femara cervical mucus

Clomid works but not for everyone clomid often thickens the cervical mucus which makes it hard for the sperm to swim to contect to the egg. I was taking tussin as well my last cycle of clomid but it didn't work. I had 6 cycles of clomid three solo & three with iui's. I wish you the best of luck.

It all depends I took femara one cycle with injectable (ovidrel) & an iui & worked on the first try. I'm 5 weeks & 3 days today. Clomid works but not for everyone clomid often thickens the cervical mucus which makes it hard for the sperm to swim to contect to the egg. I was taking tussin as well my last cycle of clomid but it didn't work. I had 6 cycles of clomid three solo & three with iui's. I wish you the best of luck.

Clomid works but not for everyone clomid often thickens the cervical mucus which makes it hard for the sperm to swim to contect to the egg. I was taking tussin as well my last cycle of clomid but it didn't work. I had 6 cycles of clomid three solo & three with iui's. I wish you the best of luck.

Like the other ladies said, clomid can thin your lining and dry up fertile cervical mucus...but only in some women (I think the cervical mucus issue happens in about 1/3 of women). So, I would just discuss your options with your doctor, like you said. Best of luck!

hello! we just had success with femara (and injectables) and we have endo, pcos and male factor! we did do IUI... however we may be losing this pregnancy (in the waiting game right now) as far as side effects, i didn't have many at all, and it actually can increase cervical mucus unlike clomid. and it does have a short half life so birth defects shouldn't be a worry!. a lot of people have success stories on this! good luck!

well ladies i dont know what had happend period trick me mon n tue n decided to come alil down today but i know whats my problem so now i need help on getting my cervical mucus good to get pregnant because im not getting that at all so incase yall aint know if u dont have enough cervical mucus best believe no bby coming so get it check so im going to do one more round of clomid then stop next month

Doc says I have a big follicle and he says I shudd be ovulating soon. Antibiotics can interfere with the cervical mucus too. I got a trigger shot today also for the first time. So, he says in 42 hrs I willl ovulate. So I will be TTC until Mon or Tues.

Sorry to hear about your struggles! this all can be so frustrating! but its worth it in the end! As angie said many dr's move onto injectables after clomid.. have you tried IUI's is your dh's SA ok? sometimes people switch to a different oral medication, like femara, just because peoples bodies react difffrently to everything, it doesnt' thin the lining like clomid nor does it strip the cervical mucus like clomid.. so thats an option.. adding IUI's is an option.

I'm also taking metformin, though I haven't been diagnosed with PCOS. Doc said it would help with the lining of my uterus. We tried 3 cycles of clomid and IUIs. No success. Clomid gave me hot flashes and may have made my cervical mucus hostile. This cycle, I took femara and had IUIs (in 2ww). I didn't have hot flashes, but my progesterone level went down slightly when tested on CD 19, compared to when I was on clomid.

I hear ya about the being drained!! sometimes i just want to feel like a "normal" person and live my life and not have to worry constantly about ttc, where i am in my cycle am i preg etc etc etc!!! it defintely gets old, BUT is hopefully all worth it in the end! MANY people get preg on femara, everyones bodies respond differently.. you can come join us on the femara group, there are a bunch of us on there..

There is some thought that Femara may be less likely to cause negative effects on cervical mucus and the thickness of the uterine lining, compared to Clomid. Although Clomid is usually effective at causing ovulation, it can also cause problems with cervical mucus and the lining of the uterus (which may explain why some women ovulate on Clomid but do not become pregnant).

t thin your uterine lining and dry out cervical mucus. also - there are far less side effects than on clomid. it's hard to tell when you will ovulate. its a good idea to start taking opks on cd 8. if i take femara cd 3 - 7 i usually ovulate around cd 12 or 13. if i take it cd 5 - 9 then its usually around cd 15 or 16. good luck!

i like the femera sooo much better. It does not dry out my cervical mucus I dont have the irritabilty i had on clomid either. I ovulated on all but one of the cycles with femera and the one I didnt ovulate was the first month but I think it was due to the fact that I skipped a dose by accident. Im not pregnant yet I have pcos with a ovulation issue. So the femera is doing what we expect and that is to mature follicles and the hcg makes me ovulate.

I my cervix are high really soft and open today but they was on CD 16 but not as soft. My cervical mucus has been watery/kinda creamy. I Gareth white before my first positive. Could I be ovulating twice since I had two eggs around the same size on each ovary?

