Self insemination - Any success stories?!

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Hi everyone,

I have NC'd for this to save our blushes!
DH and I have just had our first round of IVF which was sadly unsuccessful after an early miscarriage.
We have 2 frozen embryos but we would like to TTC naturally for the next 6 month's first in the hope the IVF hormones might help boost our chances.
DH has always struggled to ejaculate inside me when DTD. Therefore we have decided to try self insemination in the hope it will take away some of the stress.

I would love to hear any success stories.

Also which insemination kit did you buy?

Has anyone tried a soft cup / Ferti Lily conception cup after inserting the syringe to help things along?

Thanks everyone!

Thank you so much @MrsKin90.
I will give that a try. I wish you the very best of luck with your journey. Fingers crossed you get a positive result soon xx

Apologies @LAG1986 I was in the middle of a response to you but I was at work 🤦🏼‍♀️

The way we do it and tips.....

Cup, syringe, something to read,
Hubby/partner/speed guy whoever it is puts a sample in a cup, best thing for you to do is be on your back with your hips raised under a pillow, we put a towel down in case of any seepage.
Once the sample is ready you can either draw up in to the syringe right away or ( and I've tried it both ways) keep the sample at body temp next to your thigh etc and wait 10 mins for it is liquify a bit more. When your drawing it up in to the syringe do it very slowly so as not to damage the sperm. Get in to your position and relax as much as you can.
Now either your partner can help or you do it yourself but put the syringe in ( either before or after you orgasm) ideally it's better to orgasm with the sample already in. Slowly depress the plunger in, again so as not to damage the sperm and if you can orgasm again. The orgasm causes your service to dip in to the sperm which will be pooled inside and 🤷‍♀️hey presto !

Hope this helps x
Again sorry for such a late reply x

Cervix* not service 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Carol1980 omg just catching up-fantastic news and I can see a line on your hcg test! How are you?

How is everyone doing? @MrsKin90 I hope you’re feeling a bit better? Sorry you’re feeling down, it’s bloody tough doing this. Hoping at least on here you feel we’re here for you 😊 It’s nice to come on here and have people who just get it.

I’m a few days post period and have started our first proper month of opk testing, I’m using the premom app and taking pictures but I agree with above-the colours seems much more vivid in real life and don’t photo well. I’m winding myself up that it might not show ovulation or I don’t ovulate and my husband has said to chill out and see.
It’s so strange how it’s almost drummed into us about avoiding unwanted pregnancy during sex but actually the opposite can be true-it’s not just one time unprotected and hey ho you’re pregnant!

I’m back working but am focussing on staying well mentally and not stressing too much over clients etc. I want to be in a good a place as possible to help to (hopefully) get pregnant.

I really do hope everyone is well and healthy 💚 xx

Hi all
First time poster and very new to this so I'm sorry I don't know all the abbreviations!
My Husband and I have been ttc for over 6 months, I'm 37 so am feeling the pressure. Quite often husband finds it difficult to come so I am starting to consider insemination. My husband wants to keep trying natural but when we only do it once in my window and plus my age I feel the chances of conceiving naturally may be pretty low. I’ve joined this thread to get some tips and to feel some hope!

I’ve been using OPKs (Femometer) and quite naively thought all OPKs were the same but having read various posts in the last month I think some may be better than others!! So I have bought some Wondfo and Clearblue digital ones to try as well for next cycle.

Sounds silly but we haven’t been to the drs yet because of the whole Covid situation. Has anyone tried at-home fertility tests for sperm? And where have you got your syringes from?
Sorry for the long post and looking forward to getting know you all

Amazing news @Carol1980 fingers crossed.
I have my period again, first period since my MC (I was advised not to try until I had a period). I got pregnant just inseminating so it definitely works.

@bigsweetpotato I buy syringes and pots from amazon. Ebay has them too.

@bigsweetpotato hi and welcome.
We did the at home sperm test. We got a kit from a website called Dr Fertility and found it quite easy to use x
Worth a try x

@AdriannaP exciting times, I'm due on tomorrow so fingers crossed this wee bean stays put. I took the clear blue weeks predictor this morning and it came up 'not pregnant' but I know that they can be quite bad unless your about a week past your expected period so not overly concerned about that just now x

I'm such a POS slut !

