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IUI day today! Everything went well, we had to wait a while, there were 4 of us in the office getting IUI's done this morning! We made sure to try naturally friday, did the IUI this morning, and then tried again naturally this evening. Praying everyday that this is our month!
I think this whole process is taking a toll on my husband. He is beyond cranky and has made comments like, what kind of man am i if i cant even get my wife pregnant. And then I think he is embarassed at the clinic, even though everyone is there for the same reason. I overheard two women talking about their husbands and how they wont come with them for IUI's because they are embarassed. I dont know what would be worse, having a cranky husband there with you or having him stay at home. I just pray that we will be pregnant soon so he can have some hope in his heart again.
In the mean time I am going to be making a pineapple core smoothie each night for the next 5 nights and will be taking all my vitamins.
Praying for everyone in the 2ww! hopefully we are blessed with miracle pregnancies this month!

Hey ladies.. I hope everyone is doing well!! I am currently on 6dpiui. I haven't had many symptoms yet, just some very dull cramps yesterday and today, slight lower back pain yesterday but today my lower back is killing me. I don't know why my back hurts so much but I don't think it has anything to do with the IUI or pregnancy. I think I'm going to start testing at 10 dpiui. I know it's a little early but I'm really bad with this waiting thing! I hope you all get BFP's as a holiday gift this month!! Baby Dust To All!!!

rpb- any symptoms yet?? I have my fingers crossed for you! Keep us posted!!

Today's day 11 and I haven't noticed anything out of the norm. After reading about so many feeling different symptoms, it's disheartening. Keeping positive thoughts and praying for the the best.

lizbee-I would hate not having my husband there. He's so supportive and I'm very grateful. I think we're fortunate to have great husbands.

Lulu24-Thanks for the crossed fingers! We'll take all the prayers and good thoughts!

Doing the same for all of you!

Wanted to let ya'll know that I took my test and it was negative. RE wants to do a laparoscopy to check everything out, looks like we'll be taking a few months off. Going on birth-control tomorrow, seems like we're going backwards and my heart is breaking.

lizbee and Lulu24-How's it going? Thinking good thoughts for you both!

Happy New Year!

rpb- I am so sorry to hear that, I was hoping someone would be ending 2010 on a positive note!
We don't test until Sunday and I know I shouldnt give up hope until we see the BFN but I have 100% no symptoms what-so-ever so I am gearing myself up for a let down.
My husband is still in his grumpy mood and has agreed to some counseling to pull himself out of it. Thank goodness because I am paranoid his grumpy attitude is one reason God has not allowed us to become pregnant yet. I really truly feel that everything will happen in God's time and if something is out of balance then its not going to happen.
If Sunday reveals a negative then we will take a couple months off to save up for injectables.

Lulu24- Any news yet? One of us I pray has good news this time around!

Happy New year, just think things can only get better from here!

Hi there,

I'm brand new to the site. Just had my first IUI with clomid on December 19th, I am told not to test until jan 5th, but AF would be due tomorrow. I usually spot very lightly for two days prior to full flow, but so far, nothing. I don't really feel any different, but with AF and Preg symptoms practically being identical and me never having been preg before, who knows, lol!
Our case is unexplained, we are both just fine according to the specialists, but my hubby works overseas and has missed many a cycle, so seeing how we are both 35 yrs old and tried for over a year with nothing, we stepped it up right away.

I know that a year and a half isn't very long, but it is just as disappointing getting AF every month.

Does anyone else have the added challenge of not always having your spouse around?

Has anyone had the same exact symptoms as pms and turned out to be preg?

Hello Ladies!! No good news on my end either! Moving on to IUI # 2. I am currently on day 2 of my new cycle. My RE is having me take clomid again but this time I started it on day 2 of my cycle. I really hope the new year brings us good news as well!!

rpb- sorry to hear that! You never know, maybe it'll happen naturally for you on your months off. You're in my prayers!!

Lizbee- I really hope this is it for you! I will be praying that you get your BFP this time around!!

wannabeamum- welcome to the forum! As far as pregnancy symptoms go, I've read that they could be exactly like AF symptoms. Good luck!! I really hope your stay here is short and you get your BFP soon! Keep us posted!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope it'll bring some good baby dust along with it for us all!!

Well we had a BFN this morning too, on day 14. It just doesnt seem fair. We will be moving onto injectables in about a month or 2 as soon as we can save some money for them.

Hello ladies. I just wanted to give everyone an update. I have been trying to get pregnant for 3 years. Last summer I joined this website as I was interesting in feedback on IUI's. I had 3 IUI's in June, July, and August. Unfortunately they all failed. I became extremely depressed and decided to quit trying all together. Then a couple of days ago my back started to really hurt, my boobs were sore, and I was sick to my stomach. I took a pregnancy test and it was positive!!! Who would have thought? I am in complete shock right now. I feel like this is a Christmas miracle. I wanted to write this to give hope to everyone out there. I had lost all hope, was ready to adopt, and became pregnant.

Hello ladies! I've been reading all your stories for couple weeks.
First of all - congrats whitney!!! This's amazing story which gives all of us a big hope.
My story is very simple, my husband and me ttc for 2+ years, we're "unexplained infertility" couple. I had back-to-back IUI without any meds in December but no success. I'll do it in Febrary again and I think my Doc will put me on some medications this time.

