Calling all Donor Sperm/Insemination Buddies!!!

[KylasBaby]

I used it with my loss so never again. That also sways boy and we are swaying for another girl. With dd I used nothing and had absolutely negative zero cm lol.

 

[Cppeace]

preseed sways boys? Hmm is that cause it makes sperm able to navigate better?

 

[WayPastReady]

I can certainly understand your apprehension to ever use it again. Just hearing your experience makes me not want to use it, not that I think it causes miscarriage but the thought alone.

 

[KylasBaby]

Yeah because it gives the sperm a little boost and makes the vagina more alkaline which sways boy.

I also took femara with my loss so I won't be using either again. I feel it forced me to ovulate a bad egg and maybe helped a weaker sperm to get through when it naturally wouldn't have. That's why I just do vitamins and herbs now. But I know plenty of people who have had luck with both.

 

[Cppeace]

I'm really kinda curious if I dropped two eggs this cycle. My positive opk didn't come until after my temp spike and then my major ovulation pains were yesterday, after the temp spike and then I got a pretty major spike for me for 2dpo ... Oddest thing ever

 

[KylasBaby]

Wonky cycles all around this month! Haha

 

[Cppeace]

seems like it yeah
This is first time I have ever ovulated before cd 16 before and then this craziness happens

 

[WayPastReady]

That's very interesting, Cppeace. I've often wondered what a cycle would look like when two eggs were released. It's probably different for every female just like everything else in our cycles but a fun thought if you're wanting twins.

 

[Cppeace]

Lol I'm not seeking em. Never was a want of mine, but if it happens it happens. Fate likes to play funny tricks that way sometimes.

 

[Cppeace]

I found this really interesting:

The early pregnancy factor

The early pregnancy factor or EPF is a imuno-suppressant protein and has been detected in mammals right after conception. Its function is to prevent the immune system from attacking the new embryo. Research carried out on human embryos showed positive results within 48 hrs after conception.
Pregnancy symptoms 48 hrs after conception?

Some women just know right away when they are pregnant. Also, a large percentage of women start to feel pregnancy symptoms very early on, even as early as a few days after conception. Health professionals will tell you that this is not possible since implantation hasn't occurred yet. However, in light of the research done on the early pregnancy factor, it could indeed be possible! The imuno-suppressant functions of the EPF could cause pregnancy symptoms to occur especially if your body is more sensitive to this protein. Morning sickness, in particular, has been linked to immunity suppression

 

[WayPastReady]

Very interesting, Cppeace!! I truly believe that the body is much more knowledgeable than we give it credit for and has to know that the sperm and egg have united before implantation.

 

[Cppeace]

Oh definitely. It just always annoys me when a doctor or someone else tries to tell someone what they are feeling or that it is impossible to feel such a thing blah blah blah....
We are all unique and some of us know super soon after conception. Some of us never know at all before going into labor lol. We each have our own sensations, sensitivities and reactions. Just because it's normal to not have morning sickness before 6 weeks doesn't means someone might not start at 4 weeks or not have it all.

 

[KylasBaby]

Having been pregnant twice I also just knew I was pregnant, BUT early pregnancy symptoms are the same as progesterone symptoms. Women can have the same symptoms in months they conceive and months they don't due to the progesterone after ovulation. Pregnancy symptoms don't start until a bit later when the hcg has built up and the body actually gets it that there's a baby in there.

 

[Cppeace]

I'm not saying that all these progesterone symptoms mean a bfp. I'm simply saying that the body knows to prepare itself once an egg is fertilized. It releases immune suppressing chemicals. Those chemicals should definitely be able to be felt by some, not all.

 

[WayPastReady]

Ok ladies, time to talk details for a fresh insem! I know I'll be needing some specimen cups, and I'm assuming a small syringe without the needle? Is there something better to use for the insem other than a syringe? I know the frozen DS can get damaged in the syringe if not properly done, so I just want to make sure that there's not a better way to get the fresh stuff in there before I order these.

 

[Cppeace]

Unless the syringe is contaminated or you suck it up too fast it isn't likely to damage the sperm much of any. Some women swear by the soft cup instead of syringe. Some use both. They syringe it in first and then put in the sift cup to keep it in longer and more against the cervix.
Some swear by having an orgasm after inseminating it ups your chances as well.

 

[WayPastReady]

Thanks! I'll go ahead and order the syringes. I am planning on using a soft cup after I do the insem and will put it in after I've hit my limit of lying on my back lol. It probably won't work for me to do the orgasm though cuz I'm trying to keep the insem as non-sexual as possible for DH, so I'll have to hope they can make it up there without that.

 

[Cppeace]

They definitely can. I personally don't think it increases the odds that much. It just helps to suck the sperm little more into the cervix. Women get pregnant all the time with regular sex and not orgasming. The odds of insemination is almost 100% equal ith regular hetro sexual relations.

 

[KylasBaby]

We do sterile cups and now dds unopened baby Advil syringes haha. Keeping it classy!

Never done a sofrcup or O after. Just suck them up slow and shoot them in slow. Also you want to let it liquify before you insem. Varies for timing but like 5-10 minutes. Our donor has very watery sperm so we've never had to wait (well other than getting home and whatnot. It's still been like 20 mins).i don't O either. Can't be asking Oh to go down there with that stuff there and that's the only way I get off.

Oh and keep them warm! Body temp so keep the cup between your boobs till you're ready! And don't let them touch anything other than pressed if you're using it. Other lubes or even water kill sperm.

 

[WayPastReady]

I hadn't even thought about having to wait for it to liquify! So glad you mentioned that. We're going to be doing it in a hotel room...he's going to leave the sample then we'll go in and do the insem. Should I let it sit on the counter the few minutes to liquify or still keep it between my boobs to keep it warm those few minutes?