Will Femera lengthen luteal phase?

I had an unmedicated IUI on Jan 25.  Was expecting to test on Friday, but didn't make it before I started yesterday.  Doctor put me on Femera to start tomorrow.  What I'm not understanding is I had a great follicle this go round with out drugs, but my luteal phase was only 11 days.  He says the reason my luteal phase is short is because I don't have much fat so my estrogen probably isn't high.  Wouldn't it make more sense to give a hormone to lengthen that phase instead of a drug for ovulation?  Anyone had this and did it work?  (BTW, I have too many issues to list right now and my DH has very low count and motility.  IUI is about our only choice.)

Sorry to hear you didn't make it to test day. : (. My iui was 27th (husband low too) I'm due to test next Tuesday but I already feel crappy and crampy. Anyhow I wanted to tell you I have never taken femara but I have two friends that did and they were both successful. I think I would trust my doc and always ask tons of questions. Keep us posted! It makes me feel so much better to be part of a group here. Like I'm not alone. We're not alone. Its just nice to have support and real life opinions.

Good luck!

Thanks, Liz.  I'm wishing you luck!  I start the Femara tonight.  Not looking forward to the side effects, but hoping for good results.  I did 6 rounds of Clomid before my surgery, and although it helped with the ovulation, we weren't successful.  Ready to see what God has in store for us now! 

I did not do an IUI but did take Femara with my 1st pregnancy (along with some other meds) and it worked for me. I had previously taken Clomid for several months prior with the max dosage and no success. I have PCOS so my cycles and ovulation are way off. The side effects for me for Femara were also much less than those of the Clomid.

I like Samara was Clomid resistant. Femara worked wonders for me. I have two babies because of it.

Femara will usually make your lutueral phase 14-18 days. I took it CD3-CD7.

Side effects were way less than clomid. Clomid I gained weight and was a hormonal crazy person. Femara I was my usual self.

 

Good Luck.

yep what sara and samara said.

clomid made me hormonally crazy. i had no side effects with femara/letrozole. i typically ovulated around the 14-16th of the month.