Femara and ovarian cysts
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I agree with cheescake, clomid has been known to cause cysts in women more than femara... it also thins the lining of the uterus and femara doesn't , however it can produce more follies than femara.. i would defintely ask your doctor! i got one cyst on femara.. well two others, but the resolved on their own, and the reason i got those was due to endo and pcos not letting my follies rupture, so then they just grew bigger into cysts!
They can form anywhere in the body. Ovarian cysts (sists) form in or on the ovaries. The most common type of ovarian cyst is a functional cyst.
Functional cysts often form during the menstrual cycle. The two types are:
Follicle cysts. These cysts form when the sac doesn't break open to release the egg. Then the sac keeps growing. This type of cyst most often goes away in 1 to 3 months.
Corpus luteum cysts. These cysts form if the sac doesn't dissolve.
I was wondering what the medical explanation was for why fertility drugs cause cysts? If you do get a cysts at the end of a cycle, does that mean you never had a chance of getting pg from that cycle? Is there anything a person can do to prevent the cysts?
I did several cycles of Clomid with no cysts; then one cycle of Femara that produced 2 cysts. Now I'm ending another cycle of Femara and believe that I have cysts again.
I had 8 follicles, no pregnancy and now I have three cysts and have to lose another month or two waiting for them to go away. I realize the cysts are caused by follicles that did not mature enough to release an egg but I am getting upset to have to lose time. I am 43 and I know my chances for success are low. Do most people get cysts from all the drugs?
I do not have periods without taking progesterone. I can go many many months without a period without the progesterone. I am on cycle one of 50 mg of clomid (5-9) now. I have been using OPKs and they have not shown a LH surge but I think I have noticed changes in my cervical mucus. Could I have ovulated and it just didn't show on the OPK? I was also cramping something fierce on day 16. Is this common on clomid?
At the end of the 2nd cycle they did and u/s and told me it was gone. I started the femara again and told my DH, this is it, lets go the donor route if this doesn't work, cause I'm physically and mentally exhausted from all this. On cycle day 10 I went in for an u/s and was told that they didn't see the cyst on day 3, but it was still there and now 39mm due to me injecting Gonal-F. (wow, how'd they miss that). Fortunately I had grown 2 follies on my left side.
yea it seems that I have both ovarian and a breast cyst. I had been to the clinic in july when I found the breast lump, the PA couldn't feel it but ordered an u/s--which only checked the area that i could feel it (I can only feel it when i'm sitting up (and am very sm busted so there's not much tissue to hide anything)) The dr is able to feel it when i'm lying down and says the "cyst" is in a different location when i'm lying down.
Please Help me i am about to try ICSI or IVF but my dr told me i can try femara for another 3 months before ICSI because i have a very slim chance of getting pregnant with femara r clomid before moving to IVF but my problem is i have a chocolate cyst measuring 6cm on my right ovary {i already had lap to remove 2 cysts 5 months ago but one of them grew back and i also have one blocked tube}
My question is does anyone got pregnant with chocolate cyst and a blocked tube on femara or clomid or i hav
Had scan today and menopur was increased to 150.
It appeared my eggs were not maturing on their own and I kept getting cysts. I am now 19 weeks pregnant. My treatment was femara, injection for 3 days, HCG shot and IUI. Your doctor will find a treatment that will work for you. Keep your hopes up. I remember choosing to not be stressed out about whether I was going to get a positive or not and it worked for me.
Good Luck!!!
Just be careful on clomid I too have the same problem but when I was trying to get pregnant dr put me on clomid and because not monitored every month I built up huge cysts on both my ovaries and needed to have a c- section to remove them in order to save the ovaries. So make sure you are being monitored each month with a ultrasound because of this disorder very easy to build up those cysts.
I was on Clomid for 2 cycles (now on Femara) and found that Clomid consistently delayed my cycle 4-5 days. I would recommend getting a blood test at your Ob-Gyn (or RE's) office, as a blood test is more sensitive than over the counter pregnancy test sticks. A beta (blood) test is what confirmed for me that I was not pregnant, but rather just late. I then got my period 2 days later (4 days later than I normally would have if not taking Clomid).
I hope this helps, and good luck!
My RE gave me an Rx for the highest dosage of Femara in preperation for an IUI. We can no longer afford the IUI, but I would still like to take the Femara and try the "old fashinioned" way. I'm just wondering what to expect? I have done several rounds of Clomid and two rounds of 5mg of Femara (with one cycle ending in cysts). I had little to no side effects.
Is it safe to take this highest dosage without going in for the pre-O u/s to check the follies?
The correlation between breast cancer and estrogen related ovarian cancer is being studied, and the theory is if they work for breast cancer patients, they may work for estrogen related ovarian cancer, as well. For me, Aromasin has kept my cancer stable for the last 9 months.
I encourage you and your mom to speak to her doctor regarding trying a different Aromatase Inhibiter IF Femara doesn't seem to work for her, or causes side effects.
Have headaches in the evening usually on CD17 and CD18 and a bloated feeling most of teh days , have observed this in the last few cycles. Is this common with Femara or Progesterone. A bit worried bcos, I also have PCOS and with the weight increase it might hamper my chances of conception. Any advise anyone ?
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