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

[RubyRainbows]

Hang in there Daisy! Maybe the wicked witch will be too busy with Halloween.... and will leave us alone this month!

9DPO is pretty early to test! Although -- i was trying to talk OH into testing today too! Lol.

Good luck. The main symptom for OH right now is the tender/sore bbs. She doesn't remember them "ever being this sore!" So -- hoping it's good news & not pms.

 

[EpdTTC]

Sorry Lyvian! Better luck next try! How did you time your inseminations? Did you feel good about the timing?

 

[lyvian]

well this was are first try so we weren't 100% sure we were doing it right but we felt good. Now we are more informed thanks to all of you in this forum and what we have been reading. so I know that next time we will be 100% sure! Thanks all of you. you have been so wonderful

 

[DaisyDoodles]

I have the very faint hint of a line!!

I'm about to do a couple more just to be certain, but it's definately there!

Ruby have you tested yet?


ETA: I now have 3 faint pink lines!!

 

[kezza78]

Congrates Daisy!!!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Thanks Kezza! - I'm now up to 7 pink lines!!

 

[snagglepat]

Woo hoo Daisy! That's fantastic news!

Lyvian, welcome to the thread. Fingers crossed that next month will be the one for you.

Our little piece of news is that we've just booked ourselves an independent midwife. We had one last time and it was amazing, but we were going to try and save our money this time and rely on the NHS. After our 25 week appointment with one of our NHS team of midwives in which she nearly fell off her chair when we told her some of our really not very radical ideas for the birth (like no internals unless a problem arises, a physiological third stage and not cutting or clamping the cord until after the placenta was born, subject to blood loss) we decided we just weren't up for having to debate and negotiate our wishes during labour, so we've taken the plunge. I'm so, so happy about it.

Gina. x

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Gina, I'm considering the same, I had an awful time giving birth to my son with students being allowed to do internals and break my waters, I want a home birth this time so I'm more in control of things and the idea of an independant midwife really appeals to me too - but then our local hospital is currently being sued after a midwife dropped the baby she'd just delivered!

 

[Sparklypants]

Have already PM'd you on the other place!

Am so, so pleased for you my lovely... I knew you wouldn't be that far behind me!

Your turn for the sickness now x x x

 

[LunaBean]

Yayyyee Daisy! Congrats!!!!!!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Lol, thanks Luna!

...and Sparkly... you can keep your sickness, I had enough with Dan to last for 3 pregnancies thank you very much!!

I'm slowly starting to believe it but still can't bring myself to phone my parents in case it's not true...

 

[Sparklypants]

Sweetheart RING THEM!!!!!!

Eeeek! x x

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Noooo, my dad has been worrying himself silly over my sis lately so I want to be certain before I tell them, I'll do it tomorrow if I get positives again!!

 

[Sparklypants]

How long are you going to test for? I think I did it on and off for a week after lol... used up all my ICs! x

 

[snagglepat]

Daisy, I have to say that last time having an IM was just the best thing. By the time I went into labour we knew her well and trusted her, she knew exactly what we wanted too and it meant that the birth could just flow in whatever way it wanted to. I have such precious memories of it. I'm so happy to have the chance at another perfect birth. We've moved, so it's a different midwife but I've been at births with her before and she's fab.

At the very least I'd recommend getting a doula. Having that advocate and support on your side, who is there just for you is wonderful. I'm going to be so spoilt at this birth now we have both. It's turned the whole thing around for me, from something I had many anxieties about to something I'm now really looking forward to. I feel safe in it. It's such a same we have to pay so much for that peace of mind though.

Whereabouts in the UK are you? The story about your local hospital must give you such confidence in them...

Your three lines are great news. A lovely summer birth for you then.

Gina. x

 

[rosie5637]

congratulations daisy!! so pleased for you

it gives me hope, im still kind of in limbo at the mo. so frusrating

 

[LunaBean]

I wana see pix of the lines!!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Snagglepat, I'm definately gonna get either an IM or a doula... my hubby would end up giving in to whatever the hospital/midwife wanted!

We're in East London and the local hospital also sent a friend home the day she was due to be induced because they were too busy and she ended up losing baby after the cord wrapped around his neck so there's no way in hell I'm gonna have my baby there!

Rosie, you'll be getting your BFP soon I'm sure, did the new donor turn out ok?

And Lunabean, I'll try and get photo's up just for you! lol

 

[lyvian]

thank you so very much Gina and best of luck to you. Daisy CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Here goes, they're faint, but they're definately there....

https://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/tdowning_01/test.jpg

https://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/tdowning_01/DSC_0105.jpg

Even teh ones I've done this afternoon are showing at about the same colour as well so hopefully tomorrow will be darker!!