Fun with IF

LeFemmeViolette · November 2016

Hey all,

I thought it might be fun to have a little thread where we can post our funniest (or most embarrassing) IF moments. I know this is a hard time for a lot of us, but it always helps me to have a little humor.

So, what awkward convos have you had to have?
Weird places you've had to do an injection?
Mishaps and mixups?

I think for me, my most awkward moment was during my last transfer, and the doctor asked me if he was the one to do my HSG. He asked this while he was inserting the catheter, so, keeping in fashion of making awkward jokes when I'm nervous I blurted out "Why? Does it look familiar down there?"

*facepalm*

At least he got a laugh out of it.

Let's hear yours!

HopefulLily · November 2016

Great thread idea! So here's a recent one of mine. My DH is still getting used to giving me IM injections. He did pretty good the first couple of times, but by the time he had to do it for the 3rd time, he got really nervous for some reason. So I'm standing there leaning over a table and I'm like, it's ok, you can do it, and I'm just waiting, and I wait like 30 seconds and he still hasn't done it, so for some reason I start laughing, like uncontrollable full body shaking laughter right as he sticks me and he's like telling me to hold still but I can't stop laughing for some reason. Luckily it all went fine.

mtpbadger · November 2016

@hopefullily that's happened to me too! Except I was laying on the bed and started laughing uncontrollably once he had already stuck the needle in but hadn't injected the PIO yet. Then as I pictured the needle sticking out of my bottom wiggling as I'm laughing just set me off even more!

During my most recent FET the dr asked for my SSN and I completely blanked and got all flustered. And then started joking that I was nervous for the "first date" with this dr and of course my DH had to pipe in that he was jealous of the dr Bc it took me awhile to drop my panties for him!

JamieH2000 · November 2016

I like this!! We started PIO the night of ER and maybe I was still in drugs but I read the instructions wrong and used the bigger needle for the injection the first two nights until I realized my mistake! Ouch!!
When we were doing IUIs, we lived close enough so we could "collect" at home. I didn't realize that would mean I had to keep it warm until we got there! The RE said the best thing to do was put it in your shirt in your cleavage area. I always wondered how that conversation would go if I got pulled over

mtpbadger · November 2016

@jamieh2000 ouch! Thinking about injecting with the bigger needle makes me cringe! Lol about if you had gotten pulled over "sorry officer, we need to deliver my husbands semen so can you let us go?"

I made my dh DH take pics of the "spank bank room " Bc I was super curious.

JamieH2000 · November 2016

Haha @mtpbadger that is awesome. My DH did say there was quite a variety of materials in there. I guess they need all tastes since some are same sex couples probably!

Monica54321 · November 2016

Saturday, we did a PIO shot in the cab of a friend's truck, parked in a dive bar lot while some bikers smoking out front watched curiously.

rmarble23 · November 2016

Haha @mtpbadger my DH has visited three different facilities and each one is different in how they set up the room. That has probably been one of the most awkward waiting room experiences when we went to a urologist and they have everyone come in for samples at the same time then the Dr visits with each couple afterwards. So you can look across the room and know what that guy is gearing up to go do. There was even one couple that went together.

mrsdaddario · November 2016

@JamieH2000 Oh my GAWD. I cannot imagine using the mixing needle for the oil!! The injection needle is bad enough!! You poor thing!!

The first time I did progesterone suppositories I didn't put it in far enough nor did I remember to put on a panty liner. I went about my day and was standing in line at the grocery store, reaching over the belt to grab a divider when I felt a massive "rushing" feeling. It had finally dissolved and came out all over the place. I waddled to my car and I'm pretty sure if anyone saw me they might have thought I pooped my pants lol.

LeFemmeViolette · November 2016

These are awesome! @Monica54321 I was waiting for someone to say they did an injection in a vehicle. It almost came to that for me last night, but I was able to reschedule my commitment so I could do the shots at home.

@mtpbadger I might have to have my husband take pics of the "room" tomorrow. I am curious too!

JWatt5 · November 2016

haha these are great.
our first meeting with the clinic the RE was explaining that DH will need to provide a sample and first offered that he could do it at home and bring it in. He goes "well here is good, like I'd be fine with this room - doesn't matter to me, do you need it now?" - she actually burst out laughing at him and said most guys aren't usually that comfortable but "we have a room for that and no need to give it to us today". haha
The day comes - he calls it "whacking day" - he goes into the room and i'm not joking he's back in less than 10mins. I said "oh did they just get you registered?" Nope - he was done. A couple beside us overhead and next thing I know the guy is high fiving my DH. This is why I married this man! haha

tiffanyw1783 · November 2016

No funny injection stories. But poor DH had already had 2 SA's when we started seeing the RE and both he did at home and brought to a lab. Well the RE wanted one done in his lab in his office. So the "special room" is right next to the lab and on the main hallway in the office. It took him a while and I was worried. He said he couldn't stay focused b/c he could hear all the people laughing and talking in the lab and in the hallway!! It's also near a small waiting room which is usually empty but of course that day people were in there and people gave him understanding smiles and head nods when he came out b/c they knew what that room was! He was soooo embarrassed!

lady_grey · November 2016

This is a great idea. Much needed comic relief!

