ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[sherylb]

Q: What is an IUI and how is it done?



A: An IUI -- intrauterine insemination -- is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. The whole process doesn't take very long — it usually only requires the insertion of a speculum and then the catheter, a process that maybe takes a couple of minutes (60-90 seconds to introduce the catheter, then sperm injection, and another 60 seconds or so to remove the catheter — going slowly helps reduce discomfort). Sometimes when the cervix is hard to reach a tenaculum is used to hold the cervix, which makes the process a bit more uncomfortable.

https://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/iui.html

 

[sarahincanada]

preethi sorry I didnt have a booby party for you yesterday, I was all consumed with my clomid decision so here we go..


IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!
HAPPY 20 WEEKS PREETHI!!!






(DEW AND I!!)

 

[Dew]

Q: What is an IUI and how is it done?



A: An IUI -- intrauterine insemination -- is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. The whole process doesn't take very long — it usually only requires the insertion of a speculum and then the catheter, a process that maybe takes a couple of minutes (60-90 seconds to introduce the catheter, then sperm injection, and another 60 seconds or so to remove the catheter — going slowly helps reduce discomfort). Sometimes when the cervix is hard to reach a tenaculum is used to hold the cervix, which makes the process a bit more uncomfortable.

https://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/iui.html

So I assume natural insemination/ejaculation leaves sperms in vagina and if conditions are good (open cervix, fertile fluids, staying up against gravity etc) then sperms travel from vagina through cervix in to uterus. But in IUI sperms are manually placed inside uterus thus reducing the odds I guess.
Now my question is, once the sperms enter uterus, can they come out due to walking, exercising, etc (especially during fertile time as the cervix is supposed to be open)...you know what I mean,the door is still open and gravity is playing role here...???????

 

[sarahincanada]

thanks everyone for your support and advice. Dew I dont see it as you are not supporting but being a cautious friend and giving me your opinion and I appreciate that I am following the protocol the FS has....they tend to do all the tests first, and then move into clomid, then clomid with IUI then finally IVF.

thing is if I was a few years younger I would probably give it a year after polyp removal to try naturally. Being 39 in October doesnt give me too much time, as I still have to get pregnant, have it stick, and cook it for 9 months so I will probably be around 40 when I give birth.

I think another part of my decision came as I saw this on FF the other day
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Chart-Gallery-Stats-Months-TTC-versus-Age.html
the time to conceive drastically changes after 40. I would love to have a couple of children so this added to me fast forwarding things.

Im not loving the idea of going on medication, but if I do have to get help Im going to have to be on it anyway....they use it with IUI which I was planning at the end of the year. Huggles sheryl posted the IUI info, basically they wash the sperm and put it where its supposed to be at the right time!! she said that with clomid has a good success rate. I asked why we would do that when hubby has super swimmers and she said its the washing and medication combo that helps. its around $500 per session with the drugs so much cheaper than IVF but not as successful obviously.

Im even going to ask them about perhaps freezing some of my eggs this year so I can use them into my early 40's if I need them. Im not sure if they do that anytime or if it has to be in conjunction with ivf.

She took it again for one cycle this year, but then stopped it when it didn't work.

My sil on the other hand fell pg with her son when she finally started on clomid, after 5 years of trying unsuccessfully without it (she has pcos) , and had now just restarted it and fell pg on her second cycle.

Thanks Huggles thats very interesting! Ive also read so many different things, so will be interested to see if its the boost we need! I hope that I feel ok on it, I dont have much work on this month so I will be ok to rest if I need to so its the perfect month to try it.

 

[sarahincanada]

Q: What is an IUI and how is it done?



A: An IUI -- intrauterine insemination -- is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. The whole process doesn't take very long — it usually only requires the insertion of a speculum and then the catheter, a process that maybe takes a couple of minutes (60-90 seconds to introduce the catheter, then sperm injection, and another 60 seconds or so to remove the catheter — going slowly helps reduce discomfort). Sometimes when the cervix is hard to reach a tenaculum is used to hold the cervix, which makes the process a bit more uncomfortable.

https://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/iui.html

So I assume natural insemination/ejaculation leaves sperms in vagina and if conditions are good (open cervix, fertile fluids, staying up against gravity etc) then sperms travel from vagina through cervix in to uterus. But in IUI sperms are manually placed inside uterus thus reducing the odds I guess.
Now my question is, once the sperms enter uterus, can they come out due to walking, exercising, etc (especially during fertile time as the cervix is supposed to be open)...you know what I mean,the door is still open and gravity is playing role here...???????

good question, Im pretty sure you lie down for half an hour after the procedure so a lot of the sperm will hopefully be up in the tubes. I didnt think we would need IUI as hubby has good sperm but the FS said its the washing that really helps along with the medication to help grow a good egg.
some womens cm is hostile for sperm to swim so that is overcome with IUI too. also probably a lot of sperm ends up pooling in the vagina not making it to the uterus let alone the tubes so this just helps it get a little nearer.

in my mind if Im on clomid anyway why not just have them do iui too, but i wont have the money till the fall.

 

[Dew]

I forgot to mention that I have been taking chewable orange flavored yummy tasting baby aspirin (81mg) for last 5 days regularly. How long should I continue taking it? I plan to stop at 9 or 10 dpo.......?? There are all kind of thoughts regarding use of aspirin online so really confused but for some reason decided to take this risk this cycle. Also, it is helping to relieve headache that I am experiencing almost very day for last 10 days, very weird but it could be due to my seasonal allergies.

Sarah, thanks for understanding did you talk to the nurse already?

