So I am back from the IUI....wow what an experience!! a nurse and a resident doctor came in and we started by the doc inserting the speculum.... just like a pap smear....so now its time for the catheter....my cervix was being shy and since I have a tilted uterus the doctor was having problems....lack of experience too...he a resident doctor only still.....so he decided to get an actual doctor!! gggrrrr!! this already uncomfortable as it is and then can't getting the catheter in is just frustrating!! I just wanted to get it over with it!! so out goes the speculum and nurse and doc leave.....starting crying right away...thank God my husband Ernie was there the whole time!! he was so supportive!! then a few minutes later doctor comes in and we do it all over again...speculum in, catheter in and then draw up the spermies and insert all the way into uterus....felt AF like cramps then and to stay calm I was breathing deeply and of course Ernie holding my hand! doctor had no problems doing the procedure....lots of experience...she was even doing an IVF embryo transfer before coming to see me!!

anyways, after she left, I stayed resting on the table and Ernie got me some water and we just relaxed before coming home....so now it is in God's hand...what a day! started off nervous and anxious and very emotional all day! so happy the tracking is done and the IUI done...can relax now....

but it is the two week wait now!! gggggrrrrrrr! ovulation day today and may later to add some insurance!

DH's sperm count was 3.2 million...a little low but doc said lots of pregnancies come out with those numbers....whatever....all you need is one!!

don't know when I am testing....had a trigger shot so I have HCG in my system for a few days...oh well

good luck! Im hopefully having IUI next week. Did you have an ultrasound to check for follicles before, if so how many do you have? last month my trigger shot was out of my system by 6dpo, I tested until it was out. good luck

thanks sarah....i had one follie on my left ovary.....showed up CD15 at 16 mm and then was 19 mm at CD16...trigger shot CD17 when follie was at 21 mm...IUI CD18 which is ovulation day....LH surge happened naturally on CD17 at same time as ovidrel

3.2 million sperm post wash

on clomid days 2 to 6...50 mg....bloodwork and ultrasounds starting at CD10

at One Fertility in Burlington...where are you in Ontario?...I live in Brantford

Good luck hun x

Good Luck! Hope you get your bfp!

Hi kissyfacelala - I am on a break right now as I'm having a lap done next week but wanted to stop and say Hi as I am in Ontario as well just a bit down the QEW from you in Toronto and my clinic is ISIS Regional Fertility in Mississauga.

Fingers crossed you get your BFP on your first try! I'll be back at ISIS and onto IUI #3 in August after my lap!

Good luck on your iui!! I should have my second iui around the end of next week!!

oh wow didnt notice you were in ontario! I live in guelph and am going to mount sinai in toronto for my treatments. I started clomid last month and had 3 follicles and did ovidrel / timed intercourse. this month I decided to add IUI, might as well if Im already on the clomid (Im 38 so time is ticking!). I go on monday for my ultrasound (and hopefully trigger shot), then if all looks good they said I would have my IUI on tuesday or wednesday. what confuses me is how do they know that you were going to ovulate a day after or 2 days after the trigger? last month I had ov pains 2 days later, and the clinic said they usually do the IUIs 2 days after trigger. But you ovulated 1 day after. I just worry about the timing! also they said to not have intercourse from sunday onwards.

how much did you pay for IUI? they told me $350 plus the clomid and ovidrel came to about $160.

good luck this cycle, perhaps we can keep in touch on this thread.

Sarah - my Ovidrel was $85 and my clomid was around $100 (varied depending on the dose I was using anywhere from 50mg to 150mg) and my IUI's were both $400 and they did double inseminations - one the day after trigger and then the following day.

tiggers mimic natural LH.....and they say 24 to 36 after trigger is ovulation....what is funny with me is that my natural LH surge was already starting when they gave me trigger....so ovulation would definetely be day after trigger...so IUI is done on ovulation day....

so happy I found 2 ladies from Ontario and we all a hop skip and a jump from each other...LOL.....would love to be buddies in the 2 week wait and of course during our preg journals that will start this month....

testing July 28 at clinic.....