So I got my positive OPK this morning on CD12. I went in to Dr.B's office for my shot of pregnyl but he scanned me first which he didn't do last time. And lo and behold! I had already ovulated! So no need for the pregnyl! He said that we had to do the IUI asap. Whoa, was so not expecting this today. But it confirmed my suspicions that my IUI was performed too late last time around. So off Mr. T went to the laboratory and back I went to work to wait for the call.
As I was coming out of a good work meeting I got a text from Mr. T: "I delivered my soldiers to the lab. Think I did okay. Will call you when they're ready." I smiled. So funny that all this is going on in my life and no one at work knows. So I carried on with my emails and phone calls. Until Mr. T called. They're ready. I'll pick you up in 5.
As I sat in the car I looked down at the sperm preparation, 'Hey spermies! Please swim well for mummy and make me a baby!' Yes I speak to sperm. I am a sperm whisperer. Not many people can say that. Or would probably want to.
Anyway it's been 3 months since Mr.T's embolization so we were very keen to see how the little soldiers would be doing. It's not a semen analysis but the lab can give us some indication with the preparation for the IUI. So. Mr.T had 16 million fast swimmers. This is a massive improvement. Before he had only 16 million in total. Last IUI we had only 8 million fast swimmers. So it's doubled since the embolization. Apparently the forms were excellent and motility very good. Can't tell you how happy we were to receive this news! Hopefully in another three months things will be even better.
When we arrived at Dr.B's we were taken into the preparation room straight away and I was quickly in the green gown and on the chair... before I realized my panties were still on. No babies are gonna be made this way I thought. So panties off, back on the chair.. ready to be inseminated. No Sami Yusuf this time. Instead we had Eric Clapton's Layla. You know what that means, I said to Mr. T, if it's a girl we'll have to call her Layla.
The IUI was really rather uncomfortable as it always is. I kept thinking how sex is a much better way of trying to get pregnant and this, well this doesn't even compare. But it is over much quicker. The IUI I mean, not the sex :) For those that are not quite sure what's involved here's a diagram:
You get the discomfort factor...
And it's all going to be repeated tomorrow morning.. Wish me luck. Again!
