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

[c.30]

Oxygen, I reckon you're covered with both Fridays and today's donation; I know someone who had a donation OV + 1 and now has a little boy. Lots and lots of to you!!

Leah, hope DW is feeling better. Good luck with donations

 

[Mummylou23]

hun I think ur covered look at me had donation Monday and ovulated Thursday and im pregnant xxx

 

[jury3]

Oxygen-If you did O yesterday and you donated on Friday, that is perfect timing! They say it's best to already have the little guys up there and waiting for the egg! This mornings donation could very well be your back up too. I think you will be just fine, it sounds pretty perfect to me...

 

[Mummylou23]

do you temp oxygen xxx

 

[HP123]

We're taking the month off. We only have one more cycle with the Clomid. My OB won't prescribe anymore without referring us to a fertility specialist. My donor - who loves me - has suggested he come for a week long visit in May during my fertility window! So we're going to skip this month. However if I happen to ovulate without the Clomid, then I am going to ask him to ship.

Sounds like everyone is doing well! Good luck to everyone this cycle and congrats to the bfp's

 

[Mummylou23]

thnk you hp I hope you get ur bfp soon huni u deserve it

 

[laurac1988]

We are starting again in June but my DP will be trying instead of me. Excited and nervous

 

[Juniperjules]

Hi ladies, I've been out of the ttc loop for a few months & am trying to remind myself of all the important stuff!

We were supposed to have our first appt with the FS this Wednesday- but got a letter in the mail rescheduling it for the 16th MAY!!!!! Apparently all the doctors arent available for various reasons & the clinic only runs 1 day a week, & basically april is a write off. Am so p'd off.. That's a 6 week delay. And although not the end of the world, at 38 I'm not happy about losing 6 weeks when I've been waiting since November to see the FS. (although I did have to change the 1st appt myself bcos I was going to London to see my sister for 5 weeks). But still.. 6 weeks feels like ages now- was really psyched to go this week. Now am feeling very deflated & flat.

My OH isn't fussed, he just said 'oh well so we just try naturally'. Which is a lovely positive attitude, but I was hoping that we'd see the FS & maybe manage to get IUI started either this cycle or next. This is our first month back ttc & I'm really really nervous about it all. what with doing the at home AI & all the frustrations that I felt last year, I kind of wanted to try & avoid having to do home AI again.

But I keep trying to remind myself that that it's not a waste of time to keep trying with the AI bcos its worked for so many of girls in here. Mind you, I am 38 so my age is against me.

My OH also said to me, 'but we should try more than twice'. Previously we only ever did day of +OPK & the next day.. Mostly bcos I didn't want to stress him out by doing more. But he seems keen to try more this time around. So my question is this...... If we still do day of + OPK, & the next day, what other days do u girls with experience suggest we also do?? Ive done a bit of reading on FS websites & I know that some say to abstain for min of 2 days prior to IUI. So although I want to do more, I also don't want to use up all the best sperm too early...

Ideas? Suggestions? Opinions??

 

[jury3]

HP-I am throwing around the idea of taking this month off too. I visited a nutritionist and I want to get back on track with being healthy. I figured it might be a good idea. I thought our donor would be glad too since they just had a baby the other day, but he seems ready and willing...so, we'll see. DW would prefer we do it. Maybe you'll O on your own! That would be exciting!

juniper-That would be so frustrating! I would pretty peeved as well...Have you tried following the SMEP plan? We are doing our own version of it...we insem every other day when I start getting fertile CM until O. Then we do an extra one the day of O if possible. Do you O the same day as positive opk? If so, it might be good to get some in before then...

 

[baby4me2013]

Wow such great news!!

AFM, I think I am taking the month off too. BUT if I O this month, I'm getting a sono the day of the first OPK so they can check out my eggs. I guess if they get in there and it looks good, I'll be making a text out to my donor to try once to see if it can happen. Otherwise, I'll wait till next round.

I usually guess when I think I will O and then schedule 4 visits, all in a row to maximize my chances. And up until this last cycle, that has worked, as I have had pos OPK on the last ones right in the middle of insem week. Well, it's not a week, but it sure feels like it!

I am really starting to wonder if this BV that I had going on wasn't the cause of all this in the first place! So after all the antibiotics, I'm hoping to be back in business this month and will start digi OPKing tomorrow (cd11) until I get something. Fingers and toes crossed.

 

[firechild30]

Hi ladies, I've been out of the ttc loop for a few months & am trying to remind myself of all the important stuff!

We were supposed to have our first appt with the FS this Wednesday- but got a letter in the mail rescheduling it for the 16th MAY!!!!! Apparently all the doctors arent available for various reasons & the clinic only runs 1 day a week, & basically april is a write off. Am so p'd off.. That's a 6 week delay. And although not the end of the world, at 38 I'm not happy about losing 6 weeks when I've been waiting since November to see the FS. (although I did have to change the 1st appt myself bcos I was going to London to see my sister for 5 weeks). But still.. 6 weeks feels like ages now- was really psyched to go this week. Now am feeling very deflated & flat.

