What did you wish you knew before your first IUI?

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What are some things you wish you knew before your first IUI?

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I got pregnant after my first IUI with clomid, trigger shot and monitoring. Also used progesterone suppositories. Me and my husband had no issues it was "unexplained infertility after trying 1yr 6mo. I wanted to increase my chances which is why I used the medication I had about 4 good follicles prior to procedure so the chance of me having multiples was def. possible. Unfortunately my baby didnt make it at 38wks his lungs never developed very rare..I wanted to blame the IUI but they assured me it had nothing to do with it just rare and unfortunate. Wish you luck 💖

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Hi Emily! Yes, next steps for my husband and myself are IUI. I had my HSG (Hysterosalpingogram) this morning and my tubes are clear and open! We went through I think 4 rounds of failed Clomid cycles. 
My husband had a semen analysis but I don’t think we got a morphology percentage and I don’t have information on my egg reserve either. 
My fertility specialist instructed that my husband and I keep trying and reach back or to her on CD 20. Today is CD 7.

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I wish I knew that the chances for us were less than 5% or that our Sperm count was going to be under a million on the second time. I nearly cried. Even though ivf process was so much more physically daunting, the failed iuis were more emotionally daunting. So far so good with our first ivf cycle.

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I wish I knew it wasn’t going to work and we shouldn’t even waste our time. Moving on to IVF... wish we started there.

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I wish I knew that I was going to feel like a giant balloon with a million needles surrounding me just waiting to go “POP” for about a week after the IUI. Also, I wish I’d not tested out the trigger shot.. I feel like it wasted so much energy and emotion and in the end, it wasn’t worth it.

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I wish I knew that unmedicated iui is highly unlikely to work even if you ovulate on your own. Get a trigger shot

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Go in knowing that it’s not a magical solution to conceive. It can happen the first or second time, but nothing guaranteed. Realistic expectations is key! I’ve conceived 3x naturally within 6 months, but miscarried all pregnancies. I’m heading into IUI #3 to try to shorten the timeframe it could potentially take to get pregnant again and the first 2 cycles have failed (medicated IUI + trigger). All in all, I’ve had more success on our own than we have had so far with treatment. But, this 3rd IUI could be the game changer, you just never know. Good luck!

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just relax there's nothing you can do besides drink tons of water afterwards until you find out.

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I’d love to know this too! We had an appointment today and Dr said we could go to IVF if we wanted to but recommended trying IUI...DH has 4% morphology and we found out today that my egg reserve was lower than normal for my age... are you looking to start IUI?

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