Well, the IUI went well. It was a lot more painful this time than last but went as planned. We got to Dr. Boldt's office at 11 am with Matt's "sample" and were then told to come back in 1 hour to pick it up. We went down to the cafeteria and had lunch. My stomach was way upset this morning (probably nerves) so I just sat down there in agony. We went back up and got the sperm after it had been "washed" to get rid of the defective ones and we were given a little tub with about 1 ml of fluid in it....that's it!
We took our little tube and walked back over to Dr. Carnovale's office for the IUI. I put on my little pink drape and waited. Dr. Carnovale came in and looked at the report they gave us with Matt's sperm (shows how many, etc) and he was amazed at how many there were....444.5 million! He said that was great and kind of chuckled about combining that with my numerous healthy follicles. The procedure started out fine but then my cervix decided not to cooperate just like last time...go figure. He continued to try and try but it was a no go so he had to use a tool called a "tennaculum" (may be spelling that wrong) which for all purposes here is a pincher! My problem is my cervix looks to the right of my body which makes it difficult to get to and then it isn't a straight tube like other women's...it is a curvy mess! So he took the "pincher's" and grabbed my cervix and pulled it toward him and straighter. OUCH!! I was squeezing Matt's hand so tight I was feeling the blood go out of my hand! I kept trying to focus on the light above me, but that wasn't working. Just when I thought I could take no more he said it was in and I was going to feel some cramping....and boy did I! He injected the sperm and then took every tool out of my body...whew...done :)
Then I had to lay there for 15 mins...I was shaking because it hurt so bad. Matt thought I was cold, but I wasn't .
After our 15 mins we were given "instructions" saying what do to next...I won't bother going into details there :)
So now starts the 2 week wait....the longest time of my life! It always seems to go by slowly too....ugh. Last time I peed on a stick too soon and got a false positive from the HCG shot I gave myself so I know not to do that this time :)
Well, I am off to bed....still very sore and wanting to just rest.
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