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any sucess with back to back iui's for ladies age 38-40 yrs old
i know that this question has been posted once before a while back... i just turned 40 yrs old and have tried 3 single iuis and when i go back in aug or early sept i will be doing the double iui, i was just wondering if there are any sucessful stories of any ladies that have tried the single iui with no sucess and then tried the back to back iui's and then have gotten preg.
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Hello. Not to be a stick in the mud, but if you are serious about getting pregnant you need to be combining injectable drugs with your IUI's, and it wouldn't hurt to throw in acupuncture too. If a few cycles of stimulation drugs and IUI's don't work then move on to IVF right away. Doing IUI's without injectable stimulation (forget Clomid, it is for 30 year olds) is a waste of your valuable time and money. You still have a chance of success at 40, but every year after that it gets harder and harder if not impossible. If you haven't had your hubby/BF checked out then he should get a semen analysis too. Just telling it like it is. Good luck and baby dust to you!
Hey, Sorry about your BFN. This is truly a tough journey. Any chance you have insurance that will cover IVF? The main thing with IVF is that it gives you more information and of course increases your chances by leaps and bounds. You still have to have one good egg in the bunch that month of stimulation if you are to succeed, but if you do get that one good egg then you are on your way. I have heard of other women that took Clomid at your age and succeeded, but I will tell you that it makes you crazy! I took it for 4 months and I would not recommend taking more than 3 months in a row. It ups your odds a little more if you combine it with IUI's. Think of it this way...if you normally drop one egg, with Clomid you should drop two, so twice the chance even if the chance is low. If you've already been taking it then I'm sorry I mentioned it. I can't remember...have you done injectable drugs with your IUI's yet? I wish you the best.
yes i tried the clomid and had no luck, and yes i am on gonal-f, they boosted me up to 450 and then dropped me to 225 to try not to over stimulate the ovaries and i had 14 on one side and 18 on the other... i do the trigger and estrace, and i was on crinone and then he switched me to endomentrin.. i have use the folic acid, and a bunch of other suppliments that i got the ok to use... i am just so tired of being disappointed and i wish my insurance covered the ivf but they dont. i even went to my employer and asked if they can look into adding that service and they wont, i found out today that they are going to change insurance companies and once again i went to go and ask them again and i was told it is very costly and if they add it they have to add it to the whole group and no one wants to pay the high cost...so i am just stuck...yesterday i told the nurse that i didnt understand why he wants a follow-up appointment because he tells me the same thing everytime, that the ivf would be the best and my age and i feel like he is discouraging me. today the nurse called me to see how i was and she advised that she spoke to the dr about why he wants to do a follow up appointment after every iui, and she told him how i felt about hearing the same thing and if there isnt anything xtra to add or do then i didnt see any reason in having a followup everytime and walking out of there upset and stressed and discouraged... so she told me to keep my appointment on fri (tomorrow) without the follow-up .... and start another round.... very very upset....
hi suegre, was your friend having as much difficulty as i have had. and how many iui's had she had prior to the clomid ? maybe i should request taking that with the injections... ?
Hey, No wonder you are frustrated, you have many follies! Do you know how many eggs you are actually dropping each month? You are a rock star to have that many follies girl! I know this isn't making you feel great since it still isn't working but that is a crapload of follies. I know how frustrating it is that almost no inurance co's cover IVF, aargh! Not to sound like your dr but if you could in any way finance it I would, it sounds like you stand a good chance of succeeding. (Trust me I am the last person to say this because my IVF cycle was as bad as they come and I was at one of the top clinics in the country so I know they didn't do anything wrong.) Any chance your hubby's sperm is slow on the uptake? The thing about us older gals is that our eggs have a tougher shell so the sperm may have a harder time breaking in. In any case, if you are not loving your dr I would find another. And, I would check out their stats on sart.org because if you get to the point of doing IVF you want to be with the best since, frankly they all charge about the same. You know about ICSI right? That overcomes the hard shell in IVF. Anyway, I'm sorry, I don't want to sound like your irritating dr, but I would love to see you succeed, especially with that many follies on board. OK, well don't give up. Everything works out in the end and if it hasn't worked itself out, then it isn't the end. Hugs. Alexia
thank you so much for the hopeful words... i am trying but it is so disappointing, the dr didnt say whether his sperm was slow but the quanity was low and then he was told to stop smoking; in which he did and drinking stopped so the dr said that there will be improvement... so with that being said, the show must go on and keep moving forward... are you talking about regualr pineapple the fruit..i love the stuff... i can eat it everyday... thank you again for the encouragement and best wishes and i sent the same to you also.... lots of baby dust
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