https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 07:16:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814979 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 12:15:27 +0000 LuckyDione 2814979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you so much for all of your responses. So helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814931 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:56:09 +0000 dc yoga bee 2814931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have PCOS and took clomid two cycles. I ate a ton of avocados the same cycle as well as drank red raspberry leaf tea. My midwife said I had the prettiest lining she ever saw those cycles. She did not mention any link to autism. I responded well but unfortunately did not get pregnant those cycles. My midwives only do two cycles of clomid 50mg. I did lose 20lbs over the next six months which was incredibly hard, and got pregnant about a year later. For me, PCOS has significantly delayed getting pregnant but I do have a three year old and have gotten pregnant again. Best of luck and hang in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814926 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:18:30 +0000 Sams Mom 2814926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: the vaginal dryness is only really a side effect when you're actually taking the meds (it sucks) but that is before your fertile window usually so it doesn't effect TTC in my experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814906 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:10:59 +0000 Kitkat 2814906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took Clomid to get pregnant with my first - 100mg the first month and 150mg the second month (got pregnant this cycle). I had absolutely no side effects and no issue with my lining thinning, but I remember my OB saying she’d only let me take it for 3 cycles in a row. I think the uterine thinning happens as a result of being on it for a prolonged period of time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814891 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:35:55 +0000 LCTBQE 2814891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn’t take it, but thought I had read in tcoyf that in addition to thinning the uterine lining, the big drawback for clomid was that it can dry up your cervical fluid, which isn’t great for ttc. Maybe some others who’ve taken it can comment on that. Autism thing sounds awfully anti-vaxxer bullshitty, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814875 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:58:21 +0000 Mrs. Smoothie 2814875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took Clomid to have my first, but I took it with Metformin. Metformin is diabetes medication, and it's often used off label for fertility. (My insulin levels were a little higher than the normal range, but not enough to be diabetic). Clomid didn't bother me anymore than normal PMS, but I was really sick getting used to Metformin. It worked though, and I stayed on Metformin through my first trimester to prevent a miscarriage. ---- I haven't heard any issues with Autism and clomid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814782 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:21:44 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2814782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a decrease in my uterine lining after one cycle on Clomid, so my doctor switched me to Femera. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814737 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:14:57 +0000 Worrywart 2814737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Took clomid with my now 5 1/2 year old daughter. She's healthy and fine. I'd never heard anything about autism. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814726 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:57:27 +0000 Sams Mom 2814726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am currently in my 2nd cycle of Clomid and my doctor hasn't mentioned any studies about autism and I hadn't found anything recent about it while researching.it. I haven't had any lining issues at this point, but I have had some serious mood swings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814725 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:55:09 +0000 bhbee 2814725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clomid gave me mood swings for sure and did thin my lining the longer i took it. But my first is a clomid baby! I would definitely try femara/letrozole if your ob will prescribe it (it’s still off label so some do not). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814724 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:55:03 +0000 crazydoglady 2814724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should preface by saying I never took clomid, but when I was comparing clomid and femara, the biggest issue I saw was clomid's thinning of uterine lining, so I ultimately went with femara/letrozole. I don't recall autism being a factor at all. Best of luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814709 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:23:23 +0000 Mrs. Starfish 2814709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of the autism link, but I do recall that there is a link to thin uterine lining and clomid. There are alternatives to clomid that don't have an impact on thin lining, and I'd ask your doctor about those (but take this with a grain of salt, because I had thin lining issues for years so I'm hyper sensitive to it!