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??

[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

[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]

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

[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 :-(

[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.

[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

[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

[SecondSunrise]

Oh bessie am so sorry.

[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.

[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)

[Freshbreadandfaith]

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