zacariah88
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As everyone knows it’s a long road before you even get to IUI. But finally, in late October, we got the go ahead to start with the process. I was nervous because timing is literally everything and my cycle was scheduled right around thanksgiving. But, the stars aligned! I got my period the Tuesday before thanksgiving and was able to go in for my baseline sono. Clomid, follistim and Ovidrel were ordered and ready for me.
I went for the second sono this past Saturday and had some big, good lookin follicles. My bloodwork was great too. So, we scheduled IUI for Monday. Took my trigger shot exactly 36 hours before the IUI.
So, my husband was to go in at 9am Monday to give his specimen so it could be “washed” and prepped and then the IUI was at 10:45. (*side note- He gave an initial sample in October and it came back good but not great- morphology was a little wonky and it was slightly acidic. He started taking a bicarbonate supplement per doctor’s orders and my doc didn’t seem worried about anything.)
I get to the clinic and nervously await my first IUI. Then, my doc comes out and says only “we have to talk. Come on back.” I was already nervous but I knew something was up... we sit down to talk and he tells me that my husband’s specimen was basically unusable. The count was very low and he said that if he were looking at the baseline sample next to this one he wouldn’t believe they were from the same
person. I didn’t know what to say. Nothing changed. He didn’t ejaculate for 2.5 days prior to the IUI day. My doc said we could still proceed with the IUI but that if it were him, he wouldn’t do it because the sample was that bad. He said if we could. to have sex that day before 2pm. We did, but it was his second ejaculation of the day so I can’t imagine it was much better.
I am devastated. I tried not to put all of my eggs (excuse the pun) in the IUI basket but I did. Our insurance doesn’t cover anything so we paid for all the meds and appointments out of pocket. Basically feel like we wasted $2k and have no explanation for what happened to make his sample so different. We’ve been TTC for a year and a half plus. I feel defeated. And next month we can’t do IUI again because doc wants another specimen from my husband to see if it’s back to normal. My husband is amazing and positive and hopeful that we’ll get pregnant naturally and I wish I could share his optimism. Sorry this was so long, but y’all are the only ones that get it.
I went for the second sono this past Saturday and had some big, good lookin follicles. My bloodwork was great too. So, we scheduled IUI for Monday. Took my trigger shot exactly 36 hours before the IUI.
So, my husband was to go in at 9am Monday to give his specimen so it could be “washed” and prepped and then the IUI was at 10:45. (*side note- He gave an initial sample in October and it came back good but not great- morphology was a little wonky and it was slightly acidic. He started taking a bicarbonate supplement per doctor’s orders and my doc didn’t seem worried about anything.)
I get to the clinic and nervously await my first IUI. Then, my doc comes out and says only “we have to talk. Come on back.” I was already nervous but I knew something was up... we sit down to talk and he tells me that my husband’s specimen was basically unusable. The count was very low and he said that if he were looking at the baseline sample next to this one he wouldn’t believe they were from the same
person. I didn’t know what to say. Nothing changed. He didn’t ejaculate for 2.5 days prior to the IUI day. My doc said we could still proceed with the IUI but that if it were him, he wouldn’t do it because the sample was that bad. He said if we could. to have sex that day before 2pm. We did, but it was his second ejaculation of the day so I can’t imagine it was much better.
I am devastated. I tried not to put all of my eggs (excuse the pun) in the IUI basket but I did. Our insurance doesn’t cover anything so we paid for all the meds and appointments out of pocket. Basically feel like we wasted $2k and have no explanation for what happened to make his sample so different. We’ve been TTC for a year and a half plus. I feel defeated. And next month we can’t do IUI again because doc wants another specimen from my husband to see if it’s back to normal. My husband is amazing and positive and hopeful that we’ll get pregnant naturally and I wish I could share his optimism. Sorry this was so long, but y’all are the only ones that get it.