Iui November buddies?

[ttcbaby117]

lindsay - wow 4 is awesome...good luck in your iui..please let us know how it goes!

Sadangel - awesome he did the sa!


G/L Em please let us know how the appt goes.

anyone know the difference between follistim and gonal f?

 

[Cazmania]

Lets hope we all get what we so desperately want.

Em - good luck with your app on Monday. I am meeting with a new RE, but have already had two rounds of testing this year (both DH and I), so I am hoping that we can actually talk about our plan of action and not have to do all the testing again. I just want to get started . . . . . So excited for tomorrow.

 

[tearbb21]

Hey Ladies! Hope you don't mind if I join! I am getting ready to start my first IUI in Nov u(i think!). I am 26 and DH is 27. We have a 10 month old son who was conceived 4 months after going off the pill. We have been trying for baby#2 for a few months and I went to the doc just to get bloodwork done even though I know we hadn't been trying that long. Anyways found out I have low ovarian reserve! My AMH was .91. FSH was 9.3. Doc said I was lucky I got pregnant so easily with my son. She strongly suggests doing IUI with injectables. DH went to have his sperm analysis done yesterday. I honestly was expecting everything to be amazing since we have a baby but his results didn't come back that great. He has a super high count (170 million) but only 12% motility...so a total of 20 million motile sperm. Is that good enough for an IUI? Has any of your docs said anything about what their standards are? I have googled the crap out of this online and it seems like after they do the wash you lose 50% of sperm. So if he has 20 million motile then after wash would be like maybe 10 million motile? Is that ok? Thanks girls!

 

[ttcbaby117]

welcome tear - I dont have any answers for you as I am unsure about what you are asking...but i wanted to say hi and hope that someone can answer your questions.

 

[Cazmania]

Hi Tear

I have not quite started the IUI procedure myself (appointment is tomorrow), but I wanted to say welcome to the thread and I am sure one of the ladies here could shed come light on the matter for you.

I may have some info after tomorrow because I am also interested to know how the sperm wash procedure works and what it really means for the sperm. I was under the impression that they could remove all the wonky sperm and only put the good ones back in, but apparently that is not the case at all (if only it was so simple).

Good luck to you

 

[tearbb21]

thank you for your reply! Good luck at your appt tom! Ya i would be interested to know what your doc says! Online it says that most docs want a minimum of 10 million good swimming sperm for a successful IUI. Other sites say 5 million. Not sure what to think!

 

[Cazmania]

Well, looks like I'll be joining you ladies that are getting IUI this month. Had my app with the RE today and he believes that we have a good chance with natural IUI and we are starting tomorrow am - YAY YAY YAY. Wish me luck!

Tear - I totally forgot to find out how the numbers work after the wash - there was just so much information being thrown at me. I will try remember to find out tomorrow.

 

[Em260]

Welcome, tear. I'm just starting the process so I don't know very much about the numbers. I have an appointment with the RE on Monday so hopefully I will have more info.

Caz, great news!! Hope everything goes well today!

As for me, DH wasn't able to do the SA yesterday . We were hoping to have it done yesterday to have the results when we meet with the RE on Monday. And I was hoping that since I should be ovulating Monday or Tuesday that the RE would let us do an unmedicated IUI this week. I don't think that is going to happen now . Oh, well I'm trying not to be too disappointed.

 

[Lindsayb721]

So I just had my iui! I think it went really well DH gave 74 million with 54% motility with an overall grade a. My dr said I had a ton of discharge (tmi) but that was a really good sign. Hoping that with my 4 follicles and his 74 million we will get our bfp this month! Here's to the longest 2 weeks

 

[Em260]

So I just had my iui! I think it went really well DH gave 74 million with 54% motility with an overall grade a. My dr said I had a ton of discharge (tmi) but that was a really good sign. Hoping that with my 4 follicles and his 74 million we will get our bfp this month! Here's to the longest 2 weeks

Yayy congrats!! Those numbers sound great!! Hope the tww passes quickly for you!

 

[ttcbaby117]

Congrats lindsay

 

[Cazmania]

Hello ladies, how is everyone today?

So I had my first IUI today. Had one follicle at 19mm, all 3 layers of lining and tons of fertile CM, so doc decided to proceed with IUI today in anticipation of natural ovulation in the next couple of days. It is only cd8, so I hope it's not too early. Hubby sperm was 77 million with 70% motility. Our doc even let us have a look at them under the microscope and they looked good. Amazing to see.
I am continuing to use the cbfm and opk's which we are expecting to be positive tomorrow, but if it is late this month (I usually get a pos cd9) we will do another insemination then. Doc said all sign point to ov in the next 48 hours though. Fingers crossed.

Been cramping and spotting since the IUI - has anyone else experienced this?

Lindsay - how are you feeling? How did you find the IUI?

 

[Em260]

Congrats Caz!! That is so cool you got to look under the microscope!

 

[Cazmania]

It was def interesting to see!

No smiley this am (boo), but got a high on my CBFM. Looks like we'll def be doing another IUI mon/tue. Atleast there are an army of swimmers waiting for an egg should anything happen between now and then. That and ofcourse we will DTD just as a back up although not sure how successful this is with my borderline hostile mucus (TMI - sorry)

Whats up with everyone else?

 

[Cazmania]

Lindsay - did you doctor tell you when to start with HPT?

 

[sadangel777]

Hi guys, just a heads up that I'm not getting an IUI this month.

DH did his SA and it came back normal, and we are compromising on Clomid with trigger for a few months. I feel very positive though. I'm relieved not having to keep track of OV myself any more!

I wish you guys lots of luck on your IUIs!!

 

[Cazmania]

That's great news! Good luck!

 

[ttcbaby117]

sadangel - well glad you guys came to a compromise. Good luck this cycle!

 

[sadangel777]

Thanks guys!!

Looks like I have 2 follicles, one is 15 and one is 20 so they triggered me today.

Doc said I should OV Friday or Saturday. So I'm going to shoot for BD tomorrow and Saturday, what do you think?

 

[Cazmania]

I think you should start tonight and go right through till Saturday - remember, you want the swimmers waiting for the egg.