I had my IUI done today. It was pretty quick. The start was kind off. We
got to the clinic 5 minutes before schedule and hubby hurried to get his
specimen.
We didn't find the office of the doctor so we were
actually late. We had to ask the lab and family medicine where it is.
The reception at the latter called in to the office and we now went to
where it was and checked in.
Hubby almost argue if they will
going to cancel because of our late arrival. Good thing we were okay.
The
nurse right away asked for the specimen. She went inside gave it to
another person and tested.
10 minutes after I was called in. I
didn't watch my time because I don't want to get anxious. My partner on
the other hand was pissed off and very anxious if his sample was good
enough.
Anyway, I got in to the room and the nurse took my bp
116 over 72. Normal. My weight was 113. Hmm guess I lost weight with no exercise. Sure this infertility treatment is kicking in.
It
took us sometime inside to wait for the doctor. It sure does something to
do with the specimen. After awhile don't know how long we've waited, the doctor came in and we shake hands and introduced ourselves. The on-call doctor said it was not the best
specimen but has normal count and okay to use for the procedure.
She asked me to check the label
if it's mine and explain to me what it is for. A catheter with the specimen which my name
was on it.
With half waste naked, I spread my legs and put my feet on the
foot rest. A speculum was inserted like those used in pap smear. She located my cervix and asked if I have some pain but I said yes. Though I felt the pain, I whispered to myself don't be a coward just bare it. I didn't make complains anymore so she she could proceed which she did right away. She released
the little fella and ask them to swim and do their job. It was so quick, I've realized 10 minutes was fast enough to do it.
After she told me to lay down if I want. She said there's no need to but I prefer to relax myself so I've waited 15 minutes. She turned off the lights and hubby and I was talking inside thinking and looking at those photo cards of
successful babies.
Right now its 2:40pm. 30 mins ago I peed and saw
my pad with a red light bleed. I saw one small blood drop when I peeped. Some light too when I wiped.
I read that's
it's normal. I wish and pray.
I had some cramping but I'm okay. Im quite
tired. I had headache, achy throat and I think I'm about to have colds
but I'm fighting for it. I dont want to get sick when im trying to have a baby.
I
wish myself goodluck.
Showing posts with label first cycle of IUI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first cycle of IUI. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
5dpIUI - January 3rd
I am so tired today and this afternoon the twinges of the two ovaries from left to right are doing it's thing. I also started to feel bloated. When I try to stretch my stomach this twinges just working. I don't know if it's a sign but this is more intense than my usual symptoms of PMS. I don't think it's similar to the one I had when I get AF. I don't want to be excited but I just feel different.
My colds are trying to subside too. My throats are a little bit dry and I am so thirsty. What's happening baby? Is this what I am thinking it is? Nah, too early to tell but whatever it is hope it will not get worst.
Only that this being tired is somewhat under my skin. I feel like wanting to go to bed. LoL.
4dpIUI - January 2nd
These past days are just so tiring. I was sick with a cold. I have sore throat, pain in the ear, stuffed nose, sneezing like crazy, my voice is awful, headache and teary eyed.
1dpIUI - all the cold symptoms that I was afraid had come. I was restless. I can't take it anymore. I wanted to avoid medicine. I didn't call the clinic so they could recommendation a medicine suit for my cold. But I don't want to give them the impression of being so baby like. Long and behold, my cold got worst and worst as time passed by. Hubby plead and asked me to take something. So I made my research online. Tylenol is okay to take. I went to Walgreens, asked the pharmacists if it's okay and got the answer that it's safe. I bought it and hours later I was feeling better. It took awhile to get into the system but I got the relief when it worked. Aside from the cold, I had cramps. I can feel the left side twinges too.
2dpIUI - still nurturing the cold. I wish to stop taking Tylenol. I don't know how my health could affect what I am trying to achieve. Health wise I was crappy. Later during the day I was debating to attend a party. At 8pm I got out from the house, dinner at Birks and decided later to join the Celebration for NYE at a friend's house. It made my day.
