Success with IUI?

[silentbunny]

I'm not really sure if this topic would do better here or in Pregnancy, but I didn't want to cross-post so I'm trying here first.

I was wondering how many of you have had (or know someone who has had) success with Intrauterine Insemination. It seems like most mentions of it I've seen on this site are of women who have tried, failed, then moved on to IVF, or women who were successful but then miscarried. I am doing my first IUI tomorrow, and while I know that the success rate isn't as high as it is for IVF, I would love to hear some success stories, if there are any.

So...anyone with an IUI baby? :)

[Southlooper]

My IUI baby turned 4 months yesterday. I got pregnant on the 3rd try.

My friend's IUI baby just turned 2 last May. He was concieved after 6 tries w/donor sperm.

Good Luck!

[maggieb]

My very good friend has had two babies through IUI. Her first child, who is now 5, was conceived on the first try. Her second baby, who is almost a year, took many, many more tries. Good luck!

[Scooter]

There are a lot of women on these boards who've had success with IUIs. :) I can think of at least 4 others just off the top of my head. Our 5th IUI (with injectibles) was what gave us our DD.

[silentbunny]

Yayyy!!! I'm also doing acupuncture which I hope helps.

More stories, please! :D

[la_bride_2004]

We went through IVF/ICSI and FET which failed for us (we had male factor). After DH had surgery, and we tried injectibles/w IUI.

I am 21 weeks pregnant from our first IUI attempt.

[mrs_pell]

Yayyy!!! I'm also doing acupuncture which I hope helps.

More stories, please! :D

My friend is 11 weeks after doing the same combo! I believe it was her 3rd (??) try with IUI and her first month of acupuncture. Overall it was her 17th (I think) cycle trying. :)

[Scooter]

Yayyy!!! I'm also doing acupuncture which I hope helps.

I am sure you read the accupuncture thread, but I do believe it helped me conceive. I did it for two months. Oh--and FYI at my appointment they could tell the two earlier cycles didnt work, before my beta.

[Suzlywoozly]

There are a lot of women on these boards who've had success with IUIs. :) I can think of at least 4 others just off the top of my head. Our 5th IUI (with injectibles) was what gave us our DD.

That's only cuz you cheated:p

[silentbunny]

Oh--and FYI at my appointment they could tell the two earlier cycles didnt work, before my beta.

??:confused: ?? Sorry, I'm a little confused there -- do you mean at your acupuncture appointments they knew the IUI didn't take?

[Scooter]

That's only cuz you cheated:p

LOL, yeah I cheated & used my magic fertility dust. If you're nice I'll come over & sprinkle some on you. :P http://www.gogobar.de/Forum/images/smiles/magic.gif


??:confused: ?? Sorry, I'm a little confused there -- do you mean at your acupuncture appointments they knew the IUI didn't take?
Yes, that's exactly what I mean. The first time was when I'd just barely started accupuncture, and the second time was about a month into it. Both times I went to my normal accupuncture appt & told them I may be pg because it was after the IUI, but still a few days before the beta. She took my pulse & knew it hadn't worked.

[Happy1]

Our doc's office has an entire 2 bulletin boards dedicated to successful IUI's within the past 5 years. We just completed our 5th IUI yesterday so we're hoping it takes (our first one worked but I miscarried but the doc says everything looks great so one of these should take).

Nikki :D

[pocahontas]

I wanted to piggy back on this thread and ask if any of you ladies have done an UNmedicated IUI (without drugs or injectibles...just IUI alone.) I asked in the SAI thread but I think it got lost in all the recent excitement. I am mulling over IUI and of course my doc gave me a Rx for Clomid to do in tandem but she admitted looking at my charts and b/w I don't have an "o" problem for which Clomid would help. So since it may just be an issue of givin' the swimmers a closer shot and not really needing to be medicated I am wondering if I should just do straight IUI without the meds.

