Moving from IUI to IVF: What made you decide?

[deni]

Hi all,
DH and I have now had two failed IUI's. We haven't had our followup FS appointment yet, and although I was thinking we'd try for our 3rd IUI, my DH reckons we should just bite the bullet and go for IVF.

I have mixed feelings about it but more than anything else want that bubba !
Our situation is: 17 mths TTC (about 18-19 cycles), assessment cycle showed my small follicle count was low-ish so although I ovulated from a dominant follicle each month, they felt may be an indication my egg quality was possibly not the best. No other factors for me, and DH's SA was fine.

I'm thinking, that if I was a few years younger, I'd happily keep going with the IUI for another few months... but I'm 35 and we're wanting more than one child, but I'm also conscious of the fact my mother went through menopause at an early age (about 43years). So I'm worried it might happen to me --??

Anyway I'm just interested to hear people's stories, ie did they decide to move to IVF before recommended by doctor? Did they have success?