Femara & Intro
Jan 23, 2015 1:14:40 GMT -5
Post by samski on Jan 23, 2015 1:14:40 GMT -5
Hi! I was originally going to post this on you know where but then I started reading and ended up here!
I'm Sam. I'm 25 & DH is 27. We've been ttc since late 2009. After a few years, we finally decided this obviously wasn't gonna happen the old fashioned way. We turned to the gyno for an answer and after tons of blood work and an awkward u/s, I got the dx of PCOS. I started my 1st round of Clomid..no luck. Did a 2nd round..no luck. At that point, we were so frustrated that we just didn't even bother calling the gyno back asking for another round. Well lately I decided to put my big girl panties back on and try again. Went back to gyno and he felt it was best to not do another round of Clomid if both rounds failed and referred me to the RE with the thoughts that he was immediately going to put me on injectables. Whoa scary even hearing the words come out of his mouth! Well we went to the RE & he felt there was no need to jump to injections yet (partly because they're crazy expensive & because he wanted to exhaust all other options). Had to get more blood work done and another u/s (I was more prepared for this one ). He finally came to the conclusion that we were going to get a sperm analysis done but in the mean time, start me on Femara 2.5mg 3x day. If it doesn't work this cycle, we will go again but add Metformin to the mix. After that, then we would move onto doing the hsg and injections. Phew..felt like I just typed a novel!
Anyway, my question for you ladies is... everywhere I've looked online, anyone that is taking Femara is taking either just 2.5mg 1x day or 5mg 1x day. Since I'm taking 2.5mg 3x day, I'm at 7.5mg daily. Is anyone else here doing that or has done this? If you've done it, any success? Any info appreciated!!!
I'm Sam. I'm 25 & DH is 27. We've been ttc since late 2009. After a few years, we finally decided this obviously wasn't gonna happen the old fashioned way. We turned to the gyno for an answer and after tons of blood work and an awkward u/s, I got the dx of PCOS. I started my 1st round of Clomid..no luck. Did a 2nd round..no luck. At that point, we were so frustrated that we just didn't even bother calling the gyno back asking for another round. Well lately I decided to put my big girl panties back on and try again. Went back to gyno and he felt it was best to not do another round of Clomid if both rounds failed and referred me to the RE with the thoughts that he was immediately going to put me on injectables. Whoa scary even hearing the words come out of his mouth! Well we went to the RE & he felt there was no need to jump to injections yet (partly because they're crazy expensive & because he wanted to exhaust all other options). Had to get more blood work done and another u/s (I was more prepared for this one ). He finally came to the conclusion that we were going to get a sperm analysis done but in the mean time, start me on Femara 2.5mg 3x day. If it doesn't work this cycle, we will go again but add Metformin to the mix. After that, then we would move onto doing the hsg and injections. Phew..felt like I just typed a novel!
Anyway, my question for you ladies is... everywhere I've looked online, anyone that is taking Femara is taking either just 2.5mg 1x day or 5mg 1x day. Since I'm taking 2.5mg 3x day, I'm at 7.5mg daily. Is anyone else here doing that or has done this? If you've done it, any success? Any info appreciated!!!