Anyone starting IUI soon?

[aaLaa]

I have a clinic appointment tomorrow, I think to start injections, feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing, looking for others experiences and general chat/support.

This is the first cycle, anyone else in a similar position??

[Freshbreadandfaith]

Encouraged to read what sharond101 said at the start of this thread, gives me hope....

[bessie84]

Thanks ladies, woke up still very moritified, i rang hospital and they didnt seem phased. (we're paying the nhs, so part private) really has peed me off, iui for us is a last resort til we can save up for ivf. struggled to save the 2k for 3 iuis. and even then the costs have increased 200 per cycle so its just a big waste and a struggle.

had a couple of wines n eat lots of crap last night, cried buckets, feels like im grieving, for what was my hopes really. sad isnt it.

nothing we can do though, so i must shut up n carry on. our next cycle starts 12th jan, (timed with taking the dreaded norethisterone on 29th dec. great stuff, not!) cant think too far ahead cos i dont think i can handle all the emotions all over again. what a rollercoaster.

Thank you for the messages girls. hope your all doing ok. 2015 HAS to be our year!! (im sick of saying this each year)

[mrswishywashy]

Awww, Bessie, I'm so sorry my heart breaks for you. The pain is so raw and real and gut wrenching. I hope you can stay home from work and take it easy. And cry, cry as much as you can cry from pain, anger, bitterness, unfairness, it's ok to cry - it's taken me ages to think this, crying does not mean you aren't strong it's a way to deal with this awful process. Sending all my positive thoughts your way. I hope you can take it easy the next few days and grieve.

[SecondSunrise]

Oh bessie am so sorry.

[victoria401]

Omg Bessie so sorry this has happened! Not been following that long, did you have a medicated cycle? The injections are meant for this not to happen. Was it an nhs cycle? Can you complain?!

Rest up today and give your clinic a call x x

[bessie84]

cant stop crying, 11 dpiui, woke up in agony and look like ive been stabbed to death, very heavy bleeding. didnt even make it to test date. i KNEW id already ovulated before insemination (see further up post) so this cycle was a complete waste. absolutely mortified.

x

[mrswishywashy]

Bessie, I think it's good idea to not test before hand also sounds like you have a good plan to get through this week.

Shame victoria about the nurse so frustrating when they don't take the time to explain the procedures. For my medicated I called on first day of cycle and had scan on day three and started gonal-f that evening. Hopefully you can get hold of clinic and get the answer.

[victoria401]

That was a lovely post mrswishywashy good luck in 2015!

Had our planning appointment for iui last week. It was awful. The nurse rushed through the drugs and plan at the speed of light like she had somewhere better to be! I got a practice needle to put on, got it wrong and didn't get a 2nd chance to get it right!

The chart says day 1, day 2 etc inject gonal f but that's not my cycle days is it? She said call on day 1 of my cycle to go in for a scan but they wouldn't scan me until about day 3 anyway and not to start the drugs til after that. So confused :-(

[bessie84]

Aaaaww mrswishywashy your post made me all teary. have a good xmas & new year. keep us posted. big hugs to you and your wife.

we're due to test on thursday, my dh is all excited about it. i, on the other hand, am not!!! i dont think i'll test thursday. i will wait see af arrives, as af always arrives at bedtime, so will wait it out thursday and do it friday am. and that reason is cos we're off to see russell howard for my 30th and i wouldnt drink, so knowing either way would sort that. he would make me laugh and that would help too. im normally a poas addict, but for some reason, i cant face it this time. i dont even want to go near one. x

[mrswishywashy]

Half way Bessie, I've my fingers crossed for you.

Second sunrise, I'm sure to see you on the ivf boards let's hope 2015 is our year.

Victoria, fingers crossed for you as well. It only takes one!

AFM, I'm recovering from huge disapointment of the negative have good and bad moments throughout the day but overall I'm 100% grateful for the support and love from my wife. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Hopefully 2015 will make all our dreams come true.

[bessie84]

hope all are ok. im 7dpiui. have had a lot of pain past couple of days (suspected cysts) its eased now tho. feeling very negative but hey ho. 7 more days to go.

good luck with ovf second keep us posted xx

[SecondSunrise]

Good luck all of you - will be starting IVF next year so will pop on the IVF bus to read up a bit.