(PS...Silent Bunny, I am on month 2 of accupuncture. So if I do go ahead with IUI I'll be right behind you. Good luck! We can cheer each other on! :D )

[Scooter]

Pocahontas, We didn't choose to do a natural cycle with IUI, but I can tell you why. I didn't have an O problem either, but my RE said that taking the medications can actually make your body produce a better egg. And two is the goal with clomid, etc, so that gives you an even better chance, even if you are already Oing. She also said that if you're already going to the trouble and expense of an IUI, you may as well give yourself the best chances you can. That's why we decided to do medicated with IUI.

[silentbunny]

Hmm. Well, I only had one egg yesterday, but it was "big and beautiful" (22 mm?) according to the Doctor I was with. :rolleyes: She was also very happy with my lining, for which I credit acupuncture. I know chances aren't good for first IUI, but hey -- somebody's got to hit those statistics and it might as well be us!

My husband was funny this morning. he kissed me goodbye, and then stood there with this weird look on his face. I said, "What?" and he replied, "next time you see me, I'm going to be in a test tube." Made me laugh!

pocahontas -- I'll take all the cheering I can get, and send it right back your way!

[Happy1]

Pocahontas, We didn't choose to do a natural cycle with IUI, but I can tell you why. I didn't have an O problem either, but my RE said that taking the medications can actually make your body produce a better egg. And two is the goal with clomid, etc, so that gives you an even better chance, even if you are already Oing. She also said that if you're already going to the trouble and expense of an IUI, you may as well give yourself the best chances you can. That's why we decided to do medicated with IUI.

These were the exact reasons we've gone with Clomid each IUI cycle thus far. Our doc said, especially since we are paying out of pocket, that he wanted to give us the most benefit he could.

Nikki :D

[pocahontas]

This definitely makes sense! Thanks for the responses ladies. (I see a lot of people having to come out of pocket for IUI...does anyone have insurance that covers it? I know I can't be the only one? :confused: )

[OctoberPrincess]

Pocahontas my insurance covers my infertility as well. FWIW, my RE told me that he did not plan to put me on Chlomid since I was O'ing fine according to my charts and Chlomid tended to not work well when in women that were O'ing fine. Our problems are Male Factor and we had our first non medicated IUI last month, if that one doesn't work we plan to have one more non medicated and then move to injectables.

I'm pretty confused as to why so many women without O problems are being prescribed Chlomid if it truly doesn't work well on them, wondering what the real story is......and why he would tell me this if it weren't true.:confused:

[bookworm]

Silentbunny, I'm a little late, but my friend's daughter (conceived via IUI) just turned 3 :). I don't know all of the details (obviously, and I wouldn't ask!), but I believe it took a few tries.

[jodylovesscotty]

Pocahontas ~ I did my first IUI unmedicated, but just because I was too late in my cycle to start meds. It was my first month at the RE's. It was not successful. I agree with what the other women said about clomid making your eggs stronger. However the downside is the effect is has on your lining. My RE has went to using Femara instead since it doesn't have that effect. Maybe you could ask your doctor about that. After my first IUI I went straight to injectibles and am now on my third medicated cycle. Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond to you in the SAI thread. Hope this info. helps.

[pocahontas]

I really do appreciate all the comments and I actually only considered doing this first cycle unmedicated at the suggestion of my accupuncturist. Now some of you are doing accupuncture (and others swear by it because within 3 months they were pregnant). I tend to put a lot of stock in the suggestions of my accupuncturist because she hasn't steered me wrong (although it's only been a month). And she asked me to give some thought to doing one unmedicated cycle first to see what happens. Now after that I'm sure if it was unsuccessful she'd feel better about me jumping into Clomid, but if she thinks it might benefit me to do it without drugs the first go round she may know something I don't. And it's worth a try for one cycle since my ins. covers it. I'm more than willing to go forward after that and try a medicated IUI. But again, thanks ladies for all your help.

