IUI?

[baby197]

Hello

I am 26 years old. I started TTC in January 2023 and fell pregnant after 10 months, however had a miscarriage at 8 weeks (HB was slow and then stopped)
We are now around 6 months on from the miscarriage and no success.
We had all tests after the 1 year mark and no issues were found. I am going back to the clinic next week. I’m guessing they will say it is unexplained infertility. I have a feeling they will suggest IUI first (we are with the NHS)
Has anyone had IUI with “unexplained infertility” and this been successful? I'm seeing a lot of negativity towards it online.

Thank you x

Hi,

I’m sorry to hear about your loss.

I had 3 rounds of medicated IUIs for unexplained infertility when I turned 31 after TTC for a year without any success.

They didn’t work - not even a glimmer of a positive. I would’ve preferred to skip straight to IVF, but I had to complete the IUIs first to be eligible for publicly funded IVF.

In comparison, my first FET led to a positive.

The rates are a lottttt lower. I’ve attached results from where I’ve been receiving treatment (sorry, not in English) and you can see the stark difference between IVF (top) and IUI (bottom) - it’s literally double.

That said, it can’t hurt to give it a try, if it means you get NHS funded IVF afterwards. The good thing is you can do them back-to-back, but the negative tests can be a bummer, and if you don’t have certain fertility issues, IUI won’t help at all.

Hi. I had 4 rounds of medicated IUI with no fertility issues when I was 30 using donor sperm. All were BFN. Donor sperm is SUPER expensive so we moved on to IVF as the cumulative pregnancy rates of IUI aren't great, and really start to taper off after 4-6 rounds.

If your eligible for NHS though, I'd try a medicated IUI first as its much more straight forward than IVF. Best of luck!