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

[LunaBean]

They just said it could be left over hcg from 3 weeks ago, didnt seem to concerned!!!

 

[TntArs06]

EPD- The middle pic sure does look like a faint line to me. FX for you hun that you have a sticky bean!

 

[topazicatzbet]

I can def see a line without even enlarging it. congrats

thats a bummer about the frozen sperm not living that long, how long does it live for then?

its much easier having a known donor, im so glad i found the website that put me in touch with mine.

 

[LunaBean]

what website did you use? did u have to pay? I got mine on vivastreet, but Im on co-parentmatch too, duno whether its worth paying to be able to send messages tho, incase none of the guys have paid accounts and cant read the messages! (even tho I already have 2 donors, just incase tho!)

 

[topazicatzbet]

i used www.sperm-donors-worldwide.com you pay for the initial membership and then per month but i found my donor after the initial months membership.

i did get some right offers though so you have to sieve through the bad to find the gems.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Erin -- those are beautiful 's! Don't psych yourself out --- lines are lines & i see them quite clearly on all 3 of your pics!! Congrats!! Loads & heaps of extra sticky baby dust for you!!!!!!!!

From what i read online they usually say frozen sperm lives only 12 - 24 hours -- and some sites even said less!!!!!!!!

Lizzie -- so glad you will be getting some answers soon!!!!

 

[EpdTTC]

Well gals, it's official. Just talked to my Dr's office. My hcg at 12 dpo was 59 and my progesterone was 25. Pretty good numbers for 12 dpo. The most normal I've had so far anyway. Last time my progesterone was only 3 and they said that was indicative of a non-viable pregnancy. I am scared, but hopeful. I have to have my blood work repeated on Monday and they want me to start on Lovenox injections for the thrombophilia. I am going to CA on Thursday with a friend to visit her dying mother. I hope flying is ok...I'm sure it is but it's hard not to be paranoid.

OMG...I'm pregnant again...feel like I'm gonna puke! Figuratively and literally...I was nauseated all night. No complaints here though, I'll take it.

 

[Nimyra]

YAYYYYYY!!!! Go, Erin!!!! We're all rooting for you and the little peanut!

 

[topazicatzbet]

congrats.

 

[lindseyry]

Yay!! Im excited for you! I was gonna post that the pics didnt look like a faint positive to me - there was nothing faint about it!! Who heww!!

AFM -- FF predicts O on cd 15, which is Monday. However tcoyf predicts Tuesday. Im betting on Monday, since Ive Od on cd 15 every cycle for the last three years. My temps look good and all opks are neg. I dont expect them to show positive until tomorrow some time or Monday morning. I already have ewcm, which is normal. I usually have 5 days of ew.
Just to be on the safe side though - baby daddy donor is coming over to do the "deed" Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Ive added some new stuff this cycle - B50 complex, baby asprin, and added folic acid. So, we'll see!

OH!! I almost forgot -- Ive almost got dp talked into a homebirth!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Erin -- BIG HUGE CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

You sure are good at getting pregnant!!!!!!!

Your numbers sound great -- enjoy all those wonderful symptoms!!

Today is my son's 3rd birthday party -- i get so nervous anytime i throw a party!!!!!!!! Trying to get him down for a brief nap before the party -- but he seems to be way too excited to sleep!!!!!!!

 

[Nimyra]

sounds good, Lindsey!

happy birthday Jayden!

 

[LunaBean]

Yayeeeeee!! 59 is great!!!!

Well I now have not 1, not 2, but 3 donors, lmao. 2 days ago, one of the guys who lived abit away from us emailed saying the 2 other women he was helping are pregnant, one after 2 tries and one after 4, and he's willing to travel up to us, if we drive down to him sometimes too (OH just passed her test), and there now I checked my emails and had an email from a guy who came to meet us last year, but felt he couldn't help us at the time (he had alot on at work, he works in the 'medical profession', wont tell us what), but he's been thinking about us, and is willing to travel up now! So it's all go here now, I'll get that eggy! (or 2!)

 

[topazicatzbet]

thats great.

 

[LunaBean]

Ta

Hope Jaydens party went well Tammy! Pix please!!!!

 

[EpdTTC]

MommyTammy-Now I just need to get good at staying pregnant! This one feels different somehow. I hope that is true and not just wishful thinking. It does feel special because we did it on our own, no IUI, no meds, just two people in love making a baby! ...well, something like that! LOL

I didn't have bright red implantation bleeding like I did with the last two...maybe that's a good thing? Maybe Clomid wasn't a good thing for my lining because I didn't really need it? Who knows! just trying to be really positive and hopeful.

I hope the bday party went well. How is DP feeling? Is she neurotic like the rest of us? or calm about the 2ww?

Lizzie-Wow! Your cup runneth over...maybe literally here pretty soon. I'm glad to see that you haven't thrown in the towel!

Linds-Sending the good energy for baby making your way tomorrow. Keep us posted!

This is me today=====>

 

[LunaBean]

Aww, look at ur happy dance! lol. Hope this is it!!!!

 

[Nimyra]

I am so glad we have this thread. it is nice being able to share the ups and downs of TTC with a donor with others who understand and are in the same boat. It really is a different experience in many ways from the usual TTC.

 

[LunaBean]

Yeah it totally is, not many people hate the 'love juice' etc lolol. I personally think its slightly more stressful doing it this way too, as we dont have it on tap (most of us anyways), so every month is extra nerve-wracking, incase that one shot didnt do it! Id love to be able to BD everyday around OV and make a baby outta it! Plus, for us same sex TTCers, its extra hard for our OHs, who have no blood relation to the baby. Im dreading my OH taking the baby out and someone saying 'Oh it looks like you', cus obv it wont!!! She'll have to grin and say thanks

 

[Nimyra]

yeah, Lizzie... definitely don't have the love juice on tap. Although, you know, for those of us with other sex partners, our partner still won't have a genetic relationship with their baby. (We're still using a donor after all).

People ask us innocent questions all the time about what the baby will inherit from my husband and we have to debate coming out about using donor or brushing it off and/or lying. It's hard both ways - on same sex couples and different sex couples.

But love makes a family and that's what matters.