Hi hope_4_bb,
I'm glad u managed to ask PC wong all the questions.he's very expereienced.yes,once he's done with his side,he will refer u back to ur attending gynae.Who did u c at NUH prior to seeing PC Wong? U may want to consider Prof Mary Rauff.she's very experienced too.
Be prepared for IUI on Sat.he does nothing like wat all the gals here say.do,get up,pay money,go home,hope for the best.really! no need to lie there 20 mins,no need for supportive jabs,no need med,no need anything.juz need god to bless u.wat his nurse said is true.the amt of sperm placed in is so small,there is no worry that it will leak out,unlike BD.
Ceraine dear,
I saw Dr.Chris Chong at Gleneagles yesterday.HE said a few things which really set me thinking.I tot i'll share it with u so u can think over it.Like me,u have 'something' in ur uterus,like me,u have 2 failed iuis.I can't rem wat u said abt ur hubby's sperm.
1st thing chris chong said was making babies require 2 ppl.when he heard i had 2 failed iuis,and a septum in the uterus,he said fertility treatment should always be the last resort coz even in the best fertility center in the world,the success rate of IVF is only 40%.that means the majority will fail.Which set me thinking,since i was so keen on IVF.I always say i'm lazy.but if u look at satistics,it immediately points to failure already.more than 1/2 of the ppl who have IVF done will fail.and if u watched the show "the human spirit" on Okto on mon night,it's abt 2 sisters trying to conceive for a sister who is infertile due to treatment for cervical cancer.the IVf doc said even if they put the sperm with the egg,it may not result in fertilisation.which is something i had not think abt.this lady had 12 eggs extracted,only 6 were fertilised,only 1 implanted.
& the other thing chris chong said (may not apply to u) is that i've done so much on my part,but not my hubby.he was so accurate in reading my mind.he's a very patient doc,spend a lot of time with me,but of course,also charged me.i went to him for a fresh perspective of my case.in my case,coz i have a septum,the chances of miscarriage is very high.i amy consider snipping it off.but hubby wise,he refused to be checked out,except for the sperm analysis,which yielded some not so good result.so 3 out of 3 docs we saw mentioned abt his sperms' diminished motility.chris chong said we need to get to the root of the prob.the root of the prob may not be me! to think all this while,i'm going for this,getting myself probed,HSG etc.the prob may lie with my hubby!!!!! FINALLY,after persuasion,he decided to go for the scan of his testes to determine what is causing the sperms' slow movement.hubby's ego is still so big.1st thing he said when i told him that is,"but i got u preg so easily the last time." I told him it wasn't the case this time.and it's all a probability thing,right? i told hubby if we try w/o treatment for the next 10 yrs,we will prob get a baby.the more times u try,the more chances u have of meeting 1 strong swimmer.
so ceraine,u also need to get down to the root of the prob.if it's ur hump,then might as well get it resolved.i'm going to wait for hubby's scan to find out if he's the prob 1st b4 deciding if i'm going to snip my septum away.
I also went to the Marine Parade TCM.I went in the afternoon,so no need to Q for a long time.not bad,not ex,juz gave me herbs to drink.in my whole life,i've never cooked herbs like that b4.herbal chic,yes,but not straight herbs.
Can anyone teach me how to cook? do i need to double boil? or juz chuck water & herbs in pot & boil.i forgot to ask boil for how long.