# Looks like it's time to visit the fertility specialist.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-its-time-to-visit-the-fertility-specialist/623347 "2012-05-28T14:53:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-its-time-to-visit-the-fertility-specialist/623347/61 "2012-07-20T23:33:28Z")

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Talk of IUI isn’t so bad. Far less intensive than IVF. It’s what I was hoping we’d get away with, but the ex’s count was below 200k and IUI requires (required? It might have changed in six years) a washed count of at least 5 million, IIRC. I hope this is the magic treatment for you if it’s the path you end up on.

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-its-time-to-visit-the-fertility-specialist/623347/62 "2012-07-20T23:34:29Z")

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Sorry about the nurse, hon. Good luck going forward. I’d say that, being an RE office, IUI and IVF are what they do so if you’ve been through your “due diligence” phase of trying home remedies, then yeah, they’re directing you straight to those things.

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