I know ttc/2ww is tough. As such, I would like to minimize the length of it, but of course finances are also an issue. * In the past the alternative insemination center has recommended three months of one insemination first, but they will do either.
My cycle is consistently 30-31 days. I ovulate. I will be 35 when we start. I have been taking prenatals for several years. I will be starting to use my cbefm two cylces before we begin inseminations.
Would you recommend starting with one or two inseminations per cycle? Any other advice other than charting?
Re: one insemination or two per cycle?
We were in a similiar situation in wanting to minimize the length of ttc while also considering finances at the same time. As such, we got a little more aggressive with each bfn. Here's how:
Month 1: One natural iui
Month 2: One iui with Clomid
Month 3: New donor, one iui with clomid and trigger shot
Month 4: 2 iuis, clomid and trigger. This was the cycle that worked.
ETA: I had very regular 29 day cycles and ovulated normally.
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i believe sucess rates are not significantly different between 1 insem vs 2. That being said, we had plenty of cyles in which we decided to do 2 and make sure the window was covered. not that it worked any better :P
I'd try 2 months of 1 insem/month before moving onto 2/month.
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FWIW - We always did 2 per cycle and it took us 9 cycles to get pregnant (and we upped the anti every few cycles (from natural to ending up with injectibles.)
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We did 6 cycles with 1 insemination per cycle. I talked to the RE and researched online - it looks like there is no statistical difference between 1 or 2 inseminations. He recommended using 1 since he felt 2 wouldn't help and because we didn't have unlimited funds.
Just a thought. Best of luck to you with whatever you decide!
This is true for us too, only we did 7 cycles over the course of 1 1/2 years because of money. Sorry for no more info, I think every couple does it a little differently, depending on how medical you want to go and what shape your finances are in.
We did 1 the first cycle, 2 the second and are now on break.
Regardless of Brill's advice, when we start again we'll most likely do 1/cycle natural until we move on to monitoring/meds at which point we'll still most likely only do one with greater accuracy.
We did two our first cycle, which is all it took for us. Our doctor recommends doing two so that is probably what we will do again when we try for our second child.
Good Luck!!
From everything I read and speaking with my RE, personally I don't feel that 2 inseminations increases the odds significantly. I have very regular cycles, when I charted things were fine. We did one insemination per cycle. Try #2 worked but it was a chemical pregnancy. Try #3 is our baby girl! :-) If money isn't an issue then go for two if it makes you feel good, but don't worry if one is all you do.
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