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

[RubyRainbows]

Ok girls! POP QUIZ! Let's put all of your wonderful knowledge & expertise to the test!

We don't do fertility friend or temp so... please help us figure out the best day for insemination (although OH's work schedule & donor's availability may or may not be flexible!)

We plan to meet him at a hotel 2 hours away for one insemination -- which day would you recommend?

OH's cycle is anywhere from 27 - 33 days but almost always it's 32-33 days. She started her period today (September 15).

OPKs start getting dark on CD 16 & 17 and VERY DARK (positive) CD 18 or 19

Increased CM days 16 & 17 & lots of creamy CM on CDs 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Which day would be the best day to meet him:

Friday, Oct. 1st (CD 17)
Saturday, Oct. 2nd (CD 18)
Sunday, Oct. 3rd (CD 19)
Monday, Oct. 4th (CD 20)


Please, please, please lemme know what you think!!!!!!

 

[kns]

you need to find out which day she ovulates and do it the day before.
we did this by using clear blue fertility monitor for 2 months.
x

 

[RubyRainbows]

The day before O? I know its possible, since live sperm lives in the body for a few days -- but i thought the day after the +OPK was the "best" time?

 

[topazicatzbet]

if it was me id do day 17 or 18, better to have the sperm there waiting,.

edit
you say lots of creamy cm. what about ewcm, creamy usually suggests post ovulation.

 

[RubyRainbows]

if it was me id do day 17 or 18, better to have the sperm there waiting,.

edit
you say lots of creamy cm. what about ewcm, creamy usually suggests post ovulation.

Oh really?? Hhmm... i'll have to ask OH -- good to know! We wondered why she had soo much creamy CM several days after the +OPK -- didn't realize the creaminess is normal after O!! I will explain to her that it's EWCM we want -- so the best day to insem is when it's EW consistancy??

 

[topazicatzbet]

yep egg white is the most fertile mucus

 

[snagglepat]

Definitely Ruby. It's the clear, stretchy stuff you want - that's what sustains the sperm and helps it swim up there. The creamy stuff actually blocks the way and kills it off. In theory it doesn't matter if you do it one or more days before you ovulate as long as there is ewcm because it will actually keep the little swimmers going. That's the philosophy we went by this time and decided to insem based purely on the fact that I had ewcm (cycles were too irregular to chart). I still had it four days later and don't believe I ov'd until then but you know where it got us.

I'd go for cd17 or 18 as well based on what you've said above, but keep an eye out this month for when the ewcm is there in conjunction with the OPKs so you can see how they fit together for her. That might change things a bit her.

Gina. x

 

[Sparklypants]

You need to do it the first day you get a positive on your opk, this means that it has detected the rise in LH in your urine and that ovulation will occur 12-36 hours later...

I had donations two days before Peak and then on the Peak day itself with my CB monitor.

I am a bit annoyed today, spent the past couple of nights at my sisters, which is good as I can't waste tests there lol... Anyway Monday morning I ordered some IC from EBay and was hoping they would have arrived today so that I can test properly tomorrow... but nothing! Which means if they arrive tomorrow I won't be able to do it as it won't be first morning urine

 

[Sparklypants]

Oh yes just to add that my donor, although very successful says that he has never had a success after the day of ovulation....

 

[topazicatzbet]

yeah i would def aim for pre ovulation, if you watch the great sperm race it takes the little guys a good few hours to make it to the fallopian tube so chances are the egg could have died by the time they make it there.

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Sparkly, I ordered more IC's yesterday and they were here today!!

Just save some of your FUM in a pot for when the tests do arrive!!

 

[Sparklypants]

Sparkly, I ordered more IC's yesterday and they were here today!!

Just save some of your FUM in a pot for when the tests do arrive!!

How long will it 'keep' for?? lol

I am so dying for a Dominos pizza tonight!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Storing it for the morning shouldn't harm it as long as it's in a clean, sealed pot.. if you were taking a sample to the doctors you'd have to do the same!

 

[Sparklypants]

Storing it for the morning shouldn't harm it as long as it's in a clean, sealed pot.. if you were taking a sample to the doctors you'd have to do the same!

I don't have any pots

 

[DaisyDoodles]

How about a jar?? Eerrm, a bottle? Anything that you can wash with hot water and has a lid.. even a tupperware tub will do!

 

[Sparklypants]

A tupperware pot it is

 

[DaisyDoodles]

A tupperware pot it is

Make sure you bin it afterwards.. you don't want to accidently store your cheese in it!!

 

[Nimyra]

Ruby, I'd go for day 18. Good luck!

 

[Sparklypants]

A tupperware pot it is

Make sure you bin it afterwards.. you don't want to accidently store your cheese in it!!

Cheeky mare !!!

 

[LunaBean]

Chemical pregnancy for me this month girls Nice shiny bfp on an FRER last night at OHs mums, we were stayong over so I only had one test with me, we told her mum and had abit of a celebration, but then I woke this morning and had started bleeding during the night So the faint lines all week were real faint lines *sigh* On to next month!

Ruby Id say CD 18 too, have a look at my chart..all the times I got pregnant we inseminated the day before OV! Its normal to have creamy CM after ov too, the ewcm usually dries up pretty much as soon as you ov.