IUI #2 is now history. Thanks to all of you who have sent good wishes and added your prayers to the universe
I’ve been vascillating between being absolutely calm and at peace with this cycle and absolutely paranoid and out of my mind. My current worry is about the trigger shot which we did on Wednesday night and the timing of everything.
This was the first trigger I’ve done at home. The only thing worrying me is that every other time I’ve triggered, I’ve been sore at the injection site for about a day afterwords. This time…nothing….It’s possible that this is because hubby gives me shots a little lower down than the nurses usually do. It seems to hurt less and we’ve avoided hitting any veins or nerves so far. Anyhow, so perhaps the extra padding helps? Of course, I’m worried that I mixed the HCG wrong or drew up the wrong amount (even though I know I didn’t) or….who knows.
Also, I’m worried that the shot SHOULD have been given to me Wednesday morning instead of Wednesday night. The nurse at the clinic insists that even washed sperm live for a few days although this contradicts everything I’ve previously read.
Anyhow…..so now I’m waiting. Waiting for that primodial ooze feeling in my abdomen than means that follicles are releasing and that sperm and eggs are intermingling. So far, I feel a little full but nothing much else.
I really want to write an eloquent post about my thoughts while lying on the table for the requisite 20 minutes after the procedure. My thoughts about this probably being the last time we’re doing this, etc But, as usual, work bekons and it’s all so difficult to put into words. Maybe that will be my project for the weekend.
One note about the women who has just had octuplets. Really, I’d never begrudge a good parent the right to have a child. But WHY do IVF after you already have SIX kids at home? And how in the world do you convince your doctor to put so many eggs back in? Most doctors won’t put back more than 3-4 even if you’ve never given birth and are unlikely to conceive. Obviously this woman is capable of bearing children. I’m interested in hearing more about this. But for now I’m just puzzled.
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IUI#1 of this cycle is now history. Hubby came through with flying colors even though he looked like he was going to pass out while we were sitting in the waiting room.
Now we get to do it again tomorrow. 
While I was waiting today, I found out that my favorite nurse there was just out after having a D&C. I truly don’t envy anyone who has to go back to work in an infertility clinic after going through that. She’s holding it together but I’m sure it isn’t easy.
Anyhow, unfortunately, hubby’s birthday dinner for tonight is going to have to be postponed because he has no interest in moving for the rest of the day. I’m a huge celebrator of birthdays. And all holidays really. So it’s hard to think of us sitting on the couch tonight watching TV when we were meant to go out for dinner #1 of the celebrations (hubby wanted vietnamese and the place to go here apparently has NO atmosphere whatsoever so I planned a really nice dinner out for Saturday). But that’s what we’ll do while he’s on the mend.
Ok….just rambling now. Why do IUIs always seem to do that to me?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!!!
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CD 11
The trigger shot is given and the first IUI planned for this afternoon.
But hubby is sick. Not just “oh I’m sniffling” but sick as in “If I stand up, I’m going to pass out”.
Getting him to the clinic is going to physically be a challenge. I’m going to be immensely impressed if we get a sample as he can’t even move to hug me without being in immense pain from muscle aches.
Aside from the fact that he feels horrible, which makes ME feel horrible, it’s his birthday. So that’s doubly rotten.
And then there is this below. In our last cycle. The one where we have 18 eggs and we’ve pulled out all the stops with Heparin and Prednisone. What have I done to piss the universe off so much?
Does having a cold/flu affect my sperm?
Having a cold or flu can have a negative effect on your sperm count. In some cases men with a heavy dose of the flu have very few sperm in the ejaculate. There is also evidence that having flu can affect the DNA of the sperm. Generally doctors recommend that if you have had a heavy cold or flu recently you tell the fertility centre. They may ask you to produce a second semen sample at a later date to see if there was a negative effect on your sperm. Additionally, if you have a cold, you do not feel like producing a semen sample and this can affect the amount of ejaculate that is produced.
Key Message:
Having a heavy cold or flu recently is likely to have a negative effect on your sperm count. You should tell the doctor so he/she is aware of this.
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To pick up where my last post left off…..
The clinic just called. And not one of the good nurses who know me and my case and who I can actually talk to and ask questions of.
