IUI question

At what point does the RE decide that you should try an IUI? thanks

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For us it was because I am 38 and DH is 47 and we have been trying to conceive on our own for over a year. We also tried Clomid for three months during that year and nothing.

We saw the RE right after the clomid my GYN prescribed didn't work.

After all the testing and being diagnosed with unexplained infertility we were given the choice to either continue trying on our own with clomid or other help or go straight to IUI.

We decided to do IUI with injections because my DH has a white blood cell condition and the medication he needs to take could affect sperm count and cause birth defects.

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For me, we did an IUI with our first medicated cycle. I ovulate like twice a year naturally, so the RE decided that if I do ovulate on the meds, I should go for IUI right away. Who knows when it will happen again? It took about 4 months to get me to the point where I was taking Clomid and ovulated (I had issues with cysts from PCOS), but I went for my IUI yesterday.

I don't know how standard this number is, but my RE specifically told me that at their practice, doing an IUI results in literally twice as many pregnancies as timed intercourse.

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im in the unexplained category

i also has a leep/conization on my cervix in 2003... and they think maybe part of my infertility is due to not enough mucos

the iui bypasses that area so its no longer a concern


so we will see!!

Re: IUI question

Message edited 12/3/2010 6:47:34 PM.

Re: IUI question