I was really relaxed this cycle, as I said, no tracking of any sort. We were using donor sperm and hubby and I even BDed the night before IUI and the night of IUI. It was super sweet and he was really romantic all the days around there so I'm sure that helped too. It just seemed like we were finally back to more of ourselves than our lives revolving around fertility treatment (if that makes sense). I even remember thinking that if we were going to finally make a baby, this should be the way it happened.
For the actual IUI procedure it was a total breeze. Went in, had it done, then we went out to breakfast. Took it easy the rest of the day and just hung out on the couch. I felt absolutely no symptoms the first part of the 2ww. Hubby actually asked me at 7dpIUI if I felt any different and I said I didn't feel pregnant. The night of 9dpIUI I had some weird twinges/cramps that weren't really like what I usually get for AF so I decided I'd test in the morning. I got a super super faint line, so faint that hubby said I was seeing things for 2 more days until 12dpIUI where he could finally see the line. Symptoms after that were pretty much just AF like cramping (which I still get now and then), sore boobs didn't even happen until like 14dpIUI or something like that, and feeling like I was never full - I could eat and be hungry again 30 min later.
Hope this helps!!
On a side note - we saw the baby and its heartbeat for the first time on Thursday. Everything is looking great. I'm over the moon happy that things are finally going well. I go back in for 8 week scan Monday 10/22 then the fertility clinic will release me to my obgyn again.
That wasn't the case for us. It seems to be true for sooo many people though!
