Can anyone shed some light on IUI odds?

[MrsJPC]

Hi all

I just wanted to wish you all luck. I have avoided this site for the last 9 months. I fell pregnant then miscarried and then just couldn't face the thought of moving into the long term trying to conceive box!

Well just so you know, I too am unexplained! Have been ttc for 19 months and have just started IUI, am a week into my jabs and have a scan tomorrow to see how I am getting along. I am hopeful that the procedure will take place in the early part of next week.

Oh and I too am a weight watchers girl. I lost 19lbs about 4 years ago and also pop back when I have half a stone to get rid off.

I have missed this site, sometimes no one in your home life really knows how this all feels. I hope I can share with you guys!

Good luck all you all certainly deserve it!

Mrs JPC x x x

 

[MarsMaiden]

Lola - I feel the same about the sperm count. DHs morphology was fairly borderline and would have failed had they used the standards they set a few years ago. I have had him on lots of vitamins and minerals though for the last couple of months so I'm really interested to see if they have made a difference.

MrsJPC - good luck for you at your scan tomorrow, hope all goes well.

Had it confirmed this afternoon that my IUI will be on Friday morning!

sj22- not sure if you still drop by here but I was just wondering what the interval was between your trigger shot and IUI? Mine will be about 28 hours and I am just worried whether this is long enough. All the info I can find seems to show that 36 hours is the most successful but maybe the interval is shorter because of the FSH meds??

Babydust to all!!

 

[Troysmam]

Mrs JPC - good luck with the scan tomorrow!
Lola - at last months IUI DH had 10million washed sperm so I've had him on selenium, pre-conception male and eating seeds and nuts so this last IUI's sample was 35 million!! It's amazing what little changes to your diet can do!
Marsmaiden - are you excited for Friday? I honestly felt like a kid waiting for Christmas morning when I went for my 1st one - I was impossible to be around!

Well I'm 1dpiui and already getting sucked into the world of symptom spotting which I know logically can't possibly exist yet...I do my own head in at times!! It's so nice to be in contact with people who really do know how it feels...thanks guys!!!!




xxx

 

[CaseyBaby718]

Good luck Troysmam!

 

[CaseyBaby718]

Not gonna do IUI this cycle. Too costly. I'm going to just do clomid with monitoring and timed intercourse, for the next several months.

I'll pop in to see how you guys are doing, and give you any news on how I am, but since i'm not IUI, i probably won't post a whole long on here.

Hoping you guys who are starting IUI soon have TONS and TONS of luck!! I wanna see BFPs on here!

 

[lola13]

MrsJPC - I've taken breaks on and off, too. Sometimes I just need a little break from obsessing, other times it helps. It's actually much better in the LTTTC area; the BFP announcements from trying 1 time were too much for me to handle.

Are all of you doing some type of stimulation along with IUI? This is my 3rd cycle on clomid. My doctor had said she would have me try it 3 times, so I think this is the last one. I'm just wondering if any of you do IUI alone or know if it's common.

 

[Blue12]

I totally agree ladies - the ltttc section is soooooo different than the ttc section. Thank goodness for this section and all the wonderful people - who unfortunately are on the same difficult journey.

 

[Gille01]

Hello, ladies.
I posted a little while ago and have just been reading here for a while.
I'm heading in for my IUIs tomorrow morning and Thursday morning.
Took my Ovidril tonight and so all I do is wait.
Preg test on June 17th!

I wish you ladies lots of luck. Casey I'm sorry to hear you're taking a break but I hope the break does well for you with the Clomid and TI. MarsMaiden, good luck on your IUI friday! I know I'm missing others but you all are in my thoughts. I've realized over the past few weeks that this process is very taxing so you all are definitely in my thoughts.

I'll go back to lurking now

 

[sj22]

Hi Marsmaiden, I am still following but wasn't sure if it was ok for me to still be on this thread? I had the IUI 36 hours after trigger shot both times - guess this was the right timing for me but could be different for different people.

Caseybaby, hope the clomid works

Goodluck to everyone, try not to worry to much about sperm count. This time we only had a post wash of 3.5 million. It only takes one.

SJ x

 

[MrsJPC]

Hi all

Well the scan has been done and I am a little in shock. It would appear I have super reacted. I have four of the little gems (follicles) so now have to make the decision on what to do with them. My consultant has advised I drain at least one, my husband agrees, but I think maybe I would have a better shot if I just left two big ones there. Oh and the IUI is booked for Friday, three days before I thought it would be.

I am excited then I have to remember that this is the beginning of what could be a very long journey.

I have done this with drugs Lola3. Self injected every evening. One to stop ovulating and one every other night to encourage follicle growth (which it obviously has) I have heard of people doing it without drugs. I was advised to go with drugs so they could pinpoint ovulation better.

God I feel weird!

 

[MarsMaiden]

Troysmam - I am like a cat on a hot tin roof! Took my HCG trigger shot this morning - is it sad that I am tempted to do an IC test tonight just for the novelty of seeing what a positive test looks like?? Good luck for your tww!

lola13 - I am having my treatment on the NHS and the standard seemed to be a medicated cycle, I have never been offered anything else. But I do read a lot of people who have unmedicated cycles and even cycles with no monitoring.

Gille01 - best of luck, really hope the cycle works for you. I wish I could be having back to back IUIs, I guess we will have to settle for doing the second insemination the natural way!

sj22 - thank you so much for your reply. I am still a bit worried that they might be doing mine a bit early but I guess I have to put my faith in them and just hope!

