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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 18
Location: AL
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Got My Period Today :(
Posted: 04-02-06 00:32am
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I had an iui done on march 20th, I prayed
probably every minute of every day since
that I would have a positive pt, but "aunt
flo" came to see me this morning. Darn
it! My re told me after my iui to a hpt
monday but I don't even have to. I am
getting pretty discouraged, something goes
wrong or my tests are negative everytime.
Ladies for those of you who have done iui
was it successful for you? Is it
something perhaps that I am doing wrong?
I am now up to 100mg of clomid and my
hormones are raging, my poor sweetie lol.
I start taking my clomid tomorrow and we
will try again hopefully the outcome will
more positive. Good luck to all of us.
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Abbysmom
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006
Posts: 471
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Posted: 04-02-06 08:34am
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I'm sorry to hear that your iui did not
take this time. Are you going to try
another one?
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Jolie_3110
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Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Posts: 1755
Location: Essex, England
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Posted: 04-02-06 14:23pm
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I am sorry vanessa but keep trying it will
happen! :)
dont know if I sound stupid but whats an
iui?
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
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Posts: 18
Location: AL
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Posted: 04-02-06 15:12pm
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Thank you for your support abbymom, we do
plan to try again. Other than invitro,
iui is our only option and we just can't
afford ivf. My re recommends iui to ivf,
at least for now, anyway. We could adopt
because there is nothing wrong with
adopting and we hope to in the future, but
for the here and now we feel like we are
making the right decision by trying iui
again.
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
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Posts: 18
Location: AL
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Posted: 04-02-06 15:17pm
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Hi jolie, i'm sorry I confused you. Iui
is intrauterine insemination.
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Jolie_3110
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Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Posts: 1755
Location: Essex, England
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Posted: 04-02-06 15:29pm
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Now I understand! Good luck for you in
the future vanessa
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Debb75
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Dec 2005
Posts: 250
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Hi Vanessa
Posted: 04-03-06 08:40am
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Sorry to hear about your unsuccessful iui.
I was thinking about doing it sometime
can I ask the reason you opt for iui? I
am on clomid and nothing seem to happen
thus far. My first cycel of clomid didn't
work. The 2nd work, but ttc wasn't
successful...:(
hope you can share. Thanks
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
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Location: AL
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Posted: 04-03-06 10:05am
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Hi debb,
we opted for iui because because we aren't
exactly infertile but we for some reason
can't get pregnant together. My re
recommended iui first and that was what we
were going to choose anyway because we
can't afford ivf at this point. If the
iui are continuous unsuccessful we will do
all we can to raise money to try ivf.
Hope this helps and I hope your next iui
is successful.
Vanessa
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Debb75
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Posted: 04-03-06 22:58pm
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Thanks vanessa.
How many times have you tried iui? Do you
know the success rate? I was not sure,
need to check with my gynea about it. I
hope my hubby will be co-operative to give
his sperm.
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
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Posted: 04-03-06 23:31pm
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Hi debb,
well, I am anovulatory which means I do
not ovulate on my own and I have had
endometreosis since I was 19 but my re is
a good doctor and I have complete
confidence in him. He says that as long
as I am responding to the clomid, which I
am, that I stand just as good of chance of
conceiving as any other healthy couple.
The success rate is different for
everyone, he put me in the 70% success
braket per cycle. I have read sooooo much
on the internet about iui and the first
cycle and the fourth cycle have the lowest
success rate. My re says if I have not
conceived after the fourth iui attempt
that trying again is probably not a good
idea, if that is the case he recommends
ivf. I live in al and I see a doctor at
the kirklin clinic at uab hospital in
birmingham, here is a site from uab that I
read and I found it very helpful. Please
check it out and see if it helps answer
any questions you have. Uab health system
intrauterine insemination (iui) <iui
intrauterine insemination
best,
vanessa
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lovablepetsworld
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 615
Location: singapore
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Posted: 04-04-06 09:29am
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One of my fellow teacher tried ttc for
about a year. Both husband and wife r
fertile slim n fit but couldn't conceive
at all. They did iui with clomid for 3
cycles n all negative. So the doc told
them to take a break before ttc again
maybe for ivf if they want to... So this
fellow teacher was depressed and stopped
after the 3rd cycle of iui, n guess what
she conceived immediately the following
month naturally...
