IUI - what to expect?

[wantingbubba7]

WhiteOrchid, I'm so sorry that AF got you its so hard, you just have be positive again for your next cycle as hard as it is. Good luck I hear injectibles can give you a better chance too

Waiting, I've been cramping the last few days on clomid nothing unbearable though. Last month I had awful ovulation cramps but this month I havent really had that. What about you how are you coping on clomid? How are you feeling after you IUI?

I had my IUI on Friday but hubby's semen post wash wasn't that great the count was high at 85mill but his motility was only 60% and he had high white blood cells (or something like that) which can make them not swim as far ~ the Dr has put him on some strong antibiotics as she thinks he has an infection I'm pretty bummed as last month I had a chest infection and now this month he has some form of infection. ahhh so annoying. We still aren't out so I'm trying to stay positive! Its just hard.

 

[Timetotry]

I survived giving myself my first injection! Wohoo!

Anyone else doing a combination of oral and injectables?

Orchid - sorry AF might be on its way. Hopefully injectables work well for you next cycle!

 

[waitingongod1]

Timetotry- what days do you give yourself those? Was it hard? They freak me out haha

 

[Timetotry]

I did femara Cd 4-8 (they changed the days because of when my appointment was). The menopur from 7 until ov (whenever that will be), they might adjust this depending on monitoring. I have to inject once per day, and if I need trigger then I'll have to inject that myself too.
I had an ultrasound today, cd8. I have 6 follicles started, largest was 1.2cm. Most were 1cm. Hopefully they don't all mature! I don't want to cancel the cycle!!

The needle itself didn't actually hurt, but the mental part was the hard part!! I kept chickening out but wouldn't let hubby do it! The meds did burns little but only for a few seconds.

 

[waitingongod1]

WhiteOrchid, I'm so sorry that AF got you its so hard, you just have be positive again for your next cycle as hard as it is. Good luck I hear injectibles can give you a better chance too

Waiting, I've been cramping the last few days on clomid nothing unbearable though. Last month I had awful ovulation cramps but this month I havent really had that. What about you how are you coping on clomid? How are you feeling after you IUI?

I had my IUI on Friday but hubby's semen post wash wasn't that great the count was high at 85mill but his motility was only 60% and he had high white blood cells (or something like that) which can make them not swim as far ~ the Dr has put him on some strong antibiotics as she thinks he has an infection I'm pretty bummed as last month I had a chest infection and now this month he has some form of infection. ahhh so annoying. We still aren't out so I'm trying to stay positive! Its just hard.

Wanting- I think I am over the clomid symptoms at this point. I had some pretty bad curl up in a ball for about 1 week pain. I hope it was worth it. Now it just progesterone symptoms, which are so dag on close to early pregnancy ones. My nipples have been very sensitive since 1st day after iui and very tierd. Some cramping. I may test 10dpo. Which is Thursday! We will see.

Any symptoms for you? When will you test?

 

[wantingbubba7]

Wow 1 week of terrible cramps that must have been horrible could mean some healthy eggs being released hehe, I had niggly ones for a few days thats about it.
Good luck testing on Thursday
No symptoms for me yet

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Well I'm not going to lie this cycle has been a horrendous rollercoaster. After the spotting starting on Friday, it continued lightly til yesterday with no sign of AF starting. Combined with back pain (not usual cramps) and a few other things by Sunday night I was convinced I was pregnant and it had worked, especially since I had spotting when I was first pregnant with DS and I had no bb pain which again has only happened when pregnant.... So yesterday morning I took a test and it was horribly negative. Once again I was totally gutted but at least I knew. I went for my blood tests as I had to and honestly as the day progressed I was happy at least that I had taken the HPT as I honestly would have thought I was pregnant. My bbs started to get super sensitive but in a weird way and I was just feeling really off. Off course my SIL & MIL both told me that they thought it was all still encouraging and that it could quite easily have been too early for the HPT (I was extremely doubtful as it's meant to be 99% accurate and I was already 1-2 days late). Although I knew it was over it put another glimmer of hope in my heart....

