someone tell me

[quantumleap]

That frozen sperm can live 24+ hours after IUI? Please? Ok, don't tell me unless it's true. I don't know if I want to feel hopeful or not, but, here we are.
I got a +OPK on Monday super early, we IUI'ed late that afternoon and as a "backup" decided we'd do it again in 24 hours (Tues early afternoon). On Tuesday morning I, in a fit of idiocy, decided to pee on another OPK. And, what do you know ,that test line was even *darker*. So, now I fear that we totally missed the timing. This was our last "simple" IUI. If this doesn't work, I will have to take two airplane rides in each direction to get to more intense ART. I feel like we never get the timing right. Odds aren't good even with good timing, and I can't even get the timing right?! Why did we decide to live in a remote northen area?!
So, someone tell me the sperm lives on?
Katia

[simcon]

I saw that your post hasn't gotten a reply--my clinic has told me that frozen sperm can live that long (I'm not sure I believe them, but that's another matter). BUT... I was a little confused by your post. It looked like you had a +OPK, then an insem, then another (stronger) +OPK 24 hours later and another insem some hours after that. It sounds to me like your timing was pretty good, if I'm reading you correctly!

This cycle I had a moderately +OPK on Tues. am, but went in for an u/s and LH blood test that morning--my LH was 40+ (definitely surging), and I ovulated 13 hours later (felt sensation, follicle wasn't visible on u/s the next morning). Are you concerned that the +OPK on Tues. am. was the real one and that your first insem was to early, and that your 2nd insem was too? For me, this cycle, your timing would have been great!! (I couldn't even do my 2nd IUI, since it was pretty clear that there'd be no point...) And from what I could read, it looked good for you, too--did I miss something?

[quantumleap]

Yeah, I guess the timing wasn't *that* bad. It just could have been a lot better. It all feels so hopeless. Perhaps it's time to erase this thread - not "big" (in the important sense) enough. Bah. I wish I had real life friends for occasional "Katia, snap out of it" or "Everything will work out" admonitions with this stuff.

I hope things work out really well for you simcon.

Katia