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[quote=Anonymous]NP.  I took 2 years to get pregnant naturally in my mid-30s.  We had infertility evaluations.  My husband had varicocele repair.  I took an off-label glaucoma drug for a few months.  We were headed for IUI.  A helpful ultrasound tech pointed out that it was too late for my follicle the month I asked for a same-day ultrasound appointment because my fertility monitor machine had alerted me that it was time.  I think they were evaluating me for IUI for the next month.  After I learned I was early vs. the monitor, I made timing adjustments and got pregnant the next cycle.

There is a high probability that we did not time intercourse early enough and that I might have biased things in the wrong direction for 1.5 years by using the $200 machine.

I hope you are doing the basal body temperature charting and not systematically doing things at an invalid time like I probably was.  I was never totally convinced my husband needed varicocele repair BUT he did have somewhat low count and some with poor morphology.

Anyway...I mention this because I feel I did things incorrectly while trying to be prudent.  I was using the monitor to be more informed because I had a lot of business travel in those days.  But it being "late" to note my peak times could have been a reason for my problems.

My 2nd took only 3 months to conceive.  And I was 38.

I would say IUI is better to try first.  Some insurances will subsidize it better than IVF.
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