bubbly1973's IUI online diary

[bubbly1973]

i am doing this online diary in the hope that it will help anyone who is going through it or are about to go through it. Oneday it will be hidden away in the archives and will be found by someone who is desperatly seeking information or another womans experience and find this diary helpful..if i can help one person then i will be happy

please feel free to post on this thread, if you have any comments or you just want to give me support id be most grateful

so here we go firstly something about me and dh

we had iui done a few years ago, conceived but sadly ended in a miscarriage,
went for our 2nd go straight away and conceived and now we have a beautiful little boy who is going to be 3 in june.

My periods are very irregular, anything from 35 to 45 days. I have cysts on my ovaries so am not ovulating, i thought after having a baby this would correct itself, but unfortunately it hasnt

I am 31, i am a smoker, non vegetarian, weigh nearly 8stone
dh is 32, non smoker, non vegetarian, his sperms are not extremly high in numbers but sufficient enough

iui explained

right so will post this and begin my diary....

day 10

temp 36.0

nothing to report, injections went down okay, although it appears neighbours heard me doing my noo noo noise as the garden door was open

oh and i been naughty today, smoked a bit more than i wanted to and drank cider...slap my hand for that!!

right well thats it today, week has gone fast, which im suprised at

louise, i admire any woman who has to raise there children single handidly..welldone you! i did have to laugh at your comment about 'bed friend' though

Yeah well sometimes I have needs n hes a bit of an arse at times but has his uses!!!

Glad to hear things are going good.

Cant wait for the next update. You have me hooked!!

day 11

temp urm..forgot this morning

afternoon everyone

just a quickie as i have a party to go to, so havent taken my injections yet another half hour to go and i have to take them with me as sil is doing them

i can feel twinges on my sides, i assume its the follicles growing...i remember having them the last time too

must dash, being picked up any minute...well i best be picked up any minute as ...got to go

day 12

temp 36.3

well last night i was tipsy and smoked than i should have! feeling a bit bad about that but its done now, im sure last time i did the treatment i did drink, i wish so much i made a note of everything so i could compare

today i am feeling my follicles (eggs?) quite a bit, im happy about this as it means they are growing, or at least thats my theory

injections going down okay, i dont get all nervous anymore, i just do them without thinking, funny how you can get used to something after a while

i have noticed i have thick cream cm dont know if that is normal at this stage of the treatment, perhaps a bit of googling is called for to find out, i cant remember if i had this the last time

well thats it for today, one more day tomorrow and then tuesday i have a scan to see how the follicles are growing

bye for now

Hope you have good news tomorrow at your scan - fingers crossed for you

day 13

temp 36

well i swear when dh is tipsy his injections dont hurt as much, twice i havent hurt at all when he been tipsy and giving them too me...hmmmm interesting that!

anyway, i can feel my follicles quite a bit, every now and again i feel twinges then they go

i am hoping tomorrow when i have my scan all will be well and growing as they should be

i will ask them about the amount of follicles i have, im sure some of them are cysts and they have counted them as follicles

browny thanks for wishing me well, much appreciated

Just thought Id let you know I will be thinking about you tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Good luck for tomorrow Bubbly - hope it brings lots of good news

maddison, louise, sally, thank you very much for wishing me luck,

sally, pregnant or not, it wont stop me from camping

day 14

temp 36.1

well today was scan day...did i say i was worried incase the follicles wouldnt have grown enough???

well doh!!! it appears that i may have to have a follicle induction

i have 3 large follicles on my left ovary, with the biggest follicle being 19mm and i have several small ones

and on my right ovary i have 3 large follicles with several small ones, the biggest follicle is 17mm

they arent too concerned with the several small ones on each side, but they are concerned with the 3 large ones on each side

so on thursday when i go in for an insemination they will have to scan me and its all according to the size of the 6 follicles whether they do a reduction or not

at the same time as they do a reduction they will do the insemination too, but they do give me a drug that can make me go 'doo la lee'..i told the nurse that theres no change there then!! but she said the drugs will make me feel like im a bit drunk!...oooo lovely!