My OH isn't fussed, he just said 'oh well so we just try naturally'. Which is a lovely positive attitude, but I was hoping that we'd see the FS & maybe manage to get IUI started either this cycle or next. This is our first month back ttc & I'm really really nervous about it all. what with doing the at home AI & all the frustrations that I felt last year, I kind of wanted to try & avoid having to do home AI again.

But I keep trying to remind myself that that it's not a waste of time to keep trying with the AI bcos its worked for so many of girls in here. Mind you, I am 38 so my age is against me.

My OH also said to me, 'but we should try more than twice'. Previously we only ever did day of +OPK & the next day.. Mostly bcos I didn't want to stress him out by doing more. But he seems keen to try more this time around. So my question is this...... If we still do day of + OPK, & the next day, what other days do u girls with experience suggest we also do?? Ive done a bit of reading on FS websites & I know that some say to abstain for min of 2 days prior to IUI. So although I want to do more, I also don't want to use up all the best sperm too early...

Ideas? Suggestions? Opinions??

Welcome back! March was our first cycle back. The break was very good for us.

After this cycle, we only have one cycle of clomid left. we've decided to only do up to two inseminations this cycle- we go on Saturday to get follies and lining checked- if everything looks good we do the trigger the same day and follow Dr instruction for inseminations.
I'm having a hard time remembering to temp in the morning before I start moving around and talking. the hot flashes and night sweats from the clomid this cycle are horrid!

We start opk on Wed. good luck to those getting donations! we need some serious babydust!

 

[Mummylou23]

hi any updates on any one its getting lonely now am pregnant lol

 

[Oxygen7880]

hi any updates on any one its getting lonely now am pregnant lol

lol Mummy! How ru feeling?
No news here. I'm 2dpo. Waiting for my cross hairs on FF. I'm worried my temp didn't rise enough. My first month ttc and first time temping so I'm not sure if my temp went up enough. Just want to know that i ov'd

 

[Mummylou23]

im feeling ok hun just tired and achy and it should show tomorrow hun as normally by 3dpo you get cross hairs

 

[awifey]

How do you get the donors tested? SA and all in the states. What are the costs involved?

 

[jury3]

The should be able to go to a regular doctor to get an std test, not sure how much. We called a fertility clinic to see about getting SA and I think it was $100-$150? Our donor has 2 kids, so we didn't mess with that part. You could probably call your gyno and ask them who would be good to contact. That's where we got our contact.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Congratulations on your BFP mummylou! HH9M!!!

I know my donor gets an STD test done through his doctor every year. It's harder to do the SA's here when it comes to donations, assuming the truth is told. As far as I know, sperm donation is not legal here.

My donor has 8 children (all donor kids), so like jury, I know personally, I don`t have to worry about that.

Although it is crazy to look at my youngest daughter and see she has 2 siblings...but another 7 out there somewhere. HOLY CRAP! My daughter has 9 siblings!

 

[Juniperjules]

HP-I am throwing around the idea of taking this month off too. I visited a nutritionist and I want to get back on track with being healthy. I figured it might be a good idea. I thought our donor would be glad too since they just had a baby the other day, but he seems ready and willing...so, we'll see. DW would prefer we do it. Maybe you'll O on your own! That would be exciting!

juniper-That would be so frustrating! I would pretty peeved as well...Have you tried following the SMEP plan? We are doing our own version of it...we insem every other day when I start getting fertile CM until O. Then we do an extra one the day of O if possible. Do you O the same day as positive opk? If so, it might be good to get some in before then...

Thanks Jury, I have heard of smep. I'm not sure if we'd manage it exactly but I think the general idea of trying to get as many AI done as we can, is probably the way we'll go. A few girls in here have mentioned doing 2-O, 1-O, day of + OPK & OPK+1.... I'm kind of thinking that's wot we'll try. typically I seem to Ov on cd15, which is next Monday, so I'm thinking maybe we'll do Friday around 4pm, Sat by 1pm, Sun late-ish like after 8pm (expecting to get +OPK this day) & then Monday probably late in the day after 5pm.

Doing the AI for 4 days in a row does worry me a little bcos of what u hear about not doing it too often due to diminishing the sperm numbers etc.. But I'm also nervous about missing the window. I do feel like doing an AI before getting the +OPK makes a lot of sense. Wot kind of pattern (or even lack of!!) are the rest of you here doing??

All the posts from you ladies who have just had or are about to have babies is sooooooo encouraging. It's testament to the fact that this works. Thanks for sticking around & giving the rest of us good vibes x

 

[Mummylou23]

leah how you getting on ?? been looking for updates but haven't seen any.

 

[firechild30]

Starting opks today. u/s scheduled for sat...trigger then if everything checks out, inseminate on Sun morning probably, depending on Dr instruction. this month or next month are the last clomid cycle, so I very much hope that we get it this month. also, the costs of all the tests are really starting to add up. I think if we don't get it by July (will be one yr), then we may just give up all together.