Will a doctor prescribe Clomid to an 18 year old woman trying to conceive?
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I am an 18 year old woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome and irregular periods. I want very badly to get pregnant but have been unsuccessful thus far. I don’t know if my doctor would prescribe me the fertility drug Clomid to help me conceive because of my young age or if anything else would prevent it. Does anyone know if I would be able to receive this drug?
I’ve been trying for over a year.
your 18 it should be fine, i think it depends on how long you have been trying too tho
Hello, if you are in the UK, then it is a bit of a postcode lottery as usual. Where I live near Manchester, you will be given Clomid after you have been referred to a Fertility Specialist (a Reproductive Endocrinologist or Gynecologist) and he agrees to after doing some tests, etc. Your GP however needs to refer you to the specialist, and usually you need to have been trying to conceive for over 2 years if under 30 years old, and for over 1 year if over 30. So if you are 18, I think your GP may tell you to try for another year and go back… unless you lie and tell him you have been trying for 2 years already….
I have PCOS too so I know how stressful it all is. I am 32 and we have been trying for over 2.5 years. Even after the GP referred me last year, it took over half a year to get the Clomid as it takes about 3 months for the first appointment, where they will usually ask you to have more tests done (such as an HSG dye test), then come back in 3 months with results. I have been given Clomid recently and next week I am having my only ultrasound on CD12 to check the follicles and uterine lining.
One thing I would advise you to do, is to make sure that even if you have to wait a bit longer, that you start tracking your cycles, even if they are very long. Write everything on a calendar or other charts so you can show these to any doctor. Also ask for hormonal/endocrinological blood tests to your normal GP, s/he should be happy to run these for you. And a sperm analysis for your partner from his GP. And always ask to be given copies by the reception, so when one day you do see the Fertility Specialist, you can give them a copy of everything as when I went, they twice had not got all my notes from my GP. And it avoids wasting time having to redo blood tests, etc.
Also you can ask your GP if Metformin would be suitable for you. It is a medication for Insulin Resistance, which a lot of us with PCOS suffer from. A couple of months after I started taking it, my periods became normal, from being almost non-existant. Metformin alone can help conceive.
Also, you could look later on into Soy Isoflavones, which work similarly to Clomid but can be bought easily in the supermarket. Have a read online about them. They only have to be taken for 5 days at the beginning of your cycle.
Good luck and baby dust!