IUI--RE or nurse to do the.procedure?

[Anonymous]

We are planning to do an IUI in an upcoming cycle. My RE said nurses typically do this procedure in their office but that patients can request one of the doctors to it. The caveat asking for an RE is that the wait time is unpredictable because it would have to be done in between the doctor's already scheduled consults. I'm conflicted about which option. I would guess the nurses likely have a lot of experience at this and are probably fine, but we are also a lot of $$ OOP for this so part of me thinks an RE should be the one doing the procedures. Any experiences you can share about either option or making this decision yourself would be appreciated. This will be at DF, if that matters.

[Anonymous]

Nurse have always done mine (2 (of 5) successfully!) - I've never even considered that there aaa another option. I say go with the nurse, personally

[Anonymous]

The nurse always did mine too... I honestly thought that it was standard procedure for a nurse to do it.

[Anonymous]

Nurse did mine. It's literally just using a speculum to open your cervix and injecting a little vial of sperm. Anyone could probably do it after seeing it done once.

[Anonymous]

RE always did mine, and I did quite a few (3 natural, 3 climbs, 3 injections for baby #1 and then 2 more injectible die #2)

[Anonymous]

Nurse did mine. It's the easy part. I think looking at the ultrasounds and coming up with protocols is the more difficult part. The actual iui took 30 seconds.

[Anonymous]

RE did all of mine at Shady Grove. It wasn’t the RE I saw on a regular basis as I had to go to a different office but it was def an RE.

[Anonymous]

The RE, Dr. Abbasi, did mine at Columbia Fertility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RE did all of mine at Shady Grove. It wasn’t the RE I saw on a regular basis as I had to go to a different office but it was def an RE.

+1

[Anonymous]

First 3 were by re, 1 with crnp (got pregnant on this one but it wasn't sustainable)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RE did all of mine at Shady Grove. It wasn’t the RE I saw on a regular basis as I had to go to a different office but it was def an RE.

+1

+2
I had 4, all done by an RE at SG.

[Anonymous]

3 by re, 1 by crnp (got pregnant with this one but couldn't sustain it) - all st sg

[Anonymous]

at SGF, two were done by the nurse (one ended in CP), one was done by the RE.

[Anonymous]

Nurse

[Anonymous]

I think at CFA your RE always does it. I don't think it matters to much though - it's a really simple procedure and the monitoring leading up to it is 100 times more important.