Anyone on Letrozole?

[rubywoo24]

Hi everyone

I have been prescribed 3 cycles of Letrozole and I have just started AF after a very very long few months. So quite excited to finally getting things going!
We're currently away and I do have my medication with me but not the leaflet that came with it. So just want to double check that I am taking it correctly:

• do I count tomorrow as CD1 as AF only started at 9.30pm today
• is there a specific time that I have to take the tablets, I think night time is recommended?
• do I take both tablets together?

Any other help or advice would be much appreciated!

I know it's just typical hes gone today!!!! Hes back tomorrow evening so I'll def be dtd!!!! I've gotten positives before but never actually ovulated so I'm trying not to get my hopes up that the letrozole actually worked!!!! Oh I'll definitely take your advice on the SMEP for next few days! Here's hoping it's worked on my unovulating ovaries X

Any luck with your opk's today?

@ccpp are you going in for a blood test to see if you did ovulate? I really hope it's worked for you!

I've still got absolutely nothing on my opks. It's never been so faint on the cheapy ones and the Clearblue is still showing low. I always ovulate around CD14 so I'm getting a bit nervous. Going to give it til cd18 and then call to see if I can get a follicle scan - at least then they'll be able to see what's going on... If it's late ovulation or if I ovulated early and missed it. I had the HCG trigger shot last month (it triggers ovulation) and now I'm wondering if my body has forgotten how to ovulate without the trigger shot!

Yes I have bloods on day 21 and day 28 to check if I ovulated.

I'd say it's just gona take a little longer if you normally ovulate I'd say it's just gona happen a little later. Definitely book in for the scan it's great you can do that! Keep going with the opk's mine went from hardly there last night to strong this morning.

This journey ain't easy that's for sure!!!!

I HAVE CERVICAL MUCUS!
Oh my goodness - that is just not the sort of things I can tell my friends or husband lol so I'm writing it here. I'm sure its the first time ever - I've just found creamy CM, which according to Google means ovulation is coming. This is new! I wonder if it's the cough mixture or the letrozole... Whatever... It's something!

It's reassuring to read that your test went from very faint to very strong. I've got a bit more hope now. This journey is bloody horrible isn't it. I've been through bereavements and other hard things in life but to be honest this is the hardest. It feels relentless.

Oh yay I act had it the last 2 days so its definitely a sign now your body is gearing up for ovulation 🤗🤗 keep going with the opk's!!!
Awe stop it's so relentless like you its definitely the hardest thing I've experienced it doesn't stop!!!!

I've never been so pleased about mucus before 🤣🤣🤣.
I just told my husband. His face was an absolute picture. A mixture of horror and laughter. Mucus? Down there?!

Men hahaha they dont understand our little excitements 😂😂 they're in this journey too haha
I'm delighted for you your opk's should be positive soon 🤗🤗

Definitely so bloody draining this journey isn't it! I hardly get CM and I want it 🤣🤣 I get some but I'm not sure if it's much - I keep saying no surely people get more? I still am on negatives too hopefully one will come soon. @CCPP @Sylva123

@rubywoo24
Hey! Great news for you guys.
I would count tomorrow at CD1 as I was told CD1 is full flow by 5pm. X

Oops. Wrong message. I don’t know why I replied to your opening message 🙈

@Carleyxo i usually dont get any CM so this month was new for me!!!! Is it tomorrow you are having your scan?

Ohhh really? What have you done different this month? It is indeed, 10am 😬😬

@Carleyxo good luck tmw!

@unknownscot don't worry! Sometimes it shows the first message and confuses things! Hope you're doing okay.

@CCPP yay for CM!

Got flashing smiley today so ov is coming!

Thanks @Sylva123 will let you know what the outcome is 😀 not got a positive yet but will see what Inside is looking like :) yay to the flashing!

@Carleyxo I've taken letrozole so I'm praying I have ovulated 🤞🤞 I've all the signs of it do here's hoping!
Awe best of luck tomorrow keep us posted 🤞
@sylva123 yipee to the smiley face 🤗🤗🤗 that's great!

I wish my body showed me signs it never does 😂 I never thought I would see the day I pray for sore boobs CM or some form of pain in my body 😂 @CCPP

I never have signs either @Carleyxo except on this hopefully miracle drug 🤞

Yes this is also my first time getting cm @carleyxo so there is hope!

Although tbh I think this month is out for me. Me and the OH have been arguing for 2 days because he couldn't dtd yesterday because he was "unwell". My stress levels are through the roof and I know that's the worst possible thing for fertility. He was a little under the weather but not really really ill and from my perspective I'm doing everything in the world to get my body ready, all I need from him is to dtd during the fertile time... and this happens every month. I'm so tired of all this :-(

Awe @sylva123 I know exactly how you feel the last few months we have been the same always arguing over it. We sat down and had a good chat and he felt pressure to perform and it was all gone so regimented so we try to add alot of foreplay and dtd every 2nd day instead of every day. God before this he was always bloody looking for it!!!! Typical!!!! But it's so frustrating its us that has to go through procedures and take medication and symptom spot and they have 1 job!!!! I was stern this month saying we have 3 months on letrozole to give it our best shot to try avoid the hardship of ivf.
Dont count yourself out yet if you only got the smiley face today you still have time 😉

Thats exactly like us @ccpp. And my OH has bad work related anxiety so it feels like that comes before everything else, and it gets me down because to me the fertility thing should come first. We only have 2 more goes on letrozole before we go on IVF, and for IVF we either need to move house to get it on the NHS or we have to get in debt... Neither of those sound good to me.
It's so pressurised isn't it. Our sex life used to be so spicy before all this.

Oh bless you @Sylva123 I completely know where you're coming from we do everything and they need to do one thing. So far I've not had that problem with OH but I'm sure we will soon. If it's anything we don't have sex for a good week period and after and then dtd every other day but he has no idea why (I don't tell him when we need to do it) he's clueless with when I take my tablets and I find that helps as he doesn't know when we "have" to do it if that makes sense. The only time he found it harder to finish is when I used a lot of preseed (2-3G) I think it reduced sensitivity massively for him. Does your oh's know when you have to have sex? X

@Sylva123 it's so pressurised but hopefully the letrozole will work and you wont have to worry about either. There are great success stories on letrozole! Hopefully we will be added to them!
@Carleyxo that's a good idea as I always tell my oh when we have to dtd but if he didnt know it might take the pressure off him. Good tip thanks 😊

Yeah he does these days @Carleyxo. At the beginning I didn't used to tell him, but then he "wouldn't be in the mood" because of his anxiety on the important days and it would get me upset, so now I tell him the days because he wants a child just as much as I do and it helps him to know in advance so that he can get himself in the right head space. Lately though he's just been letting me down every month and I'm running out of ideas. I've tried being flirty, seductive, supportive, open, honest, even angry... We're just in a pickle with it all at the moment. I think it's all down to his anxiety to be honest, but I really need him to put it aside and make this the focus of his attention and I guess that's just not the way anxiety goes. Hopefully we'll get back on track and this will be our month!

Oh @Sylva123 sounds so difficult for you. Anxiety can be horrendous so makes things so hard for you both. Is he on anything for it? Yes I agree about letting him prepare himself for it, it makes sense completely.... x