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Nope, not preggers. :( I actually think something may be wrong. Until I started TTC, I always had a *very* regular cycle. Not regular down to the exact hour on the exact 28th day like one woman I know, but regular enough that my cycle was always 28 to 30 days long. Not the past [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2008 under BFN, TTC misadventures, docs & the medical establishment, insemination attempts.
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Well, y’all, I could be preggers right this minute. (How’s that for an opening sentence, huh?)
The timing was *tricky* this time around. For the past few months, when I wasn’t trying, my cycle was pretty long. Last month it was 34 days. So this month, when I called to order my spermies, I figured having [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2008 under TTC, TTC misadventures, insemination attempts, seattle.
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Okay, I just don’t get it. As I wrote yesterday, I hadn’t ovulated - at least, according to the fertility monitor and OPK I’m using. Then, this morning, my BBT had risen .4 degrees - above my cover line, though still a lot lower than any other post-ovulation BBT I’ve ever had. [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2008 under TTC, TTC misadventures, insemination attempts.
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In the middle of last week I went to the gynecologist (not for baby-related things) and she said it looked like I would ovulate by Friday. That was Wednesday. I use a fertility monitor and an OPK. The fertility monitor is great because it’s aligned with my body chemistry, but unfortunately it can only be [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under TTC, insemination attempts.
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Yesterday I did my first round of inseminations. All things considered, they went pretty well. Some friends had really hilarious stories about their first times, but mine went off pretty smoothly … except for the dogs.
For the uninitiated, the sperm comes in a small vile stored in a large tank of liquid nitrogen. [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2008 under Cassie, TTC, TTC misadventures, alternative insemination, insemination attempts, sperm.
Comments: 1