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[Oilyoilyoilgob]

Just starting a new thread on self insemination before our first one locks down!

39 pages of highs and lows and THE most supportive group you could wish for if you’re starting or on a self insemination journey.

💚✨ good luck ✨💚

Just to add to everyone's symptom spotting fun, apparently constant burping is a very good pregnancy sign. Info courtesy of sonographer before she found anything.

Possibly one of the few which isn't a pmt/pregnancy common torture device.

@DinkBoo That's good to know, I've been burping and farting like a machine the past couple of days! 💨 😂

@eloiseislost Things you never expected to be a positive development in your life!

This has definitely been my most obvious and most persistent symptom.

That and crying at Supervalu and other christmas ads, but that could just be tiredness and lockdown

@DinkBoo omg huge congratulations on a heartbeat! So pleased it went well, I was thinking of you 😃🥰💖 amazing news!

@Lori23TTC it’s a bit mixed, we were doing it in the nights but as I have had to close my business again due to lockdown, morning has suited as husband can get the goods out that get ready for work, and I can lay back for a good while then get on with my day (looking after cats, cleaning and playing Among Us 😳😂)
Then we still have our evenings for dinner, catch up and some tv so it’s actually really suited us ☺️
Ooh four days of highs! That’s great you’ve just been syringing throughout. I’ll do another tonight, I’m wondering have I passed my high and yesterday was the start of it dipping? No matter if so as we’ve been inseminating but I must start being a better ttc-er 😂

Hoping everyone is feeling ok today. Just been on a massive walk and my face is freezing off. Blew the cobwebs away though and getting fitter, to be a less out of breath geriatric mum (hopefully 🤞🏻😸) xx

@DinkBoo massive congrats!!!

@eloiseislost thank you for the info on the cb tests! I have been mightily confused as I have a static smiley on it but my cheapies aren't showing too strong a line... I don't know what is going on. only got a few left so I probably won't get anymore and will just stick to cheapies

I am CD9 so will be trying tonight hopefully! Hope everyone is ok x

Ah massive congratulations @dinkboo! Definitely given me hope that one day I'll be in the same boat! I'm on cd9, and always assumed I didn't ovulate until later on in my cycle. Tried a cheapie opk yesterday for the 1st time, nothing. Tried today and its a low high of 80 odd %. Just done SI tonight, and will carry on testing and SI-ing for the next few days, oh the glamour! 😂 Got some cb tests too, so will try those tomorrow alongside the cheapie! Fun times eh!? X

@Birchybirch @bigsweetpotato all three of us on CD9 today wooo (and all of us having mighty weird opk results lol) - fingers crossed cycle buddies! 🤞🏼

@primrosechill sorry I’ve just seen your comment re applicators, thanks so much and for the info. I think I’ll try these out for comfort 😊

Good luck to you and @Birchybirch @bigsweetpotato for upcoming inseminations 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Xx

Yay cycle buddies @primrosechill and @bigsweetpotato How many cycles are you both on? I'm on my 4th, so pretty new to it all.

A friend of ours is an electrician come round today. I thought he was just doing a test of our fuse box, but nope, was a whole house test. My two boxes of opks are out on my bedside table so that was a bit awkward, as we know he's seen them. Thankfully our SI "kit" was away in my drawer, otherwise it could have been a lot worse! X

Thank you @oilyoilyoilgob! 4 months ago, I naively assumed it'd only take a couple of months...! Never mind! I'm sure there's a saying about nothing worth having comes easy...or something... X

@Birchybirch it’s cycle 10 for me but we also had a pregnancy that ended up in MC along the way. Hoping going into double digits will be lucky for me this time! 🍀🤞🏼

@Oilyoilyoilgob I am an applicator convert lol. The only thing I dislike about them is that there is no indication of volume on it so can’t tell how much sperm my hubby is producing/I’m inserting. How romantic of me 🤣 not like I would see/know any of this with “normal” sex but having done his SA twice I’m now obsessed with its health lol.

Well I don’t know how about you ladies but I for one am thrilled it’s Friday - hoping it’s a less miserable one than last week so I can get some fresh air in!!

@primrosechill thank you for the advice you’ve gathered testing them!
Did another SI this morning, I’m actually due to ovulate according to trackers in two days but did an opk last night and it’s showing a lower high of 88.