[Nigellas]

We conceived Alexander with our first IUI - I was on gonal-f. :)

[GardenGirl]

We did 3 medicated cycles on Femara due to MFI and were unsuccessful with each of them. We were moving on to IVF when we got PG naturally. We were shocked. Happy of course, but shocked.

[DallasLady]

We did two IUIs, neither one worked. We ended up getting pregnant on our own during an IUI break.

BTW, we did both IUIs with me on 100mg of clomid even though I have no fertility issues. We have male infertility (low count) so they wanted to increase the number of eggs so his guys would have more targets.

[Freckles]

We conceived on our 4th IUI cycle, and it was our first cycle of our 3rd year of TTC, so it took a lot of patience, but it finally worked. I am happily 16 weeks pregnant today!

BTW, Our issues were entirely mine. Hubby had great sperm{count and mobility}, but I have hormone issues across the board and don't ovualte on my own, nor on clomid.

These are my specific IUI stats:

1st IUI~ 150mg Clomid/Hcg Shot/Double IUI/booster hcg shot/Prometrium-FAILED
2nd IUI~ Follistim Injectables/hcg shot/Double IUI/booster hcg shot/Prometrium-FAILED
3rd IUI~ Follistim Injectables/hcg shot/Double IUI/booster shot/Prometrium-FAILED
4th IUI~ Gonal-F Injectables/Ovidrel Trigger shot/Single IUI/Prometrium ---PREGNANT Due March2007

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[silentbunny]

Yayy! Congratulations, Freckles!

[Smurfy]

Silentbunny,
My brother and his wife tried IUI for the first time this year. They had conceived naturally (with the help of some medication, I believe) last fall/winter but sadly suffered a miscarriage right before the holidays. They just found out that the recent IUI was successful! I hope you have the same good luck, but don't despair if it doesn't happen the first time, it will happen!:)

[silentbunny]

Okay, totally off topic, but Smurfy: I LOVE. YOUR. AVATAR! Twiddlebugs fricking rule!!

(And thanks for the props! I have faith that in one way or another, this WILL happen!) Congratulations to your brother and his wife!!

[Smurfy]

Okay, totally off topic, but Smurfy: I LOVE. YOUR. AVATAR! Twiddlebugs fricking rule!!

Thanks! Here's to hoping someday soon we will see your avatar with your little "baby crayon nose"! (weirdo) :D

[Smurfy]

Silentbunny
I hope things are going well with you! Sorry to be off topic again, but I had to send you this link, I hope it works! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V-IjRwc6dc&mode=related&search=

[silentbunny]

Ooohhh!! And it's even got "Doing the Pigeon" further on down the page! Awesome!! ("This stamp isn't too yummy...")

(As for me, I'm still in the 2WW...thanksfor the good wishes!)

[CTs_Punkin]

For those of you who were successful with IUIs - A question for you.

I took 50mg of Clomid this month and at CD12 I had one follicle at 13cm and my lining was at 5.

Have any of you been successful with the IUI when your follicle grew slowly and your lining was also slow to thicken?

Thanks for any comments!!

[Sinclair319]

My IUI baby is due in 9 days! The first IUI (with femara and injectibles) we did resulted in a pregnancy, but miscarried due to a genetic defect at 6w. The 2nd IUI (although I had 2 eggs, and he had an awesome count) was a bust. The 3rd cycle we did 2 IUIs (two days in a row). We'd pretty much given up hope and were planning to move on to IVF at that point and were shocked to find out it worked!

Good luck!

[Jess71903]

Just stopping by for some lucky IUI baby vibes! I am currently 2DPiui, and not feeling very patient at all!

[pocket]

So...anyone with an IUI baby? :)

Yayagirl - twice.

[CTs_Punkin]

Just a quick update on me -

My follicle grew from CD12 at 13mm to over 20mm by CD15
My lining grew from 5 on CD12 to 8.5 by CD15

I was very very very happy about this, as it turns out I was surging on my own so no trigger shot was necessary. I did 2 IUIs this month.
One on CD16, but I hadn't o'd yet, so we did another one the following morning.

