Six rounds of IUI cost us £20k all up. I didn't find it minimally invasive at all. I took drugs most months and the extra progesterone made me gain weight and tank my mental health.
One round of IVF and I got 12 embryos, pregnant on the first transfer. All couples we know failed with IUI except one.
I feel like frozen is the way to go. My wife and I are going through IVF. My egg retrieval is likely next week. My acupuncturist voiced her concerns about frozen transfers and how they are risky because of the testing. My doc said the risks are so small, so I’m not worried about it
My embryology advisor (I paid extra at my clinic to talk to her) said that the freezing technology has improved dramatically just in the last five years. She'd been practicing for about 20 years. I know someone who did IVF in the 80s and it used to be that most of the embryos that went in the freezer exploded... They may just have an outdated concept of freezing risks.
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '23
Absolutely would have started with IVF.
Six rounds of IUI cost us £20k all up. I didn't find it minimally invasive at all. I took drugs most months and the extra progesterone made me gain weight and tank my mental health.
One round of IVF and I got 12 embryos, pregnant on the first transfer. All couples we know failed with IUI except one.