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[quote=Anonymous]I actually just went through all the testing with GW a few months ago, and we knew going in that there was next to no chance we would do IVF.  I conceived DS easily at 32, but at 37 haven't been able to conceive a second time.  I just wanted to make sure that there was bascially nothing physically/hormonally wrong, and that DH's sperm were fine.  The HSG was no big deal at all for me -- I took Advil prior and had no discomfort at all.  All test results came back normal, DH's count was excellent, motility and morphology both good, etc.  We were seeing Gindoff, who expressed some surprise when we resisted his recommendation to start with unmedicated IUI.  He said something like "when you go through all this testing, the assumption is that you will take some further step to assist in getting pregnant."  It kind of hit me the wrong way when he said that, although I do see his point (and think that it's probably the more common one in the fertility world).  But, OP, if you just want to figure out if there's a particular reason you're not getting pregnant, and explore your options for increasing your chances of getting pregnant, by all means go through the testing and make an informed decision once the results come in.  For what it's worth, Gindoff wanted us to start with unmedicated IUI, which would've only been about $700 per attempt.  So IVF isn't necessarily the only option that you may have to consider.[/quote]

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