IUI # 1

March 23- medications arrived

• Gonal f pen (900 IUI)
• Ovidrel trigger shot
• Crinone (progesterone suppositories)

March 31- period arrives

April 2- begin Gonal f 75 iu

April 3- Gonal f 75 iu

April 4- Gonal f 75 iu

April 5- Gonal f 75 iu

April 6- Gonal f 75 iu

April 7-first u/s and b/w appt.

• u/s reveals three large follicles but lots of smaller ones
• receive phone call about estradiol, way too high at 1,357
• Lower dose to 37.5 iu of Gonal f and back tomorrow (starting to panic)

April 8- Easter

• u/s and b/w appt.
• ultrasound tech assumed I was doing an IVF cycle because of all the little follicles
• estradiol came back at 2,300 (holy crap)
• RE on call sends my b/w out again and finds I am already surging so it cannot be converted to an IVF cycle
• made the choice to go forward with IUI even thou risk of multiples was high
• instructed to give trigger shot immediately 

April 9- IUI # 1 @ 9:30 am

• so nervous, nauseous from trigger, and didn't sleep at all the night before
• took 3 people to get the catheter in and I left feeling terrible, what a nightmare!
• at time if procedure it was believed I had 3, maybe 4 mature follicles, was questioning if cycle should be cancelled, but decided to go for it anyway 

April 10- began crinone suppositories

April 23- Beta 

• came back at 0...NOT PREGNANT
• recommended we go straight to IVF 
• stop suppositories