Believe them when they say that all you need is one! Not everyone will be as lucky as we were. Three years later, we decided to give IUI one more try. We ended up with a triplet pregnancy! One faded, and now we have two healthy babies. None of them worked out. That was when we moved onto IVF. We got pregnant on the third attempt. I tried twice with my OB and then with specialists. After the fourth failure, the specialist said we should try IVF instead. We did IVF four times, two fresh cycles and two frozen.
I got pregnant on both frozen cycles, but miscarried early on the first. Today, we have an almost 4-year-old from that second frozen IVF cycle.
I think our only mistake was sticking with my OB instead of finding a specialist right away. But then we miraculously got pregnant naturally a few months later. I think the biggest surprise to me was that the IUI process was incredibly painful.
My cervix is twisted and my uterus is tipped. To give some context, I also had an all-natural, drug-free labor. Everybody told me it was going to be easy. My doctor said I was only the second patient in their 30 years of practice to have this issue. My doctors were all very adamant about no activity, low stress, and positive thoughts. I was so stressed about not being stressed! After my IVF baby was born, I finally got an endometriosis diagnosis.
It turns out, IUI probably never would have worked for me. We were trying to conceive for two years, with eight rounds of Provera and Clomid, plus trigger shots. IUI What is the difference in pregnancy rates for couples with fertility problems between trying with regular intercourse versus IUIs? Several studies have addressed this question Some studies show no improvement in success with 2 inseminations done on sequential days compared to 1 well-timed IUI Others show higher success if 2 inseminations are done on back to back days One explanation for the different findings is that if single inseminations are not ideally timed for ovulation, success rates could improve with a double insemination protocol.
Then,at least one of the insems might be properly timed. Most fertility specialists believe that 1 well-timed IUI is sufficient IUI success using donor sperm is discussed on the donor insemination page. We are here to answer any questions or concerns you may have so that you feel completely confident when taking the first step toward building your family. Patient Resource Center. Patient Portal. Request a Consult. What are success rates with inseminations?
Chanced for success with intrauterine insemination will be very different in different subgroups of couples depending on the age of the female and the underlying cause of the infertility problem. This is due to the significant impact of female age on fertility Drug assisted IUI success rates Insemination treatment combined with ovarian stimulation with Clomid tablets clomiphene citrate vs.
Many studies have shown that IUI plus ovarian stimulation gives a higher success rate than insemination in natural menstrual cycles no stimulation. When we stimulate the ovaries with drugs and do insemination we are basically blasting away with sperm and eggs and maximizing timing. The insemination provides a greater fertility benefit and a smaller additional benefit comes from the extra eggs stimulated by the fertility drugs. This statistic holds true for about 3 cycles — after that it is significantly lower.
If there is any tubal damage, significant endometriosis, or male fertility issue the chance for success with IUI and Clomid is lower Success with Femara letrozole and IUI is about the same as with Clomid. IUI success and injectable medications The harder we stimulate the ovaries to get additional eggs the higher the expected success rate with insemination. Clomid is a very gentle stimulation, whereas injectables usually stimulate the ovaries harder — resulting in more eggs developing to maturity.
Therefore, insemination with injectable gonadotropins gives higher pregnancy rates and higher multiple pregnancy risks compared to insemination with Clomid.
With Clomid it is very rare to have more than twins but with injectables we often get development of more eggswhich increases the risk for multiple eggs to fertilize and implant. Clomid plus IUI vs. For example, a woman may have one tube blocked and one tube open, or she may have a partially blocked tube. Although some women will be lucky and conceive on their first attempt, for others, pregnancy will only occur after trying a number of times.
Our Louisiana fertility specialists may want you to try several IUIs before suggesting you move on to more aggressive treatment, such as in vitro fertilization.
For women under 35, our doctors recommend doing 3 rounds of IUI before considering IVF, but this recommendation can go up to 6 in carefully selected patients. If you are over 35, this recommendation will likely be lower given that age has a profound impact on fertility.
Checking your ovarian reserve levels, which decrease with age, is always a good idea before embarking on any fertility treatments. Depending on your infertility diagnosis as well as other individual factors, your doctor may feel that moving on sooner rather than later is more appropriate or that IUI may not even be the best treatment option. Some people feel that three is enough, for others this number might be as high as 6 or even more, while still others may feel they want to go with a treatment option, like IVF, that has higher success rates per try.
A lot of this depends on your own unique diagnosis, your financial situation, and how crucial time is to your treatment process. If you still have more questions, contact us to learn more about IUIs.
Patients often ask how many IUIs are appropriate to try One question our physicians get rather regularly is how many IUIs should you try before moving on to more aggressive treatment.
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