Primary Vs Secondary Infertility

Hi BabyLove,

There is no difference in the treatment for either of these diagnosis...

Most people recommend you wait the year until seeking treatment...but I've had several patients who simply want treatment immediately and that's ok also...

Thanks Dr. Q for ur quick response.

what is secondary infertility? Does that mean that you have children with no issues conceiving and now cant get pregnant? How old are you?

I also ovulate on my own and have 2 children from a previous marriage - i have gone thru 2 IUI's without a BFP and now i will move on to IVF in January. Im 33 years old and DH is 32.

Primary Infertility = Never had Children

Secondary Infertility = Previously had Children

or should I better say for this definition instead of children...Pregnancy

oh, ok then i guess im in secondary infertility. Thanks for the explination!

Is there a better outlook for those of us who have had children or are the pregnancy rates pretty equal?

U r right chelsa .If ur DH SA is OK then it might be that u have secondary infertility.But since u conceived twice,May be it is the issue with ur DH.

I m 29 and my DH is 33 . I conceived 3 yrs ago but it was a stillborn :( .We started trying 7 months from now..All in vein.All tests are normal..

Is ur IVF covered under insurance,I hav heard ita too expensive..Won't it be better to give one more try for IUI..I have heard chances increases every month with IUI and One should give atleast 3 tries.....

U r right chelsa .If ur DH SA is OK then it might be that u have secondary infertility.But since u conceived twice,May be it is the issue with ur DH.

I m 29 and my DH is 33 . I conceived 3 yrs ago but it was a stillborn :( .We started trying 7 months from now..All in vein.All tests are normal..

Is ur IVF covered under insurance,I hav heard ita too expensive..Won't it be better to give one more try for IUI..I have heard chances increases every month with IUI and One should give atleast 3 tries.....

oooops!

yes, everything for infertility is covered at 100% after i pay my $300 deductable for my insurance. They cover up to 6 IVF or $30,000 over a lifetime so we are very very fortunate!

All our tests come back fine, DH has a small issue with morphology but that was it. We conceived on our own in July of this year but sadly lost the baby at 5.5 weeks :(

SOrry about your loss, i cant even begin to imagine how horrible that was for you and DH.

Dr Q,what about increasing the clomid dose ? Will it help if I ovulate on my own.can it have side effects also...I mean like cysts ?

Clomid can cause cysts and increasing the dose may but not for sure increase the amount of follicles created while increasing the side effects such as hot flushes/headaches if experienced...

Thanks again dr Q.