January IUI

Starlight811

Goodluck to you all in the TWW! I trigger tomorrow night for the first time i'm googling how to videos just so i remember how the nurse showed me! I have IUI thrs 1/21

ultratomato

Good luck tomorrow @Drove2u and @PCOSat25 FX for BFP for all of us

MarlyHC

IUI 1/10/16, so today is 8dpo. Cramping on the right side, sore nipples, sore lower back, very tired, and some nausea this morning...but I'll bet it is the endometrin.

@chefandwife620 & @llc418 what are you doing to make the days pass faster in the TWW?

FX @starlight811 @drove2u @PCOSat25

mrandmrssmith007

@PCOSbaby  I am going to try VERY hard not to test until the 31st.  I have tested out the trigger before and it seems to make me more anxious. So I'm gonna try and hold strong this time around. Good Luck to you!!!

Good luck this week ladies! 

amanning2011

FX for everyone doing their IUI this month! I'm not sure if I'll make the deadline, but I started hormones today so I might just get in before the end of the month

arbasham

I don't feel like I'm going to be able to do my IUI this month either. I just have a feeling I've already ovulated and this cycle is a bust. Just a feeling. I'm so anxious for my ultrasound.

Lin&say

GL to everyone doing their IUIs this week! It's making me anxious to get my first one over with on Friday!

@Chefandwife620 Welcome and good luck! FX that your first IUI is a success.

@arbasham What CD are you and when is your ultrasound? Hopefully you'll get good news at your appt and find you haven't ovulated yet. Sending positive thoughts your way...

llc418

@Chefandwife620 Wishing you luck!!! Is this your first IUI? This my first.

@MarlyHC it feels like the time is never ending!! ive been trying to keep busy at work but I keep looking at my apps all day long on my phone lol.

arbasham

@Lin&say I'm on CD 18. I took one round of Femara 5 mg days 3-7. Had my u/s on day 12 and my biggest follicle was 8 mm. Took another round of Femara on days 12-16. My bbt looks like I ovulated. I think I'm just freaking myself out. My u/s is tomorrow morning.

chicandbubbly

I am 10DPIUI now and I can definitely say this TWW is way worse then the actual IUI procedure. LOL. Every little twinge, stomach cramp, sore muscle, CM, headache, pain........ I am definitely symptom spotting   Anyone else? It is so hard not to!! Good luck to those of you getting your IUI this week! FX for some BFPs!

MarlyHC

@chicandbubbly I definitely was that way on my first IUI which was a bust. I'm on my second and I've pretty much decided that it will be a BFN...until yesterday and today when I am pretty nauseas, and now I'm symptom spotting just like you! Sounds like we are on almost the same track. Try not to drive yourself nuts!

erica0901

Went for yet another scan this morning (CD 18) and the dominant follicle is up to 20 so the doctor who did the scan said most likely I'll trigger tonight with IUI on Thursday. I'll know for sure when they call me back with my bloodwork results.

PCOSbaby

Good luck everyone with IUIs this week!

erica0901

Change of plans!! Just got the call for the bloodwork and I am surging already on my own. This means no ovidrel and I will go in tomorrow morning for the IUI

PCOSbaby

Wow @erica0901! That's great news!

Chefandwife620

@MarlyHC I go on this forum way to much. I analyze every symptom hoping its a pregnancy. Today I went to the dentist.. I know I was super excited too. I live in Florida so we have had hot and cold back and forth. I feel like either I have a cavity or a sinus flair up but of course I can't take anything for it. So what does my dentist say today. Just take an antihistamine...I'm sure you are going to be fine. Ummm no.
My husbands sister is pregnant again her 3rd in 3 years so Irish triplets and I can't even stand to be near her. I'm I alone in these feelings. She knows what's going on with us and says nothing in regard to it. 

Where is everyone located if I may ask? 
Im in Jacksonville FL

chicandbubbly

@Chefandwife620I am in Seattle.

arbasham

@Chefandwife620 I'm in Madison, Indiana. 
I don't see many people who are successful with IUIs.  I wonder if I'm wasting my time.  Still freaking out about my appointment in the morning.  On top of all of that I have to make the 1.5 hour drive in the middle of the worst of the snow showers.  Ugh.  If I have to go back Friday or Saturday there is going to be another round of it.  I wish I lived closer to the clinic.  And of course I'm expecting the worst news.  This cycle has been the hardest of them all and idk why.  Do any of you do bbt with medicated cycles?  I have either already ovulated (I don't see how I did on CD 12 with an 8 mm follicle like my FF chart suggested) or my bbt is all over the place. 

