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Hardship of IUI

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When I first found out that IUI was the next stop on our journey, I did exactly what you are doing right now. I looked on the internet for posts from women who also went through this experience. I wanted to know what to expect from the procedure, the statistics of how likely it would be I would end up pregnant, an all encompassing idea of what I am about to endure. I found a couple different blogs with different experiences. Some had ultrasounds, some did not. Some took Clomid others did not. Some were shots, some were pills. I was even more lost than when I started looking and knew I wouldn't know my own journey until I started. My first IUI started with pills, Letrozole was my doctor's pill of choice. The pills are taken for 5 days. Like most medications, it came with side effects. From the first day I took it, I became very nauseous. If I walked too fast down the grocery aisle, I would become nauseous. Carried too much weight, nauseous. After two weeks of that started the...