Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception ~ December 2006

[TwoMums]

Ok it was all in my head... call it another clomid symptom or how it manifests in one like myself, paranoia and anxiety...but i sorted all the maybes out from the last post with my Dr. But thank you all for your comments, it helped me with confronting my doctor about what he really meant.

He said that we would have to pick out another donor after the next try, because there is none left from this guy... so if we really wanted a pregnancy from this donor, that we should try IVF with ICSI with the last vial. Gee if i had of known that i would have said that at this stage, im not fussy about the donor...

He said that it was obvious that because we were in his office that we didnt want to give up and throw the towel in after this IUI, so he thinks the best thing to do would be have the IVF/ICSI with the last vial.

I told him that i haven't really had that many IUI's yet, and if we had to choose another donor from the US ($400 per vial) we would... but he told me that with low egg quality i could be doing IUI for a really long time before i conceive and that it would cost me a fortune where as in his opinion, i had a better chance having a baby by doing the ICSI with my eggs past history, no matter what sperm i chose.

I mean he is thinking of the expense side of things for me... at the moment it costs us $580 with a rebate from medicare of $480, so about $100 each IUI. But once i run out of the aussie donor sperm, it will be another $400 for the sperm, so $500 out of pocket each attempt... which is better than $2000 odd out of pocket each IVF cycle if you ask me. Thats 4 IUI cycles. Doing an IUI cycle every 2 months, thats only $250 a month!!

His point is that i could do a lot more than 4 IUI cycles before i get pregnant, and i'm not getting any younger and neither are my eggs. (My mother went through early menopause at 33). He thinks that one successful IVF/ICSI cycle is better than numerous unsuccessful IUI cycles. This is so much info and stuff to think about, i can't get my head around it anymore...I just dont know what to do...