I know I said I wouldn’t share, but at the request of my husband I am sharing. We went to the doctor’s office today. They didn’t have our test results in my file.
Apparently they were sent to the wrong office.
But…..the nurse found them at the other office and had them faxed over to Dr. OB/GYN.
I walked out of his office with three pieces of paper.
One for a script for Provera.                                                           Â
One for a script for Clomid.
And directions:
No sex on days 1 thru 9
Sex on days 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20
Stay in bed 1-3 hours afterwards.
And just to clarify…I was told “you’re perfectly normal†Rick was told while the Dr. read his results “and you are perfectly normalâ€.
This is the first time I ever went to his office and wasn’t poked or prodded. Oops…I take that back. They did a pregnancy test to make sure I’m not already pregnant. I call tomorrow to get clearance to begin.
Just to be clear….Rick’s semen analysis test was absolutely normal. I was absolutely wrong but we both agree we had reasons to be concerned. Rick just wants my blog world to know that he’s ok…he’s a man….with normal sperm. 
There’s a 10% chance of us having twins if I do successfully get pregnant.Â
Yay!! I’m glad tests for both of you came back normal. Yes, you had concern/reasons why his might not, but I’m so glad it didn’t! That’s quite the sex schedule… stay in bed 1-3 hours? I’d have to do it right before bed time!
Rick is one happy man these days – good sperm and he is guaranteed sex at least 6 days this month. Have fun!
WHEeeEEeeEE! Can I be an honorary blog garandmother? I’m soOoooOOooOo excited for you. (and Rick) HOORAY!
Good luck. I have experience with fertility treatments. I am not sure if you have experience with provera and clomid. provera is a monster sometimes if you aren’t ready for it. Take your worst PMS cycle and multiply it by 100 and that’s how it might be for you on provera. I am not saying there will be cramps,I am talking emotional symptoms. Moodiness, crying for no reasons, panic attacks. The first time I was on provera noone shared that with me so I had to learn the hard way, while at work, I went into a crying spell that lasted through the evening and I wasn’t even upset.
I hope that it won’t affect you at all and that it’s smooth sailing for you.
With the clomid,that’s something else too you need to watch out for. Clomid sometimes over stimulates your ovaries causing you to produce many small eggs/cysts. Another thing is, when on clomid your doctor should have you visit their office for a vaginal ultrasound (sorry too detailed) to measure the size of the cysts/eggs. This should happen between days 10-12 I think if I remember right. That way they can make sure that your body isnt making too many eggs and that they are the right size. The size that you want your egg/s to be are between 17 and 22 not sure the letters of the size but those are the numbers my doctors told me. Clomid has a tendancy to make you cramp big time. So be careful of that too.
I don’t know too much about the having sex part because we only did the natural (sex a few times and it was at the beginning so I forgot.) My husband has low sperm count so we did the IUI (artificial insemination).
A drug that I used near the end of the IUI’s I did, is a better drug for producing eggs. Letrozole is better because it doesn’t over stimulate causing you to ovulate too many eggs and it makes you produce healthier sized egg. No i never got pregnant but i know many girls who have. It’s mostly me with the fertility issue, also though little to no sperm doesn’t help either. Together we had a total of 4 inferitlity issues happening. So I am sure you guys will be successful.
Good luck. Just thought I would share this as it looks like this is the start of your fertility medicine. I am sure it won’t take long to get you all pregnant since he has normal sperm count.
I’ve been on Provera before for 3 months. No issues at all. No side affects. I’ve had D&C’s with none of the “promised” pain. I’ve been poked, prodded and everything else imaginable and never have the expected bad side affects.
Letrozole is the same drug they use to treat breast cancer. It’s best known as Femara and I have found too much negative information about that drug.
I have PCOS and it’s very very rare that Clomid causes over stimulation of PCOS affected ovaries. PCOS causes your ovaries not to work at all and so Clomid is not causing otherwise normal ovaries to work harder…it’s causing otherwise not working ovaries to work in the first place.
I already know that I will be going back to the doctor to make sure my ovaries are not over stimulated or enlarged in any dangerous or concerning way.
