Can anyone shed some light on IUI odds?

[Britt11]

hey girls, I totally agree with you on the procedures with the clinics. At my clinic if you O on your own, they dont even scan you to see where exactly you are in your cycle- its a crap shoot, come in the day after your +ve opk and I am sure the timing has been off for me several times (seeing as I had a long LP last cycle).
Well I am off Clomid now for good as we are awaitin IVF and I thought of doing an unmedicated IUI but we have changed our minds. Good friends of ours just got pregs au naturale, it took them a year and a half but it finally took. The more I think about it the more I wonder if I should just let nature take its course and try and stop being so impatient...I may post-pone IVF for a bit too...who knows.
anyway, I am really looking forward to no procedures or meds this cycle.

good luck to the ladies with the upcoming IUIs, we need some more BFPs here!!

 

[Wallie]

I had a scan today as I'm on CD3 but I'm not getting to do my IUI this cycle as I have a cyst! I was shocked at this and how dismissive the nurse was about it. She was all so matter of fact and said that we'd have to leave it this cycle and I'd to phone in on CD1 next cycle. I think they forget that they work with this stuff all the time and we're the novices. I certainly need to be handled with kid gloves just now and they don't seem to realise this.

Anyway after a bit of sniffling I drove myself off home and back to work. Nothing else for it. I'm also disappointed, I've always dreamt of having a baby in May, I've always thought it would be so perfect and I'll now not get a chance to try for one. Silly really, eh! A baby at any time of the year would be perfect.

 

[shils]

Anyone here with intramural fibroid and trying IUI? I would be going for IUI this month, waiting for AF to show up before taking clomid.

 

[MarsMaiden]

Wallie - so sorry about the cyst, that must be disappointing. Did they advise you against trying naturally as well? Were you on injectables? At my clinic they make you have a rest cycle between cycles regardless because of the chance of cysts I think....

I know how you feel about dates, I would be testing just before my birthday this month and so wanted to not go through another year not being pregnant. Will be going for my IUI later this morning, still don't hold out too much hope but hopefully that means the tww might be a bit less painful than the last one if my expectations aren't so high.

Shils - sorry I don't know anything about fibroids but good luck for your IUI *hugs*

mrssunshine - any sign of that positive opk yet?

 

[MarsMaiden]

ok so just back from the IUI. All went very well again which was good, the whole thing only took about a minute! DHs sperm was 41million and 92% motility post wash so really pleased with that.

Tried to ask the nurse what my chances were with only a 15mm follie and she just said that it 'should be OK' (gah! I swear if I hear that one more time!!) as it would carry on growing. I just don't believe her though. Plus my cm has gone from ewcm the last two days to white and clumpy today so that doesn't seem to bode well either! Wish I knew what the ruddy heck my body was up to!

And after saying all that I caught myself talking to my immature egg on the way home telling it to get it's butt in gear and grow up already!! I'm going slightly mad.....

 

[Wallie]

I'd never expected to get a cyst while doing IUI and the clinic have certainly never mentioned it to me. They never said not to try naturally this month either but then I suppose there's not much point in trying since I've got this cyst and also my husband has antibodies anyway, so there's really no chance.

Maybe for once we can have fun this month, instead of always trying. lol

 

[Wallie]

ok so just back from the IUI. All went very well again which was good, the whole thing only took about a minute! DHs sperm was 41million and 92% motility post wash so really pleased with that.

Tried to ask the nurse what my chances were with only a 15mm follie and she just said that it 'should be OK' (gah! I swear if I hear that one more time!!) as it would carry on growing. I just don't believe her though. Plus my cm has gone from ewcm the last two days to white and clumpy today so that doesn't seem to bode well either! Wish I knew what the ruddy heck my body was up to!

And after saying all that I caught myself talking to my immature egg on the way home telling it to get it's butt in gear and grow up already!! I'm going slightly mad.....

Hey, good sperm from DH.

Nurses, they have no concept of what we're going through. What a silly answer

Don't worry about saying silly things to you're body, I do it too and I'm not worried

 

[Sybil]

Wallie - sorry to hear of your cyst. It's not easy to be all geared up for something and it doesn't happen. I am also 35 (turned in July), and have been telling my DH, that I don't want to wait around any more time waiting to see what happens. I am tired of playing the waiting game. I had another scan at the clinic yesterday, and they did see some free floating fluid around my uterus, which signifies OHSS that would have been much worse if pregnancy had of been achieved. They are hopeful that it's going to resolve itself and I have to watch for any other symptoms over the next few days. I am completely fed up with this process and I believe that I am moving on to IVF right away. I have to wait until I have one natural cycle completed first though, so should be sometime around the middle of September.

MarsMaiden - Fx for your IUI this cycle. Hope it all goes well for you.

