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Any successful IUI stories....
My wife is really struggling emotionally this cycle and we are looking for some encouragement. Can you please share if you were successful. How many tried did it take? Meds. or no meds?Can you share your process if you were successful... Timing of IUI, meds, frozen or fresh, etc.Thank you so much just looking for some support for her.
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Re: Any successful IUI stories....
You can find most of our stats and stories here:
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/48801772.aspx
I will add mine here, I know I am not on that original thread, since I don't really post much here.
First baby.....4 IUI's....finally got pregnant with Femara and a trigger shot (did the IUI 36 hours after the shot)
2nd Baby....MUCH HARDER....15 total tries over 2.5 years. Tried Femara, Clomid, injections....everything! Got pregnant 2 times that both failed. On our last ditch effort, refused all meds, except for the trigger, and here we are about to deliver in a week or two.
Our story -
My wife: 4 failed ICI's, 7 failed, unmedicated IUI's - she decided she couldn't take it anymore and I started trying.
Me: 5 failed cycles (with back-to-back inseminations - 2 of which were clomid (50) cycles). 6th clomid (100) back-to-back cycle worked.
In total we tried for 1.5 years. After my 5th cycle we decided to quit indefinitely. My sister bought us 2 vials for my birthday, which became try #6 (in desperation since there was nothing else she could do and I was really down i.e. couldn't stop crying, after trying for so long) and it finally worked. It is hard, but chances are it will work eventually. There is a wide range on this board. One woman got pregnant with her first IUI and then the bulk of us fall somewhere in-between from a few months to a few years but, sadly, there are stories of it never working. Good luck. It is the hardest thing we have ever done - by far. But it is worth it, if/when it works.
According to our sperm bank Pacific Reproduction Sevices ( lesbian owned Sperm bank)
It takes about 3-6 tries to have a successful IUI. According to their studies. It took us a year to get pregnant - We did 4 IUI both unmedicated and medicated switched RE's because our first one was a quack ( we have come to find out) an then did one with our New RE ( he is amazing) and it did not work so down on our luck and running out of money ( we are older too so it was tough ) we found a IVF clinical trial and we just had our Twins on JULY 13th.
It is a topsy turvey roller coaster the fertility conundrum. I think its a mad science as every person and couples experience is so different. What worked for us may not work for others and what wokred for our friends may not work for us and DID not work for us... Its something we want so SO SO bad and its just at our fingertips but sometimes it takes a while to grasp...
Just be good to yourselves and kind and just know its all a process and any time line you have should be tossed out the window- It will happen when its right ( i hated hearing that ) but really It did happen when it was right !!!
-J
our Blog -http://dosbabies.wordpress.com/