Re: ? about 1st script for clomid (Halaina)

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Hello Halaina,

It sure does sound like our paths are similar.

I had a D&C with Hysterscopy last Tuesday and he discovered that I have a

septate uterus. We were afraid that I had uterine cancer, but thank goodness we

don’t.

Wow! I can only imagine how scary that must have been to think, even for a

little while, that you might have cancer! It sounds funny to think that finding

out that you had a septate uterus was actually a relief, but thank goodness!!!

Hopefully the combo of Met & clomid will do the trick for you. Good Luck, lots

of baby dust!!!

I just went for my first IF visit in June and was dx w/ PCOS that day based on

both my irregular history and a vag ultrasound (my ovaries were so filled w/

cysts it looked like cottage cheese). The follow-up blood work confirmed the dx

as well. I was hoping that the PCOS was our only obstacle but then we

discovered the T-shape in July after my 1st HSG & scheduled the lap/hyst to

correct the T-shape and a blocked tube for early Oct. I'm just finishing up the

meds prescribed post-surgery and I'll have a follow-up SHG in about 2 weeks.

We'll find out then if we've got a green light ttc or if we'll have to wait

another month. With all that other stuff going on, we decided to wait to start

on the Metformin until after surgery. I’ll start on the Met in about 1 week.

Thanks for the help about the clomid. I’ll call a few pharmacies in the area

to get their actual cost but at least I have a basic idea. They say that timing

is everything, and I’m actually lucky because my current script plan doesn’t

cover anything, but we are switching companies for 2006 and they’ll cover half

of IF scripts.

I did hear back from the nurse yesterday (my dr. is out of town) and she

seemed to think that the dr. will start me out at 100mg and they will monitor by

u/s for hyper-stimulation. From a look at his notes in my file, she seems to

think that this plan for the next year is 4mos of Met alone, then adding oral

clomid for 4mos, and then if we don’t respond he might move on to injectables.

You know, going thru all of this is like a lesson in patience. We’ve been

pretty good at maintaining the attitude that it’ll happen in His time, but we

def didn’t expect to wait 3 years. Most of the time I’m ok with the waiting and

I haven’t gotten to a point yet where it’s difficult to hear that someone close

is pregnant (7 close friends or family currently). I REALLY try to avoid

thoughts about the possibility of going thru all of this (physically,

emotionally & expenses too) and coming out empty handed, but every once in a

while a despairing thought creeps in. It sounds horrible, but that fact that my

little brother has 2 girls (4yrs & 2yrs) and is now thinking about trying again

gets to me once in a while. I love my nieces, they are both beautiful and I

baby-sit every chance I get, but he’s my LITTLE brother. His family is going to

be complete even before we can start ours. Agghhh! I need to stop typing or I

wo’t be able to stop the tears. I’m having a rough day, it

must be the hormones!!!! I need to go back and read all of those positive

posts. In my heart I know that it’s going to work out.

Sorry so long, I guess I really needed to “talk” today. Thanks for listening,

I don’t know what I would do without this group!

PCOS, T-shape remodeled 10/06/05

Ttc #1 since 01/2003

Halaina Leal adca_coach@...> wrote:

Hi,

My name is Halaina and I am new to the mulleriananomalies yahoo group.

Well, to me it sounds like we have similar situations. My doctor put me on

Metformin on June 3. He started me off at 1500mg. and then he bumped me up to

2000mg. last week. I had a D&C with Hysterscopy last tuesday and he discovered

that I have a septate uterus. We were afraid that I had uterine cancer, but

thank goodness we dont. My husband and I start clomid next month after my next

AF (brought on by progesterone). DH and I have been TTC with no luck since

9/04. I hope both of these meds together do the trick.

About your question. My insurance doesn't cover ANY fertility meds at

all, so we called around and CVS pharmacy has Serophene (generic for clomid) for

about $24.00 for 5. Your doctor will start you off at 5, to see how well you

react to it. Trust me, the last thing you want is hyperstimulation of your

ovaries.

good luck and I hope you get you BFP soon!!!!!

P.S.- Does your Dr. think you have PCOS, that's usually the only reason they

give Metformin.

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