https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 09:58:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1533822 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:15:20 +0000 alohaorchid 1533822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not totally sure at this point but we're leaning more towards minimal/no treatment so no IVF, no IUI. My husband is very sensitive to what IF treatments can do to a marriage and I respect that, especially knowing the background of what makes him feel that way. I would consider IUI but I don't think I would want to go the IVF route. Adoption is not something that either one of us is interested in so we most likely will be child free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1521964 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:29:57 +0000 littlek 1521964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: It's always funny how your opinion changes based on your TTC journey. A year ago, I would have NEVER considered IVF and now it's on the table. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1521959 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:28:18 +0000 Jenn23 1521959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I looked at donor embyros last year online and couldn't find any that would "match" us either. I'm white, husband is Indian. </p> <p>Already have done IVF for baby #1 and will doing IVF again in the next few months. We wouldn't use donor eggs or sperm. Would consider donor embryos, but only if they matched our races, which I don't think is possible to find. So we would have just adopted if IVF didn't work the first time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1521514 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:19:57 +0000 dc yoga bee 1521514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told DH I didn't want kids period when we first started dating, and he said adoption was not something he wanted to pursue. Fast forward four years later, and we are ttc, so obviously I do want kids now! However, he is still pretty adamant that he doesn't want to adopt. I always knew fertility treatments were out as it's not something he is comfortable with for religious reasons, whereas I think I would be okay with IUI and/or clomoid. Who knows, if it takes 1 year+ ttc he may change his mind, or not, and we never become parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1521505 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:42:09 +0000 lazypanda 1521505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I chose whatever it takes. I initially did not feel comfortable when a friend suggested that I ask my OB for clomid because of my concerns regarding side effects and wanting to try as naturally as possible. Now, fast forward a year later, and I'm on 150mg of Clomid and will be getting trigger shots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1521284 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:05:16 +0000 Mrs. Pinata 1521284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd like to add that we are interested in doing lots of different things to build our family. We LOVE adoption! But, another option to get pregnant would be donor embryos. Which would be using embryos that are donated by couples that have done IVF but didn't use all the embryos, so now the embryos are currently frozen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520878 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:41:20 +0000 spaniellove 1520878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: @pui: We felt it wasn't for us. Then again, when it's one of our last options who knows how we'd all feel? I have seen many women with DOR decide it's their best choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520849 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:13:42 +0000 Sprite 1520849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would have gone as far as IVF, but not used donors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520835 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:03:06 +0000 spaniellove 1520835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: Don't know what exactly your hours are, but a lot of clinics start super early in the morning to accommodate work schedules! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520768 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:22:58 +0000 pui 1520768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: Nah I think it's totally understandable. It would really bother me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520766 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:22:05 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1520766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said "whatever it takes" but I don't think we'd do donor egg. Maybe donor embryo. I just don't know how I'd feel about the baby not being biologically mine, but his. Maybe that's selfish? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue/page/2#post-1520549 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:02:26 +0000 Ash 1520549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: gotcha! That would be hard! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520543 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:59:54 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1520543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After 2 years of TTC, we were going to move to monitored cycles with Clomid. We would have discussed IUI, but it probably wouldn't have increased our chances by much. But that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520536 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:58:17 +0000 kiddosc 1520536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would have gone as far as ivf for a first child, but we probably wouldn't go further than iui for a second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520530 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:57:17 +0000 lilyofthewest 1520530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: Yeah, I work in a doc's office/clinic setting -- which is to say I don't really have enough coworkers to switch with. Any day I'm off requires switching schedules around or canceling patients. But, fingers crossed, I won't need infertility interventions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520474 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:46:01 +0000 Ash 1520474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: oh man, I'm a nurse too but my coworkers would switch if they knew why I needed off. 6 weeks notice doesn't seem realistic. </p> <p>We would probably only go as far as doing TI - maaaaaybe IUI but that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520427 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:36:10 