Posted by galkeepinon on August 30, 2003, at 21:28:58
In reply to Re: PCOS » galkeepinon, posted by katia on August 30, 2003, at 21:01:35
I needed Clomid to ovulate. I used it for about a year.
Clomid stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete the hormones LH and FSH, which in turn stimulate the ovaries. When we have PCOS, it makes it hard to conceive. Clomid helps us to conceive. I was on Clomid when trying to conceive, due to PCOS. Chemically, Clomid looks somewhat like estrogen. Like all hormones, estrogen works by occupying a receptor in different parts of the body. This occupied receptor then sends a signal telling that organ to do something. For example, in the brain estrogen directs the release of FSH, which controls the ovary's development of a mature egg. In the uterus, estrogen directs the thickening of the lining. Clomid blocks estrogen's attachment to its receptor.
Clomid affects fertility in a positive way by tricking the body into thinking that less estrogen is present than there really is. The body responds by releasing greater amounts of FSH. Since I wasn't ovulating, this extra stimulation caused me to ovulate. It worked pretty good.
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