https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 08:12:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1337174 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:31:51 +0000 BSB 1337174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Oh, really? That's good to know. I work for a pretty big company, so I doubt there's a big need for IF. Plus, even if did, the changes wouldn't happen til next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1334812 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:23:11 +0000 spaniellove 1334812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Sorry to barge in - I know you're only doing one more IUI and aren't really looking for IUI coverage anymore. But you can get coverage even in states without a mandate! Although we live in NJ our coverage is through a PA employer/insurance company, and PA does not give one crap about infertility. It's all about whether the employer wants to have it covered and chooses an insurance plan that has any IF coverage. If it weren't for our insurance plan, I don't think any of DH's coworkers would have kids either - almost all of them went through IF or recurrent m/c. So there might be an IF-friendly employer where you live!</p> <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Sorry to keep reviving this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1334696 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:51:30 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1334696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BakerBee: oops! Nope, me and the bambino are a-ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1334692 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:49:41 +0000 LBee 1334692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: This terrified me! I was scouring the boards so worried that something had happened. Now that I'm on my work computer (not my phone), I realize this is a revived old post! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1334516 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:11:48 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1334516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: I am! Clomid, monitoring and TI worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1334400 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:04:07 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1334400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I see that you're pregnant now. What ended up working for you? Congratulations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1261782 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:35:35 +0000 Candy_nee 1261782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We decided on IUI after 2 rounds of Femara and 1 round of clomid failed to even make me ovulate. 2 rounds of injections with TI both got BFN's. So we went for it with IUI. I had met my insurance prescription max for fertility drugs and had some leftover from a failed cycle. So, since we already had the meds, and our RE suggests IVF after 3 failed injectable cycles (he claims you plateau after the 3rd round), we decided it was time to go for it since we didn't want to do IVF </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1259711 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:42:00 +0000 BSB 1259711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I wish IUIs were covered for me. I think I have pretty good insurance (for other things) but unfortunately my state does not require IF coverage. Hoping I move to a state that does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1259438 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:40:23 +0000 SunshineMcC 1259438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck @Mrs. Jump Rope!</p> <p>We went to IUI after 14 months of TI. I had one MC, and we tried for another 3 months, then went to IUI. The first one failed, and the second one is later this week. My DH has motility &amp; morphology issues, so we're hoping IUI will do the trick. We're not ready to consider IVF just yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258927 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:43:57 +0000 LovelyPlum 1258927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: glad you came to a decision! I hope that you don't need a next month :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258676 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:46:00 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1258676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I just wanted to say sorry for your cp :( Best of luck this month xoxo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258379 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:42:00 +0000 bhbee 1258379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sounds like you made a decision but just wanted to chime in with my experience. we are doing our first IUI this cycle and would have done it for LO too if I hadn't gotten pregnant. we don't have a sperm meets egg problem as I've had 3 chemicals and 1 success. but my RE suggested it because it could up your odds (after all you can BD too so cover your bases), and that's helpful because it limits your exposure to medications you are doing with the IUI (by hopefully lessening the number of cycles you have to try). he was flexible on whether we did it or TI but I went ahead because we already met our deductible this year. this cycle I'm planning to do Clomid, Ovidrel and Endometrin with the IUI. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258316 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:23:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1258316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Glad you made your decision and hopefully there won't be a next month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258285 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:15:46 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1258285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: we decided against IUI this month but are open to it next month. Hopefully there won't be a next month, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258251 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:01:14 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1258251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I agree, I don't think meeting a $1,000 deductible is a big deal especially with your LO. You know you will pay that out of pocket at some point in the year, might as well be sooner. Hope you guys have a good discussion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1258002 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:00:54 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1258002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cole: good question. The rider doesn't say!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257815 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:13:41 +0000 Cole 1257815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Ahh, if you are meeting the deductible straight away then it might change my perspective. Does your insurance limit the number of times you can try iui? My normally fabulous insurance covers a whopping one iui per lifetime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257504 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:51:10 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1257504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cole: Economically, yes, it's an idea we are tossing around. I got an EOB today from my October cycle, and the total was around $500 for the monitoring (blood work, ultrasound). My cost was $19.