IUI Cycle 1 - June 2020

 

Corona...Schmorona...

Pretty sure we're all over it, right?

It went and messed everything up.

Kids got out of school, and did remote learning...

Daycares closed. Jobs closed. Business closed.

The entire economy shut down, because of a pandemic caused by a virus.

Good Times. Bad Times. Fun Times. Sad Times.

Kids home 24/7, parents ripping their hair off their head. 

Couples nagging and fighting with one another.

You're over it. I'm over it. Pretty sure everyone is over it.

Well, good news...

RGI Opened back up on May 5th 2020!

I didn't get my period at all during the month of May which is sucky.

I needed to undergo another round of Provera to bring on a period.

Which sucked!

I started Provera also known as Medroxyprogesterone on 5/22/2020

They say it can take anywhere from 3-10 days after you finish the last tablet for your period a.k.a AF or Aunt Flo to come for a visit.

Mine started on June 13th.

 

So, the way that this process works is on Day 1, you call the clinic and tell them you are on your period.

They have up to day 5 to do a baseline ultrasound, which is just to look and check to make sure everything is good for a cycle. 

They generally will also do a quantitative HCG to make sure you're not pregnant. For me, they throw a thyroid test in there, because my thyroid is all wacky.

Then they send you home with Femara, or Letrozole.

You take this medicine from Cycle Day 5 to Cycle Day 9, at the same time every single day.

The job of this medicine is to induce ovulation.

Than, you come back on Day 13 or 14 to have an ultrasound to measure the follicles. They generally like to see them larger than 18mm












 

The Appointment Card for the U/S to
see if Femara worked and I could Trigger

 

What Ovidrel Looks Like

If you have follicles larger than 18mm, you end up being given a "Trigger" or a shot of HCG. For us, it was a shot of Ovidril.

 

The doctors office takes care of the Trigger Shot by sending the order to a specialty pharmacy, who then ships you the shot, after payment is made. You have to bring the trigger with you to the office visit, when you have an ultrasound.

The Specialty Pharmacy Who Got My Order

Honestly, Ovidril hurt way less than I thought it would, but I'm a pro at Lovonox, and other injection meds by now.

 

1 day later, is the big IUI day.

Fiancee had to drop his sperm off bright and early.

The IUI was quick and easy. I was literally in and out by 9am.

My Dr, Dr. Nash, said that the amount of sperm given was the bare minimum for IUI, and he only had 5,000

I'm not super optimistic about it due to that, and the fact that I only released 1 follicle

BUT

Now we have the dreaded 2 week wait ahead of us to see what happens....

It should be easy for us, because we're going to be busy with life, and for the fourth of July, we're going to Texas to visit my best friend, Jessica aka Bella.