How many IUI cycles before trying IVF
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Anonymous
| How many IUI cycles did you do before moving forward with IVF? I have done 5 IUI cycles already and am considering what to do next. |
Anonymous
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Depends on your age, diagnosis, prognosis, etc.
Only your RE (or the second opinion of an RE) could advise, because he/she knows your case history best, and is "supposedly" the expert. Also, $$$/health insurance may be a deciding factor. Just my 2 cents! Good luck. |
Anonymous
| 3 |
Anonymous
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For me it only depends on what your insurance covers and/or how much money you have/are comfortable spending on ART.
I have a very low opinion of IUI, so if I had the money/coverage and was comfortable moving to IVF, after 5 failed IUIs that is definitely what I would do. |
Anonymous
| I have partial insurance coverage for three IUIs "per live birth" and an equal number of covered IVFs. I planned to do three IUIs, and then move on to IVF, but got pregnant on the third. I felt like I was wasting time on the IUIs, so was surprised it worked. If you have the money or insurance for IVF, I would probably move on to that. |
Anonymous
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Dr Widra said 3, but I'm in my TWW for my 2nd and I'm ready to just move to IVF.
My insurance treats IUI and IVF the same and doesn't require a certain number of tries, so basically I'm just being impatient. DH is more methodical and wants to do all 3 IUIs before we move on. |
Anonymous
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OP here-- Thanks for all the input. My insurance does not cover IVF, which is partially why I've done so many IUIs.
THanks! |
Anonymous
| I did five, moved to IVF (also covered by insurance). After 3 failed IVFs I insisted to do IUI again. I got pregnant. |
Anonymous
| What does your doctor recommend OP? |
Anonymous
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OP--
I can try IVF or go with one more IUI cycle...but she says IUI chanced greatly decrease after about 3. |
Anonymous
Chances are the same in 100th cycle as in the 1st cycle, it's the view of chances that varies. |
Anonymous
| My doctor said if you don't get pregnant within 4 IUI cycles then it's very likely that IUI won't work at all. I stopped after 4 and moved to IVF since I was close ro 35. If you are young with tubes open and husband has super sperm in terms of count, motility and morphology, you could try more IUI cycles. |
Anonymous
| Hmmm. Five tries sounds like a lot. Might be time to move on to the next step. |
Anonymous
| We did 3 with IUI then moved directly to DE. Maternal age was the deciding factor in our decision. Let's face it, a 65% chance wins every time over a 3% chance. |
Anonymous
| My doctor recommended 3. I got pregnant on 3rd. |