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my first 2 vials arrive tomorrow, and at-home ici will probably be weds & Thurs iif opk has same timing as last month (fingers crossed). I feel tentatively confident about the procedure after studying the boards and researching as much as possible, but it's still nerve wracking! I wish it hadn't taken until i was 41 to figure this out. because of my age, our financial position, the stress, and other factors, we've decided to limit ourselves to just three tries, 2 vials each time, and then move forward from there.
I'be been really grateful for all the info shared on the forums-- it's wonderful to be able to learn from others and know someone else is going thru all the craziness too!
My name is Carwanda, 32 and my wife, 29. We have been together for three years and married for almost 2 years. We are proud parents to 4 fur babies (2 dogs and 2 cats).
My wife and I have decided to start our TTC journey and we have been actively TTC since February 2014, with me as the carrier for the first child. We have completed 1 OB/GYN IUI (medicated with Clomid) which was a BFN. I have previously had a Laparoscopic surgery in 2005 to remove ovarian cysts, unfortunately due to extensive scar tissue my left ovary and fallopian tube was removed but I have experienced regular cycles and ovulation every month. I started a prenatal vitamin 3 months ago, tracking my cycle for over a year, and began BBT charting Jan. 2014. We have #2 IUI scheduled for 3/31/14 and I can’t wait.
We wish everyone lots of sticky, sticky baby-dust! I look forward to all the tips and advice from the ladies on this board (I have been lurking for months and you ladies have provided AMAZING knowledge and support to other members)
#1= February 2014- Clomid 50mg - IUI: BFN
#2= March 2014- Clomid 100mg + Novarel – IUI @ 36hrs: BFN
April/May 2014- BREAK
We are Jaime and Arianna, we are a married lesbian couple living in Maryland. We have a 3 year old son, who was born with down syndrome and are looking to expand our family. We are new to the process of using a sperm bank; Our son was conceived by insemination at home from a known donor. We have a lot of questions as to the whole process, if anyone wants to share their insight on the best procedures but we will start other threads with our questions.
Also, we are looking for anyone who wants to share donor pictures. We have donor 4206 and 510P pictures that we are willing to share as well.
My name is Abby and I'm 36. My wife is 49. We have been together for three years and married for one. We will begin ttc in April 2014. Hoping for a one hit wonder!
My wife, Tiffany, and I are FINALLY starting the process of expanding our little family. We have been talking about it for years, but are finally in a place to make things happen.
We had a consultation at the RE last week and everything is good to go to hopefully try in April or May.
Exciting!
Thanks,
Jessica
Jess 29, Tiff 30 (carrying)
Started TTC in 2014
IVF, July 2016, Flare Protocol, retrieval on 7/17 (freeze all), 14 out of 17 mature, all 14 fertilized!
FET on 9/22, 1 5-day blast transferred, BFP! 1st U/S on 10/24! Expected due date is June 10, 2017!
Christen & Rebecca
1st IUI - 10/02/14 - BFN
My wife and I have been together for 5 years and are finally planning on taking the next step towards making our family complete. We are planning to purchase 2 IUI vials next month for our first at-home insem. We are super excited and, thanks to many in this forum, very optimistic. We understand this might be a long process and are happy there are others going through this with us. Like Mrs. Olsen, we'll have PLENTY of questions as we near our "special day" so please feel free to share your expertise and experiences.
Well here goes!! This week I hope to start my very first IVF cycle and I am hoping that it results in a pregnancy. I am a straight female who was very blessed to have a loving husband and two amazing kids, but in 2009 all three of them were taken away from me as a result of a drunk driver running head on into them. An unfortunate event, but an event that has given me so much courage and strength to embark upon this next journey within my life. I will be a single mother, and thanks to a strong support system know that the task will be not as hard as it would be if I had no help at all.
I have been diagnosed with endometriosis and adenomyosis, so I will do my retrieval and take lupron and wait three months before implantation. Sucks right? Yea I know, but it will try to talk him out of me waiting that long. That's like torture. Anyway, I will be using donor 7836...so wish me luck guys!!
