Considering at-home insemination with donor sperm...?

[Nimyra]

I hope the baby will be okay! If the hospital specializes in this they probably have great things to help the baby survive if she has to deliver early.

 

[EpdTTC]

So...I had some bright red spotting tonight when I went to the bathroom. Nothing since but I feel like AF is arriving. I have had two days of feeling really down, my typical precursor to AF's arrival. It is a few days early for AF to be here but I have spotted early before and I think my cycles might be shorter now since the mc and the Clomid. I really don't think it is implantation spotting as it was much too bright for that and HPTs have been negative. I'm feeling pretty bummed but not shocked. I've had negative HPTs and am 11/12 dpo today. Plus I just felt like I have had PMS for two days and no pregnancy symptoms to speak of. Had a good cry on the phone with my OH...coming to terms with being out for this month. I'm moving next month, may take a month or so off from trying, at least with IUIs-I may still try at home inseminations. With moving, I just don't have the money for IUIs and in some ways I think I should just move and get settled before resuming hard core trying. Sometimes I wonder if I will get pregnant quicker once I am settled in my new place and life is less stressful-maybe it is better to wait a couple of months until life seems more welcoming for a baby.

MommyTammy-I sure hope things go well with your brother's OH and that your niece's arrival is safe or delayed. Please keep us posted.

EPD

 

[jodie4805]

My brother's girlfriend was taken from her doc's office by ambulance today... to a hospital that specializes in high risk deliveries! Her blood pressure is very high & lots of swelling. She may have to be delivered this weekend due to preeclampsia. She is only 28 weeks preggo!

oh no. I hope her & the baby are both okay. Any news?

 

[RubyRainbows]

Thanks girls -- No news yet. I'm taking work off tomorrow to drive to the hospital with my mom. Last i heard, they are trying to wait til at least Monday to deliver. I told my brother to text me if there is any new developments. It's currently 3am & i have a pounding headache, can't sleep, & keep checking my cell phone. I tell ya girls -- making babies sure is hard work! So many darn obstacles in the way.

Erin -- Sorry to hear about those pesky AF symptoms. I'm still holding out hope for you, though. Let us know. Good luck with your move. Moving is so stressful! Like you said, maybe once the stressful move is over your baby will be excited to have a pretty new nursery.... and you'll get your BFP!!!!!!!!

 

[EpdTTC]

So...my hcg was "8" at 12 dpo. The physicians assistant said it is probably due to residual from the trigger shot (which was 14-15 days ago) and that I might just be one of those people that metabolizes it very slowly. She said the doctor said "call her and tell her she is pregnant" and she said "I'm not doing that to her because it could be so many things, hcg trigger shot left over, another mc, slow rising hcg because of a problem, etc. She said she has seen every possible situation though-miscarriages at this stage, residual trigger, and a woman who once had a level of "4" and turned out to be pregnant. I am trying very hard to not have false hope. So, I have to go back tomorrow morning to have it checked again. Chances are that it will be back down to zero, or almost there and will have just been leftover from the trigger shot. Ugh. I hate this roller coaster! I have to keep telling myself that an hcg level of 8 at 12 dpo is pretty darn low and has to be from the trigger shot and that despite the fact that it is out of most women's systems by 7-12 days that I am probably one of the lucky (not) few that metabolizes it slowly. I think it would have just been easier to hear the "you're not pregnant" that I was expecting-especially with the brief red spotting I had on Thursday night and the PMs symptoms-now I'm back in limbo land for another day. No more spotting since and no AF yet, but I am on progesterone suppositories so I think that would keep AF away anyway. I should know for sure tomorrow afternoon. (secretly hoping for a miracle)

 

[Nimyra]

It's hard waiting and not knowing. Please let us know what happens tomorrow.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Miracles happen every day, Erin -- Hope you get yours tomorrow!!!!!!!


Speaking of miracles -- the docs got my brother's GF's blood pressure back to normal. She still has a great deal of protein in her urine due to preeclampsia. She has made it the desired 48 hours so that the baby could receive the steroid shots to develop her lungs more. But -- at this point she does not have to be delivered ASAP. She will stay in the hospital, closely monitored, until the baby is born. But each day in utero is an added blessing!

 

[Nimyra]

That is wonderful news, MommyTammy! thanks for the update.

 

[LunaBean]

Let us know what happens with the baby Tammy, it's great that shes more stable now, tho my OH was born at 23w6d and is ok!

Epd, it does sound good! Keep us posted!!!! I hope this is it for you

Well as my ticker says, I have another angel baby Hcg was only 23 on Friday, shoulda been in the thousands by 6 weeks, and I started cramping really badly and bleeding at 4am this morning, so I'm have a break for the next few months, to get my body sorted, and to give myself some time to think about things. It's almost 12 months now, and being pregnant 3 times in 5 cycles is abit much!

