Clomid or straight to IVF?

[BennioR]

Hi everyone

I was referred a few months ago to my local fertility centre for IVF after being under the infertility clinic at my hospital. I’ve just had my follow up appointment after initial tests at the IVF centre and the consultant wanted to try clomid before jumping straight to IVF. I was offered clomid in 2016 to jump start my ovulation, but during scans found a huge dermoid cyst, so the cycle never started and I had open surgery to remove. By this point me and my husband had been TTC for two years, so was referred straight to the IVF clinic.

I am hesitant to try the clomid, and want to go straight to IVF as I feel I’ve waited long enough, if I was going to ovulate naturally by now I would have, I am nearly 29 and am conscious of egg quality decreasing into your 30s. I don’t want to waste 6 more months on clomid, and then another few more to wait for funding to be approved. I have also been told that as my cyst was so aggressive and advanced, the likelihood of it returning is high, and I was very lucky last time to save my ovary. I don’t want to tempt fate and wait longer and possibly have another cyst reoccur and actually lose one ovary whilst trying clomid cycles.

Has anyone else been in this situation? So confused and frustrated!!

[Rehanat]

Hi- i tried clomid first , i had cysts on my ovaries also but thot y not try it regardless. Altho i was given 3 months worth i inly tried it for 2 and decided it wasnt working and went on to ivf so im pretty sure u wouldnt have to wait the full 6 months..... its really up to u xx

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I wish I would have done IVF earlier! I've just had blastocysts frozen last week and if I would have known it wasn't as complicated as everyone makes out I would have got the ball rolling with that sooner! Listen to your gut! No one has to live your life but you, and if you're fed up with waiting and you have the funds do it!

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Oh btw I'm 29 too and got 27 eggs at egg collection, so it's a great time to do IVF..... I donated half of the 27 and ended up with 4 good quality blastocysts frozen

[BennioR]

Thank you so much for your replies ladies. You’re right it is entirely up to me, I think you forget that it’s your body and your choice at the doctors appointments!! It’s so easy to get swept away with what they think is the right treatment pathway (which they’re 100% qualified to do!) but I just don’t feel in my bones that clomid is going to do anything for me and if it’s not right for me and I’m not comfortable I shouldn’t proceed!

Liana89 - thank you so much for sharing your egg count this fills me with so much hope as I’ve been told my follicle count is really promising. Well done for donating some of your eggs too, that’s such a kind and wonderful gesture

Xxxx