Pregnant after IF

How many IUI's did it take to get pregnant?

Hi Ladies.  I am visiting from 3T.  We are trying to make a decision as to when to move on to next steps, so I am curious to hear how many IUI attempts it took to get you pregnant ...  I am currently on my 2nd one, and probably will do at least one more - just unsure what to do after that.  Thanks!
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DH-34-MFI-motility+morphology.... Me-32-Hypothyrpid+LPD

7/8/11: Clomid100mg+Ovidrel+IUI#1=BFN

8/2/11: Clomid50mg+Ovidrel+IUI#2=BFFN

8/25/11: Follistim50iu+Ovidrel+IUI#3=BFP!!!!@14dpo

Beta#1 9/8 - 251 Beta#2 9/15 - 1622 Beta#3 9/22 - 12674

1st U/S; heard one beautiful HB of 129 - 9/29/11

OB visit; HB of 166 - 10/13/11

2nd US; HB of 163 - 10/18/11

A/S - 12/9/11 - It's a perfect healthy BOY!!!!

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Re: How many IUI's did it take to get pregnant?

  • I got pg on my third IUI and 5th round of injectibles (we did two rounds of TI). I lost that baby but then got pg again on my 4th iui. Details in my siggy. 
    Me: 33, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, DOR (AMH .35), DH: 38, Borderline low morph
    5/09- Off BCP, 5/09-9/09- No period, 9/09-9/10- Lots of Tests & accupuncture
    10/10 and 11/10- 2 rounds of Menopur + TI= BFNS
    12/10-IUI #1 Menopur = BFN
    1/11- IUI #2 Menopur = BFP, 2/11 missed mc at 9 weeks, D&C
    5/11- Operative Hysteroscopy to remove uterine septum
    6/11- IUI #3 Menopur = BFP, 8/11 missed mc at 11 weeks, D&C
    1/12- Lap and Operative Hysteroscopy to remove uterine septum (again) & scar tissue
    2/12- Stint Removal, 3/12 repeat SHG and HSG- showed scar tissue blocking right tube
    4/12- Operative hysteroscopy (again), RE said he can now see right tube (yay!)
    5/12- Stint removal, 6/12 repeat SHG and HSG-both tubes are open!
    8/12- IUI #4 Bravelle = BFN
    9/12-IUI #5 Bravelle = BFN
    1/13- IVF #1, micro-flare protocol, 7R, 6F, 5dt of 2 AA embryos, 1 to freeze = BFP
    Beta #1: 176, Beta #2: 422, EDD 10/8/13- it's TWINS!
    *PAIF/SAIF always welcome*
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  • Ours worked on the 2nd IUI. I was highly doubting it would work, and was just doing that IUI to "make my RE happy". We were planning on moving to IVF (due to my issues - tubal factor and questionable egg quality) just 3 days after we got our BFP.

     

    For your best answer it depends on your specific diagnosis. However, I feel like I have heard most RE's do not do more than 3 IUI's. We considered the costs (3IUI's vs 1 IVF and the success rates).

     

    Good luck to you! Waiting is the hardest part!

    After 18 months TTC, our 2nd IUI brought us our BFP! Stick baby stick! FuzziBunz at Nurtured Family BabyFetus Ticker Image and video hosting by TinyPic
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  • I had 3 IUIs that did not work, but IVF sure did!
  • We got our BFP on our 2nd medicated cycle and 1st IUI. My RE just wanted to try TI for 3-4 cycles then move toward IVF, but I at least wanted to try IUI before taking that step. I'm happy that we were able to agree. Tons of luck with whatever way you decide to do!
    TTC #1 12.2009 BFP #1 7.2.2011 Baby Girl 3.17.2012
    Cycle 11 - Clomid 100mg + Follistim + hCg trigger + IUI= BFP!
    Beta/P4 #1(13dpo): 94.5/47, Beta/P4 #2 (17dpo): 625/19.5, Beta/P4 #3 (19dpo): 1285/18.2
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  • We only did one IUI that was BFN before moving on to ivf because we did not have insurance coverage for IF treatments and my DH's counts were not really high enough to give us a good chance for success with IUI.
    Diagnosis: DOR and MFI-low everything IVF #1 = triplets! 2 girls and a boy! Born Sept 29, 2011 at 32w6d due to Pre-e and HELLP syndrome Lilypie First Birthday tickers
  • imageEriksgal:
    We only did one IUI that was BFN before moving on to ivf because we did not have insurance coverage for IF treatments and my DH's counts were not really high enough to give us a good chance for success with IUI.

