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Hey all,
Today was my first at home insemination attempt! YAY So exciting :D
My partner and I picked up the lil swimmers from our donor dad and headed home with an imaginary police escort.
I'd love to hear your tips about the best things to do.
:crossfingers: fingers and toes crossed :crossfingers:
Caztea
just wanted to wish you good luck
GOOD LUCK! FX for a :bfp:
That's exciting news!
hope it all worked!!
Thanks! I won't be thinking about much else for the next couple of weeks. I've read that some women say hold out to do a test for as long as you can. Whereas others are all for testing early. What do you guys think? When is the earliest you can test? I know it won't necessarily be accurate, but is it even possible to know so early on?
xo
Caztea
Woohoo!! :crossfingers: that you get your BFP!!
I tested at around 10 DPO but it is recomended that you wait until AF is due. Even then for some people it takes longer to show up. So if your late, and still getting BFN's maybe wait a few days and try again.
Good luck will keep fingers crossed xx I got mine around (faint) around 10 days
Thanks again ladies!
Isn't it weird how all of a sudden you can notice things like ovulation cramps when you've never noticed before!
I will try my best to wait as many days as possible before testing - but then again, I did just buy pregnancy tests at the supermarket :D
Good luck!!!
How exciting...
Did you just do one insem?
did you track your ovulation? I was a tracking Nazi!
I fell pregnant the first cycle but we did do 4 insem. 3 before Ov and one on the day of...
Not long to wait now...
i hated the two week wait...
i tested I think on day 11 and saw the fainest of faint lines but my girl said I was wishing it there... Sure enough, every morning it would get slightly stronger until day 14 when she finally believed her own eyes!
now our little baby is 2 weeks old.
best thing you'll ever do....
Good luck hope you get your BFP!
Hi again...ahhh the wait continues, damn my long cycle i can't believe in all i''ll have had almost a 3 week wait, boo you fallopian tubes, boo.
Thanks everyone for your crossed fingers and best wishes! It's been really strange going through this for the first time.
Mum+Mum, unfortunately we only got to do one insemination, because our donor dad flew down to Melbourne and only had a short time in town, but next month and beyond we will be aiming for many attempts, as you mentioned; before, during and after. I've also got an ovulation testing kit ready for next month, so will be ready to rock.
:-)
Hope you get a great result.... fingers crossed for you!! This will be my partner and i next year hopefully!! :)
Hey!
Any news????
Hey mum+mum, unfortunately we weren't successful on try no.1, but we've just tried for the second time so I'm in the ttw again. This time we tried at home insem over three days so hopefully that improves our chances.
I'm a little concerned about my ovulation prediction. I'm using the iP app to track my cycle and symptoms so thought I was ok as far as knowing when the best time to try was - we tried the two days prior to and day of predicted ovulation days, but I don't know on which day I've ovulated. I'm using the pee on a stick ovulation predictor thing-a-ma-jig but am not getting clear results. I'm confused. I've now bought a basal thermometer so I can track my temperature because otherwise I feel like I'm never quite sure and then I feel so guilty about our donor dad flying down to Melbourne every month while I'm not 100% sure of the best days to try. Aggh, sorry for the confused rant. I'd appreciate ant advice!
In the meantime I'm holding out on doing a pregnancy test early this time, I'd kind of rather not know if I'm not pregnant, so for now I'll enjoy imagining cells multiplying until AF is due.
Thanks for thinking of me!!
Caz
Hey caz.
The ovulation predictor kits (wee on a stick) are true as they are measuring the leutinizing hormone which triggers ovulation.
Why do you feel you are not getting clear results?
Remember, don't do it first thing in the morning. Do th at say 2pm and again at 8pm if you can afford that many sticks. And do it at the same times everyday. If they aren't coming up as dark or darker than the test line then keep going with them for a few more days. This is what happened to me. What I discovered was that I had a 30 day cycle and instead of ovulating day 14 or 15 like most books etc say, I was actually ov on days 20 and 21 so I would have missed by nearly 7 days.
My test results on the opks were 'nearly' positive so I kept using them and low and behold, 6 days later, a super strong dark line signaling the leutinizing hormone was being released and I would ov 24- 48 hrs after that.
Why aren't you getting clear results?????
Fingers crossed for this time though!!!
Fingers crossed for you, the TWW is horrible and frustrating. I used the basal thermometer to track mine the only problem is that it tells you after the fact. The good thing is at least you can be sure it has happened. There is lots of good advice in the trying to conceive and TWW sections as well. GOOD LUCK for this month and hopefully you wont need to predict any more :)