Anyone get pregnant taking Femara

[lil_schelle]

Ok ladies so this is cycle day one i go to the RE in the morning for blood work and U/S i asked today when i called what med he was going to  give me to try and it is call Femara any info on it would be great

[beautifullychaotic]

But still isnt that a breast cancer drug?

[Jenny5]

I think the nurse needs more information even though she is the specialist. CLOMIT AND FEMARA you only take them to get pregnant not during pregnancy.They are medications to help you ovulate. And every medication has side effects even advil or aspirin, and the fertility treatments even more. But if don't take your chances you never know. There are many babies concieved without medications and still be born with defects. If you have problems with ovulation you have no choice but to take any of this two. Good luck

[jen_KE]

I start Femara tomorrow and my RE highly recommends it (he was the 1st Doc in MI to do IVF - very highly respected around here).  He says it works better than Clomid and it doesn't have the horrible side effects.

That being said - My sister didn't know she was pg and took a cycle of Clomid when she was 5 wks and my nephew is fine (actually, he is 1 IQ point away from genius!!).  Not that I would ever recommend taking it whiel pg, but that makes me feel better about it.  :)

[jen_KE]

Oh, and it is a breast cancer drug.  I guess one of the side effects was Oing - that's why they use it for fertility now, too

[lil_schelle]

thank you ladies so much for the info i will start my first round on tuesday 12/03/07

[nutmegg]

i took femara this cycle and my dh and i got our bfp.  I have to say that the femara was way easier on me than the clomid.  I had every horrible side effect with the clomid, hot flashes, mood swings, and thinned uterine linning.  When on the Femara I had no ill side effects, it was so nice to go through a cycle and get a good night's sleep with out the hot flashes and my dh loved that i no longer had the crazy mood swings.  Good Luck to you!