This evening I took the other weeks indicator test ( bought some at costco a few months ago so had a twin pack left)

Annnnnndddddddddd Boooya !!

Holy shitballs I'm actually preggers !!

I'm so nervous ! Like beyond nervous ! I've had a miscarriage before ( before I got pregnant with my daughter) and I was only 5 weeks along, I just hope to god this sticks and we have our 2nd on the way !

@Carol1980 omg! Hoooray!! 😍 Congratulations! That's amazing!

@bigsweetpotato welcome! 😊 I just but syringes off of amazon. Hope you can get your husband on board with this method!

Hope everyone else is okay today! I'm meant to ovulate tomorrow and have had lots of cramps but not sure really as ewcm is usually more than it is 😟 hope it's soon!

I'm 3dpo according to my BBT but I think I might be more like 1dpo. 😊 But I'll go with 3dpo for now. We inseminated on O day and 2 days before if I got by being 3dpo and I prefer that 😂 otherwise we only did 2 days before. Although we are going to do today as well just in case. Always do one for 'luck' in case my bbt is wrong or something!

How is everyone?

I always find the early dpo the most frustrating as you just want to know if it's happened or not !

I'm 18dpo ( still counting as dpo until I'm 100% sure this will stick)
Sounds really bad but I've not told the hubby yet x the plan is to tell him when he's back home on Tuesday x he's working away for a few days. I've ordered a t-shirt for our daughter which says I'm going to be a big sister, and just wait and see if he notices what is on it when he comes home on Tuesday afternoon/early evening.

I really hope we get our 2-3 weeks on the clear blue by then, as if not the. I'm probably looking at a miscarriage, which I've had before at 5 weeks prior to being pregnant with my daughter.

I took a weeks indicator this morning but it's still got 1-2 weeks, I'm a little concerned, but at the same time, you usually have to have quite high hcg for that to even show up in the first place

I'm really hoping for a bfp this cycle but of course we all do every cycle. We shall see! I've tried letting the semen sit warmly and liquify before putting it in the syringe for all our inseminations this time. I've also abandoned conceive plus this cycle as it didn't help for the last three and left a bit of a burning sensation. My hubby has been taking a generic multivitamin (no idea if that does anything lol) and I've been taking COQ10 and I severely reduced my caffeine intake to 'I am now a sleepy zombie' level. Not sure what more I can do really 🤦

I'm so excited for you, try to be positive if you can. You're probably just a tiny bit too early for the 2-3. Will you do another test Monday or Tuesday morning? I think that sounds like a lovely way to tell him when he's back 😊 no judgment from me for not telling him, you do what you feel is right! Xx

Hopefully the change in tactics pays off x I love coffee....it's my favourite thing but I'm trying to limit my intake now 🤦🏼‍♀️

To be honest I try my best to not get his hopes up, I don't want to see the disappointment in his face x

Last insemination this evening just in case. Ah nightmare. Can you drink decaf? It tastes different if you ask me but I manage 😆 you're still allowed a bit when pregnant aren't you?

I can understand not telling him but will you need some support from him if anything happens? I'd want to protect my husband as well but you shouldn't do it at your own expense. I'm excited to see your 2-3 weeks test in a couple of days 🤞

I'm getting nervous that I won't see the 2-3 weeks to be honest. I hope I'm wrong and everything is absolute fine, but google is not my friend.
I checked back on the info I logged on my app from the last time and I got 2-3 weeks at 15dpo...I'm 18dpo today so bit concerned that my hcg isn't rising as it should in which case it will either be an early miscarriage or by the time I get to my scan it will show that the baby stopped growing at like 5 weeks or something.

