Team Rainbow Mummies - Gay Surrogates, Lesbian, Transgender and BiSexual TTC Group

[Pinkorblue11]

Pink and I are on the same cycle still and we are both FXD and hopeful that this is it and we can join you in the 1st trimester soon. JAZZNTEE have been having quite the bout with MS so hopefully things are going well. Nice to catch up ladies, stay in touch!

Yep!

Wilsons~ I hope you feel better, the flu is the worst, especially while pregnant.

AFM~ I've been practicing yoga nidra for relaxation, I love it! Also been experimenting with a different diet plan to see if it would help with ewcm this cycle. I've cut way down on dairy, huge sacrafice btw and most meats, replacing them with nuts and fresh fruit and veggie smoothies. In addition to the grapefruit juice, epo, mucinex, green tea and all the water, it will be interesting to see what happens in the next few days.

 

[wilsons228]

Thanks girls, im finally feeling a little bit better today! Thank god!! I actually never went to the doctor for it, i just stayed in bed and tried to coax it out on my own i didnt have a fever really just horrible head and chest cold. Our doctors appointment is tomm for the heartbeat with our fertility specialist. That will be our last appt with him he then ships us off to our regular gyno, which im kind of sad about because i honestly adore him lol! In the back of my head im a little afraid to go tomm! I probably coughed, sneezed or blew the blueberry right out!! haha!!

pinkorblue your diet sounds good and yoga! ive always wanted to try that! how long have you been doing it?
Im so excited for you and MM this week!!! cannot wait to find out how it goes!! *hugs*

 

[MrsMM24]

PINK, I am like WILSONS, I always wanted to really get into Yoga. I am a PT, but I was never able to get fully into Yoga, Pilates, yes, but as a kickbox/bootcamp instructor I struggled with Yoga. I think I am going to try to pick a class up soon, if PG-ly possible I mean I need to learn to relax and not go 100mph all the time!

WILSONS, so good to hear you're feeling a little better. YAY for the appt today! Although I know you will miss your doc. Does he have a gyno he recommends or works with, that may make it an easier transition.... GL today, let me know how it all goes and how that lovely blueberry is doing!

AFM...Stalk my chart!!! Yay!! Temp rise!!! Oh I hope upon hopes that it continues to rise. We have already gotten the donations, and OV may be later than it looks so we are going forward with them as scheduled. OPK looked almost dark as the control but it has been like that the last couple of nites so I don't know if I OVd...a temp shift will indicate?!! SMEP continues...last donation Fri! Then.... I wait.... GL FXD!

 

[wilsons228]

Hi girls
Appointment went well baby wilson is measuring at 7 weeks 2 days and the heartbeat is 156! So neat to see! So back to the gyno we go

 

[MrsMM24]

Oh wow, that HB is niiice, and I think I am going to be the first to give my perdictions BOY! GL Ladies!

 

[wilsons228]

Haha that's what dw is hoping for! Next appt is nov 11th! How are insems going??

 

[aljm419]

Hey guys!
After my unsuccessful attempt in August I went awol but I am back now.
We had been planning to try again in October but the timing was a little off so we pushed it back until November. Then a couple of weeks ago that fell through and it was looking like we were going to have to wait until after the first of the year. I was devastated and started looking for other options. Just so happened Newsweek did an article on free sperm registries recently and we registered on the site to see what was available locally. It took a couple of weeks but I am happy to report we might have found someone. We have exchanged emails and he has looked over our donor agreement and we are meeting tomorrow evening to discuss things. If all goes well with the meeting and his std results are clean we will be inseminating next week! This is our first attempt at finding a donor this way and DW is very skeptical on it working out.

I would love some advice from others that have gone the route of finding a donor that they didn’t already know. What sort of questions should we ask, what information about us should we offer up, how should we go about the donations? I need help, lol!

