Iui question??

Toots3495 · May 5th, 2011, 04:15 AM

hi ladies, I'm just wondering if having iui involves taking a lot of time off work? My oh and I have been ttc for 24 months now and have had all the usual tests which have come back fine. We've been offered iui and we'll obviously go down that route if that's the only way but I'm just curious as to how much time and hospital visits are involved in it?
Thanks ladies

Bepaisley · May 5th, 2011, 05:39 AM

Hi toots, I took no time off work for my IUI. do you have to take off every time you go to the doctor because of distance? If you can just go on a break then you should be fine because all visits are pretty quick, atleast for me they were. I went in on cd3 for a baseline, then in my fertile time to check eggs and see when to take my trigger shot, and then for my IUI, so first cycle I had 4 visits cuz they did back to IUIs and last cycle 3 cuz I only did one. Hope that helps!

Bepaisley · May 5th, 2011, 05:41 AM

Meant to say first cycle they did back to back* IUIs

Springy · May 5th, 2011, 07:25 AM

I haven't had to take anytime off work either. I schedule my monthly / weekly scans for first thing in the morning before work so I end up at work earlier than normal, then when the IUI is actually done I just sneak out for about an hour to an hour and a half. Then I come back and resume my day as normal. I am very lucky that the clinic I'm going to is only a 2 min drive from my office and my boss knows what we are going through so she is very supportive and just says "go do what you need to do" that does take a lot of pressure off things! But you could always just say you have an errand to run and you're taking an early lunch. That's what I tell the people who work in my area and see me leave at 10:30 or so to have it done.

Toots3495 · May 5th, 2011, 08:20 AM

Thanks for your replies ladies. It's encouraging to hear that it doesn't cause to much disruption

How have you found having iui so far? I still haven't made any arrangments to start yet as I'm a bit nervous! I ovulate on my own and don't have any probs and oh is fine so I guess its just one of those things that aren't meant to happen naturally

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Bepaisley · May 5th, 2011, 13:09 PM

I was really very scared to have an IUI done, but there's nothing to it. I read a lot and everyone kept comparing it to a Pap, well after all my infertility testing I couldn't even remember if a pap had hurt me or not. But really, most you'll feel is a pinch, if anything at all, and it's over in just about a minute. Good luck, I hope it works your first time, don't be nervous!

May 5th, 2011, 04:15 AM	#1
Toots3495 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,059	Iui question?? hi ladies, I'm just wondering if having iui involves taking a lot of time off work? My oh and I have been ttc for 24 months now and have had all the usual tests which have come back fine. We've been offered iui and we'll obviously go down that route if that's the only way but I'm just curious as to how much time and hospital visits are involved in it? Thanks ladies

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May 5th, 2011, 05:39 AM	#2
Bepaisley Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 620	Hi toots, I took no time off work for my IUI. do you have to take off every time you go to the doctor because of distance? If you can just go on a break then you should be fine because all visits are pretty quick, atleast for me they were. I went in on cd3 for a baseline, then in my fertile time to check eggs and see when to take my trigger shot, and then for my IUI, so first cycle I had 4 visits cuz they did back to IUIs and last cycle 3 cuz I only did one. Hope that helps!

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Bepaisley Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 620	Meant to say first cycle they did back to back* IUIs

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May 5th, 2011, 07:25 AM	#4
Springy Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 9,644	I haven't had to take anytime off work either. I schedule my monthly / weekly scans for first thing in the morning before work so I end up at work earlier than normal, then when the IUI is actually done I just sneak out for about an hour to an hour and a half. Then I come back and resume my day as normal. I am very lucky that the clinic I'm going to is only a 2 min drive from my office and my boss knows what we are going through so she is very supportive and just says "go do what you need to do" that does take a lot of pressure off things! But you could always just say you have an errand to run and you're taking an early lunch. That's what I tell the people who work in my area and see me leave at 10:30 or so to have it done.

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May 5th, 2011, 08:20 AM	#5
Toots3495 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,059	Thanks for your replies ladies. It's encouraging to hear that it doesn't cause to much disruption How have you found having iui so far? I still haven't made any arrangments to start yet as I'm a bit nervous! I ovulate on my own and don't have any probs and oh is fine so I guess its just one of those things that aren't meant to happen naturally.

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May 5th, 2011, 13:09 PM	#6
Bepaisley Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 620	I was really very scared to have an IUI done, but there's nothing to it. I read a lot and everyone kept comparing it to a Pap, well after all my infertility testing I couldn't even remember if a pap had hurt me or not. But really, most you'll feel is a pinch, if anything at all, and it's over in just about a minute. Good luck, I hope it works your first time, don't be nervous!

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