Ob says nothing wrong with me or my husband

Question

we are trying to concieve after a loss last year I have 2 other healthy children so would I be wrong to ask for clomid or something even though he found nothing wrong do you think they may boost things along

Answer 1

First, I am sorry that you're having trouble conceiving and that you have no real answers as to why. My husband and I went through that for two years.

Second, NO, do NOT ask for Clomid if you are ovulating. My ob put me on it (against my gut feeling) even though I was ovulating just fine, and it made me STOP ovulating altogether.

You probably aren't going to get much help from the pros because you have two healthy children, unless those kids have a different dad. If that's the case, then you need to get more testing done.

In our case, my immune system was killing off my husband's sperm within an hour, well before it had the chance to fertilize any egg. I found a dr. in Chicago that was working with this kind of infertility, and basically what they do is take some of the husband's white blood cells and inject it into the woman's blood stream, a little at a time, until her body no longer rejects his DNA. And then you can conceive in the fun, old-fashioned way.

Please be careful as you proceed with infertility testing and treatment. There are a lot of procedures that you may find morally reprehensible (we did). Also, many clinics will say you've got your two kids, so we won't help you ... or they will, or they'll charge you an arm and a leg.

Answer 2

i have been thinking the same thing- we have been TTC #3 for 6 months, dr is doing bloodwork on me to check hormone levels, etc but says she can't imagine that there is anything phsyically wrong since we have 2 children together already. I'd say research any side effects of the med and if you are OK with them and your dr is willing then go for it!

Answer 3

Clomid is only going to help if there is a proplem, and that problem is related to your ovaries having difficulty ovulating.  

Otherwise, clomid can make it more difficult to concieve.  One of it's negative side effects is that of drying your cervical mucus.  Dryer mucus makes conception more difficult.

Otherwise, if you're ovulating normal, then clomid is going cause you to be much more likely to ovulate multiple eggs resulting in greater odds of multiples.

Bottom line, clomid is not a fertility panacea, and has other negative side effects.  So unless a doctor sees a NEED for clomid, I'd recomend against it.

Keep in mind, even if you've done everything right, you only have about a 20 to 25% chance of getting pregnant in any given month.  So these things can take time... and the older you get, the more difficult it becomes, usually because your monthly fertility window is getting smaller and eggs seem to become lower quality the more you age.

Answer 4

ask for clomid i did

Answer 5

did they run all the tests? maybe you should see a fertility specialist (reproductive endocrinologist) to make sure everything is ok....and give you the best course of action,  you can ask one online for free for advice try FertilityTies.com

good luck!