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[4blue2pink]

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[atomic sagebrush]

We have had 2 people on here who had to use this method for conception and both got girls with an otherwise blue sway (both wanted boys). So i assure you it's def. possible!! In support of your idea both those ladies had limited sperm with which to work and did not have many attempts.

[maidentomother]

I do believe AI swwys pink. In the case of that particular sperm donor, I think one attempt is much more of a pink sway factor, though.

I was conceived via a single AI attempt (my legal father is sterile) and have been TTC and swaying pink for a while now using AI, though lately with multiple attempts as I've been trying so long. I am widowed and using a known sperm donor.

[maidentomother]

Yep, they are pretty similar except you do lose a little semen as you noted, and there are some chemical/biological differences (no arousal fluid on the woman's part, no physical/mental arousal -which msy play some role - or orgasm). While those differences may be small, if there is only one AI attempt all month vs a couple having sex every few days so that the woman is regularly aroused and exposed to semen, those differences add up, probably more than we realise.

Could you outline your insemination procedure (from filled syringe on) for me? What position exactly are you in when you inject it, what size syringe inserted how far, etc? Maybe you can help me improve my technique! Also, did you ever notice little clear gummy blobs in the semen even after 20 minutes of liquefying?

[maidentomother]

Thanks so much! I wonder if I inject the semen too quickly. I did it over about 5 seconds every time. I'm doubtful that fast injection rips the tails off but some sort of damage could be possible, I imagine. Over how long a time period did you inject?

I hsve been using 5ml syringes which are quite a bit shorter than 10ml ones, but the 10ml ones are also quite a bit thicker and I found it painful the one time I tried. I had to squirt it back into the bowl and draw it up in a 5ml syringe, ugh what a waste! I wonder if I should try to stretch myself out a bit to make the 10ml fit comfortably? One of my big concerns is the semen not getting close enough to my cervix. I inject with my butt in the air, head and shoulders on the bed, and try to keep my vagina as vertical as possible, bc I had issues with the semen just pooling near my entrance when I injected in the position you did.

Of course you wouldn't notice globs drawing from a condom, stupid me! I also didn't notice them every time...so it may be an occasional thing anyway.

I am using a latex free syringe and inserting the 5ml all the way as you described. I think this is my 5th cycle using AI, though 2 cycles I inseminated too late, just after O, and last cycle snd this cycle are the only times I've had multiple attempts in my fertile period. I had O-3 and O-1 timing last cycle and O-4 and O-1 this cycle.

[atomic sagebrush]

We were having them O before insemination so to some extent that was controlled-for.

Would also be interested in reading particulars if you're comfy sharing.

[atomic sagebrush]

ok haha did not scroll down far enough, thank you!

[atomic sagebrush]

I have never bought into that IG idea that the syringing is damaging sperm, because sperm go thru centrifuges and stuff with sperm spinning and are not harmed to such an extent that it prohibits conception. People get pregnant with sperm that have undergone extensive manipulation in a lab so I doubt even a vigorous syringing could be harming sperm.

[maidentomother]

Actually, they ARE harmed by centrifuges and processing. Not all of them, but a small percentage.

I couldn't possibly aim at my cervix even if I wanted to as it is extremely tilted. I don't have much freedom to aim anyway. It just goes in parallel to my vagina. Hopefully that's okay!

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok, whatever. I'm not trying to have a quibble fest here. I'm trying to reassure people that since people DO get pregnant with sperm going through centrifuges, that it's relatively unlikely that even a very vigorous syringing is harming a batch of sperm to such an extent that it will inhibit pregnancy with at home insemination. Better?

I write dozens if not hundreds of posts in a day and sometimes type very quick, and hope that you guys can get the spirit of what I'm saying and not parse my words looking for some kind of error of wording when I make it (which I certainly will, at times)