How to make CLOMID work.

Some clomid TIPS and INFO for myself. will start clomid this 6 September after 2 cycles of Diane35. Ya Allah, tabahkan lah hati kami.

-------Taken from BabyMed.com

Making Clomiphene (Clomid) Work For You

August 30, 2008

- posted by Dr Amos

Clomiphene Clomid is a medication to induce ovulation and then hopefully get you pregnant. Many women take clomiphene citrate (Clomid) and don't know what it does and how to take it.

The most important thing to know about clomiphene citrate (Clomid) is that it is a medication to induce ovulation. Nothing else. Ovulation, the BIG O. Not fertility. Not necessarily pregnancy. Ovulation.
Clomiphene is not a fertility medication. It will not get you pregnant in and by itself. All that clomiphene is supposed to do (and it doesn't do it all the time) is that it is supposed to make you ovulate. Obviously, you can only get pregnant if you first ovulate and that is why women take clomiphene, but first things first: Clomid is supposed to make you ovulate. Getting pregnant is much more complicated.

Hot TIP: Do a sperm count before starting to take Clomid. It makes no sense taking Clomid when he has a low sperm count!
Before taking Clomid you should have some tests done to make sure you take it for the right reasons.
If you don't get pregnant on clomiphene that doesn't mean it did not work. It may have worked and it may have made you ovulate but pregnancy in and by itself is not the only measure that clomiphene worked.

Getting pregnant is more complicated than just ovulation. In order to get pregnant the following has to happen:

1. You need to ovulate and your egg quality has to be good (am sure enough egg quality is not that good)


2. He has to have enough and good enough sperms (done-sperm's perfect)


3. You fallopian tubes must be open for sperms and egg to meet (they're open)

So how do you know that Clomid has worked? (Hint: Read above. What is is supposed to do? Make you ovulate). You ovulate on clomiphene that means it worked. You did not ovulate it did not work. Yes, it's that simple. In fact, not every woman will ovulate on clomiphene and many women who ovulate will not get pregnant. With or without clomiphene.

Obviously if you get pregnant then you know that you did ovulate, but let's not get ahead of this.

Women who take clomiphene (Clomid) must first know if they ovulate or not.

So let's start at the beginning: You take clomiphene for 5 days (usually cycle days 5-9 but you can start taking clomiphene as early as cycle day 2). Ovulation is then supposed to happen about 5-9 days later. Don't know exactly when? Check ourInteractive Clomid Calculator.
How do you know you ovulate? There are several ways to find out if and when you ovulate:

1. Calculation: Ovulation and Fertility Charting and Calculator


2. Temperature Charting


3. Cervical Mucus Changes


4. Ovulation Pain: Mittelschmerz


5. OPK Ovulation Predictor Kit


6. Blood Progesterone Test


7. Ultrasound Exams of Ovaries

Read more about typical Ovulation Symptoms HERE.

When to increase Clomid?
Most doctors start Clomid at 50 mg a day for 5 days. If you do ovulate on Clomid (the # 1 most important information when taking Clomid!) then there is no need to increase it in the next cycle. If you do NOT ovulate on Clomid, then your doctor often increases Clomid in the next cycle. Increasing Clomid when you are already ovulating on a lower dose is not only unneccessary, but it could in fact decrease your chances getting pregnant.

Your menstrual period and ovulation

With or without clomiphene, your menstrual period is supposed to come 14 days after ovulation. There are 3 scenarios you must know about when trying to get pregnant:

Scenario#1: You ovulate and did NOT get pregnant: Your menstrual period will arrive about 14 days after the day of ovulation.
Scenario#2: You ovulate and get pregnant. Your menstrual bleeding, your period will not arrive 15+ days after the day of ovulation.
Scenario#3: You did NOT ovulate. If you don't ovulate then you will usually not get a regular period. You may bleed or spot irregularly but it's not a menstrual period.

MY Scenario on Clomid last April: I dont know i ovulated or not. but i did get a positive hpt. so i probably ovulated. But it ended up chemical prgnancy. And I dont get my regular period. I only have irregular spottings after 1 and a half month later. so what is this means.

Our recommendation

Before you start taking clomiphene to induce ovulation do the following:

1. A cycle day 3 FSH to make sure your eggs have a good enough quality - THANKS FOR THE TIP


2. A sperm count


3. Make sure your fallopian tubes are open.

No matter how well clomiphene works to make you ovulate, you will have difficulties getting pregnant unless you have good enough quality eggs, his sperms are OK and your tubes are open.

