r/Infertility_IUI

I never thought I’d be the one to post here but this TWW is a lot harder than I thought. I was of the mindset that I would get the IUI done and then just go about my business but that has been quite literally impossible.

The trigger shot really fucked with my mind because ever side of that feels like a pregnancy symptom. I’ve had cramps, bloating, lower back pain, mood swings, nausea, headache and all of that is from the shot.

I’ve been pregnant twice before (have one daughter) and both times had the most serve fatigue during implantation. I’ve felt nothing this time so obviously am sure it failed.

Here’s my story:

- good history of pregnant - got pregnant twice naturally on the first try. My husband is on some heavy medication so we cannot conceive naturally and have to use his frozen sperm.

- trigger shot on Sunday. Clinic messed up and thaw two vials but only got 1.7M motile sperm (wrong thaw method). Since I was ovulating, we decided to thaw two vials. Did a first IUI on Sunday.

- Monday came back to clinic, follicule had collapsed (was 19mm and when down to 16mm). Did another two vials with 5.3M motile sperm. Low numbers.

The waiting is just brutal. Any symptom can be explained by the shot or getting my period. I obviously feel so so bless to have my daughter that I adore and just want to give her a sibling. I feel hopeful that it will happen eventually and so lucky that I have access to all this info / clinic etc but damn this sucks and I’m looking for some reassurance that even though I don’t feel pregnant I could still be ? I don’t want to test before the day of my period as I’m weary of a false positive.

Today is my 3rd IUI, and honestly, I feel defeated. I feel like I’ve been trying so hard for so long that I don’t even know how much hope I have left.
I even forgot to take my trigger shot when I was supposed to. I had to call the clinic in a panic, and thankfully they told me I could still take it and that there was still hope for this cycle. I’m trying so hard to hold onto that.
I really hope this one works. 🤍 But this journey has taken so much out of me. I feel like I’ve become so consumed by timing, medications, follicles, appointments, and wondering if this will finally be the month that I’ve lost track of who I even am outside of trying to get pregnant.
I know there’s still hope, and I’m trying to believe that. I just needed to say out loud that this is really hard.
For those of you who have had a successful iui, I’d really love to hear your stories. How many IUIs did it take for you? And how long had you been trying to conceive before you decided to do IUI? Hearing some positive stories would honestly mean so much to me right now. 🤍

This is my 4th iui and a year of ttc since my miscarriage. I have a two year old son as of yesterday.
I was feeling hopeful this cycle as I had multiple follicles after using gonal f. But today 10 dpiui negative.
Feeling like giving up.

I did an IUI last month that was natural with trigger shot because I ovulate on my own. This month I thought of trying with 2.mg letrozole to boost my chances and clinic approved. Haven’t done the IUI yet but I’m wondering , just because I took letrozole this cycle , doesn’t mean that my body will “forget” how to ovulate ? As in I’m not hampering my natural ovulation since I already ovulate just fine ?

No trolls please , really anxious.

I cannot believe I’m even writing this but my 4th IUI was the one that worked! I got my positive test on Monday and I could not believe it!

After my 3rd IUI cycle failed, we met with my doctor and she recommended 3 more IUI’s before discussing potentially going to IVF. The 4th IUI cycle I had 4 follicles but they weren’t quite mature on the day of my CD11 ultrasound so they recommended that I trigger two days later and then come back the following day after for the procedure. I was so sure that this cycle would fail that I really didn’t get my hopes up and didn’t test early or anything because I was so sure it wouldn’t work! I had absolutely no symptoms at all this cycle which is why I was convinced that it didn’t work and thought my follicles weren’t mature enough by the time we did the procedure but I guess I was wrong!

I’ve had two blood draws done so far with the first one being on Tuesday and then my most recent one being yesterday and my numbers went from 253.84 to 689.25 in 48 hours!

I go to the doctor in two weeks for my first ultrasound at 6.5weeks!