Husband said it was an effort today as we’ve done so many, there wasn’t much to measure in my syringe 😅

@Birchybirch I was the same thoughts that it’d happen straight away. I’ll keep saying it, we are almost brainwashed to believe that one slip up means you get pregnant and I honestly believe it does no favours to people trying.
This is our third proper cycle were we are really putting the effort in, I got pg with SI in sept which sadly didn’t stick but this method does work 😊 we’ve been trying since January but not in the full sense as my husband has ED, although this is getting better with our therapy, his testosterone tablets and now a tiny daily dose of cialis.

Hopefully for you and all of us soon enough we’ll have our own bfp ☺️🤞🏻
It’s exciting you’re on your cd with two others on the thread, some kinship for your eggs and sperm 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Xx

@Oilyoilyoilgob hey, that really sucks you had to close your business again due to lockdown... silver lining is you can SI when you want and is hopefully less stressful as you can relax more. I love a walk... I’m going to go out for a walk today if it doesn’t rain all day! Have booked today off work do will have a chill out! My OPK isn’t as strong now but my temp hasn’t spiked so will do another SI tonight and hopefully that’s enough.

I think it’s great you do it in the morning then your evening is your own to relax... my hubby isn’t a morning person and heads out for work at 8 so no chance hun being able to do it before getting ready 🤣

Hope everyone has a good Friday! Xxx

@Oilyoilyoilgob yeah that's why we decided to opt for every other day this cycle - I think we kept making the same mistake previously which is starting early and doing it every day so that when it got to day 5 of inseminating (so actual ovulation), my husband was completely spent and there was very little left in him! Haha.

I'm with @Lori23TTC and wish we could do this in the mornings instead but sadly work comes in the way - at least we get the weekend this time!

Quick q: Do you ladies always orgasm when inseminating? (sorry if TMI although pretty sure there's no such thing on mumsnet lol) I have to say this cycle I find my sex drive quite low - not sure if it's the season, the fact that I'm tired in the evenings or the subconscious stress of TTC - so I haven't been able to give myself a proper O. I'm hoping maybe on the weekend I'll be more relaxed...

@Lori23TTC and @primrosechill yes a silver lining to shutting again is I’ve been with my cats during their illnesses thank god and I can ttc in the mornings. We get up 5.30-6am normally so it really suits as I can have 30mins ish while husband showers etc then I can get up and make his brekkie and wave him off.
I miss not working, my clients are lovely and it’ll be 6 months of being shut this year. Added to my feeling of being flat really but hey ho I’m lucky in lots of ways, as I like I say I could nurse my girls so that’s the best thing ☺️

Re orgasms I have done twice only this last week. Zero sex drive the last four weeks, only had one couples time session with husband other than that I’ve been feeling stressed and sex just hasn’t entered my head at all-nothing about it! I orgasmed this morning but it felt like an effort.
I think especially in women, it’s a protective thing if we have other things going on. So thank god for SI really!

When I was working I did SI on the nights around 8.30-9pm so we could have dinner and a bit of catch up time, then I did around 30mins upstairs of SI time. It is harder when working as it feels like there’s so much to cram in, although I liked the luxury of those 30mins it does take time away from your evening.

I hope you have a lovely day off Lori and enjoy a gorgeous autumn walk-my face time of year with the colours on the trees and crunchy leaves!
Primrose try and have a lovely relaxing weekend, even if you don’t orgasm try to make the SI time as relaxing as possible xx

@primrosechill I do try to every time, but sometimes I worry that the stress/pressure of getting there sometimes doesn't do my chances any good.

@oilyoilyoilgob sorry to hear about the mc! Yeah my husband sort of suffers from Ed too. Basically dtd hurt him in the distant past, thanks to his foreskin being tight, so he almost became scared of it. A visit to the docs rulled out the need for any medical intervention, so we were attending regular therapy sessions to help with his mental block. We were doing OK with them, but then covid hit, and they were cancelled. We were making progress, but now we SI, he's usually to worn out to dtd "normally". Feels like we constantly solve one issue, only to be faced with another!

Used the cheapie opks and recoded a low high yesterday, so this morning I cracked open the CB digital one, which has recorded nothing. Testing with the cheapie again in a couple of hours, so will see what they show...

@Birchybirch ouch for your husband 🙁 I know what you mean about one prob solved. Part of our therapy was our sex life took a dive 2/3 years ago due to a huge amount of life stress for us both with lots of big things going on. We both almost became scared of intimacy and was not in a good place.
Our therapist is amazing, he’s saved our marriage and we have online sessions which are great.
Husband also had lower testosterone so has an rx for that and got a private rx for cialis, a very low dose and half a tablet which gives almost a psychological effect on his Ed. It’s most certainly working well.
Just unfortunately I’ve struggled during lockdowns with having to close, poorly pets and thinking/hoping I’d be pregnant over lockdown 🙁
That’s made me back away from intimacy or feel like it comes last on the list but we are getting back on track.

