Our swimmers are on there way.  We will be receiving them Friday.
Lovelymswolf- What is your timing an order plan?

My counts-
ICI-38 mill
IUI-30 mill

*Katherine*
Brayden's Mommy

 

Our plan is pretty much the same.  ICI 12 past positive opt, and about 12 hours later with IUI.  We will be using pre-seed with the ICI.  When my ovulation gets closer (about day 13-14)  I will use 3-4 opts/day to try to be as accurate as possible.

This is the first time we try at home.  I'm a little nervous about the thawing and etc.

*Katherine*
Brayden's Mommy

 

Ok, how do you get the counts?  Have I just missed it all these months?

They will not automatically send it. You have to ask for it when you order. They will not tell you the count over the phone either. You have to wait until you get your paperwork with your sperm to find out.

JCI I am totally with you!!!

I hate waiting on the smiley--nothing can start until then!! argghhh!!

lol, I get it.

Katherine===Don't worry!! The thawing process is very easy!! You can see when it is fully thawed and we just set it out for about 7-10 minutes then Put in my bra for about 5....

Hope2be--yeah you have to ask for the numbers.. I never knew about it either until someone mentioned it on the forum.

Make a pregnancy ticker

Good luck everyone!!!  I wanted to comment on the thawing thing.  When we did our first insem, with one vial....I'm almost positive that we didn't thaw enough, or properly.  This time, we sat the vial's on the counter until we could touch them, then I held it in my hand.  We kept checking the consistency of it every few minutes.  I would say it took about 20 minutes for it to thaw from the time we took it out of the tank.  Not sure if that will help anyone, but I thought I'd share. 

Carrie & Monica

Make a pregnancy ticker

For the cycle that we conceived Ray, we initiated "Plan Humpy-Hump"... which if you can't tell... is to have lots of sex.  We figured all the hormones from the activity would help the egg develop and mature and convince it that there was some action coming that it should get excited about.   On a serious note, I have read that increased sexual activity (even for lesbians) can aid in fertility.   Also, it is very bonding during a time when you are so focused on the sperm and the OPK and the timing and such... and can also be relaxing which can aid ovulation.  Oddly enough, we did not engage in any sexual activity the day of the inseminations... but also found that relaxing.  We had had DP orgasm with previous inseminations and found it to be a little awkward.  It was so nice that cycle to have all the bonding up until that point and then just to focus on the insemmination on the day of.  There of course was lots of snuggling afterwards.

As far as thawing recommendations... I read somewhere that the faster the thaw the better.  We would pull the vial out and let it warm up enough were we could touch it.  Then I would put it in my bra for 5-10 mins to warm it up.  I think it is impossible to not warm it up enough... because even if it is cool when it goes in to your body, it will warm up very quickly once inside of you.

Good Luck Ladies!!

I'm from the south, Kentucky.

Joy.