AboutSarah Conlon Expertise I can answer questions about to trying to conceive, as well as infertility related questions, pregnancy issues and emotional issues that coincide with all of the above.
Experience I am a licensed psychologist and have personally dealt with infertility and pregnancy loss. I would like to share my knowledge, psychological training and personal experience to help others.
Education/Credentials Master's Degree in psychology
Expert: Sarah Conlon Date: 6/25/2008 Subject: PCOS
Question 4yrs ago, i was diagnose of PCOS, doctors gave clomid to ovulate, but after my ultrasound, they said that the size of my follicles is small (0.8mm and 0.5mm) Doctors gave me a medicine to inject to me but still doesnt get bigger my follicles, i have been changing 3 doctors, and still im not conceiving. sometimes im getting tires and depressed. can you give me advices on how can my follicles go bigger. is there any food i shall eat, or some activities i can make to help my follicles go bigger, if the medicine doesnt make it bigger, maybe i can help by taking food ar doing any activities. Please help. I really want to have baby, we been married for 5 years, and all of my friends has their own babies.I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance
Answer Hello Kim. Have you been on any other medications besides Clomid? If your follicles were that small on Clomid, you may need to try a more aggressive medication, such as Follistim or Gonal-F injections, followed by Ovidrel to produce ovulation. These drugs are usually given for IUI cycles, and require consistent monitoring with ultrasound and bloodwork. I recently did a cycle with these medications, and produced several follicles of 13-18 mm each. Talk to your doctor about trying something different, since you are apparently not responding well to the Clomid. As far as I know, there is nothing non-medicinal that you can do to make your follicles grow larger. Are you seeing a reproductive endocrinologist or just an ob/gyn? Best of luck.
