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Hello, I am new here.

I'm waiting to do the IVF treatment and they sent a letter from the clinic to postpone I think it must be because of the covid because they didn't even explain the reason. I'm 40 and I'm getting worried because I don't know when they're going to call me back. I would like to know if someone has already taken Clomid and if it worked, I was thinking of asking a doctor and see if it works. I don't know what to do :(

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Iria

Hi! I will start with clomid this month.. I asked for it because I don’t want to lose more time while waiting for Ivf.

Good luck!

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Borbolet in reply toIria

Wishing you lots of luck, thanks for sharing.

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FrancyItaly in reply toIria

Keep us updated as I’m also starting Clomid next month!

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FrancyItaly

I’ll be starting Clomid in September, I hope it will work! ✨

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

Good luck !

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FrancyItaly in reply toBorbolet

Did it work for you?

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

I ended up not taking it because I got a letter to start IVF soon.

Is it working for you?

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FrancyItaly in reply toBorbolet

I will start the first cycle when my period starts, hopefully next week!

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

That is really good news! Good luck.

So I know the first thing it's doing a scan and blood test but how long did take you till you get the results and having your first appointment?

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FrancyItaly in reply toBorbolet

To start Clomid you mean? With Nhs I would say a year. With the private clinic they monitored my cycle for one month and given my past history of Pcos, anovulation and natural pregnancy/miscarriage, it only took one month for them to prescribe Clomid.

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

Yes to start clomid, private usually is more quick. I will be doing ivf with NHS and I don't know how long it will take to start the treatment.

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FrancyItaly in reply toBorbolet

To be honest once I was referred to the NHS fertility clinic by the GP it was all very quick, I was impressed. But we decided to go with the private clinic in the end because they were doing more tests and monitoring. I hope you’ll start your treatment very soon!

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

I was referred on September last year but because of covid everything it was delayed. Hopefully it will be quick now. Wishing all the best!

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FrancyItaly in reply toBorbolet

I was referred in February I think and by August they wanted me to start the treatment. But I guess with IVF it might take a little longer. Best of luck x

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Borbolet in reply toFrancyItaly

Thank you. Keep me posted about you progress x

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DianeArnoldPartnerNurseFertility Network UK

Hi Borbolet. I would definitely ask if you could try it while you are waiting. It would be a shame to waste some precious time. Good luck! Diane

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Borbolet

I asked but my gynae said I couldn't have both of them, need to choose IVF or tablets. I was thinking going to a private to get Clomid while waiting for IVF. Thank you

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lizzybee81

Sorry to say Clomid didn’t work for me.

I (stupidly) had 2 depo shots in 2018 and reacted badly to it, couldn’t stop bleeding so came off in Sept 18 & then didn’t have any bleeding till Dec 19! But tests showed I wasn’t ovulating & they didn’t know why. Had tons of blood tests, HCG one tube normal one occluded but no reason why I wasn’t ovulating at all.

Was put on Clomid, started bleeding on Day 14, still not ovulating. Gave up in the end and chose IVF. Only the IVF clinic did AMH (not NHS after 2 years of “process”) and it was 22, still don’t know why I wasn’t ovulating but I felt like I was just wasting time I didn’t have anymore.

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Borbolet in reply tolizzybee81

I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work for you, hopefully could be different for someone else.

We need to keep being positive and strong and things it will get better.

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lizzybee81

It is important to be positive of course but it’s also important to be honest. I was only sharing my experience as not to give false hope, it doesn’t work for everyone & it didn’t work for me.

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Borbolet in reply tolizzybee81

Thank you for sharing, your experience it was welcomed, it's good to know about each one story. Wishing all the best.

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