Fertility success! Now back to TRT

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Hello all!

Brief update, I recently stopped TRT and got on clomid therapy in hopes to increase fertility to get my wife pregnant. Success! My wife is now 6 weeks pregnant. I have attached links to my previous threads regarding my fertility journey:

Fertility help

Blood results for fertility

So here is my question, what is the appropriate protocol to returning to TRT? Immediately cease the clomid and return to TRT injections? I will also be adding HCG therapy to preserve fertility so I will not have to do this process again. Is there a recommended time to start the HCG as well?

My initial thoughts on restarting TRT:

Cease Clomid
Resume TRT injections 200mg/wk biweekly inj
In two weeks start HCG sq 350 iu m/w/f
Arimidex as needed

Suggestions??

 

[JayLay777]

Hello all!

Brief update, I recently stopped TRT and got on clomid therapy in hopes to increase fertility to get my wife pregnant. Success! My wife is now 6 weeks pregnant. I have attached links to my previous threads regarding my fertility journey:

Fertility help

Blood results for fertility

So here is my question, what is the appropriate protocol to returning to TRT? Immediately cease the clomid and return to TRT injections? I will also be adding HCG therapy to preserve fertility so I will not have to do this process again. Is there a recommended time to start the HCG as well?

My initial thoughts on restarting TRT:

Cease Clomid
Resume TRT injections 200mg/wk biweekly inj
In two weeks start HCG sq 350 iu m/w/f
Arimidex as needed

Suggestions??

I know this isn’t important since you’re going back to to TRT but how did you feel on the clomid? Worse than TRT? And did you go back to low t symptoms on the clomid ?

 

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I know this isn’t important since you’re going back to to TRT but how did you feel on the clomid? Worse than TRT? And did you go back to low t symptoms on the clomid ?

My doctor prescribed me 100mg/day clomid which was a LARGE amount and the side effects were pretty bad. I titrated down to 25mg/day and that was tolerable. I got on clomid solely for the purpose of conception so I was okay with higher dosing and temporarily dealing with negative effects to achieve the outcome of pregnancy quicker.

My Total was in the 600’s on clomid with free T in normal range and E2 on the lower end. Still, I had no libido, fatigue, general dull mood, and I found myself losing strength and endurance as well as major soreness from training. It was easier to gain weight with relatively the same diet as when I was on TRT. So to answer your question, yes, I felt worse than on TRT but it was worth the outcome.