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Hey everyone!! WOW, it’s nice to see our group growing!! Welcome Flgirlwantingbaby!! Well, I am not sure about your RE saying he can get it for you. Choosing a donor is a big deal and doing it with your partner is very important!! We use a cryobank in California and I love it!! I think we pay $365.00 a vial and whatever shipping costs that apply, which I think is $160.00 per shipment. This is why we normally order 3 vials at a time. (to keep the shipping costs down) Then our procedure for IUI runs us $519.00. My insurance covers all my meds, u/s testing, blood work and my other monthly and/or weekly visits. You can also do IUI with your partner’s swimmers if applicable. Please ask as many questions about donor that you may have. All the girls on this site are wonderful and I am sure they will be able to answer anything you throw at them. HAHAHA. Hey Thayward, I am waiting for AF too!! She still hasn’t popped in and I wish she would soon. I can’t wait to start my new meds and see how they work. Hopefully this with be my positive month also. (since my track record is 7 iui with 4 consecutive, I won’t be disappointed if it’s not) Hey Slow and Whyntome…………..how are things? Happy to hear your good news Whynotme. It’s great to hear your success!! Wantbaby – hey lady, how are you? Sorry you aren’t feeling good. You know, Slow and I both got sick on our cycle that came back positive. It’s your sign. This will be your cycle!! Baby Dust to all!!!

I also think that I got a stuffy nose and thought I had a cold around the time I tested positive. Some of my symptoms during the 2WW were shooting subtle pains on both sides of my tummy area, stuffy nose, light headedness, and cramping for atleast a few weeks. I always thought that af was coming but it never did. I remember telling dh that I know this one didn't work because I am having wicked af cramps. Low and behold she never reared her ugly face. As for the company where I ordered my samples from was called Fairfax Cryobank. You can go to their website and pull up their donor list as well as purchase baby pics and all kinds of stuff. It is a pretty long process and may take a few months or so to decided on the donor. Their site is www.fairfaxcryobank.com. My vials cost $345 per vial and $100 shipping charge. My IUI's only cost $213 each and my visits, u/s monitoring were covered by my health insurance. The meds if using clomid will not cost much, but look out if you have to do injectibles because the cost will go up. Can I pry a little and ask if you have a partner or are you doing this alone?? Have a great day girls!

Hi girls....Hope all of you are doing great! THAY, thanks for your wishes. I really hope so too that this will be the one. You must be somewhere up north for it to be snowy already! This is my last chance before IVF. WHY & MONTIE, your posts made me feel very hopeful. I very rarely fall sick so I am not sure. WHY, as you said, I have had mild cramps around the lower abdomen every now and then. I was telling my husband that it feels like there is something going on. Its only day 7 post IUI so I was wondering if I was imagining stuff. Now after reading your post I really wish it will be my positive month. I just have this strong feeling right after the IUI something like an intuition. I've never had such a feeling before. Last time I kept feeling it hadn't worked and I was right about that. Now I hope I am right about this cycle. The other thing is, suddenly food has become a priority. I keep thinking about food all the time and I've been eating a whole lot. I am hungry after a meal, can you believe that? I have another 1 miserable week to find out what's going on - if its anxiety, baby or meds. God alone knows what its all about. Anyway, all of you have a wonderful weekend and will talk to you on Monday.

Actually I lost my husband in the war about 2 in a half years ago and now I am doing on my own. I have had 4 IUI's already with my late husbands swimmers none of which were successful except one m/c so now i am wanting to get a donor since my late husband and i worked so hard to have a baby and were not able to. If i am able to conceive I will be naming the baby after him.Thanks girls for all the stats on the donors.I just wish my husband had a brother or something it would be alot easier but he was the only child.

Hey Gals... feeling kinda' down today - could it be an effect of the Progesterone? Really tired and sad - or maybe just fatigue from the roller coaster? FLGIRLWANTINGBABY... sorry about your DH. I am doing this on my own too. It's something I have wanted for a very long time. I have had 4 IUIs and the 5th was cancelled - hopefully the next one will be it for both of us!!! I hope everyone is having a happy, fertile day. Smiles and Babydust... T

thank you thyward for the kind words. And the incouragement. I hope all is well for you too. Baby dust to all

hey girls i made it back from oklahoma. WANTBABY-thanks for your kind words. i also had a terrible headcold in august right before i tested + aqnd i posted a question on the signs of pregnancy board and ppl were saying it wasnt a sign but then alot of other girls wrote on their that they thought that it was. i tested + in august but had to terminate in sept because it was a tubal pregnancy. MONTIE-thanks to u as well i hope that this is going to be your cycle. WHYNOT-dh is mad,his stepdad and half brother went to the bank the day before the funeral and they tried to draw all the money out of the bank and now they are mad because his mom left him and his sister the beneficiaries of it so they want dh and his sister to give them the money. we didnt want the money but if his mom left it to him and his sister then they feel that they werent going to give it to the stepdad and the half brother. they feel if their mom wanted them to have it she would have left it to them. so glad your u/s went well congrats. r u going to find out the sex? FLGIRL-i used fairfax cryobank go to the search bar on your computer and type in sperm banks and it should give you a list. my follicle monitoring was 180 the 1st time 80 the 2nd time and the 3rd time was free. also the iui cost me 214.00 and the sperm was 345 plus shipping and the hcg trigger shot was 50.00 and the clomid was 25.00 also if you do get pregnant your doc may put you on progesterone pills until they can get the results of your progesterone levels back i forgot how much that cost since i havent had it done in a few months. i really liked fairfax though because the baby pics were free to look at and that was very important to dh and i. also welcome to the thread. take care all i have to run to the store real quick

