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Yesterday I cramped all day I even went home from work early and lied down for a bit. I don know if it was because of the IUI. I thought all the symptoms would be over since I had the IUI on Monday and its thurday now. Im still cramping a bit now but not as much as yesterday. Did anybody ever cramp 3-4 days after the IUI?? just wanted to know if this is normal?? Thx

Johanna~My RE said that women can experience more cramping if the concentration of the seman sample was higher. I'm not sure what all that means, maybe someone out there knows the answer to that...but I only had very mild cramps the first day which was Monday also. And haven't had any since. He said my husband's concentration was low so I probably wouldn't have cramping. He was right. Hope this helps...when will you know if your IUI worked? good luck...

Thx Nikki. Your probably right. my RE said my husbands sample was very good. She told me that i should get my AF of 10/10/05 and if not then to wait 2 more days and do a HPT. I hope I get a ++++. But im nervous an the wait time in what has me anxious.

Hi Nikki ~ Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I didn't end up having my IUI on Tuesday - my levels weren't high enough even though my follicles were a good size. I gave myself the Ovidrel injection on Tuesday night and had the IUI on Thursday morning. I don't usually have any symptoms after the IUI - no cramping or any breast pain. I do have some spotting for a day or two, but that's it. Unfortunately I always do 1 or 2 early HPT's every cycle - all negative. AF has always arrived before I made it in to do blood work. I do the HPT 11 - 12 days past ovulation (which is only 2 or 3 days before AF is due). I will do a HPT on Oct. 9 (AF would be due around Oct. 12). I ended up having 3 follicles this cycle, so I'm hoping that at least 1 out of 44 million sperm (with 96% motility) that was injected can find 1 out of 3 eggs. It's amazing that it's this hard to get pregnant when you think about those statistics. When will you do your HPT. I agree with you - wouldn't it be nice if we both had a BFP. Keep in touch.

Dianne~ Hey...I was wondering how you were doing. Thanks for getting back to me. I was told and read that if I test at day 12, I could still have the HCG from the shot left in my system which then would give me a false positive. Then again, if I test that day it could come back negative because my HCG levels (if I was pregnant) might not be high enough to detect on a HPT. So either way it's crazy. Nothing about this process is easy is it? It sounds like 44 million is a very high number and with 3 good size follicles it might just do the trick for you this time. You mentioned your "levels" weren't high enough on Tuesday, what were you talking about? Did they do bloodwork on you? My RE didn't do any type of testing on me prior to the IUI except for the ultrasound. Is that bad? With the clomid it throws off my cycle by about 5 days. I'm usually like clockwork with af showing up on day 25 but with clomid it's more like day 30 (according to my last cycle which was my first on clomid). I might test on Thursday (13 dpo) and again on Friday (14 dpo) morning (same day as bloodwork) unless of course I get af before that but I doubt it. I would think that I would make it to the bloodwork get a bfn then get af a couple days later. But we'll see. Only 4 more days to wait for me and I'm so nervous that it didn't work for us this time. My husband will be so disappointed. A friend of mine had her first IUI and her husband's count was really low, the doctor even told her it didn't look good for this cycle and not to hold out much hope. And guess what? She ended up pregnant on the first try. My RE told me everything looked real good for this cycle and watch, I'll end up with a big nothing that's where my mind is right now. I'll be hoping and praying for you, crossing all my fingers and toes. I'll get back to you at the end of the week and let you know. Either I'll have a really bad weekend or I might get lucky enough to celebrate. It's no wonder I have no nails left. =) Keep the faith. And thanks so much for listening. Baby dust to all.

HI Nikki ~ My RE does an ultrasound and bloodwork at every appointment. They check LSH and Estradiol. Even though the HCG shot makes you ovulate, it's better to work with your body so my RE likes to see that my levels are relatively where they should be. It's all a matter of timing! Let me know if you do a HPT tomorrow - I am praying for a BFP for you guys. 13 dpo is enough time to do a HPT if you get an early detection one (i.e. First Response). If you don't mind me asking, where do you guys live? I live in Ontario, near Niagara Falls. My RE is 1 hour away. I am so tired of having to get up at 5:00 a.m. to drive there for 7:00, wait for 2 hours and then drive home. I really hope it works this month for us, but it's hard to stay optimistic month after month. I will do a HPT on Sunday, but I usually know 3 -5 days before my period that I'm not pregnant (due to my PMS symptoms). I'm really trying not to think about it this month. Anyway, I will be thinking about you tomorrow and please let me know. Good luck!

