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

[EpdTTC]

What a cutie! Enjoy him!

I'll be watching for your 2ww update soon!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Erin -- My little neice is doing wonderfully, thanks for asking! She just had her christening last weekend! She is almost 5 months & finally weighs about the same as my son did when he was born! Ha! She is the sweetest little thing!

Topaz -- that's alot of cats!!!!!!!!! Whoa! I have 2 cats... & they're a handful!

Luna -- those puppies are so freakin cute!!!!!!!! I love them! The names honey & butterscotch came to mind -- although i usually prefer pets to have "people" names! Alfie is a cute name-- suits him! How is your OH's baby brother doing??

I have finally become a paid active member of a sperm donor website!! So grateful that one of you guys recommended the site -- otherwise i would have been skeptical to join & submit my credit card information! Soooo -- wish me luck! Hope i find someone normal!!

 

[RubyRainbows]

By the way Em -- i still wasn't able to view your pics?!

 

[Nimyra]

yeah, I've given up. But if you want to become my facebook friend (and I know the link works there), send me a PM and I'll send you my name and email address to search under.

Good luck with the donor search, Ruby! And good luck to all those in the 2WW!

 

[topazicatzbet]

oh was it the world wide one i reccomended, if so your bound tohe ones t find one. that have profiles are the safer bet but i found a lot didnt reply back. i posted on the message board too and thats where i got lots of replys and had to wade through the dodge ones.
my donor was from the profiles but i had a few that sounded great from the message board.

keep us updated and good luck

 

[DaisyDoodles]

He's a lhasa apso crossed with a wee terrier! He'll stay looking like a lhasa apso tho, they had a liter last year too

We've decided on the name Alfie!!!

lol@Daisy, Ive had loads of pets if I was allowed! I just got a snake last week, we used to have guinea pigs, hamsters, a snake and 3 dogs, but OH made me get rid of them all, except Tegan (in my avatar)

Hee hee, you're not the only one, I have 2 royals here (originally had 8!), leopard geckos (they're down to 4), gerbils and a hedgehog (I used to breed them) We also used to breed sugar gliders so had a proper houseful but had to cut back so that the spare room would be free for a baby!

Ruby, your niece is absouletely gorgeous!

 

[topazicatzbet]

awe i want a hedge hog.

we have an exotic rescue place near us and they do fun days to raise funds and awareness and they had a hedgehog there and it was so cute running on its wheel.

 

[LunaBean]

Aww Tammy your niece is adorable!!! Shes so tiny!!!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Yep, Topaz -- that's the one! I found one profile with picture that seems "just perfect!" Emailed him a nice message -- but no response yet! So anxious! I know realistically it's gonna take alot of searching tho!

 

[LunaBean]

It took us ages to whittle out the 'messers', even when we thought we'd found a nice one, he wouldnt show up for the initial meeting, and one donor we had donated for a few months, then dropped off the face of the earth! They dont seem to understand how heartbreaking it is to have to start the search all over again!

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Yep, Topaz -- that's the one! I found one profile with picture that seems "just perfect!" Emailed him a nice message -- but no response yet! So anxious! I know realistically it's gonna take alot of searching tho!

Good luck.. You never know, the first donor I emailed agreed to help us, so you may well get lucky!!

 

[Sparklypants]

Can I sneak in here with you ladies?

Hi Daisy!!! x x

 

[topazicatzbet]

welcome

i love this thread, when i was ttc callum, there was nothing like this and most people thought what i was doing was unusual, now there is a whole bunch of us.

 

[Sparklypants]

Well I was somewhere else with lots of support, but that particular website is down and doesn't look like it will be up and running again anytime soon, if at all

It really does help to be able to speak to people in the same boat.

Callum is gorgeous, what a looker!

I have spent the afternoon with my sister and her 9 month old twins... so in love with them, they are beautiful.

I have been having pains all day and my legs and back are killing me! Nipples are very pink and the only way I can describe them is 'zinging'

 

[snagglepat]

Hi Sparkly,

When I got pregnant with our daughter the first sign was a change to my nipples. They got darker, larger and felt tingly within days of conception and although it was more subtle this time it did happen again.

Welcome to the thread, and fingers crossed for you!

Gina.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Welcome Sparkly & Wrighty!

 

[cdun1980]

Well today was very interesting/stressful for me. I have been using this CBEFM and everyday it has been showing Low fertility and then, BAM! Today it pops up as Peak fertility. I work nights and I wake up later than most, so I went into a mad dash trying to call the sperm donor company (they had just closed, so I called the emergency number). I have to call them back first thing in the morning to see if they can get it specially delivered to me by courier tomorrow afternoon. Luckily I am only a state away, not like across the country, so they should be able to do it (for a huge fee of course).

This is the first month I have used the CBEFM and I am on CD 18. I really was hoping for a little bit of a warning, but no such luck. I took a regular OPK as well, and sure enough, it was positive too. I am charting my temps so I will be able to tell if this was just a false alarm or not (since that's what happened last cycle...and it better not be! ).

Fingers crossed,
Cindy

 

[DaisyDoodles]

Hi Sparkly!! :wave:

cdun1980 I absolutely hate my CBFM, this month it gave me a run of highs then went straight back to lows despite the fact that I know I ovulated on cd15.. it's currently being used by my sister just to check it's working properly before I sell the thing!

Does anyone here chart using Fertility Friend?? - My chart is confusing me (not that it's that hard to confuse me right now!)

FF has changed my ovulation date several times but has now settled on cd15, it's refusing to chart my temp for 3 dpo, it shows the dot, but the lines ignore it (if that makes sense?) and this morning my temps dropped to 36.2c which is pretty much on the coverline so I was assuming I was out for this month, but the points thing it awards you has risen from 16 points yesterday to 24 today??

Does this mean I'm still in with a chance this month??

 

[topazicatzbet]

i use ff, can you link your chart so i can take a peek.

the drop today could be implantation dip.

 

[DaisyDoodles]

How do I link my chart?