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August 27, 2004
I had my IUI yesterday. Each time I have this procedure it's different. I wonder if that's true because I had a different nurse each time. This time, a nurse named Mabel did the procedure. She was nice, but a lot older than I expected. They didn't scan me again this time. It makes me a little nervous that they don't do any monitoring on me but I suppose that's my own fault too. Since my insurance doesn't cover it, I don't ask for it. In any case, the speculum she first used was broken. The little screw at the top was stripped so it just wasn't catching to stay open. Let me tell you it's very interesting to hear clinking down in that region and hear your nurse talking about the screws not catching. I never thought I'd have so much hardware down there! In any case, she had to go get another speculum and basically start over. She had to leave the room to get it. And here I am, spread to the world with this tiny paper sheet over my legs. Not comfortable, let me tell you! She finally got a speculum that worked, but couldn't find my cervix. So she had me put my legs up on the top of the stirrups (they're pretty sturdy and padded...not the metal ones) and she finally found my cervix. She kept telling me to relax but she want not being very gentle and it hurt! She also kept complaining that there's a lot of fluid down there (yay, egg whites!) but every time she said something bad about it, she said it was okay because that's what needed to happen at this time in my cycle. Okay. She finally got all set and threaded the catheter into my uterus. And she's threading, and threading, and I'm feeling a lot of pressure and then a major cramp. My legs shook with the tremor. Ouch! She then asks me, "Any cramping?" and I'm trying very hard not to kick her across the room. I calmly told her yes and then she started to do the IUI. That part is always quick. She then pulled everything out (again, a little rough) and brought me a drape to put over my legs. She dimmed the lights and left me propped up for about 15 minutes with Jeff. He was not happy at how rough she was, but not much I could do about. So I asked him to talk about happy things while we were trying to make a baby here. He laughed and pulled his chair closer to the table I was on and put his head next to mine. We just talked for about 20 minutes how happy we will be to finally be parents and things that make us happy. Like big rainstorms and the puppy. It was really relaxing. Jeff is such a sweetie.
After the IUI, we had to get our blood drawn for the hepatitis C screen. I had been avoiding doing this because we already went into the blood draw lab once and they forgot to run it. And we had to pay for it ourselves. Stupid insurance. So I was trying to avoid paying for it again! But they wouldn't do the IUI today unless we gave blood so we just did it. I hate giving blood. My veins do the magic disappearing act whenever they put the tourniquet on my arm and they are always thumping the arm, and trying to get my veins to come up. And when Mabel finally did get my vein to come up, she kept missing it. So now I have this huge bruise on my arm. Sigh...my poor body has taken a beating.
When I got home, I had a lot of spotting and some mild cramping still. But hopefully something will work this time and we won't have to go forward with IVF.
Not much else is going on here. I'm looking forward to Labor Day weekend. I think we're going to go camping with our church. Frankly, I'm just happy to have a nice day off of work! :)
Until next time-
Catherine
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