Sunday, December 30, 2007

December 30 - In Alabama

Well, we had our first (and hopefully last) IUI procedure done on Wednesday, Dec. 26.  I think it went well.  Robert and I arrived at the hospital so that he could drop off his boys at 7:30am.  They didn’t call him in until 10 til 8.  He went back to a room and did his thing (for all who are curious, yes, they do provide magazines).  Afterwards, we waited til it was time to go in and see the doctor.  The doc came in around 9:40 and told us that Robert gave us a good count.  After the “sperm wash” there were 32 million swimmers.  Awesome number!  They usually want it to be higher than 20 million.  His swimmers were in this little syringe that I couldn’t believe how small it was.  The nurse made me check that it was properly labeled and that they were not putting someone else’s swimmers inside me.  It had all the correct information so it was good to go.  The only thing that gets me is that, yes, it was labled correctly, but how do I know that what they put in there was my husband’s swimmers?  I know that the hospital would never intentionally do that, but the question did pop up in my mind.

For any woman who has ever had a pap smear, the discomfort was about the same.  Maybe just a little bit more pressure and cramping during the process.  After the doc inseminated me, he had me lay on the table for 30 minutes with my hips elevated and my legs bent.  That was the most uncomfortable 30 minutes of my life.  Imagine it…I was on a regular exam table (one that you all have sat on) and it looks like I am practically standing on my head.  Ok, so maybe standing on my head was a little extreme, but it felt like that.  I luckily remembered to bring my iPod, so it kind of helped the time go faster.  Robert was in there with me too, so that helped as well.

After the IUI was over, it was off to Alabama we go!  Woohoo!  A thirteen hour car ride after being violated (lol) by my doctor.  I experienced horrible cramping during the whole entire ride, but they have gone away.  It felt like ovulation pains, but sometimes I could feel my utereus cramping as well.

Now, we just wait.  Two weeks after the IUI was done is when I should be able to know anything.  Its just killing me having to go through these next two weeks.  At least it is only 10 days away now, but I am sure that 10 days will never seem so long.

Posted by Noo Noo at 14:36:05
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