Hey Dianne~ I took two hpt and they were both negative so I'm guessing that tomorrow's bloodwork will come out the same. I have no reason to believe it will be any different. We were hoping for at least one child since neither one of us have any. It just doesn't seem to be in our future. We live near Chicago and my RE is only 5 minutes away but we've decided to stop trying. I'm not putting myself through this any more. We've been TTC for 15 months now and nothing. So I've thrown in the towel so to speak. I'm just tired of all the tests, and drugs and waiting. It's really just too much for me. I admire the women out there (including you) that have the strength to keep going month after month. I wish you all the best and send my prayers your way for this month. Good luck and I'll check back again just to see what happened with you, because basically I have no other reason to visit this site anymore. To all the ladies out there...don't give up even though there might be others out there like me. What's right for some just isn't right for others. ALL WISHES AND PRAYERS WILL NOW BE FOR YOU WONDERFUL WOMEN OUT THERE INSTEAD.

What happens if I had HSG on the ovulation day and had sex the same day?

they wont do ur HSG on our ovulation day , u have to call them to take appointment when u r on ur periods then they will call u after ur periods like after 4 days of ur period

Nikki ~ I'm so sorry to hear that you got 2 BFN's - I know exactly how you feel. I would like to talk to you more, but understand if you don't want to return to this board anymore. Here is my email address - I would love to keep in touch if you are interested [email protected]
If not, it was nice talking with you and I wish you guys all the best. You never know what might happen in the future. God Bless.

three tears ago, I got pregnant with my daughter in the second cycle after having my HSG. Everything was fine, no blockages. We had been trying for a year and a half before that. I was 34 when my daughter was born. We are trying to have another baby. We have been trying for this second one for about a year now. I have been on two rounds of clomid but there are not working and are moving to injectables? I will be doing the HSG in a few days. I am 37 now. I hope it works out for me again.

Lots of Luck siena6. Im now sitting here a total nervous reck I was suppose to start my AF sometime this weekend. I called my RE and she said to wait till Wednesday and do a HPT test. Cause i still might have some of the HCG shot in my system. So here i am thing am i really going to make it 48 hrs and i already bought the test just havent got the nerve to take the test. what do you guys think should I just wait it out?? Anxiety is killing me but if my AF arrives late then i will also be very dissapointed.

I had an HSG this month on day 10. I am now on day 21 and haven't ovulated yet. This is late for me. Has anyone else ovualulated late after having an HSG?

I had an HSG on October 3rd of this month. The test was not bad at all, I did not take any meds. It's a little uncomfortable but it felt like a pap. It seemed that my left tube took a little while to open up. We already have a child he is 6 years old. This is so strange after we already have a child but secondary infertility does happen. My husband hasn't done the sperm test, hes hesitant on doing it. "A guy thing" Hopefully having the HSG will increase our chances. I'll keep you all posted, I'm 28yrs old.

I am having the HSG done soon. I have heard many good and bad things about it. I am 22 years old and my husband and I have been trying for 2 years to get pregnant. I am young and healthy and his sperm count is good. We just find it so hard to understand that you try so hard not to get pregnant untill you do want to be and it's this hard. It seems like everyone we know that doesn't want to be is and we're not. I'm hoping the HSG will help. After that the doctot is going to start me on clomid. So cross your fingers and say a prayer. : )

I started my AF yesterday this was my first IUI done. So I guess it didnt work. I sat down and talked w/my DH and we decided that it would be good to just forget about this for a while and go on with our lives for now. We planned a trip to Mexico in December to go and spend some time with my in-laws this should be nice. I am excited about going and this is probably what i need to relieve some stress that this infertility has caused in our lives. My DH says that he understands that this is just Gods way of letting us know that now is not the time for a baby in our lives but when it is time it will happen and if it never happens then he's ok with that also. I was so sad but mostly for him because i know how important this was for him. But I also have faith in God that this to shall pass and I will be glad that he brought me through all these trials to get me to my blessings. Dont lose faith ladies. Im not, im just going to stop trying to help God and let him give me my baby when he is ready. I probably wont be posting for a while so i wish all of you blessings from heaven.