut in half. When I ovulate on my tubeless side I have no chance.

I'm trying Femara again, this is my first month. I have a u/s tomorrow to see if my follies have grown any. I got really bad headaches and body aches (caused by withdrawal of estrogen) this time. I like it tho because it gives me a more normal cycle.


Good luck at the Ultrasound, I hope that you have a few great follies!
Well, I start tomorrow. I'm excited but also nervous. I hope I don't get headaches from it, as that's what I got from clomid in the end and I hated it. Mine always turn into migraines. Good luck with your u/s and cycle!!

I am exited for you to start Femara. I hope that your time on it will be quick and that you will conceive soon!

I myself am heading to the RE tomorrow and aw are gonna see what he suggests we do, if it will be IUI then so be it! I am ready!

[momtoamiracle]

well this month it's a dud. My follicles haven't done anything, except for one strange looking one.

oh well, first month for me never works anyway. It's probably my fault tho - I missed my last dose. (didn't tell me dr.:blush: )


On to next month!!

[katina128]

Oh shoot, I'm sorry your follies didn't cooperate this month. I hope next month is better for you. I just took my 2nd dose tonight. I have a HSG on thursday, and then will just watch for an opk and pray it falls when my DH is in town.

Melissa, saw your update and that is fabulous news!! I hope your IUI is successful!!

[Melmonkey]

I start next month on cd 5 to 9, I can't wait to see what I will have in follies and how the IUI will go with dh superhyper sperm.

[akrancher]

I had my first Femara cycle last month. On CD14 I had an u/s and there were 2 follies, but neither big enough. I still haven't gotten AF yet. I am thinking that I didn't 'O'.
Heading to the dr today find out for certain if I o'ed.

I took it CD4-8

[katina128]

Sounds promising Melissa!!

Kristen, I am so sorry you didn't O on it. I hope that doesn't happen to me.

[Melmonkey]

[QUOTE=katina128;3580487]Sounds promising Melissa!! [QUOTE]

Thanks for the comment about next cycle, I am quite exited and scared to be moving out and away from the infertility battle and being pregnant within the next few months.

[katina128]

I understand! I'm quite scared to actually be pregnant again as well. I'll be terrified of another loss, too. It's always something I guess. I had my HSG this morning and my tubes are open now. He had some trouble getting the left to go through, but it's open now. So, hopefully it'll help us get pg now. I just need my egg to cooperate. DH will be gone all next week, home 3 days and then I leave. So, it's gonna be tricky getting it all timed.

[birdseye]

I thought I would chime in...

I am starting my second round of femara. I took my second dose today (he has me on cd days 3-7). Last month, my cycle was much more regulated, and I o'd around day 14-16. It is kind of hard to know because I work 3 overnight shifts a week and I don't temp on those mornings. From the temps I take, it looks like I had a strong O. My ob is not monitoring with ultrasound. After six rounds of femara (2.5 mg for 3 cycles, 5 mg for 3 cycles), he will due further testing, including SA.

The only side effect I had last cycle was a bit of fatigue on cd 6 and 7.

This process has been hard. I turned 30 this year, and I feel like my time is running short for having 3 or 4 kids. Also, we went to church on mother's day. that was a mistake. If we are still not pregnant by mother's day next year, we will stay home.

good luck to you. I hope it works better for you than the Clomid.

:hugs:

[katina128]

Thanks Laura! I hope you are successful this cycle as well. It is good to hear that it regulated your cycle. I normally O around cd 18 on clomid, and hope to not O earlier than that this cycle or we could miss O all together since DH will be out of town from cd 10-16. Yikes!! We just might miss it this month. :( I avoided church on mother's day this year. I lost my Mom in 1996 to cancer, my 78 yr old father has cancer right now and won't be here much longer, and I'm still not pg after almost a year of trying. I knew if I went, I'd be a sobbing mess. :hugs:

[uoducks]

hi,
you might want to visit Resolve.org . It's a great site dedicated to infertility and there's a bulletin board where you can connect with other women and ask these questions.

[Melmonkey]

hi,
you might want to visit Resolve.org . It's a great site dedicated to infertility and there's a bulletin board where you can connect with other women and ask these questions.

The one thing that I have with going to resolve.org is that in order to get any information you have to join, and that is a 55.00 membership fee. I don't have 55.00 for a membership fee.

I also think that the ladies here n DS are quite supportive and feel like they are my cheerleaders/family members, there for support and hugs and plifting thoughts! DS is much better and much cheaper!