 

[Pinkorblue11]

Wilsons~ Thanks! I've only been doing it for a week but I already feel a difference. If you're interested, it's on iTunes U, it's a free 3 part audio recording of a yoga nidra class. If you have iTunes, just search for yoga nidra ucla. Aww, glad your sweet little one looks great... I'm thinking you're having a girl but for your DW, I'll send you tons of blue dust!

MM~ Honestly, I'm hoping to keep it up while pregnant. There's no movement involved, it's listening with eyes closed and lying flat on your back. You're mainly visualizing different things. I'm the same way, I think it's part of the reason my cycles have been a bit off each month. So this has been really helpful so far. Hasn't said anything about not being safe for pregnancy but needless to say, I would switch to lying on my left side by then.

Aljm~ Welcome back! I'm so sorry about the donor you had but yay for another possible one!! If this helps, I described how my dh and I are as individuals, as a couple and our style of parenting. Asked if they were comfortable with pictures and email updates. Offered to provide proof of being STD free. How they preferred to do the donations. The donor we have comes to our home and my back up is a shipping donor. I'm sure others will chime in as well. Lots of luck to you and hope you get that bfp soon!

Looks like my donations will start tomorrow instead...

 

[MrsMM24]

ALJM, good to see you back in here. So sorry to hear that you're having problems with donors, that's almost the same amount of task as TTC. I wrote alot in my journal and posted links about it though if you wanna read and ask me ANY questions, I am so very open to them. GL

PINKOR, how are you looking this cycle? How did donations go??? I have the last tomorow, kinda weird though if I OVd on CD 18 right?

AFM...Stalk my chart!!! Yay!! Temp didn't rise but it didn't drop either. I am not sure what my coverline will be but I am almost certain that I OVd on CD18... What do you all think?
I hope that it continues to rise. We have last dontation tomorrow so if it was CD19 or CD20, we are covered, I expect FF to give me some type of crosshairs tomorrow! FXD! I am trying not to be too excited as being sick last week really has me quite worried about OV... Tomorrow, officially starts my TWW, but I am testing on 30th... Time will tell.... I wait.... GL FXD!

 

[Pinkorblue11]

MM~ Cervix is even higher than yesterday and all signs pointing to O are still here so I'm thinking I'll most likely O today, hopefully my donor will make it this time. He couldn't make it last night so I'm hoping tonight will be better. It's not weird at all, I think it's smart, being sick can affect O so you're covering your bases very nicely!

 

[wilsons228]

pink! very exciting! and MM yay glad your donations are done! godspeed on the tww!!!

pink im definatley going to look that up, i need to relax myself!! lol

 

[MrsMM24]

Well, the crosshairs have arrived! I have done all I can for this cycle FXD!

Hi Ladies :wave:

AFM...Stalk my chart!!! Yay!! Temp didn't rise much, but it didn't drop either. My temps have been rather low this cycle, likely due to the temperature change outside. It switched drastically quickly. Crosshairs today!!! I just hope that it continues to rise or at least stay up here. All donations complete this cycle FXD!! Still trying not to be too excited as being sick last week really has me quite worried about OV... TWW officially starts my today! (Testing 30th) Now.... I wait.... FXD! Any good plans out there for the weekend? I plan to get the rest of my fall cleaning done, DW and LO will be out of the house for 2 days! Hoping to get some rest time as well…

 

[Carrie&Char]

Well Hi Everyone wanted to really intruduce my self and my little family.

Me and my beautiful wife (who is the mummy) have a beautiful little girl through IVF with donnor sperm, we went through the London Womens Clinic in Darlington who are a fabulous bunch of people.

We have a really close and supportive group of friends whithin out area and quite a few same sex couples with children or trying or ready to drop.

We are currently going through the process for number 2 as dont want out little one to be an only child. We have started the hormones (bring on halloween in our house) and have had the initial scan to check womb lining and going back on 28th for 2nd scan to arrange the embryo transfer!!!!!!

We have 2 embryos from the last time frozen seperatly so hopefully wont have to go through all the egg collection again and buying more sperm!!

