Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 I hope your hunch is right. I do have a question for you. If you had a bu how do they get the sperm in the proper horn? Do they only have to worry about that when the bu is a complete septum? What if you only have a partial bu septum do they still have to figure out which side to put the sperm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 > I hope your hunch is right. I do have a question for you. If you had a bu how do they get the sperm in the proper horn? Do they only have to worry about that when the bu is a complete septum? What if you only have a partial bu septum do they still have to figure out which side to put the sperm? I think either through US-guided IUI, or else the lower-tech way I described before: bent teflon. Bending the metal introducer has worked for me. I'm not sure how the need for directed IUI is determined. I suppose it is more important the deeper the division of the uterus. My uterus used to be completely divided, so it was a wonder that I got pregnant three times out of 10 by IUI with the complete division (my SU was undetected, then). Now my post-surgical septum is fairly small, but we still direct the IUI cannula. The reason I want it this way is that my uterus has a pronounced ridge of scar tissue running down the center, and while sperm can conceivably pass from one side of the uterus to the other, it looks like a tight squeeze. When I have an HSG, the original cavities really show up on the fluoroscope, and you can see that there is hardly any dye where the septum used to be. I figure, why make an obstacle course for the sperm? :-) I have been able to find very little information about directed IUI, so I encourage anyone else with experience to share. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 > I hope your hunch is right. I do have a question for you. If you had a bu how do they get the sperm in the proper horn? Do they only have to worry about that when the bu is a complete septum? What if you only have a partial bu septum do they still have to figure out which side to put the sperm? I think either through US-guided IUI, or else the lower-tech way I described before: bent teflon. Bending the metal introducer has worked for me. I'm not sure how the need for directed IUI is determined. I suppose it is more important the deeper the division of the uterus. My uterus used to be completely divided, so it was a wonder that I got pregnant three times out of 10 by IUI with the complete division (my SU was undetected, then). Now my post-surgical septum is fairly small, but we still direct the IUI cannula. The reason I want it this way is that my uterus has a pronounced ridge of scar tissue running down the center, and while sperm can conceivably pass from one side of the uterus to the other, it looks like a tight squeeze. When I have an HSG, the original cavities really show up on the fluoroscope, and you can see that there is hardly any dye where the septum used to be. I figure, why make an obstacle course for the sperm? :-) I have been able to find very little information about directed IUI, so I encourage anyone else with experience to share. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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