Hello everyone

We tried our first attempt at IVF this last month, and it failed. We had 4 eggs fertilize, and they looked great on day 3, but all arrested on late day 5...even the one blastocyst. I'm 38, and my husband has a vasectomy that cannot be reversed, which is why we went straight to ivf.

We will attempt IUI for the first time in May. We are going to try donor sperm with IUI. I've never done IUI before! Any advice out there about...anything really? We thought we'd try this 3-4x and if that doesn't work, we'll move forward with perhaps another ivf. IVF in our area is REALLY pricey- 20-23k. So we need to try something else before doing that a second time. I don't want to put a price tag on having a baby...but man...we also need to be able to pay our bills while going through these procedures.

I should add that my FSH levels have been within range (under 10) while on meds.

Thank you for any potential advice!!!!