Hiya,
A bit late to this, but we had the donor come to our house and offered him petrol money (it was about a 90 minute drive each way but he was happy to do this, bless him) but he would never accept it, so no money changed hands at all. This was only after we'd met in a public place the first time, which is where we checked his test results etc. He'd arrive, we'd all sit and have a chat over a cuppa - this could take anywhere from 30 mins to two hours depending on the time of day and how chatty we all felt. Then he'd go upstairs and do his thing, leave the sample in a pot (we used the same ones that sparkly used but you do need to use a 10ml syringe with these) and leave, wishing us luck. We'd then go up and inseminate. Most often, we'd do this later in the evening so I'd just go to bed which would mean I could stay lying down for a good 10-12 hours afterwards.
We never used instead cups or anything else other than leaving the syringe in for a while (not overnight though, that would not be comfy). Knickers with a pad are a real must though! And no bath for 36-48 hours afterwards in case water got in and washed any residual sperm away, just showers.
Em, my periods started to come back when Ember was about 15 months old as she was feeding less then, only 2-3 times a day. They were erratic for a while and never really got regular again before we got pregnant again, but that could as easily be because of my PCOS rather than the influence of nursing. We inseminated because it was a feasible amount of time since my last period (about 20 days) and I had fertile mucus. We weren't doing any other monitoring, we just decided to give it a go. And here we are!
I've got my fingers crossed for a couple of BFPs here in the next few days. It's sounding very hopeful so far.
Gina. x
I have a 'baby kit' for when I go see th donor, a small toiletry bag with 2 syringes, 2 sterile pots, a small pack of tissues, a small pack of baby wipes, 2 OPKs, and liners in it, lol.
