Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Panic, Anyone?

Hello ICLWer's, you can check out my original welcome here. Or just scroll down =).
So my first DIUI is tentatively scheduled for the middle of July. Brian and I finally chose a donor - yeay! What's next? How about excitement? Yes, that's a given. Hope? Yes, ever so cautiously. So what is this knot I feel in the bottom of my stomach? Oh right. It's SHEAR PANIC because I need my vials in three weeks and the bank just told me they need a month to process new recipients! WTF?!


I called yesterday to make THE purchase, and they gave me a lengthy list of hoops to jump through and told me that they usually need a month to process everything!!! The bank we decided on is a small non profit organization and the person who deals with registration only comes in TWICE A WEEK. So I have all these ridiculous consent forms that have to be filled out, two of which need to be approved and signed by my RE. That will be followed by incessant begging and groveling to the registration manager to process my application. I've sent email's and VM's to my clinic asking them to expedite the forms because of the time crunch and NO ONE HAS CALLED ME BACK!
The only exception is from my RE who graciously indulged my insanity by answering a silly question or two in an email. Now that I am a little more calm, I realize it was probably somewhat of an insult to question his plan of execution and timing of my cycle. Well done Melissa!
Here is the email:

Hello Dr. RAWKS,

I have my first DIUI tentatively scheduled for the middle of July. I noticed that once I get a positive LH test, I tend to get ovulation pains about 12 hours later. I know we have back to back IUI's planned, I just wonder if the window will be right...
So here are my questions:
1.Is the ovulation pain that I feel a legitimate/accurate way to judge/affirm ovulation?
2. If so, say I get a positive test in the morning and then come in for my 1st IUI, then ovulate that night- Is coming the next morning going to be too late? I've read that the egg can only last 12-24 hours...
I look forward to your response.


Here is his reply:

The pain around the time of ovulation usually precedes the actual event and I suspect it is due to the rapid follicle enlargement before, not the ovulation itself. Eggs live for about 24 hrs post ovulation so the 2 insemination's should cover things just fine. Timing has been confirmed by multiple studies over the years. See you soon.
Sincerely,
Dr. RAWKS


So anyway. I'm trying to hold my shit together, and praying that the registration manager will be a reasonable human being. Cross your fingers for me!


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Update:

I just had a "Well I don't know WHO you talked to..." conversation with another person at the bank. Everything is going to be fine. She said I have plenty of time, and that she guarantee's my registration will be completed by Thursday, or Monday at the VERY latest. Which is AWEOME. Right after that my clinic sent me an email with the pdf's of the signed and approved consent forms that I needed. So I sent everything over to the bank and even called to confirm. THEY HAVE IT. We're set.

17 comments:

Once Upon A Time said...

Yay for choosing a donor! I am crossing my everything for you that it all gets processed much quicker than you expect. Kudos to you for being proactive about checking into your questions. When it comes to our medical health- there are NO stupid questions. I'm impressed that you can email your doc- I wish I could do that. Hang in there!

Fran said...

Hi! I found you through the ICLW list and I really enjoed your post. I would like to wish you all the very best for your natural DIUI cycle, I can understand the panic about timing but I'd say your doctor knows his stuff! Try not to panic about the paper-work delay, you have to focus on a nice beatiful follicle to grow. Love, Fran

*ICLW*

Ellie said...

WAHOO! I'm so glad for that update at the end of the post. I was panicking for you! It sounds like everything is coming together nicely now though. What a relief! And your doctor sounds like he's got his stuff together so I think you'll be in good hands. I was also freaking out about my ovulation corresponding with IUI to the point that I thought it would totally not work and they would miss it, but alas they are the professionals and not me, so everything was just fine. I can't wait for you to begin! I have everything crossed for you!

MelissaP05 said...

YEY, that's great news. I'm so happy for you to finally be getting started with this. I was getting worried as I was reading about all the phone calls and waiting, but I was happy to see your update that things worked out ok. Looking forward to hearing about all the upcoming events.

theworms said...

I'm glad everything is going to be all set up and clinic was wrong.

GL with DIUI, I hope those swimmers hit the target.

theworms said...

Oh and thanks for the Honest scrap award :)

Lisa RM said...

Good luck on your DIUI!

ICLW

Lau said...

Way to go! Looks like you have everything under control and a good plan ahead of you.

Remember, one step at a time and you'll get there. I remember feeling the same panic when I got my IVF schedule and feeling completely overwhelmed, once you let everything sink in and breathe, things get a lot better.

Best of luck!

Serendipity said...

congrats on choosing a donor and double congrats on getting everything at the bank sorted.

Don't worry too much about your email to your Dr, I'm sure he's had loads worse and didn't find it insulting at all (plus who cares if he did, they get paid enough!)

best of luck for your july cycle!

Wishing 4 One said...

Great response from your RE very cool that he emailed you back! How exciting, wishing you all the best!

Barefoot said...

Hooray for clarity! Hoping everything goes smoothly for you this cycle.

Andie said...

Congratulations on choosing a donor! Good luck for your cycle.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

ICLW

twondra said...

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog sweetie! That means so much. We've tried 12 donor IUIs and an IVF so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! I'm an open book. :)

Good luck! I'm thinking of ya!!

mommysomeday said...

Happy ICLW! Congrats on choosing your donor!!

Fat Chick said...

Good luck with your IUI and sperm bank. Those banks can be a headache!

ICLW

Flower said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I'm praying that your BFP is just around the corner.

EWebey said...

Good luck!!! The email and response were a little funny..lol
Hope everything works out fantastically on your first DIUI cycle!! *panic is to be expected.*

iclw
*thanks for visiting!*