Our Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)

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“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”

So we finally decided together in January 2008 that we would start trying – of course by that time I was 37 (still am for a few more months). We went back to the doc, got our clomid and antibiotic prescriptions again. But what with work constraints and financial issues, we had to wait. An intrauterine insemination (IUI) costs $7,000 here.

Finally on May 22nd my period came and thus began the cycle that would give us the greatest hope yet. I diligently started my clomid pills on cycle day 2. Did not start getting the side effects until the third pill. It was mild and nothing like the emotional instability I had feared. Mostly nausea and headaches. Five days of clomid and the excitement and anticipation builds. The office had scheduled our ultrasound to determine the number of eggs and the day to do insemination for Monday June 2nd. The hubby and I were so full of hope it was ridiculous. We were already planning the nursery.

So June 2nd came and the appointment was at 11:30am. We had decided to take the afternoon off and relax. Well, in we go. On the table. In the stirrups – internal ultrasound of course. Everyone’s eyes were glued to the monitor. Not one but 2 eggs – 19 and 21mm. Wow! Great news. Perfect size. Even better, my uterine lining was 9 mm – also perfectly ready for implantation. Doc decided to give us our HcG shot to trigger ovulation of these two perfect eggs. We were told to the return the next day. Well we barely slept that night. Hubby of course, had been ‘saving’ his swimmers since Friday. No loving for us.

The next day we take the day off work. The office calls an hour before the appointment to ask if we can come in half hour earlier – panic. We can’t make it so early but we tried. I did my best to stay calm but the situation made me anxious. Then we get there and hubby is shown to the room where he will produce his ‘sample’. He was actually quite nervous about this – performance anxiety. While he was busy, the nurse informed me that my doctor was delayed invigilating an exam and that another doctor would be doing it.

I was crushed.

I really wanted her to do it because she had so much experience with patients with cervical stenosis. This is a condition where the cervix opening is quite small or non-existent due to scarring. I will talk more about it in another post. I begged the nurse to see what could be done. Hubby produced his sample in record speed and immediately noticed that I was upset. He became upset that I was upset because this stress could affect the outcome. Oh no. The nurse was very understanding and so was the doc – she spoke to me on the phone and indicated that she would try her best to make it and tried to reassure me that the other doc was equally experienced. Then destiny – she made it. Wonderful! Joy! I was certain that fate and providence was arranging everything perfectly so that we could have our baby.

Well she came, and the insemination went so smoothly, so painlessly that we had every reason to hope. Off home to relax. I had scheduled the next week off work so that I could be stress free. Hubby started planning for our ‘twins’. Grin. We were so excited and so hopeful. My mom too, who was the only other person who knew about it, was sooo excited about new grandchild-to-be. She watched over me from afar, making sure that I ate right and did not lift anything heavy. Will continue tomorrow.

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