3dpIUI - I am getting a little better from the cold but it comes up and down. When I don't take the medicine after 6 hours, I feel bad. There's no choice but I have to take 325mg of Tylenol. I don't want to take the whole thing if in case I have a bean wanting to make it.
4dpIUI - This cold won't go away. I feel bad but at least I can talk a little bit. I tried to work for 4 hours but decide it's better for me to go home and reserved my voice. Tomorrow my manager will be out so I have to be in the office to help. I need that voice. My job require my voice so I have to take care of it. Symptoms of the cold in the afternoon trying to sink in again but not too bad anymore. It's a relief yehey. But I feel 2 twinges now. Left and right of the abdomen. I wonder what this is all about. Is it the Ovidrel kicking in, or something else. I don't want to think deep. But hopeful.
1dpIUI - all the cold symptoms that I was afraid had come. I was restless. I can't take it anymore. I wanted to avoid medicine. I didn't call the clinic so they could recommendation a medicine suit for my cold. But I don't want to give them the impression of being so baby like. Long and behold, my cold got worst and worst as time passed by. Hubby plead and asked me to take something. So I made my research online. Tylenol is okay to take. I went to Walgreens, asked the pharmacists if it's okay and got the answer that it's safe. I bought it and hours later I was feeling better. It took awhile to get into the system but I got the relief when it worked. Aside from the cold, I had cramps. I can feel the left side twinges too.
2dpIUI - still nurturing the cold. I wish to stop taking Tylenol. I don't know how my health could affect what I am trying to achieve. Health wise I was crappy. Later during the day I was debating to attend a party. At 8pm I got out from the house, dinner at Birks and decided later to join the Celebration for NYE at a friend's house. It made my day.
3dpIUI - I am getting a little better from the cold but it comes up and down. When I don't take the medicine after 6 hours, I feel bad. There's no choice but I have to take 325mg of Tylenol. I don't want to take the whole thing if in case I have a bean wanting to make it.
4dpIUI - This cold won't go away. I feel bad but at least I can talk a little bit. I tried to work for 4 hours but decide it's better for me to go home and reserved my voice. Tomorrow my manager will be out so I have to be in the office to help. I need that voice. My job require my voice so I have to take care of it. Symptoms of the cold in the afternoon trying to sink in again but not too bad anymore. It's a relief yehey. But I feel 2 twinges now. Left and right of the abdomen. I wonder what this is all about. Is it the Ovidrel kicking in, or something else. I don't want to think deep. But hopeful.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Day to day Experience After IUI - The 2WW
IUI procedure done December 29, 2012 at 12:15pm.
The 2ww is endless. But this time around even if it's my first IUI. I don't want to expect more. I have symptoms I never felt before. These are not too usual for me before I get AF. What I just noticed was the lower abdominal pinches that comes on and off since day 1.
1dpIUI - sick with a cold. Take tylenol in the afternoon. Worried it could affect the chance of getting knocked up. I feel crappy. I do have cramps though and light bleeding. Probably due to insemination.
2dpIUI- NYE feeling crappy and sick. Can't get away not taking anything so Tylenol was my friend. I have little pinches on the ovaries. Guess it's working. Didn't feel anything like it.
3dpIUI- I didn't notice the difference of my body because of constant sneezing, blowing my nose, ears too painful, throat dry and thirsty, but glad I didn't get a fever. I was afraid I could but I was temping. I didn't get one. I still take Tylenol because the constant sneezing was killing me.
4dpIUI- Starting to feel a little better. Only take 325mg of Tylenol for the whole day and I survived. Though I tried to work I only spend 3.45 of my time. I went home to gained back my strength. Feeling crappy still. Don't know the difference of the twinges but I feel it.
5dpIUI- No more Tylenol. Free from anything except prenatal vitamins. I lasted whole day at work. Nothing unusual.
6dpIUI- Almost free and clear from the cold. Nothing usual to the body except the twinges.
