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femara is a better option for older moms becuase it doesn't affect estrogen levels the way Clomid does.
I just want to mention that docs are not always coming at things from the same place I am and you go in there asking specifics about this supp or that and they are just going to tell you to take a prenatal and eat a balanced diet. Just want you to be prepared for that.
That is not the approach that they take hun. "give a boy a hammer and everythign he encounters is a nail in need of pounding." It doesn't mean that their approach is bad, it's miraculous and has helped gobs of people who would not otherwise been able to conceive, but it's not going to be what I think you are looking for here. I think it's absolutely fine to go in and hear what they have to say, I just want you to be emotionally prepared for them saying something other than what you are hoping for. Last time you had a clear cut medical issue but this is a diff. situation and the answers are not as easy this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trishy74
well, just to clarify that's not really what I said and apologies if I gave that impression, I answer tons of questions every day and do my best to be as clear as possible. I said for people who are TTC naturally instead of going HT that the rules are different and that it's not necessary for people who are TTC naturally to do all the same things that people who are trying to go HT and spending tens of thousands of dollars and NEED absolute best response in ONE month. TTC naturally, you have the luxury of waiting for the golden egg, when going HT you have to do everythign possible to have best chance of success in one or two cycles.
However I DO NOT think LE Diet affects FSH negatively and that's not what Nuthin is saying either, she's saying, you have higher FSH due to age and so if having a baby is the most important thing to you, then why not pull out the stops and do everything to improve yoru fertility that you can?? Not that changing your diet will fix your FSH - FSH has a way of going up and down all on its own. And your FSH is not even particularly high, certainly not a dealbreaker in any way.
Taking a prenatal vitamin is NOT going to fix your FSH. We don't take prenatals for FSH, we take them to help our body make hormones to keep ovulating and be healthy enough to sustain a pregnancy. If you're taking folic acid, that is the best thing, followed by iodine, and behind that, coq10 and zinc. And it's NOT FSH that it will help, it's your body's ability to sustain a pregnancy. The reason FSH goes up is that we have fewer eggs, and our bodies don't "hear" the signal as well. There is NOTHING in prenatals that fixes that, it's down to genetics and the accumulated damage over a lifetime that affects it.
Everyone wants the magic pill that makes it happen, but it just doesn't exist. Doctors will always tell you to take the prenatal. I wouldn't even bother asking because they will say yes it does (because it's easy for them to have you do). If you think it makes sense to you that taking a prenatal will somehow magically fix FSH, keeping in mind that oh, pretty much EVERY gal at age 40 TTC with high FSH and fertility problems was doing that, by all means don't let me stop you.
I am not going to spend any more time going over this because this level of attention to detail is not good for your pink sway regardless, you're looking for a magic remedy that doesn't exist or for me and nuthin to say what you want to hear when we just can't, and I honestly just have too much to do.
I actually wasn't diagnosed with anything. I had 3 kids all conceived easily and a 6 months old at the time. I was seeking IVF/PGD for family balancing and found out my FSH was bad as was my AFC and AMH. My point with all of that is that it didn't have anything to do with my natural fertility and anyone that "goes on to conceive naturally after taking supplements" is bound to at some point unless they have hit menopause.
The study I posted before is an ongoing study that CNY fertility is doing on older women. I tried it to see if it would help me as an IVF candidate...I never doubted my natural fertility.
I think if you keep trying, you will conceive again unless there is an issue with your tubes or uterus. Perhaps they can check that at some point for you. The issue once over a certain age is egg quality. If you ovulate every month, have sex within 24 hours of ovulation and are not getting pregnant, it's a bad egg. Even young people sometimes take months to conceive. 1 year is the benchmark. So, just keep trying. At some point, you will make a good egg that can make a baby. Good luck.
And clinics don't turn away people. They will tell them what their odds of IVF are which is less than 10% after 40 of IVF working but they do not turn people away that are trying naturally. I am sure they will have some sort of advice or recommendations for you.