And then last night came the horrible night sweats, followed by a temp drop and bleeding this morning. I am crushed even though I knew it was coming. I have no idea what went on this month as I was 2-3 days late which I have never been esp. since I know when I ovulated, I had 4 days of light spotting, back pain, no sore bbs until yesterday when they were a very different type of sensitive (and still are) and a few other unusual/different things. Even this morning I felt slightly nauseous, a bit light headed and generally just off.... I guess it could have been a chemical but to be honest I would rather not know that... Either it worked or it didn't... Thinking that it started to work but for some reason ended is too upsetting.

Have any of you heard of Femara delaying AF or causing all sorts of crap? I didn't do the trigger shot, it was just 5mg of Femara from days 3-7.

As for now I'm just waiting to hear from the clinic with the call to confirm everything I already know and to decide what to do next.... Get right back on the horse (so to speak!) or give myself a month to relax and have a break and forget about things.... I hate this so much!

I hope you are all well! Anyone getting close to testing?

 

[Timetotry]

So, I'm a bit shocked and a little overwhelmed right now.
I have 3 mature follicles (18mm, 17mm and 15mm). And 2 smaller ones 14mm.
I have to stop stimulation meds and need to decide if we want to trigger today and do iui, or cancel the cycle. We have a 20% chance of twins and a 5% chance of triplets, if I were to conceive this cycle.

How the heck am I supposed to decide?!
I'm ok with 2 but 3 seems scary and concerns me a lot more for health risks for the babes.

Waiting to hear what my bloodwork says.....

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Oh Time that is so confusing!! I would have no idea what to do either but hopefully you find the right answer for you....5% seems so small but then it is still 5% and you have to truly decide if you could handle 3...

I wish I could give you a better answer but unfortunately only you and your DH can make the decision. Sending big hugs x

 

[Mississippi03]

So, I'm a bit shocked and a little overwhelmed right now.
I have 3 mature follicles (18mm, 17mm and 15mm). And 2 smaller ones 14mm.
I have to stop stimulation meds and need to decide if we want to trigger today and do iui, or cancel the cycle. We have a 20% chance of twins and a 5% chance of triplets, if I were to conceive this cycle.

How the heck am I supposed to decide?!
I'm ok with 2 but 3 seems scary and concerns me a lot more for health risks for the babes.

Waiting to hear what my bloodwork says.....

I had decided when going to iui that i would cancel any cycle with 4 or more. With one egg you only have a 15% chance.. So i was willing to risk it based on the odds.. But everyone is different! Do whats best for you!

 

[Timetotry]

My Estradiol came back low, in the 400s. They said if it was 3000+ that we'd have to cancel for sure.
So the doctors were happy with my low number and I think that means that all of the follicles don't have eggs. There was a lot of info to take in, so it's a bit foggy!
Anyway, they consulted multiple other doctors at the clinic and they all agreed that we could go ahead.

So nervous!

 

[Mississippi03]

My Estradiol came back low, in the 400s. They said if it was 3000+ that we'd have to cancel for sure.
So the doctors were happy with my low number and I think that means that all of the follicles don't have eggs. There was a lot of info to take in, so it's a bit foggy!
Anyway, they consulted multiple other doctors at the clinic and they all agreed that we could go ahead.

So nervous!

Thats exciting! Happy trigge.. Fx for a great tww

 

[waitingongod1]

Time- I can't help you out much because I went ahead with my 10 follicules! Haha I'll let you know how that works out but I'm thinking that didn't even work. Good luck. Glad you don't have to cancel!