7dpIUI- legs twitching early dawn, veins visible too greeny, pinch on low abdomen, thirsty, breast sharp pain comes out of nowhere but won't last long, smell so sensitive at a party that it made me teary eyed and CM came out, bloated. POAS - BFN.
8dpIUI- don't feel anything except the twinges and pinch on my left and right low abdomen. I feel some hot flashes too from waist down. At dawn, my legs started to feel hot and twitching . Out of curiosity I POAS when I got out of bed. BFN. What do you expect it's too early to tell. I need to wait. I started to take my temperature. 4 days of temping my temperatures slowly rises. Don't know how significant it is. I took mine at night because it's making noise don't want to wake up hubby.
9dpIUI- morning I felt lower back pain. It didn't stay long. Too quick not to notice. Bloated feels like my stomach is full. Twinges on abdomen from left to right and needle like pinch isn't really feel like cramps. A little breast pinch but not really those twinges I felt before I got AF where it's nonstop. This time just a sudden pain. I got to hold my anxiety level to not poas. I will wait til the 12th day. I hope :) Somehow I wasn't able to control I poas in the afternoon. BFN.
10dpIUI- lower back pain, on and off twinges on breasts and lower abdomen, cervix painful but not too sure if it is. I touched if it's the V but it's not somewhere inside. It twinges which is very noticeable. Never experience it before.
11dpIUI- temp 98.4, twinges on left abdomen and breasts, super bloated all day, nothing unsual except being bloated. a little new to my experience. FMU - BFN.
12dpIUI- needle like pain on and off by my right and left abdomen, mild cramps, feel like legs were pulling early morning, needle like pinch on nipples on and off very mild.. Didn't POAS. I will wait til day 14. Cramping on the right side is a bit weird. Never experience that before. But overall, I feel a lot better today. Maybe medicines are wearing off. Let's find out in a couple of days.
13dpIUI- AF cramps and legs pulling at 4am. It woke me up. It felt like I have my period. Wake up at 6:45am no AF. tested poas BFN. I don't know what to expect.
14dpIUI- BFN. Don't feel any significant symptoms. I had mixed feelings.
15dpIUI- AF came. Broke my heart.
The 2ww is endless. But this time around even if it's my first IUI. I don't want to expect more. I have symptoms I never felt before. These are not too usual for me before I get AF. What I just noticed was the lower abdominal pinches that comes on and off since day 1.
1dpIUI - sick with a cold. Take tylenol in the afternoon. Worried it could affect the chance of getting knocked up. I feel crappy. I do have cramps though and light bleeding. Probably due to insemination.
2dpIUI- NYE feeling crappy and sick. Can't get away not taking anything so Tylenol was my friend. I have little pinches on the ovaries. Guess it's working. Didn't feel anything like it.
3dpIUI- I didn't notice the difference of my body because of constant sneezing, blowing my nose, ears too painful, throat dry and thirsty, but glad I didn't get a fever. I was afraid I could but I was temping. I didn't get one. I still take Tylenol because the constant sneezing was killing me.
4dpIUI- Starting to feel a little better. Only take 325mg of Tylenol for the whole day and I survived. Though I tried to work I only spend 3.45 of my time. I went home to gained back my strength. Feeling crappy still. Don't know the difference of the twinges but I feel it.
5dpIUI- No more Tylenol. Free from anything except prenatal vitamins. I lasted whole day at work. Nothing unusual.
6dpIUI- Almost free and clear from the cold. Nothing usual to the body except the twinges.
7dpIUI- legs twitching early dawn, veins visible too greeny, pinch on low abdomen, thirsty, breast sharp pain comes out of nowhere but won't last long, smell so sensitive at a party that it made me teary eyed and CM came out, bloated. POAS - BFN.
8dpIUI- don't feel anything except the twinges and pinch on my left and right low abdomen. I feel some hot flashes too from waist down. At dawn, my legs started to feel hot and twitching . Out of curiosity I POAS when I got out of bed. BFN. What do you expect it's too early to tell. I need to wait. I started to take my temperature. 4 days of temping my temperatures slowly rises. Don't know how significant it is. I took mine at night because it's making noise don't want to wake up hubby.