I had pains on my left side (odd since I o'd on my right) and felt a "pop" around noonish on Friday. Saturday when I went back showed that the follicle had indeed collapsed.

DH numbers were very good - 93M Friday and 70M on Saturday - so keeping my fingers crossed that this will be the clincher!

I am thinking that acupuncture had a hand in helping my follicle and lining grow nice and big... I only hope it can help it implant & end with a sticky pregnancy.... crossing my fingers.

Would love any other success stories to keep me going in my 2ww....

[silentbunny]

No success story for me...YET... I am into my second cycle of IUI now. Went in for my ultrasound on Thursday, and my follicle measured a little small, so went back Friday for the trigger shot and Saturday for the IUI.

For those of you who have done IUI before, are any of you also temping? I found last month, and again this month, that my temps are not doing what I would expect them to. I have been told that the trigger shot ensures ovulation, and indeed I did have a big fat positive on the OPKs I took Friday night and saturday morning (just out of curiosity). However, my temp hasn't risen yet, and it didn't last month either, which I thought was weird.

Any thoughts?

[suzfuzsunflower]

I have been told that the trigger shot ensures ovulation, and indeed I did have a big fat positive on the OPKs I took Friday night and saturday morning (just out of curiosity). However, my temp hasn't risen yet, and it didn't last month either, which I thought was weird.

Any thoughts?

Hi silentbunny....Not trying to scare you or anyone....I just wanted to post that the trigger shot does NOT guarantee that you will ovulate....that happened with me, and I have heard of it with others. My RE's office said that it sometimes happens in people who are overweight, which I am not. They did not know why I didn't ovulate.

Good luck.

[Smurfy]

Hi Silentbunny,
I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you! (and CTs_Punkin & Jess71903!!)
I tend to have a pretty slow temp rise after ovulation, it usually takes a few days (for me). I have attached an excerpt from the fertlity friend website. Perhaps you fall into one of these categories:

"Here are some ways your chart and your pattern may differ from the ideal and still show ovulation:

Sloping rise: Temperatures may rise in a sloping rise rather than an abrupt shift. The rise may be gentle and curved and may take three to four days to reach the elevated level that clearly shows that ovulation has occurred.

Slow rise: Similar to a sloping rise, but in even smaller increments, temperatures may rise in a slow rise pattern rather than an abrupt shift. The slow rise may show a steady shift in small increments of one tenth of a degree Fahrenheit over four or five days.

Fallback rise: Temperatures may show a "fallback rise" pattern. In a fallback rise pattern the temperature rises significantly and abruptly as you would expect, but then it drops again immediately before it rises again and is sustained throughout the luteal phase.

Staircase rise: Temperatures may rise in a staircase rise pattern. In a staircase pattern, the temperature will rise, stay steady or even slightly decrease and then rise and stay steady again until reaching the elevated level. This may occur over a period of a few days.

Triphasic: It has been suggested that triphasic charts often turn out to show pregnancy, but just as often (if not more so) they do not. A triphasic chart shows three levels of temperatures: pre-ovulation, post-ovulation, and then a second rise after ovulation.

Delayed thermal shift: Multiple patches indicating increased fertility within your cycle but the thermal shift and ovulation may occur later than expected in a cycle that is longer than usual. A cycle like this may show signs of increased fertility, (eggwhite cervical fluid, positive OPK, high, soft cervix, peak reading on fertility monitor, ferning on microscope devices) both just before the rise and earlier in the cycle when ovulation did not immediately follow."

[jennylou]

IUI Experiences (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8175)

Please remember to either use the search function or check out the common FP Threads Sticky in this forum. Thanks. :)

[silentbunny]

IUI Experiences (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8175)

Please remember to either use the search function or check out the common FP Threads Sticky in this forum. Thanks. :)

I use the search function all the time. Why did you feel the need to post this?

