May 2017 IUI Try

To get pregnant with Karley and Bentley we went straight to an infertility clinic in Green Bay, WI as we truly weren’t even sure what our options were! They were wonderful but driving almost 3 hours one way a few times a week was tough. When my OBGYN told me he could do exactly what we had done locally, I was super excited. We met with my OBGYN to discuss the plan moving forward. Everything was set and he told us just to let him know when we wanted to try. Fast forward to May 2017 when we decided we were ready to try for more children. On Day 1 I had to call in but Day 1 fell on the weekend so I had to wait until Monday. I was informed I had to get in that day and in order to make the only appointment they had, I had to leave work as soon as I hung up the phone so I did! I had my baseline internal ultrasound done and then went back to work. I received the phone call that everything looked good and to start my 25 mg of clomid. With the twins I did 50 mg of clomid and produced 6 mature follicles. This essentially means we could have had SIX children! We are honestly very lucky we only got the twins. Because of this, I wanted to decrease the meds (it was the lowest dose possible) and see what happened. On Days 3-7 I took the clomid. Our tank needed to be there to be there on the day of the follicular ultrasound just in case we needed it. I called to find out that we no longer had a doctor authorization on file and the tank couldn’t be shipped even though I needed it in just days! I called my OBGYN’s office and played phone tag. The authorization was sent through faster than normal and the tank was shipped. Then on Day 12 I had my internal ultrasound to see how many mature follicles I had. We were advised by my OBGYN that if there were more than 3 mature follicles not to proceed further. This is because your chances of multiples increase with more than 3 follicles and my body didn’t really handle a multiples pregnancy well with my early water break at just 26 weeks. After my appointment we ran some errands and while at Shopko I got the phone call. With half the medication as last time and the lowest dose possible, I had 7-8 mature follicles. I was disappointed! The tank that we paid $300+ to ship had to be shipped back and because it was shipped, it could no longer be guaranteed. And after thinking about it more it got worse. That was 7-8 potential children that I could do nothing about or with. There are other people who are struggling and need donor eggs but I couldn’t even do that. Then began the wait until my next cycle.