    This is what we were planning on doing.  Our one IUI round cost us $3000, so we weren't going to waste our money on another.  The day of our IUI, the RE told us to reconsider what our treatment plan was because of our morphology.   However, we got lucky and a BFP with our first one.  

    Good luck to you. 

    TTC #1 May 2007
    M/C January 2008
    DS February 16th, 2009

    TTC #2 July 2010
    Diagnosed MFI
    IUI#1 w/ bravelle 5/12/11 -- 0% morph on day of IUI, but somehow BFP:
    Beta #1 38 at 12dpiui, Beta #2 85 at 14dpiui Beta #3 1100 at 19dpiui
    DD born December 28, 2011 at 34w6d

    Baby #3 due June 14, 2015

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  • imagekhanley1980:
    I had 3 IUIs that did not work, but IVF sure did!

    This for us! 

    TTC Since 01/09
    Unexplained IF
    Clomid cycle 1-3 - BFN IUI 1-3 - BFN 
    IVF 1 - BFP 4/4/11 - It's a boy!
    FET 1 - BFP M/C 6/14
    IVF 2 - 33R/19F 12 PGS resulted in 5 normal embies
    FET 1 scheduled 12/10/14
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  • MSaksaMSaksa member
    5th..see siggy for details. We did "more than usual" because we were going to be OOP for IVF
    Dx Anovulatory PCOS Clomid,Ovidrel,TI=BFN IUI#1-#3 Femara,Ovidrel=BFN IUI#4-Gonal F,Ovidrel=BFN IUI#5-Gonal F,Ovidrel= BFP!! Beta #1 11dpIUI=34, Beta #2=131,first u/s 3/14=1 perfect bug with a heartbeat! Anderson Phillip, Born 11/2/11 7lbs 10oz 21in. Image and video hosting by TinyPic Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • 5 IUI's to pg with DD

    Then we did one IUI to TTC #2 and it didn't work but we got pg on our own on the next cycle.  GL!

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  • we were going to go for 3 IUI's and then consider IVF.  we were so blessed to have insurance cover the meds for IUI, but we were OOP for the actual IUI procedure.  our wonderful dr was only charging us $100 for the insemination and we did 2 of the 3 unwashed.  the washed cycle was another $100. 

    we did plenty of medicated TI cycles prior to that with clomid, femara and then a mix of both in one cycle.  after the second IUI i had lap exploratory and HSG, 30 days later we did our third IUI and bam!  mama got a BFmotherfuckingP! 

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  • imageMSaksa:
    5th..see siggy for details. We did "more than usual" because we were going to be OOP for IVF

    This is us too.  We were all OOP for IF treatments so IVF wasn't an option for us.  We got pg on our 7th IUI.  #1-6 was with Femara and Ovidrel trigger and lucky #7 was Bravelle and Ovidrel. 

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  • The details are in my siggy. We started seeing an RE after our 3 failed IUI's with an "IF specialist." The RE wanted to do an IUI with Femara and trigger and then after that we would have tried 2 cycles with injects. If those were unsuccessful we would have been moving on to IVF. We ended up canceling our 4th IUI (1st with the RE) because we only had 1 mature follicle. We got pregnant with TI on that cycle. 
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