Hey Slow... nice to have you back. Hope everything went okay - considering the circumstances. I took my last progesterone pill today - so I am expecting AF in a few days? Then, try again... so why am I feeling so down? I have to get out of this frame of mind - I need to get back to the positive attitude frame of mind. I forced myself to go to the gym today - it helped a bit. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Smiles and Babydust... T P.S. Sorry for being a downer today!

THAY- i am so sorry that you are down. know that we are here for you. i know that it is rough right now but you will forget all about it when you get those 2 lines on the hpt. it will all be worth it then. please know that i am thinking about you. dh kept his cool while we were there only for his moms sake. he said his mom wouldnt ha ve wanted him to through a fit under the circumstances. which i am glad for that. if you want to talk i am here my email is [email protected]. take care.

Good morning ladies. Well, AF finally arrived this weekend and I get to start the Femara tonight. I am nervous about the new med however excited at the same time. Feels good to be trying again!! Thayward, I am sorry you aren’t feeling on the up and up. Don’t worry, this will pass. I am sure it’s hormone related, so just hang in there!! Flgirl – good luck to you on your mission. I think that your DH would be proud of you doing it alone. I am sure he is above watching over you. (and I am sorry for your loss) Wantbaby- you stay positive girl!! Talk to the belly, it helps……..LOL!!!! Whynotme, hey sweetie. Hope you are doing well. Hi Slow……sorry to hear about the conflict. You know, death brings out the worst in people. It should be a time to reflect and love but someone just don’t get it. I am truly sorry and here for you always. Well girls, I have to run. I will let you know the side effects of the femara. BABY DUST!!!!

Thanks so much for your kindness Slow and Mon. I am still in a sad place, but I am hanging in there. I'm am sure hormones and meds are adding some fuel to the fire! Yeah Mon! Ready to try again - Slow, you must be getting close too? I am expecting AF any day (I assume since I stopped the progesterone on Saturday)... so we'll see. So far, I am not really excited about trying again - is that horrible? It's not that I don't want it to happen - I couldn't want anything more - I just feel like I am setting myself up for another disappointment. I am trying to turn this thought process around ... I guess that emotional exhaustion has finally set in. I am happy for those of you that are trying and for those that have had success. Smiles and Babydust to all... T

hey girls-MONTIE so glad that wyou are starting again that is so exciting. THAY-so sorry that things are going the way they are for you. just know that we love you like a sister and wish you the best. i know it gets frustrating at times but we are all strong women and can handle anything that we put our hearts and minds to.FLGL-i know that your husband would really appreciate what you are doing and know that he is smiling down on you through your journey. we are here for you to talk to anytime that you need to. well if everything works out right then i should know right after christmas whether i am pregnant or not. wouldnt that be a great new years present. i wish all you beautiful, strong, compassionate women the best of luck for your cycles this month. i know it isnt hard sometimes but we can do it. just know that i am thinking and praying for each of you.

Hello ladies good news for me. I have a good friend of mine that i grew up with that is willing to donate for me. He is so much like my husband and they look alike too. So hopefully soon i will be able to do my IUI's but i have to wait for him to return from war!!!

FLGL-that is great that will save you a ton of money..i know it costs me 510.00 just for 1 vial and for shipping. i think that washing it may cost you about 200.00 so that will save you quite a bit and any money you can save is good.

I can not express my gratitude enough Slow... you are amazing. Smiles and Babydust... T

Slow, you are such a sweetheart. Your kind words can warm the coldest of hearts. We are all so blessed to have you in our lives!!! Thayward – hang in girl, this hard time will pass. I can relate to the whole trying again and feeling like your being set up for failure. I am extremely nervous about getting pregnant again and having another m/c. But I have to try anyway. I am confident that I will be blessed down the road and with that will bring a joy so powerful that all my past hurts will seem like only a faint dream. FLGWB-I am glad to hear your happy news. When will he be home from war? Well girls, I started the Femara last night. So far, I am not feeling anything major. I did get a very dry mouth and felt extremely tired after taking it last night. Oh well. I go for my cd12 u/s next Wednesday. I don’t normally have my u/s so early. Usually they wait until cd14 or cd15. Maybe the Femara speeds things up?? I don’t know. As long as I am being monitored I guess that’s all that matters. Well baby dust to all………and talk with you soon.