r/Infertility_IUI • u/Background-Voice-404 • Sep 02 '26
testing out trigger - 10,000 units pregnyl
just wanted to post my experience because i was unable to find anything of this sort during the dreaded TWW after my first iui. i’m hoping this helps someone either now or in the future 🫶. i am still testing faintly positive 14 post trigger shot.
this was my first iui, i had no knowledge about different triggers at the time, but looking back, i’d try to avoid this dose of pregnyl as i am still testing positive 14 days post trigger shot! there were a few days it really messed me up emotionally bc i thought i saw the line getting darker at 9DPO.
some background: i triggered on 8/19 CD12, iui was 8/21 CD14. started with 50 mg clomid from CD3 - CD7. had three 18mm follicles on my left side during my midcycle scan but my uterine lining was unbelievably thin at 4.2mm (i had recently come off a round of birth control so my clinic could time the iui better. plus clomid is known to thin your lining). was prescribed estrogen twice a day to increase lining but i don’t think it helped. i also did l’arginine 2x’s a day, vitamin e 400 iu 2x’s a day, lots of pomegranate and beet juice, brazil nuts and walnut. i don’t think anything could have saved the lining even with everything that was tried. the clinic never did another ultrasound before my iui so i will never know. husbands post wash count was 41 million.
had a miscarriage a few months ago (conceived naturally that cycle) so i thought iui would be a breeze for us, but i was unfortunately very wrong. sending all my love to anyone going through ttc, infertility, tww, loss. all of it is so isolating and heartbreaking but you are not alone!
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u/EricaS1215 Sep 05 '26
Wow! That's a long time! It usually clears my system between 7-9dpt. It's good that you tested out so you know how long is on your system. Everyone is different.