Stats for this cycle were:

4 follicles: -Left Ovary before trigger: 9.8mm, 8.4mm -Right Ovary before trigger: 14.1mm, 10.3mm

Lining was 7.7mm

Post wash was 60.84 million with 95% progressive motility.

I am in my two week wait so naturally my brain is spinning…

I did letrozole days 5-9, CD9 had follicle measurements of 16,12 … that was my only ultrasound as my doctor said she can just map it out from there. So early am CD 12 I triggered and afternoon cd 13 (37 hours later) I had my IUI.

I wish I had had one more US to see how things were progressing…

So to ease my curiosity/brain spinning … I was wondering if anybody else had a similar ovulation induction and first cycle day follicle measurement, and then had ultrasounds to show what their measurements were further along..

Thank you 💙

For those who’ve tested positive when was it? I feel like I’m damned if I do damned if I don’t.. testing everyday gives me something to do, and the cycles I haven’t, it’s all I wonder about.

Hi Everyone! This is my first post on reddit eek! Long story short, we have been TTC for over a year now, 2 miscarriages (one at 10 weeks that I passed on NYE sigh... and another chemical this April), all fertility tests came back normal-ish with the exception of adenomyosis which they are concerned about and low antral follicle count for my age of 37 , count was 8 and low AMH of 1.79....clock is ticking over here...

We were advised to start with IUI for 2-3 cycles before going to IVF as retrieval will be hard and I am already low AFC.

We just did our first round of IUI last Saturday (August 8th), and I am losing my mind waiting for the bloodwork in two weeks!

My husband's sperm count is insanely high LOL, after the sperm wash right before the IUI his count was 24.5 million (90 million before the wash), so I am hopeful lol! I look Letrozole 5mg for 5 days and Ovidrel injection 23 hours before the IUI!

For my own peace of mind, should I use some of the Easy at Home pregnancy and/or LH strips to keep monitoring? I know that the trigger shot will have to go through my system first so I should see the pregnancy test line get fainter and then get darker if things are looking good!

Just wanted to see where you are all at with all this, and just get some support through this crazy process! Thank you in advance! <3

I expected it to hurt, but not this much. I have been trying to concieve for 13-14 months and this was my third IUI. Prior to this, I did three monitored cyles with letrozole and trigger. I have PCOS/PMOS and am slightly overweight. Im 28 and this was my last cycle to have a chance to have a baby before I turn 29. This process is gruesome. I never expected TTC to take so much out of me -- my joy, my soul, my hope. This process has shattered all of my expectations for my timelines in my life. I missed the opportunity to have a baby at 27 and now at 28. I have also missed other mental milestones that I should have never even put pressure on. Came and went.

This cycle is especially painful because my grandma died at the beginning of this cycle when I was getting my period. She was a maternal figure to me in my life. Now she is gone and I continue to have the pain of failed cycles.

This process is emotionally exhausting, physically taxing, financially burdensome, and overall just a joyless, hopeless, and painful process. I just want, so badly, to be on the other side of this process. I yearn to say "I'm pregnant" aloud, I yearn to start a family. All while others concieve quickly or without expensive and intrusive interventions. I feared my current path. I thought it wouldn't be me, but it is.

Looking for recommendations, I have been TTC for 14 months now, diagnosed with PCOS in the beginning but i respond to medication, my BMI is healthy my blood work comes back normal.

I have had 3 rounds of 7.5 MG of Letrozole and paired with Trigger shot for the past 5 rounds. ( started at 5mg) My doctor wanted to try IUI and told me that i have unexplained infertility due to all of my lab work back normal and checked my tubes to see if they were open, ( they are) he states it should of happened by now so he is at a loss.

I am trying Clomid paired with the trigger shot for 2-3 rounds before continuing with IUI, has anyone had an experience like this or similar? any success? am i silly for trying for clomid?

(Every time i had Letrozole i have only ever had one follicle ranging from 16-21mm)