Bec... I think on rare occassions they do an IUI procedure without OI... sometimes ovulation induction is done for convieniance... you know roundabouts when you're going to ovulate. Though for me, I didn't ovulate without it, so it was necessary. Plus you have that extra boost for egg and endometrium lining quality.
If there were issues of hostile CM, but no ovulation issues, IUI might be done on an unmedicated cycle.
Some of the tests for infertility - there is one has been mentioned where dye was put through the tubes to see if they're clear/healthy? What is it called and how does it work?
This is a HSG... or (geez I'll have to google the long name!!!) hysterosalpingogram.
You go into an xray clinic, and they insert a small catheter through your cervix and then squirt dye through the catheter and take xrays of the dye to see if it flows freely through both the tubes, and if there are any blackages. (A seemingly simple procedure, as long as you don't have a cervix that prefers to be closed constantly..... they used a screw to open my cervix... OUCHY!).
They can also do a basic dye study while doing a lap, they don't use xrays they just look and see if the dye flows through.
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