Good morning ladies!
First of all, thank you everyone for such a lovely welcome back. It means a lot, and makes me realise how much i have missed you all. What a great bunch of women!
shakeysgirl welcome, it's good to have you here, and crumbs, such a lot you have said resonates with me. It's not something i have had the courage to mention here before, but DH & i have similar problems. Like you, i have 2 children already (with my late DH) and now my new DH and i would dearly love a baby together. It would be the most wonderful moment in my life to see him hold his newborn baby in his arms. However he has what it known as "delayed ejaculation" which for him means that he does not come as a result of sex, only through masturbation ( and only from himself, although i have managed it once or twice). We have a good sex life, and it has only become an issue since we have been ttc. Until now we have been doing what someone else mentioned (was it you ei?) i.e. once we are ready, getting himself to a certain point, then putting it in at the last minute. As we are now on cycle 7 i am wondering if that is working. I have noticed as well, like you mention, that some does tend to "dribble" out, and it appears that if he takes the pressure that he gets from his hand away, then ejaculation isn't as sucessful. So, we have also just decided to go with the syringe option!!! ( It was SO bizzare to read about you trying this, when we had only just started employing this method this week!) We basically take a cup and syringe upstairs... and you can work out the rest!!!! Like you say, i do now feel more confident that we are getting everything in the right place. We did, however, struggle to get his "deposit" in the cup - we need more practice! We are going to do it this way all the time this cycle and see what happens. Obviously all the romance is lost this way, but we do have a good laugh about it, and it does feel special because of why we are doing it. Like yourselves, it has brought us closer now. Sorry to ramble on, but i had to respond to you, and share our situation with you. |Hopefully we can keep each other going. Syringe-users united!!!!
Hope i haven't bored everyone else!
EI (like the new name) tell your DH that you are going to a reflexologist for "relaxation" purposes! He can't turn down the prospect of a more chilled out wife. My session went well - it certainly was extremely relaxing.
MTW no, don't leave us yet! We like having you around, and as others have said it gives us all hope.
scaryhairy and coolkat excited about you both testing at the end of the week. Keeping various bits of me crossed for you both.
doghouse may be better to wait a few days if AF hasn't turned up. Easier said than done though!
Big hello to the rest of the gang that i haven't mentioned in person.