Unmedicated IUI - Page 11

Tatertot · Jan 3rd, 2012, 12:12 PM

Hi!

I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday.

I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend.

I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

fisher640 · Jan 3rd, 2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tatertot

Hi!

I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday.

I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend.

I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

Tatertot you sound like me last month with my IUI - I work in an ER and I work steady weekends so I can absolutely not call off sick or be late so even though my doctor does do IUI on weekends if I O over the weekend I'm out of luck.

Tatertot · Jan 3rd, 2012, 12:27 PM

I'm pretty stressed out about it. That could be good in some ways. There's something about stress delaying ovulation, right? Right. I feel sort of bad about calling off work to do the iui because it means that someone is going to have to stay at work since we have to have coverage twenty-four hours a day. Ultimately, the people I work with wouldn't feel bad about calling off and me getting stuck at work, so why should I?

MrsC8776 · Jan 3rd, 2012, 13:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tatertot

Hi!

I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday.

I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend.

I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

Welcome Tatertot

Not many people do unmedicated but I'm glad we are adding more people to this list. Hopefully O won't come over the weekend so that you will be able to do your first IUI. Are they having you use OPK's or what are they going by? Fx you have a longer cycle so that you can get started

Rags · Jan 3rd, 2012, 16:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Tatertot

Hi!

I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday.

I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend.

I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

Hi, I've not posted since the start of this thread but have been following it. I too am unable to have weekend treatments and missed out last month because of a Saturday +OPK. Typicaly I've started the new year with another +OPK over the holiday weekend - I'm begining to wish I'd gone for the medicated option this time around, it seems so much more controllable!! I'm thinking that I'll give it another cycle and if it lands on a weekend again I'll have a conversation about medicating the next cycle.

MrsC8776 · Jan 3rd, 2012, 17:49 PM

Hi Rags its nice to see you in here again. Sorry to hear about the weekends being difficult for you as well. This seems to be an issue I hear a lot about... if only the clinics would be open on the weekends everything would be better. For the most part anyways! Fx your next cycle doesn't give you a + on the weekend.

Tatertot · Jan 4th, 2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MrsC8776

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Originally Posted by Tatertot

Hi!

I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday.

I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend.

I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

Welcome Tatertot

Not many people do unmedicated but I'm glad we are adding more people to this list. Hopefully O won't come over the weekend so that you will be able to do your first IUI. Are they having you use OPK's or what are they going by? Fx you have a longer cycle so that you can get started

I was using the CBFM, but have since been told by my doctor that it is horrible unreliable. So for this month I'm going to use both the CBFM and opks until I get used to the opks. I've never used them before so I'm a little nervous that I won't recognize a positive test.

jchic · Jan 4th, 2012, 12:14 PM

Hi Everyone

DH and I will be doing an unmedicated cycle of IUI this month. I am currently on CD1. I had a few questions - I ovulate on my own and DH sperm is good, we had other tests done and we both came back clear (HSG, Lapro, etc) so its unexplained at this point. I also ovulate on my own. I used Femara last cycle from CD3-7 and it was great, but I think it gave me a cyst on my left side, so I want to go unmedicated this cycle for my first IUI. Is there a HUGE difference in medicated IUI and an unmedicated cycle?
Also, when do you go in? I was told once I get a + on the opk?

Tatertot · Jan 4th, 2012, 12:28 PM

Yup. I was told to call to schedule an appointment the day I get a positive and the appointment would be the next day.

fisher640 · Jan 4th, 2012, 13:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tatertot

I was using the CBFM, but have since been told by my doctor that it is horrible unreliable. So for this month I'm going to use both the CBFM and opks until I get used to the opks. I've never used them before so I'm a little nervous that I won't recognize a positive test.

I too first started out with internet cheapie OPK sticks, they actually weren't all that bad. I decided I would get the clear blue easy ones with a smiley face and do both the first month just so I knew what I was looking for. The clinic I go to advises we use the smiley face ones anyway. I'm probably going to buy more sticks for that as well on my next amazon shopping trip, but I'll also buy more IC ones because I don't feel guilty using those more than once a day.

As for my OPK results - my clinic also advises using FMU (even though the internet and product pamphlets say not to) and I don't think I would have struggled telling from just the internet cheapies because the days I got a positive smiley face the test line was obviously darker than it had been. Although, everyone is different. But it might not be a bad idea to do both the first month til you see what you're supposed to be looking for.

Jan 3rd, 2012, 12:12 PM	#101
Tatertot On a break (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 6,507	Hi! I'm on CD6 and will hopefully be doing my first unmedicated iui this month. We're using a sperm donor due to genetic issues. I'm really nervous about not being able to do it this month. My regular OB/GYN is doing the iui and he doesn't have weekend hours, so if I ovulate over a weekend, I'm out of luck. It looks like I might be ovulating on a Sunday. I tend to semi-long cycles and they fluctuate by a few days here or there. I'm hoping that this will be a longish cycle so that there's a chance that I won't ovulate over a weekend. I guess I'm just trying to keep myself occupied for the next few weeks so I don't go crazy.

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Jan 3rd, 2012, 12:27 PM	#103
Tatertot On a break (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 6,507	I'm pretty stressed out about it. That could be good in some ways. There's something about stress delaying ovulation, right? Right. I feel sort of bad about calling off work to do the iui because it means that someone is going to have to stay at work since we have to have coverage twenty-four hours a day. Ultimately, the people I work with wouldn't feel bad about calling off and me getting stuck at work, so why should I?

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Jan 3rd, 2012, 17:49 PM	#106
MrsC8776 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 4,832	Hi Rags its nice to see you in here again. Sorry to hear about the weekends being difficult for you as well. This seems to be an issue I hear a lot about... if only the clinics would be open on the weekends everything would be better. For the most part anyways! Fx your next cycle doesn't give you a + on the weekend.

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Jan 4th, 2012, 12:14 PM	#108
jchic Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 8,492	Hi Everyone DH and I will be doing an unmedicated cycle of IUI this month. I am currently on CD1. I had a few questions - I ovulate on my own and DH sperm is good, we had other tests done and we both came back clear (HSG, Lapro, etc) so its unexplained at this point. I also ovulate on my own. I used Femara last cycle from CD3-7 and it was great, but I think it gave me a cyst on my left side, so I want to go unmedicated this cycle for my first IUI. Is there a HUGE difference in medicated IUI and an unmedicated cycle? Also, when do you go in? I was told once I get a + on the opk?

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Jan 4th, 2012, 12:28 PM	#109
Tatertot On a break (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 6,507	Yup. I was told to call to schedule an appointment the day I get a positive and the appointment would be the next day.

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