At the moment I'm only 3 days late for my AF anyway x

I think I'm just worried that we won't be that lucky, after all the months of nothing and chemical pregnancies I'm just feeling a bit hopeless about it all but at the same time I know I will be beyond excited if all turns out to be ok.
I know that two pregnancies are not the same but when I look online I've only really found posts where folk are saying that at 18dpo they also got the 1-2 weeks on a clearblue and they have all ended in miscarriages 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

@MrsKin90
Fuck my last post just found this and it's actually made me relax a bit !!!

https://community.babycenter.com/post/a60223648/cbconceptionnindicatorweekkestimatorwronggpleaseread

Google is definitely not your friend! I'm sorry you're having such a tough time with it right now.
That post makes a lot of sense re. How the weeks can be different and inaccurate from person to person.
I do wonder if lines tests are better if you're going to be testing for progression because at least It's clear how they're working.
How are you feeling today?

Morning x

Took a clearblue plus this morning, I've got total lines eyes now, I can't tell if it's darker than it was 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ I seriously need to get my mind out of the gutter with it.
I think the unfortunate thing is when you go to google for answers your inevitably going to get not so great posts about it in your search, as the small minority who would have the questions are already thinking that something is wrong. You get a few who say 'oh yeah I had that' but they are few and far between.
This is the test from this morning FMU x

11DPO today and BFN. Just need to vent really. It’s our 4th cycle since the MC, and 8th month since we started trying overall. I’m so fucked off with my body right now. For not holding onto the first pregnancy. For not being able to have penetrative sex easily so we have to inseminate. For not getting bloody pregnant. I am super stressed now that I have damaged something inside me during the MC or that this method of conception is massively slowing us down. I am also stressed that I’m... too stressed 🙄 I am also utterly fucked off with my body for sending me all these mixed signals this cycle - my nipples feel like they will explode this month so I really got my hopes up... Gah. I think I might look into some sort of private fertility tests. I know it hasn’t been a year overall but I am feeling really low right now and want to feel like I’m back in control!

@Carol1980 sorry you’re going through this stress now as well :( I can only imagine what it’s like to worry things are not going well after you’ve had a MC alreay - I would be the same. Big hugs.

@Carol1980 nobody ever reports the positives do they? Those people are off happy as Larry too busy to post about it on Google so it does give a very dark sided view. I can see a line on your clear blue easily!

@primrosechill I'm sorry for your BFN 😟 11dpo might still be too early 🤞 I can understand your frustration with your body. If you went to the doctor and explained your situation with not being able to have penetrative sex they might be more willing to help sooner than a year? I doubt they expect you to be doing at home SI so unless they're willing to help how do they expect you to overcome this really? 😟

Whilst it's lovely to have a group of people attempting the same method and knowing you're not alone with your struggle, it doesn't make it any less of a struggle imo. It's still so bloody hard and frustrating. The only thing that makes me feel a bit better (which sounds awful) is that I know so many people doing things traditionally also take a while so there's no guarantee we wouldn't be in a similar situation anyway personally.

Supposedly 4dpo for me.

@primrosechill rant away love x that's what we're here for and I'm totally been there on multiple occasions !!

Honestly who are these folk who just had to look at their husbands sideways and boom their pregnant !!
Utterly frustrating !

I've got my fingers crossed that this is the month for you all xxx

I think I'm cracking up a little bit this evening so this tww will finish me off.
Should I be eating Brazil nuts and keeping my feet in hot socks/hot water to create a nice, warm, 'implantable' habitat full of selenium (whatever the fuck that is) for a little embryo? 😟 Is there any merit to any of these ridiculous things people suggest do you think? Does anyone do any crazy things to 'help' at this point?
This is the least relaxed I have been so early on in the tww 😣 This'll be the first tww where I don't have a glass of wine just in case. Maybe that's the reason I'm not relaxed 😂

@MrsKin90 have that glass of wine it won't do any harm whatsoever !
You can even drink while breastfeeding now !
Oh and I'm proof that it doesn't matter a fuck if you don't drink...I don't drink at all and it still took me 9 months ❤️

To be honest the only thing I do is watch Netflix 🤣🤣

I hate the 2ww ! I've said it before I'd rather just put a camers up my who-ha and check to see if the little feckers managed to actually find the egg that way at least I would know whether to both buying the tests !

😂🤣 the thing is I'm always telling people they can drink in the tww. I'm just freaking myself out. I know I don't have any power over it.
I'll see about getting some cameras installed!