How many IUI's to get your BFP?

I did 3 at-home ICIs over the course of a few months, and used varied timing.  Those didn't work.  My 4th attempt was an in-clinic IUI with u/s monitoring and trigger shot.  That attempt was successful.  So, 4 tries total, with only 1 true IUI.

We tried 7 times, 2 ICI's and 5 IUI's.

before conceiving my older daughter in a relationship, i tried twice with 1 vial ICI each month.  both of those were bfn.  i temped and used line opks only. 

with my second daughter i got pregnant on the first try using 2 vials ICI.  i didn' temp and used line opks until they were positive-ish and then used digital opks.  so more vials per cycle and digital opks made the difference for me.

I think nine tries for me.  Roughly half of them were IUIs. The IUI that brought me my BFP was the first try with an RE.  I took Femara during that cycle just to feel like I was bringing a greater likelihood of success to the table.

Twins - third try at home, IUI done by myself
M - second try at home, ICI

Jamie
Mommy to Twins plus One - donor 733

Baby #1 girl-4th try but 1st try with new donor. 3 vials combination ICI and IUI at home, no meds. Temped, digital and lined OPKs, saliva fern test, prenatals, pineapple, b6, and other fertility monitoring like cm.

Baby #2 boy-1st try with same donor. 1vial ICI and 1 vial IUI again done at home, no meds. Only did digital OPKs and nothing else this time.

Avery 2.5 years and Julian 4.5 months

It took us 2 tries to conceive. Both were done at home, using iui format. We used 3 vials each time, first time around we timed it with the ovulation chart, second time that actually worked was timed using opk smiley.  We inseminated the day of smiley, then the following two days.

2 cycles to bfp.
#1 at Dr.'s iui with iui/ivf vial @24 hours
#2 1 vial at Dr iui @ 24 hours and 1 vial at home ici @ 36 hours both with iui/ivf vials

I used cb digital advanced smileys and ate a lot of pineapple. Took folate/dha/prenatal vitamins.

You sound super excited! Good luck U2!!

Baby #1,2 & 4 took 1 try at home unmedicated.
Baby #3 was 4 tries at home with 50mg Clomid.

We were beyond lucky.

July 4, 2015
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I was wondering the same thing!

Amy (33) & Morgan (29)
TTC #1

Our son took 6 cycles, and all iuis were done at home - 2 vials for the first three, three for the second two, and four (!) for lucky #6.

Our daughter took 13 cycles to conceive, with a short break for an early loss conceived during cycle 12. Several of the cycles in the middle of that stretch were done ici in a doctor's office - all three of our pregnancies were achieved at home, though. We used four vials during the cycle that brought our daughter to us, just like our son.

Best of luck - we found acupuncture to be incredibly helpful.