Any solo mum's out there?

Cinderella, exciting times! It's amazing how quickly everything lines up when you finally make up your mind to go for it. Best of luck, and keep us posted.

Dodge, how are you? Your insemination must be very soon; do you have a date?
 
Just nipping in to say I got a :bfp: today ladies :happydance:

Wasn't going to test, but I did.

Wasn't going to say anything for fear of another chemical but what the hell. For now I am pregnant and I plan to celebrate every moment of it.

Can't wait for you to join me tomorrow Invivo, I too think we are fated to be pregnant together again :dust:


Welcome Cinderella I see you are making great strides. Have you chosen your donor yet? It can be a bit of a soul destroying experience at times, but there are great donors out there.

I use preseed and softcups, but many ladies have success with other methods. It's all about what works best for you :flower:
 
Keebs, that's absolutely fantastic news -- I'm so happy for you!!

You're right to celebrate absolutely every second of your pregnancy. If I'm lucky enough I'll do exactly the same thing.

WooooHoooo!!!!
 
Thanks ladies, still got a 2nd line today :happydance:

Line lighter than yesterday :wacko: but trying not to read anything into it. Time to make like an ostritch I think :haha:

Still here's some line porn whilst I can

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Fingers crossed for you today Invivo :dust: :dust: :dust:
 
Keebs, congrats. I've everything crossed for you. X
 
Keebs! !!!! Wow so awesome girl! !!!! Yay!!!!! Omg how exciting !

AFM, I'm still waiting to ovulate. Really thought it was going to be this am but no. If it's not tomorrow I am screwed because I already picked up my vial and my cryotank is only good until Tuesday since I picked it up last Tuesday..... so I'm a bit stressed out. Gonna test again tonight around 6pm. This am I tested at 8 am & 1130am.
 
Good luck Dodgegirl hope you get your positive OPK tonight :flower:
 
Aaand a :bfp: here too! I'm so excited -- I'm going to enjoy absolutely every second of this pregnancy no matter how long or short a time that might be.

Keebs, are we aiming to deliver a day apart this time too? :happydance:

Dodge, any sign of that O yet? Fingers crossed you're on track for tomorrow.
 
Yay!!! A day apart it is Invivo :haha:, and one of each gender too you think?

Sooo happy, a huge congratulations :happydance:
 
Can do on one of each gender -- seeing as you deliver first I'll let you pick first too. Let me know once you've decided ;)
 
Wow another bfp!!??? Congrats! !!!!

Yes I finally surged this am so I will have my iui tomorrow am !! Yay. I was getting worried. But it came just in time!
 
Excellent news, dodge. Fingers crossed for tomorrow; hope this will be your month.
 
Invivo - brilliant, so pleased for you. This looks like a good thread to be keeping an eye on just now.

Lots of baby dust to all you other ladies trying or waiting to try at the moment.
 
Hope the insemination went well Dodge, fingers crossed :dust:

Are you a 'wait till you're late' or a 'POAS if you can' kind of girl?


As for me, well passed the point of my chemical and feeling quite chilled about it all.
 
Huge Congrats Keebs and InVivo! What amazing news, wishing you both lots of baby dust and a happy and healthy 9 months!

AFM, I'm getting cold feet about using the known donor or finding a donor online so have found a donor through Cryos. I love his profile, he seems so lovely. He has plenty of vials stored and a track record of pregnancy so I'm feeling hopeful. I can only afford about £300 a month which is about 3 x 5mil 0.5m vials or 1 10mil 0.5mil vial... I can't figure out which one is best, more of the goods but with less swimmers, or less of the goods and more swimmers?? With the first option, I could realistically have 3 chances of inseminating, and the second option, just once. I don't know how to figure all of this stuff out. Besides all of that, I've only been off bcp for about 10days and my period is no where to be seen. I've started taking B vits and EPO 1000mg to help my hormones, my periods used to be really bad and EPO really helped so we'll see. Waiting... waiting... (I'm really impatient).
 
Huge Congrats Keebs and InVivo! What amazing news, wishing you both lots of baby dust and a happy and healthy 9 months!

