IUI

Well I guess I should have started blogging a few years back when this all started. Unfortunately it kind of sneaks up on you. A month turns into 6, and then a year turns into two.

Last Tuesday (25MAY2010) we did our first try at IUI. I had to go in at 9:30AM and provide the semen. They went through the process of washing the semen and preparing it for IUI. At the start of the process I had 5.5 million semen per ml with 54% motile, from my Internet based medical degree (J/K) I would say that is pretty good for a round of IUI. I had a total of 4.2 ml total so that rounds to roughly 22 million total sperm. Unfortunately after they washed them I only had 1 million motile sperm left, concentrated down to 1/2 a ml. This is not the best result for a round of IUI, but like they always say "it only takes one."

Kathy came with and after that we went to Best Buy so she could buy the second season of True Blood. Kind of felt weird because we got to the store right as it opened (by sheer chance) and walked in with grown men, who proceeded to grab the True Blood movie, a t-shirt and a few bottles of the True Blood drink. We then went to Panera for a light breakfast and back to the hospital at 11:15AM so that we could do the procedure. I know Kathy was nervous, they said it doesn't hurt, but she had seen online where they said it did. So I know she was scared, but I'm sure it helped that I was right there beside her. The whole procedure took 5 maybe 10 minutes, about the same as the ultrasound to check for cysts. She did say that it hurt a little bit. Dr. Whittmaack said here cervix was hiding from him and that may be why it hurt a little bit.

Kathy laid on the table/chair for about 20 minutes even though they said she only had to stay 10. We drove back to Kenosha and watched movies and relaxed all afternoon.

We can do a pregnancy test next Tuesday (8JUN2010), I was supposed to be back home next week, but I didn't want Kathy to go through the joy or pain that the pregnancy test will inevitably bring, by her self, so I will made sure I'll be home for it.

Hopefully my next post is good news?