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[Guenhwyvar]

I have a lot to post on!

That's wonderful that you had a 20mm follie!

How the heck can they just spring that in you? It's your sperm, you can do whatever you want with it and it's none of their business. IMO the usual excuse of liability isn't even an issue here. They are no more liable than the person that sold you the kit. And doing this all last moment! Grrr, makes me so dang angry.
Wow, having to go threw that many Dr's all saying no... It's frustrating at all hell (sorry for swearing, situation calls for it). I hate when they do the whole not wanting to step on others toes routine. Sometimes toes need stepped on to get you the kind of medical attention you deserve.
That nurse should be tarred and feathered, speaking to you like that and not even letting you speak to the Dr to confirm things from his side... Smells fishy to me. Makes you wonder if she just didn't decide these things because she didn't agree with it. I've read that IUI's can be dangerous but besides the whole issue of introduction of bacteria I haven't been able to find out why it's so dangerous. And her saying this in regards to an IVI??? That's just absurd! IVI isn't that different to regular intercourse. I swear, sometimes it seems like ppl are just not aware (or in her case, care) how time sensetive these things are. It's all fine and dandy for someone that can get pregnant naturally to cast judgement on us that have to actually try and pour our life savings in to it.
How you did not drive over and B*tch slap her is beyond me.
At least something good came out of it though and you found a midwife that knows about all this and isn't just in it for the money. I'd definately consider keeping her around for the future.

It sucks that your first IUI ended up being more of a ICI, I'm betting some made it threw though, especially with those numbers! WOW
Anyway! So yesterday was supposed to be our first IUI day, but the- ugh!- DH couldn't get the cath in but a couple centimeters. There was a spot in my cervix that seemed like it was completely closed. Just no way to get it past it it seemed. I don't know if any sperm actually made it to my uterus because we tried to do an ICI and the swimmers just kept coming out. Disastrous to say the least. I was pretty upset about it. Hopefully, those teeny tiny swimmer guys managed to make their own way in later. And to think, my DH's best TESE came back with 1 live and 1 dead...
How big is your catheter? I know for my HSG he was using a 1mm and it seemed to give a lot of resistance with me. Maybe from all the stress of dealing with idiots and a*holes you weren't as open as normal? IDK, just a thought. At least your take charge attitude got it all the way in on IUI 2 and those are still great #'s!
Oh that illusive O, I'm in the same boat as you on that one ATM. I've been told though that depending on the sperm quality and how hospitable your womb is that swimmers can live up to a week, with the male swimmers dying off first and the more hardy females lasting longer. So if you haven't O'd yet then there should still be some girls waiting around. With my ectopic we were only to use "additives" one day, 3 days before my LH surge. They can be tough little guys.
I've been meaning to ask, have you tried the PCOS diet? I've heard great things about it. DH's cousins friend has PCOS and they've been able to get her hormones where they should be and her ovulating just from it. I do a Endometriosis diet and it's worked wonders for not only the pain but also the weight that can accompany endo, loosing about 22lbs. It never hurts to try, you can never have too many lucky charms.

AFM - I'm doing better today. I dunno what was wrong with me but I just couldn't stay awake and woke up last night with a fever and was so dizzy I couldn't even open my eyes. I'm monitoring this cycle to try and predict how the next one will play out and am at cd14 which is usually when I get a + on the OPK's but not today. I'm thinking maybe it's just late because of the amount of progesterone that was in the BC I was taking. My temps haven't reached the baseline yet either (I'll add my chart here in a bit). I have started drinking green tea everyday, just trying to make things a bit more comfy for the swimmers next cycle.

 

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[ChildlessRN]

Hi,
DH and I tried ICI once, but he couldn't get it very far into my cervix without me cramping. Did you have any cramping?
I really hope this works for you.
I understand RE that seem to just waste your money. I went to one last summer that treated us like cattle running through, and said we had "unexplained" infertility even though I've never seen anyone with numbers as low as DH's conceive.
Good luck, and find a different RE!

 

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[Guenhwyvar]

ChildlessRN - Welcome! Where are you at in your TTC journey?

Sprinkles - Woohoo to O'ing! I finally got my OPK + yesterday (CD15) so not that late in the game. I haven't been off bc that long, less than 3 weeks. I came off them early just to make sure I'd O. You hear so many horror stories.
It's funny (more like extremely irritating) how with PCOS and Endo you can eat healthy, extremely healthy and never loose a pound but as soon as you get your hormones in check things start correcting themselves.You didn't tell me any of this, I just know it tends to be a struggle with PCOS and my diet has really helped me (22lbs in a month).
Finding clinics that do Home IUI's are hard. I think I was able to find one here... It's a shame really.Have you decided where in Europe you might go? I don't recommend Scandinavia, it may be cheaper here but any money that you save on IVF will get spent on food and what not. Germany and the UK is a lot cheaper.

