FFP 373 | Clomid, Letrozole & IUI | How Effective Are IVF and IUI? | Summer Replay Series | Lisa | Fertility Friday
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🗓️ 16 July 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is the first in this year's summer replay series! Following up from yesterday's episode about IVF treatments, today's episode takes a deep dive into artificial reproductive technology (ART), more specifically IUI (intrauterine insemination), and the common drugs used (clomid/femara) as well as IVF success statistics.
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- How effective is IUI?
- What is the difference between the pregnancy rate and the live birth rate?
- How to dissect "success" rates for IUI
- How do IUI success rates vary with age?
- What is the cumulative success rate of IUI and how does it differ from the success rate of an individual round?
- Does having more rounds of IUI increase your chances of conceiving?
- What are the side effects of Clomid?
- How do Clomid impact cervical mucus and your endometrial lining?
- Why up to 25% of women are resistant to Clomid
- What is Letrozole and how does it compare to Clomid for IUI?
- How do the pregnancy and miscarriage rates differ in women who use Clomid versus Letrozole?
- Why it's important to be critical of research studies
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You can connect with Lisa on the Fertility Friday Website, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Resources mentioned:
- FFP 138 | Post-Pill Amenorrhea | Why It Took 4 Years For Her Period To Come Back | Andrea Petrus
- FFP 141 | Surviving Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Getting Your Period Back Without Fertility Drugs | Nicola Rinaldi
- FFP 109 | The Reality of Aging & Fertility | IVF & Assisted Reproductive Technology | The Future of Fertility Treatments | Dr. Marjorie Dixon
- FFP 127 | What Does a Normal Period Look Like? | How Much Am I Supposed To Bleed During My Period? | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- http://fertilityfriday.com/fertilityawareness
- http://fertilityfriday.com/pcos/
- FFP 149 | The Truth About Ovulation Predictor Kits (OPKs) | Lisa | Fertility Friday
Research Studies:
- Use of an aromatase inhibitor for induction of ovulation in patients with an inadequate response to clomiphene citrate
- Extended letrozole regimen versus clomiphene citrate for superovulation in patients with unexplained infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination: a randomized controlled trial
- A randomized trial of letrozole versus clomiphene citrate in women undergoing superovulation
- Success Rate of Inseminations Dependent on Maternal Age? An Analysis of 4246 Insemination Cycles
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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies, we need to talk about temp drop. |
| 0:03.4 | Tempdrop gives you everything you need to effortlessly track your fertility. |
| 0:07.1 | Wear the tempterop sensor while you sleep for accurate temperature readings without the stress |
| 0:11.1 | of early morning wakeups. |
| 0:12.8 | Temtrops accompanying app enables you to chart an array of symptoms alongside your temperature, |
| 0:18.1 | including cervical mucous and OPECs. |
| 0:20.8 | Combine these fertility signs all in one place to identify your fertile window and confirm ovulation. |
| 0:26.4 | Whether you're trying to conceive, avoiding pregnancy, or want to chart for health reasons, |
| 0:31.2 | tempterop makes fertility awareness accessible to all women, even if you don't have regular |
| 0:35.7 | cycles or sleeping patterns. |
| 0:43.2 | Head over to fertility friday.com slash tempterop and use coupon code fertility Friday at checkout for 10% off your order. |
| 0:46.4 | That's fertility friday.com slash temp drop. |
| 0:49.2 | This is the fertility Friday, episode number 373. |
| 1:04.4 | Welcome to the Fertility Friday podcast, your source for information about the fertility awareness method and all things fertility. |
| 1:06.7 | I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm the author of the Fifth Vital Sign and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Journal. I'm a host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. I'm the author of the fifth vital sign and the fertility awareness mastery charting journal. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm a certified fertility awareness educator and holistic reproductive health practitioner |
| 1:17.6 | with nearly 20 years of experience teaching women to connect to their fifth vital sign through menstrual cycle charting, |
| 1:23.6 | balancing hormonal health, and optimizing the menstrual cycle without hormones. |
| 1:29.7 | I'm outspoken about hormonal birth control and its impact on fertility and overall health |
| 1:34.2 | because you have the right to know how your body works and how artificial hormones disrupt that |
| 1:39.3 | natural process. I host live coaching programs to help you achieve optimal fertility and health because it's important to have healthy menstrual cycles regardless of whether or not you want to have babies. |
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