Iui

toniq

I had a few Iui's at Guys and St Thomas' in London, all done privately and with the Acu's(assisited conception unit) Medical director as my Doctor.

Cost £750 each time inc meds, Each one failed, I eventually many years later had my little girl from a Frozen Ivf cycle.

You really need to talk to your consultant, every woman is different and your history and needs will differ to the next persons.

What I will say is infertility is a very hard road to travel and very costly, we naively thought it would be easy and work first time, it took over 6 years of treatments and heartache to get our precious daughter.



Goodluck xxx

Bluemeanie_2

BTW Cookie Monster I want to say, I hope the rest of your treatment is successful and you have a lovely bouncing baby soon.

Yes, at the GP stage now, I have to go through a load of tests as she had a checklist she had to follow before the final referral.
Hubby has to do the sperm count test, that is it for him!
I had to have a wee test for Clamidyia, a blood test to check my hormone levels to rule out a problem with that (it came back fine) and to check I was immunised against Rubella. (I tried to save them the trouble with that one, I've always been at the same Docs and had the immunisation there done at around 12, but Doc said she has to follow the checklist! - fair enough!) I couldn't get in to Docs until the 4th May to go to the "next stage" which I think is me having dye pumped in me to see if there is a blockage?

But I just have this sinking feeling it is low sperm count. I don't have any kids but was pregnant once before about 10 years ago. I know a lot can change in 10 years but I just think it will be him

VK-2008

not been oninterne in days just catching up with all replies thanks everyone

my dh and i have been given the unexplained answer as to whey we are not pg , we had a m/c at 8 weeks 4 years ago but nothing else and been trying for nearly 7 years. we are very fortunate our hospital are offering 6 attempts of iui and that is 6 goes, should there be multiples or something then they would offer us an additional go or something we were saying. we then believe get 3 goes of ivf in our area so a friend tells me.

i know this may sound silly question but how exaclty will iui work, do i inject myself, the hspital have not really gave us any info on it just told us we are on the wait list and could get called at any time they say generally 6-9 months and we got put on it in jan

QQuaver

There are many ways to do it, but the one I did was, I took clomid for 5 days from CD2-6, then FSH injections on CD6, 8, 10, 12 and hcg trigger injection at CD15 and IUI on CD17.

They kept scanning to see how big the follicles has grown. You probably won't need FSH injections (I have PCOS):p

The IUI itself is done like a smear.
Your DH will have to produce a sample (or make them at home and take it in), and they'll prepare it to use for IUI.

They put a catheter inside you, and the sperm will go through the tube and are deposited near your fallopian tube.

It is painless and takes very short time.
Make sure you relax, so to make the catheter go in smoothly:)

Good luck.

VK-2008

thanks qquaver is that something that u done urself by charting or does the hospital encorage u to do it, kinda getting nervous but excited about it,

was anyone tld they have to be a certain weight for this too work or does anyone have any experience of being slightly overweight with it working or not
i have so many questions eeeekk

conradmum

I had one course of IUI which failed then fell pregnant naturally next cycle.

It was a long time ago but from memory I just had to self-inject for several days (which is very easy with trigger injections) and had a scan then the procedure which is very well outlined by QQuaver.

That's a shame you're on a waiting list. I don't think we had to wait very long at all, and we could have had three tries for free with our NHS trust. It depends entirely on your area which doesn't strike me as very fair.

On the question of weight, I recall our infertility nurse saying to me that we had a good chance of success because I'd already had children and I wasn't overweight. I also have a cousin who failed to conceive for many years and only succeeded when she lost several stone in weight. So I think if you could stand to lose a little weight between now and your treatment cycles it won't do any harm and may increase your chances.

QQuaver

VK-2008 wrote: »

thanks qquaver is that something that u done urself by charting or does the hospital encorage u to do it,

My FS was anti temping, so the chart was my idea:p

i have so many questions eeeekk

Keep asking:wave:

fluffnutter

Bluemeanie wrote: »

3 months after reversal it was 19 million and 32% mobility. He is doing another test tomorrow (his test was Oct 2010) and we have to wait a week for the result. Do you think it is better to go straight to IVF? Do you mind me asking you how much each is? Been on the websites but it just says "from" £500 for IUI. Was looking for a realistic cost.

It will depend on how you respond to the drugs. I paid about £1200.

Bluemeanie_2

fluffnutter wrote: »

It will depend on how you respond to the drugs. I paid about £1200.

Thanks Fluffnutter. In response to some of the stuff I have read on the other thread, I have found I can share my eggs (even though I didn't really want to but hey-ho) for discounted IVF. Though I have been reading about ISCU or sometyhing along those lines (I think I have the letters wrong). Is that better when sperm quality is poor?

fluffnutter

Bluemeanie wrote: »

Thanks Fluffnutter. In response to some of the stuff I have read on the other thread, I have found I can share my eggs (even though I didn't really want to but hey-ho) for discounted IVF. Though I have been reading about ISCU or sometyhing along those lines (I think I have the letters wrong). Is that better when sperm quality is poor?

ICSI is an alternative to IVF. The process is exactly the same bar one thing - when your eggs have been collected and your OH has provided a sample instead of letting them get jiggy on their own in a petri-dish, the andrologist specifically selects the best sperms and injects them directly into the eggs.

It's the standard method for poor sperm quality (reduced numbers and/or reduced mobility) and is what my husband and I had (successfully). TBH, you might not get a choice. When you're referred for IVF, your OH will provide a sample so they can ascertain what the quality is like (or they might be happy to use the results you already have). They then might suggest that ICSI will be necessary. We were told that the sample would be assessed on the actual day (that fertilisation was scheduled for) and the decision would be made then by the andrologist. They do whatever is necessary to give you the best chance of a successful pregnancy. You can obviously agree up front that you never want ICSI but you may well be significantly reducing your chances of getting embryos.

Pros:
* Increased fertilisation rate

Cons:
* Costs more (about a grand)
* Nature knows which are the best sperm and, if you can leave them to it, the best sperm will prevail. Just looking at them under a microscope doesn't tell you which is the best in terms of genetic material, just tells you which are the most lively!

Even so, the increased fertilisation rate (if sperm numbers are very poor/sluggish) is worth doing because the eggs will deteriorate before the lazy little buggers can get to them if left to their own devices.