I guess she needed all the fertility meds
to jum start her body system to work
correctly n after stopping n trying she
conceived naturally... She was also
stressed up during the iui sessions...
This month she is in her 9th month of
pregnancy n has gone on early maternity
leave to rest n relax before the delivery
which is due in 2 weeks time...
So stay relaxed n it will work in for u...
But if after 4cycles n a negative then
iui might not be working for u at all...
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Debb75
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Dec 2005
Posts: 250
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Posted: 04-05-06 08:21am
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Thanks van for sharing. Really
appreciated it. When are you due for the
next iui. If you are responding to clomid
then it is like me, I was not given the
opt to about iui. You can actually try on
your own, right?
Wow, that's encouraging, lovable.
I am not sure if I want to do the iui but
it is certainly a good alternative. I may
ask my gynea about it. I will see what he
recommend.
Van, what's the process like. Do you know
when you acutally ovulate and ready for
the iui??
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 18
Location: AL
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Posted: 04-05-06 21:09pm
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Hey debb,
the most accurate way to describe an iui
is it is just like having a pap smear. A
speculum is inserted to keep the cervix
open and then a small cath. Is threaded
up into the uterus, the washed sperm are
placed directly in the uterus so they do
not have to swim through cervical mucus,
then the syringe is pressed and the sperm
are released. I did not feel the sperm
being released, some women do. Once the
cath. Is touching the uterus it is, to
me, a little uncomfortable like period
cramps but nothing I couldn't handle. I
cramped afterwards for about 4 days. I am
not good at noticing when I ovulate and I
have trouble reading those opk so I bought
something called an ov watch. It measures
hormone levels in the female body. Go to
ov watch and check it out. Unfortunately
we learned that we were pregnant and I
lost the baby :*(
good luck to you.
Vanessa
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Debb75
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
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Posted: 04-06-06 09:11am
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Oh van,
sorry dear to hear that you lost our baby.
Can I ask what actually happen? Was it
that you didn't realise when you were
preggy. Ok I know this may sound strange.
My neighbour told me not to drink
pineapple juice while ttc. I was
expecting to be preg last month, but I
didn't know that I should avoid pineapple
as it actually cause miscarriage.
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Abbysmom
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006
Posts: 471
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Posted: 04-06-06 09:33am
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I have actually heard the opposite about
pineapple juice. I have heard that you
should drink it after you ovulate because
it helps with implantation.
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Debb75
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
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Posted: 04-06-06 09:43am
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Oh really. I read from the web once and
said that papaya and pineapples are not
good for ttc. But then again, I could be
wrong. You know sometimes you can't trust
what you read on the web.
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Vanessa2077
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 18
Location: AL
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Posted: 04-06-06 11:42am
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Debb,
my re nurse thinks that the embryo
attached itself, or tried I should say, to
late to my endometrium and miscarriage was
the result. She told me that 3-7 days is
when implantion should occur, anytime
after that she informed me that the
uterus/cervix begins to harden again, and
the transforming embryo has nothing to
attach itself to, thus a woman's body
begins to prepare for a cycle. Whoa!!
That was all greek to me, but I am reading
as much as I can about the things she told
me so I am beginning to understand a
little better now. I pray we have better
luck this cycle.
Best,
vanessa
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sandyallen
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Posts: 4580
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Posted: 04-06-06 13:38pm
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I am sorry for your loss and you are not
alone, we are here for you!
Vanessa2077 I quit trying and that is when
things happened, it seemed the more
anxious and stress I got the more
difficult it became to become pregnant, I
am not saying to stop your ffertility
treatments at all, I am just saying to
quit stressing, you might see a
difference, I know that it is easier said
than done because I too had lost two with
the birth control and abuse many years
ago.
Good luck!
Babydust to all that is tttc!
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sar4sim
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2006
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Location: birmingham
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Posted: 04-07-06 05:08am
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Im so sorry about your loss!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~baby dust to all
ttc~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Abbysmom
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006
Posts: 471
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Posted: 04-07-06 10:42am
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Vanessa - I hope the next iui works for
you. At least you are gaining a better
knowledge of what is going on. Have you
read taking charge of your fertility. I
am reading it now and it is very good.
Debb - I agree with what you say about the
internet. Each site you go to seems to
have conflicting information on it. Who
knows what you can believe.
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