Phase 2 is complete!
At noon we went into the office to see Dr. H to have the IUI done. Even though I knew it wasn't going to be painful or anything I was still quite nervous.
We went right in. I dropped my drawers and she showed me Andy's vial...our names on it, our color...YELLOW...and then she filled up the syringe and went to town. HA! She said things were a little difficult looking, she wasn't sure if she'd have to "adjust" but she then started to put the catheter in and said "we got lucky it went right in!" Less than a minute later she's done and told me I could sit up. She said if I don't get my period by Sept 15th that I should call and we'll do a pregnancy test. If I get it before then, also call to know when to start the Clomid over.
I hope that it's the prior...I really have a lot of faith in this...that's it's all the help we needed. Ovulation was just a hit and miss with me, and this little extra "push" was the thing that will get us pregnant! Waiting 2 weeks to get my period or not...is a long time...I've been through this so many times...hopefully it doesn't come like a day late or something...then I'll be PISSED! Keep the faith...right? That's what we're doing! I really hope this works!
Dr. H also explained the sperm wash to us a little more. It was quite interesting! They removed the sperm from the seminal fluid and put it into this sterile fluid...then they washed it, or isolated a majority of the the motile sperm to increase the number. Andy started out before the washing with 64% motile and 36% immotile. After the washing there were 96% motile and 4% immotile...what a difference!!! In this sample there were 14.5 million sperm! She said that 3 million is good, so this was GREAT! So hopefully that will also give us a better chance to conceive this time!
I'm freaking out!!!!! I want to know NOW, I'm starting to have some cramps and for the past 2 days a little bit of nausea, but that could be ANYTHING! I wish there were some definite symptom the MINUTE you get pregnant! EEK!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Helen Page and i would like to show you my personal experience with Clomid.
ReplyDeleteI am 30 years old. I have taken for 3 months. My progesterone level after my first dose of Clomid was 65 so I knew that I had ovulated. Couldn't try the second cycle on it because my husband went out-of-town while I was O'ing, go figure. Hoping it worked this month!!
I have experienced some of these side effects-
Mood swings, increased appetite, hot flashes, increased pain during ovulation, abdominal pain, mild but infrequent headaches. Also, I used to be on a consistent 28 day cycle, but I think Clomid might have lengthened it as I'm now on a 31-32 day cycle.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Helen Page
um well I've been doing clomid for longer than that...and that was my first IUI experience...so it may have been more than just the clomid making me feel that way.
ReplyDeleteWe're on our 3rd try now, Clomid with IUI, hopefully it works!