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[quote=Anonymous]OP are you considering doing a medicated IUI? As in, will they be giving you medicine to induce ovulation (clomid, femara) and/or trigger ovulation (ovidrel etc)? Or just the IUI on its own?

I did two IUIs, one resulted in a chemical pregnancy and one in DD. I have PCOS so was prescribed femara (actually, I took the generic, letrozole). The second round I also did a trigger shot (ovidrel) to induce ovulation once it was determined via ultrasound monitoring that the follicles were big enough. My husband's sperm actually tested totally fine, but we decided to go for the IUI anyways because it really wasn't that expensive (or invasive), and although it's hard to nail down an exact percentage it does appear to increase the likelihood of pregnancy even with normal sperm numbers, because it basically allows the sperm to bypass the whole journey/process and get right to their target - all that has to happen is successful fertilization and implantation. It puts you a step ahead. And since we were already going through all the meds and monitoring appts, I wanted to just be proactive and go ahead and do everything we could to increase the chances.

My IUI experiences were very similar to what PP described. The first time (when I wasn't using a triggershot), they had me call when I got a positive OPK and schedule the IUI for the next day. The second time, I was instructed to use the ovidrel trigger shot (my husband did it, small needle in my stomach, very much not a big deal) and come in for the IUI 36 hours later. I had the option of bringing my husband's sample in from home, but he opted to just come and "deposit" on-site. Then I went in for the procedure ~an hour later. The first time I literally felt nothing, the second time I felt a sharp discomfort that was brief and certainly not unbearable - akin to some Pap smears I've gotten. The procedure itself is pretty quick, then they had me lay there in the dark/quiet for about 10 minutes after. [/quote]

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