pills vs injectibles

Mouseygail

I just found out today that our insurance will basically cover limitless monitored cycles of either pills or injectibles.  Just out of curiousity, if you are ovulating on clomid and still not getting KU, is there likely to be a big benefit to injectibles? 

Thanks!

krissyh21

My RE skipped clomid altogether, her belief that injectables show better egg quality, plus they d not effect your lining like clomid sometimes can. Many people move on to injectable IUI and end up pregnant after several failed clomid attempts.

Good luck! 

ladychicago

for us, injectibles + IUI or TI just weren't an option.   i responded just fine to the clomid (anywhere from 1-5 mature follicles), so my RE was worried that injectibles would increase our risk of HOM too much.    he just didn't recommend it and felt there would be a good chance we'd have to cancel the cycle (which, after paying for those meds, would have made me quite angry).      so we went straight from clomid IUIs to IVF.   

Inky75

I only did one cycle of Clomid resulting in a BFN.  I had to take a break for 1 month b/c of residual follicles.  My RE thought I would have a better response with injectibles given my diagnosis (elevated FSH) so I immediately moved on to injectibles (gonal-f with Ovidrel and IUI) and we were successful on our first attempt. 

Good luck!