Is Clomid actually stopping me getting pregnant?

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Hi all,

I'm spiralling into a Google panic about Clomid, and whether it's actually ruining my body instead of helping it.

I was prescribed the drug because I have one blocked tube (no idea why) and the doctor (private) thought it would help me potentially ovulate from both sides.

The first month (50mg) I got pregnant, but it ended in a MMC at 11wks. I was completely broken by it.

The doctor prescribed me another 50mg for the next three months, and no joy, and then 100mg for this month, but my period just arrived today. I feel so unbearably devastated that it's not happening for us.

I know it hasn't been long but the miscarriage completely floored me, and still is, which is making TTC really damn hard, and I don't understand why it's taking me so long to get pregnant again.

I've read about Clomid thinning the endometrial lining and drying up cervical mucus and now I'm terrified that I'm taking a drug that's actually stopping me getting pregnant.

My doctor has said I should take it for two more cycles but I'm so nervous I shouldn't be. I also just turned 39 and am trying to conceive my first child so time is not on my side.

Has anyone got pregnant successfully after 6 or more rounds of climid? Or should I stop taking it for a while? Or go straight to IVF? I'm so confused.

I am sorry for your loss

I'm sorry ❤️ are you being monitored at all? I used letrozole, similar to clomid, and my lining was very thin on day 9 and my follicles were slow growing. I had to add estrogen and I did a trigger injection. We didn't conceive on that cycle and were starting ivf after that. I'd ask if you can have a monitored cycle to see whats happening.

I'm sorry about your loss. I've had multiple losses, both natural and ivf trying to conceive my first. It's really difficult to keep hope. Lots of love xx

I'm obviously not a medic but a bit confused as to how clomid would help a blocked tube. Are your cycles regular? If yes, then I'm not sure clomid will add anything from my own knowledge.

That said, 3 months TTC after MC is not long at all. It is still likely to happen within a year so I'd maybe give the other months a go.

Hi all,

Thanks for your replies.

The Clomid was prescribed so that more follicles will grow and I'll potentially ovulate from the right (unblocked) side each time.

I'm having a scan next week and then think I will stop Clomid completely, regardless of what it shows. The drug is making me crazy.

I had a HYCOSY and the x-ray, definitely blocked.

Think I will try another 6 months without Clomid and then consider IVF.

Thank you x