The Silent IUI

I had my first of 2 IUIs this morning. My friend Dr. Clueless was there and she barely said 2 words to me. She runs so hot and cold, it is always hard to know what to expect when she is on rotation. I requested the metal speculum, which she did use, but for some reason she also decided to use the Wallace instead of the Tomcat catheter. She usually starts with the Tomcat and then switches to the Wallace if she has trouble. I guess she was feeling lazy today, so she just started out with the Wallace. It went fine, as far as I could tell, since she said nothing.

So after I spent the obligatory 5 minutes lying down after the IUI, I noticed that the catheter was sitting on top of the garbage, so I decided to take a look at it. It looks more flexible and a bit larger than the usual catheter. The nurse walked in while I was looking at the catheter and told me I could get up and then I felt rather foolish. This is what this process has reduced me to -- trash diving while half naked.

Post-wash sperm counts were fine, but nothing worth celebrating:

48 million/ml
71% motility
3 Progression
10.22 million TMC

Well, back tomorrow for more fun with Clueless and Company for what, one way or another, will be my last IUI.