(By the way - THANK YOU for all the topic suggestions! I'm going to get to them all over the next few days, so don't think I'm just ignoring them. I will answer/discuss each and every one!)
I have a question for anyone who has gone through an IUI....
How much time transpired between the time the sample was dropped off to the lab for washing and the time the actual insemination was performed?
My RE had me schedule the sample drop off 45 minutes before each IUI, so the insemination could happen within the hour. And I think this was what most other girls I know reported, but maybe that's not a universal "rule".
I ask because a friend of mine dropped off his sample this morning and his wife's insemination wasn't scheduled until early afternoon. It struck me as strange, but maybe more docs do that than I am aware of.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
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About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
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My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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22 comments:
I think we had a 1-2 hour window. Definitely not more than that.
Mine have been about an hour to an hour 1/2 after.
Mine was dropped off about 20 minutes before iui- but we were the only ones there at that point. We also got there within a half hour of sample making... although they say to be there within the hour. -maybe that's what did it! ;)
Hubby left his sample an hour before we went back for the IUI. Max 75 minutes elapsed.
By the time the sample was "made," we had an hour to an hour and a half window of waiting while they washed it. We then drove with it about 15 minutes away and took it with us to the doctor and didn't actually hand it to them until I was in the room getting into the stirrups. So total would be about 1 1/2 to 2 hours total.
I think ours were always about an hour after, but I can't remember for sure (funny how those details fade into the background). The idea was for me to be there and ready to go as soon as they were done washing the sample. The time needed to wash the sample also depended on how busy they were that day.
Mine were always within a 1/2 hour or hour, but I did have the option of having my hubby produce the sample at home, dropping it off before 8am and not having the IUI until a few hours later. I guess they keep the sample in a favorable environment till then...
I did one (totally pointless) IUI, and there were at least a couple of hours in between drop-off and pick-up.
My DH had to do the deed at the clinic, since our home is too far away. He gave his sample, and I came in for the IUI exactly an hour afterwards.
Ours was about an hour. We did ours "in house" though, and they prepped me while they did the washing. Either way it would have been an hour - we just didn't feel like fighting traffic more than once, since it was bright and early at 8am.
Our time frame was one and a half hour maximum.
Our "donation" was turned in about 9:30 and we waited in the office for the wash to be completed. They handed it back by 10:15 and we walked straight to the RE's office and the IUI was done promptly after our arrival. We were told the more time that transpired between donation time and IUI time, the more swimmers could die.
I had to drop it off within a half hour of my appointment and then was inseminated within 45 minutes in most cases, only once did it take longer, I think it was no longer than an hour though.
Argh! You're making me THINK about this one! It's been awhile, but I want to say it was within a couple of hours. I seem to remember being able to drop off the sample, grab some breakfast together, and then head back to the clinic for the IUI.
never more than an hour
DH did his on site, but I think they had me come back about an hour after he finished.
We were told 45 minutes to an hour. However, once they had to do more than the usual "wash" due to some white blood cells in the "sample". That took quite a bit longer, approx. 2 1/2 hours. So, if they were anticipating having to do additional, uhh, processing (for lack of a better term) they may have planned for more time.
I believe we were supposed to drop off the sample within an hour of production. So I dropped it off when they opened at 8am. The nurse then told me she'd see me back at 9:30. So I had breakfast, went and picked Josh up and was back in about an hour and a half.
I had 5 (pointless) IUIs, and always would come back 1 or 2 hours later, depending on their schedule/my work schedule. I believe they said the maximum amount of time they would allow between drop-off and insemination was 3 hours.
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Yeah Nancy that is strange. Why in the world would they schedule the IUI like that? Thats 5hrs after drop off. When we did mine. We started the wash at home as soon as the specimen was collected. We mixed some pink stuff with some pill that dissolved then poured over the sperm. It took us 45mins to get to the lab, then 1 1/2hrs for the semen to get washed. So my IUI took place at 9:30am. I'd def have her ask why they are doing it 5hrs later???
When we had an IUI, the time between my hubby providing the sample (at the doctor's office) and the actual insemination was an hour and a half.
2 hour max for me
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