I have read all the IUI threads. I wanted to start one specifically for positive, successful IUI experiences for those of us who need something to give us a little hope. I then came back to update my progress thus far, in case anyone was wondering. Is that not okay?

[lawphil]

I usually don't get involved in these things...but...

I agree with your post silent bunny. I may be doing IUI next cycle and it was nice to read the positive stories that were more inspiration than the technical aspects of IUI.

Thanks for starting the thread and I hope it doesn't lose its steam because of that post.

Please keep us posted!

[Smurfy]

Please remember to either use the search function or check out the common FP Threads Sticky in this forum.

Ouch. I somehow feel this is my fault since I was the last to post, and it was kind of a long one.
Nevertheless, Silentbunny--I will be checking in on you in 2 weeks! Good Luck!
Er, um, what I meant was, "Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated!"

[silentbunny]

:D Thanks, guys.

[silentbunny]

I wanted to come back in and post that we were successful on our third round of IUI, and found out just before Christmas that I am pregnant. So far it's been a lovely pregnancy, and as I just "outed" myself to friends and family this week, I wanted to come back and post another success story! Today I am 12 weeks, 4 days pregnant. EDD is August 29. :D

[j*east]

silentbunny, I am so, so happy for you! That's awesome news. August is a great month--my two sisters and I were born in it. Congratulations! :)

Oh, and as for this thread, we did one natural IUI, it failed, and now we're trying on our own for a while longer before doing more. (Long story.)

[craftgenius]

Silentbunny - Congrats on the pregnancy!

Just to add to the success story list, I have a friend who got pregnant on IUI...her first try. I had two unsuccessful IUI's myself but ended up getting pregnant on an IUI/clomid break.

[Smurfy]

Congratulations, Silentbunny!

[silentbunny]

Thank you!! I'm still in shock. :)

[jajacobsen]

I wanted to share a conversation I had with my RE today. I had my first IUI last month and it was unsuccessful, which my RE shared with me it was really disappointing since my follicle stimulation (injectibles) and progesterone levels were all textbook perfect and indicated that ovulation did occur.

I will try IUI again this cycle.

He said in the experience of his practice, IUI sucess rates increase with each repeated cycle until about four or five cycles, when they actually diminish. Thsi is because the RE gains knowledge about your specific cycle and can tailor the program to your physiology. That is why 2nd and 3rd IUIs are often successful (I HOPE SO!).

However, afte 4 or 5 unsuccessful IUIs, it often indicates another, yet undetected problem. Further IUI do not statistically yield better results. Yes, there are always exceptions but these are the overall trends.

After 3 to 4 unssuccessful IUIs, he recommends that the patient consider 1)laporosopy (to clear any scar tissure/blockagea that may not have been detected in the HSG) OR IVF, but not both. If the patient does IVF, there is noneed to do laporoscopy and in fact, laporoscopy wil delay IVF by at least 1 month.

IVF has a 3 times better chance of conception than IUI. It is also approximately 3 times more expensive, and has an elevated chance of multiples. The expense may not be an issue if IVF is covered by insurance (in our case neither IUI nor IVF are covered by insurance).

Just FYI. Different doctors or clinics may have different perspectives, costs and success rates.

[jajacobsen]

Congrats Silentbunny!

[jessied1025]

Bumping!!

We are scheduled for our 1st IUI tomorrow! Here's hoping for another IUI success story! :)

[pocahontas]

which my RE shared with me it was really disappointing since my follicle stimulation (injectibles) and progesterone levels were all textbook perfect and indicated that ovulation did occur.
Well, I see JJ, we are in the same boat yet again because that sentence just about describes me perfectly. :(

[jajacobsen]

Oh Pocahontas, I am sorry to hear that. I had hoped that since I had not heard from you that you may have been silently waiting to share good news.