I my cervix are high really soft and open today but they was on CD 16 but not as soft. My cervical mucus has been watery/kinda creamy. I Gareth white before my first positive. Could I be ovulating twice since I had two eggs around the same size on each ovary?

Also are you using anything like preseed or conceive plus? I read somewhere that clomid can make our cervical mucus more hostile to sperm ironically. So these need to be used to counteract that. I only hope that IVF isn't going to be the only option after clomid not working. I might be crazy expensive at places. Anyway, I know its easier said than done. I would really discuss your options with your doc or seek out an inferitility specialist if you haven't done so already.

Hello! yes as rjoshua said it doesn't thin the lining like clomid can.. also if your not doing IUI's it is "typically" better with cervical mucus than clomid.. doesnt' dry it out... some people respod better to clomid, some to femara, it really is different person to person of course! We have a femara ladies post somewhere on here! we've had a good number of BFP's on there! we did get preg with femara +follistim but unfortuantely miscarried later on...

I've also been taking it for three cycles and really like it.. but defintely understand your concerns, like tina and candy said it has a very short half life, so its out of your system way before you have the chance to become pregnant taking it... I have also been using HPT's at the end ot the cycle to check for pregnancy and then AF comes before starting another round of it..

Hi everyone, I just started my period last night and will be trying Femara for the first time this month. I've tried clomid once, but since I had no cervical mucus to speak of while on it, my new RE wanted to try Femara instead. I'll be going in for a baseline sonogram on Saturday, which is CD4 according to FF and CD3 according to my new RE (they do not consider my first day as day 1, since it started at night), and I will probably start Femara that same day.

thin your uterine lining or strip your cervical mucus like clomid can do! GOOD LUCK! I hope your BFP is around the corner!

Clomid seems to have more side effects (moodiness, ovarian hyperstimulation, reduction of cervical mucus, and thinning of uterine lining) than Femara. Personally, I have taken both and did like the Femara better, but everyone responds differently. I'm sure your doctor can give you some advice on that. If you have any other questions, let us know. Good luck to you!

Hello! Thanks for the reply. I am on my 2nd IUI & 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.

Clomid is known to dry out your cervical mucus and make the lining of the uterus too thin for implantation. That was never an issue for me, so I guess it's different for every person.

To me, it did help create more fertile cervical mucus...but my cycle also ended up being a bit off that month, to the point where I couldn't even determine whether or not I actually ovulated (I was charting at the time), so I stopped using it again and bought some pre-seed instead. But I've read of lots of women who said it really worked for them.

I'm on my third cycle with femara (letrazole) and i've really liked it.. its my first fertiliy med that i've tried.. but it doesn't dry up cervical mucus like other drugs can and i've had 1-2 follies each time... and only side effects were very mild hot flashes only 2 or 3 times..no BFP here yet.. but we have tons of other problems.. but lots of people have luck with it!!!! . GOOD LUCK keep us udpated!

I do get cervical mucus, it varies from month to month. I dont like temping since I always forget to take my BBT the second I wake up and it really is all over the place when I tried doing it. I just dont know if I am ovulating or not. The day 21 test just determines progesterone and my gyn says if I am getting regular periods I am likely ovulating.

but its pretty typical to develop only one mature follie wihle on femara (while clomid can cause more follies it can thin the lining and dry up your cervical mucus) I had one follie at 22mm the first cycle and two last cycle 19 and 21 (i'm only working with one functional ovary though) but I agree with candie increasing the dose would be a great start....I think that will just make the follies get bigger faster and hopefully increase it to at least two mature ones!

Just a thought -- Femara has a better track record where cervical mucous and endometrial thickness are concerned. Hope you are already pregnant and don't need this info! Good luck!

Before I ended up getting pg, my fertility specialist was going to put me on Femara, which also makes you ovulate, but does not affect your lining or dry your cervical mucus. Femara is used off-label. Can cause birth defects if used accidentally when you are already pregnant.

ve personally never taken clomid, but they say that people have fewer hot flashes while on femara too.... we took femara 2.5mg once a day for two cycles, then upped it to 5mg once a day in combination with follistim and IUI's and got our BFP.. unfortunately miscarried but i will be starting that combo again tonight! GOOD LUCK! let me knwo if you have any questions or if there is anything i can help you with!

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