IUI #2
Oh gosh! I forgot to post the update on the IUI this morning! Yes, we had it done! Luckily everything worked out, for which I am very thankful.
This morning I pulled out the instruction sheet from the bag and read it – it said call the lab by 8pm the day before. Well I called at 7:35pm, so that took my anxiety level down about 3 notches. But the sheet also said to call a SECOND number to “register” with the hospital. Agghhh. So I called this morning while we were in the private room. LOL! Got myself all registered, no problems.
So we got there at 7am, got the private room, I made the phone call, Den pulled a curtain back and told me not to look, then we dropped off the sample.
Then we went to IHOP for breakfast. It was good! I’ve been wanting to go to IHOP forever, so I was happy to get to go finally. I had french crepes and scrambled eggs and bacon, Den ordered an omelette. It was the biggest omelette I have EVER seen… it was massive!! Den wasn’t even very hungry, so he was slightly dismayed. He only ate half.
Went back to the hospital to sit and wait until 9am, picked up the washed sample, went in for the IUI. The numbers:
97 million total count
84% motility
Which makes 81.5 million total motile
It took her a little while to get the catheter in, said my cervix is curved, but I didn’t feel too much. Just felt weird. I was just laying there thinking, “This is such a strange way to conceive a child.” Yes, very weird. Well, okay, I felt a little bit of pressure down there that made me scrunch up my face. But Den held my hand and I focussed on relaxing and was fine.
She said two weeks from today if my period hasn’t started I can come in for a bloodtest that would be pretty certain one way or the other. I don’t know if I will or not, might just stick with my pee sticks. She also said I don’t need a progesterone test this cycle, because they did it last cycle and my numbers were plenty high enough so they’re not concerned. Fine with me.
So yay. On to the 2ww. I test at 12dpo on January 15th. Then test again at 14dpo on January 17th, the date they told me to, lol.
I am waiting with baited breath sweety.
Hey natalie,
I do hope so much that it works for u both. I just chanced on ur blog a few days ago and when the name lunarmagic came up…I knew it. Werent u active on UW boards…until it went down. I do rem’ber ur having begun TTC, and I used to think..why is she in a hurry..she’s still young…very.
Ofcourse, now Im on the same boat as you are on, and I eat my words…BIG TIME.
Yeah, I was on UW. :) Where are you on this journey of TTC?
I went by the same name on UW, and was tailing u, and supported too thro’ ur wedding preps. And Im just glad I found u now to ‘egg’ u on on this next step. I’d found u to echo a lot of my sentiments on a lot of stuff and had taken a liking to u. (abt animals & dogs, atheism, doing ur own thing…a lot of things marriage brings about)
Anyhoo, dh and I’ve been ttc since Apr 06. Was Diagnosed with high TSH and consequential high prolactin(heaven knows when I’ve been hypothyroid fm) And my 2 40day cycles in between must’ve been miscarriages…We are actively ttcing fm this month on as my TSH has come down to 2.
BTW, Im in India….ha hows that for where/by all ur blog gets read by?
Awww, thanks. :)
I’m sorry you’re having to deal with all of this as well. It’s just not something I would wish on anyone. :(
I have no idea where everyone else is… I bet most people are in the US and some in Canada, but I know on several forums I’m on there are people from Europe and other places around the world. The internet is just such an amazing thing!