Help please

tigerlilies

tal970

mamagerdy

tigerlilies

amychild1

Hi Tigerlillies! I wanted to respond on my personal experience. My doctor wanted to start me on fertility medication (letrozole 2.5 mg) since he only does this with patients over 35 (I am now 38) He also told me I only need one vial for accurate timing of IUI procedure. I recommend if you are having an IUI that you track your cycle and buy the ovulation tests. I am getting ready for my 2nd IUI (in about 2 weeks) my doctor will have me take letrozole 2.5 mg on the 3rd day of my cycle and then when I test positive for my LH surge then I will go into my doctor's office for a trigger shot. 24 hrs after that I will go into the office and have the IUI done. My doctor does not work on the weekends so we had to skip last month because the timing would have been on sunday. I hope this info gives you some insight. It is all new to me and I am still learning. Best luck to you!

mamagerdy

I forgot to add, they had me purchase ICI vials and washed and prepared them the morning of the IUI. I don't know if that makes a difference or not in vial numbers recommended so make sure you check which type of specimen they will want you to purchase.

tigerlilies

tal970

I have only done IUI's, no experience with IVF except what I have read on this forum. Before my doctor would do any IUI's he required multiple tests over a 3 or 4 month period (I'm over 40). Once I got the green light I was able to start the process. I started out on Chlmoid which I have read is very common for doctors to prescribe starting out. I also started out unmonitored, let me explain what I mean by this. I would have an ultra sound anywhere from Day 1 - Day 3 of my cycle, but would not receive another one. I would take ovulation tests at home and call them when I got a spike. They would schedule the IUI the next day. I would also come in on Day 23 for a progesterone test to confirm ovulation. Around my 4th month or so the home ovulation test never came out posititive. From that point on I had what I called monitored cycles. Ultra sounds would happen anywhere from Day 1 - Day 3, then I would come in around Day 12 for another U/S. Would get the trigger shot and the IUI would be the next day. Prog test on Day 23. I did this for 7 cycles. On my 8th attempt I was moved over to injectibles. This is a more intense cycle. You would have to go in every couple of days during the begginng of the cycle for U/S & bloodwork. At some point you would give yourself trigger shot, my IUI's were scheduled exactly 36 hours after the trigger shot. I'm on my 2nd month of using injectibles. I am told the injectible process is similar to what you would go through if you were doing an IVF cycle. Hope this info helps you out.

B4baby

tiffanythaxton

What a wonderful story! Brought tears to my eyes. Your children are gorgeous. I'm hoping the same happens for my husband and I. 1st IUI appt will be set Thursday (fingers crossed)!