PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: Clomid/Progesterone

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Re: Clomid/Progesterone

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:08:45 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Milly wrote: >
>During my first cycle of 50 mg.Clomid, my 7dpo progesterone level was
>11.7. My MD now wants to increase the Clomid dosage to 100 mg.
>Everything I have read says that if you are indeed ovulating, increasing
>Clomid dosage will not help in ttc. Wouldn't increasing the dosage only
>create more follicles, not necessarily larger ones that would,
>therefore, secrete more progesterone, resulting in a higher reading? I
>don't want to increase the dosage UNLESS it will really help. Wouldn't
>progesterone supplementation be better? Thank you so much for your
>opinions.

My understanding of progesterone is that 11.7 would be indicative of ovulation. Increaseing Clomid dose in ovulating women is thought to lead to multiple ovulations.

RDB

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