Questions about Femara

Teafor2 · Mar 5, 2021

Hey all,

I recently posted because I was on my first cycle supplementing with progesterone. Unfortunately I didn’t get pregnant that cycle.

I am now one unsuccessful cycle away from being prescribed Femara. My understanding is that it’s generally prescribed for women who either have pcos or are not ovulating regularly.

Based on my opks, ovulation pain, and ultrasounds I’m ovulating regularly around cd 15 each month. Af shows up 13 days later (15 days later this month with the progesterone).

I’m going in for blood work this month on cd 5. I was supposed to get it done a while ago but I got pregnant twice in a row (both ending in chemical pregnancies) and so it wouldn’t have been valid until now.

I’m not feeling 100% about taking Femara, just because I’m unsure if I really need it. Does anyone have any insight on the why I would be getting it prescribed if I seem to be ovulating each month?

Thanks for the help! The women here are really such an amazing source of information

Marqelle93 · Mar 8, 2021

Teafor2 said:
Hey all,

I recently posted because I was on my first cycle supplementing with progesterone. Unfortunately I didn’t get pregnant that cycle.

I am now one unsuccessful cycle away from being prescribed Femara. My understanding is that it’s generally prescribed for women who either have pcos or are not ovulating regularly.

Based on my opks, ovulation pain, and ultrasounds I’m ovulating regularly around cd 15 each month. Af shows up 13 days later (15 days later this month with the progesterone).

I’m going in for blood work this month on cd 5. I was supposed to get it done a while ago but I got pregnant twice in a row (both ending in chemical pregnancies) and so it wouldn’t have been valid until now.

I’m not feeling 100% about taking Femara, just because I’m unsure if I really need it. Does anyone have any insight on the why I would be getting it prescribed if I seem to be ovulating each month?

Thanks for the help! The women here are really such an amazing source of information

Hey! I was on Femara for 2 Cycles with IUI and donor sperm and I conceived the second time.

The reason why you may be prescribed Femara even when you think you're ovulating, is because a lot of times when dealing with fertility issues, you may think you're ovulating based on a positive ovulation test or the fact that your period comes about 14 days later, but you may actually not be ovulating.

A positive ovulation test is just confirming an LH surge, it doesn't mean an egg was actually released.

And you can still get regular periods without ovulating, since you get a period when you're lining gets too thick to stay intact and has to shed.

Most of the time they will take a blood test to see if you are actually fully ovulating each month on your own. Did they do that?

The other reason they may prescribe it, even if you are ovulating on your own, is to better predict the date of ovulation so that sex or insemination can be timed more appropriately.

Teafor2 · Mar 8, 2021

Marqelle93 said:
Hey! I was on Femara for 2 Cycles with IUI and donor sperm and I conceived the second time.

The reason why you may be prescribed Femara even when you think you're ovulating, is because a lot of times when dealing with fertility issues, you may think you're ovulating based on a positive ovulation test or the fact that your period comes about 14 days later, but you may actually not be ovulating.

A positive ovulation test is just confirming an LH surge, it doesn't mean an egg was actually released.

And you can still get regular periods without ovulating, since you get a period when you're lining gets too thick to stay intact and has to shed.

Most of the time they will take a blood test to see if you are actually fully ovulating each month on your own. Did they do that?

The other reason they may prescribe it, even if you are ovulating on your own, is to better predict the date of ovulation so that sex or insemination can be timed more appropriately.

Thanks for the answer. I’m having bloods done this month. I’ve also had ultrasounds done just before ovulation and just before my period and they always seem to be normal as far as follicles go. This past month my ob predicted I would ovulate 2 days after my ultrasound, and sure enough I had a positive opk the next night and ovulation pain the following day.

I feel ovulation each month as well. There have about 3 months in my life where I didn’t feel my ovulation pain and all three times I didn’t get a period until I felt the o pain. I would have some spotting around cd 26 or so, but not true period bleeding until after I felt o pain.

We also aren’t going to be doing IUI (at least not yet). She wants us to try Femara and timed intercourse first along with the progesterone.

Marqelle93 · Mar 10, 2021

Teafor2 said:
Hey all,

I recently posted because I was on my first cycle supplementing with progesterone. Unfortunately I didn’t get pregnant that cycle.

I am now one unsuccessful cycle away from being prescribed Femara. My understanding is that it’s generally prescribed for women who either have pcos or are not ovulating regularly.

Based on my opks, ovulation pain, and ultrasounds I’m ovulating regularly around cd 15 each month. Af shows up 13 days later (15 days later this month with the progesterone).

I’m going in for blood work this month on cd 5. I was supposed to get it done a while ago but I got pregnant twice in a row (both ending in chemical pregnancies) and so it wouldn’t have been valid until now.

I’m not feeling 100% about taking Femara, just because I’m unsure if I really need it. Does anyone have any insight on the why I would be getting it prescribed if I seem to be ovulating each month?

Thanks for the help! The women here are really such an amazing source of information

The other reason why she may be prescribing it even when you ovulate on your own, is to overstimukate your follicles and try to make it product more than one egg, that way your chances of getting pregnant in ease. That would be the more likely answer if you already ovulate on your own.

Teafor2 · Mar 10, 2021

Marqelle93 said:
The other reason why she may be prescribing it even when you ovulate on your own, is to overstimukate your follicles and try to make it product more than one egg, that way your chances of getting pregnant in ease. That would be the more likely answer if you already ovulate on your own.

Thanks! I recently had an ultrasound that showed a residual septum after I had a complete uterine septum removed. I’ll see if she still wants me to do the Femara or have the rest of the septum removed first.

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