Sperm Offering

In a bizarre twist of timing, this evening we were offered the remaining vials of sperm of our current donor from the donor sibling family we have become very connected with over the past two years.  It’s kind of ironic … Continue reading →

Try #2 – Ultrasound #3 and Estradiol – Monitoring & Sperm Shipment Update

Today’s estradiol was 849, apparently right where they want it to be, so it looks like the right dose (for now) is 175 units/evening.  The ultrasound revealed 4-5 largest follicles on each side, with many more waiting in the wings … Continue reading →

Try #2 – Sperm Shipment Screw-up?

Last night, right before I drifted off to sleep, I remembered one critical piece of this puzzle that we hadn’t accounted for – shipment of the sperm vials to the fertility clinic! I remembered this last night (Wednesday night).  Today … Continue reading →

Try #1 – Pregnancy Test (HPT)

The home pregnancy test Molly took this morning was negative.  So disappointing.   She hasn’t had any of the “early pregnancy” symptoms at all, so I think both of us were expecting it to be negative anyway.  As I posted recently, … Continue reading →

“She has your eyes…”

No, she doesn’t.  Her eyes are not “mine.” Obviously, I’m not talking in the possessive sense in that her eyes do not belong to me.  The fact is that she can’t have “my” eyes.  She was not conceived using my … Continue reading →

Donor Sibling(s)

When Molly and I set out to choose a sperm donor, one of the most basic requirements we had was an open-donor/identity-release donor, which allows the child to request contact with the donor once the child is at least 18 … Continue reading →

Sperm Order #3

Since we’ve used up two of the three vials of our Donor #2 originally purchased from California Cryobank (CC), we’ve needed to order more. Upon logging into the CC website, I saw that there was a message saying our donor … Continue reading →

Sperm Order #2

It was such a process to choose a donor the first time around, I never even considered that we would have to complete that process all over again. We had used all six vials of Donor #1 we originally purchased … Continue reading →

Try #4 – Pregnancy Test (HPT)

The home pregnancy test (HPT) was negative. This is very disappointing. In a way, we were preparing ourselves for this. We recently had a consult with a Reproductive Endocrinologist at a fertility center, who recommended starting Clomid, just in case … Continue reading →