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

[faithbabies]

congrats mrsmm!!

 

[momwannabe81]

Congratz MrMM wish a h&h 9 months

 

[firechild30]

Congrats MrsMM. successes give me so much hope! praying a h&h 9 months for you!
I believe I got my temp spike today. we missed a day of insemination because donor left town, but we got a donation yesterday morning, I got a smiley at 2p, and we got another donation yesterday evening. I think we will get one more today sometime. I took the week off of work to try to relax, and began reading a novel to keep from obsessing this cycle. cm has been space this cycle, I am assuming because of the clomid. thank goodness for pre-seed!
Good luck to those getting donation and in tww. hopefully we get summertime babies all around.

 

[laurac1988]

We're getting back on the TTC wagon this cycle... Scared but hopeful

 

[firechild30]

We're getting back on the TTC wagon this cycle... Scared but hopeful

Good luck!

 

[whlisa19]

We're getting back on the TTC wagon this cycle... Scared but hopeful

Don't be scared be hopeful

I just found out my donor is getting back together with his wife so he can't inseminate me any more so just hoping hoping hoping for BFP next week. Otherwise I'll have to do the whole donor search again and its so difficult!!

 

[nqhappy1]

Hi, I had no idea people can do IUI at home! That's got to save a bunch of money. How has your experience been with it?

Thanks,
N.

 

[whlisa19]

Hi, I had no idea people can do IUI at home! That's got to save a bunch of money. How has your experience been with it?

Thanks,
N.

me?

 

[c.30]

Hi, I had no idea people can do IUI at home! That's got to save a bunch of money. How has your experience been with it?

Thanks,
N.

I believe IUI is intrauterine insemination where the sperm is injected in the womens uterus whereas in this thread it's AI or NI where the sperm is deposited as close to the cervix as possible. I don't think you can do IUI at home unless someone comes along and corrects me.

 

[firechild30]

Got my CH this morning. looks like I ov a day earlier than expected, we missed donation the day before because donor was outta town. bummed!

 

[c.30]

Got my CH this morning. looks like I ov a day earlier than expected, we missed donation the day before because donor was outta town. bummed!

From looking at your chart firechild, I'd say you've got a really good chance this month. You got a donation O-2 with wet CM which is fertile and should have helped those swimmers stay alive. And you got a donation on O itself so I wouldn't be too bummed.

Lots of and a happy 2ww

 

[LeahMSta]

Mornin Ladies!
Well, we are halfway through this months wait. DW says she is already feeling cramps and believes AF is on her way. I hope she's wrong but with all of the insanity this cycle, I can't say I am terribly hopeful. We got some well timed insems because we do every other day donations but I just feel like there has been so much going on with the missus and myself that we haven't been as fully invested as we should have been. I suppose only time will tell for certain. I hope all is well and Firechild, I am sending tons of baby dust your way.

 

[Juniperjules]

Hi, I had no idea people can do IUI at home! That's got to save a bunch of money. How has your experience been with it?

Thanks,
N.

Hi there,
I was amazed when I read all the posts in here about home artificial insemination (AI). My OH & I have done it for 2 months now. It's really easy & straight forward... Although I felt weird the first time- its actually simple & easy! And it works for loads of girls. I actually even watched a show last week where a woman did it 7 times (successfully) as a surrogate for other couples.

All you need is a syringe & a little cup or specimen pot- easy! : )

 

[KelleyNJen]

Hi, I had no idea people can do IUI at home! That's got to save a bunch of money. How has your experience been with it?

Thanks,
N.

I believe IUI is intrauterine insemination where the sperm is injected in the womens uterus whereas in this thread it's AI or NI where the sperm is deposited as close to the cervix as possible. I don't think you can do IUI at home unless someone comes along and corrects me.

Yep Cheryl! You are right. You can do ICI (intracervical insemination) at home alone of with a partner, and of course NI (natural insemination/intercourse) but IUI would require washed sperm and someone trained to do it. I know there are some midwives that will come to you home to do an IUI but I can not imagine that a house call would be less expensive that a doctor visit.

We tried at home using ICI with frozen donor sperm and the experience was nice and intimate. Unfortunately with donor sperm you have such a small window as they do not live very long, after a few months (and thousands of dollars) we decided to see a fertillity specialist and have and IUI done at the doctors office. Our Doctor was amazing and after placing the syringe where it needed to go still let me push the plunger so that I was still truley involved with conceiving our child. I think if we had been using a known donor we would have tried at home with ICI longer but we were seriously depleting the baby fund!

I will you all tons and tons of baby dust

 

[firechild30]

Mornin Ladies!
Well, we are halfway through this months wait. DW says she is already feeling cramps and believes AF is on her way. I hope she's wrong but with all of the insanity this cycle, I can't say I am terribly hopeful. We got some well timed insems because we do every other day donations but I just feel like there has been so much going on with the missus and myself that we haven't been as fully invested as we should have been. I suppose only time will tell for certain. I hope all is well and Firechild, I am sending tons of baby dust your way.

Right back at ya! Thanks

 

[c.30]

Leah, just seen the temp dip on your chart, don't want to give false hope but I'm REALLY hoping thats an implantation dip

 

[LeahMSta]

Leah, just seen the temp dip on your chart, don't want to give false hope but I'm REALLY hoping thats an implantation dip

Thanks Cheryl. If it shoots back up tomorrow I may get my own hopes up. LOL! In all fairness the Missus and I had the tummy flu on the days it shot up so it's probably just that.

 

[MrsMM24]

LEAH, I have to agree with CHERYL here... GL

 

[momwannabe81]

11 dpo no symptoms out of ordinary and bfns. Ik still early but how do u keep trying over and over and still keep getting bfns. I mean I still hope but starting to lose hope. I always tell myself and others to just keep trying and hoping and eventually will happen. It just hard to hold onto hope when all I get is the damn witch every month and no squint of bfp evap or nothing . How do u keep going.

 

[MrsMM24]

MOMWANNABE.... I wish I could answer that question, 37 cycles with a break twice and 2 MCs, I still don't know how I kept going... GL