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Our Infertility Support forum is a space to connect with others in the same position, discuss causes, treatment and IVF, and share infertility stories of hope and success.

Infertility

IUI - what to expect? Successes?

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B3x88 · 03/05/2019 22:53

So I have an appointment next week to sign paperwork before beginning IU I just wondered what to expect and what successes you’ve had with iui? I’m 30 & dh is 33 ttc for 5 years. Tried x6 rounds of letrazole with no luck. Thank you.

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Offallycheap · 03/05/2019 22:56

Why are you going for IUI? The results are crap. You’d be better going straight to IVF

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FloatingthroughSpace · 03/05/2019 22:57

My delightful nephew was conceived on first IUI
I think they had been trying unsuccessfully for about 18 months.

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B3x88 · 03/05/2019 23:02

@offallycheap Been referred to the nhs fertility clinic been going almost a year and they’ve said this is the next step to try IUI. My DH has too many antibodies in his sperm so they think this may help us.

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B3x88 · 03/05/2019 23:03

Aww wow! That’s great to hear @floatingthroughspace heard so many mixed things about IUI successes.

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Knitclubchatter · 03/05/2019 23:05

My son has azoospermia and on the third IUI treatment our granddaughter was conceived.

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Tolleshunt · 03/05/2019 23:06

We had the same problem, with sperm antibodies, but were much older.

We conceived on the third try, with only 3 million sperm - I was convinced the cycle would be a dud and we'd be on to IVF. DD is now almost four.

It is really worth a try, as it is so much gentler than IVF.

Best of luck!!!

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B3x88 · 03/05/2019 23:16

@knitclubchatter that's great news it was successful and you've a granddaughter

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B3x88 · 03/05/2019 23:20

@tolleshunt I've not actually come across anyone with the same issue as my dh. So to know IUI was successful on your third attempt gives us hope the nurses as the fertility unit hadnt come across the antibodies issue before (which shocked us a bit) but knowing of you're success is reassuring.
Thank you

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Tolleshunt · 03/05/2019 23:22

I believe it's one of the rarer reasons for fertility problems, so perhaps not surprising they haven't come across it much.

Fingers crossed that washing the antibodies off will do the trick for you too!

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Offallycheap · 04/05/2019 08:00

Why are you going for IUI? The results are crap. You’d be better going straight to IVF

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Tolleshunt · 04/05/2019 10:12

You said that yesterday, Offally.

Obviously, OP can speak for herself. From my point of view, I went for it because a) it's much less invasive than IVF; b) it involves much less medication than IVF; c) it's much cheaper than IVF (we could have had 4/5 cycles at our clinic for the same price as one IVF cycle); d) it's less stressful than IVF for the above reasons; e) for our particular fertility issue (sperm antibodies) it has the potential to fix the problem; and f) it doesn't preclude going to IVF afterwards, so nothing is lost other than the money (which, as already mentioned, is a lot less than for IVF).

I can understand why some would want to go straight to IVF. But for some couples, depending on the reasons for their fertility issues, it can be a good option. If it works, as it did in my case, it saves A LOT of money, hormonal disruption, discomfort and stress.

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mouse1234567 · 04/05/2019 10:18

I had three failed IUIs and now moving to IVf but my colleague was successful on her second. It can happen but also bear in mind if it doesn’t and t often doesnt that IVF has a much higher success rate. IUI is much less hassle tho so def give it a try!

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B3x88 · 04/05/2019 13:16

I'm more than happy to give IUI a go especially with our particular fertility issues and some of you having had success especially @Tolleshunt with being in same situation regarding antibodies. Then if it doesn't work out we still will have IVF to try. I wondered what to expect at the paperwork aspect and do you get shown how to inject the hormones etc? Thank you.

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Zest11 · 05/05/2019 22:59

Hello. We had 3 rounds of IUI with unexplained infertility. I actually had a cp naturally a couple of months before starting IUI so I think I expected that to at least happen again but we got nothing. The failures have now made us ready for IVF which we weren't ready for before. We have been trying 2 1/2 years and had been trying nearly 2 before IUI. The process itself was very straightforward though. At the paperwork we were just given different blood tests, weighed, measured etc. And I did IUI with clomid and was also told how to do the ovitrelle injection in case I needed that.

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B3x88 · 07/05/2019 21:56

@zest11 thank you for the information. I understand what you mean about being ready for IVF I'm happy to try IUI and if need be then IVF afterwards. Just so anxious about our appointment Saturday