1st IUI Procedure planned

The exam went well.. the Dr will have me take a low dose of fertility medication to increase the chances of conception. We will be scheduling the 1st IUI procedure for July (some time around the 3rd week). I will let you know how it goes.

1st appointment

My first appoitnment for the general exam with the Dr. is set for June 22nd.

Privacy

I want to thank everyone who has been so supportive in this long long journey to become parents. We have had many road blocks and many changes in paths, but some of you (you know who you are) have been so great and so supportive no matter what our decision has been.

Having said that, I am hoping everyone will understand and be just as supportive when I ask for a bit more privacy during this new journey. We will gladly share the special moments with you all, especially when this procedure works and we become pregnant, but we have decided to keep some of the more intimate details between us.

We do ask that you continue to check in. There may be less posting, but the important stuff will be here. It would be great if you could continue to come here for updates and news rather than it be the topic of all conversations!

Thank you again, for your support and understanding.

What the plan is....

I know some of you are anxiously waiting to hear all about how the appointment went today with the sperm bank. We didn't learn too much more than what I had already read about and researched, which was no surprise to me. Basically the break down of what our plan is, is that we now need to choose our donor, then we do the insemination when the "time" is right.

I need to make an appointment with our doctor and start all the wonderful testing to get ready for insemination. I am not quite sure if the insemination will happen in June or July, but it will happen very soon.

Statistics:
If a couple is actively trying to conceive, they have a 20% chance of conception for each attempt. With artificial insemination it is brought down to about a 9% chance. Therefore the Dr will put me on very mild fertility drugs just to increase the chances of conception when doing the IUI procedure. These drugs will increase our chances to about 14% each attempt. We were told to expect between 6-9 attempts. That means, 6-9 months of trying each month. Our bank account is hoping it works a lot sooner of course!
These fertility drugs do increase the chances of twins, but not to greatly, being that I will be taking such a low dose.

I'll let you know when the next step is taken!