A post below got me thinking about this... We're gearing up to do our first Clomid + IUI cycle next month, and our RE said she would cancel at 5 "good sized" follicles. I know ultimately it is up to us if we want to cancel at less than 5, but out of curiousity, what # will your RE cancel at?
This came up on our last IUI cycle. We had 4 mature, with one likely to catch up. My RE doesn't have a set number where she will cancel a cycle. We thought we had a MFI issue (post-wash count was only 9 million with IUI #1) so we decided to go ahead with those numbers. Turns out there was no MFI that time (19 million post-wash) but after several discussions of risks of HOM and selective reduction, we went ahead anyway. Still BFN, but I would not do that again. I was a nervous wreck for the entire 2WW that we had made the wrong decision.
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IVF#1 Aug. 2011 = c/p, FET #1 Nov. 2011 = c/p, FET #2 April 2012 = BFP!
Beta #1 = 153, Beta #2 = 269, Beta #3 = 675
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My RE cancels at 4 or more follies and she really prefers 1 or 2. Sadly, I've never had more than 1.
Good luck!
After more than 2 years of fertility treatments, FET did the trick!
IVF March 2012 - BFP! - Severe OHSS = 8 days in the hospital in kidney failure
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Most REs will cancel with more than three or four but it depends on your history too.
I've had four IUIs, three of them with two mature follies and one with one mature follie. After my third failed IUI, my RE said he's let me do the IUI with up to five mature follies.
TTC 12/2009 Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%) IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins! E & C Born 10/19/2012
Thanks for the replies. Obviously I have no idea how I'll respond to the Clomid, but I'm thinking we might want to consider canceling at 4. I just don't think we could go through with a selective reduction.
Ugh. I wish no one had to worry about these kind of things.
Are you having mid-cycle bloodwork as well? My RE says estradiol (estrogen) level will help them determine if they are all viable (have mature eggs). They expect to see 250 per viable follie. Last cycle, I had four that measured mature, but my b/w indicated 3 were viable.
Re: Lurker Question - # of follicles your RE will cancel IUI at?
TTC #1 since 2009 with unexplained infertility
IUI#1-4 Jan.-Apr. 2011 = BFNs
IVF#1 Aug. 2011 = c/p, FET #1 Nov. 2011 = c/p, FET #2 April 2012 = BFP!
Beta #1 = 153, Beta #2 = 269, Beta #3 = 675
1st U/S = TWINS!! EDD 12/29/12
my blog: Journey to Somewhere
~~PAIFW/SAIFW~~
April IVF Spring Chicks
My RE cancels at 4 or more follies and she really prefers 1 or 2. Sadly, I've never had more than 1.
Good luck!
After more than 2 years of fertility treatments, FET did the trick!
IVF March 2012 - BFP! - Severe OHSS = 8 days in the hospital in kidney failure
No heartbeat at 10w6d
FET August 27,2012 = BFP!
It's a boy!
My Blog - 3 Dogs, No Baby
Most REs will cancel with more than three or four but it depends on your history too.
I've had four IUIs, three of them with two mature follies and one with one mature follie. After my third failed IUI, my RE said he's let me do the IUI with up to five mature follies.
Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%)
IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins!
E & C Born 10/19/2012
Thanks for the replies. Obviously I have no idea how I'll respond to the Clomid, but I'm thinking we might want to consider canceling at 4. I just don't think we could go through with a selective reduction.
Ugh. I wish no one had to worry about these kind of things.
BFP #2: 6/23/13, MMC 7/29/13, D&C 7/31/13
BFP #3: 9/20/13, EDD 5/30/14