Okay all! We had our IUI on Tuesday and I have been experiencing EXHAUSION and mild cramping. I've searched the web but seem to only be able to find ridiculous answers...anyone else experience this? I am not taking any fertility drugs, just normal prenatal...thanks guys!
Re: Question about IUI
Good luck!
After our IUI I had cramping for a couple of days but I also had a lot of fluid retention and bloating with our IUI.
I was tired but I think that was mental due to worry it wouldn't work, so much time evaluating every little thing with my body, and the emotional journey of ttc.
All I can say is don't read too much into "symptoms" unless there is pretty strong discomfort (like you need to see the doctor) and just focus on keeping stress levels down. Unfortunately the symptoms of early implantation and pregnancy are almost identical to the week or so before your period.
It's nerve wracking for sure! Fingers are crossed this is your cycle!
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I definitely had mild cramping, especially with the first IUI. I would say for the first 2-3 days it was pretty consistent. I was also completely ravenous after the first one from ~days 5-12. But, no dice for me on that one.
For my successful round, it was super painful during the procedure and I felt literally nothing, no twinge, no nausea, etc until 11dpiui.
Good luck on this round. The first IUI is such an exciting time! And from what I've seen there's definitely some 1st round success stories on the board here.
Cramping and bloating after the iui (that lasted a few days) - has happened for me both times so far.
This time I also had some cramping reappear about 5 days after the iui... no idea what that means, if anything.....
I found the first time I was so highly attuned to what was going on in my body I was looking for ANYTHING... haha - I also had a stomach bug at the time so there was plenty of gas for me to pay attention to... This time I'm feeling less "stuff", but I'm also trying to relax more and just go with it.
Someone on the TTTC board pointed out one day to all of us in the 2ww that any early pg symptoms won't really show up until you have enough HCG in your body to turn a Early PG test positive anyway... So if I feel something I have a small stack of dollar store tests that I pee on just to check Helps me keep things in balance.
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