Just some brief things to tell you about the past I did clomid for 9 months and nothing then i did 4 iui cycles with just clomid and no result so we proceeded on to ivf with isci and I got pregnant with twins and now they are 4 and been wanting to have another one have been trying again for the last 2 yrs and nothing so went back to infertility doc for consult said try some iui cycles with injectables (shots) so did 2 cycles last may and june cyles looked good but no pregnancy so went to new doc to get 2nd opinon she recommend to do an hsg with me which i have already had one and everything looked great and then do 2 more iui cycles with shots!! So made appt for hsg and canceled just dont think its necessary to do again!! Im really having a hard time with this i want another baby sooo bad but this is sooo frustating i know with ivf i would prob get preg again but finacially and the emotion part of it i cant do it again!! Dont get me wrong i feel very blessed to have two very healthy children i just dont feel done!! I feel like i have to try one more iui cycle just to c and if it doesnt work then have to tell myself i need to be done!! Makes me sad to think like that but how far do you go??? ANy advice similar situations lemme know:) I know its ultimaltely my choice but its nice to get others opinions! Oh also they think its partially a male factor but his numbers are not really to bad?? So idk:)
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It might be your insurance. I know that when I was undergoing fertility treatments, I had to jump through all the hoops and have a certain number of 'failures' before progressing to the next, more sophisticated level.
Also, you may want to do the HSG again if you haven't had one recently. Things could have changed in the last 4+ years.
Ok here's my opinion. I have one son via IVF (frozen cycle) after a few IUI's with injectables. My son is almost 2 and we haven't gotten pregnant on our own. No official dx, only that he's got lowish (normal) numbers.
I don't feel like I can do the IVF right now but I have come to terms with the notion that I have to do that to continue to grow our family (and to give our frozen embryos a chance). So I have come to terms with that, mentally preparing over the next several months. I am not going to focus on getting pregnant by chance or by IUI which hasn't worked for us.
If I were in your shoes, I would find a doctor that would be receptive to my wishes. Don't think they have to drive your treatment plan--make sure there's a give and take. Tell them you want to do one cycle you feel confident that's the route, but be open to the possibility that IVF is in your future and spend some time thinking about whether you want to spent your time and emotional energy on something that hasn't worked in the past. Often failure will drive you to want something more and you may find that it makes you want to do IVF again--and if you can arrive at that conclusion on your own, without the expense of an IUI that doesn't work? Then you're two steps ahead of the game.
That said, if you want to just do an IUI without injections and you are comfortable with that being your "one and done" then you should get a doctor to agree to that. You're not asking much. Just meet them halfway if they want to do a few tests to make sure that nothing has changed after having the babies.
iuis and clomid did nothing for me. IVF was successful with first try. if i were to do it again i would go straight for IVF instead of investing money and time for other things which have shown to fail in the past. just my opinion. good luck.
God bless you. Take a second honeymoon. See what happens!
I am going through the same thing right now. We did invitro once (fresh cycle) and have a daughter. We are now trying for baby number two and have had no luck. We just completed two ivf cycles (frozen embryos) with no luck. We are now on to our third and possibly last attempt. We are going to use the last of our frozen embryos and i don't think i have it in me to do another complete ivf cycle if this one doesn't work. The question is (as some of the other ladies stated) am i done? You need to really ask yourself if you are satisifed with what you have and go from there. If you really aren't done, you will take your doctor's advice and do anything to get pregnant again. I feel like you are either all in or all out..some where in between will not get you another baby! Best of luck to you!