Because I have taken Provera for three months at the same dose in the past and know that it does what it’s meant to do and that I have no side affects I am ok with it. The Clomid is new to me and I expect that I will be cranky (as this is quite common) but I don’t truly expect any physical pain or cramps. I never have pain or cramping when they tell me I should or will. Never. If I do, that’s ok too. I will cope with it the way I have coped thus far.
The best line of defense for a woman with PCOS and otherwise healthy body parts outside of nonfunctioning ovaries is Clomid.
I have PCOS as well and each time I took clomid I had at a minimum of 4 cysts on each ovary at which case they were very small around the time of planned IUI.
I know alot of women who have PCOS and have been very happy with clomid so I hope that it is the same for you. I also know woman with PCOS who have had bad experiences with it. Same goes with everything.
I was just trying to be helpful because I didn’t have any help with knowing any of this. Also, this is my first visit to your site today when I left my first post for you. I didn’t read on that post saying the test results were normal that you have PCOS. It wasn’t mentioned that you had provera before. I got the feeling that this was all new to you so I wanted to help. Sorry if you are irritated. Sorry i was trying to be helpful.
We are not doing IUI. I have had every test known to mankind. My only problem is that I have PCOS and don’t ovulate. I believe that there are good and bad experiences with everything in life. I have no idea how it will go. We have decided to try Clomid for the next six months (provided we don’t have justifiable cause to stop….ie: serious issues etc.) and then we are laying the issue to rest if it does not work. We are simply excited to have a chance to try. If it’s meant to be then it will be. If it’s not then we will move on and figure out what is meant to be…without children. I have a son already and that gives my doctor reason to believe that my body can replicate that process if prodded along through the PCOS problem.
I am not irritated….I welcome all constructive commentary.
I know you aren’t doing the IUI, I was just saying that is what we did.
Ok, all I am saying is that even though you are doing the sex on those specific days, you STILL need to have your eggs measured BEFORE you have sex because if your eggs are NOT at the “healthy” size between 17-22, you could produce a child who has serious health issues, or miscarry all together. I was hoping to save you from that misery.
When your eggs are too small they are not healthy. Many doctors don’t think about the eggs being too small. And trust me, I have read where it’s poor practice for a doctor to give a woman clomid and NOT measure the eggs around time for conception (whether it be sex or procedure). He/she is letting the patient take the risk of having a child conceived with an unhealthy egg. But hey, if you are comfortable taking the risk of having a child with serious health issues, go right ahead. Just hoping to save you from heartbreak.
Now this entire message has negative energy behind it. I get the feeling that you and your husband did not successfully get pregnant despite trying and it’s almost as if you are an ill wisher in hiding or you well intended message has made a strong right turn for the worst.
This message makes me think that I will not write anything more about my experiences with infertility and the specifics behind all of it. I have full confidence in my doctor’s and you are not one. If you had the answers you would also have a baby.
Lastly, I haven’t even taken a Clomid pill yet and you’re making me cranky. I don’t need negative energy right now. Thanks tho’.
Also, anyone over the age of 34 that gets pregnant and doesn’t test for disorders etc of that baby is crazy. I would do that even if I spontaneously got pregnant on my own. Incidentally, miscarriage is not a good experience but when you go down the infertility path you either choose to be positive and strong or you choose to be weak and wonder “what ifâ€.
I choose to be strong. Thanks.
Clomid can be used with or without monitoring of follicular growth. There are some physicians who have a bias about monitoring follicular growth with ultrasounds while others argue regular intercourse around the time of projected ovulation is adequate.
My belief is that it is either working or not working and you will either get pregnant or not get pregnant. If I get pregnant then I will certainly be tested etc. If I get pregnant then Clomid worked for me. If I don’t, then it didn’t. I am not having my egg’s measured because we (my doctor and I) have chosen not to. If I get pregnant and there is a problem, we will deal with that problem. Infertililty treatment is risky, it is without guarantees. If I get pregnant the pregnancy will be tested for normalcy regardless of whether the egg’s are tested for size or not. It’s not like if they told me the egg’s were normal sized that they’d know it was going to be a healthy pregnancy anyway.
p.s. I am being tested after each round of Clomid to be sure there is not over stimulation of the ovaries.