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exact procedure?
alinalotus
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Hi again, I'm sure I'll be posting every silly question under the sun. I have read several stories about people doing AI with a KD, and using a soft cup instead of a syringe, since the cup still sits on the cervix. My question is, with frozen sperm and using a syringe, is elevating legs and then using the cup beneficial or should you use the syringe, try to orgasm, then put the cup in, THEN elevate hips and legs? Or syringe, cup, O, elevate.....gah, what's the best formula lol?
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This is what I do:
I lay all my instruments at arms reach on the bed, then prop my hips up and insert a little Preseed.
Once the sperm is at body temp, I attach the catheter to the syringe and suck up some Preseed into it before adding the sperm to the syringe. I use the speculum and find my cervix with a flashlight and a mirror.
Then I place the catheter right at the opening of the cervix, not inside, and slowly press the syringe. This takes about two minutes.
I close the speculum and leave in there for about 20 minutes because I'm always afraid that all of my sample fell in the speculum and it comes out with it. I wait another 10 minutes and smear some Preseed on the SoftCup before inserting.
I stay with my hips propped for another 30 minutes.
This last time I insem at 2am so I just made myself comfortable after that and fell asleep.
I'll tell you how well it worked in about 10 days
TTC since March 2015: 5 ICIs & 5 IUIs -all BFN
July 2016- IVF w/BC/Lupron/Gonal-f/Ovidrel - converted to IUI- BFN
Sept 2016-IVF w/BC/Lupron/Gonal-f/Ovidrel- Two 3d ET- BFP @ 9dp3dt, Beta#1: 209 @ 12dp3dt, #2: 782 @ 15dp3dt - EDD 6/3/17 - It's a Boy!
Baby #1: April 2011 TTC #2 since 2014 Attempt #10 = BFP! Baby arrived January 2016
I don't know if it worked yet, but I don't feel bad about how I did it. I'll do it this way again if need be. It was private, comfortable, and I felt in control. I think that is the most important thing. Do what feels right for you.
5/2015-BFN 6/2015-Chemical 8/2015-BFN 10/2015-BFN 12/2015-BFP (miscarriage)
2/2016-BFN 4/2016-BFN 7/2016-BFN 10/2016-BFN 11/2016-BFN 12/2016-BFN 3/2017-BFP!!!