Just thought I would put out there what we did, as we really enjoyed reading others' stories and seeing what worked.  So here is our story simply put---

2 vials of ICI
Speculum
Northwest syringe and catheter combo
OPK's

This was our 3rd attempt.  The first two attempts we used a different donor.  The attempt that resulted with our BFP was with a new donor.  So, on our 3rd attempt we decided to switch things up a bit.  Rather than going completely based on what our OPK's said, we decided to look at the signs my body was giving.  We used a speculum to look at my cervix starting on cycle day 8, and paid close attention to how open it was becoming, we also checked for fertile cm, and paid close attention to the ovulation cramping I began to feel (even though I still had not gotten a +OPK).  We patiently waited for a positive opk/smiley, but when we noticed I had ALL of the signs of impending ovulation, we decided to go ahead and do our 1st vial of ICI.  We started to believe that our previous timings of 12, 24, and 36 after +OPK may have been too late, since we think I ovulate very close to my LH surge.  Anyway, we used the syringe/catheter combo; this was our first time using the catheter.  We placed the sperm right at the opening.  After insemination we propped my hips up for about 30 minutes.  This AI was about 8 hours before we got our +OPK (7 p.m.).  Our next insem happened about 4 hours after the first (11 p.m.)--this seems like strange timing we know, but we noticed that my cervix was starting to close and my cm was drying up, so we just went with it, and figured it had a better chance of creating a baby if it actually made it into my body.  We are thinking that this second attempt was probably right around the time I would have gotten a +OPK, but we aren't 100% sure because I didn't take another OPK test until the middle of the night (3 a.m.) and this is when I finally got a smiley on the clearblue easy test. So, after our AI attempts we just crossed our fingers and hoped that it worked.  One other thing that was different this attempt was that I had given up caffeine.  I had been a regular coffee and tea drinker, but after reading over and over that caffeine could potentially decrease your fertility, I figured it was worth giving up during the ttc process.  During the tww I didn't really have any definite signs, I actually was convinced it did not work.  If I look back though I did have sore breasts, and for some reason began burping frequently at about 3DPO--this is extremely uncommon for me, so it did strike my DP and I as strange.  Unfortunately for both of us this has yet to cease:)!  So, this is pretty much how it worked for us!  We are so happy to tell our BFP story and look forward to hearing those of all of the future moms to be out there!