 

[sherylb]

My friend that did IUIs had several m/cs and went thru a lot before she got a sticky bean the first time. IUIs are soooo much cheaper than IVF that I am glad they never had to get to that. I wish we could convince my SIL to at least give fertility treatments a chance before spending money they don't have on adoption. There is a place in Dallas they were going to meet with but the day before their interview they found out someone had written a negative letter to the adoption agency about them and they were going to have to find a new agency. Probably better though as we found out the fees for that agency are $35K which is very much on the high end. We figure that whoever wrote the letter has to be a friend of SIL on facebook b/c she posted which agency when someone asked. They won't say who or what was said b/c of confidentiality though.

 

[Huggles]

sheryl - thanks for the explanation on IUI.
That's really nasty that someone would try and sabotage their adoption attempt like that

Sarah - hope the clomid works for you!

Dew - hope the baby aspirin works for you!

 

[babyhopes2323]

Sarah, thanks for your massive party !

will totally support you all the way through be it IUI or clomid as i can see how you feel about wanting to get pregnant fast and the reason for it too. xx

when is your FS appointment and when are you exactly going to start clomid?

 

[sarahincanada]

so the nurse left a message to say to come in at 8:30 am tomorrow for day 3 blood work and ultrasound then I can chat with the nurse excited that I have something interesting to do instead of just waiting for ovulation

sheryl b...thats horrible someone would do that! has your SIL said why they dont want treatments? someone in the over 35 folder has a fear of medical things and so doesnt want to either. Personally I want to try everything I can for a biological child.

did your friend get her bfp first iui? theres someone in the over 35 folder who just got period after first iui. its bad enough when you BD at the right time and nothing happens, but after a procedure thats so hard.

 

[sarahincanada]

I forgot to mention that I have been taking chewable orange flavored yummy tasting baby aspirin (81mg) for last 5 days regularly. How long should I continue taking it? I plan to stop at 9 or 10 dpo.......?? There are all kind of thoughts regarding use of aspirin online so really confused but for some reason decided to take this risk this cycle. Also, it is helping to relieve headache that I am experiencing almost very day for last 10 days, very weird but it could be due to my seasonal allergies.

Im not sure, I think NY would be able to help with that. I think its worth trying, I was considering it. aspirin and clomid...perhaps this is our month

 

[sherylb]

SIL is 31 and says fertility drugs make her a bitch. She wouldn't even read Taking Charge of Your Fertility when I got it to learn more about natural ways. They had a vasc. reversal at some point in the past.

 

[Dew]

so the nurse left a message to say to come in at 8:30 am tomorrow for day 3 blood work and ultrasound then I can chat with the nurse excited that I have something interesting to do instead of just waiting for ovulation
.

I like it day 3 hormone test and U/S too then based on results you can start your treatment. I think Clomid is supposed to be taken from day 5...?? Good luck Sarah hope it's the beginning of beautiful something

 

[Dew]

Sheryl, it's terrible what happened with your SIL...I wish she kept it private and not write on FB for all the people to know until things were final. Or could it be that someone in the family who didn't want them to adopt but rather try for their own baby did it secretly, you know with good intentions....

 

[NDH]

Good luck Sarah!

And Clomid can be started between CD1 and CD3 I thought - which day it's started determines the way it works I thought? I don't know much though. Never gave fertility treatments much thought as it wasn't something we were willing to proceed with yet (mostly from a not willing to give up and cost factor for now. IUI is something we would have been comfortable with doing - IVF/ICSI would not have been something we'd even consider for our own personal reasons)

Sheryl, I can't believe your SIL wouldn't even read taking charge of your fertility! Jumping straight to expensive adoption (good for them for wanting to adopt though) without even trying inexpensive assistance or natural methods seems a bit extreme to me.

 

[sherylb]

According to them they have been talking about adoption for 5 years. I highly doubt it was anyone in our family that wrote the letter as we didn't really discuss as a family until he told us about the letter. BIL is willing to borrow from his 401K to pay for adoption but I really wish I could have talked her into at least seeing what my doctor says. She went to my last appt with me last week as my doctor is the fertility specialist her doctor said she would refer her to.

And I would 100% rather deal with her being a bitch for a few months rather than them paying $15K minimum for adoption and it taking forever and them still possibly going thru a mother changing their mind last minute.

 

[sarahincanada]

I think clomid is usually taken starting on days 3 or 5...

"In theory, days 3-7 of Clomid lead to more follicles and fewer side effects on the lining and the mucus. Days 5-9 lead to better development of just a few follicles. It seems to make a difference for some women and does not make any difference in others."

so I guess I will see what they say! better go to bed soon, have to leave the house by 6:30am as traffic into Toronto from where I live can be tough to get there for 8:30am

 

[Huggles]

I also think clomid's normally started anywhere from day 3-7, but i think they normally base it on which CD you normally ov. If you ov early like CD 12-14 then you start around CD3, but if you normally ov later, like CD 17 then you start the clomid later like on CD 5. That's what i think at any rate, never really done much research into it.

 

[flyingduster]

I don't know a *thing* about clomid, or really any fertility help... But it's exciting to think of progressing too!!! GOOD LUCK!

And I don't know anything about the asprin either, but FX Dew!



as for me, my car has had a totally flat battery the last few days, either needing to be roll started down our driveway (thank goodness we live on a steep hill! lol) or jump started at the end of the day at work. Took it in to the auto electricians last night and they said either the battery is screwed, or it's something else. To be able to test the battery properly though, it needed to be charged; which would take all day. So left the car with them and sure enough this afternoon they call up to say it's screwed and needs a new battery. $140 later my car is fine again. Soooo didn't need an extra bill though! *sigh*

Oh, but on a good note (?) I've only JUST realised it's thursday evening... which means that in a matter of hours until I'm 22 weeks.

!!!

 

[NDH]

Uh oh. What do you do when you get a really really strong craving for something that isn't available in your country? I need an A&W mozza burger stat.

Also, I'm a lime today!