Melissa

[Melmonkey]

I thought I would chime in...

I am starting my second round of femara. I took my second dose today (he has me on cd days 3-7). Last month, my cycle was much more regulated, and I o'd around day 14-16. It is kind of hard to know because I work 3 overnight shifts a week and I don't temp on those mornings. From the temps I take, it looks like I had a strong O. My ob is not monitoring with ultrasound. After six rounds of femara (2.5 mg for 3 cycles, 5 mg for 3 cycles), he will due further testing, including SA.

The only side effect I had last cycle was a bit of fatigue on cd 6 and 7.

This process has been hard. I turned 30 this year, and I feel like my time is running short for having 3 or 4 kids. Also, we went to church on mother's day. that was a mistake. If we are still not pregnant by mother's day next year, we will stay home.

good luck to you. I hope it works better for you than the Clomid.

:hugs:

I hope that this works for you! I turned 30 earlier this year too, and feel like there is no better time then now to be trying to get pregnant! My 20's were riddeled with thyroid issues and not to mention immigration issues. I was quite exited to turn 30!
As for Mother's day at church, yeah, it was hard, but I know the the Lord is with me and dh, and even though I was a blubbering mess during the service, I know that it is just a matter of time now, and quite possibly be next month that I and dh will be blessed with a miracle (or two).....

Thanks Laura! I hope you are successful this cycle as well. It is good to hear that it regulated your cycle. I normally O around cd 18 on clomid, and hope to not O earlier than that this cycle or we could miss O all together since DH will be out of town from cd 10-16. Yikes!! We just might miss it this month. :( I avoided church on mother's day this year. I lost my Mom in 1996 to cancer, my 78 yr old father has cancer right now and won't be here much longer, and I'm still not pg after almost a year of trying. I knew if I went, I'd be a sobbing mess. :hugs:

Here's to hoping that you O on CD 18 and no earlier and you guys catch the eggie! Hugs about your mom and prayers for your dad.

Here's to hoping that we are bringing beautiful bundles or buddah bellies into Mother's day services next year!

[katina128]

Yeah, I can't afford that either. I'll have to just rely on my support here and on FF. :)

Thanks Melissa!! I hope you're right!!

[McMamma38]

Goodluck girl!!:thumbsup:

[mom27wonders]

We did one round of femara and got pregnant (current pregnancy). I did a few rounds of clomid before we went to an RE to get pregnant with our 17 month old twins....it didn't do anything for me except make me a raving hormonal monster :giggle: So we wanted to try one more time and I asked my OB if we could try one round of something (clomid) before going back to the RE (for risk of multiples again) and he suggested femara. He said that it had a much lower twin rate than clomid...actually what he said was that it had "almost a zero chance of twinning". So I agreed. Well, it was awesome, no side effects, I actually was worried that it wasn't working at all because I felt great especially compared to the clomid....until I had those O pains.....YOWCH! They were really painful so then I knew itwas working.....and it did, we got pregnant WITH TWINS again. I am the first patient my OB has had that took it and got pregnant with twins...also his first set that has gotten pregnant with back to back twins :giggle:

Good luck! I hope that it will work for you!!! :thumbsup:

[Melmonkey]

We did one round of femara and got pregnant (current pregnancy). I did a few rounds of clomid before we went to an RE to get pregnant with our 17 month old twins....it didn't do anything for me except make me a raving hormonal monster :giggle: So we wanted to try one more time and I asked my OB if we could try one round of something (clomid) before going back to the RE (for risk of multiples again) and he suggested femara. He said that it had a much lower twin rate than clomid...actually what he said was that it had "almost a zero chance of twinning". So I agreed. Well, it was awesome, no side effects, I actually was worried that it wasn't working at all because I felt great especially compared to the clomid....until I had those O pains.....YOWCH! They were really painful so then I knew itwas working.....and it did, we got pregnant WITH TWINS again. I am the first patient my OB has had that took it and got pregnant with twins...also his first set that has gotten pregnant with back to back twins :giggle:

Good luck! I hope that it will work for you!!! :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing your story! You give us all hope, whether it be one or two blessings that we are given!

[uoducks]

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[katina128]

Thanks Charlotte!!

Holy cow!! 2 sets of twins! How neat! I secretly crave twins. I lost my oldest son's twin at 9 wks, and feel a little cheated out of that experience, if that makes sense. I conceived them on 50mg of clomid. I seem to respond pretty well to most fertility meds. I was sad to hear that femara doesn't cause twins usually. But, you never know, I guess. I can hope, right?? :)

[Melmonkey]

Just checking in, I am in my last TWW without meds, next month we are set to go!

