Hot Flashes?

Clomid comes in different milligrams and my fertility specialist thought it was best that I start on the lowest dose which is 50mg. I have read that the higher the dose the more likely you will have side effects. I am no stranger to the side effects of this drug which include hot flashes, mood swings, abdominal discomfort, ovarian cyst and some nausea. Did I say hot flashes? This is the one that plagued me the most. As you all know I am a young woman so I have never experienced a hot flash before nor did I understand how women who have them feel but now I am very sympathetic towards these women. I often felt that I was sitting in front of a heater and the heat was blowing directly in my face at full blast. Unfortunately it is nothing you can do either to turn down the heat if you will until it subsides.

So month one of the drug which was in April 2016 I took the pills as prescribed and had to be monitored. So again, I took the pills days 5-9 of my cycle and upon calling to alert my fertility office that my cycle had come that month they scheduled my day 13 appointment. The cycle day 13 appointment is to monitor your egg growth via a transvaginal ultrasound. The ultrasound techs are checking to see how many follicles (the sacs that hold your eggs) you have and tracking their measurements. Some people have mature follicles then at 18mm however if you are like me you may not. If you do not have mature follicles the doctors will likely have you come back the next day and any days after in the event they are not fully matured. This particular cycle I had 4 follicles that were very close in size though they were not mature so I had to return the next day and the day after. Once they were finally mature I ultimately had 4 follicles that potentially could be fertilized which could result in multiples. This is yet another side effect of Clomid. You, I will repeat do run the risk of multiples. We will talk more on the next blog of the next steps and the outcome.