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Comments

  • I'm sorry conceiving has not been easy for you and your partner. We were fortunate that IUIs worked quickly for us but I know many SS (and straight) couples that have had to move on to IVF. I hope IVF will be the end of this long journey for you.
  • My partner and I are considering IVF at this point too. I'm the expectant carrier and also have "unexplained infertility" up to this point. Everything looks great...periods are consistent, ovulating fine, lots of follicles, 3 or 4 are the right maturity before insemination...the works. Everything is on track...but always end up with a BFN! We had 9 unmonitored IUIs and 3 monitored IUIs and have now been referred to IVF from our specialist. We've used 4 different donors from Cryo and the mobility of the sperm have varied some really high and some lower so that all appears normal. We are so frustrated! We are trying to figure out the best route to go with IVF since our specialist has a program through Attain that can give money back for the procedure if you end up with no baby. So we can either pay 12k for 1 try of IVF and be out the full amount if no baby or pay 24k and that guarantees 3 fresh and 3 frozen IVF cycles with money back (besides meds) if no baby. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! 24k after already spending 8k....BUT...if we end up with a baby it's so worth it but it doesn't mean I'm not frustrated that I can't be the lucky one to have an "oops". It will be a struggle to afford the 24k...I don't know how so many people manage that cost. We are still looking at our options since it's 24k and then for every fresh IVF I believe the meds (shots) are an estimated 3k a month! again...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Well...got that off my chest! So I'm not sure if anything I wrote is helpful but thought I'd put my 2 cents in on our IVF process so far! Good luck to everyone!!!
  • To TandM - congratulations...that is so exciting! Cheers to healthy baby! I'm so happy that you got your wish on the first IVF try. Did you have any to freeze? I've heard that's not as expensive regarding the drugs to "inseminate" later if the fresh IVF doesnt work. We still haven't decided on what to do...the money is just so tight that I don't know if we will even do IVF and the doc won't do anymore IUIs. So I either need to try a different doc or give up. It makes me so sad to even write that! I knew we were taking the summer off but it was always with the thought of starting up again in the late Fall. Who knows!!! Maybe I will win the lottery and I can have a whole school of kiddos! ;) Well wanted to send a BIG CONGRATS to you both!!!!
  • Ninotchka - can I ask how old you are? My infertility doc basically said that with my age (almost 38) that she wouldn't allow me to do anymore IUIs...that IVF is the only option left for me. Which was disheartening since I had only done 3 months of trying with monitoring at their clinic. Prior to that I was with a regular doc for IUIs for 9 unsuccessful tries before I was finally referred to the infertility specialist (at my own request I might add :x ). From a financial perspective...I realize it would be soooooooooooo worth it to have a baby in the end but I have to be realistic. My IUIs were covered since I have a max lifetime of 10k but IVF...nothing is paid for. I was thinking of switching infertility offices to see if another would let me do a few more IUIs but I'm wondering if it's worth it. I'm "unexplained infertility" with 20+ follicles. any thoughts?
  • in re-reading my last post...when I say "worth it" ....I mean additional IUIs not actually having a baby! I know a baby is well worth it!!!! I just wanted to be clear :)
  • TandM, seeing those heartbeats flutter is one of the coolest things in the world. Even though I was expecting to see it when we went in for the ultrasound, it still took my breath away. Good luck in preparing for twins...holy COW!
  • Thanks for the happy thoughts. We ended up having twins born in Feb. they are 8 months now and doing well.
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