I was on clomid off and on for a year before injectables in 2003 with my dd.
I hated it, it gave me headache and stomaches. Then I went to an RE I was put on Gonal F and a trigger shot to make me "O" and an IUI. I got pregnant on the second round and had my dd. I had no side effects with injectables.

This time around he put me on a different brand of injectables called Follistim its really the same kind of meds but it is a pen. Its super easy to use. With gonal F I had to mix the drugs. Follistim is all ready, you just dial up the dose its easy. Also I'll be using the trigger shot to "O" called Overidel w/ IUI.
You can see my history with my signiture at the bottom of my post.

You are very much monitored. This is the drill. You call the office on day 1 and schedule an u/s and b/w for day 3. On day 3 you go the office for your u/s and b/w. Then you call the offices answering machine for injectable patients. They will leave messages on the machine for the patients. It will have a whole list of women on there. So when I hear my name it might sound something like this "Karen you are ready to start your meds today. Take 150cc of Follistim today, Thursday and Friday and come in for b/w and u/s Saturday morning at 7am." Then Saturday for the u/s they will check to see how big the follicle are. They will probably do an u/s everyother to every day towards the end of the meds, to monitor the size of your follicles.
Your follicles need to be 18mm to 20something mm. (Ususally I would do the shots for about 9 days.) Once one or more get that size. They will tell you to take your trigger shot in the evening and have intercourse. Then come into the office 36 hours later for your IUI.
And thats really how it goes it might be slightly different with another doctor.
Also my insurance pays for 3 or 4 cycles. So I only pay a co-pay for everything. I get mail delivery. It will depend on if your insurance pays for it. But it is usually mail delivery or at your phamarcy.

Your last question you asked. IUI is diffentely good for one tubers. And my dh had no sperm issues, actually his last count at the last IUI was 187 million and the nurse said 12 million was good.

If you have any more questions, I will be happy to answer them.

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Karen (33)
Married to DH (33) in June of 2001
DD (4)

* Clomid 1 1/2years in 2002 and 2003. * 2 rounds of injectables in 2003.Pregnant with daughter now 3 1/2
* 2 months on Femara - BFN
* Injectables start April 25th Follistim and Hcg shot with IUI. No IUI this time.
Cancelled due to way many Mature follicles.
* 1st round of Follistim and Hcg shot w/IUI starts June 7th. 1st round IUI on June 17th
* 2nd round of Follistim and Hcg shot w/IUI start meds July 18th. IUI was on July 28th.
- Aug. 17th 1st beta test 462 ****Miscarried - ectopic pregnancy 9/9/07 Lost right tube.
*3rd Round, Oct. '07 - Follistim & Hcg shot w/IUI-10/28/07 ** ended in chemical pregnancy 11/07
*4th Round, Feb 25th, - Follistim & Hcg shot w/IUI - Cancelled due to many mature follies.