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Has your doctor prescribed you Clomid? Have you heard that Clomid makes you have twins? Find out what the research says — how much more likely is it really to have multiples on Clomid?
The medical research
–See my other post on Clomid + pregnancy for more information on Clomid in general (what it does, if it can help you conceive, and side effects).
–There have been many different studies on this — a committee by American Society for Reproductive Medicine has summarized the studies with footnotes to the original studies if you want to look:
–8% of anovulatory (not ovulating) women who conceived on Clomid had multiples (mostly twins – see below)
–2.6%–7.4% of women with unexplained infertility had multiples
–Those multiples were twins except in the rare case of 0.08%–1.1% of women (triplets or more)
— In case you were wondering what the odds are of having twins naturally, it’s around 2%, says NPR.
How to take it:
–Take as prescribed by your doctor.
–I would question your doctor on Clomid first, though, if you do not have PCOS and it appears you ovulate normally. So, I think doctors often prescribe this when they don’t know your issue just to try something. If you do take it, typically doctors would have you take it starting on day 3ish of your cycle for 5 days. Doctors will usually start you at the lowest dose — 50 mg — to see how your body reacts and to make sure you don’t produce more than 1 egg per cycle (to make sure you DON’T have multiples!). Again, this is all up to your doctor, so take it only as prescribed.
—See my other post about Clomid here.
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