TTC-1st timers

duckieduckie
duckieduckie
edited November 2011 in Same Sex Couples
My partner and I are finally ready to TTC. It took us over a year to find a doctor we were both comfortable with. Our dear friend has used CLI for her 4th child, as her husband has MS and they didn't want to pass it to their children. I think we've picked donor 3086. Since I'm carrying, I'm trying to be sensitive to my partners feelings, but we are also money crunched of course. Any advice is appreciated!

Heather and Beth
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  • pixxiemagick7
    pixxiemagick7
    Are your names really Heather and Beth? If so, how crazy! Thats also our names! Im Heather, my wife is Beth!! We had our daughter through IUI 4 months ago! Anyway...just thought it was crazy that we have the same names!

    Heather
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  • duckieduckie
    duckieduckie
    Yes, that is really our names. What a coincedence! We just did our 3rd IUI this past weekend. We switch donors...the first had incredibly low count, 2 million, so we recieved a credit and went with a donor with 12 million. So I feel better about it this time. But if this doesn't work, we'll be taking a break for 2 to 3 months due to finances. Boo....fingers crossed. Congratulations on your baby!
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  • bluesky10
    bluesky10 Senior Member Senior Member
    What are you doing as far as your cycle goes?
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  • duckieduckie
    duckieduckie
    I'm taking Clomid, 150, for days 3-7. On day 11 or 12 we have our first ultrasound to determine if we are ready for not. Once ready, we do the HCG shot the night before first insemination. 1st cycle we inseminated on day 12 and 13, 2nd was 15 and 16, and 3rd was 13 and 14.
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  • duckieduckie
    duckieduckie
    Try 3 resulted in a pregnancy for us, but unfortunately we lost the baby at about 6 weeks. I know it was really early, but still hurts something awful. I want to try again as soon as we are able, but I'm also terrified at the same time. I have so many feelings, I don't know what to do with them. My partner is being very supportive, but it's obviously different since I physically went through all the pregnancy symptoms and then the miscarriage. I can't talk about it with any of my friends or even family. I feel like they can't truly understand what it means to me and to us.
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