We are at a fork in the road. We can keep doing what we have been doing or
we can try intrauterine insemination (IUI, AKA: artificial insemination). Either way I am back on Clomid just before
Christmas. If we keep going the way we
have been it means that Doc has to be available for intercourse every other day
for about 2 weeks. This wouldn’t be a
problem if he had chosen any other profession.
It turns out working with sick and dying kids isn’t super great for the
sex drive. Not only does he work crazy
long hours, but the things he is exposed to during that time isn’t exactly
helping maintain a sex drive. For
example, right now he just admitted a set of twins into the NICU and was on
call to admit another set. That is 4
sick newly born babies he will work on just before coming home. Not exactly a turn on. Not to mention the stress of working on sick
children every day.
Our other option is IUI.
If we choose IUI Doc has to be available to give a sample 1 day, but we
don’t get to choose the day. When my
hormones surge I call the clinic and they set up an appointment within 24 hours
to do the insemination. Doc would need
to be able to go to the clinic and produce a sample. It sounds like a no-brainer; 1 day vs.
14? Trouble is that he has no control
over his schedule and he can’t request time off to go masturbate. Shocking, I know. Regardless of our choice it adds stress to
his life because I need him to be home and the hospital needs him to be
there. I also still have to take Clomid
or possibly take injectable drugs (a terrifying thing for me) in order to
continue. Doing that without knowing
whether or not Doc will actually be available to provide the sperm is not an
easy thing.
We will be discussing all of this with a new doctor. We are not changing doctors; we are just
adding a fertility expert to the team, because my doctor doesn’t perform IUI in
his office. On Christmas eve we have our
first meeting with him at the fertility clinic.
We plan on talking about all of our options with him. I will let everyone know how it goes.
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