Hoping to be preggies with baby number 2 by christmas for a summer baby

 

[aljm419]

PinkorBlue, hope your donor made it to you. That’s one thing I worry about is timing issues. DW keeps reminding me that if things come up and we can’t get a donation on a particular day that I can’t get upset because our donor is giving us such a great gift so we have to be patient. I agree but it’s hard to remember that when you feel like you’re on a deadline.

MM, fingers crossed for you! I really hope this is your month!

Carrie&Char, welcome and good luck on your journey for #2, may it be a short journey!

AFM, we met our potential donor last night and he is officially our donor!!! I was so afraid meeting and talking about everything would be weird but it wasn't. DW was leery of why he was doing it because he is only 19 but after talking with him she is okay with everything. He has been a donor once before via NI and the baby is due any day now. It happened on the first try so I’m hopeful that with good timing we can make it happen this time.

If everything stays on course I should O on the 26th and we are going to do donations and inseminations the day before and after O. Is that what you guys would recommend? I have started my Robitussin today along with grapefruit juice. Now more caffeine either, well except for my green tea. Fingers crossed that I get to announce our pregnancy at Thanksgiving dinner to our family (unlike last time, they have no idea we‘re doing it).

 

[wilsons228]

Good luck Carrie and Char!!

 

[wilsons228]

ALJM those days sound good we actually did 2 days before and day of, but only because thats how it worked out for our donor.. and our fertility specialist said they sperm lives from 72 hours to 5 days in the reproductive tract! but your bases sound like they will be covered! we used softcups and preseed and that seemed to do the trick. good luck to you guys

 

[Pinkorblue11]

Wilsons~ I definitely recommend it and I hope you like it.

Aljm~ Yep, he made it Thursday night and last night, and then he's coming Sunday and Monday. That is true but you're right about feeling like your on a deadline, it can't be helped. Our fertile window is pretty short once the egg has appeared.

for finding a donor! As for timing, I was hoping for 2 days before, 1 day before and day of O but I got 1 day before and day of O. So I think your timing will be just fine. FX and baby dust for a for you!

:wave: Carrie&Char, welcome and good luck with baby #2!

 

[aljm419]

Thanks guys for the input. We asked our donor about changing our schedule and coming Monday-Wednesday so that way we get 3 inseminations, 2 before and 1 day of.
It's a possibilty but I guess we'll have to wait until Monday to know for sure. I figure once before o isn't too bad, especially since that is all it took when he donated previously.

 

[Carrie&Char]

wooow, thanks guys!!!! Of back up to the clinic on friday to make sure the womb lining is as good as it can be, charlotte been on pretty blue hormone tablets now for a few days and keep cleaning everywere !!!!!

Aljm.. i agree with seeing if you donnor can change your schedule, becuase i have also heard the same as wilson228 that sperm can live for so long!! do what is best for you guys as well though and make sure you are comfortable and not toooo stressed our fertility nurse told us to try and be as calm as possible (which i know is hard)

Really glad i found this forum whohooo!!

 

[MrsMM24]

CARRIE&CHAR :wave: and good luck!
ALJM, thanks so much, I hope it is our month as well. As for donations, statistics show that the best and more likely days for PG is O-2, O-1, O, and O+1. So you should be covered with any combo. In most comfy CM sperm can live 2-5 days. So with Tussin and juice and tea, you should be covered! GL

AFM...Stalk my chart!!! Yay!! The weekend was extra busy for me, as you can see I haven't even logged onto my beloved BNB. I am back and tackling this TTW head on, last week!!! Temp is barely staying above coverline, but it is not dropping soooo... I was too busy to be thinking about symptoms, but now that I read everyone's posts, I can say I haven't had any noticeable ones. I just hope that it continues to rise or at least stay up through to a bfp! Still trying not to be too excited as being sick a week before OV really has me quite worried... I still wait... FXD!