 

[missmarls]

Hi Everyone!
Hope you don't mind me joining the thread...We have been TTC for 3 years now,with mild endo and mild male factor and are finally gearing up to do our first IUI. Had my day 11 scan yesterday and had 18mm,17mm and 12mm on left side and 15mm on my right side. My clinic is just doing daily bloodwork to check LH, but it seems like everybody on here is doing a trigger shot...should I be asking my Dr to do that? I have no problem Oing on my own, but I'm on Clomid this month to produce more 'targets'... now I'm nervous there may be too many potential eggs

 

[mrssunshine78]

Hi ladies

mars glad your iui went well, i'm booked in for the morning had peak on my cbfm this morning, so hoping its gonna be better timing than previous attempts - but still not holding out any hope. I think the staff in the aru don't really understand that everyone is different and to answer 'it should be ok' is riduculous!!

wallie so sorry they've found a cyst, do they know what caused it? have you ever had them before?

good luck sybil - i really wish we were moving staright onto ivf as i have no faith whatsoever that iui is gonna work for us, looks like it'll be jan at the earliest for ivf for us though

good luck missmarls - hopefully if there's more 'targets' more chance of getting preg??

hope i haven't missed anyone

xx

 

[Sybil]

missmaris - 3-4 potentials sounds really good to me. I would have been more than happy if that was the case for me. I over-stimulated and ended up with 18 potentials, which would have been perfect for an IVF cycle, but too much of a risk for IUI, so it was cancelled on me. If that was your day 11 scan, I would say you are right on track. May day 9 scan showed 18 follicles all larger than 12 mm and they just continued to grow right up until my day 13 scan when they cancelled. Good luck with this cycle - it sounds perfect!

 

[Britt11]

Hello, just stopping by to say good luck to all the girls getting their IUIs right away!! we need some more bfps on this thread!!

We are not doing IUI this cycle but I will stop by to see how everyone is doing.
Zeezee what are your plans this cycle?

 

[missmarls]

thanks Sybil...and OUCH! That must have been painful with so many follicles! I cant even imagine. Are they changing things for your next cycle? I,M excited but nervous, I feel like I might have hope again, which is a dangerous thing after 36 months of absolutely no luck!

 

[Sybil]

It was very painful for a few days and I can pinpoint the exact time of ovulation. I am nervous about my next attempt and will probably go straight to IVF, as they have told me there are meds they can give you during an IVF cycle if there is fear of hyperstimulation again. It's just too bad that it's so expensive, I really wanted to give IUI a chance before having to make that step to IVF. I see you are from Canada too. What is the cost of the procedures at your clinic?

 

[Wallie]

Hi ladies



wallie so sorry they've found a cyst, do they know what caused it? have you ever had them before?

I don't know if I've ever had a cyst before. I suppose you would only know by having a scan, and that's when it was found. I asked if it was anything to do with the injections I was on last cycle and the nurse said no, they can happen at anytime to anyone but they give off a hormone and it would not be good if I'm giving myself injections for IUI. So they'll leave it until my next AF appears and scan me again. I hope it goes away, she seemed to think it would with next AF. Fingers crossed it goes and gets lost.

 

[Britt11]

It was very painful for a few days and I can pinpoint the exact time of ovulation. I am nervous about my next attempt and will probably go straight to IVF, as they have told me there are meds they can give you during an IVF cycle if there is fear of hyperstimulation again. It's just too bad that it's so expensive, I really wanted to give IUI a chance before having to make that step to IVF. I see you are from Canada too. What is the cost of the procedures at your clinic?

Hi Sybil,
yes its quite the process IVF hey? I think I overstimulated with my Clomid and IUI as well, but who knows- I never got a bfp.
I believe when its all said and done, one round of IVF at our clinic will be somewhere between $10,000-$12,000 (possibly higher if you do ICSI). do you think you guys will need ICSI? we are hoping we dont (if DH's SA is good) as we like the idea of natural selection. If all goes well than IVF in Oct for us, but for some reason I am hoping we conceive before naturally...

 

[Sybil]

There are a few of us Canadians on here. IVF at my clinic is $5,750, with an extra $1,500 for ICSI if needed (plus meds, which they don't believe will be much for me considering the stimulation I got from a low dosage of injectibles and my insurance cover 80% of the drugs). I don't believe that we will need ICSI as DH's SA is perfect - we are unexplained and have been trying for 28 cycles after a miscarriage from my one and only BFP.

 

[Britt11]

There are a few of us Canadians on here. IVF at my clinic is $5,750, with an extra $1,500 for ICSI if needed (plus meds, which they don't believe will be much for me considering the stimulation I got from a low dosage of injectibles and my insurance cover 80% of the drugs). I don't believe that we will need ICSI as DH's SA is perfect - we are unexplained and have been trying for 28 cycles after a miscarriage from my one and only BFP.

got ya, that is around the same price here but apparently at our clinic you need the same amount of meds regardless if you O on your own...so thats what brings you to $10,000...unless you have drug coverage that helps with fertility meds
yeah on not needing ICSI!!

 

[missmarls]

It was very painful for a few days and I can pinpoint the exact time of ovulation. I am nervous about my next attempt and will probably go straight to IVF, as they have told me there are meds they can give you during an IVF cycle if there is fear of hyperstimulation again. It's just too bad that it's so expensive, I really wanted to give IUI a chance before having to make that step to IVF. I see you are from Canada too. What is the cost of the procedures at your clinic?

The cost for IUI at my clinic is $200...which is for the sperm washing. I'm not sure how much IVF costs, but I know we can't afford it. My DH just finished University, so we already have the tuition debt...don't want to add any more high $$ to our plate at the moment. So they don't have anything that they think won't cause overstimulation for you? What about a natural cycle?

 

[mrssunshine78]

well 3rd iui over and done with - far less traumatising this time, only took about 5 mins!!!! last month was about 30 mins - so much improvement, now onto the dreaded 2ww

xx