Re: clomid question

February 29, 2000

At 03:57 PM 2/29/00 EST, you wrote:

>Dear Elena,

>

>I have heard from from my RE and then again from someone here on the groups

>that women who normally ovulate are not necessarily going to ovulate " more "

>while on Clomid. Does anyone remember this? If so, where did you get that

>info from?

Yes, that's accurate. Before increasing one's dosage of clomid monitoring

u/s should be done to see how many and the size of folicles are being

produced on the current dosage. If the number and size are less than

favorable, then its time to increase the dose. If they look good, then the

dosage is probably correct.

Clomid can have pretty intense side effects as its dosage increases;

ovarian cysts and hyerstimulation being two of the more problematic. When

we were trying for our first child, my partner was eventually put on 200 mg

of clomid and developed cysts at two separate times and we had to take 3

months off waiting for the cysts to go down. Monitoring u/s should happen

every month to few months, dpending on the dosage to check for hyperstim

and cysts.

BTW, I think I'm one of the older gals here, but if there's anyone else

over 35, recent research indicates that clomid is not the drug of choice

for women in our age group. We're more prone to cysts and hyperstimulation

and clomid thins the uterus lining which can lead to implantation problems.

For women over 35 who ovualte poorly or not at all current recommendations

are to move right to injectibles.

Clomid can be a miracle drug for some women, but there are cautions too.

***************************

& Jani

mailto:newmoon@...

moms to Rowan, born 6/26/98 (19 months old)

three spirit babies:

Cassidy, m/c 8/99, was due April 20, 2000

Mandy, m/c 10/99, was due June 15, 2000

Keegan, ectopic pregnancy, 1/00, was due Sept. 9, 2000

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