IUI #1- First Appointment

Before I tell you about my first appointment for IUI #1, I wanted to share a scripture from my reading yesterday that stuck out to me. It's Mormon 5:23 and it says, "Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll?" I really liked this because it reminded me that the Lord has all power and he knows when the time is right for me to get pregnant and begin our family :) when that time is I do not know but I trust that when that time is right the Lord will use that power to help us get pregnant!

Ok onto the story!

At my first appointment for the IUI process I had a whirl of emotions going on. I was hopeful, scared,  happy, sad, and worried all at once! This first appointment was just an ultrasound. This ultrasound would be used as a baseline for the rest of my appointments before the IUI would be done. The worst thing about this ultrasound was that it had to be done on day 3 of my cycle, which meant that I was on my period... It's bad enough having to get half naked for appointments but being on your period makes that 100 times worse! Not fun at all.

This ultrasound confirmed that I do not have PCOS. It also gave them an idea of my baseline for my lining. These are both important things since they determined the medications and amounts of each that I would need.

After the appointment was over they went over the schedule for the rest of the IUI process. They told me when to come back and when to take the medications I was prescribed.

I was prescribed 3 different medications. The first was Femara, which I had to take starting on day 5 for 5 days. This medication is used to increase the number of eggs I produce, which more eggs produced means a higher chance to get pregnant. The 2nd medication I was prescribed was a shot of HCG. This I did not use until later and I'll explain what it was in the appointment I used it in. The 3rd  medication was progesterone. This I did not use until after they did they IUI.

When I saw these medications I was being prescribed all I could think was that I was probably going to be a hormonal wreck. That prediction turned out to be very true!

After the appointment was over I still was stressed and worried but my hope was a little higher than before and we hoped that this process would go quick! We went and filled the prescriptions and went home until the next appointment.

I hope you all are having a great week!
Til next time!
Becca