 

[EpdTTC]

Hi gals,

Well...I never thought I would be saying this this month, but I am pregnant! Very cautiously so...my hcg went up from 8 on Friday at 12 dpo to 20 this am. I am 14dpo today. I am excited that my number more than doubled in 48 hours but also worried a bit as 20 is still kind of a low number for being 14 dpo. Maybe I implanted late...maybe that was the little bit of bleeding I had on Thursday night? I don't know but I am some odd combination of shocked, thrilled, and scared as hell.

The Dr said it is between me and God or nature of whom ever now. I am supposed to stay on the progesterone suppositories, baby aspirin, and vitamins, of course. He wants me to come back on Friday to have my levels checked again (to see if the pregnancy appears viable-I hate that word), and if things are looking okay, I am going to have to start on a medication-injections, a blood thinner. I don't know if I mentioned this but after my mc they did some tests and discovered I have thrombophilia which means my blood clots easily so I will have to give myself injections-every single day of my pregnancy to improve my chances and to help prevent miscarriage from the thrombophilia. I can't imagine giving myself a shot once, let a lone everyday for 9 months but you will hear no complaining here-I will do whatever it takes! So, all we can do is wait and see!

MommyTammy-I am so glad to hear that your baby niece isn't ready to arrive just yet-you are right, every day is an extra blessing.

Lizzy-my heart breaks for you. I am so scared too and can only imagine what the past five months have been like for you. I hope the break is a healing one and that it leaves your mind and body rested, and ready to try again when you decide the time is right. Lots of love and hugs to you.

Em-thanks for all of your continued support!

Send good energy my way girls, I need all the sticky dust I can gather-
Erin

 

[Nimyra]

Yea Erin!!!!!

I bet you just implanted late - maybe that last minute at home insemination was the one that did the trick! Honestly, I think it is GREAT that they found the clotting problem, giving yourself injections everyday might be a pain, but it is great that there is something they can do for you to help this be your lucky bean.

I agree with your doc that this is between you and the universe at this point, but I'll be sending you sticky baby dust every day!

 

[LunaBean]

Im so so happy for you!!!! Thats brilliant, I knew it!!!!!

Wish I knew if I have that problem, I take baby aspirin everyday, but havnt had any tests or anything!

 

[RainbowMum]

Yay Erin!

It looks like I'll get to have one go of IUI in December as I'll be able to schedule appointments thanks to a few more days of annual leave I have left for the year.
My gf would prefer if we used a UK clinic but I have been researching clinics in Denmark and the Czech Republic as it seems to be so much cheaper.

I will have to start charting in the summer to be able to predict ovolation in order to book flights and stuff...
Where did everyone buy their basal thermometers and what ovolation pee sticks to you(mostly UK girls) use?
How exciting

 

[EpdTTC]

Thanks Rainbow Mum!

I am in the US but I just bought my thermometer at the local pharmacy-a Rite Aid I think-it was about $10. My favorite opks are the Clearblue easy digital ones that give you a smiley face. Those always helped me to take the guesswork out of reading the lines. However, with that said, I also used Answer brand cheapies just for comparisons sake. The Clearblue digital ones are a bit expensive-about $25 (at Target) for seven of them but you can buy them on Amazon.com in a larger quantity for cheaper, like a box of 20 for $36 and free shipping. Here is a link: https://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Digital-Ovulation-Tests-20-Count/dp/B002VLYAOI/ref=pd_sim_hpc_4.

I've been through the IUI process a few times now so I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about the process. Good luck!

 

[EpdTTC]

PS

Rainbow Mum-if you don't have it already, this book is the absolute lesbian bible for TTC
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-Lesbian-Conception-Pregnancy/dp/1555839401

 

[EpdTTC]

Lizzie-
Here is a website with a lot of good info and tips re: clotting disorders. It has info (such as foods to eat etc.) that can help women that are not diagnosed.

https://www.fvleiden.org/publications/midwife.html

 

[Trippymama]

Okay, I have a question.... does Pre-Seed help if you don't have enough cervical mucus? I've noticed that about four or five days prior to ovulation I have plenty but as ovulation nears (according to OPK), I dry up. Maybe from stress... I don't know. So yesterday I used Pre-Seed for the first time during my insemination, but I don't know if this will help or not. Do any of you have similar experiences? Trippy

 

[LunaBean]

Thanks Epd!! I've bookmarked that page!!!

Trippy, yeah Preseed helps, I dont use it tho, I use real eggwhites instead, much cheaper!!! Are you taking evening primrose oil? I take 1000mg from the day AF goes, until the day I ov, gives plenty of ewcm! Dont take it after ov tho!

 

[EpdTTC]

I used Pre-Seed for the very first time this last cycle when I did the one day of at-home insemination. I don't know if I got my BFP from the IUI or the at-home though. I do know a lot of women that have said they got their BFP when they used egg whites, pre-seed or conceive plus which are all essentially supposed to do the same thing.

 

[Strawbs78]

Hi Ladies

I anyone still on this thread?
thanks
J x