AFM, I'm getting cold feet about using the known donor or finding a donor online so have found a donor through Cryos. I love his profile, he seems so lovely. He has plenty of vials stored and a track record of pregnancy so I'm feeling hopeful. I can only afford about £300 a month which is about 3 x 5mil 0.5m vials or 1 10mil 0.5mil vial... I can't figure out which one is best, more of the goods but with less swimmers, or less of the goods and more swimmers?? With the first option, I could realistically have 3 chances of inseminating, and the second option, just once. I don't know how to figure all of this stuff out. Besides all of that, I've only been off bcp for about 10days and my period is no where to be seen. I've started taking B vits and EPO 1000mg to help my hormones, my periods used to be really bad and EPO really helped so we'll see. Waiting... waiting... (I'm really impatient).

Hello Cinderella. That's a big decision made already, you have chosen the method that you are most comfortable with, and it's really important that you are happy with how you go about this (I wasn't with the initial way I tried). So, things to think about with the 3 or 1 insemination a month. I'm sure you will have gone into this loads already but the way I would probably be thinking is;
1 larger vial gives more swimmers but you need to be pretty certain about your ovulation day/time
3 smaller vials will mean fewer swimmer per vial but more over a 3 day insemination cycle and will mean that you are less likely to miss the target day/time

It only takes 1 to make it through!

It's a very personal choice but I think that if it were me and I wasn't doing IUI with it then I would go for the 3 over 3 days option.

Good luck and I look forward to hearing which way you go.
 
Hope the insemination went well Dodge, fingers crossed :dust:

Are you a 'wait till you're late' or a 'POAS if you can' kind of girl?


As for me, well passed the point of my chemical and feeling quite chilled about it all.

oh I will be POAS as soon as I can, haven't decided which dpo yet, maybe 12? Maybe 10?
 
Rags, good to hear from you!

Dodge, sending you all sorts of positive thoughts for this month. Keep us posted!!

Cinderella, you're smart to do all your thinking while you're still waiting for AF to come back. Once she does you'll be ready to push that button. I agree with Rags that 3 vials meaning 3 tries would cover more angles than just one larger vial, especially if you plan on using IUI instead of at-home insemination. Keep us posted on what you decide.

For me the days are passing much too slowly. Hanging in there, though.
 
OMG what amazing news I woke up to this morning!!!!! Keebs AND Vivo both getting your :bfp::bfp:!!!!! :yipee::yipee::yipee: I knew March was going to be a special month, I just knew it! Words cannot express how happy I am for you two ladies. Seriously. I prayed so hard for you both. I'm over the moon. Here's a to a happy and healthy 9 months :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:

Cinderella Welcome :hugs: You couldnt have found a nice group of women, who are all so supportive. I see you have been researching like a maniac. I know that feeling well. Rags is right though, at the end of the day, you need to be 100% happy and comfortable with how you choose to ttc. I actually started off doing at home inseminations with a known donor i found on a site. I met my fair share of odd balls before I found a remarkable guy. However, due to some of my own fertility problems, I am now moving onto IVF and have decided to use a clinic donor. Never thought i would, but it just feels right. Good luck! I look forward to following your journey :hugs:

Dodgegirl I'm so happy you surged in time. That was cutting it fine! I think if you get your bfp this time round, you're set to have a litttle diva on your hands. :haha: I have everything crossed for you hun. Lots and lots of babydust whilst you're in the tww. :dust:

AFM I had my counseling session at the clinic. It went really well. The lady was lovely. I was a bit nervous. I kept panicking about her being the only thing that could stand between me and my baby. As if i was going to accidentally say something insane, and she would just stamp a big fat 'rejected' on my forms haha. But no, it went swimmingly :spermy: lol. She was quite the feminist, which definitely helped. She totally supported my decision to start a family on my own. We basically talked about everything that had gotten me up to this point, and then she explained what will happen next. She also gave me some book suggestions, and alternative parenting groups to join.

So now that that's all over, the next thing will be my nurse's appointment. I had to wait a week after seeing the counselor before I could even book it. Apparently, legally they have to give you 7 days to seriously think about your decision lol. Luckily I have a lot of tww's under my belt, so a 1ww was piss easy :haha:. I'm booked in for the 22nd of April. At the nurse's app i will have a bit of a check up, sign some legal documents, and pick my donor. Then that's me done until I get back from Dominica, then it's baby making time! :happydance:

I hope all the rest of you lovely ladies are doing well.spuds mama, rags, KN, darkriver, thinking of you all. :hug:
 

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