Is IUI worth a shot? Or should we go straight to IVF?

[Anonymous]

No absolutely not. Reason? You need to bank those embryos is you want #2. His issues won't go away and your eggs will be much better now vs at 35. At 35 you may find you can't have kids.

[Anonymous]

As long as you can afford IVF, just do that. It’s more likely to work and the new genetic testing is available that you can use to reduce the risk or health issues for your kids. If you get multiple useable embryos you can reduce the risk of heart disease or another health with polygenic embryo screening. My family has a history of Alzheimer’s, so I used polygenic embryo screening to reduce my kids risk of Alzheimer’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did IUI and had twins, but in our case it was infertility for several years with no clear cause. Everything seemed to look good. This was 17 years ago I know there are newer more accurate tests now.

If you want to try a few rounds, it won't waste too much time.

This was also me, but a singleton pregnancy. No obvious issues, but not even a chemical pregnancy in 14 months of actively trying. Third medicated IUI cycle took. When I have a c-section, the OB commented that I had terrible endometriosis, so that was likely the issue. Suggested trying immediately post-stopping BFing because pregnancy and BFing both treat endo. Was able to have 2nd & 3rd kids quickly (2 months & 1 month of trying) without assistance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as you can afford IVF, just do that. It’s more likely to work and the new genetic testing is available that you can use to reduce the risk or health issues for your kids. If you get multiple useable embryos you can reduce the risk of heart disease or another health with polygenic embryo screening. My family has a history of Alzheimer’s, so I used polygenic embryo screening to reduce my kids risk of Alzheimer’s.

Lol you won't even live to know if your genetic selection prevented Alzheimer's. There is something very wrong with you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as you can afford IVF, just do that. It’s more likely to work and the new genetic testing is available that you can use to reduce the risk or health issues for your kids. If you get multiple useable embryos you can reduce the risk of heart disease or another health with polygenic embryo screening. My family has a history of Alzheimer’s, so I used polygenic embryo screening to reduce my kids risk of Alzheimer’s.

Lol you won't even live to know if your genetic selection prevented Alzheimer's. There is something very wrong with you

There is nothing wrong with me. I carry the APOE4 gene which is the largest genetic risk factor for alzheimers. By preventing my kids from inheriting this gene, their lifetime risk of alzheimers is 1/4th of what it would be otherwise. Nothing is guaranteed, but I felt it was irresponsible not to screen for this gene when I had to do IVF anyway.

[Anonymous]

We got pregnant with IUI. We had unexplained infertility. We were treated at SGF. It worked. My son is 21! I assume success rates are even higher these days.