Our second IUI fell on thanksgiving day last year. My husband and I were being so immature about it, we were giggling because I was getting turkey basted on turkey day!!! We told the doctor but she didn't find it nearly as hilarious as we did.

natalie4oscar · November 2016

these are hilarious, I definitely needed this today - thanks all!

I used the mixing needle for the Menopur injection.. ouch and had to do my shots in the bathroom at work one time - talk about feeling like a junkie.

My DH had to do an extraction (prior vasectomy) and we ended up in the ER that night ,stiches had come undone and his ballas were the size of oranges.

Not sure if these are funny though.. more tragic than anything, but its nice to share stories and now that we are all not so perfect together

mtpbadger · November 2016

I am literally LOLing about the turkey baster comments! Sounds like something me and my DH would do!

When i was on estrace vaginally 3/day I had to do one in the public bathroom at work in the afternoon. One day I dropped the pill (thankfully I had extras) but can only imagine what the person next to me thought I was doing as they saw this little blue pill roll under the stall. Probably thought I was getting high on some drug lol!

bluejeanbabi05 · November 2016

lol I'm loving these. I also have a somewhat tmi/comically tragic one.

i had hysteriscopic surgery for a uterine septum last Friday, and the surgeon left in a "balloon" to keep the uterus inflated. Before, she told me there's a "string" attached that may come out and hang through, and to just bunch it back up and shove it up if so.

Ok, so a tampon like string, no big deal.

fast forward- all of a sudden four days after the surgery I feel this huge hard plastic thing- the end had like BRANCHES with blood coursing OUT the top of- hanging out of me- I decided the balloon itself was coming out and called my dr office in a panic! I tried to get it the rest of the way out and tmi but it looked like Freddy Krueger paid my toilet and nearby walls a visit because the tube was spraying blood like a hose with too much water pressure that moves everywhere!

Turns out "string" is code for "long, thick, blood filled plastic tube" and the balloon was still in the right spot the whole time.

hi, doctor, maybe don't describe it as a string???? I seriously just cleaned more blood off the wall just now that I missed. I was majorly traumatized at the time but it's funny now to think about.

mtpbadger · November 2016

@bluejeanbabi05 O.M.G how awful! Your doctor needs to stop describing it as a string! LOL! I'm glad you are able to laugh about it now and what a story!

natalie4oscar · November 2016

OMG that's actually quite traumatic. wow.. yes sometimes we need more detail Docs

My husband's Urologists name is Dr Seaman... I think he is over the jokes and didn't find our immature behavior too funny.

Esperer · November 2016

OK I'm dying laughing/cringing at these stories - thank you @LeFemmeViolette for starting this thread! Totally needed this today. And I'm sorry but @natalie4oscar your urologist needs to accept the jokes - what did he expect choosing that field for a career with his name!!!

Only one I have is one of my first days of stims for my IVF cycle I had to do my shots in the bathroom of a crowded restaurant at a friend's bday dinner. I was still new at it so had to pull up the video tutorials and follow along so it took me forever to get both shots set up and done. It was a single co-ed restroom too so there were like 10 people waiting on line when I came out, everyone def thought I was in there dropping a big one if ya know what I mean!

oxinfree · November 2016

Thank you ladies for sharing all your funny stories. I'm blanking right now, but if I think of one I'll be sure to share.

LeFemmeViolette · November 2016

@natalie4oscar DH's urogists' office is on ED drive. They have to plan this, right?? Lol

blairbecky78 · November 2016

My funny story involves my initial transfer. My cervix is high so the first thing they did was tilt me pretty much on my head! I am pretty well endowed so all that boobage was right underneath my chin. Then the doctor tried to use the first speculum and it was too short. Then another one which was also too short. You could tell the doctor was starting to get flustered. She told the nurse to just hurry up and go find an even longer one. So the nurse runs out of the room on the hunt for a size I guess they never use...lol. This whole time I'm still upside down with my legs in the stirrups. By the time the doctor tried the third speculum I just couldn't help but laugh. My husband is holding my hand, my boobs are suffocating me and my bladder was about to burst. Evidentially everything tightens up when you laugh because the doctor was like "you have to stop laughing or we are in trouble". We finally got the transfer done but it was a very memorable experience in more ways than one. I guess laughter is the best medicine because that transfer gave us our now 1 year old baby boy.

wifeinraleigh28 · November 2016

I don't know if it was the good drugs he gave me or the fact that he was such a smooth talker, but my anesthesiologist was sexy. I think I enjoyed my egg retrieval more than any other part of this process!

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