Side effects from HCG shot

[Kara_robbie]

I had my first u/s done after my second cycle of 50mgs of Clomid CD5-9 and my dr said I have 2 follies one on each side 20.8mm and 22mm. He said these are good ones and he gave me an HCG shot. My questions....is it normal to only have 2 follies? Are my chances good that I will get pregnant? And did anyone have s.e. from the shot? I have pain where he gave me the shot and felt tired, had a headache, and my stomach was upset. Has anyone else experienced this after this shot?  

[stillwaiting52]

Yes it is normal to have to large follies, that is usually how many I have each month. This month I had 4 but I think that was do to an increased precription dosage. I do get a headache from the HCG shot every time I take it too. Good luck to you, I hope this is your month!!

[docsaf]

2 mature follies on 50 mgs of Clomid is very good. are you having an IUI? My RE would not do an IUI if I had more than 3 follies (that only almost happened when I used injectibles) so 2 is perfect. I did not have any s.e. from the hcg shot - but I was also so nervous about the IUI, I might not have realized it if I did. did your RE give you a probability of success? My RE told me that considering my age, reason (unexplained), etc. that my success rate was about 15%. (He figured without the Clomid+IUI that my chance of success was ~5% - so my rate tripled.) Good luck!

[Kara_robbie]

Thanks for the feedback ladies!!! I am not doing IUI. And he didnt really give me numbers on my success rate. So none of you had injection site pain? Good luck to you ladies.

[Hope_LS]

It is normal to have 2 follicles - I have PCOS - so even with clomid I have only had 1 follicle the last couple of cycles.  My dr keeps reminding me that it only takes 1 follicle to get pregnant!  As far as the injection goes - I had to give myself a trigger shot of Ovidrel - so I didn't have injection site pain - it depends on the shot too I think

[Kara_robbie]

I am not sure the exact name for the HCG shot...wish I would have asked. But they did give it to me in the BUTT (ouch). I wonder if that makes a diff too, I see alot of posts where women are getting them in the stomach. I am feeling better today but again my butt still hurts.... :(

[Heather5]

I bet you got a novarel injection, instead of ovidrel (both are HCG triggers). The novarel makes the injection site sore for a few days after...while the ovidrel does not. That's my experience anyway :-)

As for the tummy vs. butt issue, ovidrel is usually given in the tummy, while novarel can be given either way. I only used novarel once and I injected it in my tummy...but it was still very sore after.

Best of luck to you!