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

[no name 2010]

hi ladies, a few weeks ago i posted here and got some really helpful and reassuring advice. i just thought i would pop back to tell you that it worked and i am now 5 and half weeks pregnent! really nervous and watching every twinge (strange twinges lower left hand side at moment) but im trying to stay positive.

Thanks so much for your help and i hope there are lots more successes for this thread soon

xx

 

[topazicatzbet]

congrats, think those twinges are normal, know i had a lot with callum

 

[snagglepat]

Congratulations No name. Twinges are very definitely normal, and can be anything from mildly uncomfortable to really quite painful! At least mine were. They were much better by about 8 weeks though.

Good luck with your pregnancy!

Gina.

 

[Nimyra]

Congrats, No name! That is fantastic news!

 

[EpdTTC]

Yay! No name! Hope all goes well! I am 8 1/2 weeks and have had plenty of twinges and mild aches. Everyone assures me it's all normal!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Congratulations No Name!!

 

[LunaBean]

Congrats! Erin,loving your avatar!!!!!!

 

[doglover888]

Em, you bring up a very good point. RE hasn't told me yet which days to take the clomid. I was taking days 5 - 9 but maybe 3 - 7 would be a better protocol to make more eggs. Maybe my odds will be much better next month. At least I'm hoping so!!!

Sandy

 

[cdun1980]

You know I was sort of expecting my doc to bring up Clomid (since I am doing donor insemination), but she didn't. If I don't get a BFP in 6 months or more, I may just ask if that is a possibility.

Does anyone know the best time after a postivie OPK to do the insemination? I know that you ovulate 12-36 hours after that, so I was thinking of doing it 24 hours later. Frozen and then thawed sperm supposedly only lives about 24 hours, so I know I have to time it just right. I'm nervous and checking and rechecking every little thing.

-Cindy

 

[topazicatzbet]

can i just ask those girls that use frozen sperm do you just use opk to detect ov or have you temped as well to confirm ov, the reason i ask is i found out i only got a pos a few hours before i ov so if i took that as i would ov the next day my egg would have been well dead by then.

 

[kezza78]

I got a smiley face on OPK yesterday (CD16) morning and inseminated yesterday late afternoon. I also inseminated CD13. I usually do it when I get the smiley face and the day after when possible.
Does this mean I am 1dpo today?

 

[doglover888]

I was wondering the same thing about the timing of IUI. My gyno would do it the same day I got a + opk. The new RE said he does it the next day after + opk. He said to check 2nd morning urine everyday on from cd 11 on until I got + then he would do IUI the next day. I hope that works. Apparently doing it on the same day hasn't worked for me. What's everyone else's experience? I will be using frozen donor sperm so I'd really like to hear from others who used that to since I know it doesn't live as long.

Thanks, Sandy

 

[RubyRainbows]

Sandy -- the sperm bank i used said to insem 12 - 24 hours after +OPK and again 12 hours later!

We were too impatient since i was worried exactly when it became + since we were testing only 2X a day -- so we inseminated like 6 hours after +opk & again 12 hours later. And no pregnancy.

Good luck to everyone currently in the 2WW!

I messaged a gay acquaintance on FB & asked if he may know anyone willing to donate sperm to a lesbian couple TTC -- and NO RESPONSE! This is like deja vu! Last time i emailed an old (gay) friend with the same question & he never responded back either!!!!!!! Boy, i'm scaring people away right & left!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Congrats no name!!!!!! Awesome news!

Topaz -- we haven't temped at all... thinking next time we def should tho!

 

[topazicatzbet]

you would be best doing it a cycle before insemination as it will only confirm ovulation not give you a heads up its gonna happen. at least then you would know how much notice you get with the opk so you can time insem well.

 

[EpdTTC]

Kezza-I would guess that you ovulated today & that you will be 1 dpo tomorrow..Typically, you ovulate 12-36 hrs after +OPK. My RE usually did insems two days in a row, the morning after +OPK and thenext day. It needs to be timed as close to ovulation as possible because sperm doesn't live as long once it's in the uterus, maybe 12-24 hrs, even with fresh sperm. When I insem'd at home with fresh sperm, I did it within an hour of +OPK & then the next day about 16 hrs after +OPK. I think I O'd about 20 hours after my +OPK.

RubyRainbow- I don't think you are doing anything wrong so don't doubt yourself. Have you considered posting an ad on gay family options or in your local GLBT newspaper?

 

[RubyRainbows]

I don't know of a local GLBT newspaper -- but that's a good idea -- i'll have to look into it!

 

[Nimyra]

Tammy, are you in Pittsburgh? I have a friend there, I could ask him to ask around.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Awww -- thanks Em -- pretty far from Pittsburgh unfortunately -- like 5 hours maybe! I'm near Wilkes-barre -- closer to the NY/NJ borders than Pittsburgh

How is pretty little Maya doing??

 

[rosie5637]

hi ladies. after a little advice.

i've just started looking for a donor and i'm wondering if you've got any tips on how to weed out the weirdos

i placed an ad on fsd and i've had three replies. i ruled out one straight away. he said he'd donated before but had been messed around and has been basically forced to only offer natural method only! what an idiot, he just wants his leg over

the second reply sounds alittle more promising but i'm not sure he's open to being traced by any children when they grow up which could be a problem.

the 3rd reply freaked me out a bit cause a message was left for me on facebook. how did that happen?

it's all quite confusing and i don't want to get it wrong.