this morning i went in for the first of our 2nd round of IUIs. since we know the procedure now, it went pretty smoothly. the doctor who did my surgery did the insemination; i haven't had a procedure with her since, and i was happy to see her again. she's very laid-back and funny. she told us that it was a great specimen: 81 million sperm, which is kind of ridiculous. the hubby is VERY proud of this. the minimum required for IUI is 20 million, last time he had 41 million, which was impressive enough... this is just kind of silly. i almost feel like if it doesn't work now, how could it ever? she also said it was 53% motility, which they didn't tell us last time, but that's higher than his sample was when he was tested in the fall, so that's also good.
anyway, the rest went just like last time. they did the ultrasound to see how my follicles were, and while there are a few more developing it's just going to be that one monstrous early developer that we have to work with this cycle. once that bursts -- as it should today or tomorrow -- my hormones will shift and any remaining developing follicles (there were a couple today) won't have a chance to catch up. this one just got a running start out of the gate for some reason. hopefully that means it's a good, strong one! or something. they did the insemination, took my blood, and that was that.
they also gave me the hcg (ovulation trigger) shot before i left the office to make sure that things happen in the next 24-36 hours, and we'll go back in the morning for another insemination. and then it's back to the two-week wait. seems like that's how i've been spending the bulk of my time lately. but i guess it's good to not have too much wasted time in between attempts. ok, time for a nap. the damn hormone injections make me so sleepy. but at least i'm done with them already! fancy that.
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