the grinch
on 12/12/13 7:47 am
on 12/20/13 6:27 am
My AMH was 0.39 in July. I did two cycles of 150mg Clomid + IUI and it worked on the second cycle for me. I don't know if the following helped or if I was just plain lucky, but I read that higher vitamin D values are associated with higher pregnancy rates. After my first failed IUI, I doubled my Vit D intake. I also had the serum/ blood level tested and I was normal at 32, but not in what I would consider an optimal high range (I prefer middle to upper range of normal). The other thing I did is that after the second IUI, I flipped upside down on the bed that was inclined to help the little spermy guys swim up to the ovaries. I did this for 10 minutes. Good luck to you.
HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10
Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012
Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012
First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!
He only authorized/ wanted to do 2 cycles and then move to IVF, which I wouldn't have been able to afford. He suggested only doing two cycles of IUI for two reasons. He said that the standard practice used to be doing 5 - 6 cycles before suggesting IVF, but that recent research has strongly suggested that after 3 failed IUI's, the rate of success drastically decreases. The second reason is that since the AMH indicated that I had so few eggs remaining, he didn't want to risk "depleting" what eggs I had left with the lower chance of success of IUI vs. the much higher rate of success with IVF.
I had forgotten to mention that I also had an HCG trigger shot 24 hours prior to insemination.
HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10
Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012
Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012
First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!