*** BABY DUST TO ALL!!! ***

Its been a busy week for me and my husband. After getting our BFN last week I went to RE to do a clomid check and he was so rude. He slammed his hand down on my file on his desk and said, "on paper YOU shouldnt even be here because this is not YOUR problem (dh has low sperm count) but since YOU havent been able to get pregnant with 3 IUI's we should do a laproscopy to check for endometriosis." Then i told him I didnt think I had any of the symptoms for endometriosis. He then told me, "when its quiet and hidden thats when its the most deadly!" I was so angry after that visit, he was so arrogant and had a horrible bedside manner.

I was talking to my friend Bobbie who went through this process a few years ago and now has 2 year old twin boys thanks to IVF. she gave us the name of her Doctor and we went to see him today. He was AMAZING and so kind. He asked about everything we did at the other RE office and told us he usually doesnt read the files from the other Dr. because they have never really agreed with eachother. I asked him how many of his patients have came to him from our previous Dr. and he said most of them. He wants to be there for us and we should forget about the negativity of the other Dr.
Anyway he wants to do a day 3 FSH test, which the other Dr did not do. He also wants to do a saline ultrasound to check for endometriosis, which the other Dr. did not do either. The other Dr. just wanted to go straight to laproscopy. He also is getting a fresh sample of my husbands sperm in order to check the shape of the sperm, the other dr. only ever looked at the count and the motility. All of these things should have been done before our very first IUI according to new Dr. That way if there is scarred tissue in my uterus they can get it out so an egg can implant during an IUI and if my husbands sperm is not shaped correctly there is no point for IUI to begin with and we move to IVF.

Basically I feel we wasted our money with the other guy because IUI's seem pointless now until these tests are done. But I am so grateful that God has led us to our new Dr. and that we have a friend who trusts him and has the results we desire...babies!
Now we are praying that my husbands sperm is literally in good shape. I feel it will be easier if I have scarred tissue than if he has bad sperm...because the scarred tissue can be removed and we can proceed with IUI's. Which is what is in our price range at the moment.

So this month is our month off and we will go back next month on day 3 of my cycle.
Good luck and God Bless to Everyone! This is our year, I feel it!

My husbands counts are in and they have put a smile on my face this week! According to the nurse the count recommendation is 29 million, his was 53 million! the motility recommendation is 50%, his was 79%, and the morphology or shape recommendation is 30%, his was 31%. I am so happy with these numbers because I feel like now, we look at my uterus and figure out if there is scarred tissue. These numbers as of now mean no IVF, no $10,000! whew!

How is everyone else doing? I hope everyone is doing well and look forward to hearing some good news from all of you soon!
Baby Dust to all!

Hello Ladies Ive been following everyones journey to mommyhood on here and Ive finally decided to join in! Ive been TTC for 2 years now. Ive been trying to get started on treatments but a cyst on my right ovary would not go away. After going in every month for an ultrasound and trying B/C pills to shrink it, the damn cyst didnt budge. I just had the cyst removed in December.
I finally got started on clomid last week. I go in friday for an ultrasound to see if i have any follicles ready and if i do then trigger shot friday night and IUI on sat or sunday. Is anyone else having an IUI around the same time?

I haven't posted in a LONG time.. kind of depressed. This is what has happened in our lives.
So we've been trying for 1.5 years and had 2 IUI's that failed(super depressing). Not to mention all the tests: pokes, prods, drugs,...
My hubby had a varicocele in his left testicle. Instead of doing IUI#3 like to doctor suggested (with and increase in drugs), we decided to get his varicocele repaired. The surgery was December 22, 2010. The doc thought he'd find 2 or 3 dialated veins and found 9!! He fixed them all and said everything else looked great. He said to see him in 3 months for a SA and if everything looks good we should be pregnant in about 4 to 6 months. Andy was extremely sore from the surgery so we didn't fool around at all. I knew I was ovulating on Jan. 10th so I worked my magic and he couldn't resist lol! I know I know it's very unlikely that we would get prego this month.. but I just can't stand letting an opportunity pass me by.. I know you all feel this way too. Anyways today is the 28th and we still haven't had sex but once(on the 10th) since his surgery (blah) But I did get blood results back from the doctor and I'm Pregnant!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you believe it? Seriously.. sex ONLY once since the surgery, trying for 1.5 years... and it finally happened! I'm in utter shock.. It feels surreal! I know you're not supposed to tell people until after the first trimester... and I tried.. for about 20 min. Then we called all of our family, close friends, and yes I even told work. grrr I can't help it.. I'm exploding with happiness!!! I will keep ya'll posted and I hope to hear some good news soon from you all!!!
Love Paisley311

I haven't posted in a while. I had my last IUI on Jan 27th. Our dr. only wants us to do 3.....well technically after the first one and my hubbys numbers were so low (1.3mil) she said we should go straight to IVF but we wanted to do the IUI's and so we have. The first 2 times his count was 1.3mil and this time it was 6.8. A great improvement but still extremely low. I am going to test next friday Feb 11th if I haven't gotten AF yet. There is a lot riding on this. I don't know if I want to do IVF but my hubby just assumes that is our next step. I would rather start the adoption process. I hope this doesn't become an issue for us. Anyways, sorry for the sporadic thoughts, I'm a little emotional at the moment. Anyways.... I have less than a week before I know.