9dpIUI- morning I felt lower back pain. It didn't stay long. Too quick not to notice. Bloated feels like my stomach is full. Twinges on abdomen from left to right and needle like pinch isn't really feel like cramps. A little breast pinch but not really those twinges I felt before I got AF where it's nonstop. This time just a sudden pain. I got to hold my anxiety level to not poas. I will wait til the 12th day. I hope :) Somehow I wasn't able to control I poas in the afternoon. BFN.
10dpIUI- lower back pain, on and off twinges on breasts and lower abdomen, cervix painful but not too sure if it is. I touched if it's the V but it's not somewhere inside. It twinges which is very noticeable. Never experience it before.
11dpIUI- temp 98.4, twinges on left abdomen and breasts, super bloated all day, nothing unsual except being bloated. a little new to my experience. FMU - BFN.
12dpIUI- needle like pain on and off by my right and left abdomen, mild cramps, feel like legs were pulling early morning, needle like pinch on nipples on and off very mild.. Didn't POAS. I will wait til day 14. Cramping on the right side is a bit weird. Never experience that before. But overall, I feel a lot better today. Maybe medicines are wearing off. Let's find out in a couple of days.
13dpIUI- AF cramps and legs pulling at 4am. It woke me up. It felt like I have my period. Wake up at 6:45am no AF. tested poas BFN. I don't know what to expect.
14dpIUI- BFN. Don't feel any significant symptoms. I had mixed feelings.
15dpIUI- AF came. Broke my heart.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Side Effects Of Clomid
Each person has it's own experience and my experience with Clomid is a little too much. First 2 days was twitching of the abdomen, headache, and bloated. I just don't feel very good.
The worst day I felt was on the 4th day when the headache was too much. I had very short temper and I get frustrated so easily. I was thankful I didn't go to work because I used the day as my birthday off. It helped but I was really feeling awful.
The 5th day was bearable with some little headache but I was again short tempered. I felt bad having my friends see my worst mood. I had informed 2 of them that I don't know what will my mood was going to be and I was right. I also asked for an apology to some who noticed me because I just don't feel great. If I were to choose, I could have not pursue the party because I know I will not be so bubbly.
But hey if they are your friends, no matter what they can understand what you are going through.
For the past days, all I noticed was I suddenly began to feel depressed. Oh my! This is not going to be so good. I wanted to be happy and all but sometimes I just can't. But I am hoping this will go away and that I will think positive again.
The worst day I felt was on the 4th day when the headache was too much. I had very short temper and I get frustrated so easily. I was thankful I didn't go to work because I used the day as my birthday off. It helped but I was really feeling awful.
The 5th day was bearable with some little headache but I was again short tempered. I felt bad having my friends see my worst mood. I had informed 2 of them that I don't know what will my mood was going to be and I was right. I also asked for an apology to some who noticed me because I just don't feel great. If I were to choose, I could have not pursue the party because I know I will not be so bubbly.
But hey if they are your friends, no matter what they can understand what you are going through.
For the past days, all I noticed was I suddenly began to feel depressed. Oh my! This is not going to be so good. I wanted to be happy and all but sometimes I just can't. But I am hoping this will go away and that I will think positive again.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
2nd day of Clomid
I took it at the same time and the side effects are doing it's thing. My lower left abdomen is twitching again that it makes you really uncomfortable. I had this feeling when I am about to have AF like 10 days before my period. I got some tender breast too. A little light headache which I don't like but bearable. With this boost to ovulate this is all it takes. I can take it.