Tubal ligation(1999), Adenomyosis, Endometriosis
DS (19 week preemie) DS (24 week preemie) ^^IC^^ Daughter(19) and Son(14) ^^FET #1: BFP...7 week mc (triplets). FET#2: March 2015(chemical) IVF #3: April 2015
I'm 36 and will be attempting my first IUI as a SMC via a fertility center very soon. I have PCOS and had a battle with complex endometrial hyperplasia with atypia a couple of years back. It's been quite a journey just to get to this point. I've always wanted to be a mommy and have finally decided to reach for my dream. I've been on Provera for two years. My RE just added Metformin to the mix. I will also be starting Clomid with a trigger this coming cycle. If there is anyone out there who has a similar background I'd love to hear about your experiences. I just purchased two vials of donor 3122 and hoping for lots of luck. It's great to be here!
I'm 36yrs old and hoping on have another child I already have one little miracle a little girl who turned 4 last month I say miracle since it took me through a long journey of just 13 yrs just to conceive her.. After 13 miscarriages and 1 ectopic , so my little girl was my 15th pregnancy, was she a miracle or what. I've had 3 D & C's a hystrosalpingogram , fertility drs and after everything you name it. I've seen two doctors in mexico great doctors I might say..but no one can compare to my gyno from texas he found why I was losing the pregnancies something my fertility drs at uc davis in California couldn't . my blood clots when I get pregnant, all the dr did at uc davis was get me pregnant with the iui not helping me find out why I was losing them. I started to see a dr in mexico and I was on injections and clomid and I did it for 2 months but I stopped since I have having problems with my husband I kicked him out of my house. well the following month I went to see him and we had a quickie and I left and guess what happened off meds and all I got prego shocker , I guess after that quickie couple days later got back together and then to find out I was prego wow, I went to see my gyno here in texas and right away I was put on lovenox to thin my blood, when I heard the first heart beat I started to cry, I just couldn't believe it. well I was considered a high risk so I saw two doctors, my daughter was giving contractions starting on my 6month so I was given a shot to stop the contractions and put on contraction meds also, I was in and out of the hospital 2 to 3 times a months I was admitted each time from 2 to 6 days at times, it was hard. I'm so thankful; my parents found out I was pregnant and my dad retired and they moved down to texas from California to take care of me , I was not living with my hubby he wanted me to abort once he found out. I have the blessing of having great parents. thank you god.with out my I don't think I would of been able to inject myself every morning she was my nurese. the funny thing is every time my dad took me to the hospital they thought he was the baby daddy, lol Well I had went to my gyno and told him I couldn't walk anymore I had really bad preeclampsia and I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait 24hours to try and deliver since the lovenox ( blood thinner meds) was in body and I could bleed to death. I had an emergency csection 3oclock in the morning and it was a terrible experience.. well after all I had a great and beautiful daughter and Now I started and new journey to have another child I already talk to my dr and I will start my injections on my next cycle September can't wait.
I've had 13 miscarriages and 1 ectopic
My daughter was number 15 miracle
My partner and I have been together almost 6 years. We have tried a total of 5 times over a two year span and unmedicated at home. All BFN's :-( we were ready to try again in May but I ended up injuring my back. Now it's almost September, and we are ready to try again. I was curious as to what everyone's ages were that are trying at home unmedicated? I'm nervous that it won't ever happen for us if we keep trying at home. It costs a small fortune to use a fertility doctor to do the inseminations, and it cost us the same trying at home using 2 vials as it would with a doctor with only one vial.
My partner had breast cancer and can not carry due to having chemo and radiation as well as current med to keep cancer from returning. I just turned 36. I know as we get older it's harder to conceive. I pray it happens for us, and nothing more would make us happy then her being the one who knocked me up in the privacy of our home vs the clinical environment. Please say a prayer for us and we will keep all of you in our prayers as well!