so thats it for today

dh is earlies this week, and has to get up at 3.30am for work, poor thing has to be woken up at 12.30am tonight so that he can give me my midnight injection

(this drug (pregnyl) is to mature the egg so that it can get released from the follicle)

im not sure if im happy or not, mixed feelings really, happy that i have big eggs, scared and worried that there may be too many and will have to have a reduction...ah well...must crack on with it i guess

i should add that i voiced my concerns about it reducing our chances of conceiving but the nurse said it wont reduce them but they will reduce having multiple babies...i was a bit worried that all the fiddling around my bits would affect the treatment, but she gave me piece of mind and told me it wouldnt...so feel happier knowing that

Well I think that sounds really positive. Ive been on and off here all day waiting to see what happened!

thanks louise, your always so positive

i took my injection at midnight, for some reason was quite nervouse a few minutes before....but at last its the last one

tomorrow is playing on my mind a lot, couldnt sleep properly last night, tossing and turning, hoping and praying that i get pregnant on this go

will post later today, no injections today yipeeee
which is a good thing, as my belly is covered with bruises on one side, and feels bruised on the other!!

Good luck and I have everything crossed for you for tomoorow.

Im almost as nervous as you are! I just stay positive to keep you going. You dont need any negaitve vibes at the moment!

Good luck for tomorrow. Im gettting a new table delivered so I will be thinking about you.

day 15

temp 36.1

louise, kcemum, thanks

im trying not to think about it but it is on my mind a lot

the two toddler groups i go to are in churches and they are praying for me,...every little helps!

i can really feel those follicles today...sometimes my teeth hurt

tonight the baby will stay over his grandparents house and dh will collect him tomorrow evening so i probably wont post tomorrow as i will be in bed resting

thank you once again for all your support

will post on friday evening to let you all know how it went

kcemum? what does that mean?

Louise1980, kcemum is my nickname! nothing more exciting than that I'm afraid!!

Suppose that serves me right for not rteading the whole thread!!!

Just here to let you know Ive been thinking about you all day.

Hope you are having lots of rest and tlc from DH.
x x x

day 16 - insemination day

temp 36.1

well dh went in at 8.30, then we went shopping for a few hours as my appt wasnt until 11.30

i could barely walk, i could really feel my ovaries, they hurt!!

11.30, had a scan to see if i needed a reduction...there were more follicles since my last scan on tuesday....8 large follicles on each ovary!!!

nurse said that would be great for ivf, not too good for iui, i wouldnt want 8 babies!! they would be popping out of my ears!

so i needed a reduction, it was a bizare experience, they didnt get around to doing it till 2.30pm...

last time i had it done, i didnt need a reduction and i was having the insemination done at 12.noon

so feeling nervous, off i went to this room, they injected me with a drug so i didnt feel the pain

this is the bit that is sooooo weird, apparently it took about 15mins to do the reduction and the insemination, but i cant remember any of it, but i dont remember sleeping...almost like 15mins of my memory was wiped out!

anyway, we came home and i slept for ages listening to the theme off raging bull, its like a classical, lovely and soothing

got up about 7.30 and stayed downstairs with dh but quite sore

day 17

temp 36.5

ouch ouch ouch....feel all bruised, now its the waiting game

i am really paranoid, the fact that they had to do a reduction, the fact that i had it done a few hours later than i should have....lots of things making me feel down, then i think, well no point worrying, and i feel a bit better

i think its hard to forget ive had the insemination done when my abdomen feels so so bruised and sore

i have to take these pessaries for the next two weeks, call cyclogest..started taking them last night

well thats it, no more injections (well not for the next two weeks anyway)

louise, thanks for wishing me well...need your positive vibes

Glad everything went well, have been waiting with baited breath, take care of yourself and goodlouck...sending you positive vibes.