My First Pregnancy Tests

I finally went out and bought 2 HPT. It was a 2 pack for $18.99...yikes... and plan on testing tomorrow morning (10 DPI) and then again on either Saturday or Sunday 13/14 DPI. I have my actual blood test at the clinic booked for Monday morning. The tests I bought were the "First Response" ones that claim to show results 4 days before a missed period. I know Its working out that I'm only going to be able to try once every 2 months until the beginning of March if I'm not lucky sooner than that. I'll be away for my insem at the end of this month/beginning of November and then my clinic is closed the first week of January. That leaves my 2nd try in December and 3rd in February. Arghhhhhh.... It sucks that I'm missing 2 opportunities!!!!!

Not Feeling Pregnant

I'm on 8DPI and haven't really felt much. On Sunday morning I woke up at 4:30 am sick to my stomach (threw up) and went back to bed. We got all excited thinking it could be morning sickness but I think it was more likely exhaustion from being at my cousins wedding the day before. Other than that. I'm not feeling anything.... I'm not expecting a BFP this try since this is only try #1 so I'm trying not to set myself up for disapointment by thinking too much about it.

No Control

I'm soooo tempted to start charting... I think I'd feel more in control but since I do have the opportunity to have cycle monitoring for free that is probably what I should do and not spend money on an OPK. For this cycle I'll just wait....and worry....

Aside from CM I'm also worrying about what I eat, what I lift.. I'm going crazy!

Freaking out already

Yy insem yesterday was at the 30 hour mark past my LH Surge on a fully moniterd cycle but I didn't have EWCM until TODAY. I feel like maybe I've missed the window and the swimmers are dead if I haven't O'd yet.

Since I'm not doing any monitoring at home I'm completely trusting the bloodwork and u/s at the clinic. This sucks.

First IUI

I had my first IUI today. It wasn't with my RE so I was a bit disappointed. I'm having a bit of cramping/bleeding that I didn't expect at all. I've been worried all day the swimmers are going to fall out.....!!

Here is our Donor:

Risks of using a sperm donor

I'm not sure if I'm just naive but the risk of DI children meeting and the potential for "incest" doesn't bother me even though I have a real life example of DI kids meeting (their parents knew and then told them). There isn't any reason to hide (for Lesbians) the use of a donor and that will need to be something that is always mentioned when our children are entering a new relationship. The real problem (IMHO) is when a couple decides to hide Donor Conception from their children or worse when clinics suggest they do this.

The transfer of genetic disorders is scary and something I've had to accept when starting this process. My nephew has special needs and one of the first things done was genetic testing of both parents - that is something DI children will not be able to do. Ironically even with all of this information I chose an anonymous donor after the only ID release donor that met our criteria gave me a bad feeling that I couldn't shake.

I am going to try (unsure if the clinic will let me) to get the empty vial so I can send it to CaBri for the Donor Semen Archive. Being able to do testing in the future seems worthy of the $60/year fee.

I'm Still waiting for my IUI and am feeling very impatient. I'm about a day late now and I'm getting dangerously close to missing an opportunity for a second try in October becuase I'll be away for a few days at the end of the month.

Parental Leave and Going Crazy Waiting

I've been wondering about parental leave. My DP is going to take 2-3 months and I'll take the first 9-10 months.

On a side note, I'm going absolutely BONKERS. I've called home for my messages about 20 times in the past hour. I'm so eager to get my results today that I'm actually driving myself mad. This is a bad sign - I didn't realize I was going to be THIS impatient.

I Finally got the results and my LH has gone from 5 up to 10

Mon- E 264, LH 5, P 3.4, Tues- E 316, LH 5, P 3.9 Wed - E 361, LH 5, P 3.2, Thurs E 570 LH 10 P 2.7

I hope the the jump in the LH level means I will be called in soon.