IUI #2 in Omaha

Finally a few weeks later our round of birth control to regain our baseline was complete, the cysts had gone away and we were excited and ready to try another IUI.

June 12, 2013: Baseline ultrasound (Cycle day 1)
June 13-18: Injection 150iu Follistim
June 18: Ultrasound- Largest follicle 11mm
June 18-21: Injection 150iu Follistim
June 21: Ultrasound (8 Mature Follicles at 17mm) HOLY SMOKES!!
June 21: Trigger shot
June 23: IUI #2

http://www.montereybayivf.com/infertility-services/ivf-process/injections-of-follistim/

The large number of mature follicles we had was all because of my diagnosis of PCOS.  The normal woman with non PCOS would not respond with this many follicles.  This was good but it was also bad, we ran the risk of multiples, and a possibility of extreme multiples.  This scared us but we knew our chances were fairly small of all of them taking, or so we hoped.  We started the same progesterone vaginal suppositories as the last IUI cycle.

On July 7th I yet again woke up early, quietly I took the test then while waiting for the results, I brought the test into the room that we had always planned on being the nursery.  I sat there, I prayed and hoped even more, thinking we had 8 mature follicles one of them had to of been cracked into and made into a baby... When I looked down at the test the wicked eye game began.  I sat there and although in my heart of hearts I knew it was just one line, my eyes wanted to see two lines.  I swore to myself that I saw the faintest second line, that it was there.  There was hope for a little baby growing inside.  I had us get up and make it to the Omaha office by 7AM for the beta hcg (pregnancy hormone), that would be a blood test that is official.

I was hoping that my double vision was even just slightly correct.  I didn't want to stop my progesterone and medication until I was 100% positive there was no baby, knowing that if I stopped my medications I would lose a baby if we happened to be pregnant.  Sadly that afternoon I got a call from the office that I was NOT pregnant.  No baby.  Still barren.

Cost for IUI#2 in Omaha: Ultrasounds $221, Medications $918, Lab $43, IUI $300 (These costs are out of pocket after deductible)