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IUI 12/14

Hi, I just wanted to let other females know that the IUI treatment is very simple and effective. I just went to have it done today for the first time and I was very scared about the procedure because I thought it was going to be painful. It was not, it was great, very simple and fast. If you are considering doing it, please give yourself a chance and try it.

Now, all I have left is time to wait. My pregnancy test is in 2 weeks.

Mir

The watiing period

I got my tubes tied after my forth pregnancy since my husband and I were content with the number of children we had. We ended up getting a divorce after 10 years of marriage. I recently got married to a man who has no children. We decided to do in vitro. The process before the egg retrieval has been really good for me. I had no side effects and my body has been responding really well even though I was already 36 years old. It's after the egg retrieval that my body has gone through some major pain and suffering.

My stomach bloated up to what seemed like I was at least 4 months pregnant. The doctor said it was because they harvested 16 eggs from me, which should seem like a really good thing but now I'm suffering. I had four embryos put back inside and now I'm still waiting. The pain has not subsided. I can hardly walk and I feel really uncomfortable.

I went back to the doctors and he said that because I had so many eggs at my retrieval my ovaries are swollen. That explains why my sides hurt sooooo much. I take my pregnancy test six days. Until then I have to hope and pray that these pains go away and I'll have a successful pregnancy.


Jos

waiting

I've been married for 10 years and have no children. We didn't try really hard, believing that at some point it would happen anyway- but it did not happen. Doctors say we are OK. We work a lot and travel, and do so many things that I wasn't sorry really and didn't want to go for any treatment- especially since my hormones were supposedly OK, too.

Well, my last cycle was a bit weird. It got my hopes high. I have this habit of taking my temperature in the morning for the sole purpose of knowing whether I ovulate or not- and suddenly my cycle was not as it used to be. Even my LP was longer by 1 day, and temperatures stayed up and up- but of course AF showed up.

At that point I realized that it would be nice to have a baby, just one. I'm 36, so it's kind of last chance. But the most frustrating thing is that the doctors say you are OK, and your DH is OK too...


Ana

Trying to get pregant

My husband and I have worked many months with doctors and finally tried our first IUI. My first day was actually painful and I bled a lot that night, I guess I had some scar tissue I must have been born with that was torn.

The second day of my IUI went fine; I couldn't feel a thing. Right now I have 4 more days to wait until the big "day 17" and tonight I got my period so am not feeling too good right now about being pregnant, but will have to wait and see and still hope.


Jena

Faithful tears

Where to start! I'm 38 now and have been trying for a baby for 6 years. My husband has a daughter from a previous marriage, and I truly feel he doesn't have the same need as I do. We've tried 3 IVFs. All failed. The last time he cried and asked me not to do it again. He only ever said he'd do 1 time in the first place, so for him to do it 3 times proved his love for me.

I'm a singer so these last few months since our last attempt (in Feb 06) I filled up my time producing an album. This last month though I cried when my period came. I've been in denial! The thought of never having a child fills me with dread. When I was younger and first told that I'd never conceive naturally, God sent me the message that I would. An Angel appeared to me and told me to read about Hannah. I did and always felt that I would have a child when it was the right time. I have a very strong faith in God, but I can't seem to stop crying! I recently went for my normal smear test and my gyno told me that although I never got a child from the IVF at least I don't have polycystic ovaries any more. So I have to count my blessings!

Miracles can happen. When I asked if it would be worth trying to clear my tubes, I was informed that it was risky and not advisable. With no hope of another IVF treatment I've now run out of options. All I have now is God’s promise to me. I'm crying as I type this. I have faith, but sometimes it's so hard to accept that maybe God's child for me is my husbands 13 year old daughter. I think it's time that I have to accept that I will never have a baby. And my dreams of the future may not be as I envisioned. I'll never give up hoping and I do have faith in God’s word, but I realize I have to be realistic. I know that all things are possible with God. So I will allow my feelings out now, and cry my heart out. I cry for the life I dreamt of and pray that God gives me the strength to go on. My tears are faithful tears from a woman whose heart is broken. God bless you all, never give up hope.


Alison Cachia