u/Remarkable-Morning82

Hi all, this is my second iui fail. My doctor told me we should try 3 rounds of iui before switching to IVF since I have no underlying fertility concerns. I’m not sure what steps to take next, I was told that ivf has a higher rate of success but I know it’s a much more intense process and that does make me a little nervous. I know we have one more iui attempt but I’m kind of feeling like I want to go ahead and make the switch to ivf. Has anyone else made that switch or had any experience similar?

For added info-my wife and I are using donor sperm and do not have unlimited resources to continue to pay $2500 per vial for these attempts along with the costs adding up with iui attempts.

I’m about 5 dpo, 7 days from trigger. This is my second medicated iui with letrozole, ovidrel, and progesterone(started 3 days ago) and I did not experience the food as versions this badly last time aside from being slightly more sensitive to citrus and garlic. Yesterday I was repeatedly gagging at most of the food I was intending to eat. Has anyone else experienced this symptom? When does it go away? What foods did you eat while experiencing food aversions?

I’m doing my second round of iui this week, my first attempt I was so positive and excited, even when I got a negative result I was disappointed but not as disappointed as I expected to be. I told myself that was the most probable result for the first time and that I’ll just go ahead and try again next cycle. Today I left my follicle tracking appointment with the time to trigger and scheduled iui for Weds and I cried in the car before leaving. I want to be positive and happy and hopeful but I’m honestly feeling the opposite and I’m not sure why. I’m not usually a negative person and I hate to be negative about such a potentially positive thing that I want so badly. Did anyone else feel something similar?

Hi everyone, I’m in the last 2 days of 2 week wait, it’s a Monday and I’ll be testing Weds am. It’s my first cycle of a medicated iui with letrozole, ovidrel trigger shot, and progesterone suppositories. Been feeling really tired since iui, tried not to read into symptoms like bloating/twinges first week due to medications, around day 9/10dpo started feeling cramps almost period like, then some symptoms seemed to decrease. Now that im a couple days out from testing I feel like I can’t help but read into symptoms or intermittent symptoms, lack of symptoms. I know realistically it’s still too early and the medications are playing into how I’m feeling. How do others get through the final days before the test without constantly thinking about it?