Lin&say

@arbasham From what I understand, meds can mess up bbt. So I would try not to worry too much (easier said than done, I know). I stopped temping once I started meds so I didn't have to stress about it. Can you post your chart? And I'm in Indy so I feel your pain about driving in the snow tomorrow. Ugh. Safe travels.

ultratomato

@arbasham I have had many friends who have got pregnant off iuis some the first time on injections. I think it's just luck sometimes and every body is different. Stay positive and good luck. I'm on my 5th iui so it is fustrating

arbasham

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/39e5ab
Link is in my signature on the full site. I did an override because it said I ovulated on CD 12. I'm not on injections yet @ultratomato. Just Femara. I'm thinking about stopping the temps. I guess I'll ask my RE in the morning.

PCOSat25

I am located in Sacramento CA. I always hope someone will be near so we can meet up grab a drink and vent on an off cycle!!!

I do not personally know anyone who has had success with IUIs but I do know women who have had success with IVF. I often feel like maybe IUIs are wasting my time. But given that I have some insurance coverage for IUI and NONE for IVF, I can't afford not to at least try them. I am definitely not doing any more than 3 though. After that I will just take the $1000+ I am currently spending each cycle and save up for IVF...

mrandmrssmith007

Awesome news! Good luck today @erica0901

I am in Omaha,Nebraska.  We just got the snow showers that are heading to Indiana.  They were horrible, it doesn't help when people drive like it is there first time driving in snow.

I am only 3 days into the tww and I am growing so impatient. This is cruel and unusual punishment.  Has anyone tested yet or is anyone close to test time???  

PCOSbaby

I understand the struggle @mrandmrssmith007! I'm 3dpiui too.

Is anyone in FL? I wish I could find a "clinic buddy" to compare notes with. I've always wondered if my plan is created based off my test results or if it's a PCOS cookie cutter plan.

Chefandwife620

@PCOSbaby I'm in Florida. Jacksonville.

PCOSbaby

@Chefandwife620 that's close! I live in the city with the big mouse!

chicandbubbly

@mrandmrssmith007 I am testing Friday or Sat! The closer I get the more nervous I feel.

erica0901

IUI #4 complete. 80 mill with 99% motility post wash. Let the TWW begin!

Chefandwife620

@PCOSbaby my family lives over there in Windermere 

Chefandwife620

@erica0901 your numbers sound awesome! FX and welcome to the TWW!

I was curious the protocols for each RE IUI procedure. For me I take birth control the first two weeks then wait for AF. Next I take letrozole 10 2.5mg pills at one time. Then the next ten days I get ultrasounds every few days to see the growth of follicles, this month it took 6 days longer but then took my trigger and did IUI the next two days. 

arbasham

Good news! I have 3 15-16mm follicles. I trigger Saturday and have IUI #1 on Monday. I'm nervous now.

Drove2u

Just had IUI done. In 2ww now. 100 million sperm with 65% motility. Lowest motility yet. It's usually 90% so not sure what happened there.

PCOSbaby

High five for such great numbers @erica0901 @arbasham and @Drove2u! I need to look at DH "report card" again.

@Chefandwife620 My protocol is Prometrium {if needed}/5mg Letrozole/Monitoring/Ovidrel or Pregnyl/IUI

PCOSat25

Ok IUI number 2 of the cycle is done. Sooo excited to have it over. I have got to the RE 5 out of the last 7 days for folli checks and two IUIs. The 45 minute drive each way has been killing my work schedule bit luckily they have gotten me in and out of appointments quickly. Started the dreadful suppositories tomorrow. Officially done with treatment and in the TWW. Woo hoo.

Nina7236

Beta today- bfn. This whole process is sucky.

Tulips29

@Nina7236 sorry about the bfn, don't let it get to you and GL on the next cycle!

GL and FX for all the ladies in their TWW! 

I'm officially moving on to IVF in the next month or so. I went for a second opinion at RMA NY (any local NYC ladies here?) and really liked them. Was told that I pretty much won't have any luck with IUIs if I keep going that route, so I'm prepping myself for IVF. It's a lot of information to take in, so I'm taking the next few weeks off to let my body rest after the last 3 IUI cycles and then on to IVF we go. I'll be lurking around here and hoping to see some bfp's from you ladies! XO

MarlyHC

@chefandwife620 I know, me too. But I feel like coming on here and seeing all the stories and support is helping me not freak out.

@arbasham I feel the same way sometimes about IUI's, but I've seen some people on here where they have worked. It's tricky stuff because the timing has to be really perfect. FX for all of us!

I've in California.

Chefandwife620

@MarlyHC where in Cali do you live? I grew up in San Diego.

Meliz816

Anyone close to being able to test yet? I had my second iui on the 9th and will test on Saturday. I've definitely been symptom spotting like crazy and now I'm just convinced that it didn't work. Hopefully that's not the case. Good luck to all of you this month!

arbasham

My SO has to collect his specimen in the lab because we live so far away. Has anyone else's SO had to do this and what was it like? Mine is super nervous that he won't be able to give an adequate sample. When he had to do his SA initially he was only able to get like 0.5ml. Any advice would be appreciated. TIA.