Hello, I am from the august pregnancy board. I conceived twice using IUI. Once with clomid injections, and once (this current pregnancy!) without any medicine. I wanted to post regarding the sex of the babies. I am a carrier of a disorder passed on to baby boys, so both times I asked for "girl sperm." The success rate of this is about 70%. The sperm is centrifuged, and the heavier "girl " sperm is then separated from the "boys." There seems to be a more accurate method, but it was not available where I live. I think it's called Microsort... where the sperm is weighed to determine the gender... I don't know how accurate my description is, it's been a while since I looked up this information... but if I remember correctly, microsort is available in the US.
As for my experience.....
My first pregnancy .... I tried four times to get pregnant with IUI and clomid, without success. Then asked to have a change of donor (I had read somewhere that it's possible to have compatibility issues, and since I was using a donor it made sense to try someone else.) I got pregnant the following cycle. I had a miscarriage at 5 1/2 weeks, still tried to get pregnant the following month, without success, but then "got" pregnant the following month. I did have a little boy, but fortunately he was not affect by the disorder I am a carrier of. (so as you can see 30 % chance ... the little guy still got though! LOL and I tried four times with one donor, and three times with the second for a total of seven months)
My current pregnancy.... I became pregnant from the very first time with IUI and without any additional medication. My cycles were very regular, and my doctor wanted to try it and see... I found out last week that I am pregnant with a little girl and due in August!
I hope that this information can help someone a little ... feel free to contact me via the August board if I can answer any other questions. And good luck to all of you who are trying to conceive....