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Introduction and a question

polyhymnia23polyhymnia23
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Hello everyone! I wanted to give a quick intro before I started posting on this board. My wife and I are a same-sex couple. We have been together three years and married for a year and a half. We are madly in love and now planning to start a family. 

Our plan is to begin ttc in June or July of this year. We have a goal set to pay off all credit card debt before we do this, hence why we are waiting until June/July. I will be the one to carry. I have been diagnosed with PCOS, but because I have never tried to conceive before, I have NOT been diagnosed with infertility of any sort. I have fairly regular cycles and this month is my first for temping and checking CM while using fertility friend to track. I am on metformin and began that this month as well.

We are planning on using donor sperm (ha, obviously :D) from a known donor. We are in Michigan and I am an attorney, so we are aware of all of the risks with using a known donor. However, in our particular situation, the benefits outweigh the risks. We hope to try ICI at home when we are ready to inseminate.

My question to you: Has anyone been successful with at-home ICI? If so, do you have a recommendation for a place to purchase supplies or even books to read so we can do it right?

Thank you! I look forward to the journey to parenthood with all of you!! 

Married my soulmate on 10.1.11; One furbaby, Emma the cat; Madly in love and Just starting our journey on the TTC path! Trying to Conceive Ticker
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  • erink1981erink1981 member
    Hi! Sorry I don't have any advice for you but I wanted I welcome you to the board. Hopefully some others will be able to point you in the right direction as far as supplies/info. Good luck!!!
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    12-2012-after being with our agency over a year and only shown to EM once we decided to talk with RE about DEIVF. Thru a crazy sequence of events we decided to go for it and we picked a donor MUCH quicker than anticipated
    1/13/2013-started lupron with anticipated transfer in mid Feb.
    ER 2/15 resulted in 15 eggs/10M/6F with ICSI.
    2/18 transferred 1-8cell and 1-9cell embie. Snuggle in little embies.
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  • melkel559melkel559 member

    Hello and welcome! I recently saw a post about ICI on the LGBT board. I had posted there asking about IUI. So you might find it helpful to check there as well. GL to you!!

    ETA: haha never mind, I see you were the one that posted that question over there! Duh. I need more coffee :)

    TTC since June 2011
    DX: DH (30) severe MFI, severely low count & low motility
    Me (32): all clear
    Appt with Urologist 5/21/12: exam, ultrasound, bloodwork all normal.
    Testicular Biopsy with TESE on 6/8/12. good sperm found! (left side only) froze sperm, failed thaw test :(
    Orientation for IVF/ICSI on 6/13/12. Waiting for the green light following biopsy results...results show adequate sperm production both sides.
    2nd SA 6/18/12: sample is "adequate for ICSI"
    Plan: IVF/ICSI July 2012!
    ER: 7/26/12. 15 eggs retrieved, all mature.
    TESE/TESA/aspiration from epididymis, no motile sperm found :(
    froze all eggs, the saga of praying for good sperm continues.
    8/3/12: 2nd opinion from MFI uro on biopsy slides. Suspects "partial late maturation arrest."
    Plan: more SAs, third biopsy/TESE with frozen back-up either from DH or DS.
    SA 8/17/12: Zero sperm
    SA 8/23/12: Zero sperm
    9/26/12: SPERM FOUND! 15 eggs thawed, 12 survived and were ICSI'd, only 3 fertilized normally. Refrozen as embies and will thaw in Nov. Please survive and grow!
    All 3 survived the thaw on 11/15/12!
    FET 11/17/12: transferred 2, one 4B, one 4C. Beta 11/30:BFFN
    moving on to DS
    DIUI#1 2/18/13,50mg Clomid cd 3-7, Ovidrel trigger, Beta 3/4/13: BFN.
    DIUI#2 3/19/13, 50 mg Clomid cd 3-7, Ovidrel trigger, Beta #1 (14dpiui) 4/2/13: BFP!!!! 150. Beta #2 4/4/13: 420 Beta #3 4/8/13: 2691. Beta #4 4/15/13: 15,086
    1st u/s 4/8/13 shows one gestational sac
    2nd u/s 4/15/13 shows yolk sac, fetal pole and early heartbeat
    3rd u/s 4/25/13: measuring right on track. Heart rate 148 bpm
    A/S 7/22/13: IT'S A BOY!!
    PAIF/SAIF Always Welcome
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  • polyhymnia23polyhymnia23
    imagemelkel559:

    Hello and welcome! I recently saw a post about ICI on the LGBT board. I had posted there asking about IUI. So you might find it helpful to check there as well. GL to you!!

    ETA: haha never mind, I see you were the one that posted that question over there! Duh. I need more coffee :)

    Ha! No problem :) Thank you, GL to you, too! I did post in both locations and had the recommendation to post here. Love both boards!  

    Married my soulmate on 10.1.11; One furbaby, Emma the cat; Madly in love and Just starting our journey on the TTC path! Trying to Conceive Ticker
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  • polyhymnia23polyhymnia23
    Aw, thanks anyway!
    Married my soulmate on 10.1.11; One furbaby, Emma the cat; Madly in love and Just starting our journey on the TTC path! Trying to Conceive Ticker
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  • polyhymnia23polyhymnia23

    imageSanguar:
    Sent you a PM--then saw you already saw my post way down in another thread, so you can disregard :)

    Okay, I tried to reply and had no luck (at least I don't think I did!). Thank you for the information, I really appreciate it! 

    Married my soulmate on 10.1.11; One furbaby, Emma the cat; Madly in love and Just starting our journey on the TTC path! Trying to Conceive Ticker
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  • liz4pawsliz4paws member
    Welcome to the board!! Good luck to you with your at-home ICI!

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     Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
     Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
     DH: Severe MFI

     12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN 
    8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
    My ovaries are just for decoration

     12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
     2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts. 
     2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
     3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.

    6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!      
    9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
    9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
     9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d. :(

    11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
     11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
    Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522  Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373 
    6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!

    Snowflake baby is a girl! 
    Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!   
     My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
      
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