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

[LunaBean]

Thanks

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Lunabean, I've been told to test on the 16th but I'm not sure I'll last that long!

It'd be lovely to have someone to chat to that's going through the same thing, I was on my mobile when I posted last night so couldn't reply properly, but I had cramping as well!

About an hour after we inseminated, I started to get a cramping sensation which carried on in varying intensity for most of the evening, I'm not sure whether it was the sperm or ovulation, but it's not something I've noticed on previous months!

 

[LunaBean]

I always get it just after inseminations, I think its quite common cus we aren't used to it!! I'm due to test on the 15th, that means the 11th for me lolol I had some spotting today, didn't last long tho, it's stopped now!! And one reallly sore boob,lol

 

[kns]

god luck best wishes
xx

 

[DaisyDoodles]

I had backache and cramping yesterday, but completely back to normal now!

Does anyone here run/exercise?? - I usually run 4 or 5 miles a day, but haven't been out for the past week, I know it's stupid, but I'm actually scared to go just in case.... do you think it'd be ok if I just jogged a mile or so or should I hold off during the 2ww??

 

[LunaBean]

I joined the gym a few months ago..and was told not to do any treadmill at all, or anything faster than a brisk walk, even in the 2ww! I'm afraid it'll dislodge the baby if it's trying to implant lolol

Id collapse and die if I ran even a mile, nevermind 5 lol

 

[EpdTTC]

Hi girls,
Just wanted to stop in and say hi and wish luck to all the gals in the 2ww or those gearing up for inseminations.

Things are going well for me. I saw the doc yesterday and had a scan and baby was measuring 12 wks. I am still nervous all of the time but it has gotten a little bit better. I graduated from my RE and have my first OB appointment on Thursday!

Baby dust,
Erin

 

[RubyRainbows]

Welcome BabyMakesTwo! :wave:

Welcome kns -- congrats on conceiving on your 1st attempt!

Luna -- i haven't been on much so forgive me if you already posted about this -- but looks like your OH let you get the puppy afterall??? Is that him in the picture? What did you name him??

Good luck to everyone in their 2WW!! I know it's hard & sucks to have to wait -- but at least you get that excitement & fun of waiting!! We are just patiently waiting for the appnt with the fertility doc & trying to save up more money for frozen sperm -- this waiting game sucks!!

Erin -- such fabulous news! Love hearing updates on your little bean! Glad she is doing fantastic!

 

[snagglepat]

Hi folks,

We're back from our hols now and we had our 20 week scan just before we left. All is well with baby, though the placenta was a bit on the low side so I need to have another scan at 36 weeks to check that it's moved enough for a natural birth. It was almost out the way this time though, so I'd be very unlucky for it not to move up as my uterus expands. I'm choosing not to worry about it.

We didn't ask the gender, but both DP and I saw obvious genitals. Even though we didn't compare notes until after we'd left the hospital we saw the same thing so have a pretty strong inkling which flavour of baby we're having. I'm not sure whether I'm secretly pleased or disappointed to know (or kind of know - we could both be wrong given how fleeting it was and the fact that we didn't ask for confirmation) but we can't change it now! We're not going to go public with our suspicions, or at least, not yet. It's making for a shorter short list of names though.

Kns - huge congrats on your BFP first time. We're just down the road from you in North Shropshire.

Erin - congrats on the positive scan - and welcome to the second trimester, well, almost. It's a good feeling isn't it?

Daisy, DP stopped running in the 2ww when we were trying with her. She didn't do as much as you, about four miles every second day, but we read that the high impact can affect implantation so she took to brisk walking instead. If she'd ever stayed pregnant her plan was to continue to speed walk through the first trimester then jog lightly in the second and see how things were before deciding for the third, but we never got that far so can't tell you how it worked in real life. Good luck though!

Good luck to you too Luna. Hopefully that spotting is a very good sign. We never had any post insem cramping here, but I always used to get horrible ovulation pains. Fingers crossed for you!

Good luck in the waiting game Ruby. It's not fun. I still have moments of amazement that we're still not playing it ourselves. May the time pass quickly for you.

Best wishes to all,

Gina. x

 

[EpdTTC]

Ruby-Thanks! I will be sure to keep you gals posted.

Gina-Thank you! I will be so glad to officially be in the second trimester. I have just been a paranoid wreck this whole time. The doc said that my placenta was covering my cervix but that hopefully it would move as my uterus continues to grow. I hope so! Don't need one extra thing to worry about. How exciting-your 20 weeks scan! I will be curious to see if your sex hunch turns out to be correct. I hope to find out the sex as soon as I can. I am way too curious and impatient.

 

[Nimyra]

Congrats Erin and Gina!

Erin, what's your gender hunch? By the way, almost everyone's placenta is covering their cervix at least partly at 12 weeks because your uterus is still small - I wouldn't worry about it.

My placenta was low at 20 weeks but had moved by 28.

Doing well here, working on getting Maya to sleep as we speak.

 

[Nimyra]

pictures: (2nd try)

https://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Thanks Luna and Gina, I guess I'll have to make to with the exercise bike for now then - and that's the London Marathon out of the window too (not that I'm at all upset about that as it was hubby that entered me! lol)

Good luck everyone else!

 

[snagglepat]

Em, I tried to look at your pictures but I just get an empty kodak screen. And I could see myself that the cervix was only just covered by placenta, the vast majority of it was up the back wall so I'll be really surprised if it doesn't move. I won't get the update scan until 35 weeks though, so there's a while to wait for confirmation.

Daisy - I'm sure you'll survive missing the marathon. And there's always the year after... I remember seeing clips of Paula Radcliffe getting cuddles from baby Isla just after she crossed over the finish line of one marathon and she can't have been much over a year old.

I've decided I like knowing (or pretty much knowing) the gender of our baby. I'm finding it easier to bond with the little wriggler now I know a bit more about them and can picture them more easily. Yey!

Best wishes all round,

Gina. x

 

[topazicatzbet]

i loved knowing that callum was a boy, from the day i had my scan he was known as callum rather than baby, and his room was decorated just for him with his name on the door and on the wall of his room.

i ll def find out the sex of the next one too.

well the four donations this cycle didnt pay off, pretty sure im out my temps are dropping and no symptoms

 

[RubyRainbows]

Aaww -- Topaz -- sorry to hear that!

Em -- i can't view the pics either??

 

[EpdTTC]

Aww Topaz, I hope you are wrong!

Ruby-how is your niece doing?

Em-I'm not sure about my gender hunch. My mom and Donna think it is a boy. I keep coming up with only boy names...but I don't know. Of course I would love to have a girl, but you know, after having two losses, I have come to the conclusion that it really doesn't matter. I think either will be fun in their own way. I obviously don't know as much about boys, but certainly people can help me and there are always books!

 

[LunaBean]

Happy 12 weeks Erin!! I know what you mean about prefering one gender, I realllly want a boy, but after so many losses, I'll be happy with either!! I have a feeling you're having a girl tho!!

Tammy - That's just a picture of my dog I have already when she was a puppy,I'm still working on getting a new one from OH lol. Its my birthday next month and I keep dropping hints! I want a small dog again, so I can carry it in the pet carrier if I need to get the train to my sisters etc, but OH had a springer spaniel when she was younger, and I found some of those puppies online and they're ready next week, so I might surprise her with one, win her round abit! lol

 

[topazicatzbet]

im def out the witch just showed up. on to the next cycle

 

[LunaBean]

Aww, I'm sorry On to next month! Are you taking soy isoflovines or anything? They give you bigger/more eggs, depending on when you take them in your cycle, its kinda the natural version of clomid!