Re: IUI and endometriosis
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 2 22:51:16 2008
Wow! I learned a lot in this thread! My husband and I just started
fertility treatments, so a lot of this is new to me. I have a lot of
things comin up and I am very excited/scared for the road ahead. I am
right there with you Wen!
****sending baby dust your way****
At Wed, 2 Jul 2008, summer wrote:
>
>My tubes were adhered to my ovaries, only a lap with excision by the
>right doctor would have found that :(
>
>At Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Ally wrote:
>>
>>Hi Wen,
>>
>>I just saw my RE yesterday, who is also an endo specialist. We are
>>doing Clomid/IUI this cycle for the first time. He said we have a 15%
>>chance per cycle with it. Unfortunately, we are not in a mandated
>>state, so we would have to pay for IVF out of pocket. Take that, along
>>with the invasiveness of the procedure, and we are not ready for
>>it...yet.
>>
>>Just a little history on me: Stage IV endo, 1 tube removed. Last
>>surgery was in Dec. RE had us trying on our own for the first 5 cycles.
>>So, at least for us, the RE thought there was a possibility that we
>>could even do it on our own.
>>
>>IMO, IUI is definitely worth a try. I don't think you're wasting time
>>unless your tubes aren't open. Did you have an HSG? I understand your
>>frustration with wasting cycles. Who knows, maybe you'll get an IUI
>>baby and then be thankful that you didn't have to go through IVF! Best
>>of luck and babydust :)
>>
>>--
>>Ally
>>
>>At Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Wen wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi-
>>>
>>>It is finally time to move on to IUI. Has anyone had any experience
>>>with it? My doctor is great, one of the best infertility docs in the
>>>country, and he's basically told us that IUI is waste for women with
>>>endo. because in women with endo they don't just need to bypass the
>>>mucus, they need to bypass everything. Unfortunately due to insurance I
>>>have to go through 2 or 3 cycles of IUI before we can move on to IVF. I
>>>realize that I am VERY fortunate I live in a state that mandates
>>>infertility coverage, but it is so frustrating to know I am probably
>>>wasting the next few months when I feel I've wasted so many already. If
>>>anyone has any advice, experience with this, etc. please respond. I am
>>>very down right now and could use support. Thanks for letting me vent!
>>
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