sperm enhancement and IUI

D day is today. couldn;t sleep well (obviously) so what's new??

We got a 9.30am appt at CARE to produce the sample. Hubby was directed into a room with oh yes, porn videos and porn magazines....now this must be the only place in singapore where the men are encouraged to do porn.

thk goodness hubby did not have performance anxiety, he did it pretty fast while i was in the reception area reading thru the informative booklets (btw i got some pretty informative reading material on fertilty and mtds)

after producing the sample, we were told that it takes 2.5 hrs for it to be processed. ok, we decided to go for breakfast. we went over to centrept for breakfast. we finished breakfast 10am. we took a stroll at centrepoint 10.15am. we walked to robinsons (ground floor; still not open) 10.17am. we walked to marks and spencers (3rd floor; still not open). we went to the loo 10.30am (the loo is open). sat at macdonalds for another 10 min. went up to robinsons (finally opened 10.45am. shopped a bit, looking at everything and not registering anything 10.55am.

we decided to go back to CARE. now the nice lady at the counter did say 11.30am and we are half an hour early. but nvm abt that, hubby insisted we go up at 11am. so we went up, and the nice lady said it's not ready, will call us once it's ready for collection.

fine, 11.10am, Metro is open, we went shopping (or i went shopping and hubby tagged)...in the space of 20 min, i managed to get 2 shirts for work. LOL. call it retail therapy but it works, time flies. the lady called at 11.30am and we paid for stuff in a hurry and got up to CARE.

With the sample came a report and a bill of $147. now, i was a bit curious abt how we were going to transport the sample there. it has to be kept at body temperature. well i found out soon enough - the lady said just stuff it in yr bra. i was like ???? well ok.

she directed me to the same room hubby was in earlier - the porn room. ooh..interesting, the porn video was still showing..japanese porn...kinky.

got the sample stuffed in bra and left CARE to proceed to TB. in the meantime, we were vry curious about the report we got abt hubby's sperm sample.

The report wasn't good. the volume barely made it to 20, the normal form is only at 4% pre treatment. but then it's a 100% improvement compared to the last sperm sample at 2% normal form. Hubby was very worried that the sample is so bad that IUI cannot be done.

Our worries were for nothing, Dr Fy went ahead with the procedure. first the nurse prepared me for the procedure, which means removing clothes and getting into a hospital like gown, positioning into that gynae chair.

she got me quickly enough and then we had to wait about 10 min for Dr FY. The procedure itself took less than 10 min, i know i am very tensed then and it didn't make things better, in fact, the doc had to reposition the instruments again as i was so tensed that i kept pushing it out.

the procedure itself was painless, the doc then left the room and i was told to rest for 20 min. hubby then came in and sat besides me while we waited. after 20 min, the nurse came back in and hubby got to go out while i got dressed.

i was telling the nurse that i could feel wetness and she said it's normal. some of the sample is expected to flow out. i hope that not all of it flowed out. *cross fingers*

we waited for a while to see the gynae for him to explain abt the sperm sample results. the results aren't good per se. having a normal count of 4% for form is definitely not good. but he said he has seen instances where the gal got pregnant anyways.

He said there are various reasons why the form is not good, some of which are genetic factors, lifestyle factors (losing weight), overly tight pants, and swollen veins called varicoleous or soemthing like that. which cld be determined via a physical exam and an operation.

i asked what shd we do next, whether he can do the physical or shd hubby be started on some medicines. both the guys said they will start with the medicines first. lol. now hubby knows how awkward it is, having another person up yr privates.

anyways, dr Fy prescribed some male hormones for hubby and it's expected to take 2 months before any results can be seen.

back to the IUI, it will take 14 days before the results are out. and it's going to be a long long 14 days wait.

we got the medicines and the bill of $ 270 and left the clinic with hopes that this cycle will work.

on other matters, we got some good news - i got a job and i got credit card approval as well. so far, cross fingers, things are looking up.