IUI procedure

I'm glad they came up with Novena Medical Centre & Novena Specialist Centre. Jeez! These buildings are so sleek, so new .. unlike most hospitals which are so run down .. TMC is one of them .. so tiny, so dark and old, so badly in need of renovation huh?

We were at CARE @Novena Specialist Centre (opposite Sq2) at 9:30am this morning to have Vince's sperm processed / washed for the IUI this afternoon.  The fresher the better so Vince had his masturabated at CARE.  Collection was at 12:30pm so we went to our fav Burger King for breakfast (yum yum crossiants!) and drove home because we wanted to send Kyros to sch.  The process of “washing” the sperm increases the chances of fertilization and Pre and post concentration of motile sperm is counted.  Dr Loh said Vince's were really good and concentrated. 

Both Dr Loh & Dr Marianne were out for lunch when I reached at 1pm.  It was weird having the collected specimen in my bra haha but thats what I was told to do because the processed sperm had to be maintained at room temperature. 

The IUI procedure was over in 3 mins but it was extremely comfortable to have my virigina held open by a cervical cap or whatever it is. Some refer this to like having a pap smear but to me, this is a many times more uncomfy. I was also given 30 caps of utrogestan to take for 15days orally. 

Dr Loh also asked us to go home and "add more power" haha .. vince was definitely delighted to know we can have sex as much as before ..

My bill fr Dr Loh came up to $345 today
consultation: $68
IUI $250
Utrogestan $27

$150 for washing of sperm at CARE

timeline
10-Feb: first consultation & collection of purogon $393
12-Feb to 15-Feb: 50iu of purogon
16-Feb: consultation, scan & increase purogon to 75iu $413
16-Feb to 19-Feb: 75iu of purogon
20-Feb: consultation, scan and increase purogen to 100iu + 1000mg metfomin/day $415
20-Feb to 22-Feb: 100iu of purogon
23-Feb: consultation, scan and increase purogon to 150iu + 150mg of metfomin/day $78
23-Feb to 24-Feb: 150iu of purogon
25-Feb: consultation, scan and increase purogon to 175iu + 150mg of metfomin/day $403
27-Feb: consultation, scan and continue purogon at 175iu + 150mg of metfomin/day $400
25-Feb to 28-Feb: 175iu of purogon
29-Feb: consultation, scan, urine test, collection of pregnyl 5000/$128
29-Feb: final jab of 50iu purogen & pregynl 5000 + 150mg metfomin
02-Mar: IUI $345