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

[RubyRainbows]

Rosie -- see if there is someone else who can meet on such short notice. Was there anyone else you talked with at all? As long as you aren't "rushing into" something... that's what i would try to do... rather than miss the whole cycle! By rushing in, i mean make sure they still meet your criteria... and already have recent STD/HIV screenings to show you. Good luck! Hope you hear from your donor ASAP!

 

[tenleys306]

UPDATES:
pd started 11/29/10
start to test for ov 12/04/10 using the clear blue easy monit
hoping my ttc dates are around 12/11,12,13/2010

* if anyone knows of any tricks drop me a line and let me know. My oh and I are new to all of this and only tried once.*

 

[topazicatzbet]

i swear by grapefruit juice, increases the cm. i got my bfp on both cycles i used it

 

[rosie5637]

Rosie -- see if there is someone else who can meet on such short notice. Was there anyone else you talked with at all? As long as you aren't "rushing into" something... that's what i would try to do... rather than miss the whole cycle! By rushing in, i mean make sure they still meet your criteria... and already have recent STD/HIV screenings to show you. Good luck! Hope you hear from your donor ASAP!

thanks ruby

i got a text message from him this afternoon. he said he's really sorry but his internet is down so he didn't get my message. he's still willing to help tomorrow but it depends on the snow. so now i've just got to pray that the snow sods off and the roads are clear!!

 

[mechanica]

Thanks Ruby!!

It went great. I always feel sooo awkward, but we just spoke about what i do for work and then i left him to it. He even put it in the syringe for me and then he left! He was really sweet and trudged all the way over here even though the weather was rubbish and there was a tube strike!

Not sure how i'm feeling now. Trying not to think about it and just be super relaxed because i can never tell. When i was pregnant last time i didn't realise right away so missed all of the 'early symptoms'. I feel a bit sick and crampy but that could just be my period! Fingers crossed!!!!

 

[cranberry]

hi ladies. good luck to those of us still in the ttc boat.

so i am doing my next home insem tomorrow morning. i'm supplementing my iui b/c i figure the more the merrier and i believe in self hep . i got my trigger shot yesterday and did my first iui this morning. other than the damn pain of the speculum it was fine.

so i am seeing my donor in the morning and hoping for the best this month.

btw, i had 3 follicles ready to pop - 27, 22.5 and 18. hopefully at least one hangs around till the morning.

 

[mechanica]

Good luck, cranberry!!

 

[Tegans Mama]

Good luck, Cranberry

 

[LunaBean]

Good luck girls!

 

[cranberry]

thanks ladies. the splooge is on board and my feet are in the air as we speak

 

[Zeebee]

Hi, thought I would introduce myself as I am a planning an at home insemination.
I have 3 little girls (and am hoping for a fourth girl, OH wants a boy); Elena who is 18 years, Lucy who is 4 years and a 2 month old baby girl called Kara. Lucy and Kara were both conceived using donor sperm, Kara was conceived at home using a syringe.
OH and I are now trying to sort out TTC for next baby. It took us a long time to conceive Kara and I know that I am not particularly young to be having a baby. We are also slightly panicing because our donor has now left the country and so we only have a few vials of frozen sperm left and we love our donor and don't want to have to look for another.
Although it still seems insane that we are thinking about TTC conceive when I only just had a baby!

Good Luck to everyone else trying!

 

[LunaBean]

Welcome to the madhouse zeebee!!!

 

[rosie5637]

my earlier post has disappeared/been deleted

i'm out this month. my donor couldn't make it cause of the snow so now i've got to wait til january

 

[LunaBean]

Im sorry Rosie, I missed this month too cus we were caught in the snow and couldnt get home for the donor to come over

 

[rosie5637]

Im sorry Rosie, I missed this month too cus we were caught in the snow and couldnt get home for the donor to come over

aw sorry to hear that luna it really sucks doesn't it!

i usually love the snow, brings out the big kid in me, but it's caused nothing but bother for me today.



welcome zeebee!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Aww... Rosie, that sucks Frustrating, i'm sure! I know the weather will mess up our TTC travel plans this winter too! Hoping we get our BFP this month to avoid the snowy months... but at the moment OH has zero symptoms!

I told OH that if we miss cycles bc of snow... we need to plan a trip in early spring out near where the donor lives & see if we can insem 4 days in a row... to increase our chances! I hate only getting one chance a month!

 

[RubyRainbows]

zeebee!

 

[topazicatzbet]

stupid snow

 

[Nimyra]

Welcome ZeeBee! My LO is 4 months now and am not ready to think about #2, but I imagine I'll get there! Good luck with your vials. Can I ask, did you find the donor (in real life), then have his sperm frozen or did you find him through a clinic? Having to find a new donor can be hard, so I hope things work out.

Rosie, I'm so sorry you have to sit this month out.

 

[Zeebee]

Our donor is was an old friend and we got him to do his deposit at the local hospital and we paid to have it frozen and stored.
We knew he would be travelling around and eventually leaving and we wanted to make sure that we could always have stuff at the right time.
It hasn't been too expensive and I am only 10 mins drive from the hospital.

Sorry that you dont get to try this month Rosie.