so...dh and I have been ttc for almost two years and along with that I'm dealing with some vaginal pain issues. We are able to have sex but not as frequently as I think might up our chances so we are going to add some home inseminations this month just to cover more bases.
in terms of ovulation and semen quality: my pre and post O blood work looks good and dh's semen analysis came back looking good as did his hormone blood work. I have not had a laparoscopy or an hsg yet so those things haven't been ruled out but it is general consensus that stress has played a HUGE role in our infertility issues and that is why, after ALL these months, we are still trying naturally (life is less stressful now... apart from not being able to conceive).... I have a cycle and a half before I go back to talk about "next steps" so we're trying to give it our all... so.....
I think this is what we are supposed to do but please correct or add on:
-dh makes a deposit (thinking of just using a small glass bowl: can we hand wash in hot? or is it better to boil?)
-then we use a needless syringe (making sure all the air is out) to suck as much up as we can before SLOWLY putting-er right up near my cervix
-I hang out for half and our or so (and I guess I'm supposed to try and orgasm to help suck those guys up....so I guess that too
)
and that's it?
should I try and get all of the semen in me... like as many syringes full that I can until its all used up or is it ok to just use one syringe full and call it a day?
I'm not temping anymore (thermometer shattered on the floor a few months ago) but would generally O between cd14 and 18 so I was thinking starting on cd11 and going through cd18 or something. I think some days we'll dtd and then some days we will do insemination but were thinking of getting something in me every 24 hours since we've never been able to try that much. should we be doing it more like every 18 hours or 36 hours?
and preseed? I have some. it makes me sting a little (oh the fun with vag pain never ends... even the most gentle and glycerine free of products aren't always great for me...ugh) but not terribly and although I do have some ewcm its generally thick, kind of a one or two time find and just in general I run a little dry... which could also be part of our problem so I was thinking of using some vaginally before the insemination? or would it be better to do after? or if I have at least a little ewcm does it really matter anyway?
if anyone has thoughts or has tried this themselves or has vulvodynia and still managed to conceive successfully... I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks
in terms of ovulation and semen quality: my pre and post O blood work looks good and dh's semen analysis came back looking good as did his hormone blood work. I have not had a laparoscopy or an hsg yet so those things haven't been ruled out but it is general consensus that stress has played a HUGE role in our infertility issues and that is why, after ALL these months, we are still trying naturally (life is less stressful now... apart from not being able to conceive).... I have a cycle and a half before I go back to talk about "next steps" so we're trying to give it our all... so.....
I think this is what we are supposed to do but please correct or add on:
-dh makes a deposit (thinking of just using a small glass bowl: can we hand wash in hot? or is it better to boil?)
-then we use a needless syringe (making sure all the air is out) to suck as much up as we can before SLOWLY putting-er right up near my cervix
-I hang out for half and our or so (and I guess I'm supposed to try and orgasm to help suck those guys up....so I guess that too
)and that's it?
should I try and get all of the semen in me... like as many syringes full that I can until its all used up or is it ok to just use one syringe full and call it a day?
I'm not temping anymore (thermometer shattered on the floor a few months ago) but would generally O between cd14 and 18 so I was thinking starting on cd11 and going through cd18 or something. I think some days we'll dtd and then some days we will do insemination but were thinking of getting something in me every 24 hours since we've never been able to try that much. should we be doing it more like every 18 hours or 36 hours?
and preseed? I have some. it makes me sting a little (oh the fun with vag pain never ends... even the most gentle and glycerine free of products aren't always great for me...ugh) but not terribly and although I do have some ewcm its generally thick, kind of a one or two time find and just in general I run a little dry... which could also be part of our problem so I was thinking of using some vaginally before the insemination? or would it be better to do after? or if I have at least a little ewcm does it really matter anyway?
if anyone has thoughts or has tried this themselves or has vulvodynia and still managed to conceive successfully... I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks
