Just say no?
I’ve always been a no-drugs kinda girl. I prefer to endure a headache than pop a panadol, and will spend weeks drinking honey and lemon rather than embarking on a course of cold and flu tablets. But I am starting to wonder whether there’s a role for drugs in our IUI process. We see our ob/gyn on Tuesday (who I am realising will be needing a suitable name as she’ll be appearing on here a bit) to decide on our treatment plan. We’ve ruled out IVF in the first instance. We were thinking a natural IUI cycle to begin with, but I am starting to think that it might be worth it to go all out, or at least use a trigger shot, in our already uber medical-interventionist baby making. My tracking efforts have confirmed that I have long and slightly irregular cycles, and am just worried about wasting sperm (and time and money) with a poorly timed insemination. According to my calculations, my period was due today and it hasn’t come! I am as anxious about it as a teenager two weeks after unprotected sex. Where is my German railway clock cycle, on which I can intuitively depend?
I think what has shifted my thinking on using any drugs was that on the online discussion board in which I posted about whether to use IVF or IUI one woman replied (after I had written on here about it), saying that she had fallen pregnant on her second IUI with a trigger shot. I was inspired. Two cycles and pregnant. Sounds wonderful. And I figure, if it’s made from pregnant women’s urine, surely the HCG can’t be too bad for you?? Lo & I will talk it over, and we will talk to Dr C on Tuesday and work it out. Although I think we need to have our own minds made up first, because I am sure Dr C will be trying to ply us with drugs with more fervour than a dealer on a street corner.
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Thanks Hermoine, will definitely make sure I’ve done the HSG before we start. Mrs Bluemont – yep, I’m with you… Thankfully our clinic is pretty caught up with monitoring through b/w and u/s so I think that’s covered. So, I’m climbing aboard the medicalised ttc train with you
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I would at least try a few natural cycles, unless your cycle is really out of whack or if you are uncertain if you are ovulating (do you get the LH surge? have you had your progestrone test during the luteal phase?). Just because you use drugs doesn’t guarantee pregnancy–it’s an easy trap to fall into, and before you know it you’re on all sorts of drugs that may or may not help you. But that’s just my opinion. I would encourage you to consider getting the HSG pretty early on, though–it makes sense to find out if your tubes are actually open before shooting the costly sperm up there.
| Posted 1 year, 5 months agoI hear you hun. It’s a hard decision. Like you, I abhor most medications. I see a naturopath instead of a MD and will drink tea to beat pneumonia. But after only a couple cycles, we hopped on the medicalized ttc train. I had long, irregular cycles (from 29-40 days) and pinning ovulation was a nighmare. Doing the hcg practically eliminates the guessing. My only suggestion is to make sure you monitor your cycles with either b/w or u/s. Much love and luck to you.
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