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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this topic pops up on occasion - i know there was a woman here recently who did IVF for the third.

personally i didn't want to do ivf for #3 but that is because IVF didn't work for #2 (she was conceived through IUI). i concluded that that procedure, for whatever reason, doesn't work for me/it would take too many attempts for it to work. i was also out of insurance coverage for ivfs. i've always had excellent FSH but my AMH was low and i was a poor responder.

i did several out of pocket IUIs for #3 and eventually got pregnant naturally.[/quote]

thanks... are IUIs as taxing physically or emotionally as IVF? IVF has better success but the cost also is way higher so it feels like so much more is at stake[/quote]

my first IUI was almost as big in my head as my first IVF... i remember it so well and it felt like a major intervention. however, i did so many (over the span of 6-7 years) that after 4 or 5 it really became a non-issue. in fact, it took pressure off my sex life and we could still have sex for fun while knowing that we have not missed the cycle etc - i found it easier when these two things were entirely separate. we just got into that routine, you know, as a couple, like we would have those monthly appointments and not expect too much of them. the cost was non-trivial overall but each cycle was manageable and you could skip it if you didn't feel doing it that month.

however, again - i was a poor responder and this made sense for me. i was never going to get 10 embryos, freeze stuff for later etc. i had like 2-4 eggs during my IVFs and i would get 2 "nice-looking" follicles on my IUI. so not that much worse, and i had no issues with sperm, tubes, scarring, endo, i ovulated very regularly etc etc.[/quote]

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