Frozen Donor At-Home Insemination Timing

akaimeridia

Hello everyone... so I will be trying my second month of at-home insemination with a frozen donor sperm in 2 weeks. The first month, I inseminated a bit early I think. We were leaving for vacation the next day and everything was a bit rushed...

Anyway, my cycle is very predictable. I ovulate on day 16. (Confirmed by OPK and temp rise).

I get a + OPK around 10 AM on CD 15, and I still have a + OPK at 10 AM on CD16. My temps rise day 17 onward.

I know you never know what time you ovulate, but I think I usually ovulate sometime in the afternoon of day 16, because the OPK is still positive in the morning on day 16. (Or can I ovulate, and still have a positive OPK?? )

I've heard that frozen donor sperm only live about 6 - 12 hours once thawed inside the body. I know people say to inseminate 12 and 24 hours after a + OPK, but I feel like that would personally be too early for me.

My thoughts were to inseminate at 7 am and 5 pm on CD16 (assuming I get my + OPK CD 15 morning as usual). I know it takes several hours for sperm to swim to the egg, and I know the egg lives 12-24 hours max. Does this sound like it would work? Sorry if this is confusing, I'm just looking for other people's opinions on this. Any help is appreciated! Thanks so much!!

healz413

We did inseminations at the clinic so I can't speak to this directly. But there's currently a relevant thread on the LGBTParenting board (called TTC Again--Timing Question) that's about the topic of timing at home inseminations with frozen donor sperm. That might be helpful. Good luck!