How can I tell the sperm are viable or even alive when I receive them?
What are some tips I can use in choosing a private sperm donor?
Is there anything I can do with my inseminations to increase my chances of choosing the sex of my baby?
What's an implantation dip?
Can your bbt (basal body temperature) indicate problems related to infertility?
What's an Instead Cup? And what is it used for?
I bought a microscope to check the motility of my donor sperm, but I still can't see the sperm, what's wrong?
How many inseminations should I do per cycle?
Your chances of conceiving are better per month doing IUI. Your chances with ICI are the same as having natural intercourse. So, in reality, you can get pregnant with either method of insemination, only with IUI you may get pregnant quicker, but requires trips to the doctor's office and vaginal inseminationI've doesn't. Go Back To Questions.
You have a 12% chance per month doing IUI and about a 6% chance per cycle doing vaginal inseminations. The rates for vaginal insemination are the same as natural intercourse, and it is not rare for normal fertile couples to take up to 6 months to a year to conceive. Go Back To Questions.
You don't need saline mixed with the semen to draw it into the syringe. This will only thin the semen out so much it will all leak out after you inseminate! I think what you read was: after drawing up all of the semen out of the container, you can use a drop
or two of saline to get the last bit of sperm out of the container, since
the semen tends to stick to the walls of the container. Go Back To Questions.
A dosing syringe can be used, but it is not the syringe of choice. It isn't that long, so you may not get the semen deposited as close to the cervix as you would with a longer syringe. Go Back To Questions.
You want to get as many out as possible, but.... I wouldn't go crazy with it!! :) It is nerve racking your first time...You just don't want any larger air bubbles in the syringe. Putting air into the vagina can cause an embolism....so make sure the semen is at
the tip of the syringe and ready to come out, instead of air. You will do just fine, trust me. I was nervous too, but realized that once I calmed down everything was really easy. After your first insem you'll be much more relaxed about it the next time. Go Back To Questions.
Fresh sperm are viable for about 24 hours outside of the body, if kept chilled at about 5 degrees. The Bio-Tranz kit is designed to do just that! Go Back To Questions.
Frozen sperm can live up to 24 hours, maybe a little longer, so doing an insem a day seems logical. Go Back To Questions.
Pacific Reproductive Services will ship sperm to your home without a doctor, but you do have to pay a registration fee, which I think is $150.00. You can get more information by checking out their website at: http://www.hellobaby.com
Also, I believe California Sperm Bank will ship to your home, but I think you must first have a doc sign a release. The doc doesn't have to be a Reproductive Endocrinologist, any doc will do. Also, I think the doc either has to be registered with them, or you can register your own doc for a fee of $50.00. You can also check out their
website, although they don't update it very often. Their url is:
The Northwest Andrology Bank. They are located in Montans, Washington. The email is nwcryo@ior.com and the phone is 1-800-786-5251 and Mirina is the lady that will help you. the link is http://www.nwcryobank.com Go Back To Questions.
Using your friend sounds like a good idea, however, I would be careful......only you can make this decision. People often want to help others in need, but when they see their own flesh and blood (a baby), their feelings often change.
I know I didn't answer your questions fully, but that's the best I can do. I wouldn't want to advise you wrong on this, as it is a serious decision that can impact the lives of your family on down the road. Just be careful.... and seek the advice of an attorney for
further laws pertaining to this, as each state's law is different. At the very least, should you decide to use your friend as a donor, without the assistance of an attorney, (which I advise strongly against) draw up a contract, or find one online (sperm donor contract) and be sure it's signed, dated, and that your husband's friend knows where you stand from the beginning. Not that it will help should he fight for custody, but because something seems better than nothing. Go Back To Questions.
I don't think there is anything you can do to "get it right".... besides timing your insems to occur right before ovulation. Vaginal insemination gives you the same chance as natural intercourse, so you shouldn't be too disappointed when it doesn't work right off the bat. I have read that it's completely normal for healthy fertile couples to take anywhere from 3-12 months, and sometimes more to conceive! So
be patient my friend...... :) It will happen in it's own time. :):)
Just relax and insem.....Go Back To Questions.
Chaste Berry Tree (a.k.a. Vitex) is a great herb for balancing your hormones..... It is an alternative to Clomid. Robitussin (Guanifensin only!) works to thin out and make more cervical mucous. Some ladies take a baby aspirin every day to help build the lining of the uterus and to help prevent blood clots from interfering with implantation, as well as antiphilosphoid antibodies. The Progesterone Cream is used to supplement the corpus luteum in case of insufficiency. A.K.A. luteal phase defect. And of coarse we all should be taking a mult-vitamin! I take Theragran-M. Vitamin B-6 is suppose to help with luteal phase defect as well.
Vitex is not a fast acting herb. It may take as long as 4-6 cycles to see a difference. It does work, but again, it's not meant to be a fast fix. The article where I got all of my information from says you should begin to see relief from PMS symptoms in as
little as 25 days. Also, the recommended dosage for vitex is 40mg a day or as much as 225 mg per day. Some people don't experience results with a higher dosage. So the lower dose is better. A higher dose has been known to screw things up, so to speak.
Bayer baby aspirin or the store brand is what I used. There is no special ingredient in the aspirin, it's just the aspirin itself. You don't want to take full strength aspirin though, as it can inhibit ovulation by killing off the prostaglandins. The baby aspirin is
chewable and is usually orange flavored. 81 mg. stregnth. Go Back To The Questions.
Ah-Ha! Now that you have decided to do insems, you are more than likely reading your body's every sign...you have become obsessed with timing and getting everything perfect...maybe. It has been proven that stress and anxiety can affect your cycle. So, if you are trying anxiously, you may notice some differences in your cycle. RELAX. Easier said than done... but it does work! Try not to engulf yourself in the whole ordeal. Continue doing the things you have always done. When you feel obsessed or overly anxious, try reading a good book, taking a walk, watch a good movie (and preferably NOT about babies, that comes later!), whatever you normally did before trying to conceive. And don't stress over obsessing. It's hard to be reading your body's signals in anticipation of ovulation, and ignore it all at the same time! Try to find a mid-way point for yourself. Obsess a little, but know when it's time to stop. The obsessing will level off after a couple of months trying (or at least it should), and as you become comfortable with the schedule of doing insems every month, your cycle most likely will return to normal as well as your state of mind. Go Back To The Questions.
Pinpointing ovulation can be tricky. But knowing that all women normally ovulate between cycle days 12-17 gives you something to go by. If you have a shorter cycle, chances are you will ovulate on the early end of the scale, say cycle day 12-14. If you have a longer cycle, chances are you will ovulate on the latter end, say cycle day 15-17 and sometimes even later. Pinpointing ovulation is the MOST important thing in trying to conceive. You have got to study your cycle in depth. Keep a diary or calendar, as well as a basal body temperature chart. This information is invaluable when trying to conceive! If you have regular cycles of 28-35 days in length, chances are you ovulate around the same point in your cycle every month. Watch for cervical mucous to increase around this time. Watch your basal body temperature for a rise. (althought you cannot use bbt to tell you when you are going to ovulate, it is marvelous history to retain about your cycles, and will also let you know when you are more than likely going to ovulate next cycle!) After ovulation, your temperature will go up and remain up until your period starts again. Also, you may wish to try ovulation predictor kits, or the Clear Plan Fertility Monitor. But I do not recommend that you use these solely, as they are not always true, and there is room for mistakes with these. Use a combination of methods for determining ovulation. Go Back To The Questions.
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