Ovulation Testing with Femara

[candie429]

Hi.  My husband and I have been trying to conceive for about 2 years now.  I was prescribed 50 mg of Clomid and took that for 4 months.  For the first time ever, I was getting positive OPK's, but not until day 16 of my cycle.  I had ultrasounds 2 months that showed follicles, but my doctor felt I was ovulating too late.

She prescribed Femara for me, and I am now in my first month.  I took 5 mg on cycle days 3-7.  She told me I should ovulate earlier with the Femara, so I started my OPK's on day 10.  On that day, I got a very faint line, but yesterday, day 11, it appears that I got a very positive test.  Does this seem reasonable?  I've been charting my temperature too and it went up a little today, but not as much as usual after ovulation.  If anyone out there has taken Femara or knows what to expect, I would really appreciate your thought and/or advice.

Thank you so much!  I know infertility is a long, hard road for everyone, so my thoughts and prayers are with you all

[G_S]

They both are used to induce ovulation...they work a lil differently internally though...dont know exactly how

[bny807]

whats the difference between femara and clomid?? Thanks!

[G_S]

I was on Femara for the first time after 6 unbsucessful cycles on Clomid. I ususally was given ahsg trigger on cd 16-17 on clomid. With femara when i had my cd 14 u/s unexpectedly my follicle was 32mm...so i think with femara , your follicles grow faster.

[candie429]

I did see your other post about Femara and it had a lot of good information.  You're right in that it's hard to find information, and of course there's a lot of scary stuff out there about birth defects, but after reading all of the posts on this site, it really seems to work for so many.  Hopefully it will work for all of us!

[HeathJo]

I will be going to the RE tomorrow, and ask her what she thinks. Jnitro, who also responded on this post, had asked the same questions, and I wrote her a long answer in a recent post about all the general info I had about Femara/Letrozole. If you search letrozole on this site, it should come up. Since this med is used off-label for fertility, it is hard to find accurate info on how it works from the medical community. The info sheet my RE gave me was from a professional association on reproductive technology, and that is the source I used to answer jnitro's questions last week.

If you search and can't find it, I will find it and paste the info for you. In fact, I will just send you a pm with the info!!

[candie429]

I would love to hear what your RE has to say.  Thanks so much!  Sometimes I get frustrated with my OBGYN, but since all of my tests have come back normal, I know there is not much more she can do.  We live about 2 hours from the closest RE, so that's not really an option right now.  We decided to not move onto the IUI and just try naturally, so hopefully the medication alone will be enough!  Good luck ot you.