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

[mlb1234]

i also had no side effects from femara.  if you did not release the egg from the follicle you may want to ask your RE about using an hcg trigger shot in addition to the clomid.  i took 5mg femara days 3-7 with the trigger on day 13 when the follicle was the right size.  Also femara does not have any greater chance of birth defects than clomid if you take it appropriately (not while pregnant).  In addition, just having infertility problems increases your chances of birth defects than the average person, but they do not know if it is due to the drugs we take while TTC or due to the infertility itself.  I wouldn't worry though - the risk is still very low.  And femara is a breast cancer drug but all that means it that it inhibits estrogen synthesis (and if you have breast cancer you don't just take it for 5 days like you do to stimulate ovulation, you take it every day).

[lil_schelle]

please let me know how it makes you feel i will be takind it day 5-9 i will start taking it on 12/03/7

[lil_schelle]

How long did you take clomid? I took 6 rounds of it i did ovulate but my follicle didnt release the egg if that makes any sense so i hope this femara works well for me

[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!

[lil_schelle]

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

[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