u/Ok_Construction4202

Hello 👋 I’m just gearing up towards taking my first ever pregnancy test after my first IUI and wondering people’s thoughts on how to go about it? I’m trying not to get my hopes up as I know chances on one go are obviously low. Do people do this with a friend? alone? with someone on the other end of the phone? do you look at it or hide it? Any thoughts on which kind of test to take - I.e. the ones with lines or the digital ones?? very curious about people’s stories! 🙂

If so, can't believe we are still only a few days in... feels like forever!!!

Hello, I’m 38 and had my first IUI with donor sperm 6 days ago. I’ve been feeling so emotional since it and am just worrying about absolutely everything. I keep compulsively googling things which inevitably comes out with grim statistics about age and I start to feel hopeless and upset. there’s a part of me that knows that there is still hope and that all is not lost, but it feels so hard to connect to. I wondered if anyone has any words of wisdom they’d be happy to share? or any stories that go against the pessimistic stats? thank you so much xxx

hello, just wondering if anyone has any tips on how not to lose my mind during the wait after having had my first IUI yesterday before taking a pregnancy test? I find myself obsessively googling everything and subjecting the whole process to a post Mortem, then having dark thoughts about the statistics? I sometimes latch on to hope and positivity but it can be quite short lived. I do feel empowered though that after so many years of anguish worrying about not becoming a mum I have taken this step…