What to expect?

Question

Me and my hubby are starting the process of IUI next month. We're gonna try one more month naturally and then give it a go. I'm very nervous on what to expect, any advice from your personal experience would be appreciated. I'm scared excited and everything in between.

Answer

Hi! I just had my first IUI last week and it was super easy. I wish we would have done it before now simply because of how simple it was! Good luck!

Answer

It is, all things considered, pretty easy. It depends on if you are monitored or unmonitored/medicated or unmedicated exactly how it will go. For me, I took 7.5mg of letrozole cycle days 4-8. Beginning on day 10, I’d have an ultrasound to see how follicles were progressing and go back every other day until they saw a 18mm follicle. Then, I’d take a trigger shot, have sex, and abstain for 36 hours until the IUI. The day of the IUI, my husband gave a sample a few hours before I was scheduled to go in. They washed the sample in a lab and then I went into my doctors office and the nurse had me lay down. She inserted a catheter into my uterus and then inserted the sample and I laid there for 15 minuets with my hips raised. Then I went home! The catheter was unpleasant, but some women say they don’t even notice it. I was crampy the rest of the day, but other than that, nothing crazy!

What to expect?

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