Anyone done or doing Clomid/ovidrel/IUI?

[Snowdog37]

Would love to hear from anyone taking this route ttc. I'm DOR and dh has low morphology but an amazing count and motility. So whenever af shows up in two weeks or so I'm starting Clomid, then doing a hcg trigger injection and then IUI. Hoping for success getting 2-3 good eggs to drop and putting the swimmers practically next to them!

Omg I meant "come on mr snow" not "come mr snow" (although that's very apt in the situation he is currently in)!!!

Lmao maple he succeeded in providing. Just have to wait and see what they counts etc are and then do IUI! Hopefully in the next half hour! Still nervous lol 😖😜😖😜

Omg snow this is nerve-wracking even for me and I'm not even there! Really hope you get over 5 million good swimmers. Gosh, I'm so fascinated by the process - it's so intricate, how can it not work?! I CANNOT imagine going in with my OH while he jizzed into a pot. No way! Good on Mr. Snow producing the goods.
Thanks for keeping us updated, good luck with the next bit!
Oh and so sorry about those cramps, they sound intense. I haven't experienced any effects at all so far. Possibly night sweats but I get those anyway so can't tell if it's anymore than usual. Today is my last Clomid pill so maybe I'll start to feel some effects from tomorrow. Or maybe since I'm only on 50mg, it might not be quite strong enough. Anyway, we'll see...

The bun making ingredients are all in the oven! It was uncomfy but not painful. Just have to wait two weeks now (and not go crazy). Dh did awesomely: 37 million motile sorry after the wash!!!!! How can this not work?!?

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Yay snow! Wowzer 37 million!!! Do they tell you other stats too?

It is a wonder why it wouldn't work! Have they given you a day to test? Hope tww doesn't drag (although I'm sure it will!) do you have things to keep you occupied until then?

I can't remember all the stats but they said overall 43% motility with a post wash motile count of 37 million. Apparently it was a stellar sample. She also said I had excellent clear fertile mucus so that all looked good.
I have no idea how I'm going to keep myself busy the next two weeks! I'm scheduled for a beta on June 16th.

Sounds great! Does DH take any supps? Mine is just on well man conception!

I got Fertilsan M for him and he's been on it 2 months now. I really think it helps. It's expensive but our dr recommended it as a great supplement to boost count and motility which we needed to do as his morphology is pretty bad. Now his count is higher we have more decent morph to play with.

Oh wow snow, that is awesome!! 37million motile! I agree, this has to work surely! Can I ask how long ago you dtd before the sample? My OH suddenly has low count (11million but his motility has gone up (from 18% to 39%) after 4 months on proxeed. I'm tempted to try fertilsan M now given your experience but probably shouldn't switch one expensive supplement for another when it does seem to be working.
All the very best for the next two weeks. I have my fingers tightly crossed for you. Let us know when you test!!

maple, has your partner had a sperm analysis done? If all' normal there then I don't think there's any need for additional pricey supplements, just eating well and staying active should maintain things. Guess you just want the best sample possible on iui day!

Star he had slightly low morpholopppgy in first sample but normal (after taking wellman) for the second so I'm def sticking with wellman! I think if proxeed has worked for him to stick with it?

What is going on with my typos I meant morphology!

We only took the expensive supplement as dh morph was pretty dire but his counts were awesome (320million, only 1% normal though) so our dr wants him to really boost the count/motility and keep it high so there's a high number of normal sperm if you see what I mean. It's worked well for us as his morph had improved slightly and his counts remain awesome. They said 37 million motile post wash was very good indeed. So we are happy to keep taking the supplements with such good results.

Hooray Snow - I was very excited to read your update. It must feel rather surreal. Everything is crossed for you that it works, and that the 2ww flies in! What a great sample from your DH (if someone told me 18 months ago that I'd be congratulating people on their 'samples' I'd never have believed them!) Do you think you'll poas before the beta? (I already plan to!)

Ha ha Maple that was a slightly unfortunate but very funny word omission! I've really struggled to get DP to take supplements and totally forgot to ask the Dr the last time I was there (was my plan presuming he'd say yes). I finally got him to take Vit C but even that has gone out the window now..

