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I am turning 37 years old in two weeks and dealing with unexplained secondary infertility. My son is almost 3 and we got pregnant with him on our very first attempt. We’ve been trying for a year now for a second and my AMH/ovarian reserve is low so I’m feeling like time is of the essence. We did our first IUI last cycle and it failed and we now feel like we want to go straight to IVF. We are self pay since insurance doesn’t cover it and we just don’t want to waste any more time or money. Am I crazy for jumping right to IVF instead of giving IUI another chance? I just feel like the success rate is so low and we did everything aggressively the first round. 7.5 mg Letrozole, monitored ultrasounds and a trigger shot and it still didn’t work. Would love to hear from others who were in a similar situation! 🤍

I am turning 37 years old in two weeks and dealing with unexplained secondary infertility. My son is almost 3 and we got pregnant with him on our very first attempt. We’ve been trying for a year now for a second and my AMH/ovarian reserve is low so I’m feeling like time is of the essence. We did our first IUI last cycle and it failed and we now feel like we want to go straight to IVF. We are self pay since insurance doesn’t cover it and we just don’t want to waste any more time or money. Am I crazy for jumping right to IVF instead of giving IUI another chance? I just feel like the success rate is so low and we did everything aggressively the first round. 7.5 mg Letrozole, monitored ultrasounds and a trigger shot and it still didn’t work. Would love to hear from others who were in a similar situation! 🤍

I had what I thought it was a very faint line show on 9dp IUI but now I’m not seeing it anymore. I did test my trigger out. I’m 11dp IUI now and starting to lose hope. Of course I’ll continue to test through this weekend but just feeling bummed. 😔

I had my first IUI this morning (ouch- didn’t realize how crampy I’d be afterward). My husband’s sperm count post wash was 9.3 million. One of the nurse practitioners recommended waiting until tomorrow night to baby dance again so his sperm count can recover. The other said the more sperm in the reproductive tract, the better, so we can totally do it tonight and tomorrow if we want to. We did a trigger shot about 26 hours before IUI so I’m not even sure if I’ve technically ovulated yet or not. Would you all baby dance tonight? Would love feedback! 🤍✨

I triggered this morning around 7:30am and we are scheduled for IUI tomorrow at 9:30am. We BD yesterday morning at my doctor’s recommendation. I’m on just about every supplement you can be on, eating Brazilian nuts and pineapple cores and drinking pomegranate juice. I’ve also been doing fertility acupuncture once a week for the last 5 weeks. I plan to lay down with a red light focused on my lower tummy this evening. Any other recommendations? Please send me all your baby dust! 🫶🏼✨🤍🙏🏼

I’m scheduled for my first IUI this coming Monday at 9:30am. My doctor told me to take the trigger shot Sunday morning between 8-9am. Most of what I’ve seen others say is that they took it 36 hours before the procedure. Any reason why my doctor is only doing it roughly 24 hours before? Has anyone else done it with this same time frame and had success?

Back story - I’m almost 37. First pregnancy in 2023 was very easy for us (we are so grateful!). One attempt and we were pregnant. This time around - that is not the case and we are 10 months in trying now. I’ve got a low ovarian reserve and otherwise unexplained infertility so our plan is to attempt 2-3 IUIs before moving on to IVF if need be. Praying we have success with the IUI though! 🤍✨

Thank you ladies!