XP: who got pg on the first ivf?

wille2b · April 2011

i am pretty certain we are just going to move to ivf.. i have pcos and mild endo that was "fixed" with a lap a few months ago. supposedly nothing else is wrong, dh's post wash count last iui was 91million with 95% motility. clearly he is not the problem- and we have had no baby luck

just wondering who got pg on the first ivf..,. i can afford one round right now and just feel like i will waste my money but i cant afford the cost warranty program right now.. i need some advice. try it once and spend everything i have or somehow find an extra 10k for the cost warranty program...

Jessie*J · April 2011

We only had 1 shot and got preggo on the first IVF/ICSI. I have PCOS and DH has MFI - plus they found that I have an egg factor issue (which wasn't known until we did the cycle). We put 2 in and got a singleton and we have 1 little embryo left that is frozen.

Wishing you the best!

brody8336 · April 2011

I have stage 4 endo and tubal issues, my DH was above average in his counts. It took two fresh cycles to achieve a viable pregnancy. Best of luck to you!

Bread09 · April 2011

We got pregnant on the first round of IVF. I have blocked tubes and my husband has severe MFI--count was normal, but morph and motility were awful. IVF was our only option. Good luck!!

Yellow_Daisy · April 2011

We were in a similar position with only being able to afford one ivf and not the multi-cycle or money back programs. The money back program was a ridiculous price, basically paying 50-ish% more for an insurance policy. And the multi-cycle packages would only save us a couple thousand dollars over buying IVF cycles individually, again an expensive insurance policy. We personally felt after doing some serious number crunching that the money back and multi-cycle packages were kind of a gimmick and not worth it. Obviously that's just our opinion, but we found that if the first IVF worked that we would lose more financially, while if it didn't work we would have to pay just an additional 2k over the supposed "cost saving" programs. Prices vary from RE to RE, but that is what we decided based on our RE's prices.

I also think emotion plays into these packages and multi-cycle pricing offers, the fear that if you don't buy them and the first IVF doesn't work that you have lost everything. We really had to take the emotion out of our analysis and just look at the facts and numbers, that's hard to do, but it made the choice given our RE's prices very obvious.

We ended up getting PG on our first IVF. Even if we hadn't gotten PG on our first IVF I know that we made the right financial decision in buying the single cycles. We also bought only what we could afford, rather than overextending ourselves.

CarrieB. · April 2011

We were very lucky and got pregnant with our first IVF. We were ineligible for the multi package deal anyway bc of my dx as DOR. DH is borderline MFI.

June0609 · April 2011

We're unexplained and got pregnant on our first IVF/ICSI.

JessJ222 · April 2011

We got pregnant from our 1st IVF (w/ ICIS) cycle, but we were solely MFI.

The cost warranty program was a never a consideration to us due to the cost and we were hoping that if the 1st IVF cycle didn't work at least the 2nd one would thus making 2 IVF cycles less expensive than the warranty program (at least at our clinic).

We also have 9 frozen embryos left over for future cycles.

Good Luck to you!!

Swede25 · April 2011

We did, after being diagnosed with unexplained infertility. There was nothing wrong with either of us, although I had borderline high FSH. We fertilized half our eggs conventionally and the other have with ICSI. We transferred 2 embryos (one from conventional and one from ICSI) and one stuck. Thank God too because we nearly went broke with one round. We do have 4 frozen embryos left over though.

DH wanted to "shop around" and found another fertility clinic up the road from ours that had a warranty, but I loved my RE so much and was so comfortable at the clinic we were at that I stayed.

JenCW · April 2011

With this round of IF we went straight to IVF w/ ICSI (mainly for reasons related to my age, egg quality and what we learned last time we went through IF).

We got pregnant on our 1st IVF with a single embryo transfer. While I know we were extremely lucky, it is possible!

Best of luck to you as you continue to grow your family!

gymnst1013 · April 2011

After 4 failed IUIs (well 1 was successful but I m/c), our first IVF worked. But we have MFI (low count, terrible morph). We did do a cost sharing program - 3 fresh and 3 frozen cycles for one lump sum with a minimum of 1/2 our money back if they didn't work.

Have you considered IUI at all?

wille2b · April 2011

gymnst1013:
After 4 failed IUIs (well 1 was successful but I m/c), our first IVF worked. But we have MFI (low count, terrible morph). We did do a cost sharing program - 3 fresh and 3 frozen cycles for one lump sum with a minimum of 1/2 our money back if they didn't work.

Have you considered IUI at all?

We have done 3 unsucessful rounds of iui, using femara and trigger... Always 2 follies and a "perfect" cycle.. Dh has too many sperm so that's not the problem.. I feel like any more iuis is just wasting $

lmc5004 · April 2011

We also thought that we only could afford one shot at it but when it didnt work we could give up.... we did an FET and here we are. I would say that if cost is an issue and they "fixed" you endo I would give some IUIs a shot before putting it all on the line.

gymnst1013 · April 2011

wille2b:
gymnst1013:
After 4 failed IUIs (well 1 was successful but I m/c), our first IVF worked. But we have MFI (low count, terrible morph). We did do a cost sharing program - 3 fresh and 3 frozen cycles for one lump sum with a minimum of 1/2 our money back if they didn't work.

Have you considered IUI at all?
We have done 3 unsucessful rounds of iui, using femara and trigger... Always 2 follies and a "perfect" cycle.. Dh has too many sperm so that's not the problem.. I feel like any more iuis is just wasting $

Ah, OK gotcha

September2007 · April 2011

We did. although they did rescue ICSI... We're now expecting twins!

Good Luck with your decision!

Mrs. Mo · April 2011

We knew we could only do 1 IVF cycle and were really lucky it worked. My IF is due to thyroid problems.

ColleenS629 · April 2011

I got pregnant from my first IVF. My DH has low morph and that was our only problem. I also have an arcuate uterus but I was told that wasn't a big deal.

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