Are you sticking with IUI or thinking about IVF? We'll do IUI again this cycle, and if that doesn't work (but still thinking positively!) we'll consider one round of IVF. After that, financially we're tapped out since we're 100% out of pocket.

[pocahontas]

Oh Pocahontas, I am sorry to hear that. I had hoped that since I had not heard from you that you may have been silently waiting to share good news.

Are you sticking with IUI or thinking about IVF? We'll do IUI again this cycle, and if that doesn't work (but still thinking positively!) we'll consider one round of IVF. After that, financially we're tapped out since we're 100% out of pocket.Ditto pretty much your last 2 sentences except right now most decision hinge on my insurance (the bastids. LOL :o ) No, I take that back...they are great about coverage. I have paid only a co-pay of 20 bucks for every.single.procedure. And med was only 40. And they cover IVF to 100k!!! :eek: But...and of course, there's always that "BUT" :rolleyes: they say they won't approve anyone for IVF who hasn't been TTC 2 years. For us...this makes 18 months. We are still 6 months off from that (and that's not even technically true since we've only been TTC 13 months but my original RE fudged the TTC date and used our wedding date so it would look 5 months longer than it really was. :D ) So we have to wait and see since there are a few rare exceptions where they will approve someone before the 2 year TTC mark and one of those exceptions is ENDO which I did have removed in July (and everyone knows ENDO can easily grow back.) So if they let me off the hook with that caviat...then we're "in like Flynn". Otherwise...we either continue to do IUI until September or we take a 6 month break. :(

[Scooter]

Congrats, Silentbunny, that's awesome news! :D


However, afte 4 or 5 unsuccessful IUIs, it often indicates another, yet undetected problem. Further IUI do not statistically yield better results. Yes, there are always exceptions but these are the overall trends.Interesting, I have always heard 5-6 IUIs was the max before the chances take a nosedive like that.

And as encouragement, although I posted it earlier in the thread, it wasn't until our 5th one that it worked!

[Cath]

I lurk around here, but had 4 unsuccessful IUIs before my dr recommended moving onto IVF. All 4 were textbook cycles with perfect lining and ovulation. We had the option of moving onto IVF or staying with IUI. However, my dr gave me very low odds of IUI working after that many tries.

Pocahontas - I might be giving you information you already know, but it might be helpful. I see you live in MD, which is a state that mandates insurance coverage for fertility treatments.

My insurance rider stipulated 5 years of trying, including less expensive procedures (iui) before paying for IVF. When my dr recommended IVF, we had only been trying about 2.5 years. Whatever my dr put in the request for pre-approval convinced my insurance to approve me for 2 attempts at IVF well before the 5 year requirement.

Good luck with trying and any insurance issues.

[jajacobsen]

Scooter - Yeah I thought about you when he said that. Really, I thought specifically about you, because I had just read this thread, because I need all the positive hope I can get. But what he said doesn't contradict your success because he said after 4-5 unsuccessful tries. You were successful on try 5. These things are not exact - really more an art than a science. He was just trying to give me info and advice from his experience. So if he says 4-5 tries and another RE says 5-6 tries, well that doesn't really make either of them more right or wrong.


Cath - Gosh I wish I lived is a state where fertility treatments were covered. Because they are not required to be in GA so guess what? Almost no one's insurance covers them. I know I keep harping on this but it is so expensive out of pocket. I called some other clinics around here (after reading about the lower costs paid by some on the IUI experiences thread) and SFI's (my clinic) prices seem to be in line with the other costs quoted.


*****
DH and I have never used any form of birth control so the RE considers that we have been trying since 2001. Six years. That does not make any difference with respect to insurance coverage, because apparently, having kids (like wearing a hearing aid which just amazes me that is not covered by isurance) is just a "lifestyle choice" and infertlity is not a medical problem. At least in GA it's not (grrrrr).

We didn't break down and seek assistance through an RE (just had used my ob for advice, etc) until this year because we had to save up for it and we had to get to a point where we were willing to pay the really high cost. IUIs cost us about $4k per cycle (with injectibles) and IVF about $10-12k per cycle.

