Would you TTC if you overstimmed?

heathergirl67 · June 2011

So let's say you're taking meds for an IUI and an u/s reveals that you'll be releasing too many eggs for them to do an IUI. They cancel it and tell you to abstain from sex. Would you abstain? Or would you have sex anyway? Does it matter how many eggs you're releasing? If so, what is the range that you would consider?

This is not happening to me or anything, but I'm starting an injects cycle soon and I know that this is not an uncommon scenario. The practical, rational part of me says that of course I would abstain. If the IUI is cancelled it's because it wouldn't be safe for me to get pregnant with that many babies. The bitter/desperate part of me says that since I'm not going to get pregnant anyways, why not go for it? If I've released at least 24 eggs over the past two years of TTC and none of them have fertilized, what makes me think that all 6 (or whatever the number is) would magically fertilize this time?

What would you do in that situation?

damabo80 · June 2011

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For me, it would depend heavily on if there was MFI. If there was MFI, I would open my legs for business (not like the boys have a high chance of finding an egg, whether there's one egg or 20 eggs).

If there wasn't any MFI (in my case, if there was a halfway viable egg, DH's sperm would find it...getting the halfway viable egg was the tough part), then I would abstain if I had 5+ follies. 4 is iffy (in a drunken state I may do the deed maybe once, and regret it right afterwards), and 3 would cause me to call the RE and say "Why would you want me to abstain? Are you nucking futs?"

I'm a PCOSer, which usually are the overstimming crowd, but I also have DOR, so they kinda cancelled each other out. I never produced more than 2 follies in any cycle (and my last one, I didn't produce ANY follies, despite taking 300iu of Follistim/day). Is this your first stim cycle? If so, they will probably start you on a low dose (75iu [or 150iu if you have O issues]) and see how you react to minimize the overstim risk. The possibility is there to overstim on 75, but you'd have to have super ovaries or something.

GL on your IUI!

CashewsMommy · June 2011

I actually just thought of this last night. I know i'm only on clomid, but I know it can happen. Overstimming is actually a fear of mine, only because it'll mean another cycle busted.

My doctor never talked about overstimming to us, but i'm sure if I go in for a follie check and had too many she would not do the HCG shot and tell us to abstain. I was thinking that if i had 3 or 4, then yes we'd continue to FWP. 5 or more we'd probably not. Granted i'm not sure what is considered too much for my doctor.

KristysRedBarn · June 2011

I wouldn't. I would follow my dr's advice and assume they know more than I do, but I would ask them their reasoning. Multiples also scary me from a health standpoint, both for myself and the babies.

Good luck with your IUI and I hope this isn't an issue for you.

suntoto · June 2011

KristysRedBarn:
I wouldn't. I would follow my dr's advice and assume they know more than I do, but I would ask them their reasoning. Multiples also scary me from a health standpoint, both for myself and the babies.
Good luck with your IUI and I hope this isn't an issue for you.

100% this. Multiples have their own risk. It is why we only transferred 1 embie for IVF- after everything we have gone through, we did not want the added risk of multiples.

If you do decide to go against Dr advice, be prepared for your own little reality series. That is what Kate from Kate plus 8 did and we all know where it ended up with her...

I really hope you don't have to go through this.

Olive44 · June 2011

I had an IUI canceled with 4 follies. My RE didn't want to do the IUI, but he kinda said it was up to us if we wanted to go home and FWP. He suggested only one time and gave us the HOM talk. We still did go home and FWP because, honestly, I knew it wasn't going to work since I haven't had any sign on implantation in over a year and a half. Hopefully you won't have to make that decision. I wouldn't worry yourself over it unless you actually cross that bridge.

Carolee · June 2011

I would not TTC if my RE told me not to, and we have MFI. I'd just be too afraid of ending up with HOM, even though it is unlikely for us due to DH's issues.

GL with your injectables cycle!

Court1 · June 2011

I wouldn't. But I get the temptation. It's like, I've been trying forever, I've spent all this money on injectible, fvck! But higher order multiples is scary shiit & I wouldn't go AMA.

ColindaP · June 2011

Absolutely not. As much as a canceled cycle would suck, I'd imagine selective reduction sucks more. We had someone on this very board a couple months ago who did precisely that and wound up conceiving sextuplets.

butterfly843 · June 2011

I wouldn't, I actually overstimmed one of my IUI cycles and it was canceled by my RE and we were told no sex. We listened to the dr, I was way too afraid to be the next octomom.

cutebride73 · June 2011

I don't know. That's a good question. One the one hand there is no way I would want to have HOM, but I can see the temptation. DH and I have gotten pregnant on our own twice and with an IUI once, but lost all three. I have DOR and he has MFI - with 3 follies on an injects + TI cycle I did not get pregnant and with IVF I had 5 eggs, but only 1 fertilized correctly even with ICSI. So the chances of me ending up with HOM in that situation would be slim to none.

I just don't know that I could take the risk...

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