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Hi Beth, sorry to hear of having to cancel. Af came about 10 this morning so i start clomid days 2-6 then shots day 7 til ? Why did they put you on the pill? If iui's dont work for us (this is 2nd month trying on them) I think we are done and will have to go adoption route after we've been married the 2 years I hear we have to wait. We are newlyweds but over 40 (no kids for either of us). Hubby is having troubles with the idea of ivf not being natural and with the cost here and not covered i dont think it is a possibility for us anyways. We will deal with that if and when it comes to it. Hopefully this cycle will work. For AC I had 4 large follicles 2 at 20mm and 1-24mm, 1-29 mm and we went ahead with the iui without question. We've cut back my 100mg clomid to 50 because lining started out too thin but worked out in the end with estrogen pills. We'll just see what happens this time around with the shots and clomid. I did react to the shots with reddness and itchiness and still have the marks on my belly where all the 4 shots were, the hcg shot reddess has faded enough now but he said lets try again and see what happens. The alternative was another shot at more than 3x price (about $180/day vs $50/day) and I already have tons of the $50 ones because I got my prescription filled for the full amount and ordered it through europe as it was way cheaper than in Canada

Hi Isa-Thank you for your thoughts. I'm so very sorry about AF. But stay positive for the next cycle. So will this upcoming IUI cycle be your 2nd or 3rd? I will start the pill after AF comes, in order to supress my ovaries for a month before they stimulate them. I know the cost of IVF is extremely high, but don't rule it out completely. DH was freaked out about it, but he was freaked out about IUI too. He's just come to the understanding that if we want a baby, this is how we'll have to do it. We haven't discussed adoption yet, because we want to stay positive, but that may have to be an option for us. Good luck to you this cycle and please keep me posted. Lots of baby dust!!

Okay, that statement about adoption sounded bad. I just mean that I want to stay positive about whatever treatment I'm doing that cycle and not think about "what if it doesn't work." Thought I needed to clarify:)

Hang in there guys. I went ahead with my IUI and I had 4. 3 around 22 and one at 18.

Hi Beth-thank you for your information and support. My husband I and are going to try IUI one more time. We are going to start this process in another two weeks (as long as my cysts are gone by then). My RE thinks that I will probably over-respond again, but she is going to try to adjust my medication. She thinks that I am a good candidate for IVF. Because my insurance doesn't cover IVF and does cover IUI, we decided to give IUI one more shot. However, I don't have high expecations that it will work. IVF scares me, because it just seems like the end of the road (not to mention it is horribly expensive1!) Keep me posted on your situation and keep your head up!