My estrogen is now at 2533.
They want me to take 5 more amps of Repronex tonight and tomorrow and come in for ultrasound and trigger.
Great except:
1. If I really DO have a follicle measuring 27, something seems wrong with taking more Repronex.
2. It seems like I might O before the IUI which would render it all meaningless.
3. That means that IUI#1 will be tomorrow afternoon (4 hours after the trigger???) and IUI#2 Friday (which is within the proper time frame but just).
4. That hubby will have to pull himself out of his sick bed ON HIS BIRTHDAY to drive me to multiple appointments and to do his bit of this as we only have one car.
5. This just doesn’t make sense.
I’ve left a message for the doctor to call me. In the meantime, I’ve got to sort out what to tell work.
EDIT: Sometimes I’m convinced that my doctor and his staff have nothing to do with each other. Anyhow….Dr. Ambitious just called. We have 18 follicles. Yes the lead is 27 but there are some at 18 and 16 which are pretty much where he wants them.
So…no more Repronex for me. Hubby will give me the trigger shot tonight at 9pm.
IUI is tomorrow at 2.45 and IUI#2 at some undisclosed time on Friday.
BIG sigh of relief. Hopefully hubby’s cold won’t flatten him by then and hopefully we can sort out all the necessary transport.
Whew!
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CD 10
Feeling a bit Alice in Wonderlandish over here. This cycle just gets curiouser and curiouser.
So I trudge off to the clinic this morning, expecting to get my trigger shot. I have my blood taken to measure my estrogen (for some really odd reason, my clinic doesn’t measure LH – you think they might want to make sure that I’m not surging on my own but there you have it).
I go in to see Dr. Ambitious along with….I’m not sure who she is A nurse? A fellow? A med student? Not sure but very nice and VERY southern….anyhow….Dr. A. inserts the wand and…there is a problem with the computer. For some reason, the set up here is that Dr. A. is welding the wand and doing the measurements and the nurse or whoever stands at a PC and captures photos of each follicle. Anyhow, the computer looks to be from about 1998 if that. And this morning it decides it doesn’t really want to work. So, wand still in, he instructs her on how to reboot and reset the program. Meanwhile, he and I have our favorite conversation: comparing clinics in NYC with the ones here. Although he’s worked in many large cities, I think he’s been here for a while and has forgotten how it works in a state with mandated coverage, allowing everyone multiple chances. “Here,” he told me, “women have one chance at this that they’ve saved up for. You either get them pregnant or they hate you for life.”
I guess that explains why I could never find blogs written by women here. You don’t have time enough to get sucked in the process. At 12K a shot for IVF, I’m sure that there aren’t a lot of people doing cycle after cycle.
Anyhow, I digress.
So, finally the computer is working and he gets back to measuring. My lead follicle is 27. What? Most trigger shots are given when the lead follicle is about 20. In fact, this is the biggest measured follicle I’ve ever had. The biggest problem with this is that it might cause me to surge on my own before we’re in place with the trigger and the IUI. The next biggest problem is that it might be the only one to produce an egg and we don’t have time for the others to catch up (I don’t have the measurements of the others but I’m sure they’re in the mid to high teens from what they were on Monday).
So trigger?
No….
He wants to see the Estrodial numbers first. Now, we’d planned back to back IUIs AND they’re closed on weekends. There is no way this is going to Monday so…..the options are now that either I’m going to trigger at home and then do an IUI tomorrow and/or Friday. OR, he mentioned triggering on Friday AND doing the IUI on Friday. Not only have I never heard of anyone doing this but I can’t even find anything on the internet about it (please if you’ve done this – particularly successfully, I’d LOVE to hear from you).
I know that I promised to just put myself in the hands of Dr. A. and the universe on this one but…..
Oh…AND hubby is sick with one of those coughing horrible colds he gets whenever the weather changes. And tomorrow is his birthday. Sigh….
However, his new boss-to-be says that he does NOT need to wait for the background check to start work. Huh??? Okay, so I think next week is D-day. Hopefully he’ll be feeling better by then and we’ll have done this IUI thing. But at this point, I’m not assuming anything…..
White rabbit anyone???
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