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814708 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:23:11 +0000 NorthStar 2814708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another option is letrozole. The only thing some people don't like about clomid is some people get mood swings on it. But, I didn't have that issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814680 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:12:02 +0000 Miss Ariel 2814680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven’t heard anything linking Clomid and autism. It looks like most articles about it are from 2010 or so. I would think if there’s a legitimate impact there would be more recent stories about it as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/negative-impact-of-clomid-taking-for-pcos#post-2814646 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 19:19:19 +0000 LuckyDione 2814646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi!<br /> I was diagnosed with PCOS this week and my OBGYN recommended that I go on Clomid. I do not think that I have severe PCOS because according to OPK I do ovulate every month. </p> <p>I've read some negative studies about Clomid and that it could increase the chances of a child being diagnosed with autism. Has anyone else read these studies? Are there any other alternatives to help us as we are TTC other than Clomid? I am mid 30s so I am concerned about age and how PCOS could push back my TTC timeline even more. </p> <p>Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2777758 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 02:30:54 +0000 Pebbles 2777758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kayla0416: that's great! Congrats! Gives me hope that eventually I will have a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2777100 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:41:19 +0000 kayla0416 2777100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pebbles: It went great! My dr had me on progesterone suppositories twice a day through 12 weeks, then it was a very uneventful pregnancy after that. My DD is 17 months, and I'm 28 weeks with my second now. Dr automatically put me on progesterone with this one too, didn't even bother testing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2777079 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:22:11 +0000 Pebbles 2777079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kayla0416: Thank you! that's helpful and makes sense! I really think under 10 is not ideal. How did your pregnancy go? Any complications? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2777078 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:20:44 +0000 Pebbles 2777078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snarkybiochemist: It is a fertility specialist, I am supposed to start fertility meds in December if not pregnant by then.<br /> I am just so impatient and ready to be pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776846 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:49:39 +0000 kayla0416 2776846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor said that anything above 5 on CD 21 indicated that you did ovulate, but that anything below 10 would not be high enough to support a pregnancy (likely to miscarry). On my CD 21 test I got 8.2, and my dr basically said, "congrats, you ovulated!", but then 3 days later when I got a positive pregnancy test, she immediately put me on progesterone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776776 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 08:12:08 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2776776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pebbles: are you seeing an RE or just an ob if it's the latter I would ask about seeing an RE. They are much more finely intuned with how cycles work and things like PCOS. I only ever had my progesterone tested on medicated cycles where they wanted my levels 10-15. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776768 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 01:51:06 +0000 Pebbles 2776768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bump. Any help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776708 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 02:10:44 +0000 Pebbles 2776708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a positive ovulation pee test on cycle day 14 and went in on cycle day 21 and got a 7.0. </p> <p>I have only ever had a positive ovulation test the one time. My doctor told me if I didn't have a positive ovulation test to go in on cycle day 21 regardless.<br /> Which I then got a 9. The lack of positive ovulation tests, my PCOS, and the numbers below 10 make me think I'm not ovulating?<br /> @mrskansas </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776490 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:02:49 +0000 mrskansas 2776490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How many DPO were you when they did the blood test? Blood work on CD 21 will only be accurate if you ovulate on CD 14. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/progesteroneovulation-help#post-2776454 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 03:16:58 +0000 Pebbles 2776454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What number indicates ovulation on cycle day 21?</p> <p>First time was 7 ng/ml.<br /> Second time was 9 ng/ml.</p> <p>Doctor doesn't seem concerned. He says I am young (28) and it indicated ovulation because it was above 5. Everything I am reading says above 10 is what you want.<br /> I have only ever had one positive ovulation pee stick and that was the month I had a 7.0ng/ml.