I read this thread when I am down because I know that we have significantly better odds with IUI than without. I need to read that it does help many, many people. So thank you everyone for sharing your stories. Some days they are all I cling to.

[mcgwigan]

jajajacobson - apparently, having kids (like wearing a hearing aid which just amazes me that is not covered by isurance) is just a "lifestyle choice" and infertlity is not a medical problem. At least in GA it's not (grrrrr).

I am with you on this...I actually wear hearing aids (believe me-not by choice and one of my main gripe is that there is no insurance coverage for them - but of course, there is for glasses! They are a minimum of $3,000 and only last approx 5-6 years. I could buy a lot of "sparklies" for that!!:D

I hear you on the IUI too. I would really like to hear more success stories! it would give me some hope! Right now I pretty much feel that it's pretty fruitless and it will never happen.

[Scooter]

Yeah I thought about you when he said that. Really, I thought specifically about you, because I had just read this thread, because I need all the positive hope I can get. But what he said doesn't contradict your success because he said after 4-5 unsuccessful tries. You were successful on try 5. These things are not exact - really more an art than a science. He was just trying to give me info and advice from his experience. So if he says 4-5 tries and another RE says 5-6 tries, well that doesn't really make either of them more right or wrong.Good, I'm glad I'm giving someone hope! :) I found it interesting when your RE said 4-5 times because it's been a couple years since I heard that stat and it's very possible new research has surfaced that suggests 4-5 times is the limit. (Really the only reason we tried that 5th one was because we thought we'd give it one try on injectables so when I did IVF the next cycle we'd have a good idea of how I reacted to those stims.) And you're right--I think ART is a very appropriate acronym for this area of medicine. :p

[pocahontas]

Well heck, Scooter, you sure have given me hope because this will be my 4th upcoming and I really was starting to wonder had anyone ever had it work past the 3rd time. So thanks for that! Just curious also since your success came from your first attempt with an injectible+IUI combo...what were you doing with your IUIs before that? Straight natural? Clomid? Femara?

CATH: Yes, I remember lurking along with your success story in the IVF thread because you are in the same state as me (and I'm willing to bet we may even go to the same facility. ;) ) Thanks for that info...I certainly hope we don't have to go that far as to mess with those insurance guys for IVF, but if we do I at least know of a success story (yours) where someone was approved before the mandated time. So I see it can happen (and if we go to the same facility maybe they're good at MAKING it happen...at least I hope!) :o

[Scooter]

Glad to hear it gave you hope too--see 4th time's nothing. ;) Our first two were clomid 100mg and 2nd two were femara 5mg. (I'd already been on clomid for 3 cycles before that.)

[michelle29]

I wish you all lots of *~*~baby dust*~*~ and luck with your IUI's! :)

We were diagnosed with male factor infertility and low progesterone. We did injectables (Gonal F) and IUI. It worked the first time both times. My son is 23 months, and I'm 9 weeks pg with #2. I know I'm really lucky to have beat the odds both times, but I just wanted to share that it does happen.

[taffers]

Any more success stories out there? I could use it right now!

I'm so discouraged...I'm moving on to my 3rd iui, and my RE will ONLY do 3. I wish he hadn't told me that today because now I feel an enormous amount of pressure. Like we're totally screwed if this one *last* chance doesn't work. :( I would have rather not known so I don't stress about it. I don't know if we're willing to move onto IVF so I feel like this is IT. Just what I need...more stress! :rolleyes:

[jessied1025]

taffers Don't have a success story for you (yet), but want to give you some hugs. I am sorry to hear that your are discouraged and stressed. This IF stuff is horrible.

I am currently on my 3rd iui, but my RE didn't mention that this was the last one. I am assuming that there is a chance for more since I haven't had an injectable cycle yet. I guess we will see, my cd 11 appointment is next Monday and I am planning on discussing our situation with her.