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1520427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I personally am in the whatever it took category but my husband is not willing to go the route of IVF financially at this point which i understand and not willing to adopt so there you have it. I hope we won't have to get there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520404 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:28:37 +0000 tequiero21 1520404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said whatever it took cuz we did ivf, but we wouldn't've done donor, would have just adopted. Because we had twins, I wouldn't have done anymore treatments. We got lucky w thus third. But if we had a singleton, we would prolly have done a frozen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520390 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:23:49 +0000 Kelli_Deluxe 1520390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted whatever it takes, though I'd like to add within financial attainability like some have said. We actually did consider sperm donor before iui #1 because DH's sperm seemed hopeless, so if it turns out later there are abnormalities or something along those lines, we would take that route vs taking the time off to save for ivf </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520292 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:54:34 +0000 Charm54 1520292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For LO1 , I would have done IVF then adopted if that didn't work on the first or second try. I wouldn't have used donor sperm or eggs.</p> <p>Now that we have one child I don't think I would pursue IVF in the future . Maybe IUI if we had trouble conceiving #2 but if that didn't work we would likely be one and done </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520279 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:51:49 +0000 ShootingStar 1520279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At this point, I'm not really sure what I would do. Before having D, I would have done IVF, but not used donor eggs or sperm. I don't think. But now that I have a child, I'm not sure how much fertility treatments I'd put myself through again. On one hand, I have fertility coverage (yay, Mass!). On the other hand, I have a child and I'm not sure how much I want to put myself through to have another, vs going the adoption route. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520239 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:41:56 +0000 lilyofthewest 1520239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a nurse. :P Which you'd think would mean my employer would be flexible about us getting needed healthcare...but...not so much. </p> <p>On the plus side, I don't have it as bad as some nurses when it comes to acute illness. Some hospitals around here require you to report to work when sick, get assessed there, and they decide whether you are too sick to work and send you home (or not). I just have to call in at least 2 hours before I'm supposed to report. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520204 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:32:25 +0000 PurplePumps 1520204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: oh my goodness! 6 weeks in advance? Even for just a quick morning appointment? wow, Do you mind my asking what you do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520194 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:30:39 +0000 lilyofthewest 1520194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the timing/frequency of medical appointment would be the ultimate decider for me. Sweetie and I don't have a ton of money to pursue interventions, but, I think my job's inflexibility would be more of an issue. I have to ask for any time off at least 6 weeks in advance, and I'm expected to get any healthcare that's not related to an acute illness on my days off (or schedule for it 6+ weeks in advance). So, I don't think I could pursue most treatments while staying employed. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1520062 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:58:01 +0000 LindsayInNY 1520062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would go as "far" as IVF but I don't think we would consider donor eggs or sperm. If that didn't work, we would adopt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1519937 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:19:40 +0000 septca 1519937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: No, I think that makes a lot of sense. With NCIVF you are literally putting all your eggs in one basket because you would likely only get one egg at retrieval. I think the idea is that it might be worth trying (no drugs, a lot less expensive) for someone like me who only has blockage issues (versus egg or sperm quality issues). But I don't know if the odds of success would be worth spending the money to try v. just doing standard IVF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1519935 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:19:24 +0000 Happygal 1519935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't seriously discussed IVF, but I think we would pursue it. We're probably 2-3 more cycles away from having to decide whether we'll pursue IVF or move on to adoption. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1519925 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:16:15 +0000 swedishfish 1519925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: my cycles are so irregular (I think - I haven't gotten my period yet after the miscarriage). My RE did say in October that I could do a natural cycle FET if my periods straighten out. I'm meeting with him in early April so I hope I get my period before then to even see if I can have a normal cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1519918 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:13:50 +0000 Shutterbug 1519918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: for me, having gone through IVF twice now, I don't think I'd do a natural cycle, mainly because of how daunting the egg retrieval is, and how many embryos don't make it to the end. I think the odds would be high that you'd go through the whole process and then have nothing to transfer. Maybe I just don't know enough about it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-infertility-treatments-would-you-pursue#post-1519876 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:59:50 +0000 septca 1519876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Would you consider natural cycle IVF? Not sure what your history is, so I don't know if that would be a good option, but I am curious about since no one seems to talk about it much. </p>