Insurance denied our IVF cycle IUI's it is . :(

iloveflipflops

Is there anyone that can tell me about IUI's? also anyone on here had any sucuess with IUI's? after being told by their RE that the most promising route would be to go with IVF?

tptbabe

Sorry to hear about the insurance =(

What is your diagnosis? What all have you tried in the past? We were told almost a year and a half ago that IVF/ICSI was our only chance (we are/were severe MFI) and with trial and error, we were able to find a treatment that put us into the realm of an IUI, so there are definitely ways to increase your chances with an IUI if IVF isn't an option for you, depending on what your situation is of course.

katekat8721

I have lots of IUI experience unfortunately (see siggy). We have been doing IUIs while saving for IVF. We're OOP.

In your case, I would appeal, and/or save up and pay for IVF OOP. While saving up for IVF it won't hurt to do the IUIs then. You can talk to your RE about maximizing your chances (maybe doing a straight inject cycle + b2b IUIs?) but if he has said IVF is the way to go then I would do IVF, even if I had to pay myself.

Unknown

from past experience if your RE says to do invitro its worth it, we did 8 IUI cycles unsuccessfully and even though insurance paid 50% we would have been better off doing IVF, would have saved tons of $, time, pain, and emotional heartache, GL to you in whatever you decide!

sarah_beth2005

Definitely review your health plan summary of benefits and plan description carefully - if you can point to anything that shows you should have coverage for IVF, then appeal!  I spent over two months fighting with my insurance company for coverage of my meds (at first they completely denied coverage, then decided I had 80/20 coverage, and FINALLY agreed that I have 100% coverage for drug therapy for infertility) -- it is a pain in the butt to fight insurance companies, but infertility treatments are so expensive, so every dollar you can get them to pay helps.