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Hey... ummm no I'm 32 this year! The donor had previously donated at a fertility clinic and was tested for all std's, all diseases, sperm count and motility checked for every chromosone and abnormality possible that they would test to donate in a clinic. He brought mphoto ID to prove t was his actual name too. Yeah I'm feeling really tired from 8/9 dpo. Gave up smoking yesterday too so really emotional.

Well atleast your reserve is still good. I dont know what mine is... I don't understand it all.

Please keep me updated on your progress x

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Omgd were having twins!!!

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Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! I'm not doing an iui until April. My body and mind need a break. It's been a stressful month with so many things going wrong. I'll take it easy in the next two months. I'm getting accupuncture and massage therapy to heal myself. I also found better sperm with higher motility since the last one we use only had 30% motility. It's crazy! How do you feel? You must be so happy to finally be pregnant after so many tries? Have you tried this blog?

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do you know the motilty and sperm count of your donor? do you mind sharing?

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Hi! My partner and I would like to start a family. We do have an appt with infertility dr in Oct to get pregnant. My ob gyn told me everything was fine except I am not ovulating possibly due to overweight! I am not sure what to expect at the dr's appointment. I know I will be spending some money. If I am not ovulating, what can the dr do? I do have some vials at the sperm bank and I am not going to find another way around this. I just want to get this done without any complications. Can you give me some feedbacks or experience with infertility dr. Also, how many IUI did u had before getting pregnant? I am afraid that it will fail and have to spend more money. Throw some feedbacks. Thanks!

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klrichards79 - I tried to post a response, and it didn't show up. Hopefully this time it works!
My partner and I are also starting this process - planning on TTC in Jan. I met with a fertility spec earlier in the month (I'm a big time planner), and it was a really good experience. The staff was surprisingly lesbian-friendly, which was a surprise for me considering we live in Tx. :-) Ordered sperm through CCB, set me back $3500 for 4 vials, 2 years storage and shipping for 1 vial (ouch - I'm sure you relate), and each IUI session will run $2-300. My insur will cover the office visits and the vaginal ultrasounds, so if you have health insur you may want to call them and check this out. I was pleasantly surprised. At my visit, b/c I went so far before my TTC date, they just asked me a bunch of questions - no testing yet. The dr told me when I see him in Jan he will be giving me a shot of Hcg (to give myself at home - yikes!) to trigger ovulation, then I'll come back in 36 hours for the IUI. In terms of other meds, I've read about them but am not a great source of info. I am afraid before this thing is over, I may be. Have you tried a fertility monitor yet? I've got one, using it for the first time this month. It's day 15 and the monitor tells me I haven't yet ovulated. I've got a 28 day cycle, so this is a little scary. Of course, I'm sure the stress isn't helping the situation, but when you're over 30 this can be a roller coaster. I've read a couple of books, one of them geared towards lesbians, the other is pretty hetero-centric (lots of cutesy acronyms such as "BD" = baby dance = sex) that put me off a little....but it did have quite a bit of info on hormone treatments for infertility. You may want to check it out for that reason - it's called "what to expect before you're expecting" but seriously - you will only read about 1/2 the book b/c the other half is geared toward baby making and advice for the man in your life. Not that applicable :-)
Good luck to you - I wish I were getting started now. I'm so antsy!
Does anybody have any advice for me/us on starting with this process? Anything you wish you would have known before getting started? Book suggestions? Thanks!!

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I'm glad I finally found this forum! My partner and I want to start inseminating next spring, but all of this is so new and confusing to us. How do you pick a clinic or doctor to go to? Should we try inseminating at home first? Is a fertility assessment necessary? I'll be 33 in March, so I don't even know what my chances of getting pregnant are like. I'm really excited to get started, but our lack of experience is already overwhelming.

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Hey guys. Well I had boy girl twins sept 13th
And they are amazing. X

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Taylorgirl6 - not a whole lot of advice on the forum, and I'm not sure how much help I can be with picking a doctor. I lucked out b/c friends of ours had been to one they highly recommended. I personally am not going to inseminate at home. With sperm being the most pricey part of the equation, I figure it's worth it to spend a little more for a better chance of becoming pregnant the first time around! I've done some reading that says the success rate for insemination is 57% for lesbians (for the first insemination). For straight women, the success rate is considerably lower because as a general rule a straight woman wouldn't bother with insemination unless she was experiencing some sort of fertility problem. When I went to the doctor, they didn't do any fertility assessments outside of asking some basic health and family medical history questions. I'll be 32 next month, so I would imagine the same would be true for your visit. I'll be starting the process in January - would be glad to keep you updated, if you'd like. :-)

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Thanks for the advice! Any little bit helps. My partner and I have decided we'll start in February, so it sounds like you and I are on a similar wavelength. While I agree that the sperm will be expensive, I'd like to try inseminating at home first. We're not in a terrible rush, and I'd really like this experience to be intimate and private (at least at first). My partner says we'll try at home for three to six months, then it's IUI time.

Having someone else going through this the first time at about the same time as I'm planning would be awesome! And it sounds like we've got a fair amount of things in common. I'm 32 now, I'll be 33 in March. My naturopath / acupuncturist responded pretty much like your doctor when I told him about our plans to conceive. He's mostly concerned with prenatal vitamins and supplements, and he wants me to reduce my stress.

Have you been doing anything to get your body ready? Getting in shape, improving nutrition, etc? I'm trying yoga to manage my stress levels (which are way too high). That's my big target between now and our first insemination.

-Robin

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Robin,

Not sure where you are at in the process of trying but my partner and I tried at home for five months with no success, only to find out that the bank we were using has a reputation for poor quality sperm. We felt so exploited and are gratefully to be getting ready to try IUI at a specialist's office this week.

Has anyone found a good resource for same sex couples ttc? It seems like all of these ttc websites are so hetero...

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Sandi-
How awful! I'm really glad you're seeing an IUI specialist after what you went through. What sperm bank did you use that was so bad? Now I'm freaking out about the one we're using. We tried the first time two months ago with no luck, had to take a month off, and tonight is try number two. I'm not nearly as nervous as the last time, but that's probably because I'm afraid to get emotionally involved this early. Last time I cried for like four days after finding out we weren't pregnant. It was devastating.

I'd love to keep up with your progress if you're interested. Email me at taylorgirl6atgmaildotcom (email addresses are nixed in publishing).

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