Well, the fear and anxiety are already starting, so is the negativity.
Fear & Anxiety = I'm afraid the the entire experience, or embarassed might be a better word. I am still waiting for AF to show, I am on day 4 with provera, hoping it'll kick in so I can get started then get the embarassing part over with. I also don't know if any of this is going to hurt, what side effects I'm going to have, and how I'm going to stay emotionally/mentally with it for the 2ww if all the numbers are good...
I have scowered google looking or online chats and personal experiences with IUI's... how the women who have been thru it felt during the entire experience but haven't found all that much so I'm dispointed... I'm probably not searching the right way. If you have any links, or suggestions for me please let me know.
Fertilizeme, reading your posts have helped a lot, so thanx for that!
I have joined a half a dozen new message boards, but am still not finding actual experiences, just successes and failures. That info is good to know, but I want to read about personal experiences, I am one of those people who need to know what to expect... I'm freaking out a little... nerves are all frigged up. I need to find people who have been on familiar ground...
I'm so scared of failure, so much failure in the last 6 yrs that it seems so inevitable... even now with my chances of becoming pregnant increasing by 13.5%. It's hard to stay positive when you don't want to work yourself up for 'the failure'at the end... but I want to anjoy the experience and take in every moment (I guess I am LOL). I want to be happy, and sometimes when I think about it... and that it may actually work I get a moment of bliss, then the negative thoughts start creeping in again.
I just really need to connect with other women who have been thru an IUI before... I know the proceedure isn't that big of a deal really, mostly embarassment, but still... what does it feel like? Does it hurt? What was femara like? How did ya get thru the 2ww. I guess I'll continue on looking for posts and such...
Nervously yours,
my.herstory
2 comments:
hang in there - i will search for more IUI personal experiences for you . In the meantime search at http://www.cyclesista.com/ and http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/
Hi,
I just wanted to tell you that IUIs, for me at least, were a piece of cake. It's pretty much feels like a pap smear and I didn't even feel the catheter go in. The most pain that you may experience will be some cramping after the procedure. I only had cramping with my first IUI and the rest have been completely painless.
Take a couple magazines or an mp3 player with you because they'll probably make you lie there for awhile afterwards and it gets boring. The actual procedure takes about 5 minutes tops.
I hope that this helps a little. It's pretty easy and over so fast that you won't really have time to be embarassed!
Fee free to email me if you have any other questions and Good Luck!
Heather
Here's a couple bbs that I've found helpful:
www.fertilethoughts.com
www.ivfconnections.com (they have an iui board)
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