</p> <p>Also to note: I have PCOS with irregular periods and have been trying for well over a year. I have been eating low carb/keto and my periods have been coming much more frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771259 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:00:53 +0000 misolee 2771259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had similar diagnosis with secondary infertility. Unexplained. Clomid and femara did not work for 3-4 cycles. They tried limited monitoring but couldn't see any big enough to pull trigger shots on those days I was monitored. </p> <p>I went to an RE and he also suggested IUI. Sperm was fine but iui helps the best ones go through the hurdles and gives it an extra boost to find the egg. However my RE didn't just do IUI without anything. We did injection shots (gonal f), multiple and consecutive days of monitoring to see the growth of the follicles, and when they thought it was big enough, the trigger shot and iui procedure. They also recommended back to back iui for maximum chances. My follicles took forever to grow and with consecutive monitoring, they were able to be patient and see the best timing. With clomid and femera, if the "average" window of time passed and your follicles were not big enough, that was that and nothing else was done. At the RE, they adjusted the medication as necessary to make sure follicles were growing. The iui worked and now my second is a crazy 19 month old. </p> <p>Our insurance didn't cover these procedures. Everything was out of pocket and each time I went into be monitored, it was couple of hundred of dollars. The iui procedure was also around $600. We prob spent around $3000 for the whole thing. The only benefit of our insurance was that the medication cost wasn't too bad. I was told the gonal f injections could be in the thousands but ours was only $75. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771201 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:09:23 +0000 ineebee 2771201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. My story is similar, except with a PCOS diagnosis.</p> <p>Can I ask - What method did you use to know that you ovulated during the Clomid cycles? It was unmonitored, you say, so maybe you were charting? </p> <p>I feel like the bulk of the benefit of IUI with good sperm and all is mostly the monitoring, the guaranteed ovulation with the trigger shot and doctor-tested timing. </p> <p>But yeah I can see why you might be suspicious. It's a lot more than what you were originally thinking, and the $2k up front does not help their trustworthiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771178 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:02:49 +0000 RKitty 2771178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always thought of IUI for sperm with a bad sense of direction. LOL They pretty much just stuck the sperm where it needs to go so that it has a better chance of arrival at an egg. I think our doc said it would be around $500 for each session. The $2000 might be for doc visits and tests and maybe multiple IUIs?</p> <p>My husband and I both came back with every thing normal/perfect in our testing and we were diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I've always had normal cycles and assumed ovulation every month. We had been trying for over a year before we went to the doctor, not testing for ovulation but making sure to do the deed around the right time. After our first doc visit we spent 3 months doing detailed tracking of ovulation as part of the doctors orders and thankfully the 3rd cycle worked. (We had scheduling conflicts and vacations that delayed testing and appointments)</p> <p>I actually had my BFP the night before our appointment to make a plan of going forward including IUI. </p> <p>Also if you were doing clomid that means you have issues ovulating right? So I wouldn't say you have unexplained fertility there's something going on there. But you also might have better luck doing your clomid cycles with IUI. Maybe talk to your first doc about adding in IUI? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771038 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:38:35 +0000 arm2017 2771038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My background: TTC 6/2015-now, no pregnancies. 3/2017: Clomid 25+trigger, BFN. 4/2017: HSG good, 60 day anovulatory cycle, Provera. 6/2017: Clomid 50 unmonitored, ovulated but BFN. Clomid 50 again, unmonitored, ovulated but BFN. Semen fine. HSG fine.</p> <p>I went to a new RE yesterday for a new opinion. Dr told me I don't have PCOS even though I have acne, facial hair, elevated total testosterone, and crazy high LH. Told me that I must have unexplained fertility and need IUI. Told me timed intercourse with ovulation won't work if it didn't by now.</p> <p>I think this is a fast assumption to make, but maybe I am wrong? I have read about people getting BFP with clomid by cycle 5 or 6. I only went to this dr because I wanted monitoring. I didn't expect to be told I don't have PCOS, I am unexplained, and need IUI. How does IUI even benefit me if my husband is fine? I am so confused. Oh, and they want $2000 up front. I didn't think IUI was so pricey? I need someone experienced to lend me their opinion... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-your-help-pcos#post-2762244 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 07:00:22 +0000 superfine 2762244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all depends on how tough your PCOS is. I also used to have quite a lot of extra weight. My OB prescribed me metformin and it helped me to eat less and reduce my weight. When I lost up to 25 kg, I managed to conceive. I will advise you to watch your diet, hun. Try to consume less crabs. You may also work out regularly to loose weight. </p>