Part of our therapy is couples time, just making some time for each other in a relaxed environment and introducing touch, massage etc and it really does work wonders. Thank goodness for SI as I feel due to stress and tiredness a lot of couples must go through this. The pressure of ttc can be huge mixed in with daydreams of getting pregnant.

Good luck with your sticks! I haven’t even opened our cb digital opk. I’ve been using the easy@home sticks with the pre mom app and I also use the period tracker app to log notes etc as I find that easier to use. Pre mom is great for the stick pics though.
I hope you get a good reading 🤞🏻 Xx

@primrosechill I always make sure I do after but I’m not sure how helpful it is to the sperm to get to where they need. I really struggled to do it when your on like day 5 of SI so I use a mini vibrator now and it’s a game changer! Quick and I don’t get any leakage, I always do it after I’ve put the sperm in not during.

@Oilyoilyoilgob thank you I hope you have a lovely weekend too! I wish we could all get pregnant on the same month how amazing big would that be! X

@Lori23TTC I think it helps as during female orgasm the cervix lowers and ‘dips’ so helping the sperm on the first part of its journey! Good idea on the vibrator for quickness!

Aww I would LOVE that! Then we can all have a big meet up with out babies 🥰 I’m daydreaming again 😄 that’d be really awesome.
I’m so heartened by the good news recently on this thread, I have my positive pants on today for us all 🍀🍀🍀

After today's CB showed nothing ning, I've done a cheapie opk test at my usual time...aaaand it's showed 0 today too. So, either I've peaked very early (thank goodness we did SI last night!) or, the "peak" one was faulty. Let's see what the rest of the month brings... X

I try to orgasm after SI but if I ever can't be bothered.. I do pelvic floor exercises and rock from side to side 😂 in the hopes it does a similar thing/jostles them about a bit! Ahh it's nice to share some crazy.
How funny that all of your OPKs are going a bit wild! Fingers crossed everyone catches the egg!
Do people's partners know that they do that to help if along?? I don't think it's ever occured to my hubby as I shoo him off and demand a cup of coffee is made 😂 I'm delightful.

10dpo for me today! I've been torturing myself watching one born every minute and "babies" on Netflix. I sneezed all day yesterday and thought 'oh colds can be a sign/why do I always get so stuffy in my tww' but then woke up with sore throat and cough and feeling like death, and had to get a covid test done with work to rule that out 😷 awaiting results but I'm sure it's neither pregnancy or covid and is in fact the same sort of could I get every cycle 🙄 life is so fun.
Hope everyone else is having a lovely Friday!

@MrsKin90 we're all a bit bonkers sometimes, let's be honest - I often ask my partners to stand up when I'm lying down after SI, grab my legs and pull them upwards a few times to shake the swimmers down 😂

Are you going to be good and resist any pregnancy tests until your AF is due? i know you are normally very good with these, unlike most of us on here LOL

Partner, not partnerS hahaha - just confirming there's still only two of us involved in the process for now.

@primrosechill 😂😂 properly made me LOL.
I have a rule that I won't test early unless I have some sort of sign (like someone asking me if I'm pregnant 😆 or dreaming about a bfp). Which sounds even nuttier now 😳 so AF isn't due until Wednesday!! 🤦 Basically forever away. If I start spotting at 12dpo (Sunday) I'll know I'm out and won't need to waste a test or any excitement.

@Birchybirch so good you did SI in case of early ovulation-fingers crossed!

I just did opk and it’s changed lasts nights at 88 to peak and today’s at 75 to low. I haven’t been good with these really so maybe it’s as confused as I am 😂 anyway we’ve been doing lots of SI so hopefully all bases covered.

@MrsKin90 and @primrosechill I’m laughing at your SI antics! I do pelvic floors when I’m bored laying there but that’s it. Debating doing some kind of inner thigh squeezes or something now I’ve heard of your gymnastics. I’m a lazy syringer 😅

We are getting takeaway tonight and having a nice relaxed night. The vets gave us pain relief for lady 2 who now has a confirmed slipped disc in her lower back 😞 had a nightmare day yesterday as they are too strong so I’m going to give her her food and meds in her isolation room and have a nice relaxed couple of hours with husband. Now lady 1 has her cone off she’s not bothered about me 😏 xx