Anonymous
01/05/2019 19:00
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
how many IUIs had you done before you got preg?
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
how many IUIs had you done before you got preg?
It was my first try! But based on consistent measuring and due date I suspect I might have actually conceived a couple of days before the IUI. If so, the clomid before, and hormone support after, surely helped.
Anonymous
01/05/2019 18:59
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
how many IUIs had you done before you got preg?
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
how many IUIs had you done before you got preg?
Anonymous
01/03/2019 15:00
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
how many IUIs had you done before you got preg?
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 17:06
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
how many follicles did u have at trigger?
2 follicles. It was a good month!
Anonymous
11/16/2018 16:40
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
how many follicles did u have at trigger?
Anonymous
11/16/2018 16:40
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
This is so wonderful and I'm so happy for you. Your post is also one of the wisest ones I've read and gives me a lot of encouragement, not just from the BFP end but from the resilience and mindset end.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 14:58
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Just want to put it out there that I have nearly identical stats (35, extremely low chance of natural conception, undetectable AMH, FSH in the teens) and we did IUI while killing time while waiting for my IVF meds. It worked and I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I had ZERO hope that this would work, and mostly just went along with it because "why not" and because I knew my husband felt better knowing we were throwing everything we could at it while we waited for IVF.
I had only marginally better chances of getting pregnant with IVF, as I have an AFC count of 2 on a good month, and wasn't even sure if I was up for IVF given those low odds.
For what it's worth, it was a clomid cycle and I was on estrogen and progesterone after ovulation before my BFP and for a few weeks after. I realize I was extremely lucky with my outcome, but it allowed me to realize that being extremely Unlucky in my general fertility didn't preclude me from being extremely lucky on the other end, too.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 14:44
Subject: why is iui rate so low
here is my story. couldn't get pregnant but everything looked normal. had an HSG...tubes looked normal (not blocked). then had an ectopic pregnancy in tube. surgeon said "well I can tell you the other tube is perfect" A few months later I had an ectopic in the other tube as well.
did IVF and had success. So for me it was a tube issue, but my tubes appeared normal both with HSG test and then upon examination in surgery. My RE said there can be microscopic damage you can't see or other reasons for ectopics that are not understood like autoimmune issues.
did IVF and had success. So for me it was a tube issue, but my tubes appeared normal both with HSG test and then upon examination in surgery. My RE said there can be microscopic damage you can't see or other reasons for ectopics that are not understood like autoimmune issues.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 14:31
Subject: why is iui rate so low
That's the success rate our RE gave us as well, but she did say they aren't tracking data on it like they do for IVF, so it is just an estimate.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 11:49
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
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.
I'm currently in an IUI cycle with Gonal-F and Menopur and I think I have 3 mature follicles. But I keep telling myself it won't work because that's all I ever hear regarding the data and anecdotally that the chances are so low.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 10:58
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
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.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 09:24
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
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)
Anonymous
11/16/2018 08:59
Subject: why is iui rate so low
Anonymous wrote:if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?
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.
Anonymous
11/16/2018 08:56
Subject: Re:why is iui rate so low
Too many uncontrolled variables. Did you ovulate, was the egg fertilized, did it travel down the Fallopian tubes, did it implant in the uterine lining? On top of that, was the IUI performed at the correct time and was the uterine lining the correct thickness for implantation?
Anonymous
11/16/2018 08:49
Subject: why is iui rate so low
if you have both tubes open and fine sperm and multiple eggs, why is the IUI success rate still like 10 percent?