AFM - Not a whole lot to report. Like I said, finally O'd so even though we aren't trying DH and I bd'd LOL. We may have a better chance at winning power ball (a few times) but hey, at this stage it's not as emotional when the witch shows up after just trying without any extra "sprinkles".
We've given our donor 4 weeks notice in case he has changed his mind and we have to buy frozen. So of course I'm a nervous wreck with that but hey, what's new.

 

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Hi Sprinkles,
Thanks for the info. I'm not sure what size my catheters are, they don't say on the package. Good to know it's not supposed to hurt.
Czech Republic sounds amazing, but hopefully things will work out in the next 6 months!
Guenhwyvar,
I've been ttc since October 2010, I can't figure out how to load my profile on here Thanks for welcoming me!

 

[Guenhwyvar]

PinkSprinkles - I'm very relieved that I was only a day off course. If we end up buying frozen than we'll either be doing a ICI or a IUI depending on which donor we settle on's quality and whether that donor has only washed or unwashed. We've been extremely lucky and only had to do cycles before I got pregnant with the ectopic, so at least my endo doesn't seem to be really effecting my fertility. *Knock on wood*
That aint a bad price for IVF without insurance. I've never understood why it has to cost so much back home when it can be done for a lot less elsewhere. My IVF cycle (10 years ago) cost around $500, that was just the meds. Funny thing was that the meds were actually manufactured in the US. Makes ya think.
I hate to tell ya but the politics here aren't any better, in some cases worse. Worst of all, you still have to listen to American politics and everyone else opinions about them. It's enough to drive ya bonkers at times. I think it's a great idea to travel though, experience the places, see which one is best suited for you. I would not have picked DK if hubby wasn't Danish. I'm a Coloradan, I need mountains and snow!

ChildlessRN - 2 years is a long time. Did they ever run any blood work on your DH? My first RE tried to claim we had unexplained fertility. *rolls eyes*
You should be able to upload your profile once you hit the min comments (I think it's 5 or 7).

Nothing new to report on my end, just ticking off the days until we can get the ball a rollin'.

 

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PinkSprinkles - I've always said that I want to visit all the countries in my blood... I think I've managed to check only 3 of 9 or so lol (I don't like traveling, shame I know). My only advice is to see, taste and experience all that you can. If you find a place you really like, tell the locals you are thinking of moving there. A lot of the time the countries have this facade of being extremely welcoming (DK is renown for it) but as soon as they think you are moving there their true side comes out. As for politics, I can only speak on the Danish kind. They have probably a dozen or more parties BUT it still comes down to red vs blue. Last election a party that didn't get the most votes won... I still can't figure that out. Good side though is a LOT of countries have free health care and education to some degree, for the most part they all try to be environmentally conscious and the world just moves slower than US city life.
I can see you are at DPO 7 now. Wow, is it just me or is it going REALLY slow? Have you tested your trigger out? I dunno if you are a symptom watcher but if so what are they?

 

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I can understand you getting restless, I keep on thinking, "Ok so it can't be long before Pink gets her :BFP: than I look online and it's only dpo 4 or 7 LOL. I'm feeling great, wish it would really snow here lol, it's a weird thing to miss. I'm just taking it all one day at a time and trying not to dwell on the whole donor issue until I have to. Or at least that's the plan... My execution of that plan sucks though!
Oooo, I had that whole pinching/crampy, wake you up in your sleep thing when I got my it sounds very promising. Wouldn't that be the best Valentines day gift ever?!?! I'm going to be checking for updates a lot more frequently now :-D Don't discourage at dpo 11 though, I've read of ppl having to be at dpo 21 or more and still have healthy babies. And the witch showing doesn't always mean anything. My niece (who's almost 21) had AF show up full force the first 3 months she was pregnant. Hope doesn't give us that but it does keep us going.
I will always swear by the home IUI, it's just so much more pleasant. Not to mention intimate. Even if we end up using store bought sprinkles I believe doing at home will still be the way to go.

 

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So all our your supplies and the washing costs you around $250 a cycle? We are talking about doing our first cycle soon in my doctors office, they only charge $375 for an iui which doesn't seem too bad but I dos find the idea of doing it at home very interesting

 

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[bazzb]

I just read your whole thread! good luck to you! Xx

 

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[bazzb]

cant wait to read more updates!
hope you dont mind me staking

 

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