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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent? [/quote]

How old are you and what's your chance of conceive naturally?  For a 40 year old woman who has 5% of conceive naturally, 10% IUI is an improvement.

Compare to IVF IUI success rate is low.  Most likely cause is the egg quality. [/quote]

I'm 35 and my doctor told me my chance of conceiving naturally is 1% since we had tried for a year without success and my AMH is abysmal (0.3)[/quote]

Do you have any insurance coverage for IUIs/fertility medications?  I am 34 and have low AMH as well (0.4) and was very lucky, got pregnant on my second IUI.  Depending on how much the IUI will cost you, I don't think it's a terrible idea to try it up to three times.  Obviously I am biased and fully recognize I could just be lucky.

Diminished ovarian reserve is poorly understood, all they really know is that it means you'll get fewer eggs from IVF.  Our RE basically said we could try IUI three times, she'd try to get me to ovulate two eggs (it took a combo of femara and gonal-f for me) with the hopes that it ups my chances enough.  And it worked.  I don't know if it was the fact that there were two eggs to choose from, or the hormonal support that they gave me to thicken my uterine lining and deal with my short luteal phase, but I'm now 20 weeks pregnant with a singleton.  Just make sure you do it with an RE and with monitoring (ultrasounds and blooodwork) so they can time the IUI correctly with ovulation and give you hormonal support if needed.

One caveat is if you want to have more than one child and want to take your time after the first one, the benefit of IVF is you can freeze embryos for later. [/quote]

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