On a dark and stormy night, wait...no...it was a bright and sunny 118 degree Arizona day...I was looking up information on Clomid because DH and I had given up trying to get pregnant naturally. We honestly haven't been trying as long as some, but to me 3 years is long enough. Any time I brought up the idea of Clomid to my OB/GYN she told me I needed to loose some weight before she'd agree to put me on it. She never told me how much, I never thought about asking. Well, after loosing only 10lbs after an entire year (thanks a lot insuline resistance), I felt that I deserved to be put on Clomid anyway since I made a huge effort. It's the thought that counts, right? So for the millionth time, I was lost in some web of threads looking up info, tips, success stories, etc on Clomid when I happened to see a thread with a topic I've never see before. The user was asking if anyone knew the exact BMI one would have to be in order to be approved for Clomid. Huh? You had to be a certain BMI? I opened up the post and saw dozens of replies, each of them from women all over the country, all of whom stated that the maximum BMI that you can be to be approved for Clomid is 30. THIRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I currently weigh 345 with a BMI of 54. It took me ONE YEAR to loose 10 lbs and now I have to loose 120 before I'll even be CONSIDERED for Clomid?!?!?! At the rate I'm going that could take me 12 years!! Has anyone else heard of this rule? I mean this whole time my Dr. was telling me to loose weight I was expecting that she wanted me to loose like 20 or 30 lbs, not 120! So as I resolved myself into a pool of tears, I saw a little square flashing at me on the side of the message board screen with an add for Lap-Band. I opened it and now here I am. I'm just starting down this road and I have a LONG way to go, but I'm here. And that's a huge start.

Change doctors right away. I started clomid when I weighed 297 with a BMI of about 49. I got pregnant 3 times taking clomid when I weighed over 300 pounds. My doctor never told me I had to lose weight. But he did tell me if I lost 10% of my weight I would have an easier time getting pregnant.