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NHS IUI wait times

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Holly19 · 14/04/2019 13:26

Hi ladies,
Would anyone be able to give me info on approximately how long you had to wait from first appointment to discuss to having IUI recently on the NHS? Are the wait times similar to IVF?
Thanks!

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Zest11 · 15/04/2019 12:15

At my clinic as soon as I had the referral and did all the blood tests etc I was able to start IUI the next cycle. Same goes for IVF but I think it depends on the clinic.

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Holly19 · 15/04/2019 18:10

@zest11 thanks for your reply. Is that an NHS clinic or private?

Did you have success?

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Zest11 · 15/04/2019 20:13

NHS.

LauraBevis · 01/06/2019 20:55

I’ve got my first appointment to discuss IUI on Thursday so I’d be interested to know how you’re getting on. It was April when you posted this.. are you still waiting ?? I’m under Worcestershire CCG and I’ve no idea how long the waiting lists are here specifically but any ball park figure would help!

Zest11 · 01/06/2019 22:40

Hey,

I had 3 IUIs with clomid and none of them worked. Am now moving on to IVF and have started downregging. If you have any questions do ask. Although the process didn't work it got me in a place where I could start IVF as I was so petrified of that before! X

Anaesthetist83 · 02/06/2019 08:18

hmmm, I went for my consent appt for IUI last week also with the plan to start next week. Sadly the NHS centre I'm at has a broken scanner (for the 2nd time in a couple of months) so isn't starting any new cycles. Inevitably their will be a backlog next month and they can't guarantee treating. We have actually asked if we can skip straight to IVF and they said yes as I am (mostly) anovulatory. I hadn't really appreciated how long 3 cycles of IUI may take as it seems to be monthly pot luck as to what day your period starts when they don't work weekends. Whilst I'm not ancient (nearly 36 & 40), I don't think we have the time to mess around. IUI success rates not exactly sparkly.

Zest11 · 02/06/2019 08:29

Anaesthetist83 yes I think that's probably the right thing to do. I only did IUI first as I wasn't ready for IVF. Even the clinic said it's not much different to what we've been doing already. Also not sure it would do anything if you are mostly anovulatory.

Anaesthetist83 · 02/06/2019 08:59

It would be a stimulated cycle - ovulated on letrozole, so that but shouldn’t be too much of an issue, but it is the mental torture I can’t cope with any longer!

mawof3soontobe · 02/06/2019 09:03

I was referred due to pcos and secondary infertility, it took a few months for ultrasounds bloods and a hcg, then I was prescribed clomid for six months which was unsuccessful. Thankfully when my sixth month ran out they sent an appointment to start iui with injectables the following cycle

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Holly19 · 02/06/2019 10:15

Sadly the consultant said no to IUI because we are using frozen sperm following my husbands chemotherapy and they said IUI will waste too much of it. Sorry I can’t help but glad lots of others have replied x

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