Question about clomid and ovulation

[deb21]

Hi there, I have a question about Clomid that I wondered if anyone could answer. I have been diagnosed PCOS and on my first round of clomid. Pre pill my cycle was quite long 30-35 days.

The dr told me to take the clomid and that my ovulation would be around day 14. Im wondering if clomid causes ovulation a set time after taking it - ie start on day 2 and ovulate on day 14, or does it make me ovulate in my natural cycle, which would be a week or so later?
Hope this makes sense to you all!

Hi Deb,

PCOS is a pita of a condition. Who is treating you - is it your GP or a gynae?. If the former I would ask for a gynae referral.

Are you being monitored whilst on this particular drug?. You ought to be monitored whilst on it (blood tests as it can affect hormone levels, ultrasounds to check that an egg has actually left the ovary) otherwise there is no way of knowing whether it is working or not. Some PCOS patients can become resistant to clomid so it is important that monitoring does take place.

Clomid encourages the ovaries to work harder, it encourages more LH to be produced. However as many PCOSers have an excess of this hormone to start with it may or may not help with the ovulation process. What's the dosage you're on?. You should be on it for a maximum of six months after which time other treatments should be tried.

BTW ovulation can occur earlier later or not at all in any given cycle - its not always day 14.

www.verity-pcos.org.uk is a good UK based wesbite for PCOS patients. Has lots of information and with PCOS the more info you have the better off you will be.

Hi,
Im with a gynae. I am on 50mg, this is the first time I have taken it. I have to go for a 21 day blood test and they will write to me to say if I have ovulated. I have another follow up appointment with the gynae in march. What Im wondering is if this blood test on day 21 is any use, seeing as I never used to ovulate then pre clomid??

Hi

Am glad to read you're with a gynae.

The day 21 is a standard blood test done to measure your progesterone level. I was wondering if your LH/FSH levels are also being checked whilst on clomid; clomid can particularly affect levels of LH. Have you had either a day 3 or day 10 blood test to date?(to measure LH and FSH).

Have had more day 21s than I care to remember: I used to go every month to have a day 3, 10 and 21 done. I also had ultrasounds done to see what the ovaries and uterine cavity looked like.

Any chance you can be seen earlier than March, if you're on clomid you perhaps ought to be seen a bit earlier than that.

Hi

Just spotted this thread - I am 2 days overdue with my first baby - we conceived on clomid, fourth cycle on clomid but first at 100mg dose (50mg previously).

I never had regular cycles before clomid due to PCOS but it turns out I was ovulating on about day 28, so the day 21 blood test showed I wasn't ovulating (as obv I hadn't at the point the blood was taken!).

I just wanted to reiterate that you should be BD-ing all through the cycle and not just the so-called fertile "week" as time of OV does vary - as my experience showed!

Good luck - it does work - think positive!