First IUI question (loss and child mentioned)

Stuuuaaart · March 2016

hello ladies. I have posted here before but after a loss last year and many many months of trying, we are finally attempting our first IUI. I go monday morning (CD 10) for them to start checking for a surge and then ovulation. My question is can we still try at home as well as attempt the IUI? I never thought of that before but should also be trying the days leading up to the IUI?
TIA

BrightenMySky · March 2016

I would ask your doctor for a recommendation based on your specific circumstances. In my experience--I have done 3 IUIs w/Clomid and Ovidrel trigger and have a MFI issue (morphology)--we were told to BD the night of the trigger shot and the night after the IUI (and we did trigger shot in the evening, then IUI 2 mornings later).

teamginger13 · March 2016

Like PP said we were told to BD the night before the trigger and then the night of the IUI if possible but I think it depends a lot on your DHs sperm counts. Definitely ask your doctor on Monday. Good luck!

LadyMillil · March 2016

The IUI form our RE gave us said to avoid for 3 days prior, but based on DH's count she told us that as long as we avoid from +opk (not triggering) to IUI we would be fine.

runfast · March 2016

Yeah definitely varies based on sperm testing, but our RE said definitely night of the IUI and the following morning.

wifeinraleigh28 · March 2016

Basically, you want to have the best sperm sample possible for your IUI, so it really depends based on your DH's sperm. If you have MFI, they say you get the best sample (highest count/motility) if abstinent for 2 days in between. Even if you don't have MFI, the general rule is that a man will produce the best sperm sample if abstinent for 2 days, but if your DH has really high counts anyway then it shouldn't matter much. We have MFI, so we were told to BD the day of the trigger and our IUI was 2 mornings later. Any BD'ing after the IUI shouldn't matter, it's the days before that matter so you get the best sperm for your IUI.

srh18 · March 2016

Our RE told us that whether or not you should BD prior to the iui has to do with how your body responds to the medications (we do not have mfi). She told us that because I have typically had only a few follies mature on clomid at a time, that we could BD unprotected whenever we wanted. She said that for women who respond more unpredictably (i.e., too many follies at once), they recommend protected sex only until trigger or surge, to reduce the risk of high-order multiples. I have surged unexpectedly twice over the past four months, so she also recommended that we BD at least every other day from cycle day 12 just in case. I imagine it mostly depends on your re and your specific situation though.

CooCoo4U · March 2016

Hiya!! @Stuuuaaart Good luck tomorrow!!! We were told to regain from baby dancing 2 days prior, but advised to baby dance the day of our iui and several days after. Fingers crossed for you! !!!!

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