Can anyone shed some light on IUI odds?

[Troysmam]

Hi everyone!

meme -it's looking really positive for you!

I'm just wanting some advice please. Went for IUI#2 last Wednesday and pretty much since the weekend I've been having tons of strange crampy/pulling/stabby pains going on (mainly to the right side) also some back twinges and a feeling very similar to having the beginnings of a urine infection also a fair bit of watery cm. I'm incredibly prone to over-spotting on the symptom front and don't want to build myself up for a fall. I've not mentioned any of this to DH (I don't want to get him all excited in case it hasn't worked) We've been trying for nearly 4 years now and I'm sure I don't need to tell you girls how it can really get you down.
Also one thing I didn't mention is when we BD'd at the weekend it hurt (inside)...sorry TMI!! Has anyone else had this happen?

Sorry to blether on!!!

 

[sj22]

Meme sounds like you might be pregnant. I think if you are getting a BFP on day 10 it is likely to be BFP I think trigger should be out of your system by now. x

 

[HappyDaze]

Hi Everyone - I'm new IUI, am on my first cycle. IUI was done last Thursday on CD10, so I am now 6dpiui. We have been trying for 2 years so I am hopeful that perhaps this will make the difference.

I have been reading through the posts and see almost everyone seems to be on quite a few meds - is there anyone who ISN'T taking medication with IUI?

I have been told I have diminished ovarian reserve, meaning my eggs are running out early, but I stil ovulate regularly so the doc said no need for clomid. When I went for my scan this cycle, she was pretty sure I was about to OV so she said no need for trigger shot. (I went back for another scan 4dpiui and she confirmed i had ov'd). The only thing i have is progesterone tablets for 2ww as i have a slightly shortened luteal phase (12 days). Don't get me wrong I'm happy not to be a) injecting and b) pumped full of hormones but I'm just concerned now that everyone else is on meds?

Also another question - for those lucky enough to have got BFP - do you know what day you OV'd and what day you had IUI? My IUI was cd10 and I think I OV'd cd12....

 

[Gille01]

Hi Everyone - I'm new IUI, am on my first cycle. IUI was done last Thursday on CD10, so I am now 6dpiui. We have been trying for 2 years so I am hopeful that perhaps this will make the difference.

I have been reading through the posts and see almost everyone seems to be on quite a few meds - is there anyone who ISN'T taking medication with IUI?

I have been told I have diminished ovarian reserve, meaning my eggs are running out early, but I stil ovulate regularly so the doc said no need for clomid. When I went for my scan this cycle, she was pretty sure I was about to OV so she said no need for trigger shot. (I went back for another scan 4dpiui and she confirmed i had ov'd). The only thing i have is progesterone tablets for 2ww as i have a slightly shortened luteal phase (12 days). Don't get me wrong I'm happy not to be a) injecting and b) pumped full of hormones but I'm just concerned now that everyone else is on meds?

Also another question - for those lucky enough to have got BFP - do you know what day you OV'd and what day you had IUI? My IUI was cd10 and I think I OV'd cd12....

I'm doing three (if I need to) natural IUI cycles starting in early June. No meds only a trigger since I ovulate on my own but we'll keep that in the plans just in case. Taking more meds would up my chances for multiples and I don't need that so I'm going as natural as I can.

 

[Joli]

meme - sounds like a BFP to me!! I did my first test at 10pIUI as well, and got a really faint BFP that got darker each day - send us pics so that we can squint!!

Chris' girl - I know that if you have an ovarian cyst they can't give you medication to produce more follies, as it will risk your cyst bursting - but if you can O naturally, I don't see any reason why they can't do IUI?

Troysman - around 7pIUI, I was getting cramps which felt like gas cramps, and tested 3 days later to get a BFP... i think the cramps were implantation. Fx'd it's the same for you!

SJ - when are you going in for a scan?

 

[chris'girl]

Joli - thanks for the reply, that is the only thing that is concerning me. Me and DH are paying for all the procedure, insurance will not cover it, and it is so difficult to find insurance in the USA that will cover it. So we are worried that the dr will say "sorry we have to wait, or sorry we can't do it" I have read about the whole natural thing with no meds. So i am praying either we can go natural or that all the cysts are gone. I have to wait until June 3rd to get seen, so for now i am in the TWW . Maybe there won't be a need to do IUI . I also just had an HSG done and one tube was clogged but not no more so maybe it will help.

Good luck - BFP's all around

 

[Joli]

Hey Chris'girl - I had to pay for our IUI as well - I'm living our in Hong Kong at the minute, it's so expensive here - luckily for us, we happened to be going to South Africa on holiday to visit DH's family, and so we had to change plans and do our IUI in South Africa - which turned out to be a quarter of the price it would have been in Hong Kong! I didn't have any cysts before my IUI, but afterwards, and with all the medication I'd been taking, I got a huge cyst about 6cm wide, but luckily it just went away on its on. I'm keeping my fx'd for you!

 

[meme]

my beta came back today 10dpiui @ 1.95mlu i just dont know what to think. yesterday night (7 hours before the test. i started feeling strange cramps, and backache. never felt them before. today morning the cramps woke me up! they were hard and different than AF cramps! could it be late implantation? 9dpo/10dpo?
or could it still be the trigger shot, taken 11 days ago??

what do you think? am i still in? the nurse wanted me to repeat the test in a few days
have you heard of any stories that started with this beta this low and had a full term pregnancy??

hoping

 

[Joli]

meme - you've taken a beta test so so early - try using an frer and see if you get a bfp, then if that continues getting darker, then take another beta - don't lose heart yet!

