Not excited about the odds...

twinkl5379

I am excited to have a plan from the RE - which is up to 3 IUIs with Clomid. He said with 3 times (if needed), there'd be a 40 - 50% success rate.

That means there's a 50 - 60% chance none of them will work. These odds are not very exciting. Have you all been told the same?

Cara1024

Unfortunately we've been given even lower odds due to MFI. Some days I let that really get to me, but lately I've just been trying to push that out of my mind and focus on the positive. It certainly isn't easy though.

katib77

Even with our mild MFI, my doc said 80 chance in four IUIs. Technically since we got PG on our fourth we fit in that percent...just not the final outcome we wanted.

babydreams13

When I first heard the chances per cycle with IUI I was like these are terrible.  We are unexplained so it was something like 10% I think but he said higher with multiple IUI cycles.  We are doing 3 Clomid IUIs and if those don't work on to injectible IUIs.  After all this we have to deal with it sucks the odds are so low.  My first IUI should be next week and its already been a crazy ride.  Hang in there.  I figure somethings gotta work eventually.  

curlylocks3

I know it seems overwhelming when the odds are against you. I've found that although I have plenty of down moments that to get through them I need to remind myself it isn't a 0% chance. I was given 25% odds of 3 IUIs working- and I need to believe that I will not be in the 75% that don't have success. 

Jaje09182010

My RE gave me odds of about 15% per IUI cycle which is why we decided to go straight to IVF where she gave me about a 65% shot. Still in 2WW so no idea if it worked but decided to skip IUI and went straight to"Micro IVF" (Although it kind of just turned into regular IVF) long story but anyway-- GOOD luck- the odds are so frustrating especially considering the investment - we were entirely OOP so thats why we decided to get aggressive so fast

Twinkie0612

This sounds about right.  Depending on your diagnosis, IUI with medication can raise an IF couples odds to about that of a regular fertile couple (roughly 20% per cycle).  That means the odds of getting pregnant within 3 IUIs is around 48%.  

badrianne

Twinkie0612:

This sounds about right.  Depending on your diagnosis, IUI with medication can raise an IF couples odds to about that of a regular fertile couple (roughly 20% per cycle).  That means the odds of getting pregnant within 3 IUIs is around 48%.  

Thanks for this explanation! It helps me understand.