First IUI today!

I had my first IUI today at RSofNY.. Slight cramping.. but nothing much.

After my husband's first SA report came back, I was told that motility was under. He then had a second test done and today after the IUI the dr. told us that motility was fine.. it was morphology. I've been trying to read up if that is a problem with IUI, but haven't come across a whole lot of stuff.

Does anyone have "experience" with a successful IUI where DH's sperm morphology was not ideal? Also, I am not on any fertility medicine.. so is IUI really a good option? (I read the success rate can be as low as 6%). As I had posted before and many of you confirmed.. RSofNY does not listen! They just make you go through the entire protocol no matter what your situation.

I don't want to get my hopes high but pls wish me luck.

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We have a male factor, which sounds like was worse than yours. IUI didnt help for us. Hopefully your problem is minor and this will be all you need. Baby dust to you!!!

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Wishing you tons of baby dust !!!!

It all depends on how low the morphology is. Basically what that means is that for instance, if your dh has a 5% morph...then 95% percent of his sperm is abnormally shaped and can't fertilize an egg. 14% or higher is considered good morphology. I believe it's about 8-13% is the grey area...and....anything lower than 8% a good clinic would probably recommend IVF with ICSI. Male factor issues have the highest IVF success rates. Abnormal sperm can be used for icsi...they just can't penetrate the egg themselves.

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Sending you tons of baby dust!

I'm not really familar with male factor but it sounds like you should really look into it because IUIs won't help if there is a problem or concern with the sperm.

All it takes is one and I really hope that one found it's way today.