Read this everybody Does it provide inspiration or jealousy? I offer up my body for violence if the latter. I thought it was well lush anyway (aaaargh - dormant Valleys-speak surfacing!):
By capricorn76 Mon 12-Apr-10 17:49:07
"Sorry I've been missing guys. I did my first round of IUI this month and decided not to go on any fertility websites to avoid becoming obsessed again.
I'll get straight to the point, it shouldn't have worked for reasons I'll go into for a minute....but it did!!!!I got a BFP!!!due on New Years Day!!
The whole thing was farcical. The doctor I had was very unhelpful and assumed I already knew what to do. I only had one follicle of 16mm on day 10 and the doctor assumed that I'd ovulate over the weekend. She said the unit was closed on Sunday so suggested we have sex over the weekend if the OPK came up positive to avoid missing ovulation, which it did on Sat afternooon.
On Monday morning the OPK was still saying I was pre-ovulation so they told us to come in for the IUI. Unfortunately DH and I had sex 5 times between the Sat night and Monday morning (poor thing was a wreck but we were terrified we'd miss ovulation). The nurses said his sperm count was very, very low and because we'd had sex at the wrong time but we all agreed that we only needed one follicle and one sperm so decided to do the IUI anyway call it a dummy run and do it properly next time. We had sex again after as they suggested and kicked ourselves all the way home that we messed it up.
Fast forward to the day before my period, Friday. Had swollen breasts and felt a bit bloated which is how I usually am the day before. Couldn't wait for period so took a test which came back negative Some brown splodge came, all in all textbook pre-menstrual symptoms for me. I stuck a tampon on and assumed my period would come next as normal. Was a bit down about it and it was a nice day so went to the pub after work and drank more than normal. On Sat had tiny spots of blood so took that as my period starting and went to a party, again drank a few cocktails (kicking myself now). Got home removed the tampon and thee was no blood only a tiny bit of brown stuff. I knew then that something was up.
This morning I did a cheap test which had a faint line so I called the hospital and asked them what to do as I wasn't sure whether I needed to book my next IUI in. They told me to take a blood test and it came back positive!!
I'm so excited, although they said that because one of my tubes is dead a twisted and I had a couple of drops of blood I need a second test next week to make sure everythings okay which takes the shine off a little bit but for now I'm pregnant after about 16 months, operation to remove massive fibroid, only one tube, low ovarian reserve, shortish leutal phase and a IUI so shoddy even the nurses wrote it off! The odds were not on my side but I also got the first two horses on the Grand National so maybe I'm on a bit of a streak!
Funnily enough looking back now I honestly believe my acupuncturist suspected something was up on Thursday, 2 days before my period was due. She was acting quite strange.
I'll stop getting myself excited now as I know its very early days."
What a lovely thing to happen. I gather capricorn is a one-time Frolicker. Good luck to her and everyone in the world