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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not hesitate to take clomid alone without monitoring.  What dosage are we talking?  How many follicles did you have on your first cycle?  Have you previously had a successful pregnancy?   Did you get good results from your semen analysis?   (obviously- feel free to not answer any of these questions if you don't want to-- but the answers could inform the chances of the IUI being successful.)

I think some RE's push to treatment before diagnosis-- which can get expensive.

Also- what is your insurance like?  It sounds like you are paying out of pocket for the IUI plus monitoring.  If you are just doing monitoring could it be coded as a 'gynecological ultrasound" instead of a fertility treatment- and would that make a difference for insurance coverage?  (I'm pretty sure it makes a big difference for me).

The jury is still out on this one-- but if you don't have a male factor issue there is a good chance that the IUI is not putting you in any better shape than TI.  [/quote]

We have secondary unexplained infertility.  We have successfully conceived a child (who is 3).  It took us almost a year to conceive him with a miscarriage along the way.
This past (first) IUI I had one lead follicle at 22 and 2 followers at 16 on the day of my trigger.  I took Clomid 50mg for cd 3-7 with Ovidrel on cd 14.
There is no male factor.  12 million sperm survived the wash, I think that's a good number.

My insurance covers nothing.  I asked SG how they billed the insurance and it seems to be this big secret.  They can't tell me how much, if anything, that insurance will pay until they submit a claim.  I can't commit to the procedure until I know how much I will have to pay.  
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