Anyone out there get a BFP after IUI cancelled?

cherylanne3550

I reacted well this cycle and had 5 mature follies, however the day the IUI was scheduled it was cancelled due to very low sperm count Has anyone out there been in this situation and still gotten a BFP naturally?  We are still having relations in hopes it may work since I had 5 mature follies - any feedback is appreciated - thanks! 

Dragonfly1226

We aren't dealing with MFI so it might be different, but I would never even try with 5 follies for gear of HOM.

cherylanne3550

We unfortunately are dealing with severe MFI - this would have been my 9th IUI cycle - yes 9 - our insurance does not cover IVF but covers IUI unlimited so while we are scraping together the funds for IVF our doc is allowing us to do IUIs - they are ok with this as long as all my bloodwork and ultrasounds in between show my body is not having any side effects which so far I have been good - with each cycle (most of which are non-medicated) I produced between 3-5 mature follies naturally - so frustrating as I know I can achieve a pregnancy my DH's sperm count is the only thing working against us

Dragonfly1226

cherylanne3550:

We unfortunately are dealing with severe MFI - this would have been my 9th IUI cycle - yes 9 - our insurance does not cover IVF but covers IUI unlimited so while we are scraping together the funds for IVF our doc is allowing us to do IUIs - they are ok with this as long as all my bloodwork and ultrasounds in between show my body is not having any side effects which so far I have been good - with each cycle (most of which are non-medicated) I produced between 3-5 mature follies naturally - so frustrating as I know I can achieve a pregnancy my DH's sperm count is the only thing working against us

Gotcha. I can imagine how frustrating it must be, and I really hate that insurance issues play such a big role in treatment decisions. I hope you find success soon!

cherylanne3550

It is so frustrating!  Honestly when we went for our first consult in January we had no idea we would be faced with this and were not prepared at all   If our insurance covered IVF we would have done that from the get go since this is what they recommended.....if the insurance company looks at all the funds they have put out for us since January it FAR exceeds an IVF cycle so why not just cover it from the get go?!  UGH!

efooey

we did!  our count isn't severely low, about 7mil/mL which goes up to about 11 or 12 when he is on clomid.  We had a day out of town when I o'd so we decided to reschedule for the next month.  When I called the nurse she said " you could try having sex, some people do get pg having sex" lol and what do you know, it worked!

GL!

E

cherylanne3550

Thanks!

GypsyEsq

Good luck!  There are some success stories on this board in situations you've described.  So sorry about the insurance - it is such a pain. 

cherylanne3550

Thanks and yes it is!  It sucks the state I live in is not one where it's required by law - our luck it will go through after we go through all of this

Saraevh

We did   DH only had 10 mil motile with 2% morph (pre wash) and somehow we got a surprise BFP from only having sex.  Never thought that would happen ... now just hoping it sticks!!

GenRN45

Dragonfly1226:

We aren't dealing with MFI so it might be different, but I would never even try with 5 follies for gear of HOM.

This. Regardless of insurance or MFI reasons, I would never try with 5 mature follicles because of the HOM risk. 

My RE wouldn't even try IUI with our count issues. He felt it was a waste of our money and was very honest with us about that. I understand wanting to try SOMETHING while saving up for IVF, but if you've done so many IUIs at this point, maybe it's time to start putting the IUI money towards IVF.

And just for the record, even mandated states aren't bulletproof. I live in NJ which has an excellent mandate, and I had no coverage for the longest time. Eventually we switched to DH's insurance, which costs us almost $20k/year before copays and deductible. But now we have mandate coverage, so to us it's worth it. I figure it's the cost of 1 cycle for the opportunity to have 4. It's like our own little shared risk program.

cherylanne3550

Our docs gave us the choice to do the IUIs or not since I am ok and we had the coverage, they were very clear from the beginning the odds of it working were very slim but I figured why not go for it, we never got our hopes up just thought maybe we would beat the odds....as long as my bloodwork and ultrasounds checked out ok each month they said it was our choice. the amount we have put out so far has been minimal since our copays are low, maybe a couple hundred dollars - far from the close to $20K needed for an IVF cycle - I think if the copays were steeper we would have banked everything from the get go...it sucks because if we had the coverage or that type of money we would have done IVF from the get go but that was not the case, we were completely blindsided by the diagnosis    We are close to having all the $$ for IVF sp hope to be moving on soon   Thank you both for yuor feedback!