Re: 's update, need treatment advice (long)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Good to hear your update. I wish I had some info for you, but in my

case the vitex and the prog. supps. solved my LP problem. I wish

that was your case :(

Still, it seems reasonable to try a low dose of Clomid. You can

always monitor the number of follicles, right, and cancel the IUI if

it looks like you have scads of them? I do agree--it's better to

risk the multiples than to not conceive/carry at all. I mean, man,

if one woman can carry 7 kids in a normal uterus, and if two people

we know can carry twins in one UU or one BU horn, then it's

possible. Not ideal, but not getting prg is pretty not ideal in my

book too.

Continually keeping you guys in my prayers here,

Hugs,

Jill

SU resected

I am thinking of trying to convince him to try a

> low dose of Clomid to kick start my system back to proper

function.

> It will be a fight as he is conservative and dead set against

using

> anything that might increase the risk of multiples. I fully

> understand his concern, but worry that he can't see the forest for

> the trees. If I can't conceive or sustain a pg w/out help, the

small

> risk of multiples may be worth it. But, again, I worry about

clomid

> b/c, in my case, we have no way of knowing if the cycle is

a 'good'

> one until after the time for treatment is passed. Uggh. I do

know

> that if we go the clomid route, we will inseminate - to bypass any

> possible diminished cervical fliud issues.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I agree that a jump-start w/ low dose clomid may be just what you

need. My RE felt that even though I ovulated, clomid would help

to " optimize " all of the hormone levels during a cycle. I know that

there is some controversy over using clomid in a person that already

ovulates on their own, but a low dose (50 mg) should not impair your

lining thickness (at least not immediately, make sure that they

measure it, mine was on the thin side to begin with so clomid was not

good to be on for too long even at the 50 mg dose).

I don't remember the statistic, but risk of multiples is really low

w/ clomid (it was something like 8%, but the risk in the normal

population not on meds is something like 5%). And although any RE

would agree that the goal should be a healthy singleton pg, I think

that you would still be able to safely manage twins with watchful

care.

Crossing my fingers for you,

Sara

SU resected x2

goddess)

[Guest guest]

,

>If we fail this time I will go back to him and express my concerns that

>unless we do SOMETHING, even if we acheive a pregnancy with IUI, and

>support w/ progesterone, I won't be able to sustain it due to low

>progesterone or whatever is causing my luteal inadaquacies.

Won't you be able to sustain the pregnancy with 12 weeks of progesterone

suppositories? My luteal phase is 8-10 days and this is what they're doing

for me.

>I do know

>that if we go the clomid route, we will inseminate - to bypass any

>possible diminished cervical fliud issues.

Be careful. Clomid does more than diminish cm. It also diminishes your

lining. And I ended up in the 2-3mm range at the time of ovulation (good

would be 9-10mm).

-Kathy D.

True Clomid-hater

cd11 Gonal-F/IUI

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for letting us know your update - I am thinking about you

although I don't post very often. I hope your doc decides to let

down his guard a bit - from what Sara said, it sounds like a bit of

clomid may do the trick. Lots of hugs and fertile thoughts.

SU resected, bicollis

>

> I have been on vitex and L-arginine since August and have seen no

> change in pattern. I am thinking of trying to convince him to try

a

> low dose of Clomid to kick start my system back to proper

function.

> It will be a fight as he is conservative and dead set against using

> anything that might increase the risk of multiples. I fully

> understand his concern, but worry that he can't see the forest for

> the trees. If I can't conceive or sustain a pg w/out help, the

small

> risk of multiples may be worth it. But, again, I worry about

clomid

> b/c, in my case, we have no way of knowing if the cycle is a 'good'

> one until after the time for treatment is passed. Uggh. I do know

> that if we go the clomid route, we will inseminate - to bypass any

> possible diminished cervical fliud issues.

>