a question about follies

jackiey · Post by **jackiey** » Sun May 04, 2003 7:27 am

Hello everyone Just wondered if anyone can help me. 1st iui just started had day 8 scan yesterday and as we're having iui they don't want us to produce too many follies, i had 2 ok ones and 2 very small ones, they told us to come back mon and if small ones had grown we would have to abandon cycle. When i rung dp's mum and sister their first words were "oh is that why you can't get pregnant cos you're producing too many" (we have unexplained infertility) i said it's nothing to do with it, but they have put some doubt in my mind. Can somebody please explain it better to me i know i might sound stupid but i can't explain the reasons to them if i don't understand it myself, will it be that i'm probably not responding to the drugs?? Sorry to be so dumb Jackie

heather · Post by **heather** » Sun May 04, 2003 7:59 am

Jackie, You ain't being dumb, hun. This whole IF/IUI thing messes with the mind more than anyone realises. Everyone reacts to the stimulation completely differently. Even the same person can have different reactions to it, for example my 1st IUI i ended up with 4 good sized follies, which i was delighted with, then my second IUI i only got 1 follie, and that was with the same ammount of drugs as my first one was, so every treatment is different hun. IF it's a case that your other follies have grown, and they aren't willing to drain them, and they do abandon treatment, then next time they may well decided to give you a lower dose of drugs. Remember hun, this is only your first go. As much as we all want it to work for you, it's basically just a learning curve, to know how you react to the stimulation, etc. That's not to say that IUI can't work first time, it can and it does, hun. I've had both my IUI's end with positive results, so it CAN work. Hope this helps, hun Heather xxx

jackiey · Post by **jackiey** » Sun May 04, 2003 3:03 pm

Hiya Heather, thanks for your message, it has helped i think you just get carried away at first thinking everything will be fine and then when it's not it's a bit of a shock. I hope you don't mind me asking but you said that both your IUI's were successful, do you mean successful as in you've got children or successful in the way that you managed to get through your treatment okay. I hope i'm not being too nosy and i also don't want to upset you by asking these questions. i have tried looking through other posts to see where you're up to but cos of those hackers i couldn't find anything! Jackie

heather · Post by **heather** » Sun May 04, 2003 6:42 pm

Hiya Jackie, How are you hun?? Hope all's well with you. When i said that the treatment was successful, i meant that i did get pregnant, but unfortunatly i had miscarraiges both times. The 1st at 4W 1d, the second, 7w4days. At the moment we have put our treatment on hold, as we are due to have an appointment at the miscarraige clinic in early june, and depending on what they say, depends on what we do next. Hope everything goes ok with you at the clinic tomorrow, do let us know. Heather xxx

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Sun May 04, 2003 8:18 pm

Gosh is that you heather that was one minuet PT and then not and then was then not? I have done nothing but think about you , I really felt for you , that must be the worst that can happen exceitment then horror then the same again, how are you? are they finding out what went wrong? will they be able to do something for next time ? Trace x

jackiey · Post by **jackiey** » Sun May 04, 2003 9:43 pm

Hi heather I'm really sorry to hear about what happened, and i feel shit about being so nosey,i hope i didn't upset you. I really hope they can find out what is causing the miscarragies, that is so shit, one minute you are so happy and then that happens, it's just not fair we try so hard to get pregnant and then they take it gets taken away from you. I'm not gonna say much more because i don't know what to say apart from sorry and thanks for your messages. I'll let you know how i get on Take care Jackie