Hang in there...

[taffers]

Thanks. :)

You just reminded me that that is probably also why he only does 3...he starts his patients off with injectibles right off the bat so I've had injectibles for both iui cycles thus far.

I hope your 3rd time is a charm!!

[conneals]

Taffers I ended up with 7 IUIs the first go around, which ended in a beautiful little girl in August 2005. One of IUIs had really bad numbers (my husband had been sick 2 months previously), so my doctor said he would go ahead with the IUI, but give us one more. I also had a miscarriage in there, which extended the number of IUIs that he would do. I was on a low dose of femara with late ovulation and male factor.

I am currently pregnant with our second IUI baby which was conceived on our first IUI attempt in December.

Keep your chin up!

[mcgwigan]

I just thought I'd post my success on here!

We did 3 Clomid + trigger IUIs then we moved onto injectibles. It worked on our second injectible cycle & I'm currently 7w pregnant!

Just FYI- We had MF & never had anymore than 9 million sperm post-wash. The successful cycle we only had 5 mil post wash and I was convinced there was no way it could work!

[jajacobsen]

Mcgwigan - congrats! How very wonderful!!!!

[OCNative]

That's awesome Mcgwigan. Congrats!!
It's gives me hope to hear success stories, especially with my 2nd IUI looming in the next few weeks.

[silentbunny]

Congratulations mcgwigan! :D

I was convinced we were unsuccessful on the month it worked, too... am now 33w, 1 day!

[sea74]

Just bumping this up. If anyone has any other stories, I'd love to read them. Had my first one today and was feeling awesome about it. DH's counts were all good. However, now I'm staring at my chart and wondering if I Oed before I trigged. This has been a constant fear of mine. I had blood test/ultrasound on Monday, and later triggered that night. But based on my Tuesday temp I'm wondering if I also Oed on Monday. I guess I'll have some questions for the RE when I go in tomorrow for IUI #2.

[Scooter]

I thought I'd bump this for some new stories since this thread's been inactive for awhile.

We went back and tried again, and I'm currently 10 wks pregnant from our 2nd IUI/injects/acupuncture cycle! Same exact protocol this time as when we conceived DD, but it took two tries this time. And we're having twins.

[dancn226]

Scotter~Were you on injectables? That is so awesome, Twins!! Congrats!!! :D

[Scooter]

Thanks. :) Yeah, like I said, injectables, IUI and acupuncture (plus progesterone and a bunch of other supplements) is how we got pg both times.

[bug]

IUI #3 worked for us. The first 2 we did were completely unmedicated. The third one was clomid and 2 IUI's, 4 PM on a Wed & 4 PM on Thurs. My attitude about the first 2 was that they probably wouldn't work, but for the third, I was positive that it worked immediately after the first IUI. I'm thrilled that I was right! EDD is 11/6/08!

[dancn226]

Congrats Bug So Happy for you!!!

More stories please, as DH and I will be embarking on this adventure this cycle. I started the follitism lastnight. Then it will be Garinex and then ovirdirl. My RE said the Garinex to so I don't O to soon and the Ovridel so I O. So I am very hopeful this will work for us! :eek:

[rubyslippers]

dancn- That sounds like a very similar protocol to mine last month and it worked! Follistim 225 for 5 days then added 1 vial menopur and 1 injection gainirelix for 4 days followed by ovidrel trigger. I'll be 7 weeks on Wednesday....so far so good. I've got high FSH and this was my first injectable cycle.

[hiphopgirl]

Does anyone have any unmedicated IUI success stories? We will probably do one this week assuming I have a good sized follicle. I'm headed out of town on Friday afternoon (w/out DH) so if the follicle isn't a good size by Wednesday we won't. Since I'm doing an HSG this month (today actually), the doctor didn't want to "waste" any drugs on this cycle which is why we are doing it unmedicated. It seems like it took injectibles, or at the very least, clomid with all of the success stories here.