Femara success rates

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Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows how much IUI increases your success rate. I was on Clomid for a while with Metformin with less than adequate results. The first round of Femara I had 3 good follicles(can't remember sizes) and the HCG trigger on Saturday morning and then IUI on Sunday evening. My husband has excellet counts and motility, there was a brief issue with the morphology but that is even great now.

I agree with the others though that I've felt better on the Femara than the Clomid and it is supposed to have a better success rate. I hope your progesterone test came out good. Is that all your doctor is using to monitor you? I'm thinking that if this cycle doesn't work, I might request an ultrasound next time to make sure it's working. I feel like my doctor just leaves me hanging out there with no guidance. We should keep each other posted on our progress so that we can compare notes!

It hasn't worked for me yet but my doector says that he has about a 30% success rate with Femara. Are you taking a trigger shot also?

Good luck to yall using femara instead of clomid, i hear its great and it doesn't thin the lining as much as clomid, also read that the success rates were higher with femara than clomid! Here is an article that I found about it that looks promising:::::: Aromatase is an enzyme that is responsible for the production of estrogen in the body. Letrozole works by inhibiting aromatase thereby suppressing estrogen production. Clomiphene citrate, on the other hand, blocks estrogen receptors.

Success rate on 2nd and/or on both meds? and #2: What are the side effects that any of you have experienced with Follistim? Our complete trust is in God and that He will do what's best for us...however, I can't help but to have questions. Please respond...

There is much talk about Femara today based on studies by the Univ. of Edingurgh in Scotland. (There it is called by it's generic name Letrozole). http://www.alanpeto.com/ovarian_cancer/blogs/45 Femara or Letrozole will only work in certain ovarian cancer patients who are oestrogen receptor (ER) sensitive. The study shows about a 3 year survival time and those who were highly sensitive to oestrogen even had responses.

Hi, I am trying for my first baby but no success as of now. I am new to this community and in reality very confused and request for help and guidance . I am on the 5mg dosage of Letrozole from D3 to D7. I wanted to know, is it always effective to take this medicine . I also suffer from PCOS. I am on second cycle now and had my Menstrual Cycle was on CD27 with pre-menstrual discharge on CD26. It lasted for 4days only , so how do i get to know if I actually ovulated or not ?

I also agree with the others that why take the expensive route before trying the cheaper and more straight foward one. I googled clomid and it looks like its got a very good success rate. I also found out that most people who used it had twins so you might be buying two of everything in no time. Good luck.

so I was hoping to hear success stories with Gonal-F and IUI. Or, if you had better success with the combination of Femara and injections, I'd like to hear that as well.

My first u/s went well and I have another one coming up on Friday. I'm hoping to have IUI next week. Any success stories/experiences w/the same protocol?

I asked about doing femara for this next cycle but she doesn't use it in her practice anymore because she had low success rates with it. So my only option for this next cycle is to have an HSG, ultra-sounds to monitor follicle growth and a trigger shot when it's time (granted, this will actually be our first month of"naturally"..meaning without an ovulation med..as we only just started TTC in June).

I've been trying to conceived for quite sometimes. This month, I took some femara & is currently on the 2ww. Is anyone in the same situation? I want to know what is the successful rate & if I have some hope of getting pregnant this month.

my doctor told me to go for iui the next step to get pregnant.

My husband has been having low sperm count. What would be our success rate of the IUI working now? I am getting so frustrated. Is there any advise anyone can give me and should we think of IVF?

our insurance covers IUI, and not IVF at all, so thats another reason we kept on with IUI's.. depending on your age the IVF success rate is usually around %40-%50 and IUI is usually only 15-20%.. you can actually look at the cdc.org website and look at success rates for age at your local IVF lab.. GOOD LUCK!!!!

After researching online, Femara is typically used to treat breast cancer. However, research has suggested there is a higher success rate with Femara vs. Clomid. Along with Femara, we are going to continue the Ovidrel shot. Ask you doctor about this. Maybe this could be an option for you and your husband. Good luck!!

It is a new drug being tried by many REs for fertifility patients and the success rate is good. It depends on your body's reactions to drugs...

I think it depends on what your doctor feels about how much endometriosis is left. If you have lots of endometriosis left then suppresion for a few months may be reasonable. If you are older, you may not want to have suppression for that long and you may decide to proceed with IVF using the long Lupron protocol as the only suppression. I do not know the success of Femara in IVF protocols instead of Lupron. I would discuss this all with your IVF doctor.

So I want to know how many of you ladies have done IUI's and if you have had success, how many attempts etc. I REALLY need to collect info from you ladies!!! Thanks!!!!!

RE said it was merely doctor preference. My RE has higher success rates with clomid so that's what he prescribes, but his partner in the same clinic uses Letrozole almost exclusively. I'm sure that wasn't very helpful... but thought I'd share.

1. First Theory - Dr. Goodman stated, "Ovarian cancer is interesting in that the cells in a person's tumor are not all the same." This statement maybe the major reason for a very high recurrence rate. When we approached our Onc about additional drugs to fight the disease, I asked: "We have a cytotoxic drug (Gemzar), a biologic drug (Avastin), why not add a hormonal drug? After all Ovarian Cancer is still hormone-driven. Our Onc said yes to Femara. 2.

I don't know the statistics. There are so many factors that play in that it is probably hard to generalize. I have heard before that if a certain protocol is going to work, it is likely to work in the first 3 cycles. If it hasn't worked after 3 tries the chances of it working go down. I did 4 cycles of clomid and although I produced lots of great follicles it did not work for me because it thinned my uterine lining. This is a common side effect of clomid.

i researched this and some studies say that it does improve implantation rates to do it for three months before IVF in patients with endo.. they say that it can also help with beta integrins which are a type of protein (i think) in the uterus that help with implantation and in some patients, esp endo patients, they might lack this protein which makes it harder for implantation to occur...

Don't give up. The success rates for each IUI is about 20%. This means it can take a few cycles to be successful. Ask your doctor about femara. It works better for some women than clomid. I am with you on my 6th IUI cycle starting yesterday. I got pregnant on 2 IUI cycles, but lost them and once naturally, but also lost it. I have to beleive it is just a matter of time and catching the right egg. Best wishes.

I have had 4 x iui's and have had no success with getting pregnant on them. Have they tested your dh sperm? the immulogy ect?

also taking Femara. You are the first person I know to also take Femara. Clomid was not successful for me, it created bad cervical mucus. Anyway, I am on Femara for Cd 2-6 & then injectables (Bravelle) CD 7-10. Last month, I had 2 wonderful big follicles. I think they have found my "right recipe" so it's just a matter of everything else aligning. Let me know how your month goes.

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