Is anyone due to start IUI??

[victoria401]

There are plenty of IVF threads but it seems there is little talk of IUI. I'm starting a medicated cycle when my next af arrives mid January-ish. Well hopefully as it depends on dh's sperm! He was poorly and on meds for a month and the doc needs to check it hasn't affected his little fellas.

A bit about me... I'm 34 and dh is 36. We started ttc Dec 2012 when I had my implant out. We began having tests when nothing had happened after 15months. We have been deemed 'normal' so unexplained infertility. Referred to fertility clinic in Sept 2014 and offered 3 rounds of IUI on the NHS.

Hope to make some cycle buddies :-)

[victoria401]

Sorry to hear that Bessie but its for the best. Do you now wait for the next af? I forgot, are you private or nhs? If nhs, does it count as one of your goes? If private, do you have to pay for full cycle? I didn't get straight answer when I asked my clinic if it counted as one of my 3 nhs goes if it was cancelled.

[Welshy80]

So sorry to hear that too Bessie.
I was told (by nhs) that if it was cancelled due to too many follicles it wouldn't count as one of your goes so that's one good thing.
I was indeed born in 80 so hitting 35 in July ?? I'll ask about my amh next time I'm in..

[bessie84]

doesnt count as one of your tries when cancelled, if your either nhs or private (im private btw) so didnt have to pay for full cycle. and get scan price knocked off next cycle. have to wait for af now. and maybe longer depending.

Thanks girls. x

[Readyforthefuture]

It's been a long month, but finally here ready to start IUI. In for my first scan tomorrow, drugs in the fridge ready and waiting, crossing everything this is the answer. ??

Anyone else in for IUI this month?

[victoria401]

Fraid not hun, got to wait until the end of march now , sigh

[Readyforthefuture]

That's rubbish, waiting is so frustrating

[bessie84]

good luck ready

im day 13 of bleeding, it just aint stopping since our cancelled over stimmed cycle. what a nightmare. will be starting next cycle in 2 weeks ish (when cons gets back to give me norethisterone to sort this out) x

[Readyforthefuture]

Oh Bessie, that's annoying, it's bad enough normally.

Scan today went well, apparently everything looks 'as good as it can' at this stage. Just did my first injections a min ago, it really is easy, but a psychological barrier at first. Two injections today, so have had to get my head around it.

So far so good... Looking forward to you ladies joining me

[victoria401]

Keep updating here ready I'll be reading with interest!

Still don't even know if we can have iui if dh's sperm.doesn't get any better :-( his next test is march 16th and I was due af march 20th but I feel this af is coming early. If it does then will ruin everything. Next af would come before the sa and we wouldnt be able to go ahead that cycle. And then the next cycle would be out too as we have a holiday abroad booked!

[Readyforthefuture]

I have my fingers crossed for you Victoria, will keep informed of progress. Next scan is Wednesday

[bessie84]

keep us posted ready - injections are easy, but yes, i do agree about the psychological barrier.

victoria hope af stays at bay and DHs sperm are better, its all such a worry isnt it.

stopped bleeding now, after 13 full days. consultant has given me norethisterone which i will next week to START bleeding again in 2 weeks time, sick of bleeding, its all i ever do lol. then we're on the iui train again. not sure if i have the strength, but gotta be done.

[victoria401]

Af arrived. Early of course. Which now means next one is due on day dh has his next sa instead of 4 days later. Now we won't get the results in time to start that cycle. If all is ok we can't do next cycle either as we are on hol for a week! So next one we could start would be middle/end May! Flippin eck

[Readyforthefuture]

Oh no Victoria, I had everything crossed that af wouldn't turn up so soon.

Maybe you just use this as bit of a holiday from the pressure of ttc, it could be a great way of preparing yourself for next steps, and generally being nice to yourself.

On my side, now injecting like a pro and tons of ewcm which never happens, hoping its a good sign. Will be in the clinic tomorrow, fingers crossed.

[Readyforthefuture]

Bad news folks - not a good scan. It looks like I'm over reacting to the drugs as well, one follicle already at the cut off size, 2 more coming up to it and another 3 that aren't miles off either.

