Farewell to IUIs

It is hard to believe, but I had my last IUI ever today. I wish I could say that the sperm count was amazing and the doctor was fabulous, but that is not how it went down -- all and all it was a very average, inauspicious IUI.

Dr. Clueless was there again today to do the deed, although she was much friendlier than yesterday. She inquired about my son and asked if I was using the same donor as I did for him (I am). She decided to work again with the metal speculum and the Wallace catheter. She seemed to struggle a bit more that yesterday, but was able to complete the IUI without any excessive drama.

I was using one of the "old" vials that I purchased when TTC #1 that was IUI prep, but I did not get the great numbers that I had from the vial from last month. This time we had 11.25 million TMC for the post-wash. Anything over 10 million TMC is fine, so that number is good enough.

I'm waiting for a call back from my nurse now. I'm supposed to go in for a progesterone check on Friday, but I will be out of town on Friday, so unavailable for blood letting. I knew this was going to be problem before I started the cycle, but I figure better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Next stop on this TTC train -- pregnancy or IVF. Let's hope for the former.