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But another way to find out of you ovulated is to get your blood drawn to chart your E2(estradiol) which helps the body prepare the follicles for ovulation and then progesterone tells if you did in fact ovulate. Hope some of this helpsView Thread

My DH is taking them for a little over two months and we are gearing up for our first IUI next weekend. His count for the last S/A (sperm analysis) was 12 milliliter per million after the sperm wash. Which is a good number for IUI. I am hoping with the IUI coming up, that his numbers have improved slightly. This will give us hope in the future of conceiving naturally if his sperm count increases while taking the vitamin. Also, giving us that BFP (Big Fat Postive) test confirming a pregnancy.
Keep us updated on your progress.View Thread


Thanks again ghost webmd posts!!!View Thread


I just needed an outlet to vent my anxiety and my nervousness for our first IUI attempt. I will be doing u/s and bloodwork on cycle day 3 with 100mg Clomid on cycle days 5-9, then on cycle day 10 I am going to start using OPK's to detect an LH surge so that I do not miss it. If not detected I am already scheduled to go in for an u/s on cycle day 12 to see how many follicles and their size. Then I will receive the prescription for the HCG trigger shot (ovidrel) to induce ovulation. The following morning DH will go in for collection and then an hour and a half later I will go in for my insemintation. After the insemination, they will insert a sponge to keep the sperm close to the cervix and in the uterus. The sponge can be removed 4 hours later. And this process will be repeated again the following day. Then the 2ww begins. Normally this would be the time that I would go crazy, but with the new quarter beginning Jan. 9 and being 10 weeks long, my brain will be certainly occupied with school work and interning. Hopefully that will make the time fly by.
But the point of this rant, I have been trying for so long and expect every month for AF to show her uninvited face that I feel that I am not emotionally prepared for the treatment to work. And if it does, I would be afraid to do anything for fear of harming or losing the baby. It will required a lot of coaching and support for me to do anything remotely active. Thus far it has been just trying, trying, trying...once it happens it will be all about carrying the baby to term, making it to deliver the baby..then I would feel once I am able to see and hold the baby that I would be able to breathe a sigh of relief until the panic of the real world dangers set in.
Does any of this make sense?View Thread


So he is very economical and knowlegable about what it is that he does (which is good). Hope you have a good weekend. I am still waiting for Aunt Flo to show. But knowing my body, when I want her to show up, she is going to take her good old time.View Thread

thanks. thats what they say. I am doing my best to have a good attitude. within the past couple of days I have set up a massage therapy appt (next monday) and this friday I have a consultation with an acupuncturist to also help during the fertility treatments. I haven't even started the treatment and I am already feel slightly stressed. I imagine my stress level raising as I go. In addition to that I do 5-7 fertility yoga poses twice a day to also help aid in my relaxation.
I just keep reading all of these IUI success stories on these other boards and wishing, praying that will be me in 4 short weeks. But the next 4-10 weeks are going to be the busiest of my life. I am hoping that can keep me distracted and the massage, acupuncture and yoga can keep me relaxed. Life is all about balance. but still no AF, but I am pretty sure she will show her ugly face on saturday.View Thread

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