clomid and birth defects?

[boosty]

is it true that clomid raises your chances of having a baby with birth defects?

[Helen72]

Nope, it's not true.  My doc told me that chances of birth defects as well as of miscarriage are the same for clomid users as they are for everyone else.

[mlb1234]

actually  there is a higher rate of birth defects with clomid but it is still very small, and not much higher than the general population.  what they don't know if whether this increase is actually due to the clomid itself or due to the infertility.  You can read about this in a myriad of medical journals on medline which is what I have done.  The increase is so slight (maybe 1% in general population compared to 3% with clomid, can't remember exactly) that I don't think it would stop many women who are having problems conceiving from trying it.  It has been used since the 1960's and if the risk was very great they would have pulled it from the shelves a long time ago!!

[amy1972]

I have a child with multiple birth defects after taking Clomid.  I do not think it was coincidental that I have also met other parents in the hospital setting that also have children with defects after taking  Clomid.  I am no scientist but I think there is a correlation.  I only wish I had known this before I took the drug.  I love my son and would not trade him for the world but drug companies can manipulate study results to look favorable for them and that is not fair to the consumer.

[babyalive]

My clinic says there is no research that supports the idea that Clomid causes birth defects.  It's out of your system before implantation.