The fat lady isn't singing yet, but she's warming up ahead of Friday's scan. Infertility sucks!

[Marymaymay]

Hi there, I'm a newbie....Hoping I can jump on your thread. I've got 1 DD aged 7 and have had 4 rounds of ICI. Round 2 worked but had a missed miscarriage at 11 weeks last September. Tough keeping positive. We're using frozen sperm that's older than my daughter due to DH's cancer treatment...

Am due to start medication for round 1 of 3 potential IUI cycles and could do with some moral support!

How do you guys feel on the meds? Am terrified they're gonna turn me into a loon.

[Readyforthefuture]

Hi Mary, welcome along. Do you know when you're likely to start the med's? Personally I've found the drugs fine, I've been a little bit snappier than normal at work, but equally have a lot on at work so it could be that!

Took my med's again today, not sure what I've done differently but I have a cracking bruise now. It's all a bit 'adding insult to injury' tomorrow it's likely to be all over for me this time :-(

It's really not that bad going through the actual treatment, it's the emotional roller coaster that goes with all things ttc which is hard.

Good luck, it'd be lovely to see someone on the thread get a bfp

[Marymaymay]

Hey Ready, should start end of next week, weirdly looking forward to it. I kind of feel in control when I'm on a cycle and a bit barmy when I'm not. its just so frustrating, especially with what was my due date coming up next month.

Are you injecting leg or tummy? Are you doing them yourself? I've developed a bit of a needle phobia since the m/c, but am more terrified of the thought of DH doing it for me!

[Readyforthefuture]

I know what you mean about control when you're in treatment. I was injecting in my stomach, first time I did it there were a couple of count downs before I actually did it. But again it felt like if I stuck this needle in the universe would reward me for proving how much I wanted this. Sad.

Just got back from the clinic, my cycle has now been cancelled, I have 6 very developed follicles ready to go :-(. I'm travelling a lot for work over the next month, so I think I'll sit the next month out and try IUI again in April. We also qualify for nhs funded IVF in April, so I'll start the long tedious process of getting that going in April too. Anything to stop me remembering that I think I've lost my chance of a 2015 baby barring any miracles naturally.

[victoria401]

Hi girls, welcome mary.

Sorry to hear about your cancelled cycle ready. IT seems quite common to have over stimmed follies then? My consultant said it was a 'rare' problem to have iui's cancelled!

What cycles did you have before mary ici? What's that? How much sperm did your hubby have put away before his cancer treatment? I take it it can't be an endless supply! Is it the 3 iui's worth? Fingers crossed for you x

[bessie84]

i had this cycle cancelled due to over stim. sucks!!!!!!! waiting to start again x

[Marymaymay]

ICI is intra cervical insem, pretty much turkey basting! They use it when your cycle is regular and it female is fertile. It's got a pretty low success rate of 5-10%...

We've got 12 'shots', used 4 and now have 3 potential IUI rounds planned. After that it would be IVF. They think it should be enough to make it happen but I'm aware of my ever increasing age. What with IUI costing 1000 a go and IVF quadruple that, I think we'll run out of cash before we run out of sperm!

[AppleEyesBananaFace]

Hi can I jump on here and ask a question?

Natural ovulation, had a positive OPK yesterday. I know I should do IUI today but I had a follicle scan today at 3.00pm.

Do you think it's ok to risk IUI tomorrow late morning? Around 11am

[Readyforthefuture]

Hi Apple, I would imagine you're fine to do IUI today, the opk just detects the surge in LH not the actual ovulation. I know personally that I can ovulate up to 4 days after the first positive opk.

Fingers crossed for you

[Marymaymay]

Had first injection yesterday - much easier than I thought!

[Freshbreadandfaith]

I'm hoping to start iui for the first time this month. Feeling nervous. A friend suggested that I join mums net and said you're all a nice bunch! I have 'unexplained infertility' three years after naturally conceiving with no trouble at all. It seems I may have developed endometriosis which is the only clue to infertility this time round. Trying non drug assisted first then will see how that goes...... Even though I have one child this whole experience has been so emotionally draining.... Got to the point of avoiding people with newborns etc. Hoping to find some common ground and encouragement on this site as only so many people you can chat to about this or who understand how you're feeling