Odds Of Getting Pregnant With Polycystic Ovaries

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, known as PCOS for short and also known as PCOD or Polycystic Ovarian Disease, is one of the leading causes of infertility among women. While research has not yet determined how to cure for PCOS, it may be possible for a woman with PCOS to increase her odds of getting pregnant with the right treatment or treatments.

When trying to get pregnant, most women with PCOS will not experience any major problems. However, for those that do, PCOS can be an extremely frustrating condition. PCOS can cause a variety of problems, from a delay in conception to higher miscarriage rates to complications with pregnancy. For some women, the first symptoms of PCOS are that they are having very few or even no periods. This typically is measured by having less than 9 periods in a twelve month timeframe. Some women with PCOS will have no period whatsoever. Some women with polycystic ovarian disease will have regular periods, but may not ovulate every month, or at all.

One of the most popular treatments for infertility in women with polycystic ovaries is Clomid. Clomid is used to stimulate ovulation. Clomid will help around 4 out of 5 women ovulate, and can greatly increase a woman’s odds of getting pregnant. Around 45% of women with PCOS who use Clomid will be able to conceive within four to six cycles. Clomid does carry an increased risk of having a multiple or twin pregnancy.

If Clomid does not successfully treat infertility, the next step is often to use hormones to try to stimulate the ovaries into producing eggs. Here again, this treatment, referred to as ovarian stimulation, carries the risk of multiple or twin pregnancy.

There is a surgical procedure that is similar to ovarian stimulation. Known as Overian drilling, this operation uses the making of several small holes in each ovary with a fine probe or laser. For some women, this can restore ovulation, or at least make their ovaries more likely to respond to Clomid. Somewhere around 60% of women with PCOS will experience success with ovarian drilling or ovarian stimulation, and have regular cycles after the treatments, if there are not any additional problems with fertility.

A more radical procedure, IVF or in vitro fertilization, remains an option for a woman who has not responded to other treatments and wants to get pregnant. The success rates of IVF can vary greatly depending on a variety of individual factors, including the length of infertility, weight, and age.

Getting pregnant with Polycystic Ovaries can be challenging. However, the methods listed above greatly increase the odds that a woman with polycystic overies has of getting pregnant.

TGIF

Smlm gi umah aini ada makan2 sempena besday adam yg ke 1. besooo dah adam. hehehe rambot pon dah panjang ala2 leh wat jambol superman kat depan. :P

aku sampai opis 745 arinih. bapak awal. sampai2 teros bedal nasiklemak. aku xjadi puase arinih sbb aku tak sahor tadi. disebabkan aku xmakan byk kat umah aini smlm, pagi ni aku lapa gile. sambil2 bedal nasiklemak , aku bukak la harian metro online. sbb tattau ape nak bace pagi2 ni. oh tattau lak aku ade column utk pakar sakit puan. mcm2 la masalah org psl sakit puan diajukan dkt doktor yg tukang jawap kat situ. aku rase bagos kalau aku simpan semua info tu dlm ni. aku letak dekat Infertility dlm blog aku nih. senang nak paham sbb dlm BM. heheheh. kdg2 ade certain term bahase sains dlm english yg aku terkial2 nak paham. (tapi bile die translet jadi BM, kdg2 aku lebeh xpaham lak). Seperti rawatan permanian berhadas. aku cam Apebende nih? IUI rupenye.

Aku ni kdg2 obsessed la sgt. Bile aku pikir keadaan orglain, lagi payah. Aku jadi obsessed mgkin sbb aku slalu bandingkan diri aku dgn org yg lebih bernasib baik. aku rase cara aku salah. bile aku buat mcm tu aku lebih stress. baik aku bandingkan diri aku dgn orglain yg lebih terok nasibnye drp aku. Contohnya, better aku bandingkan diri aku dgn

• org yg disahkan mandul. kerana dah buang rahim or sebab2 lain.


• org yg buat IUI byk kali, dan IVF byk kali, masih tak lekat. duit dah abis berpuloh ribu.


• org yg kematian suami, lepas kawin baru beberape bulan..tapi xpe die leh kawin balik n dpt anak. tapi grief dia tu mungkin ambik mase lame nak recover.

bile aku bace masalah2 orglain yg lagi dasat drp aku, teros aku cam rasa takpe, perjalanan aku masih jaoh lagi. rezki masing2 semua taksama. aku masih mude, aku tidak merokok, aku tidak ade masalah kegemokkan melampau atau obese, aku sihat, dan masalah aku boleh cure dgn medication/treatment. laki aku merokok tapi sperm dia sihat walafiat, mengalahkan org yg tak merokok lak.

so harap bersabar lah jay.