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[quote=Anonymous]Did your doctors mention the term cervical stenosis? This is a narrowing of the cervical opening, which can be caused by scar tissue or occurs naturally.

I had no idea I had this until my first IUI when my doctor could not insert the catheter. My doctor wound up doing a manual dilation using dilation rods during that first IUI. It took three rods to dilate enough so she could pass the catheter through. I will not lie, it was very painful, but that was because it was completely done on the fly, with no medication or warning. Once dilated enough the catheter went in no problem. The good news is following that process, I never had to be dilated again. We did a few more IUIs and then several IVF cycles and transfers and it was never a problem after that.

You could ask your doctor about doing a manual dilation during your next attempt at an IUI. There is also a surgical procedure where I believe there is an ablation of scar tissue that sounds extreme. As uncomfortable as the manual dilation was, really did the trick in my case. Wishing you luck.[/quote]

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