IUI..... and a moment of pure Panic

Went in on Saturday for the IUI. We dropped off my husbands "sample" that is placed in a little white paper bag and handed it over to the doctor and we were the only people in the whole place at the time. The sample had to be washed and processed and then I was to return in one hour for my insemination.  I felt absolutely fine at the moment....until I sat down in the waiting room and began to observe several men coming in with their little white bags and hand them over to the nurse at the front desk.  Panic struck me like a bolt of lightning.....what if the samples get mixed up? OMG how do the keep that from happening and the realization that no matter how well the process is handled, there is always a chance human error will occur and a mix up is possible.......ermagerd I was having nothing short of a mental melt down sitting there in my chair torturing myself with those thoughts! I was ready to back out of the whole thing so I went and spoke with the nurse and asked her to explain the specimen handling process to me and she assured me that there was no chance of mix up and they are extremely detailed and all the samples are color coded and labeled.

I went ahead and did the IUI. It was painless and easy. The doctor was very nice and explained the whole thing to me. But I don't think I could shake the thought of a possible sample mix up......it's possible and that scares me a little bit.

Anyway, just wanted to give you an update! so now on to the two week wait....longest two weeks of your life!

I can understand how you are feeling.  I am going through IVF right now and am so nervous.  I have to give myself injectiions and am so afraid I am going to screw something up...  Good luck to you.  Said a prayer for you.

My first IUI I was freaking out about that too when the doc made me verify that my husbands SSN was right, before he did the procedure! My husband and I said we were going to sue if my baby came out Asian! Lol but alas no baby yet but I understand your worry. Out 2nd attempt at IUI was 3 days ago so I'm '2week waiting' good luck with your wait also!

I totally understand the feeling. I am using Donor sperm and the vial had my name DOB but the wrong last four of the SSN. I freaked a little I picked the donor that I feel is perfect for us and then I got that panic if there was a possible mix up. I made sure that the problems that run in my family weren't in the donor family to protect the baby. But I figured no matter what I was going to be okay.

IUI #1 didn't take for us, I ended up having a little bit of problems but getting ready for IUI #2 end of this month.

 

Good Luck to you