I had my IUI this afternoon to the tune of $350. What should have been a 3 minute procedure ended up taking 30. But after 30 minutes on the table, more than a few tears, 5 different sizes of specula (including a pediatric speculum which I didn't know even existed), 3 nurses and ultrasound guidance, the insemination is complete. Wow, what a trip. I sure hope this works because if not, next time I'm going to ask for some drugs to help "relax" me. The amount of pain inflicted because no one can ever find my cervix is ridiculous. Sorry if this is too much information for some of you but I literally feel like I just got raped with a double edged sword, not just a knife, a sword. They said I can expect some bleeding after the multiple invasive attempts to navigate the route to my uterus, to which my response was "no kidding."
I start another round of meds on Tuesday (Endometrin twice a day), go back in 8 days for a blood test to check my progesterone levels, and then get to take a home pregnancy test in 14 days if I haven't started my period before then.
That's all for now. I need to go curl up in the fetal position and get through these crazy cramps.