This discomfort is nothing when trying to have a baby. I would do everything to make it happen and to pray as well. I wish all the IUI patient like me would be granted their wish as the year ends. I wish and hope that my new year would start a wonderful chapter of my life. No negative thoughts here, all for positive. :)
This discomfort is nothing when trying to have a baby. I would do everything to make it happen and to pray as well. I wish all the IUI patient like me would be granted their wish as the year ends. I wish and hope that my new year would start a wonderful chapter of my life. No negative thoughts here, all for positive. :)
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
First day of Clomid
Well, as the title say it's my first day today. I took it in the morning at 10:30am. The clinic said to take 1 Clomid straight to 5 days and it should be taken the same time each day. I was supposed to take it in the evening because I know I will have some side effects about the pill. But because I have a birthday party coming up on Saturday and might forgot to take it at night, I decided just to bare all the effects of the medicine in the morning.
So far at this time of writing 5 hours after I took it, I have some twitching on my left abdomen. It seems like PMS to me. Due to the fact I still have my AF, I can't really determine if the pill is working it's formula trying to wake up my tired ovary or if it's the period acting up.
I have never been into vitamins and medicine for several years. I will update to what this medicine will do to my body. All about healthy living and eating good. I only started taking prenatal vitamins since November 2011 because of TTC as doctor advised.
I hope and think positive about this outcome. They said visualize technique helps to create positive effects. I will do that. It's all about happy thoughts.
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Also, I was not advice to do blood work (b/w) today. Supposed to be I will go to the lab on 3rd day of cycle. With not much knowledge and confusion, I went early. Now I figured it out. Even though it was earlier, I got the result and I think it was a perfect timing. I was glad I did it because it gave me a clear vision on the status of my condition. Better to know the result early than knowing late when I am starting the process.
I asked the doctor through email if I need b/w done since I already had it very recently. ( The email was so efficient. I can get straight answer to the Doctor. Bravo to that. I salute you. ) She said in the email that it's not necessary for me to go and instead will just wait for a follicle scan and ultrasound next week. yay, I skip! Praise heavens.
She also mentioned not to schedule the pelvic scan yet. It was listed in my order list which I actually reminded her. She wanted me to wait until the on-call doctor would tell me on the day of the ultrasound to schedule for it. Oh well! As you see I am have been passing along these doctors. From Sunday to an oncall and ultrasound to another on-call..My my my! But it will not hinder me of doing this.
Honestly, I don't like to use another doctor to do this procedure but what can I do, primary physician is not on duty and I don't want to miss this cycle.
December is a happy month for me since I am December baby. I will be thinking positive. Please make it work.
So far at this time of writing 5 hours after I took it, I have some twitching on my left abdomen. It seems like PMS to me. Due to the fact I still have my AF, I can't really determine if the pill is working it's formula trying to wake up my tired ovary or if it's the period acting up.
I have never been into vitamins and medicine for several years. I will update to what this medicine will do to my body. All about healthy living and eating good. I only started taking prenatal vitamins since November 2011 because of TTC as doctor advised.
I hope and think positive about this outcome. They said visualize technique helps to create positive effects. I will do that. It's all about happy thoughts.
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Also, I was not advice to do blood work (b/w) today. Supposed to be I will go to the lab on 3rd day of cycle. With not much knowledge and confusion, I went early. Now I figured it out. Even though it was earlier, I got the result and I think it was a perfect timing. I was glad I did it because it gave me a clear vision on the status of my condition. Better to know the result early than knowing late when I am starting the process.
I asked the doctor through email if I need b/w done since I already had it very recently. ( The email was so efficient. I can get straight answer to the Doctor. Bravo to that. I salute you. ) She said in the email that it's not necessary for me to go and instead will just wait for a follicle scan and ultrasound next week. yay, I skip! Praise heavens.
She also mentioned not to schedule the pelvic scan yet. It was listed in my order list which I actually reminded her. She wanted me to wait until the on-call doctor would tell me on the day of the ultrasound to schedule for it. Oh well! As you see I am have been passing along these doctors. From Sunday to an oncall and ultrasound to another on-call..My my my! But it will not hinder me of doing this.
Honestly, I don't like to use another doctor to do this procedure but what can I do, primary physician is not on duty and I don't want to miss this cycle.
December is a happy month for me since I am December baby. I will be thinking positive. Please make it work.
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