When I walked into the fertility clinic for my first intrauterine insemination (IUI), it was my first foray into infertility treatments and procedures. I desperately wanted to get pregnant, and I was a mixed bag of emotions. One day I was excited and optimistic that the IUI would work, and the next day I?d be so stressed out, I couldn?t even eat.
I asked countless questions at our consultation, researched the procedure online and got sucked into message boards that discussed the outcomes for hours. The procedure seemed simple enough: Doctors would inject healthy sperm into my uterus, close to my fallopian tubes, in the hopes that one of them would fertilize an egg. I thought I knew what I was getting into. But, despite all my prep work, I was surprised by some of the things that happened during and after my IUI. Here are four things I wish I?d known. 1. Success rates are low

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What is intrauterine insemination (IUI)"
 IUI is one of the first lines of defence against infertility, especially for men with poor sperm quality and for women with unexplained, endometriosis-related or cervical factor infertility. So it was surprising to learn that its success rate is ridiculously low. In fact, the procedure is only slightly more likely to help you...