Hi All - I'm a newbie to this site as well and although I've been only reading until this point, when I read wantingtohaveababy's and amylou's post (and others, of course), I just had to say hello.
here's my story: I'm 31 years old and about to start my first IUI in a few days. We've been ttc for about 2 years now and just recently found out that hubby's sperm has poor shape (~3.5% normal) so that explains our problem (I'm apparently normal). Our doc has suggested IUI and thinks it will work despite hubby's problem. I've been on 75iu of Puregon since CD 3 and had 1 u/s two days ago that said 2 follies looked promising, went back this morning and 1 is measuring at 21mm and 5 others are at around 14 - 16 mm, so they are going to trigger me in two days and inseminate 36 hours later.
I'm currently sitting here at work trying to get something accomplished for the day, but I can't seem to concentrate at all. I keep trying to remain positive and think that I will be the lucky one who gets pregnant on the first try...but to be honest, I've never been so scared in all my life. I can't possibly imagine what life will be like if this doesn't work..and I know I'm not helping myself by thinking this way...but, it's so hard not to worry. Do you ever think the stress of worrying "if it will happen" really does impact on whether it will happen?
I say a prayer each night that it will someday soon happen for me and my wonderful husband, and I always include a special prayer for all of you - to everyone who is in the same boat as me - that one day, we'll get to see what a
looks like!
take care,
Krista