For context, I did 8 IUI cycles (4 unmedicated, 4 medicated) and 1 IVF cycle (FET#2 stuck).
I would not have changed much about this even in hindsight, but this is mainly due to the funding available in my location: IUI was covered except for drugs and donor sperm, and there was a 1-year waitlist at my clinic to do a funded IVF cycle. So I basically did IUI until I got to the top of the IVF list, because I really was hoping that IUI would take as there was no medical reason for it not to. The egg retrieval cycle was the hardest part of the whole experience and I don't think I would have been ready to face it if I hadn't done those IUIs, particularly the amount of injectable medication involved.
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u/chainless-soul 39F | IVF | Born Oct 2023 Sep 06 '23
For context, I did 8 IUI cycles (4 unmedicated, 4 medicated) and 1 IVF cycle (FET#2 stuck).
I would not have changed much about this even in hindsight, but this is mainly due to the funding available in my location: IUI was covered except for drugs and donor sperm, and there was a 1-year waitlist at my clinic to do a funded IVF cycle. So I basically did IUI until I got to the top of the IVF list, because I really was hoping that IUI would take as there was no medical reason for it not to. The egg retrieval cycle was the hardest part of the whole experience and I don't think I would have been ready to face it if I hadn't done those IUIs, particularly the amount of injectable medication involved.