 

[Blue12]

Fxd for you meme - it does seem so early for a beta test - 10dpiui is less than 10 dpo isn't it...either way really hoping for you!!!

Quick question ladies - what was the measurement of your lining when having your iui?

 

[CaseyBaby718]

meme-- you and i are the same age (tho i'm not 23 yet! lol) and we have the same issues: PCOS. I'm really praying for you!! I did two months of clomid, and they were both unsuccessful.

I got my FX'd for you!!

 

[CaseyBaby718]

10dpiui is less than 10 dpo isn't it...either way really hoping for you!!!

It's probably around the same time. Because they want to give you the IUI either at the time or a little before the time you O, but all this is only like hours from each other. With the trigger you O about 24 to 36 hrs later, so whether you get the IUI the next day or the day after.... you've probably ovulated.

So, they are most likely about the same time. (at least that's how the procedure is done on the US... or at least in my office lol)

 

[meme]

Fxd for you meme - it does seem so early for a beta test - 10dpiui is less than 10 dpo isn't it...either way really hoping for you!!!

Quick question ladies - what was the measurement of your lining when having your iui?

i dont remember, but my RE said its great. everything was so good thats why i cant wrap my head around it. i really felt like it was my month.
i took a nap for an hour and woke up from my cramps. never happened before this early.
ill have to wait for my second blood test

thank you, all of you i wish i didnt test today!! but my RE told me to! although he still thinks i have a chance but who knows.

 

[meme]

meme-- you and i are the same age (tho i'm not 23 yet! lol) and we have the same issues: PCOS. I'm really praying for you!! I did two months of clomid, and they were both unsuccessful.

I got my FX'd for you!!

Good luck on your iui cycle! thank you so much ! did you change to injectables?

 

[CaseyBaby718]

Nope, I am sticking to clomid (with a high dose 100mg, was on 50 before) and just a trigger shot.

I'm really hoping it will work!! I have my follicle check up tomorrow! So excited!

 

[BabyChristie]

Meme - sorry its all confusing at the moment. You must be on such a rollercoaster right now. I really hope its just a little too early for the BETA test and that the BFP was right. Hang in there - its definitely not all over yet.

CaseyBaby - good luck for your scan tomorrow.

I'm on 12dpIUI and have been having AF symptoms since the weekend (about 8dpIUI). Have no hope left as I have endo so the pains are ALWAYS the same. I'm so down I feel dead inside this month. Struggling to even speak to DH - there's just nothing left in me. I feel awful because I booked in to my IVF block yesterday so I know we will be starting treatment in July, but I'm so scared that seems to be making me feel worse. Sorry for the intense 'feeling sorry for myself' but just feel dreadful today and I haven't even had AF yet. I'll probably feel even worse when I do.

 

[MissyMooMoo]

Hi everyone. I just wondered if I could hang out here as I feel I might need IUI. I am toying with the idea and I feel I need to be around people that have experienced it, got success from it (BFP's) etc.

Today my OH had his first SA. I was terrified, if he was he didn't show it!! lol. Anyway it turns out that he has 23 million sperms per 1 millileter which the doctor said was normal. I have to add at this point he was actually a specialist in a Private Fertility Clinic (called Mr now really not Doctors lol). His mobility, fast movement, morphology etc etc all normal to my delight. I was very happy about this as he did have an operation for undescended Testes (right Testes) when he was 11 which was successful and corrected. But you read all kinds of stories about it effecting sperm counts etc etc. Anyway we have been TTC since Feb 2010 now and using SMEP etc but no success. I am 40 (don't feel it, feel like 18!!!!). The doctor told us it was no time and to go away and keep trying etc etc, which he said he shouldn't really be saying as they are supposed to do treatments lol.

But I keep on thinking it is my fault, my age, maybe my cm isn't friendly enough. I'm using Robittusin, Preseed and using softcups now on last cycle.

When I asked him about IUI he said yes we could go down that route but he said he would wait another few months first. But when I asked him about Clomid etc etc he said he wouldn't really use anything like that as I ovulate normally and without fail. But wouldn't this decrease the success rate as I have read that clomid is used to trigger more folicles etc but he told me that they wouldn't need to do this with me as it would make no difference. I am really confused now. I don't know whether to just do the IUI because of my age etc but if I did surely wouldn't I just be better to take all the drugs and stuff to give me an increased success rate. Also does anybody know if you ALWAYS get injectables (which I don't mind if they increase success either) with the procedure or if this is something that I would not need?

What is normal with IUI procedure and how do I know I will be given all the relevant drugs in order to make my procedure WORK? I want the greatest success rate possible!!! Please help xx

 

[sj22]

Thanks Joli, I go for a scan on Monday 17th. Am really scared at the moment. Today is the first day without any form of meds ~(have been on progesterone).

Blue12, my lining was 8.4 on IUI day x

 

[sj22]

Caseybaby I hope your follies are fab tomorrow - let us know. Meme and Babychristie I hope this cycle isn't a bust for you.

Missymoomoo I was on all sorts of meds; nasal spray to block my own hormones, injections to produce more follies and progesterone to thicken lining. I think this was because my DH has low sperm count and my cm kills any sperm that does make it!!! You can have an unmedicated cycle of IUI - not sure if success rates are vastly different form medicated cycles.

My normal routine was injections and spray for about 15 - 17 days, then trigger shot and IUI 36 hours after. However everyone is different. Just ask your doctor loads of questions; that is what they are there for. Hope that helps a bit?

S x

 

[MissyMooMoo]

sj22 - can I ask you how low your DH sperm count was? Also was it your first IUI that you became preg with. If not how many did you have before you were prg? x