Star if your DH has low count, I wonder will your Dr suggest eod for your timed intercourse? Did you end up asking? By the way, that's great news about the motility improvement. Monday's nearly here...(even if it feels like ages away)

Genghis I struggle too and he does miss a day or 2 regularly - he rolls his eyes whenever I hand them to him and complains about it smelling and tasting like an oxo cube! I think he also feels like he doesn't need them but he takes them to shut me up haha!

It's very annoying. Given we're having problems conceiving and what we have to go through with treatment, taking a pill a day is really not very much to ask. Could you put it like that and guilt trip him a bit? Or maybe it's just remembering - I use an app called medisafe which gives me reminders for my various supplements. My OH is really good with supplements and he needs to drink a whole pint of proxeed morning and night, so I'm pleased I don't need to nag about that. I can't get him to do any exercise though. I feel awful because he's stopped cycling which he loved because of the effect on sperm morphology but now he doesn't do anything else! I've started running twice a week, and once suggested we go together and he looked at me like I'd just suggested we both voluntarily cut our arms off.

Genghis, I didn't ask but will ask at my scan on Monday now that we have the sperm results. There are conflicting views online. At my appointment, the consultant just said to have intercourse within 48 hours of the trigger - no specific timings but I'll see if she changes that view in light of the SA.

I had to have a coming to god talk with dh about supplements. I bought him the uber expensive ones that the dr requested he take. I said think of it as medication to keep you and your swimmers in tip top shape. I don't think he realized it matters so much until he flunked his first analysis (let them get too cold en route to the lab) and thought he might have heaps wrong with his swimmers. The second analysts was after he'd been on the meds a few weeks and revealed awesome counts and motility but poor morphology. The dr said keep taking the supplements as they'll keep the count and motility super high so the morph won't matter as much. He's on board now. His first count was something like 120 million but 0.5% motile (as they were dead, poor things) but 6 weeks on his count was 320 million with 65% motility so his 1-2% normal morph still meant 3.2-6.4 million good ones which is fantastic. So long story short: the guys need to do their part and take supplements etc too. They're providing 50% of the equation and if their goods are crap they need to do something about it.

Oh and for my IUI they used 1ml of his sample and in that 1ml there was over 75 million sorry of which 37 million were motile and awesome looking. So the 3 months of pills really does make a difference!

sperm not sorry darn autocorrect!!!!

How did try scan go today star?

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Hey maple, I just logged on to update you guys. Thanks for asking!

So day 10 scan this morning went well. Two follicles - 15mm and 19mm. Lining 8.9 triple-lined .

Anyway, the Dr says I can trigger whenever fits in with my schedule so I'm thinking of doing it tonight. She says it's unlikely, but not impossible, that the smaller follicle contains a mature egg so there's a chance of twins but hopefully v small. We asked about when to have sex given my partner's results. She was very positive about the results and said they are not bad and definitely conducive to conception so wouldn't affect her advice, so I feel very positive about that. She said try to time it so there's sperm in the 'genital tract' before ovulation, which will be 36 hours after the trigger. But she also said not to worry about it too much and just to have regular intercourse. So no clear instruction, but her point was that if you over plan it can lead to performance anxiety (which we've definitely had before!) So I think we're going to try and do it 2 or 3 times between now and ovulation.

Hmm, given today's appointment I'm feeling very much like this has to work, but then I have to remember my age (35) and egg quality and the fact that even very fertile couples only have a 20% chance of conceiving in any one month. And if we've proven anything over the last 18 months it's that we are certainly not "very fertile"!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Snow, how are you doing? Are the effects of the trigger wearing off?

I'm 4dpiui now and the ovidrel is still in my system. I'm a fart machine. My dh can't stop laughing at me. So attractive! My boobs are bigger too still. Hoping the ovidrel is out of my system by the weekend. I'm not sure what I feel, it's too early for any conception related things. Time is so ridiculously slow!!!!
How's everyone else?

Actually I do feel kind of bleugh 😝 In that nothing sounds good to eat and I don't have much appetite. Assuming this is the joys of ovidrel too!