</p> <p>Starting in January, our insurance plan re-news so we will have to meet our $1,000 deductible before our 90/10 kicks in. Our infertility rider is changing, too, and it's also 90/10 after we meet our deductible. This year, our IF rider covered IUI straight away!</p> <p>DH &amp; I are going to talk more in depth tonight about what we'd like to do. He pointed out that we have to meet our deductible before any coverage kicks in for us, and we're going to meet it one way or another -- so what difference does it make if it's the RE and IUI?</p> <p>(My Advair is $1200, so either way, we are meeting the deductible in January!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257403 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:48:47 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1257403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the others, it doesn't seem that IUI will make a difference for you over TI. Maybe talk to the fiance people at your RE's office and see if they can code the RPL testing as anything different? Maybe as Autoimmune testing. (I know nothing about insurance coding). My insurance SAID they wouldn't cover any of it until 3 losses, but I only had 2 on the books and it was completely covered. The testing I had done was billed at around $2000, and I think we paid $30 in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257363 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:23:38 +0000 Cole 1257363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I know very little about the medical details side of this but it sounds like from an economic standpoint it might be wise to give iui a try. It doesn't seem like it will hurt anything since it doesn't look like they would change your medications (did I understand that correctly?) and if otherwise you will have to wait a few months to save up to try it what's the point in waiting? It seems to me that worse case scenario you either get a bfn or another loss. </p> <p>I really, really hope it doesn't become necessary but could you ask what their ability to process the rpl tests would be at the end of the year in the event that you have another chemical pregnancy? If your insurance is changing after the first of the year it might be super helpful to be able to get it done this year if it unfortunately comes to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257355 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:18:58 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1257355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did Iui for all Clomid cycles...I think it's especially helpful with any make factor issues. It didn't work for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257354 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:18:18 +0000 KT326 1257354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it is covered I would say go for it. It can't hurt, right? </p> <p>We did 6 medicated cycles with TI: 3 clomid, 2 femara then 1 more clomid. After the 6th failed cycle we switched RE offices and after some more testing the RE had us move straight to IUI with injectibles. We had no male factor at all, it was all me. Our second IUI was successful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257325 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:06:54 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1257325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's free then maybe go for it. It sounds like if it doesn't work you'll need to reevaluate the situation in Jamuary anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257281 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:48:07 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1257281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: we want the RPL testing, too, but absolutely cannot afford it. I am sick that my option is to see if it happens again. I hate our insurance so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257236 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:27:38 +0000 Happygal 1257236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good points from others about IUI not really solving the problem since it's not an egg+sperm problem. I would want more investigative work done about why there have been previous losses. </p> <p>With that said, I really preferred Femara over Clomid. I did have multiple follies on it, though I'm not sure that happened each time (I took it for 3 cycles). </p> <p>I took injectable meds last cycle--very expensive and time consuming due to the need for close monitoring. The IUI would be the cheapest part for us--a little over $300. The RE pushed for an IUI, even though my husband had a great SA. They say that in our situation, meds + IUI equals about 30% chance of pregnancy, and it's about half that without an IUI. </p> <p>There are unknown possibilities for me, like hostile CM and mild endo--IUI helps with both of those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257178 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:12:45 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1257178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I'm really not sure if they go off a formula. I called Sunday (CD1) to get a script for clomid but didn't talk directly to my RE or coordinator. The nurse I spoke with said moving on to another option isn't usually suggested until you've had three failed cycles. </p> <p>I met with my RE in early November to discuss options, and she have me quite a few but didn't push one treatment over another. We just reviewed the options and side effects. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257172 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:11:08 +0000 mrsmate 1257172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did IUI after 6 rounds of clomid, which resulted in 1 MC. We had unexplained IF, and even though both our #s were good, statistically we didn't have a very good chance of getting pregnant on our own. Our RE actually wanted us to go right to IVF but I'm the one who said I wanted to try IUI first, and luckily our 2nd worked!</p> <p>For us, the IUI itself was no big deal, it was the injectable meds and all the testing that went with it that made it such an ordeal. But if your problem isn't getting BFPs, then I'm not sure how much IUIs would help. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257169 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:09:18 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1257169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: thanks! That isn't a deal breaker for me -- i had a few follicles with Chloe &amp; two last month. Every other time I only had one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257148 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:01:44 +0000 Shutterbug 1257148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: I moved to Femara after 5 cycles on Clomid. The only (sort-of) downside is no multiple follicles like with Clomid. I really liked it though, and it was actually free through my insurance (not that the $5 for Clomid broke the bank, haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/moving-on-to-an-iui#post-1257147 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:01:32 +0000 LindsayInNY 1257147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been wondering when to move on from TI as a whole... </p>