 

[waitingongod1]

Well I'm not going to lie this cycle has been a horrendous rollercoaster. After the spotting starting on Friday, it continued lightly til yesterday with no sign of AF starting. Combined with back pain (not usual cramps) and a few other things by Sunday night I was convinced I was pregnant and it had worked, especially since I had spotting when I was first pregnant with DS and I had no bb pain which again has only happened when pregnant.... So yesterday morning I took a test and it was horribly negative. Once again I was totally gutted but at least I knew. I went for my blood tests as I had to and honestly as the day progressed I was happy at least that I had taken the HPT as I honestly would have thought I was pregnant. My bbs started to get super sensitive but in a weird way and I was just feeling really off. Off course my SIL & MIL both told me that they thought it was all still encouraging and that it could quite easily have been too early for the HPT (I was extremely doubtful as it's meant to be 99% accurate and I was already 1-2 days late). Although I knew it was over it put another glimmer of hope in my heart....

And then last night came the horrible night sweats, followed by a temp drop and bleeding this morning. I am crushed even though I knew it was coming. I have no idea what went on this month as I was 2-3 days late which I have never been esp. since I know when I ovulated, I had 4 days of light spotting, back pain, no sore bbs until yesterday when they were a very different type of sensitive (and still are) and a few other unusual/different things. Even this morning I felt slightly nauseous, a bit light headed and generally just off.... I guess it could have been a chemical but to be honest I would rather not know that... Either it worked or it didn't... Thinking that it started to work but for some reason ended is too upsetting.

Have any of you heard of Femara delaying AF or causing all sorts of crap? I didn't do the trigger shot, it was just 5mg of Femara from days 3-7.

As for now I'm just waiting to hear from the clinic with the call to confirm everything I already know and to decide what to do next.... Get right back on the horse (so to speak!) or give myself a month to relax and have a break and forget about things.... I hate this so much!

I hope you are all well! Anyone getting close to testing?

I'm so sorry :/ this is such a roller coaster and all these hormones from medicine don't help! I took femera. Did make cycle shorter but just because it moved my ovulation to day 14 instead of 17/18. Lp still stayed at 14 days.
I think I will be testing this weekend! Dpo10 tomorrow. ..not too of high hopes though. Right now at least tomorrow could be another story. Doc appointment Monday.

Do you think you're going to take a break? I have one more iui to do. I'm exhausted...deciding to take a break or just get it over with.

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Good luck Time! That's so exciting Sending you lots of

I've decided to try again... If this one doesn't work then maybe a break after that. We're only doing 3 cycles anyway so will see.... So it's back on my 6 hour journey tomorrow to start IUI #2.... This month though we're using injectables! Eeek should be interesting!

Good luck with the testing - here's hoping you get that BFP! x

 

[Timetotry]

Thanks Ladies!

Orchid - do you know which injectables? Have you given yourself injections before?
6 hrs is quite a trek! GL tomorrow!

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

It will be Gonadotropin and no I have never injected myself before! Definitely not looking forward to it but just hoping I can handle it...

Have any of you taken that? Any advice, side effects etc? I really REALLY just want this cycle to work and to have my Christmas baby....

 

[Timetotry]

It will be Gonadotropin and no I have never injected myself before! Definitely not looking forward to it but just hoping I can handle it...

Have any of you taken that? Any advice, side effects etc? I really REALLY just want this cycle to work and to have my Christmas baby....

I did Menopur which I think is a brand of gonadotropin. The needle itself us pretty small so it didn't hurt to puncture the skin, but I found the first time was more the mental side that I struggled with! It's hard to give yourself a needle! I did find that the meds burnt a little when injecting but it was very brief and went away immediately after.
I had no side effects, other then a small bruise at one injection site. I did have a higher number of follicles, but that was most likely due to my PCOS (my day 3 ultrasound showed almost 30 antral follicles).
Once you get past the first needle, you'll be okay!

 

[wantingbubba7]

So sorry its been hard round for you Whiteorchid sounds like you went through allot good luck for your next round !!!
Glad your iui wasnt cancelled Timetotry you've been counting down for this good luck.
Waiting - good luck testing this weekend I have a great feeling for you!!!
As for me 6dpiui today soooooo counting down till I test....

 

[waitingongod1]

I can't bring myself to test haha this always happens I count down to 10dpo and it's unbearable and then when I get there I freak out and can't test. Oh well we will find out Monday for sure at doctor. Good luck wanting when will you test! ?