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

[2moms2be]

Hi ladies,

I am so confused. I had a double line on the OPKs as well as ferning on the saliva microscope, EWCM and CP was high, soft and open. I also had ovulation spotting. This was all 4-5 days ago. Since then my CM has been dry/sticky and the OPK was negative.

Last night I noticed thin stretchy CM and so I tested the OPK again and I had a very strong positive line (darker than control). I am not sure what this means? Am I ovulating now instead of before?????

My donor is only in town another day and a half. Should we do another AI just in case?

I agree with the other ladies... that other donation can't hurt! FX for you

 

[HopefulFairy]

Hi ladies,

Did 2 more rounds of AI (yesterday and today). Fingers crossed. I think I might be ovulating at the moment. CP high and open. Making a baby is so nerve wracking with trying to get the timing right! Trying to make a baby is also a lot of fun though

Thanks for your support! May we all get a this month xx

 

[AshNAmber]

got me yesterday.. she couldn't even wait till today blah... oh well got in touch with donor yesterday he's ready when we are so now just getting passed AF and then going for round 2.. good luck for all the ladies still waiting to test this month loads of baby dust yalls way

 

[Kat S]

Sorry to hear AF got you, AshnAmber! I hear it takes several tries most of the time, so maybe not this month, but soon!!

 

[2moms2be]

Sorry the witch got you, AshNAmber. Ugh. Onward and upward... new cycle, new chance! FX that it's your turn

 

[jury3]

Boo for AF ashnamber! Glad your donor is ready and willing though!

 

[AshNAmber]

Sorry to hear AF got you, AshnAmber! I hear it takes several tries most of the time, so maybe not this month, but soon!!

thanks.. I'm hoping sooner rather then later but i think we all feel that way.

Sorry the witch got you, AshNAmber. Ugh. Onward and upward... new cycle, new chance! FX that it's your turn

thanks hun.. yep I was shockingly not to upset this go round more bummed then anything but I think Oct will be my month so many wonderful things going on that month I think a BFP should be added to it

Boo for AF ashnamber! Glad your donor is ready and willing though!

thanks yeah our donor is really great he is deff a blessing to us.. let the count down to O begin hehe

Im sending all you ladies load of baby dust an keeping FX crossed are any of you close to POAS yet?

 

[2moms2be]

Im sending all you ladies load of baby dust an keeping FX crossed are any of you close to POAS yet?

Thank you

Only 4DPO yet, and fighting the urge to POAS I'm trying to hold off on testing until AF is due (the 16th), but I'm sure I'll cave early and start peeing on things around 10DPO, haha. For whatever reason, I'm not feeling overly optimistic about this cycle... but I'd love to be proven wrong!

 

[HopefulFairy]

Sorry to hear you are out AshnAmber. Glad you have such a great donor lined up!

Fingers crossed for you 2Moms2be.

I am still getting strong positive on my OPK. Very confused about what is happening this cycle. It is now CD22 and I originally thought I ovulated CD14/15. Luckily donor still here and doing AI. Tomorrow he goes home though. Hope we have caught the egg?

 

[Nimyra]

Hopeful, do a final donation and call it a month. You may just have a long surge... body is working hard to push out that good egg.

 

[CmonBFP]

Hopeful are you using the Clearblue digital OPKs I use to have this problem when I used the non digital sticks my surge seemed to go on for days.

 

[HopefulFairy]

Hopeful are you using the Clearblue digital OPKs I use to have this problem when I used the non digital sticks my surge seemed to go on for days.

Hi Cmon,

I am using Discover to detect LH. https://www.discoverpregnancy.com.au/Discover_7_day_Pregnancy_Planning_Kit

 

[laurac1988]

Ay just got AF. We didn't try this month. 14 day LP is great news

 

[CmonBFP]

Hopeful - yeah those ones aren't digital. I had major issues with nondigital OPKs, with the digital it shows a smiley face and there's no interpreting lines.

Laura - yay to 14 LP

 

[HopefulFairy]

Wish I could post picture. The file size is too big. The lines are very dark (darker than the control). Been that way last four days. Not like when I had the first lot of positive OPK earlier this month. On day 14 I had a definite dark line. the days before and day after was much fainter lines and outside of that was no line at all. Strange, had 5 days pass then another positive line (CD19). Have had 4 days of positive dark lines now (CD19, 20, 21, 22). Today being CD22. Did our last AI today before donor went home just in case. Going to do a hpt in next few days just in case. Fingers crossed. If not successful this month will definitely be temping next month. So hard to work out ovulation without it.

 

[Kat S]

Wish I could post picture. The file size is too big. The lines are very dark (darker than the control). Been that way last four days. Not like when I had the first lot of positive OPK earlier this month. On day 14 I had a definite dark line. the days before and day after was much fainter lines and outside of that was no line at all. Strange, had 5 days pass then another positive line (CD19). Have had 4 days of positive dark lines now (CD19, 20, 21, 22). Today being CD22. Did our last AI today before donor went home just in case. Going to do a hpt in next few days just in case. Fingers crossed. If not successful this month will definitely be temping next month. So hard to work out ovulation without it.

I read (and was told by a fertility specialist) that your LH levels rise again between O and AF. In fact, many women experience several surges apart from O, which makes the OPKs tough to read unless you know your body really well/are temping, etc. It's so confusing!! Anyway, sounds like you covered all your bases, and now the TWW!!

 

[jury3]

I would definitely temp next month (if you make it to next month...hopefully you'll have a bfp!). Positive opks do not even guarantee you O. Some girls get the surge but never even release an egg. Plus it really helps to pinpoint when you actually do O. Its nice to have that extra bit of information.

 

[Nimyra]

Hopeful, I think you should do a hpt now just to see if that's what is causing the ovulation sticks to be positive.

Very curious!

 

[HopefulFairy]

Hopeful, I think you should do a hpt now just to see if that's what is causing the ovulation sticks to be positive.

Very curious!

Did a hpt this morning. Would be 9 DPO or maybe still ovulating? Got a
I know might be way too early to tell but a little heartbreaking all the same. Feel a bit sad now

Was getting a bit hopeful as convincing myself of a few symptoms pointing to pregnancy. Bloated, gassy, cervix soft and closed and medium height (not high or low), cramping in uterus, low back pain, boobs look a bit bigger with veins prominent, extremely tired, crying at drop of hat ...

Dont know how long i should wait to do another test? Scared of seeing another

I also did an ovulation test this morning. Still very dark line (this makes 5th day in a row)

 

[jury3]

9 dpo is very early. I tested at 9dpo and had a bfn. Tested again at 12dpo and had a bfp. Your symptoms sound good too. It's strange to be getting pos opks since your cervix is closed...usually it would at least be a little open if you were about to O. I say test in a few more days!