I'm 28 and have 2 fur babies, now ready for the human babies! I registered with NW, have been doing research, and snooping around this forum for the past year. I have learned many things yet there is still so much more to learn. I like NW, glad there is such an awesome community here.
Born: Jan, 2016 Home 2 IUI, partner carried
Born: Nov, 2016 Home 1 ICI, I carried
IVF with ICSI: baby boy 2007
IUI with donor: Twin boys 2010
Trying again for our grand finale baby. Doing ICI at home this time.
February 2015 - BFN
April 2015 - BFN
Nice to meet all of you! My name is Charity, and I am attempting to become a SMBC. The majority of my focus has always been invested in my work, education and building a life in which I could have children and remain well off. I have thought about AI many times throughout the past as a viable option for myself. I've never really met anyone I felt the desire to have children with and I have reached that point in my life wherein I'm ready to begin my family.
I did some research on various cryobanks before deciding to use nw. I've read through the forum and really appreciated the stories and advice people have shared here. If anyone has experience regarding TTC with PCOS, I'd like to hear about your experiences.
Charity
I'm Elizabeth. I'm trying to become a single mother by choice. I've tried to conceive with a known donor without success, but I decided I wanted to switch to an open donor through a bank this time around. I'm happy to have found NW because I still want to try to conceive at home.
I am having some difficulty using the website. I tried to purchase an expanded profile and photos for a donor, but the website wouldn't let me complete my order without purchasing a vial. I obviously don't want to purchase a vial before looking at the expanded profile. I contacted NW for help and I'm waiting to hear back. If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this or where to look for a solution, I'd appreciate it.
Best of luck to all!
Elizabeth
Finally found the right one at 44! We have decided to have a baby but my insurance doesn't cover IVF so although we haven't given IVF a try with my own eggs and have only tried for 3 months, we are going the egg donor route. Since we can only afford one loan, we want better odds of having a baby.
Anyone have egg donor success? My RE feels the frozen egg route is not great odds with 6 oocytes. That maybe we'll get one embryo!
If you've had egg donor success, can you share baby photos of you baby and egg donor # if still available?
I'm looking for blonde, blue eyes.
Thank you!
I am 32 single and from New Zealand.
In New Zealand there is law and sperm cant be shipped in and the waiting list for a local sperm donor is years I have already been on the list a year and a half.
So I have booked a flight to the States for the 24th of December and I am going to give ICI one hit while I am there and hope for the best. I will be attempting this in a hotel in LA early Jan. Any tips or good advice is totally welcomed.
I am really excited to be heading to America (Disneyland) and giving this a shot but kinda nervous about DIYing on my own.
So many donors to chose from I cant decide!
I'm Allison and have actually been looking at multiple pregnancy boards for over a year. I'm 29 and my wife and I are trying concieve our first baby.
Yes....I've been a lurker but after almost a year of trying to concieve (2 at home, 5 IUIs-both femara and hybrid cycles), I've decided I'm done being quiet. The frustration of waiting has been so hard. I have since been diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis. Though, I don't show typical signs as I've always had a period, ovulated, responded REALLY well to drugs, never had to skip a cycle, etc.
Where we are at now:
Our insurance begins coverage on IVF starting January 1st. However, we have to do one more IUI cycle (apparently 6 is the magic number to be covered). So I started my fertility drugs today.
Is anyone else also dealing with fertility problems along with TTC?
Looking forward to getting to know everyone!
Ruthie Evan born 10/19/2015 at 36+6
I am Zena and I am finally starting my TTC journey at the of age 33. I will be a single mom by choice and I am excited to be on this journey finally. I wanted to try sooner, however about a year ago I found out I was allergic to a lot of different foods, this after being sick constantly for 3 years. Now, that I have my health again I going to try for baby # 1, coming up in the next 4 days when I am due to ovulate.
Wishing baby dust on everyone and a successful cycle.