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How'd ya do it?

nolechick321nolechick321
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Hello all! ?My partner and I are hoping to start our family within the next 6 months. ?We have our 1st appointment with the reproductive/endocrinology M.D.'s next month. ?We have a donor in place. ?Now we just need to make it happen. ?I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their stories of how they conceived. ?IUI? ?The "old fashioned way". ?Using medications like Clomid? ?1st time success stories. ?Etc, etc. ?I am a R.N. so I have a good understanding of all the different processes and such. ?We were really looking to get some first-hand perspectives. ?Thanks so much in advance!?
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Re: How'd ya do it?

  • cymrucymru

    We did IUI with the help of injectables ( follistim and hcg) and used an anonymous donor.

    Good luck!

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  • Mrs._FMrs._F

    Welcome!  I have no first-hand account to offer yet, as I just started tracking my cycle with plans to start ttc in a few months, but wanted to say welcome and good luck!!!

    When the time comes, we are doing non-medicated IUIs with frozen donor sperm at a midwife practice.

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  • ssg73ssg73
    My wife and I did unmedicated iui with a midwife. We used an anom. donor from a bank.  We got pregnant on our third iui and I am 23 weeks pregnant.  Good luck!  If you have more specific questions just ask.
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  • 2brides2brides member

    We 9 did cycles starting with ICIs at home (2), non-medicated IUIs (2), IUIs with Clomid and a trigger shot (3), and IUIs with Follistim, Clomid, and a trigger (2.) We used 4 (anon/frozen) donors in the process - all from Fairfax Cryobank.

    We now have 3 year old (tomorrow!) twin boys.

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  • Two*TrueTwo*True member

    This is our first cycle but we're going the medicated IUI route (for a variety of reasons) and using frozen donor sperm.  Good Luck!

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  • Duchess1Duchess1 member

    We are fostering right now but did go through 7 IUI cycles before taking a break.

    We tried Clomid, Tamoxifen and Follistim all with triggers and progesterone supps. We used anon donor sperm and all of our cycles were with an RE.

    Good Luck!

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  • ctbride08ctbride08 member
    We had our first insem last week and ended up doing an unmedicated ICI at our midwife's office.  If we have a second month we'll probably do back to back IUI's through the midwife. And we're using anonymous frozen donor sperm.

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  • bluedaisyusbluedaisyus
    we did medicated IUI through an RE, 1 insem per cycle using an anonymous donor--one donor for the first three tries, then a second donor for three more. we went through 5 cycles with clomid and a trigger, then switched up to tamoxifen and a trigger for the 6th try--which is the one that worked.
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