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

[RubyRainbows]

Lea -- How are you doing?

 

[topazicatzbet]

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2f2ea6

Sorry about that Topaz! This one should work!

chart looks good, looking forward to seeing todays temp and is that spotting you have recorded - implantation bleed??? (i love looking at charts)

 

[Tegans Mama]

Lea -- How are you doing?

I'm not too bad. We're trying to keep busy to keep our minds from wandering. Tegan is behaving pretty much like a normal 27 month old lately (lots of tantrums thrown into the excessive cuteness ) so is definitely keeping us on our toes!! Thankyou for asking xx

 

[mommies1and2]

I hope it's implantation Topaz...my temp this morning was 98.3. I am trying not to give too much credence to my sore boobs, mild cramps or low energy level since they are somewhat subjective and could just mean the will be showing up. We had the girls over for Poker last night and I could barely keep my eyes open by 10:00 which is not at all like me!

My OH has decided that from now on we need to eat like I'm pregnant so everything has to be organic...usually we buy organic meats/veggie/dairy and I've already cut out caffeine but she's going through our pantry now and getting rid of all the canned goods, pasta etc and packing it up for the food bank. We're having organic eggs, nitrate free bacon, and gluten free toast for breakfast...she's so sweet!

FX's for you Ruby...sounds like your new donor is great! Don't worry about the hotel staff...LOL, yesterday we went to the PakMail with our donor to have our sperm donor contract notarized and the guy was clearly reading parts of it because he got all flustered and embarrassed...it was a hoot!

 

[RubyRainbows]

It's so crazy how each cycle can be sooo different!

OH has gotten a +OPK on CD 18 or 19 for several months in a row!

But now this cycle she got +OPK's on CDs 13/14/15
The most egg white CM on CDs 14/15
We inseminated on CD 15 (two dark OPK lines)
OH thinks she feels "ovulation pain" today - CD 17 but CM has dried up? (very light OPK line)

If she did, in fact, ovulate today -- will she have thick, white CM tomorrow?

Do you think our timing was ok?? Or were we too early??

Do you think it was a good or bad idea to change plans & meet the donor on CD 15 rather than tomorrow (CD 18) as originally planned?

My head is spinning!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Topaz -- i looked at your chart! Honestly, i haven't got a clue how to read them, lol...... But the rise in temp is a good sign, right??

Mommies1&2 -- Enjoy your baby-friendly breakfast tomorrow! Your OH is soo sweet! You need a ticker -- so i can keep tabs on when everyone is testing!

Looking promising girls! Hoping to see some BFP's around here soon!

 

[EpdTTC]

Ruby-Not to make you worry or cause you anxiety, but actually, if the OPK was a true positive on day 13, I would almost be concerned that you inseminated too late, not too early. Once you get a positive OPK, stop checking. It is only the first positive that means anything. OPKs will generally stay positive for a day or two, but that doesn't mean anything. Once you get a positive you should ovulate 12-36 hours from the first positive. If the OPK was just starting to get positive on CD 13 and 14 and wasn't truly positive until CD 15 that's a different story! Here's to hoping that was the case!

 

[snagglepat]

Ruby, I'd say your timing sounds as good as you could have got it. Don't worry about what your OH's mucus is like any more. If she had good EWCM at the time you inseminated your job is done. That stuff can sustain the sperm for days - 4-5 days in our case - and within a few hours all the good swimmers have already made their way up through the cervix so the mucus from that point is irrelevant. All those little swimmers will have made their way up over the next day or two and happily hung out in her fallopian tubes sustained by that lovely EWCM until that precious egg burst forth, at which point it's party central. It all sounds good from here.

Mommies 1&2, I love the sound of that breakfast. Are you up for guests?

I just got back from our 28 week midwife appointment and all is well. I'm measuring big still, but not big enough to worry much - I'm not expecting a tiddler anyway (Ember was 8lb 11oz at 40 weeks exactly). Everything else is normal and boringly healthy and the baby is even head down! Yey!

Best wishes all round,

Gina.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Thanks girls -- i knew you'd all have such wonderful insight! I guess we will just have to wait & see. Timing is so challenging tho! Erin -- I guess even if the 1st +OPK was Wednesday... then insem on Friday could still be ok... bc you said Ov occurs within 36 hours later?? Thanks Gina -- 4/5 days early! Wow! I guess when it's meant to be it's meant to be!! Glad your appn't went so well! "A boring, healthy pregnancy" is the best kind! Anxious to hear baby names from both of you!!!!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Hhmmm... i'm attempting to post a picture of my son & niece from Halloween...

 

[topazicatzbet]

awe they look so cute.

 

[mommies1and2]

Ruby: Those costumes are adorable! Thanks for posting the pics. BTW, I ovulated 3 days after my first positive OPK so it is possible to ovulate later than the window (although I don't know how common.) I think you guys did a great job with the timing! I would love to add a ticker but I don't know how...

Snagglepat...there is always plenty of food and room at our table girl!

Does anyone have any experience with implantation bleeding? I have been having spotting/mild cramps for the last 4 days, since 5 DPO, it's light brown/pink and is not even enough to warrant a pad...I thought it was only supposed to last a couple of days so I'm worried it means AF is on the way. Sorry if this is TMI...

 

[snagglepat]

Mommies 1&2, there's no such thing as TMI here! I'd say anything is possible. I had a good three + days of implantation spotting with this pregnancy, thought it was later (more like 13-16dpo). I don't think that means anything though - they can implant any time once they reach the uterus and this one clearly took it's time as it implanted low down meaning I now have to have extra scans to make sure the placenta is far enough away from the cervix to make a vaginal birth possible. Hopefully if what you're experiencing is implantation bleeding then your baby is snuggling in nice and high so you won't have to face that as an issue.

And save me a place, I'll be with you in the morning (assuming that lottery win comes through to pay for the flights...)

Ruby, very cute costumes! We didn't dress Ember up. She's going through a 'scared of monsters' phase so we though it best to keep her away from it for this year, but we did go to a grown up halloween party that we dressed up for. I won't even begin to describe my costume as it was in really bad taste, but we had a great time.

Gina. x

 

[RubyRainbows]

I would love to add a ticker but I don't know how...

If you click on someone else's ticker -- for instance mine or Gina's (i like the lilypie ones we have). It will take you to the site! You can choose a TTC ticker for now... and in a few weeks a pregnancy ticker! After you enter your info... it will give you the code to post it on a forum... just copy & paste it... as your babyandbump signature (go to "user cp" i think up top).

 

[mommies1and2]

Okay, Ruby I followed your wonderful instructions, correctly I hope, and my signature should appear at the end of this post!

The one I picked said I should test in 2 days but FF says I should wait until next Wednesday which would be 17 DPO. I am a little ashamed to say I bought one of those early detection HPT's and tested 6 and 7 DPO (which were of course negative). Now, my OH and I are wary of testing again too early and getting a false result...but 17 DPO is a long time! I was thinking of testing Friday which would be 12 DPO. When do you all usually test?

Snagglepat I am going to choose to think positive until proven otherwise...finally my stubborness can be put to good use!

 

[LunaBean]

My FF is refusing to say I ovulated, hmm..I should be 4dpo..but who knows!! Been having cramps today, but nothing else!

 

[LunaBean]

ahh..its fixed, I charted on the wrong day lmao. Im 4dpo now

 

[topazicatzbet]

oh im one day behind you and my chart looks like yours so far

 

[LunaBean]

Ohh our charts are twins! Hopefully our bfp's will be twins too then we can be bump buds!

 

[topazicatzbet]

i really hope so, think we are due a bumper crop of bfp's