MrsJPC - wow, that's a great number of follies! I understand where you are coming from, I want to have the best chance possible as you have with more follies but the thought of multiple pregnancy is realistically not very practical for me (as much as I think right now that twins would be great and complete my family in one go!) We will be in the tww together then as I go for my IUI tomorrow morning as well!

I am trying to be realistic as I know what the success rates are but everything that I worry about in my cycle like whether I ovulate, a short luteal phase and thin womb lining will all be controlled chemically so I can't help hoping that this might just finally work for us...

Is it tomorrow yet?? (LOL, If I am like this now, the tww is going to be hell!)

 

[MrsJPC]

Thank you MarsMaiden! We have made the decsion to leave three there, so lets see what happens.

I am trying to do my best not to think about it, but this may be the longest 36 hours of my life. and then I have to wait 18 days.

Have decided to plan in loads of stuff to do to take my mind off.

Oh and tomorrow afternoon my mum is round and her and my hubby are gonna pamper me and feed me BBQ.

I don't know what your weather is like MarsMaiden, but it is boiling here so a nice relaxing lie in the garden is called for tomorrow afternoon.

Keep me updated on how you get on! Be good to share the time together!

Mrs JPC x

 

[Blue12]

I did try a hpt just to see what a bfp looked like after my trigger shot and I tested every day until it turned negative just to know it was out of my system. It only took 4 days for me - but it is different for everyone.

 

[MarsMaiden]

3 follies is great, it has to improve your chances! I wish we could have had another scan to check what mine are doing but I am just hoping that the two that were at 14mm will have matured enough. Sounds like you have a lovely afternoon planned, I hope you enjoy the pampering! Sadly I have to go back to work, I have only just had a load of time off to move house so coouldn't get any more so soon!

No symptoms from the HCG trigger so far although I did do a pg test earlier tonight just for fun! I am a big believer in PMA though and seeing those two pink lines has given me something really positive to focus on though so in the end it was a good thing to do! It was a lot fainter than I expected but at least it was there so I know I did the shot at least mostly right!

Is it tomorrow yet??

 

[Sammy2009]

Hi all,

We had a IUI today (IVF cycle under stimmed) due to our cancelled IVF.

Sperm count was 90 million and about 70 million after the wash.

At last scan on Wednesday I had two follies on the right ovary at 20mm and 2on the left which were 10 & 13mm. I took the trigger on Wednesday evening and IUI was this morning. I dont know if or how much the follies grew after that.

 

[MarsMaiden]

Sammy, that's a great sperm count and good follie sizes - really hope it works for you!

Had my iui this morning and it went really well. I always seem to find any sort of prodding 'down there' painful, even the ultrasounds, but this was so easy, I couldn't believe it when the nurse said she was done! Have been cramping a little this everning although I guess that could be the start of ovulation? Have had sore nips and been weeing for england too which I guess are the side effects of the HCG trigger..

We had 25million sperm post wash with 95% motility so I'm really pleased with that. The nurse also said I had lots of mucous which is good! So all in all I am feeling really hopeful, time to just sit back now and hope the next two weeks goes as quickly as possible!

How did you get on MrsJPC?

 

[Gille01]

Thanks, MarsMaiden. I'm hoping it went well too. Glad to hear your IUI was pretty easy. I have never liked anything being done down there either. Too painful. I had a lot of cramping with both of mine though the second was worse. Not unbearable or anything like that but just had more than the first. She warned me ahead of time letting me know it could be because I was further into ovulation then with the first IUI. Maybe the same for you?

As for me, I'm officially ready to pee on sticks. Of course my testing date is not until the 17th but I'm ready to know now. Besides that, I'm ready to get to the real pregnancy symptoms. I think the trigger has made me useless. I'm incredibly exhausted, yesterday I was so nauseated with cramps and a bad taste in my mouth. This is really giving me a go right now trying to work 10 hours. If it was real at least I'd know something was going on in there but its the trigger playing with my emotions!

Did anyone else feel like that afterwards? I've asked elsewhere and not many people get symptoms from this shot. I took my trigger Tuesday night but didn't feel anything till yesterday. Is that odd?

Anyways, good luck ladies in the 2ww and those currently waiting to cycle!

 

[mrssunshine78]

there's lots of unexplained on here at the moment - that makes me feel better, sometimes feel like i'm the only 1!

hopefully 1st IUI next wed or fri - i can't wait!!! not on any meds, am trying 3 months natural and then another 3 months on clomid, getting put on IVF waiting list next month too - feeling quite frightened about that

having reflexology too to try and help me relax - think it'll take more than that at the moment esp since just found out one of my best friends is preg again, we both started trying at the same time, and now she's onto her 2nd

good luck to everyone

oh and someone mentioned FSH on an earlier post my level is a bit on the high side -10.2, my consultant didn't seem bothered at first, but now after nearly 3 yrs he's getting bit more concerned. The result is still in the normal range, but he said they prefer it to 9 or less

 

[Blue12]

Goodluck everyone!

 

[Troysmam]

I wish I could find something to totally distract me during the tww!!! It's driving me potty already and I'm only on 5dpiui!!!! I went out with the girls last night (1 of which has a gorgeous 5 month old) and spent so much of the night listening to stories about him...not that I mind, he's a wonderful little man but it just kind of hit me how much I'm missing out on.
My friends are really supportive but admit they don't understand what it is me & dh are going through as they've all had kid(s) some without ttc at all.

Thank god for this site!



Fingers crossed for everyone

xxx