Bye Bye Clomiphene (C4;CD16)

Wasn't the best morning this morning.

After trying to wade my way through a break down on the freeway into the city this morning, and running 15 mins late for my specialist appointment, we had another internal scan and found out that there are no dominant follicles left on my ovaries at the moment.

My Dr is now fairly sure I'm just one of those few PCOS sufferers that does not respond to clomid (90% do) and I have to now start on the daily injections instead of to get me to ovulate. I would be lying to say I wasn't devastated, but I've told myself that I would be positive this cycle no matter what. So I'm focussing on the positive that at least we now know Clomid just isn't an option for me, and that we now can move onto something else more quickly and give that a go.

I have to induce AF and then come back into see him on CD3 of C5 to start on the injections. Similar to the pen injections diabetics use, I will have to inject myself daily with FSH, and then come in every few days to be monitored by my specialist who will see if the dose is appropriate. Like clomid, the chances of multiples are increased as while you want to inject enough to get me to ovulate, you don't want to produce too many follicles or cause ovarian hyperstimulation. So we'll be treading a thin line over the next cycle to see how I respond.

The main disappointment was that this is likely to be our last 'natural' cycle before hubby has to go back on his meds next month. This means our only option to conceive will be IUI or IVF - I think that is what hurts me more as the chances are so low, but added to that the problems we already have with me and with his 'very poor' sperm, urgh... don't want to think about it.

Anyway, at least now we can move on and focus on the IUI as our best shot and see how we go. The downside of course is extra medication and visits means extra costs and I am conscious of finding a way to pay for all of the treatment in the meantime, but we'll find a way I'm sure.