Do you think the timing of my IUI is correct?

[mrspinkos]

I am 30 years old and have had one child naturally who is now 9 years old.  In the past 12 years of having sex WITH ZERO protection I have had one child.  My cycles are completely irregular.  My husband and I started trying to really have more children about two years ago.  Our RE, who we love, has put me through every diagnostic exam and the only problem I have is being anovulatory/PCOS.  My ovaries are full of eggs.  My husband has no problems....lucky guy.  So the doctor asked if I would like to just try Letrozole for a little while (in addition to the Glucophage I was already on) and just try the old fashioned way.  My husband and I were in agreement... no way, let's get our best chances so we opted to proceed with IUI.

As usual I had to take Aygestin to induce a period and I had my AF 1st day Dec 5th.  I had an u/s to make sure no cysts on Dec 7th and was started on Letrozole (lowest dose).  I had another u/s for follicles on Dec 17th.  There were two follicles the larger being 12mm.  I had a second u/s for follicles on Dec 21st and had one follicle of 15 and one follicle 16.4.  On Dec 23 I had a third u/s for follicle and they were 22, 17, 14, and 12 at 0900.  I took the Ovidrel trigger shot the same day at 11:00am.  I came in the next day on Christmas Eve Dec 24th (Cycle Day 20) at 0900 and had my IUI.  My husband's sperm count was high and he had great motility.  

I took a hpt and opk yesterday and both were positive.
I took a hpt and opk today and the hpt was a faint positive line and the opk was positive.

Do you think the IUI was scheduled too early considering I had take the trigger shot only 23 hours earlier?
Should I be concerned that the OPK is positive today and yesterday?  
Does that mean I haven't ovulated yet since my trigger shot was 5 days ago?  
Can the trigger shot cause a false positive on the OPK?
Do you ALWAYS ovulate after the trigger shot?  I have had NO signs of ovulating.
I haven't had sex with my husband because I was out of town for Christmas since right after the IUI and my husband has been working?  Should we have sex tonight?

So many questions, so nervous, so ready to have a big family....

[Waitingforamiracle_05]

I'm nearly on the same cycle as you.  My first day was dec 5. I have pcos as well. My re wanted to see if I o'd on my own so I wasnt on anything this month other than metformin. I took a opk on the 26 of dec, it was positive. I went in the next day for an iui and blood test. The blood test showed that I was still ovulating, so I had a second iui yesterday. I've been so crampy and my right ovary has been achy. I kind of want to take another opk to see it's +. I'm new to the iui. Is the cramping and painful ovary normal? Best of luck to you!!!

[Heather5]

First of all, the timing sounds good, as it is always better to have the intercourse or IUI before ovulation so that the little swimmers are there and ready when ovulation takes place. Ovulation usually takes place about 36 hours after the shot. Some REs prefer to do the IUI at about 24 hours after, while others do it closer to 36 hours. As for the follicles, I would think about two of the eggs would have been mature by the time ovulation happened. And lastly, the trigger shot can stay in your system up to 10 days, and both a pregnancy test and OPK could be affected before then, so I wouldn't rely on these results yet since it's only been 5 days. Best of luck this month!