[victoria401]

Sorry it didn't work mrswishywashy big hugs to you and your partner :-(

I hope you're 2ww isn't too bad Bessie the run up to Xmas will keep your mind off it a lot I hope! Although iui is all I can think about and I'm not even having it til Jan!

Dtd last night coz ov time and said to dh when we were cooking the dinner "do u think we made a baby last night". His answer "no, I really don't". Oh the positivity! Lol

[SecondSunrise]

So sorry wishywashy. Hope the New Year brings new hope for you.

Well done bessie, lots of box sets and books for the next two weeks.

seeing our consultant next week to talk about options...

[bessie84]

i had my iui done today, just before the 36th hour post ovitrelle. went very smoothly. dh has sperm issues, but got 8.4 million after sperm wash with above 80% of them been perfect. im now home and bloated to hell. (so i presume ovulation had happened at the right time) lots of taking it easy but will consume my mind xmas shopping (online to save lifting tonnes of bags) and going to invest in a new book or few. 2 ww is going to drag.

hope your all doing ok peeps. x x

[bessie84]

mrswishywashy so sorry hunny. i hope your ok, have lots of treats - wine/choc and make the most of the festive season been extra naughty in time to start ivf in new year. thinking of you, pkease come back and update us wont you, dont be a stranger. xxx

[mrswishywashy]

Official negative today and now full flow AF as have been spotting since Monday. A huge mix of emotions but most of all just very sad that again I'm ending a year without sign of a baby. Moving onto ivf as soon as possible in the new year.

I wish you all the best of luck on your journey to a family.

[bessie84]

Thanks girls. im so scared. im paranoid ive ovulated on my own and have missed it. i dont know why. im just not convinced at all. my follie was 16mm monday, had last gonal f monday night, and triggered last night at 11:50pm. dont feel any different at all. (am i meant to?)

our sperm time is 11:30 tomorrow morning.

Victoria low morph ect - we got told every 2-3 days is good. to give time to swimmers to dotheir thing.

mrswishywashy sorry for the negative. sending hugs. x x x

[mrswishywashy]

Jan and Feb I miss ovulation or didn't ovulate, March and April was natural cycles and this was my first medicated. Just feel it's all I've thought of this year. I've got a low AMH but otherwise healthy. Paying £850 per try for sperm so should work most recent donor had amazing numbers. Still not full flow so holding out slim hope but if negative will move to ivf in new year.

[victoria401]

Sorry to hear you got a neg result mrswishywashy :-( how many goes have you had at this?

Good luck Thursday Bessie!

We have low morphology too. What's the significance with the number of days between? If we are dtd every other day or every 3rd day around ov should that be ok for trying naturally in the meantime?

[mrswishywashy]

Yay, Bessie good luck with swimmer day and then the 2WW.

Official testing is Thursday. I did one yesterday and it was negative though. And last night wiped blood so all my hope and positivity has gone. Never actually get to testing day as AF all arrives beforehand. Feel gutted and really struggling at work, I'm self employed so can't miss days as not fair on client. Although if it's a negative on Thursday i will ask to take Friday off. Just so wanted a positive to end the year but must not meant to be.

[bessie84]

Thanks second im so excited. we do have male factor. low morphology. so im presuming few days?

mrswishywashy how are you? have you tested? x

[SecondSunrise]

well done bessie sticking with it! Those extra days will help give time for your follie to mature. If there are no male factors then I would say abstain for one day before.
wishywashy hope you get some good news today, fingers crossed.

[bessie84]

me again, waffling wilma. :) swimmer day (insemination) on thursday. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk. excited.

one question though, which i forgot to ask, how long should you "abstane" for best swimmers? x

[bessie84]

MORNING CAMPERS! today already seems to be a long morning/day. been up and already had my scan, my little eggy has gone from 11 to 16. eeekkk. im so pleased with that. a couple have started to grow on my right too now. but not big. im cycle day 16 today. i normally ov 16-18 on a natural cycle. so not out of the ordinary for me.

hope your all ok xxx