How many office visits are required during a typical cycle using fertility drugs and IUI?
For treatments using Clomid and IUI, only a couple of office visits per month are required. At a typical office visits, the patient has her blood drawn for hormone analysis, and a pelvic ultrasound is performed to measure the size of the follicles. The doctor uses this information to determine optimal timing of the HCG trigger shot and the subsequent IUI. For treatment using gonadotropins and IUI, closer monitoring is necessary, perhaps requiring 4 to 6 office visits per treatment cycle. The actual IUI takes only minutes to perform and is usually painless. We routinely ask our patients to lie on their backs for about 10 to 15 minutes following the IUI procedure. The women may then return to her normal activities.
