Wednesday morning at 9:30am we went in for our IUI procedure! For those of you who don't know an IUI is where the sperm is deposited into the vagina thru a catheter aka Turkey Baster. Of course there is more to it since the sperm is put through a "wash" to pick out the best guys. Hubby's did well there were 15+ million and motility of 68%. The nurse said they usually want at least 5-10 million and 50% motility.
When I went for the scan the monday before there was a 4 follicles that were a good size. So I asked the nurse on turkey baster day, how do they know that the trigger shot (ovidrel) worked and that I've ovulated. She said they didn't know for sure, isn't that odd that with all the technology these days that they don't know for sure. I kinda wish now that they would have done another internal sonogram prior to the IUI to check the sizes of the follicles. Would that tell you if they were "good to go" I don't know.
We have done two IUI's in the past and they (obviously) didn't work. But that was also using an opk testing kit and my positives were always a little off. I used the digital smiley face one and sometimes I wouldn't see the smiley face at all but there would be a slight line when you pulled out the stick. Other times I would get it the night before but not the next morning. It was frustrating to say the least. Its always a wonder to me that the hubby will tell me to just relax about it, etc. Which I think is almost impossible for the woman given all the sticks you have to pee on, temps to take, mucus to check throughout the day. It can drive a woman crazy!
So the hubby and I are remaining cautiously optimistic about this cycle. Hopefully with this cycle being driven by meds and not random pee stick results, the timing is better. And potential multiple eggs will have more chances of getting fertilized.
Here's to hoping!
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