How is everyone else doing?

[birdseye]

I finished my meds yesterday for this cycle. I was more emotional this time. DH is looking forward to the next phase of the cycle - DTD!! :giggle:

[Melmonkey]

I finished my meds yesterday for this cycle. I was more emotional this time. DH is looking forward to the next phase of the cycle - DTD!! :giggle:

Good luck mama and have fun.....;):giggle: :babydust:

[mom27wonders]

Thanks Charlotte!!

Holy cow!! 2 sets of twins! How neat! I secretly crave twins. I lost my oldest son's twin at 9 wks, and feel a little cheated out of that experience, if that makes sense. I conceived them on 50mg of clomid. I seem to respond pretty well to most fertility meds. I was sad to hear that femara doesn't cause twins usually. But, you never know, I guess. I can hope, right?? :)

I can understand how you would feel that way losing your little angel twin. We actually lost a triplet in my previous twin pregnancy at about 6 weeks and even then, at that early stage, it was so hard and I have felt such a loss without her here (she was an ID to my DD and then my son was in a separate sac). I (personally) would never go on the belief that it doesn't cause twins again :giggle: Good luck to you!

[katina128]

I just read on FF tonight set of femara twins. That's wild!! I never thought about twins on it, as I had read it wasn't as risky for multiples. I guess I will just have to keep hoping. :) I'm waiting to O in the next few days, and hoping DH makes it home in time. My opk is still way negative, so that's good. Hlopefully it'll hold off on DH. LOL

[Melmonkey]

Hey my Femara mama's just checking in! AF is starting to show and I am exited that she is here,,,,who would have thought that? How is everyone elses cycles going?

[katina128]

I'm 6dpo now, and stuck at 98.6 for my temp. LOL Nothing exciting, nothing to make me think I've conceived at all. I am, of course, skeptical that anything happened. I'll be testing around 10dpo, so only a few more days to go.

[birdseye]

I am about 3 days dpo (it can be hard to tell because I only temp 4 days a week because I work 3 overnight shifts a week) and had my temp spike day before yesterday. I think I o'd a little bit later than last month as my spike was two days later than last month, but again, it can be hard to tell.

[Melmonkey]

I hope that this is your month and sticky bean dust to you as well.

Melissa

[Melmonkey]

I am now officially on CD 1 and exited about our next step toward parenthood. CD 2 I have to call the doc, CD 3 I think I have a baseline ultrasound to see if there are any cysts. CD 5-9 I take Femara every day, CD 12 follicular ultrasound to see what my ovaries have made for me and dh to catch. CD 12 trigger shot, and 36 hrs later we are set for IUI. Then a TWW with no testing as all my test would come back BFP as the trigger shot is HCG.

This is what we are doing this month, please keep dh and I in your prayers!

[katina128]

Ugh, I'm out again. Darnit!! I'm so sick of this. I just want a baby. Is that too much to ask?????

[Melmonkey]

Ugh, I'm out again. Darnit!! I'm so sick of this. I just want a baby. Is that too much to ask?????

:hugs:
That sucks big time!

[Melmonkey]

Well, tomorrow is US day, please pray that we have at least 2-3 follicles and that we can catch the egg 36hrs later! Will update tomorrow after I get back from the US with what will come next with this round of IUI!

[birdseye]

I'm out this cycle, too. AF started yesterday. I will be starting my third round on Monday. The only good thing that comes of this is I get to use my new organic cotton mama pads that I made!! I would have hated to see them just sit there.

[Melmonkey]

Well, I am back with not so good news. I only have one follicle on the left side and one little one on the right, with poor uterine lining......This Sucks!
Now, I am waiting on the nurse to call and see what she wants to do.

[sher]

I took letrozole (femara) for 6 cycles. I had no side effects, which was great. I noticed that over time it caused me to surge earlier than usual. Unfortunately, even with IUIs none of my femara cycles took. The last 2 IUIs my RE had added puregon injectables on top of the femara. Still nothing worked.

The good thing about femara as opposed to clomid is that since it directly effects your pituitary gland it doesn't thin out your lining over time. I always wondered if femara didn't work for me since I was already ovulating on my own.

[katina128]

I have much fewer side effects than with the clomid, but I do still get headaches. I have one today actually. I think my body doesn't do well with the lack of estrogen.