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Old 12-19-2008, 02:30 AM
azariah08 azariah08 is offline
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I have diminished ovarian reserve with a couple of other issues. We only tried 4 IUI's before moving onto IVF. Honestly, if you've tried that many already and it's costing you money to do IUIs (it was $400 each attempt for us with no meds) I would just move onto the IVF which has a much higher probability of success.

As others have mentioned, we didn't produce as many eggs as "desired" with the IVF - only 4 - due to the high FSH. But we were able to get pregnant with a singleton on our first IVF attempt with our own eggs so there is definitely hope. Age plays a factor in egg quality, which increases your probability of success, so if you are only 30 that is on your side.

As an edit, since you asked a few others, our protocol was called Schoolcraft. We started with baselining through BCP. Then it included Microdose Lupron and the maximum allowed of FOllistim a day.
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Me: 32
DH: 37
TTC: 2 years before success
Dia: PCOS, Endo, FSH ranging from 12 to 18
Treatments: 4 failed AI cycles, lap for endo
First IVF attempt: May 2008
Beta #1: 5/25/08 HCG=246
Anatomy scan: 09/09/08 It's a GIRL
Brenna Catherine born 1/16/09
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