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The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
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TIMING OF ICI???
happylane
Junior Member Junior Member
Hi Everyone,
I have a question about when you should do an ICI insemination after you get a positive OPK. I am doing unmedicated, natural cycles and we're doing it at-home.
I have done this twice before (IUI's) but this is the first ICI so I am a little nervous because I don't know how the timing should go. The sperm has so much farther to travel. There is also so many different options out there as to how long frozen sperm will live. What have you been told?
Whether you did your insemination at-home or in your doctors office (timing is the same regardless) I would love to know how you timed your ICI insemination and how many you did so I can try and figure out when we should do ours. Looking forward to lots of advice!
THANKS!!!
I have a question about when you should do an ICI insemination after you get a positive OPK. I am doing unmedicated, natural cycles and we're doing it at-home.
I have done this twice before (IUI's) but this is the first ICI so I am a little nervous because I don't know how the timing should go. The sperm has so much farther to travel. There is also so many different options out there as to how long frozen sperm will live. What have you been told?
Whether you did your insemination at-home or in your doctors office (timing is the same regardless) I would love to know how you timed your ICI insemination and how many you did so I can try and figure out when we should do ours. Looking forward to lots of advice!
THANKS!!!
Comments
When we did our first two IUI's we did them about 9-12 hours past my OPK+ but I was only testing once a day so I don't know exactly when I surged. This is the first time we're doing ICI (all that was available in our donor) and I am completely thrown for a loop. Question, and you obviously don't have to answer it but I'm so confused about how to do the actual insemination. There are so many people on here that warn against putting the catheter inside the cervix at all and then I read that if you're not going into the cervix at all - all you're doing is an intravaginal insemination. I'm only talking about the slightest bit of an entry not going all the way thru (doing an IUI.) How did you do your last two cycles? What cycle day are you on? CD#1 should start tomorrow so I'm trying to get all the kinks worked out now
This is what we did....we have a GREAT doctor who practices like a midwife....very laid back and was very receptive to our request of doing the procedures at home. We wanted to do IUI so we got some great training....She provided us with a speculum to use so the OS of the cervix could be seen since we would be going thru with a catheter. We're going to be using one again this go 'round to get as close (on top of) the OS as possible. I would think that a speculum would be a great thing for you too! You can get a cheap plastic one and it works just the same! It's funny because we did the more complicated procedure and I am more nervous about the ICI! I have no history with ICI....I am left wondering if it will be more difficult to conceive than it was the IUI? I have a great success rate with those! Question: Have you used Pre-Seed? I am wondering how good it is or if I just should let mother nature do her thing.
I am on CD 4....so I have a bit to go yet. Hope you get your positive!!! You'll have to let me know!
Just checking in to see if you got that positive! I'm on the two week wait myself and if it weren't for Christmas keeping me busy I'd go crazy. We should know about New Years Day! Keep me posted!
Wishing you and your family well in your journey TTC. :-)